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everybody welcome back to pop words my
name is Alisha and today we’re going to
be talking about 10 words for connecting
thoughts these are going to be ten words
that you can use to transition between
ideas very useful in both speech and in
writing
let’s move also also also is a word that
you can use to add information I went to
the store this morning also I went and
got coffee that’s true however however
however is used to contrast or to
contrast depending on your pronunciation
to differentiate to show a difference
between two pieces of information a good
pattern would be a however B so for
example I love tonkotsu ramen however it
is very high in calories so I don’t eat
it often also true on the other hand on
the other hand on the other hand is I
feel used more commonly in speech than
it is in writing again it’s used to
present like two sides to a story or two
sides to some information so for example
I’m thinking about visiting Taiwan
sometime this year but on the other hand
I’m also thinking about visiting
Thailand still so it might be common to
use still with the word like butt or
word like even though so you’re saying
even though there’s some other factor
like like I’m really really tired this
week or even though I have a lot of
homework to do I still want to go out
with my friends or I still want to see a
movie this weekend so there’s this other
there’s this thing that’s maybe makes
this other action difficult to do or
tough to do or whatever but even though
there’s this you still have this over
here so maybe the tube are kind of used
as a pair I still want to go out later
even though I’m tired then
then yes a very useful word we use then
when telling stories a lot so for
example if I could tell a story about my
morning today when I got up I brush my
teeth and then I cooked breakfast then I
did a little bit of work then I took a
shower then I did some cooking blah blah
blah you will often hear and then as
well and then I and then we and then you
and so on so then it is really really
useful for sequence so a useful word I
think besides besides so it’s commonly
used in a pattern like beside that
meaning other than something else I went
out with my friends this weekend but
besides that I didn’t really do much so
another way to say that sentence is I
went out with my friends this weekend
but other than that other than that
activity I didn’t do very much ok
meanwhile meanwhile or you might hear
the similar expression in the meantime
it means while you’re doing action a at
the same time maybe somewhere else
action B is happening this is used while
telling stories a lot so for example I
was working in my office all week last
week meanwhile my co-workers across town
were having a party without me Wesley so
these two things are happening at the
same time but maybe separate from one
another well likewise ok likewise I
don’t really use this word personally
myself at all it’s often used after an
introduction similar to the pleasure is
all mine in a formal situation so maybe
somebody says you know hey it was really
great to see you last weekend thanks
very much for coming to my barbecue you
can say yeah likewise it was really good
to see you in your family so likewise
means I have the same feeling or I have
the same idea it’s kind of a friendly
phrase but personally I don’t really use
that to transition between thoughts I
would just use and
suppose but mmm that’s how I would use
it instead instead so so instead if
you’d like instead of I want to a
instead of B can be used to express your
plans or what you want to do I want to
have Chinese food instead of Italian
food tonight
so you’re presenting two alternatives
essentially so instead of means in place
of or as a substitute for so I should
have drank a lot of water this morning
but instead I drank a lot of coffee
that’s true I wanted to have dinner with
my friends this weekend instead I had
dinner at home in addition in addition
this is a really good word for more
formal situations I like to use in
addition in writing I don’t really use
in addition in speaking unless I’m
trying to be very formal for some reason
similar to additionally as well so you
make point a and point B and then when
you want to make one more point that’s
related to point A and point B you can
say in addition point C so you’re like
building an argument and in addition can
be used to kind of finish that argument
off a little bit our new marketing plan
worked really well last month we noticed
increased sales in product a in addition
we’ve gained a lot of new customers
something like that so just your your
quickly presenting a series of ideas
that are related to one another you can
use in addition to finish it off all
right so that’s the end of ten words for
connecting thoughts I hope you get to
use a lot of these try to mix it up it’s
good to use a variety of different words
thanks very much for watching this
episode and we will see you again next
time for more fun stuff bye hmm whenever
I’m ready all right welcome back to
weekly words
I am Alisha and this week
to talk about commonly mispronounced
mispronounced Wow this week we’re going
to talk about commonly mispronounced
words words that are often pronounced
incorrectly this is funny
I enjoy mispronouncing this first word
the first word is hyperbole hyperbole
it’s not hyperbole though it does sound
very funny to say that hyperbole just
means to exaggerate something or to make
to blow something up make it a really
extreme my friend uses a lot of
hyperbole when she talks about her life
stories I really don’t think some of
those things happen to her hyperbole not
hyperbole next Antarctic not ah oh I see
Antarctic is the correct pronunciation
of this word some people say and and
tart and tart ick
really oh I guess when you’re saying
this word quickly you might leave out
that first sea in the Antarctic so don’t
say that don’t do that say Antarctic the
very very cold region the Arctic is the
north cold region on the planet Earth
the South is the aunt Arctic they’re
sort of like almost a hiccup in the word
their Antarctic Oh
in a sentence I’m thinking about taking
a cruise to the Antarctic what do you
think I need a penguin suit etc not etc
oh yeah okay I’ve here’s I hear this ech
ech saying a lot etc is just used at the
end of the list to imply that you mean
other things so the list is not
exclusive to the things that you’ve
listed other things can also be included
in it so in a sample sentence types of
fruits are apples oranges peaches etc
there are others as well so don’t say
etc that’s not correct
etc it’s good the next word is jewelry
what not money is the next word is
jewelry jewelry I think I’m probably
guilty of this mispronunciation I can’t
say that word mispronounces where the
word kind of gets a little bit smushed
together and we say jewelry instead
we’ve missed that that second e sound in
there it should be jewelry in a sample
sentence maybe you would say I’m
shopping for some jewelry for my mother
for her birthday jewelry we’re too lazy
prescription not prescription okay a
prescription is something that a doctor
gives you when you’re sick and you
require medicine the doctor will write
you a prescription some people might say
prescription Wow
okay I didn’t even notice and I was
doing it while I was telling you guys
not to do it that’s embarrassing
prescription doctor writes you a
prescription not a prescription when you
go to the doctor’s office the doctor
might say here is your prescription and
all right well we’ve learned that I
apparently can’t pronounce some words
the way they’re meant to me pronounce so
please work on your pronunciation I will
work on my pronunciation too
thank you for joining us on weekly words
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bye welcome back to weekly words my name
is Alisha and this week we’re going to
talk about commonly quoted movie lines
ooh I hope I know these I’ll be back a
lot of people like to try and do an
Arnold Schwarzenegger impression this
comes from the movie Terminator where
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a robot from
the future and it’s really awesome you
can use this with your friends you can
use this in in common everyday
situations where you have to leave
someplace but you want to tell people in
a kind of a funny way that you plan on
coming back you can say I’ll be back
inconceivable say this with a lisp
inconceivable if you’ve seen the movie
The Princess Bride inconceivable so to
conceive of something something you can
think about putting that in at the
beginning of the word means can’t cancer
not able to conceive of something you
can’t even think about it you can’t
believe it in other words this is one
word that means I can’t believe it or
this is just ridiculous so you can use
this anytime you’re just shocked by
something you just can’t believe that
something is happening you can say
inconceivable this is a very good one a
recent one from the movie anchorman
little ferrell Sosa’s he says I
immediately regret this decision I
immediately regret this decision it’s a
very long phrase but it means you’ve
just made a choice and you
very quickly immediately realize this
was a bad decision I should not have
done this you could say I immediately
regret this decision but what kind of
like a flat tone to it it’s a little bit
funny okay next is a very famous quote
from the movie Forrest Gump Tom Hanks is
in this movie his character famously
says mama always said life was like a
box of chocolates the next line is you
never know what you’re going to get so
this refers to picking a piece of
chocolate out of a box of chocolates
maybe you’ve seen kind of fancy ones
that have a number of different styles
of chocolate in them when you bite into
it oftentimes you don’t know what’s on
the inside
so the character is saying that life is
like that too you might try to do a few
different things but you never know
what’s going to happen until you
actually try to do it so this is an
interesting phrase to use maybe if your
friend is having trouble in their life
in some way you can maybe try to console
them or cheer them up by saying mama
always said life was like a box of
chocolates the next quote comes from the
movie Apollo 13 a very famous space
movie the quote is houston we have a
problem Houston refers to the control
center NASA’s control center and the
astronaut is famously quoted as saying
we have a problem any time you run
across a problem at work or with your
friends with your family whatever you
can say houston we have a problem
meaning you’re just trying to alert the
other people around you that something
is wrong you need help with something
perhaps so it’s usually not a very
serious problem now I should say that so
don’t use it for like a medical
emergency use it for something you know
like oh I’m out of eggs houston we have
a problem you know if you’re cooking
something very very light hard it is
good and that’s the end of some famous
movie quotes so try to use a few of
these if you like they’re kind of fun
and if you use them with the right
timing that can be very very funny and
people will generally appreciate that
you use such an interesting references
in your conversation thanks very much
for joining us this week and we’ll see
you again next time bye here’s looking
at you kid what if I’m too mean no your
classic goodbye line kind of
welcome back to weekly words I’m Alisha
and this week we are going to do words
with strange plural forms this is good
practice I bet let’s start yes
antenna the plural form of antenna is an
10a I think I’ve seen today and I think
I’ve probably actually just say antennas
and antenna on an old TV set for example
would be it would kind of look like this
we call it bunny ears where you had to
adjust the bunny ears you had to and
just adjust B and 10a to make the signal
on your TV come in more clearly bugs
they have antennae from their heads the
next word is millenium the plural is
millennia a millennium is a period of a
thousand years a thousand years is a
millennium a series of thousands of
years would be called millennia you
might say many millennia have passed
since the earth was formed cactus is the
next word a cactus is a plant a surface
these are the arms of the cactus that
can it make the trunk of the cactus Wow
you can put a picture on the screen
instead of my amazing cactus the plural
of cactus is cacti or cactuses I think
I’m more inclined to say cacti so when
you go to the desert you might say keep
an eye out for cacti if you step on one
it could really hurt you the next one is
an interesting one I don’t think I’ve
ever used this word in a singular like
if you have a swimming pool or if you’ve
seen a pond or whatever it’s that green
sort of scummy stuff that accumulates on
top of it or on the sides of your pool
if you haven’t cleaned it in a while
algae bacterias and things that like to
live in the water there’s a singular
form and I’m just I’m looking at it for
the first time I don’t know how how good
do you thought and you would say I need
to clean my pool there’s a lot of algae
in it yeah next is ox ox the plural of
ox is oxen these animals used to be used
for farming I don’t know that they are
very much anymore I don’t have much
personal experience with farming but
there they look like really really big
cows with huge horns huge horns
yeah okay next is the ends plural words
that have weird plural forms so please
keep them in mind when you are trying to
use them in conversation and use the
correct form of the plural thank you for
joining us again this week for weekly
words next time we will see you for more
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alright welcome back to weekly words my
name is Alisha and this week we are
going to talk about commonly used
onomatopoeia this is going to be a fun
one we talked briefly about an
onomatopoeia zoom in a previous episode
of weekly words we’re going to talk some
more about some more talks more about
some more we’re going to talk about more
today the first word is beep oh beep
beep is any kind of electronic sound or
a car sound was also in a popular
American cartoon Wiley coyote and the
roadrunner the roadrunner would common
the same meet Carson will usually make a
beep or a honk sound for electronics
however the beep becomes a little bit
more robotic will often say like beep
beep beep so in a sentence let’s say you
have a computer problem you tell your
friend the computer won’t stop beeping
at me what do I do next is the sound
jingle jingle is any kind of light
ringing sound this word gets used a lot
in holiday seasons particularly
Christmas Thanksgiving New Year’s any
jingling sound is very commonly assigned
to bells like the song jingle bells for
example it’s a perfect example of this
jingle it’s just a sound that a Bell
makes in a sentence
let’s see you might say she has a small
Bell attached to her phone so she
jingles everywhere she walks it’s really
irritating okay the next word is some a
thump is for something to hit heavily to
give an example the people who live in
the apartment above me often thump on
the floor it sounds like maybe they’re
dropping something heavy or they’re
stepping very heavily alright next is
splash anything that falls into liquid
lands in liquid makes a splash is that
sort of sound
comes from water or any other liquid
really we refer to that as a splash
sound there is also a popular Tom Hanks
mermaid movie called splash this had
nothing to do with that about him
falling in love with a mermaid
I made a big splash when I jumped into
the swimming pool this summer that has
kind of done me
next is blurt it means to say something
quickly i blurt it out the news as soon
as I heard it like I blurted out the
secret I couldn’t hold it in any longer
it means you just say something without
thinking to blurt the first part of the
word what that blur found it sounds like
something is just kind of sort of slips
out on accident and then the harsh blurt
the T at the end is like a kind of a
final like oh my gosh I’ve just said
something as I slip them and I’ve said
something oh no I didn’t think about
that alright that’s the end of that one
so I hope you learned a few new
onomatopoeias that you can try out next
time thanks for joining us for weekly
words and I will see you again next time
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weekly words my name is Alisha and this
week we’re going to talk about
interjections this is going to be fun
let’s start the first word is bah bah
system if you’re upset about something
or you’re tired of dealing with
something people will often throw up
their hands like this when they say that
they’ll bow and walk away
bah humbug is a very very well-known use
of this interjections from the story of
Christmas Carol one of the characters
says bah humbug at all these things that
upset him all right the next
interjection is aha
hi these whenever you feel surprised
about something or when you have a good
idea about something
for example sitting at work actually
maybe you shouldn’t do this at work
because your co-workers will think
you’re crazy
if you’re feeling really excited about
your idea you can go like this with your
finger I go aha I have an idea for my
presentation next week okay the next one
is math this one I think has only become
popular in the last I don’t know started
being used I think it started more on
the Internet
now it has come to be used in everyday
life that’s just when you’re you’re not
very excited about something maybe you
went to a party your friend asks you how
it was and yeah I went it was pretty
mess we use it like an adjective
actually or you can just use it as a
one-word interjection miss mess mess
okay since X or word is o o is a very
very useful one you can use o in a
number of situations when you’re
surprised when you’re thinking of
something when you want to have kind of
a soft introduction to whatever you’re
saying I think I tend to use it as a
question or when I’m feeling surprised
so when my friend tells me something
like oh hey I have this great news I’ll
say oh just by itself as a question to
get somebody’s attention I might say oh
did you see that new movie last week I
sent it started for me anyway okay the
next word is hmm we assume when we’re
thinking about something when we need a
minute to consider our thoughts it can
be used at the beginning of a sentence
or just while you’re thinking on its own
hmm what might be a good example
sentence for hmm and and those are all
interjections those are all
interjections try to use them if you use
these correctly in your speech
throughout your speech it will help you
to sound a lot more natural and a lot
more smooth in your speaking ability so
give them a try thanks again for joining
us this week and I will see you next
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hi begin hi everybody welcome back to
weekly words my name is Alisha and this
week we’re going to look at some common
English idioms let’s begin the first
word or phrase rather is about - about -
means you’re going to start something
you’re going to begin doing something
for example I’m about to start
explaining this idiom to you hey hey
okay the next word or phrase idiom the
next idiom is by the way the word here
they’ve used is incidentally it’s a way
to transition to another topic that’s
related to what you’re talking about
for example this week I’m going to a
party by the way did you hear about the
party happening next week so there’s
someone related okay the next idiom is
in a way in a way this was kind of in a
way it was a good thing that the burrito
shop was closed because otherwise I
would have eaten way too much you can
use this to show that there may be two
sides to a situation maybe some things
are negative
maybe some things are positive next is
on the other hand I hear this a lot on
the other hand is a way of just saying
however or to share two different sides
to a story for example I think my
coworker is really irritating on the
other hand at parties he’s really funny
so you can show two maybe different
sides to a point with this phrase next
is a matter of fact as a matter of fact
as an idiom this is a long way to just
say actually or really it’s a little bit
more formal sounding so you might use it
in a business meeting for example
everybody at the business meeting might
feel a little bit unsure about the
previous month sales and you can begin
your presentation by saying something
like I know everybody was a little bit
unsure about last week’s or last month’s
sales performance but as a matter of
fact things improved and that’s the end
those are some common idioms that you
might hear in English give them a try
they’re pretty useful and you might hear
a lot of them in conversation thanks
very much for joining us this week and
we’ll see you again next time for more
information hi hi welcome back to weekly
words my name is Alisha and this week
we’re going to talk about ways to say hi
this should be fun let’s get started
first is Yelp this is one is a little
bit casual in case you couldn’t tell
they used for close friends maybe family
members if you have kind of a silly
relationship with them just quick short
easy to do in a sentence
yo how’s it going howdy howdy
traditionally associated with cowboy
culture I suppose you should play a
banjo maybe or you’ve just gotten out a
horse I don’t know I use howdy from time
to time howdy howdy howdy howdy stand
and then Ben Ben Ben does my banjo yeah
in the sentence you might say howdy
folks
welcome to the barbecue place
next is hay hay is good friendly phrase
you can usually use hay with a wave and
smile look happy if you don’t people
might think that you’re down in the
dumps people might think you’re not in a
very good mood in a sentence hey I heard
you got engaged last week
congratulations something like that it’s
usually kind of cheery happy expression
alright next is what’s up what’s up is
the long form of stuff this does not
literally
mean what is above you right now if you
want to be funny you can say the ceiling
or the sky but that joke gets old really
fast and chances are the person you’re
talking to it’s already heard it before
it just means what are you up to what is
going on with you in a sentence what’s
up did you have a good weekend typical
response to what’s up is not much find
out some more responses in English in
three minutes we did an episode on this
nothing much how about you it’s pretty
good pretty good pretty good pretty good
I don’t know what I’m doing the next one
is long time no see you can use this one
you haven’t seen the other person for a
long time you’re at a party or an event
or whatever anytime it’s been a long
break you can decide how long long is
not the day before or the week before
maybe a few weeks or a month whatever is
unusual for you in this other person
when you see them you can say hey a long
time no see how have you been that’s the
end so those are a few different ways to
say hi in a few different situations I
hope that you have a chance to try them
out the next time you meet someone or
you greet someone thanks very much for
joining us this week and we’ll see you
again soon hi this is sort of things up
it like say food so soup hi everybody
welcome back to top Nords my name is
Alisha and today we’re going to be
talking about 10 different phrases that
you can use to respond to the question
how are you so let’s go I’m great
the first phrase is I’m great if someone
says how are you you could say I’m great
try to say I’m great with a kind of an
upbeat voice so something like how are
you I’m great I’m feeling bad I’m
feeling bad if you say I’m feeling bad
the other person is probably if they’re
a friend of yours or a co-worker going
to ask you why what happened so if you
want to use I’m feeling bad make sure
you have an explanation ready so anyway
somebody says how are you and you go I’m
feeling bad maybe I went out for drinks
last night with my coworkers oops
I’m okay I’m okay I think this is one of
those intonation practice ones I’m ok
with that
ah I’m okay it’s like sort of upward
intonation you’re like cool but if
someone says how are you like I’m okay
they’re like oh no
what happened so you can use your
intonation with I’m okay to make it a
good thing or another good thing but
either way it’s not like a very slick
super serious just wrong thank you for
asking
and yeah I imagine this would be in a
more formal situation like if my friend
said to me how are you and I was like
thank you for asking they’d be like what
I would say
I’m fine or I’m doing well I’m doing
great plus thank you for asking cephalus
how are you I’m doing very well thank
you
mmm oh that’s how I would use it and you
the next one is and you like the least
natural response to how are you is I’m
fine thank you and you like just get out
of put just take it out of your head
nobody says that I always say how about
you that’s a much more natural thing how
are you how are you how are you can be a
response again after you have given your
answer to the question how are you I’m
great how are you how are you I’m good
how are you I’m great how are you I’m
okay how are you how have you been
recently how have you been recently this
is only useful if you haven’t seen the
other person for a while I’m not bad I’m
not bad I’m not bad how are you I’m not
bad no I’m not bad things could be worse
I would probably do this Anna’s name is
Mac I’m sleepy the next expression is
I’m sleepy Hey it’s like so specific if
someone said how are you I would
probably say I’m okay but I’m a little
sleepy I don’t know that I would just
say I’m sleepy unless it’s a really good
friend of mine it’s a person close to
you you can say I’m so tired I’m I would
say I’m super tired or I’m really tired
and I feel like that’s a little bit more
natural than just I’m sleepy
I’m good one that I use a lot if someone
says how are you I say I’m good I that’s
just probably my go-to response yeah I’m
good I’m good maybe I’ll repeat it while
smiling I’m good I’m good yeah thanks
for asking great that is the end those
are ten phrases that you can use to
respond to the question how are you if
there’s one takeaway from this
from other things that we’ve done over
the last few years in this channel just
get rid of that I’m fine thank you and
you and pick one of these that we’ve
talked about today of course if there’s
another expression that you use for a
response to how are you I’d be very
interested to learn about that but in
general you’re pretty safe if you stick
with music so thanks very much for
watching this episode of top words and
we will see you again soon bye
noise vamos a la piscina that means
we’re going to the movie theater right
all right hi everybody my name is Alicia
welcome back to top words today we’re
going to be talking about must know
expressions for agreeing and disagreeing
very useful so let’s go
exactly exactly when you agree 100% with
something someone else has said you can
say exactly for example ramen is one of
the best foods in the world exactly I
don’t agree
I don’t agree you have a different
opinion from the other person they tell
you I think that soccer is the best
sport you can say I don’t agree but be
prepared to provide your own opinion
after this I think soccer is the best
sport I don’t agree I think that
football is oh that could cause some
problems soccer football Americans say
football when we mean American football
but the rest of the world says football
when they mean soccer maybe maybe is
when you don’t know when you can’t make
a decision or when you’re not sure about
something okay so someone tosses you an
opinion someone says their their idea to
you I think it’s going to rain tomorrow
you can say yeah maybe you don’t know
for sure yes or no but it’s possible
it’s a good sort of in-between
expression but if you use maybe all the
time is going to sound really strange
and it’s going to sound like you can’t
make a decision so you may be very
sparingly don’t use it so often maybe it
is very commonly used it’s a soft no
it’s up to you to figure that out among
the people that you’re talking to though
you want to say over my house as we can
and maybe I couldn’t agree with you more
you are in complete agreement with the
other person and really want to
communicate that to them you think that
what they have just
that is really really correct super
correct yes you are completely on board
with that idea you can say I couldn’t
agree with you more
I couldn’t the negative form I could not
agree with you more meaning it’s not
possible that I could agree more with
what you’re saying
next week it’s really important that we
have a barbecue because summer is ending
and then your friend can say I couldn’t
agree more that’s a fantastic idea
I’ll buy steak I think we’re going to
have to agree to disagree agree to
disagree this is a kind of it seems like
a simple phrase agree to disagree so
you’re agreeing with the other person
you agree that we have a different
opinion agree to disagree I would use
this expression at the end of a
discussion so person a and person B have
different opinions and they’ve been
discussing those opinions for a long
time and person a is not changing his or
her opinion person B is not changing his
or her opinion so you can say at the end
of the conversation okay we have to
agree to disagree
let’s just accept our different opinions
and move on in the conversation you have
a point there this is not necessarily an
agreement or disagreement phrase it’s a
small agreement within a larger
discussion so maybe been discussing a
topic for a long time and you’ve
disagreed with the other person until
this this time this person says
something and you agree with that you
have a point there so there’s one thing
that this person has said that you can
agree with you can say you have a point
there I think that’s correct or I agree
with that point that’s exactly how I
feel that’s exactly how I feel
meaning my feeling is the same as your
feeling or my opinion is the same as
your opinion that’s exactly how I feel
maybe you can use this if someone
describes your feeling very accurately
for example you can say I feel like the
company is really heading in a nice new
direction you can say yeah that’s
exactly how I feel I really like the new
boss I don’t think so I don’t think so
it’s
soft it’s not so direct it’s not a hard
I disagree but just I don’t think so of
course you can use it to discuss
opinions but you can also use it when
you’re making plans are you going to
that party this weekend
I don’t think so it’s not a disagreement
but it can be used as a negation phrase
and a negative response to something
when used as an opinion I think Chinese
is the hardest language to learn you can
say I don’t think so I think that Arabic
is the hardest language to learn yes
you’re right yes you’re right means
you’re correct yes I agree with you I
think that’s the right information I
think that’s the correct opinion it’s
just a very clear agreement phrase
you’re right it also has the nuance of
being correct so maybe there was there
were there was a possibility the other
person could be incorrect did you know
that pepperoni pizza is the most
delicious pizza in the world yes you’re
right you could change it too that’s
right for that opinion you can use your
to talk specifically about the person
itself but that’s right yes that’s right
that information is correct I guess so I
guess so it’s sort it’s an agreement but
it’s sort of a flaky agreement I guess
so
it’s like you don’t really want to make
a decision but you don’t feel strongly
in one like in agreement or disagreement
you can say I guess so it’s usually said
with this tone of voice and guess so you
know we don’t say I guess so generally
it’s like you can’t quite make a
decision or you don’t want to make a
decision you can say I guess so hey
we’re going to go for Chinese food for
dinner tonight do you want to come yeah
I guess so you don’t feel strongly
either way I guess so
I’m afraid I disagree the rather polite
expression that you can use in a
business situation for example I’m
afraid here doesn’t mean I’m actually
scared or I’m really frightened but just
it’s a softener that’s used at the
beginning of sentences to introduce a
negative opinion so I’m afraid I
disagree or I’m afraid I can’t agree
with you for example I think that you
need to adopt a new policy for your
company I’m afraid I disagree it’s a
soft disagreement that sounds a bit more
formal than some of the other phrases
we’ve talked about so far
absolutely absolutely means 100%
yes exactly precisely definitely it’s a
quick and clear and can be polite as
well as casual word that means you agree
with the other person hey do you want to
go to the beach this weekend yeah
absolutely absolutely oh that’s in so
those are some phrases that you can use
to agree and disagree with other people
there are a lot of them so and you can
kind of mix and match them as you see
fit so give them a try thanks very much
for watching this episode of top words
and we’ll see you again soon bye why is
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