Learn English From Natural English Conversations Episode 1
hey guys in today’s episode I teacher
Tiffany I’m gonna teach you some useful
natural English expressions that
actually came from a conversation I had
with one of my friends who also happens
to be an ESL teacher you don’t want to
miss this lesson are you ready
well then let’s jump right in alright
guys this conversation actually happened
in episode 32 of the speak English with
Tiffany podcast this is my friend
teacher Kat now my friend is actually
from New Zealand so you’ll notice when
you watch some of the clips from our
conversation that she has a very
beautiful accent but don’t worry you
will be able to understand her now what
we’re gonna do is I’m gonna take you
through a series of four different clips
within each clip we’re gonna learn three
new English expressions okay so let’s go
and look at the first clip here we go
tempted to ask you well I guess that
leads right into our next question
because I want to ask you how you kind
of transition to becoming an English
teacher so when did you become an
English teacher and you said you’ve been
in Korea for nine years so is that when
you first became an English teacher and
kind of what led you to become an
English teacher
okay long story okay I’m I became an
English teacher when I came to Korea
uh-huh when I came I had I had no
intention of staying for nine years at
the moment it’s like eight in a bit I’m
in a little of my life yeah mm-hmm okay
so you guys noticed that there were
three expressions we saw in that first
video clip now what we’re gonna do is
we’re gonna look at the expressions and
I’m gonna explain them to you and also
give you multiple examples and then
we’re gonna watch the clip again to see
if you catch them okay so let’s go back
to my screen and let’s look at the first
expression that we heard in that clip
from clip number one here we go the
first expression was leads right into
once again leads right into alright so
here’s the meaning this means to guide
someone or something into something or
some place or in other words to
transition into something else so for
example I’m gonna give you some
sentences but I want you to think about
this let’s imagine that you’re in church
or you’re at a big program and there’s
gonna be a main speaker now before that
main speaker gets up to talk someone
else comes up before him or her and
sings a beautiful song now I told you
guys before that I was known as the
singing teacher in Korea I love to sing
so let’s say for example they come to
the stage and they clear their throats
em and then the music starts and they
start singing I ever make
you guys didn’t know I could say huh all
right so they continue they sing the
song and then after the song it goes
directly to the main speaker so we can
say the song led right into the main
speakers speech kind of makes sense all
right so let’s look at some more
examples here we go the first example is
the speech naturally led right into a
long discussion on the current state of
our environment okay so again that means
after the speech many people who are
listening to the speech started thinking
and after the speech ended they started
discussing different topics about the
environment okay all right
next number two we have his solo will
lead right into the finale of the play
again so this person is doing a solo and
when they finish it will go directly
into the finale or the end of the play
alright and finally we have their
questions lead right into a heated
debate between both groups now maybe you
guys don’t know what heated debate so
you know what a debate is right kind of
a discussion where each side is trying
to prove their point but when we add
heated in front of the word debate it
means there was a lot of tension maybe
each side was feeling a little bit angry
or upset or very passionate about what
they were saying so in English we say
heated debate so again the sentence said
their questions led right into a heated
debate between both groups okay now I
want us to look at this final example
using this expression we see two women
sitting on a bench and the sentence says
the two women sat on the bench at the
same time which naturally led right into
a deep conversation now this is
something that is very possible or
highly possible in America
because remember in American culture we
actually talk to strangers we’ll walk on
the street and if we make eye contact
we’ll say hello how are you and if we’re
in a space where they’re just two people
or two or three we actually can start a
deep conversation so when the ladies sat
on the bench it led right into a deep
conversation make sense all right now
let’s go into the second expression that
we heard in the first clip here we go
how to use what led you to in real life
so again the expression what led you to
so this just means or in other words
what caused you to do something or what
influenced you to do something so again
I’ve told you guys that I went to South
Korea right so you can say teacher what
led you to go to South Korea or what
influenced you to do that well I
actually wanted to go teach English and
the Bible I wanted to be a missionary so
my desire to be a missionary and help
other people led me to go to Korea make
sense all right now the first example
sentence here we go
what led you to go to Korea ten years
ago that’s exactly what I just said to
you guys a few moments ago so now you
understand that first example sentence
now the second example sentence is what
led you to want to become a lawyer okay
and finally what led you to start dating
him last year okay so you understand how
this is used now remember guys in the
comment section I want you guys to pick
at least two of the expressions we are
going to learn in this video lesson and
I want you to make your own sentence
using each of the expressions you choose
okay so I need at least two sentences
each one using one of the expressions
you learn in this lesson okay all right
now we have one more example with what
led you to so here we go we see people
holding
books and it looks like they’re studying
here’s the sentence what led you to want
to study English when there were so many
other options
okay so again this is something that a
teacher could ask a student hey I’m
curious what led you to want to study
English when there were so many other
options you could have learned Spanish
you could have learned French and then
the student like you would give their
answer or response okay all right let’s
move on to the next expression here we
go the third expression was have no
intention of or have no intention to now
this expression is emphasizing that you
are not going to do something or to not
plan or want to do something so let’s
say for example it is 10:00 p.m. at
night now I’ve told my students maybe
you know this about me but my friends
know this about me I am an early bird
and an early bird is someone who goes to
bed very early but wakes up very early
so I normally wake up at 5:00 a.m. yeah
that’s true 5 or 6 a.m. in the morning
because I am an early bird well that
means if my friends call me at midnight
and they asked me to go out I’m gonna
say no so I can say I have no intention
of going out late at night
why because I like to sleep early kind
of makes sense all right now let’s look
at our first example sentence here we go
he had no intention of apologizing to
her all right
makes sense he had no desire he didn’t
want to do that next she has no
intention of going there okay
and finally I have no intention to
change my plans for tomorrow so again I
want you to think about a time where you
didn’t want to do something but someone
asked you to do it but you still had no
desire at all
that time what could you have said you
could have said to that person I’m sorry
I have no intention of doing dot dot dot
make sense all right now our final
example using this expression is right
here this lady looks a bit angrier this
child or young person doesn’t look happy
at all
so we can say the child has no intention
of speaking to her friend again I’ll
tell you guys a quick story when I was a
teacher in South Korea I taught all ages
I taught adults
I taught older people I taught children
and I loved it but I remember one
situation I had two little girls in my
class they were about seven years old
seven years old and they were super cute
and they were the best of friends so
every time I taught my class they would
be looking at me and saying teacher oh
man we love this class and I really
enjoyed being with them but one day I
came to class and both of them had a
frown on their face so I was confused I
said okay let’s just say their names
were Sally and Mindy okay
I said Sally what’s wrong nothing
teacher nothing I said okay and I looked
at Mindy Mindy what’s wrong nothing
teacher nothing but I noticed that they
weren’t sitting together so I took Sally
and Mindy out of the classroom and I
stood them next to each other and I said
tell me what happened guys you guys are
best friends why aren’t you talking to
each other
so then Mindy spoke up and said Sally
was mean to me on the bus and I didn’t
like it and I looked and that was true
Sally said I was mean to her teacher and
I don’t want to talk to her I don’t want
to apologize so in that situation I
realized that Sally had no intention of
apologizing to Mindy you understand
right they both were upset but Sally it
was the one that made the mistake and it
was treating her friend wrong but she
still did not want to apologize she had
no intention of apologizing to her
friend make sense all right now let’s
move on to
our next clip okay we’re gonna move on
to clip number one first let’s look at
it one more time
then we’re gonna move on to clip number
one here we go let’s watch the clip one
more time and see if you recognize them
tempted to ask you well I guess that
leads right into our next question
because I want to ask you how you kind
of transition to becoming an English
teacher so when did you become an
English teacher and you said you’ve been
in Korea for nine years so is that when
you first became an English teacher and
kind of what led you to become an
English teacher
okay long story okay I’m I became an
English teacher when I came to Korea
uh-huh
when I came I had I had no intention of
staying for nine years at the moment
it’s like a tin of bits I’m in the
middle of my life yeah
okay so you heard all three expressions
in that short clip right and now you
know what they mean okay so now what
we’re gonna do is we’re gonna move on
and we’re gonna jump into our next clip
okay we’re gonna jump in but right
before that I have a quiz for you guys
question number one how do you finish
this question what to study English when
there were so many other options is the
answer a leads right into B what led you
to see have no intention of or - or D
none of the above what I want you to do
is in the comment section for number one
this is quiz question number one write
down the correct answer is it a B C or D
okay all right now guys remember there
are three more quiz questions coming up
so as you watch the video just write
your answer down first so number one
what’s the answer and then for the next
three questions you also need to write
your answer in the comment section -
okay all right now we’re gonna move on
to clip number two all right guys here
we go
so moving on to clip number two let’s
see what it is
enjoy this company and I struggled to
adjust it’s so interesting you’re
presenting the two kind of opposite
student types I guess the ones that
really want to learn and really want the
teacher to correct every single mistake
they have and have a desire to learn and
then the other side of students that
English is just something I enjoy I
don’t care if I make mistakes let’s just
enjoy so yeah as an ESL teacher I also
experience the same thing it’s kind of
difficult to balance those two different
types of students because I’m similar to
you as a teacher I want to correct
everything so that I can help the
student grow because when I was studying
Korean I wanted everything corrected
don’t just
let me kind of go by the wayside and
make mistakes like correct me so I can
grow so yeah I totally understand
so you’ll notice that there were three
new expressions and these expressions
guys honestly when you come to
understand them and learn how to use
them you are definitely gonna sound more
natural so here we go we’re gonna go
back and look at the next expression
expression number four enjoy each
other’s company now this expression
means to have fun and be happy to be
around one another or to receive
pleasure from being around some one ok
so again think about somebody in your
life right now it can be a family member
it can be a friend or even those that
you work with someone who when you’re
around them you actually feel good you
feel happy
you enjoy their company you enjoy the
environment that exists when you’re
around them or with them ok so the first
sentence here we go my best friend and I
really enjoy each other’s company this
is true I remember one of my best
friends and I we would travel a lot
together and I loved it because we
enjoyed each other’s company we had a
good time we would relax we would laugh
we would joke we just enjoyed being in
each other’s presence or we enjoyed each
other’s company makes sense all right
now the next sentence is it’s easy to
see that they enjoy each other’s company
very easy sentence and finally we enjoy
each other’s company
now we’re gonna jump right into the
final example for this one we see
there’s a couple sitting on a sofa
together and they look very happy so we
can say since they enjoy each other’s
company so much they should hook up oh
now let me explain this to you guys
really quickly my friend and I actually
had a conversation about this this past
week my friend is Korean and she speaks
English very well she’s a teacher but
she asked me about this expression hook
up so an English hook up can have
multiple meanings so of course it can
have the literal meaning of hooking some
up to something else or you can say to
people hook up which means they start
dating they become boyfriend and
girlfriend or another meaning depending
on the situation a slang meaning for
this is two people come together for a
romantic relationship okay
so in this example we’re looking at
these individuals coming together as
boyfriend and girlfriend
hook up okay so you learned two
expressions in this one all right okay
so let’s move on now the next expression
expression number five is every single
okay so how do we use this in real life
now this is used to emphasize that you
are speaking about every member group or
thing now I want to tell you guys really
quickly an example that would help you
understand this so a few days ago my
family and I if you guys follow me on
Instagram you remember that I talked
about my family and I having lunch
together my dad wanted to do a cookout
the small cookout
so he made fries and burgers and hotdogs
they were all vegetarian we’re
vegetarian but we had those he put them
on the grill and my niece’s love french
fries so I went and I bought some french
fries so that we could have them with
our burgers and hotdogs now my youngest
niece is three years old and she loves
french fries so I put the french fries
on her plate now let’s say for example
there were ten french fries she ate all
of the french fries or we could say she
ate every single french fry that means
there were none left makes sense all
right good good let’s go back here we go
number one please don’t write down every
single word okay next the baby cried
every single day and finally I want to
help every single child excellent now
the last one we have is right here this
man looks like he’s working but he looks
quite tired so we can say my
dad works every single day which means
this person’s dad doesn’t get a break
because he works Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday and
Sunday he works every single day now
guys as you’re watching this video don’t
worry you guys can get the PDF that has
all of the examples and all of the
expressions okay the link is in the
description it’s totally free a PDF that
I want to give you guys so that you can
study at the end of this lesson you can
print it out and study it it’s totally
free so again I’ll mention it again at
the end of the video but if you want to
check it out the link is in the
description for the PDF for this lesson
okay all right here we go let’s move on
now the next one we have is expression
six go by the wayside I said this at the
end of the clip again go by the wayside
now this expression means to put aside
because of something more important or
to be set aside or discarded because of
other considerations so again basically
go by the wayside just refers to
something that is kind of ignored or put
away because other things are more
important okay so let’s look at some
examples and it’ll make it easier for
you guys to understand this expression
all right so the first expression is the
war has caused other things to go by the
wayside so again think about when a
country is in the middle of a war
everyone’s attention is on the news and
also on the current state of the war so
other things other laws or other things
that were in the new digital system that
needed to be taken care of sometimes go
by the wayside because the war becomes
the most important thing okay all right
next we have his plan has gone by the
wayside because of other important work
and finally the president’s plan for
reform has gone by the way
side all right so again we’re
understanding what this means finally
here we go
we see that these individuals look like
they’re working on something they’re
busy and a light bulb usually in
American culture and maybe in your
culture as well when we have a light
bulb graphic it refers to an idea like
ah so they have an idea so we’re making
a sentence using go by the wayside and
idea so let’s go back here we go I know
you are busy but don’t let your idea go
by the wayside makes sense right okay
you guys got it
don’t let your idea be ignored even
though there are other things that are
important remember to also focus on your
idea okay you got it all right now let’s
keep going here we go now let’s see clip
number two one more time and listen
closely for the expressions and enjoy
each other’s company and I struggled to
adjust yeah yeah it’s so interesting
you’re presenting the two kind of
opposite student types I guess the ones
that really want to learn and really
want the teacher to correct every single
mistake they have and have a desire to
learn and then the other side the
students that English is just something
I enjoy I don’t care if I make mistakes
let’s just enjoy so yeah as an ESL
teacher I also experience the same thing
it’s kind of difficult to balance those
two different types of students because
I’m similar to you as a teacher I want
to correct everything so that I can help
the student grow because when I was
studying Korean I wanted everything
corrected don’t just let me kind of go
by the wayside and make mistakes like
correct me so that can grow so yeah I
totally understand
okay now so we just watched the clip one
more time and you notice that now that
you understand the meaning of the
expression one two and three well again
we had three expressions for this clip
it was easier for you to understand the
conversation we were having in that clip
okay all right now let’s move on here we
go we’re gonna move on now and we’re
gonna move on to this question question
number two my dad works day so what goes
in this space is it a enjoy each other’s
company is it be every single is it see
go by the wayside or is it D none of the
above again remember you’re gonna put
your answer in the comment section for
number two I’ll show it to you one more
time what’s the answer to this question
this quiz question alright okay now what
we’re gonna do guys we’re gonna move on
to our next clip alright now the next
clip we have is clip number three here
we go yeah okay I ended up more balanced
now I pull up some mistakes particularly
if I’m seeing two things mm-hmm but I’m
not pulling out the one after I’m not
pulling up every single mistake I think
it makes me a better get a teacher yeah
that’s true yeah yeah that’s true that
is good we saw that clip and there again
three new expressions that we learned in
that clip so let’s jump to my screen so
we can see what these expressions
actually mean and how to use them
properly in a conversation so here we go
the seventh expression is good overall
again good overall alright so this is
good all over
good as a whole or good in general okay
alright so let’s look at some examples
here we go he’s pretty good overall now
for this one we’re basically saying that
he’s a good person
he’s kind he treats everybody well so
overall in general he’s a great guy he’s
good
over all all right now let’s go to our
next example here we go the new athletes
are good overall so I want you to
imagine a situation where there’s a new
coach coming to a school and he has to
assess or look at the athletes and see
their abilities and their skills and he
realizes pretty much overall they’re
good the athletes are good overall all
right now our last example here we go
the last written one is I think they’re
speaking ability is good overall
alright good sentence so here we go with
a visual now we see that these people
are working on some kind of project and
they have kind of a PowerPoint over here
so we can say the new sales project was
good overall ok so guys again remember I
want you guys to pick two of these
expressions that I’m teaching you in
today’s English video lesson and I want
you to try to make your own sentences
using the expressions okay alright so
let’s move on to our next expression
number 8 particularly if again
particularly if now real quick this
pronunciation can be a bit tricky so
after me par T you lar Li very good it
feels weird but you’re doing good now
let’s say it faster after me
particularly great one more time
particularly excellent job now together
particularly if very good don’t forget
the F sound your front teeth on your
bottom lip
if excellent job alright so now this
expression means it is used to emphasize
a specific point or aspect of something
you are saying okay so for example soup
and salad is a great menu idea
particularly
if you’re planning to feed a lot of
people okay next I think you should take
a raincoat particularly if you want to
stay dry you see that these points are
being emphasized and finally here are
some tips from my attorney
particularly if you are not a US citizen
okay now again the visual so we see
these women are singing so maybe it’s a
concert and we can say in my opinion you
should go to the concert particularly if
you really like country music alright so
again guys you noticed that I was
emphasizing a certain point and that’s
what I used particularly if alright okay
now let’s move on to our next expression
expression number 9 how to use the
one-offs in real life again the one offs
so this means done made or happening
only once and not repeated okay
so here we go the meeting was a one-off
okay only happening one time next this
is a one-off deal so don’t ask again
alright only happening one time and
finally will you be doing more talks in
the future or was that just a one-off so
perfect example guys last week I did a
live English class here on YouTube and
I’m sure some of you joined and there
was a question at the end of the live
video about teacher is this gonna be the
only episode are you gonna do this again
so that student could have said teacher
is this live class a one-off or will you
be doing it again make sense all right
now just to let you guys know I am gonna
be doing another live video so pay
attention I’ll put some notices out on
Instagram Facebook and even here in the
YouTube community okay all right so
let’s go to our final example for this
expression here we go we have lots of
money on this page they gave him a
one-off payment to compensate for the
extra hours he had to work all right you
see what happened there right okay so
now what we’re gonna do is now that
we’ve learned these expressions we need
to move on to the next phase so here we
go we’re going to move on to the next
phase we need to listen and watch the
clip one more time yeah okay good
overall because I ended up more balanced
now I pull up some mistakes particularly
if I’m seeing habitual things mm-hmm but
I’m not pulling out the one off so I’m
not pulling up every single mistake I
think it makes me a better better
teacher yeah that’s true yeah yeah
that’s true that is good okay so you
notice we heard all three expressions
and now you know exactly what they mean
okay so let’s go to our quiz let’s see
if you guys can get this answer right
for the quiz here’s question number
three I think they’re speaking ability
is dot dot dot is it a particularly if B
one offs C good overall or D none of the
above
now remember you’re gonna put your
answer in the comment section for number
three what’s the answer
okay all right now guys let’s move on to
our next clip clip number four here we
go you cannot sound fluent if you have
not seared the phrase hundred thousand
trillion time mm-hmm
yeah it’s needed to get that fluent some
students that are just time serving
anyone interested in doing that it bores
them and they don’t
okay so that was our final clip now guys
you may notice that in the clip
sometimes it’s a bit hard to understand
what she’s saying what teach your cat is
saying it’s okay for you to go back
rewind and play the clip again and kind
of up the volume but remember this is
gonna really help your listening skills
cuz you have to listen very closely when
she speaks okay all right so let’s jump
into looking at the expressions that
were mentioned in this clip expression
number 10 important component again
important component now this expression
emphasizes that one part or section is
vital or of great importance so here’s
the first example sentence this is an
important component of the program okay
so again this is an important part or a
section of the program alright okay next
we have I think this is an important
component of the process okay
and finally remember not to leave out
this important component very good all
right now just to kind of bring it home
and help you guys to really connect with
this expression when you’re learning
English there are many different things
you have to learn you have to learn
vocabulary you have to learn expressions
you have to work on your listening
skills your speaking skills and also
your understanding of grammar so each of
these are important but a lot of times
for your foundation grammar is the most
important component of your English
language journey makes sense right you
cut that one right makes sense now huh
all right so let’s look at one more
example here we go
we have these little children sitting
here with their teacher and we say an
important component of early language
development is listening this is very
very true okay all right so let’s move
on to expression number 11 put the work
in one more time put
the work in now this expression actually
came up in a conversation I had with one
of my students on Instagram and it
literally just refers to giving all of
your effort giving your best effort to
make something work or to do something
all right excuse me guys
so here we go means to do the work that
needs to be done even if it requires a
lot of effort so first example you have
to put the work in if you expect to be
fluent in English this is so true again
guys I understand that learning English
is not the easiest thing I know that
they’re gonna be times when you feel
discouraged and it feels like you can’t
move forward but if you put the work in
I guarantee you will reach your goals
I’ve been where you are
I had to also learn how to speak Korean
and it was extremely difficult
studying the grammar and the vocabulary
and so many other aspects of the Korean
language they were very difficult for me
but I decided to put the work in and the
results were good so keep at it don’t
stop you can do it alright okay number
two we have he put the work in which is
why he received good results and finally
have you put the work in or are you just
trying to do the minimum requirements so
you see right here in this example we’re
comparing putting the work in
and minimum effort or minimum
requirements okay this is giving all
your effort this is giving just a little
bit of effort okay all right now let’s
go to our other example using this
expression here we go we have an
individual standing right here and it
looks like he’s holding a graph okay so
here we go her accountant put the work
in and got her the money she needed
that’s why he looks so happy right here
okay so again you can use this
expression whenever someone has put a
lot of effort into something or someone
has done something for you that was very
very help
alright ok so let’s move on to our next
expression
alright expression number twelve how to
use time serving in real life alright
not working very hard at your job or
something else because you are just
waiting until you reach the time when
you can stop so again is when you feel
like oh I’m only doing this because I
have to and I’m really watching the
clock when can I leave I don’t want to
be here anymore
I’m just time serving ok all right now
let’s look at the example sentences here
we go first one he’s a time serving
drone who works for America’s Internal
Revenue Service he’s just staying there
because he has to be there alright next
these time serving workers are not
putting the work in
at all again they really don’t have to
be there and they don’t want to be there
but they’re just doing it because they
have to and they’re not working hard ok
all right next we have sometimes he just
feels like a time serving career man ok
alright grateful here we go the students
looked like they were just time serving
instead of actually being excited to
learn you see in this picture they’re
all looking at their phones and they
really don’t want to learn or so it
seems ok alright so let’s move on here
we go remember the next thing we have to
do is watch the clip one more time so
here we go you cannot sound fluent if
you have not seared the phrase hundred
thousand trillion time mm-hmm yeah it’s
needed to get that through and some
students that are just time serving
all right so this time you heard all the
expressions right guys so we learned the
three expressions and we heard the clip
again and now we can recognize ah this
is what myself and the other teacher
we’re saying so now let’s see if you
guys can get the right answer for the
quiz here we go we’re going back to my
screen again guys here we go
question number four he dot dot which is
why he received good results okay let
her a important component let her be put
the work in let her see time serving or
letter D none of the above
again question number four what’s the
answer all right guys remember number
one two three and four I want you to put
your answers in the comment section and
also try to pick two expressions to make
your own sentences okay all right so
guys I really hope you learned a lot
remember we learned 12 expressions 12
English expressions today now guys I
really hope you enjoyed this lesson and
I also want to give you guys the free
pdf all you have to do is click the link
that’s in the description and you can
download the free pdf so that you can
practice and use these English
expressions that we learned today I’ll
talk to you guys in the next episode