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in this video you’ll learn 20 of the
most common words and phrases in english
hi everybody my name is alicia welcome
to the 800
core english words and phrases video
series this series will teach you the
800 most
common words and phrases in english but
there’s a twist
with each new lesson in this series
we’ll include the previous lessons at
the end
so after you’ve learned the new words
and phrases stick around
and review what you learned in previous
lessons reviewing is one of the most
important parts of learning a language
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okay let’s get started first is
hello hello
hello hello is the most
basic greeting that you can use you can
use it with your friends with your
family members with your co-workers
any time of day is fine hello how have
you been
hello how have you been hello
how have you been
excuse me excuse me
excuse me so excuse me is the
expression you can use when you bump
into somebody
or when you need to interrupt somebody
who’s working on something
it’s a nice like apology expression to
use
excuse me how much is this excuse me
how much is this excuse me
how much is this
i’m sorry i’m sorry
i’m sorry so
we use i’m sorry in cases where
we make a mistake so i did something
wrong or i did something bad
i use i’m sorry to apologize
i’m sorry it was a typo i’m sorry
it was a typo i’m sorry
it was a typo
good night good night
good night so good night is the
expression we use
at the end of the day when we want to
say goodbye to someone
or when we want to wish our family
members a good night of sleep
good night grandma good night grandma
good night grandma
nice to meet you nice to meet you
nice to meet you
so nice to meet you is the expression we
use the first time we meet someone we
don’t use this like the second or the
third time we see someone
only for the first time please come in
nice to meet you please come in nice to
meet you
please come in nice
to meet you how are you
how are you how are
you so how are you is used as a very
general greeting when we see our
co-worker for the first time
or we see a classmate for the first time
we ask
how are you meaning what’s your
condition right now
it’s been a long time how are you
it’s been a long time how are you
it’s been a long time
how are you
yes yes
yes so yes is the word we use to agree
with something or
to show we think something is good or
correct you can use yes
in any of those cases yes this one
please
yes this one please yes
this one please
no no
no so no is the opposite of yes
we use it when we want to disagree or
show
that we think something is not good or
is maybe not the best
option no i haven’t eaten yet
no i haven’t eaten yet no
i haven’t eaten yet
thank you thank you
thank you so thank you is used to
express your appreciation for something
you can use this after you receive a
gift or someone does something for you
thank you very much for the invitation
thank you very much for the invitation
thank you very much for the
invitation i’m
i’m i’m
so i’m is the reduced form of i
and am becomes i’m make sure to clearly
pronounce that
m sound like when you’re introducing
yourself
i’m john i’m john
i’m john
goodbye goodbye
good bye so goodbye is one way to
say like something at the end of the day
usually to say
bye to someone goodbye sounds a little
bit more formal than just
bi but you can use it to sound polite
goodbye
see you again goodbye see you again
good bye see you again
bad bad
bad okay so bad
is a word that means not good you can
use it to describe
something you don’t like or that you
think is inappropriate
be careful of bad people be careful of
bad people
be careful of bad people
good good
good so good is the opposite of bad
you can use it when you want to express
that you like something or that you
think something is positive
my teacher is a good person my teacher
is a good person
my teacher is a good person
pretty pretty
pretty so pretty is used to describe
someone or something’s physical
appearance something that we think is
beautiful
i have a pretty girlfriend i have a
pretty girlfriend
i have a pretty girlfriend
ugly ugly
ugly so ugly is the opposite of pretty
we use this word to describe something
that we think is not pleasing or is
unpleasant
ugly face ugly face
ugly face
easy easy
easy so easy is used to talk about
something that is not
difficult it’s maybe something that’s
simple to do
easy exam easy exam
easy exam
difficult difficult
de fe cult so difficult
describe something that is hard or
something that is challenging to do
difficult problem difficult
problem difficult
problem
near near
near near is used to talk about
something that is close to us
it’s something that we can go to quickly
and easily
i live near the university i live near
the university
i live near the university
far far
far so far is the opposite of near
far means something that is at great
distance
from something else there’s like a long
way to get to something
the station is far from here the station
is far from here
the station is far from here
small small
small so small is the opposite of big
we use it to describe things that are
little you can use it for
concepts for objects or for people
small mistake small mistake
okay let’s get started first is
today today
today today means this day
we use this when we want to talk about
something that’s happening on this day
like part of a schedule today’s homework
today’s homework today’s
homework yesterday
yesterday yesterday
so yesterday means the day before today
so you can use this word when you’re
talking about like past
actions yesterday morning
yesterday morning yesterday
morning tomorrow
tomorrow to
mar so tomorrow
is like the opposite of yesterday it
means the day
after today so we use this when we’re
talking about our future plans
see you tomorrow see you tomorrow
see you tomorrow
week week
week so week refers to
seven days that seven day period so we
use
week when we want to talk about making
plans or schedules and so on
i’m busy this week i’m busy this week
i’m busy this week
year year
year so a year is 365
days so we use year when we’re talking
about points
in time like historical events
one year one year
one year
second second
second so second
refers to a very short period of time
so the amount of time that’s inside one
minute for example
there are 60 seconds in a minute
there are 60 seconds in a minute
there are 60 seconds
in a minute
minute minute
min so
minute refers to again a period of time
we learned that there are 60 seconds in
a minute and we can use
minutes when we’re talking about times
of day
three minutes three minutes
three minutes
hour hour
hour so an hour
refers to one of those 24
blocks of time throughout the day i
sleep for eight hours every day
i sleep for eight hours every day i
sleep for eight hours
every day clock
clock clock
a clock is an object that we use to
understand what time of day it is we can
have
analog or digital alarm clock
alarm clock alarm
clock a clock
a clock a clock
so a clock is used after a number from
one to twelve
to show that it’s a specific hour
let’s meet at the station at nine
o’clock
let’s meet at the station at nine
o’clock
let’s meet at the station at nine
o’clock calendar
calendar cal endure
so a calendar is something we use to
understand the dates
of the year there are 12 months on a
typical
calendar i marked our anniversary on the
calendar
i marked our anniversary on the calendar
i marked our anniversary
on the calendar
monday monday
monday so monday is for most people
the first day of the work week
i go to work on monday i go to work on
monday
i go to work on monday
tuesday tuesday
tuesday tuesday is for most people
the second day of the work week
tuesday january 1st tuesday january
1st tuesday
january 1st
wednesday wednesday
wednesday so wednesday is the middle day
of the week but
keep in mind this is pronounced
wednesday there’s a d
there but we don’t say wednesday we say
wednesday wednesday the 18th
wednesday the 18th wednesday
the 18th
thursday thursday
thursday so thursday is the fourth day
of the work week the day that comes
before friday
so most people get a little bit excited
for friday and thus thursday
is kind of the day when some people
start their weekends a little bit early
thursday january 3rd
thursday january 3rd
thursday january 3rd
friday friday
friday so friday is the last day of the
work week
and lots of people get excited about
friday and they do things on friday
nights with their friends or their
co-workers
are you free this friday are you free
this friday
are you free this
friday saturday
saturday saturday
so saturday is the first day of the
weekend lots of people choose to
do things like their hobbies or maybe
take a trip somewhere
it’s a day to relax for lots of people
saturday night saturday night
saturday night
sunday sunday
sun day so sunday is the last day of the
weekend usually
sunday tends to be a more relaxing day
so we’re kind of recharging a little bit
and taking it easy sunday morning
breakfast
sunday morning breakfast
sunday morning breakfast
do do
do so do
is used when we’re referring to some
kind of activity
we’re making something happen we are
taking care of something
do homework do homework
do homework
go go
go so the verb go
means to move from one place to another
place
we use this when we’re traveling or
maybe even
when we’re talking about some place we
would like to go or like to travel to
go to the park go to the park
go to the park okay
let’s get started first is laugh
laugh laugh
so laugh can be used as either a noun or
as a verb so we use this when we
find something funny the couple
is laughing at a joke
the couple is laughing at a joke
the couple is laughing at
a joke delicious
delicious delicious
so delicious is a word we use when we
think something tastes good we can use
this for food or drinks
chinese food is delicious chinese food
is delicious
chinese food is delicious
water water
water so water
is just the word we use for the thing we
drink the most basic thing to drink can
i have some water please
can i have some water please can
i have some water
please tea
tea tea
so tea is another very popular drink you
can have it cold or
hot would you like a cup of tea
would you like a cup of tea would
you like a cup of tea
coffee coffee
coffee coffee is yet another very
popular drink
we usually have this in the morning cup
of coffee
cup of coffee cup of
coffee beer
beer beer
so beer yet another very popular drink
for adults we usually enjoy beer
after work cold beer
cold beer cold
beer wine
wine wine
so wine is something that we tend to
enjoy with kind of special occasions or
we like to pair it with foods
glass of wine glass of wine
glass of wine
beef beef
beef so beef refers to
meat that comes from a cow this can mean
anything that comes from a cow beef
steak
beef steak beef
steak chicken
chicken chicken
so chicken refers to the animal but also
the meat when you want to talk about one
like of the animal you can say
a chicken chicken can be fried
baked or roasted chicken can be fried
baked or roasted chicken
can be fried baked or
roasted pork
pork pork
so pork is another very popular meat we
often have it
at breakfast as bacon or maybe in the
evening as like a pork chop
pork is the meat from a pig pork is the
meat from a pig
pork is the meat from a pig
fish fish
fish so fish
is anything that comes from the ocean
anything that comes from the ocean or
from other
bodies of water chicken or fish
chicken or fish chicken
or fish
lamb lamb
lamb so lamb refers to
meat that comes from a baby sheep
lamb is extremely delicious lamb is
extremely delicious
lamb is extremely delicious
doctor doctor
doctor so a doctor is a person who helps
other people with their health
if you get sick go to the doctor if you
get sick
go to the doctor if you get
sick go to the doctor
police officer police officer
police officer
so a police officer is someone in a city
that
helps other people when they are in
trouble i’ll ask a police officer for
help
i’ll ask a police officer for help
i’ll ask a police officer for
help teacher
teacher teacher
so a teacher is someone who shares
information who helps students or other
people to learn something
english teacher english teacher
english teacher
employee employee
employee an employee
is someone who works at a company or
someone who works
for someone else female employee
female employee female
employee come
come come
so we use the verb come to mean to move
from one location
to the place where we are now the girl
came towards the video camera
the girl came towards the video camera
the girl came towards the video
camera c
c c
so we use the verb c to mean to use our
eyes to focus
on something the tourists saw the sunset
the tourists saw the sunset the tourists
saw the sunset
make make
make we use the verb make when we talk
about
creating something the chef makes orange
juice
the chef makes orange juice
the chef makes orange juice
use use
use so we use the verb use
when we want to talk about like applying
something or we want to talk about
utilizing something for something else
the programmer used the computer
the programmer used the computer the
programmer
used the computer okay let’s get started
first is can
can can
so can is used to mean something we are
able to do can jump over
can jump over can
jump over
zero zero
z row so zero is used to refer to the
number
which means nothing so we also read this
as o
sometimes number zero
number zero number
zero one
one one
so one means the first number so we use
it anytime there’s a single
number of something one degree
one degree one
degree two
two two
so two is the second number we use it to
talk about
pairs or couples of things the number
two is my favorite number
the number two is my favorite number
the number two is my favorite number
three three
three so the third number in english
is the number three three dollars
three dollars three
dollars four
four four
so the fourth number in english is the
number four
keep in mind that the spelling is
different from for which means a purpose
number four number four
number four
five five
five so the next number is the number
five the starfish has five legs
the starfish has five legs
the starfish has five
legs six
six six
so the next number in our sequence is
the number six
we have a six day vacation next month
we have a six day vacation next month
we have a six day vacation
next month
seven seven
se then so the next number in this
sequence is the number
seven there are seven days in every week
there are seven days in every week
there are seven days in every
week eight
eight eight
so the next number is the number h this
has an interesting spelling it’s
pronounced
eight eight is a lucky number
eight is a lucky number
eight is a lucky number
nine nine
nine so the next number in this series
is the number nine
nine floors nine floors
nine floors
ten ten
ten so ten is the first
double digit number that means there are
two digits
one and zero ten grams
ten grams 10
grams salesman
salesman sales
men so a salesman is a male
a man who sells things car salesman
car salesman car
sales men manager
manager man
a juror so a manager is a person at a
workplace that is responsible
for other people department manager
department manager department
manager cook
cook cook
so a cook is a person who makes food a
cook
is different from a chef in that a chef
went to school
a cook has their experience on the job
the cook fried an egg the cook
fried an egg the cook
fried an egg
engineer engineer
engineer so an
engineer is a technology related job an
engineer can create things in many
different industries
i’m an engineer i’m an engineer
i am an engineer
programmer programmer
programmer so a programmer is a person
who
writes or who creates programs
i am a computer programmer
i’m a computer programmer
i am a computer programmer
nurse nurse
nurse so a nurse is someone who works at
a hospital or a clinic or at like a
nursing home
so they help patients the woman is a
nurse
the woman is a nurse the woman
is a nurse body
body body
so a body can be a human body it’s just
your actual body
all of your different parts we can also
use this for animals too
food is fuel for the body food is fuel
for the body
food is fuel for
the body head
head head
so head refers to this part of your body
the very top part
of your body head injuries are very
dangerous
head injuries are very dangerous
head injuries are very
dangerous okay let’s get started
first is hand
hand hand
so your hand it’s a part of your body
this part of your body is your hand
left hand left hand
left hand
arm arm
arm so the arm is this part of your body
from here to the end of your hand
muscular arm muscular arm
muscular arm
foot foot
foot so your foot just one
is the part of your body that’s at the
very very bottom
right foot right foot
right foot leg
leg leg
so your leg is the entire long part of
your body one
leg that you walk on long legs
long legs long
legs finger
finger finger
so your fingers are these parts of your
body so
finger is a countable noun we count it
one finger
two finger three fingers and so on
pinky finger pinky finger
pinky finger
back back
back so your back is like the reverse
part of your
body we think of this as the front part
our back
is behind us my back hurts
my back hurts my back
hurts stomach
stomach
so your stomach is the part of your body
that digests
food so we often talk about our stomach
because it feels uncomfortable
my stomach hurts my stomach hurts
my stomach hurts
chest chest
chest so your chest is the upper part of
the front
of your body i have chest pains
i have chest pains i have
chest pains
january january
january
january is the first month of the year
in north america
it is typically a cold month it’s very
cold here in january
it’s very cold here in january
it’s very cold here in january
february february
february
so february has an interesting spelling
that first
r isn’t really pronounced february is
the shortest month with 28 days
february is the shortest month with 28
days
february is the shortest month with 28
days
march march
march march is the third month of the
year
we think of march as the time when
spring begins
it is now april so last month was march
it is now april so last month was march
it is now april so last month
was march april
april april
april is the fourth month of the year
and we think of this as a time when
flowers start to bloom
april showers bring may flowers
april showers bring may flowers
april showers bring may
flowers may
may may
may is the fifth month of the year we
think of may as just the time before
summer so the weather is typically
really really nice
and spring is in full like bloom
may 31st is world no smoking day
may 31st is world no smoking day
may 31st is world no
smoking day june
june june
june is the sixth month of the year it
feels a little bit warmer than
may but it’s not quite summer
a warm june a warm
june a warm
june july
july july
so july the seventh month of the year is
typically when many people think of
summer as
beginning in the u.s july is one of
seven months
with 31 days july
is one of seven months with 31 days
july is one of seven months with 31 days
august august
august august the eighth month of the
year tends to be
quite hot and there’s a lot of fun
summer activities to do
the school is closed in august
the school is closed in august
the school is closed
in august september
september september
september is kind of the beginning of
fall or autumn and it’s also typically
the time of year when students go back
to school
today is saturday september 10th
today is saturday september 10th
today is saturday september 10th
october october
october so
october is when the weather gets a
little bit cooler and we start to see
some popular autumn foods appearing
halloween falls on october 31st
halloween falls on october 31st
halloween falls on october
31st november
november no
them burr so november
is very well known in the u.s for having
thanksgiving when we enjoy a huge meal
with family or friends
november is one of four months with 30
days
november is one of four months with 30
days
november is one of four months
with 30 days
december december
december december is the last month of
the year and we think of it as a time
for celebration
december 31st is new year’s eve
december 31st is new year’s eve
december 31st is new year’s
eve
the secret to speaking more of your
target language
if you’re like most language learners
then above all you want to speak
and understand more of your target
language but how do you speak more when
you’re just starting out
when you can’t yet create sentences off
the top of your head
here are some tips let’s jump into part
one
how to prepare ahead of time to speak
more
so what’s the secret to speaking more of
your target language
it’s something called preparation and
believe it or not
you’ve likely used it if you’ve ever had
to give a speech or a presentation
so what do we mean by preparation
imagine that you have to go open a bank
account in the language that you’re
learning
how would you do it you can go in there
grunt and use body language
or you can first come up with a list of
words and phrases you need to know
before you go
like debit card bank account i want to
open a bank account and
minimum balance you may want to look up
the grammar rules for how to say
i want to once you know these words and
phrases
you translate them into your target
language and you go over to the bank to
open an account
or let’s say you’re meeting a person for
the first time
what are some things you’d say to them
things like what’s your name
my name is where are you from i am from
and so on
so you prepare a list of words and
phrases all the things you’d want to say
in that situation
you translate them ahead of time so that
you can communicate effectively
that’s preparation and preparation works
because most conversations are
predictable to a degree
for example most conversations with
friends start with greetings and
catching up on how you’ve been
and if you know the lines for greetings
catching up and talking about your
weekend
then you can easily handle such a
conversation the point is
the more you prepare the more you learn
to speak without needing a teacher
so how do you prepare part two
how to speak more through preparation
here are some tips
if you’re using our learning program one
take our audio
and video lessons you’ll find these in
our lesson library and just focus on the
conversational lessons
lessons are just three to fifteen
minutes in length and in the first
minute you’ll hear a practical
conversation
for example meeting someone new catching
up with a friend or ordering in a
restaurant
then our teachers break down and explain
every word and grammar rule
so you can learn these lines and
conversations ahead of time
number two download the audio dialogue
track
this gives you just the conversation so
when you finish a lesson
download it for easy review then make a
playlist out of all of them and play the
conversations on repeat
this will make them much easier to
remember number three
save the lesson notes the lesson notes
give you the lesson in writing
so you can read the lesson dialogue the
grammar explanations and cultural
insights for every lesson
download and keep the notes for
conversations you think are useful
for example if you want to talk about
the weather and you took a lesson on
that
then download the lesson notes for that
lesson now if you’re looking to prepare
ahead of time for specific topics then
do this next one
number four use our free pdf
conversation cheat sheets
these conversation cheat sheets teach
you words and phrases for
all kinds of common conversation topics
like weather hobbies family
plans and much more you can prepare for
the most common conversations with these
cheat sheets
if you want to access our free
conversation cheat sheets
leave a comment down below and we’ll
give you the link number five
look up lesson topics in our lesson
library if you want to open a bank
account or eat at a certain restaurant
and you don’t know how to talk about
these topics find a lesson about it in
our lesson library
number six if you’re a premium plus user
simply ask your teacher to point you to
lessons for certain topics
or even better ask them for potential
lines and you can even practice speaking
just record yourself send it in and your
teacher will provide you feedback on
what to say
and how number seven do it the old
school way
sit down think of a topic you want to
talk about make a list of
all the words you think you need all the
phrases you want to say or may hear in
that conversation
then translate those words and phrases
into your target language
so let’s recap most conversations are
predictable
you can prepare ahead of time by
thinking of all the words and lines
you’ll need for various conversations
and you can prepare with one are audio
and video lessons
two conversation tracks three lesson
notes
four free pdf cheat sheets five by
looking up specific topics in the lesson
library
six asking your premium plus teacher and
seven
by manually coming up with a list of the
words and phrases and translating them
learning to carry a conversation is
vital to mastery of any language
even beginners can quickly learn
conversational language well enough to
carry on real conversations with native
speakers
of course beginners won’t be able to
carry a conversation the same way they
could in their native language
but just knowing a few tips like which
questions to ask to keep a conversation
going
are all you need to speak and interact
with real native speakers
before we get to specific suggestions
let’s first take a closer look at how
having real conversations in your target
language
is so vital to your mastery of the
language communicating with other people
is the very point of language
and conversation comes easily in our
native tongue for beginners or anyone
learning a new language
conversations aren’t easy at all and
even simple greetings can be
intimidating
and awkward nothing kills a conversation
faster than long periods of awkward
silence
so you need practice and specific
strategies to avoid them
when you know what to say to keep a
conversation going communication becomes
much easier
and you make a better impression on your
listener nothing will help you learn to
speak a language faster
and truly master the language than
having real conversations with native
speakers
conversations quickly expose you to
slang cultural expressions and
vocabulary that force you to absorb and
assimilate information
faster than any educational setting and
that’s a great thing
but how can you possibly have real
conversations with real people
if you’re just starting out here are
three proven methods that even beginners
can quickly use to learn
conversational language to make a great
impression and avoid awkward silences
first ask questions to keep a
conversation going
for beginners and even more advanced
speakers the key is to ask
questions to keep a conversation going
of course they can’t be just random
questions or else you may confuse the
listener
but by memorizing a few key questions
and the appropriate time
to use them you can easily carry a
conversation with minimal vocabulary or
experience
and remember the more conversations you
have the quicker you will learn and
master the language
second learn core vocabulary terms as
quickly as possible
you don’t need to memorize thousands of
words to learn conversational language
in fact with just a couple hundred words
you could have a very basic conversation
and by learning maybe 1000 to two
thousand words
you could carry a conversation with a
native speaker about current events
order in restaurants and even get
directions
to help you get started with this check
out our two thousand common words
also known as our core list these 2000
words are all you need to learn to speak
fluently
and carry a conversation with a native
speaker
third study video or audio lessons that
you can play and replay again and again
if you want to know how to carry on a
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you’ve studied for a while and are ready
to talk to people and practice what
you’ve learned
but where do you start starting a
conversation in a new language can seem
a bit
intimidating how do you just jump into
it
in this video we’ll look at five ways to
start conversations
number one introduce yourself in your
target language
this is usually one of the first things
you learn when you start studying a new
language
and sometimes starting a conversation or
continuing one
is as simple as introducing yourself
number two
talking about the weather this is a
universal talking point
people talk about the weather all over
the world and just saying it’s really
nice today is enough to start a
conversation
a great way to practice your weather
conversation skills is to check out our
can-do lesson pathway
this series of lessons teaches you how
to talk about the weather in your target
language
number three give compliments
compliments are a great way to start a
conversation you can compliment
something about your conversation
partner city
country or something specific to them
personally
hey your bag is super cute or that ice
cream looks delicious
these kinds of compliments can lead to
further conversation about what you
complimented
in this case it could be fashion or a
local restaurant
this is a great way to make quick
connections with people
number four ask for help for example
you can ask for directions ask about
prices or request
recommendations for restaurants or
shopping spots and let the conversation
go from there
people are usually happy to lend a
helping hand to tourists who are
visiting their city
number five learn phrases for
transactions
this can include getting a room at a
hotel or telling a taxi driver where to
go
when you’re traveling overseas you’ll
need to talk to other people in your
target language
and while this might be a bit scary at
first you’ll find that the people you
meet are just happy that you’re trying
to communicate with them
so get started talking in your target
language now
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how to improve your language and speak
more through preparation
okay let’s get into part one why you
should prepare for conversations ahead
of time
if you’re a beginner you can probably
relate to this when it comes to speaking
you tend to run out of things to say
and that’s because you don’t know enough
of the language to express yourself
and that’s where preparation comes in
you may think that the conversations we
have in our daily lives are spontaneous
that you can’t prepare for them you’re
right to an extent
but imagine meeting someone for the
first time both of you will go through
some common questions and phrases
like what’s your name my name is where
are you from
and how long have you been studying the
language as a language learner you’ll
have these kinds of conversations with
almost
every native you meet guaranteed they’ll
always ask you about how long
and how you’ve been learning and even
with your friends
some conversations start the same way
for example
you say things like hey how are you how
are things
how was your weekend my weekend was good
and you
let’s say you went to a restaurant this
weekend and now you want to talk about
it
well that allows you to prepare and
learn some phrases
like i went to a restaurant the
restaurant had delicious food
the point is some questions and phrases
come up often in conversations
so it makes total sense to master them
ahead of time
and you can always plan ahead and
prepare for things you want to talk
about
when it comes time to speak you know
what to say how to respond and you don’t
run out of talking points as quickly
so how do you prepare let’s jump into
part two
the first thing you can do to prepare is
check out our 25 questions you need to
know
lesson series this series is
specifically designed to help you with
the first time conversations you’ll have
with native speakers
you’ll learn the 25 most common
questions and answers used in
conversations
just listen to the lessons repeat out
loud then
put what you learned to use these will
serve as talking points so you can keep
your conversations going
number two print out the curriculum for
this lesson series so you can review
all of the lessons at once the
curriculum gives you the lines and
vocabulary used in all lessons up front
so you can use this to review key
questions and responses
this will allow you to control
conversations and ask questions instead
of just having the native speaker ask
you all the questions
in other words you’ll sound like a fluid
confident and experienced speaker
number three check out our printable
conversation cheat sheets
this is another free resource that gives
you lines and words for all kinds of
topics
for example talking about hobbies your
family
and much more number four ask yourself
what do you want to talk about come up
with some topics
and for each topic write out potential
questions and phrases
that would come up in a conversation for
example
if you want to talk about restaurants
you can have lines like
my favorite restaurant is my favorite
food is
what’s your favorite restaurant and then
run these lines through a translation
app
it won’t be perfect but it’ll give you
lines to use that you can correct later
number five look for lessons that are
related to your topics with our lesson
library
on our site we have hundreds of lessons
that teach you conversations so
if you’re looking for lessons related to
restaurants and food
you’ll get all kinds of conversations
that you can use for yourself
and number six if you’re a premium plus
user
get in touch with your teacher be a my
teacher and try a conversation with them
they’ll help you every step of the way
correct your writing and give you the
lines to use in a conversation
that way you can prepare ahead of time
and when it comes time to speak
you’ll know what to say so thank you for
watching this episode of monthly review
if you’re like most language learners
then your number one goal is to speak
more right
you want to have fluid conversations
with natives it’s a great goal to have
but for most language learners speaking
also happens to be their weakest skill
you may not know enough of the language
to express yourself
you tend to run out of words and things
to say and you’re just not sure how to
start conversation
if you have at least one of these issues
then talking points are just what you
need
part one what’s a talking point a
talking point is a topic that invites
discussion or argument
in other words just something to talk
about it could be about yourself
your work your hobbies the weather food
or what you did this past weekend
all of these are talking points here’s
an example to help you better understand
talking points think of a conversation
you’d have with a friend
you can ask what did you do this weekend
they’ll reply
and then ask you back the talking point
here is the weekend
let’s say your friend says they went to
a restaurant that’s a natural talking
point to explore next
you can ask what kind of restaurants do
you like now you’ve covered
two talking points the more talking
points you have the more you can speak
and the same goes for your target
language the only challenge is you need
to know the relevant words and phrases
for that topic
for example if you want to talk about
the weekend you need to know phrases and
questions like what did you do this
weekend
i did this what about you in the next
part you’ll discover
five easy talking points that you can
master with our learning program
let’s get into part two part two five
talking points you can use
the first one is learn how to introduce
yourself in your target language
why is this a powerful talking point
introducing yourself is something you’ll
do
again and again every time you meet
someone new so
learning the relevant phrases is a must
if you’ve done the first few lessons on
our site you can already do this
if not then check out our absolute
beginner lessons and the top 25
questions you must know lessons you’ll
learn basic conversations with our quick
3 to 15 minute lessons we’ll give you
the exact lines to use
along with the translations so that you
can use them in conversations
you can also use this talking point to
continue a conversation
for example if you’ve started with a
different point like the weather
then it makes sense to say by the way my
name is
talking point number two the weather
this is a universal talking point
people like to talk or complain about
the weather all over the world
in fact just saying it’s really nice
today is enough to start a conversation
with a native speaker
if you want to talk about the weather
check out our can-do lesson pathway
called
can talk about weather you’ll find this
pathway in the absolute beginner level
of our lesson library
talking point number three compliments
compliments are another great way to
start a conversation or continue one
if you’re running out of things to say
you can quickly transition
and say something about their city their
country or just hey
i like your shirt if you want to learn
how to complement
check out our compliments phrase list
this list is free to access for all
users
if you don’t know where to find it on
our site leave a comment in the comments
below and we’ll follow up
point number four ask for help for
example
you can ask for directions or about the
price and let the conversation go from
there
these are very basic phrases that you
learn in our survival phrases lessons
if you want to strike up a quick
dialogue this is a great talking point
to use
point number five learn phrases for
transactions like getting a room at a
hotel
shopping ordering food or telling the
taxi driver where to go
you may think that this isn’t much of a
talking point but for the learners that
are shy about talking to random native
speakers for no reason
this is an easy way to start a dialogue
you have a good excuse
you want to buy something so the staff
will be happy to respond
again you learn all of these with our
survival phrases lessons
okay let’s move on to our last part part
three
how to get our conversation cheat sheets
lastly i’m going to tell you how to get
our collection of conversation cheat
sheets for free
with these cheat sheets you’ll be able
to talk about all kinds of topics
travel hobbies dating family weather
and much more which means you can master
a lot of talking points and speak more
of your target language
if you’d like to get these cheat sheets
please leave us a comment in the comment
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top 10 language learning strategies
let’s begin
befriending or dating someone who speaks
english
watching movies or listening to music in
english
read english newspapers or magazines
record your voice and compare your
pronunciation with
native english speakers download
dialogue tracks and listen to english
conversations
repeat the phrases that you hear out
loud again
and again review all the lessons
on englishclass101.com to master them
completely read lines slowly at first
then re-read and increase your speed
set small and measurable learning goals
with your personal deadlines
try harder lessons to challenge yourself
and improve faster
10 ways to stop translating in your head
let’s get started identify
objects around you in english the first
way to stop
translating in your head is to identify
the objects
around you in your target language so if
you’re studying english that means
you look at the objects around the room
look at the things
in your life don’t think of them in your
native language first think of them in
your target language first
so if i look around the room i see a
computer i shouldn’t think
my native language word i should think
my target language word so start with
the items and the situations in your
everyday life if i say computer in
english maybe i should say computa in
japanese
i should say not i don’t know water in
english i should say omizu
in japanese so start associating the
words
in your target language with your
everyday life
now so if you’re studying english that
means start
getting familiar with the things in your
everyday life
in english repeat phrases you hear
native speakers use
tip number two is to repeat the phrases
that you hear
native speakers use so if you’re
watching
this channel for example or you’re
watching a
tv show or a movie uh listen for the way
that native speakers
make those phrases if you hear a phrase
you have never heard before
or you hear an interesting combination
of words
try to repeat them yourself don’t just
listen try to say them yourself if
you’re in a public space
and it’s difficult for you to do that
fine practice in a place where you feel
more comfortable maybe if you have some
private space to practice
just repeat them get your mouth used to
saying the words
the way that the speakers the native
speakers do
so if you never actually say words if
you’re only taking
in if you’re only listening and you’re
not actually producing the language it’s
it’s kind of hard to to practice and to
to really hone your pronunciation to
improve your pronunciation
so when you listen to native speakers
try to repeat
after them so for example if you’re
studying english
you can try to repeat after this video
you can repeat after the things i’m
saying
because maybe i’m using an expression or
i’m using
a certain uh series of vocabulary words
together
the way a native speaker would and it’s
maybe a good idea to try to practice the
ways that native speakers put their
words together so try to repeat
after native speakers especially when
you’re looking at media
and you can do this when you’re reading
books too you can try to read out
read out loud interesting lines of books
that you find or something that maybe is
difficult for you
very nice practice tip make a situation
where you can’t escape into your native
language
make a situation where you can’t escape
into your native language
essentially means immerse yourself of
course
going to that country or going to a
place where you
can speak only that language is very
difficult for some of you
totally understand but if in your life
you can create
a situation in your library in your room
in your house somewhere for just an hour
or
i don’t know maybe a day i don’t know
what your schedule is like but
if you can create a situation or create
an environment where you have
no choice but to use that language
and you cannot escape meaning you cannot
go back to using your native language as
a crutch you can’t use the native
language at all
it forces you to use the language that
you’re studying
so of course if you are lucky enough to
live in the country or to live in a
place
where people speak the language you’re
studying great but you have to go
out and interact with people you have to
put yourself in a place
where you have no choice but to speak
it’s very hard and it’s very scary and
it’s very embarrassing at first
but if you take time to find places and
to make
environments that are comfortable for
you where you feel comfortable making
mistakes
and asking questions it’s very valuable
for your learning process this is
actually something that i did totally i
totally did this
my japanese wasn’t very good for a long
time
but then i started making friends who
could not speak
english uh actually i just did this
through finding hobbies there was a
hobby that i had
i joined a group i joined actually a
school to where i could learn how to do
that hobby
and everything was taught only in
japanese
and the people in my class only spoke
japanese mostly
and then maybe we would go off for
drinks and food late at night or on the
weekends and
everybody spoke only japanese and if i
couldn’t communicate
even simply in japanese i had no hope of
keeping that friendship together
so it forced me to study it forced me to
think about the words they were using
and to try to learn those words those
patterns as well as how to produce them
naturally myself so i was learning the
vocabulary words
the people around me were using and
learning how to apply them on my own
that was only possible because i had no
escape
in those situations so try to do that
even if you can do it yourself in your
house it’s super helpful i think
watch tv and movies in your target
language without subtitles
tip number four is to watch tv and
movies in your target language
without subtitles without subtitles so
i think that watching uh with subtitles
can be very beneficial
um so if i’m watching something or if
you want to watch something with
subtitles on
great but i sometimes find that i can in
my case i
i think too much about reading the
subtitles and i forget to listen
so maybe if you’ve seen a movie in your
target language a few times
with the subtitles on try turning the
subtitles
off and think about the like characters
body language the words they’re using
you can always look that up later look
up the you know the words you don’t know
in a dictionary but
try to do it where you’re focusing
completely
on the way that people are using their
words try
not to use the subtitles so kind of play
around with it a little bit if there’s a
word that’s difficult for you to hear
you can actually turn on the subtitles
in like the
in the native language of the movie as
well
that’s something that i’ve done like if
uh like if i wanted to study japanese
it’s very useful when the actual words
spoken
in japanese appear on the screen
sometimes it’s easier for me to catch
a word if i see it visually and i hear
it at the same time
so another way to kind of explore
how you can use tv and movies is to
actually turn on the closed captions
like the
the um the words on the screen in the
native language of the movie
so uh so this is sort of two points in
one so one
watch movies without subtitles meaning
subtitles in your native language
and hint two is to watch movies um with
closed captioning on
but the closed captioning is in your
target language not in your native
language so you can try those two things
with tv and with
movies don’t bring a dictionary to your
lesson
tip number five is don’t bring a
dictionary to your lesson
okay so give me a second here so i
understand the dictionaries
especially dictionaries we have them on
our phones now are very very convenient
um of course it’s important to use them
and it’s a they’re a great resource to
have
however one thing that really bothers me
and that i think is detrimental it’s not
helpful for students is when uh students
are in a lesson and they’re practicing
conversation
and they reach a point in the
conversation where they don’t know the
word they want to use they know it in
their native language
and they don’t know how to say it in
their target language
they pull out their dictionary they say
to this the person listening to them
their practice partner
in their lesson where they have a
limited period of time
just a moment and then they look it up
on their phone it takes
a few seconds the flow of the
conversation stops
and then they say a word and it’s like
whoa
no that’s not you don’t have that
ability you don’t have
the ability to do that in a conversation
with a native speaker
most people like if you go to a bank and
try to open a bank account are you
really going to pull out your dictionary
and sit there and try to communicate you
know just a moment just a moment
as you look up each word you don’t know
no or if you do that’s not a real
conversation
so instead try using a different
strategy by that i mean
if you find a word you don’t know in
conversation
explain the word to your conversation
partner
maybe they know the word if you’re
speaking with a native speaker this is a
chance for them to teach you a word
i find that when people take the time to
teach me a word
i remember the word much better than
just looking it up on my dictionary
so try to resist maybe you can bring a
dictionary to your lesson but don’t use
it or try
not to use it in your conversation
practice it’s just
it destroys the flow of a conversation
so instead
practice the skill of describing the
vocabulary word you want to use
and learn how to ask the meaning of a
word or learn how to ask for
a vocabulary word from your partner so
you can use an expression like ah what’s
the word that means blah blah blah
or um you know it’s this thing that does
this and this and this so
this is an opportunity for you to
describe characteristics of something or
find a different way you can use your
body language you can use
whatever you have a lot of tools but try
not to use a dictionary in a
conversation because it’s not realistic
train responses to common questions
number six is a quick one i think number
six hint number six i have
is just to train responses to common
questions train responses to common
questions
so for example a very common question in
english is hey how are you
you should know how to answer this
question just have a default response
hey how are you
i’m good if it takes you
a long time to answer the question hey
how are you
you need to practice i think that’s a
pretty good uh
a pretty good indicator so for example
sometimes i ask
students a question like that they they
haven’t quite
gotten the idea of how to respond just
yet they they’re not so
quick at responding i say uh hey how are
you and they say yes
and then they think and they go i’m uh
i’m
good that’s a very common question
so think about just a default response
that you can spit out that you can
quickly say
if it’s how was your weekend or hey
what’s up or
what do you want to do for dinner
tonight think about like
just a handful meaning just a few
responses to those
questions and train them quickly just
how are you i’m good how are you i’m
okay
how are you not bad there’s three so
it’s just training responses to those
questions there’s no reason to be
surprised
by a question like how are you like
that’s a very common question
so for those common questions train
responses to that we’ve got a bunch of
videos
especially beginner level videos for
some example responses you can do
so don’t get stuck with these little
questions just train a few responses
practice a few responses till they feel
natural to you it’ll save you time
and it’ll help the person asking the
question too to move forward in the
conversation
okay study with materials that don’t
provide a translation
the next tip is to study with materials
that don’t
provide a translation so by this i mean
if you’re using worksheets and or some
kind of textbook
or whatever and it has your target
language the language you’re studying
and it has your native language next to
it while this can be
useful i feel that if you can
studying your materials only in your
target language
and then simplified explanations for
more detailed points
also in your target language can be a
little bit better
so i don’t want to say like you should
only study things in your target
language and nothing
from your native language because of
course like it’s it can be helpful
sometimes to look up a word or to
understand a grammar point in your
native language
but where possible if you can find
something that provides simplified
explanations in your target language it
can be really really helpful because
again
you’re thinking you’re learning to think
on like a simpler on a more basic
level about the language you’re studying
in the language that you’re studying so
this can be really really good so
finding some materials to use where
there’s no
translation maybe you can practice um
of course with with books and with
written materials
but also with like video materials as
well so
there are a variety of different ways
that you can
find materials in your target language
like in video and tv so some things to
think about
there are the level of vocabulary words
people are using in the media content
you’re watching
um who the media content is intended for
children young adults adults
uh the speed at which the speaker is
talking so like i have the ability
to change the level of difficulty of
videos based on the rate of speech the
vocabulary words that i use and how many
like idioms and things i use
so i could make a video very difficult
we could make a very like a very
difficult video
series by leveling up our vocabulary use
or by speaking very quickly
or as you might see in like our english
and three minutes series
we can also use very simple vocabulary
and speak at a low rate of speech so
maybe right now this is a very
intermediate level video
so please think about that so not just
for
written materials but also for your
audio and visual materials think about
um who your audience is the level of the
material and so on
it can be really fun uh and it can be
helpful to think about
um your your target language in your
target language
all right we’re almost done study
phrases in addition to single vocabulary
the next tip is study phrases in
addition to single vocabulary words so
yes of course vocabulary is important
but
i find it personally very very useful
to look at how a vocabulary word is used
in a phrase because sometimes using it
in a phrase
helps you understand the nuance of that
vocabulary word
really really well so if i like a word
like crazy for example in english
depending on the situation where the
word crazy
is used it could mean something
different it could mean like
a person who is mentally confused or
mixed up
it could also mean something really good
it could mean something really bad
so if we look only at the word crazy
it’s quite difficult to understand
really the meaning of the word
but if you look at the way the word is
used in a phrase
you can get a lot more information so
take a look at the way people use words
in
phrases not just as single vocabulary
words you can learn a lot more that way
i think do your daily activities in
english where possible
the next tip is to do your daily
activities in your target language
so if you’re studying english that means
try to do some daily activities
in english if possible so this can be
very very boring stuff but just think
about it
when you’re doing the activity so like
right now i’m
filming a video for englishclass101.com
or
i’m going to work i’m cooking breakfast
i’m doing the laundry
what do i have to do tomorrow so try
thinking about your
everyday life in english if you’re
studying english
try thinking about your everyday
activities the people that you meet
what are you doing so this is a way to
help you practice your verbs so if you
don’t know if you’re
i don’t know you’re doing something at
work and you’re like oh my gosh how do i
explain the
what’s the verb for you know a picture
like i want to
blah blah a picture what’s the word you
can check a dictionary at that point and
go ah it’s
draw i i need to use the verb draw for
draw a picture
so you can find these little gaps in
your everyday life these little gaps in
your knowledge
if you think about your everyday
activities
in your target language if you don’t
think about it in your target language
you might not realize you have
vocabulary gaps or phrase gaps here and
there so this is a really good and kind
of funny
actually way to study use a learner’s
dictionary for new words
the last tip is to use a learner’s
dictionary for new words so in
english there are learners dictionaries
available in english so
my favorite my personal favorite is
merriam-webster merriam-webster is a
fantastic dictionary resource they’re so
interesting and they have
tons of like historical information i
really do
just sit and like read things on the
dictionary page
lately it’s true but um
of course there’s a definition there’s a
meaning for words there are example
sentences for words
but merriam-webster also has what’s
called a
learner’s dictionary if you find a word
that you don’t recognize you can check
it
in a dictionary in a learner’s
dictionary and it gives you a
simplified a simple explanation in
simple english
of that word so instead of checking it
in your native language you can check it
in your target language so again
this helps you to understand the word um
that you are that you’re focused on but
you understand it
from um the language you’re studying not
from your native language so using a
learner’s dictionary can be really
really useful as well
all right how are your english listening
skills
first you’ll see an image and hear a
question
next comes a short dialogue listen
carefully and see if you can answer
correctly
we’ll show you the answer at the end
a man and a woman are talking what are
they going to do first
[Music]
what do you want to do today i want to
go see a movie
ok i want to watch the baseball game on
tv
also i want to go shopping the baseball
game
starts at one o’clock okay so let’s see
the movie first
and then you can watch the baseball game
all right
then we’ll go shopping in the evening
what are they going to do first
a man and a woman are talking what are
they going to do first
what do you want to do today i want to
go see a movie
okay i want to watch the baseball game
on tv
also i want to go shopping the baseball
game starts at one o’clock
okay so let’s see the movie first and
then you can watch the baseball game
alright then we’ll go shopping in the
evening
a teacher and a student are talking
when will the student go to the
teacher’s office
[Music]
i didn’t really understand today’s class
i see what was confusing
several things do you have time now
actually i’m a little busy could you
come to my office in the afternoon
i’ll be there from 1pm to 4pm
okay i’ll be there at 2pm
when will the student go to the
teacher’s office
a teacher and a student are talking
when will the student go to the
teacher’s office
i didn’t really understand today’s class
i see what was confusing
several things do you have time now
actually i’m a little busy could you
come to my office in the afternoon
i’ll be there from 1pm to 4pm
ok i’ll be there at 2pm
a woman is having lunch in a restaurant
what is she going to order
[Music]
would you like to have coffee or dessert
after the meal
what desserts do you have we have
pudding and
apple pie hmm actually
i’ll just have coffee do you want cream
or sugar
cream please
what is she going to order
a woman is having lunch in a restaurant
what is she going to order would you
like to have coffee or dessert
after the meal what desserts do you have
we have pudding and apple pie
hmm actually i’ll just have coffee
do you want cream or sugar cream
please did you get it
good evening in room dining this is alex
how may i be of service
hello i would like to order some food
of course ma’am just to confirm this is
mrs rossen in room 417
yes it is excellent may i take your
order
yes i would like a turkey sandwich on a
parmesan
and what to drink a diet coke
will there be anything else yes i would
also like a wake-up call for seven
a woman is waiting for a man
where is the woman now
[Music]
hey really sorry but it looks like i’ll
be 30 minutes late
okay i’ll wait for you at the cafe
where is it it’s next to the bookstore
there’s a bakery across from the cafe
okay
where is the woman now
a woman is waiting for a man
where is the woman now hey
really sorry but it looks like i’ll be
30 minutes late
okay i’ll wait for you at the cafe
cafe where is it it’s next to the
bookstore
there’s a bakery across from the cafe
okay
a man and a woman are talking about
summer vacation
what is the woman going to do on her
summer vacation
[Music]
have you already planned for the summer
vacation
not yet i’m thinking about going to the
sea
or the mountains i’m going to the beach
with some friends we’re going surfing
sounds nice why don’t you come with us
wow sure thanks
what is the woman going to do on her
summer vacation
a man and a woman are talking about
summer vacation
what is the woman going to do on her
summer vacation
have you already planned for the summer
vacation
not yet i’m thinking about going to the
sea or the mountains
i’m going to the beach with some friends
we’re going surfing
sounds nice why don’t you come with us
wow sure thanks
a man and a woman are talking
what did the woman eat this morning
[Music]
oh i’m hungry did you eat anything for
breakfast
yes i did but only a little
what did you eat i had yogurt and coffee
that’s not enough you’ll need some bread
and fruit
too
what did the woman eat this morning
a man and a woman are talking
what did the woman eat this morning
oh i’m hungry did you eat anything for
breakfast
yes i did but only a little
what did you eat i had yogurt and coffee
that’s not enough you’ll need some bread
and fruit
too did you forget our study date at 10
this morning i’m sorry naomi
at 10 i was talking with my professor
and couldn’t get away
i’m sorry i should have called
that’s okay so how did the meeting go
with the professor
it went fine he gave me an extension on
my paper and i can still take the
midterm
how was your study group yesterday well
we were studying together during lunch
when i noticed an old friend of mine
from high school in the same cafe
my concentration quickly switched from
class to catching up with my friend
so i didn’t get much done you’ve taken
that class before right
yeah last semester i was always asking
questions in that class because it was
so difficult
well i was hoping that you could lend me
a hand with my paper
i can’t think of anything else to write
sure no problem that is if you can help
me study for our history test
sounds like a deal
hi everyone i’m gabriella how are your
english listening skills
in this video you’ll have a chance to
test them out with a quiz
first you’ll see an image and hear a
question
next comes a short dialogue listen
carefully and see if you can answer
correctly
we’ll show you the answer at the end are
you ready
a woman is in a department store
which floor is she going to
[Music]
excuse me where are the children’s
clothes
they’re on the 5th and 6th floors
do you also have baby clothes yes
they’re on the sixth floor we have a lot
there
thank you very much i’ll go and have a
look there
which floor is she going to
a woman is in a department store
which floor is she going to excuse me
where are the children’s clothes they’re
on the 5th and 6th floors
do you also have baby clothes yes
they’re on the sixth floor we have a lot
there
thank you very much i’ll go and have a
look there
a woman is asking a store clerk
something at a bookstore
which book does the woman want to see
[Music]
excuse me i’d like to take a look at a
book on that shelf
which book would you like the one about
cars
one moment please this one
yep that’s right here you go
which book does the woman want to see
a woman is asking a store clerk
something at a bookstore
which book does the woman want to see
excuse me i’d like to take a look at a
book on that shelf
which book would you like the one about
cars
one moment please this one
yep that’s right here you go
a man and a woman are looking over a
menu at a restaurant
what’s the man going to order
[Music]
what are you going to order the pizza
looks delicious
i think i’ll go with that i had pizza
yesterday
so okay then what about the hamburger
sounds good i’ll go with that
what’s the man going to order
a man and a woman are looking over a
menu at a restaurant
what’s the man going to order what are
you going to order
the pizza looks delicious i think i’ll
go with that
i had pizza yesterday so
okay then what about the hamburger
sounds good
i’ll go with that
a man is calling the doctor’s office
what time does he need to be at the
doctor’s office by
[Music]
hello how can i help you what time do
you close today
we close at six o’clock but please come
in before 5
- okay thank you
what time does he need to be at the
doctor’s office by
a man is calling the doctor’s office
what time does he need to be at the
doctor’s office by
hello how can i help you what time do
you close today
we close at six o’clock but please come
in before 5
- okay thank you
did you may i have your first and last
names
melissa west thank you ma’am
i have found your reservation here’s the
registration information
does everything look correct to you
yes it seems to be correct excellent
now i will just need a photo id for
legal purposes
will my passport do that would be just
fine ma’am
checkout is between noon and two o’clock
you may request an extension of up to
five hours free of charge
what if i need more time then a late
charge of five percent will be added to
your bill
how are your english listening skills
first you’ll see an image
and hear a question next comes a short
dialogue
listen carefully and see if you can
answer correctly we’ll show you the
answer at the end
a boy is reading from his journal what
was the first thing the boy did today
[Music]
the weather was great today i went
swimming this afternoon at the pool
and i went to a movie in the evening i
also studied all morning
today wasn’t bad
what was the first thing the boy did
today
a boy is reading from his journal
what was the first thing the boy did
today
the weather was great today i went
swimming this afternoon at the pool
and i went to a movie in the evening i
also studied all morning
today wasn’t bad
a woman and a man are looking at a
photograph
which photo are they looking at
this is a photo of the soccer team your
son is on isn’t it
which one is your son this one
oh he’s the tallest one yep
he’s even taller than the coach
which photo are they looking at
a woman and a man are looking at a
photograph which
photo are they looking at this is a
photo of the soccer team your son is on
isn’t it which one is your son this one
oh he’s the tallest one yep
he’s even taller than the coach
a man and a woman are talking when are
they going to see the movie
[Music]
why don’t we go see a movie on saturday
yes i’d love to
but i have to work a shift in the
morning what time will you finish
i’ll finish at two o’clock then let’s
meet up at the cafe
at three o’clock and see a movie at four
o’clock
okay
when are they going to see the movie
a man and a woman are talking when are
they going to see the movie
why don’t we go see a movie on saturday
yes i’d love to but i have to work a
shift in the morning
what time will you finish i’ll finish at
2 o’clock
then let’s meet up at the cafe at three
o’clock and see a movie at four o’clock
okay hi everybody my name is alicia and
today i’m going to talk about the
correct use of the word
only let’s take a look at a few examples
and see how moving
the word only around in a sentence can
change the meaning of the sentence
all right let’s begin first i want to
define the word only and how i’m going
to use it for this lesson
the word only for this lesson we’re
going to look at it as an
adverb so an adverb which means a single
case or a single
instance of something so there’s nothing
uh different
nothing more nothing less there’s just
this one thing this one
case of something but i want to focus
for this lesson on the importance of the
position
of only in a sentence so
one key to keep in mind when you use the
word only and this is a point for native
speakers and for
non-native speakers we need to place the
word only as close as possible to the
word or to the phrase that it modifies
and by modifies i mean only is connected
to that phrase only is
changing that phrase in some way and
when i say
places and place it as close as possible
to that word i mean
before that word it needs to come before
the word it’s changing before the word
it’s modifying
so i want to show a few examples of how
to do this
but i’m going to move the word only
around in the same sentence so let’s
take a look i’ll show you what i mean
let’s take a look at this this sentence
uh the base sentence here
is sarah saw michael at the park a
simple sentence
so there are two people involved one
action
in this case the past tense saw and then
a location at the park
but i’m going to use the word only here
in a few different positions
to show how much it can change the
meaning of the sentence
depending on where we place it so the
first example here i have is
only sarah saw michael at the park here
the word only
comes before sarah so that means that
these two words are connected
only is modifying sarah in this case
this sentence therefore means that sarah
perhaps in a group of people or with
somebody else
sarah was the only person the single
person
who saw michael at the park maybe there
were other people in the group
she was with but she was the single
person the only person
who saw michael so only sarah saw
michael at the park that’s the meaning
with the placement of only before sarah
here
let’s look at the next sentence sarah
only saw michael at the park
so here only is coming before the word
saw so in this case it’s modifying this
verb
saw this sentence therefore means that
sarah the only thing
sarah did her only action was to see
she only saw michael at the park meaning
no other actions happened sarah did not
wave to michael sarah did not greet
michael sarah did not throw something at
michael
uh whatever there was no other action
the only action the single action the
sole action
was uh that she saw michael sarah only
saw
michael at the part so the placement
before the verb gives us
this meaning let’s look at one more
example
sarah saw only michael at the park here
only comes before michael in this case
so the connection the modification is
happening here
sarah saw only michael at the park means
she did not see any other people at the
park
so this could mean that there were no
other people
at the park or that maybe
she just she just didn’t see anybody at
the park so
this sentence is a little bit tricky
it’s a little hard to understand
exactly what the writer wants to say but
it could mean
that there were perhaps no people at the
park no
other people at the park that sarah saw
so she went to the park
she saw only michael there was only one
person a single person it was
michael that sarah saw so placing only
before
in this case michael gives us this
meaning
all right one more sentence sarah saw
michael
only at the park so here the word only
is coming before this phrase at the park
this location in this case
meaning that there was a single place
where sarah saw michael so sarah did not
see michael at the supermarket she did
not see him at the store she did not see
him at school
she saw him only at the park so there’s
a
single location where she saw michael so
these four sentences
show us how much the meaning of a
sentence can change depending on our
placement of the
of the word only so it’s important to
keep in mind
another thing that i’ve done throughout
this lesson a little bit
is i’ve emphasized with my voice the
word that only is modifying
but i want to make one more point here
in speech
when actually speaking we can stress
words for emphasis
and for clarity to make it very clear
which word in the sentence we want to
emphasize which word we want only to
modify so for example i can say only
sarah
saw michael at the park or sarah only
saw michael at the park
so with your voice you have the ability
to emphasize certain words and certain
phrases
in the sentences however in
writing it’s not possible to do this so
correct placement of the word only is
quite
important so i wanted to give you a few
examples
and it’s just something to think about
the next time you use the word only so
make sure
that you’re placing the word only as
close as possible
to the word that it modifies so just
something to keep in mind alright so
that’s it for this lesson if you have
any questions or comments please feel
free to let us know in the comment
section below this video
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thanks very much for watching this
lesson and i’ll see you again soon
bye-bye
hi everybody my name is alicia today i’m
going to talk about how to use the word
almost i’m going to show a few different
example sentences
and give you a couple pointers some
things to watch out for when you’re
using this word
so first let’s look at uh the meaning of
the word almost so almost
is an adverb it’s a word that means
nearly or
not quite or not completely it can also
mean
similar to something but not exactly
like something
so i’ve got a lot of example sentences
here that i hope to
uh talk about to kind of explain the use
of almost
before i do that though i want to
mention um this point over here
almost comes before the word it modifies
so modifies means like almost is
attached you can think of it as being
attached to another word
and almost changes the meaning of that
word so
um using almost before another word or
before another phrase
adds this meaning of nearly or not quite
or not completely
to that word or to that phrase so let’s
begin with that
and look at a few examples i almost
forgot my homework so here almost comes
before the verb
forgot in this case meaning i nearly
forgot my homework
so the word almost like i said almost
should come
before the word it modifies so here it’s
modifying the word
forgot so i nearly forgot my homework i
was very close to forgetting my homework
another example he almost always calls
on his way home so here it comes before
the work
it comes before the word always in this
case
almost always meaning maybe like 95
percent of the time or 90
of the time so not always but
nearly very nearly always calls on his
way home
is the meaning of this sentence okay
let’s look at another one maybe
uh an opposite meaning here they almost
never
leave the house so here we we’ve got
never as the word that almost is
modifying
so almost never means you can think of
it in terms of a percentage for example
like five percent of the time they leave
the house
very very close to zero but not
quite zero so almost never not quite
never but very near to never
the next one you’re almost finished
you’re almost finished so here almost is
modifying the word
finished so in other words you’re nearly
finished in this case maybe you’re
nearly finished with your job for the
day or you’re nearly finished with
your homework for example you’re almost
finished is the meaning here
let’s look at the next sentence then so
the next sentence is we’re almost
home we’re almost home in this case
almost is modifying the word
home home in this case means uh
at your place of residence so to be in a
status and a status of being at your
at your place yet you’re dwelling at
your residence so to be
almost home means nearly at your house
in other words
so we can modify in this way
similar to this negative i used up here
with never
we’ve got there’s almost nothing left in
the refrigerator
so again almost nothing in this case so
very nearly no things very nearly maybe
nothing to eat or no
food in the refrigerator so this
sentence means
there’s something in the refrigerator a
few things maybe
but almost nothing so very little of
something
okay the next sentence shows another
point that i want to make about the
placement of the word
almost i mentioned in these initial
example
sentences that the word almost comes
before the word it modifies
as we’ve seen so far however when you’re
using the verb
to be and the variations of it like was
and were for example
almost comes after that verb so let’s
look at an example of that
here we have here here i have uh he was
almost fired from his job so here is my
2b verb in this case using
was he was almost fired from his job so
here
almost follows the verb to be this is a
slight change
i’ll show you one more example sentence
later so again let’s go back to this
first pattern
almost no one came to her party so here
almost
begins the sentence it’s modifying the
word no one
almost no one came to her party so
meaning very few people
came to her party lastly let’s look at
one more to be
example here i was almost late
for the movie so again here’s our to be
verb i
was and almost follows that to be verb i
was almost
late for the movie okay so these are
quite a few
examples of how we can use almost
i want to talk a little bit about some
other ways to use
almost we use almost with time and
quantity
expressions so in these cases
we use the word almost before the time
or before the quantity let’s look at
some examples
for example we’ve been waiting almost
two hours so here
two hours is a length of time we use
almost before that so
nearly two hours not quite two hours but
nearly two hours the next example i’ve
lived here for
almost five years so that doesn’t mean
five years exactly
but very nearly five years same thing
here
he said they were almost i’m sorry he
said there were
almost 5 000 people so almost 5 000
not quite maybe like 4 900 for example
very nearly 5 000. again the recipe made
almost 200 cookies so again not quite
is the meaning here so all of these kind
of um
we use this when it maybe it’s easier to
round up to use like the next
easily recognizable number like it might
sound strange
in the last example to say the recipe
made 498 cookies
it sounds very very specific and it also
sounds like maybe the speaker
counted each individual cookie so
sometimes that’s really
not reasonable or it might just sound a
little bit strange
so um or also it’s just sometimes not
possible to count
exactly how many people or how many of
something we’re in a situation
but using almost we can make a guess
sometimes
so this is quite a useful thing for time
and quantity expressions
okay so as we’ve seen so far in this
lesson
we can use always with words like always
and never i used it over here for
example heat almost
always and they almost never so just
keep in mind that these have very very
different meanings kind of opposite
meanings so
i almost always means very nearly always
and
almost never means very nearly never but
not quite
same thing with um all or nothing or no
so i used an example here there’s almost
nothing for example um
so here it means very close to zero if i
used
almost all like almost all the people
were happy
it means very nearly everybody as well
so you can kind of see a pattern here
and the same one is
we can see here at the end everyone and
no one it’s like
extreme so um like 100 versus 0
of something so all or nothing everyone
or no one
we can use almost to show that we are
very near
to these levels but not quite at these
levels
the last thing i want to mention in this
lesson is
a word of caution just be careful about
where you place
almost in a sentence because it can
really affect the meaning of the
sentence
so here let’s look at two very similar
sentences
one he almost told his boss all the
secrets
and two he told his boss almost all the
secrets
these are very different sentences but
they seem very similar
here i’ve used almost before the verb
told
so almost is modifying the word told
here
he almost told his boss all the secrets
meaning he
very nearly told his boss all the
secrets
but he did not he did not so
here almost modifies this verb told
meaning the action itself he almost did
this action
but he did not do the action in this
sentence however
he told his boss almost all the secrets
almost because of its positioning is
modifying the word
all he told his boss almost all the
secrets
meaning he told his boss very nearly
everything all of the secrets so maybe
like 95
90 to 95 of the secrets he told his boss
so the action happened he did tell his
boss
but he didn’t tell everything in this
case so
please keep this in mind your placement
the place in the sentence where you use
the word
almost can create very very different
meanings
so remember this point here almost
should come before the word it modifies
so when you’re writing and when you’re
speaking you should think carefully
about this
also remember when you’re using the verb
to be almost should come
after that verb finally when you’re
speaking as i
am right now we do have the ability to
use our voices we can emphasize
key words uh we can stress them with our
voices to make it clear
which word we want to emphasize however
we can’t really do that in writing
so it’s really important to consider to
think about
where we place the word almost when
we’re writing so i hope that this lesson
was useful for you
if you have any questions or any
comments please feel free to let us know
in the comment section below this video
if you liked the video give us a thumbs
up subscribe to the channel and check us
out at englishclass101.com
thanks very much for watching this
lesson and i will see you again soon
bye-bye
hi everybody my name is alicia today i’m
going to talk about the difference
between
which and that which and that are both
relative
pronouns but a lot of people confuse the
two so let’s talk about how to use them
okay first a quick overview
which first we use which in what are
called non-restrictive relative clauses
we use that on the other hand in
restrictive
relative clauses so before we continue
let’s talk about the difference between
non-restrictive clauses and restrictive
clauses the difference here
a non-restrictive clause first of all
where we use
which is a clause that does not have
information
essential to understanding the noun it
is connected to i’ll show you some
examples in just a minute
a restrictive clause however is a clause
that has
information essential to our
understanding of that noun
so we need the information in the
restrictive clause
to completely understand the noun or the
noun phrase
it is attached to a non-restrictive
clause is sort of
extra information we don’t need the
information to understand the noun or
the noun phrase
it just provides some more information
so let’s take a look at a few examples
of this
the first example i have is rather
extreme but it’s just to show the
differences between these two
first the school that i parked my car
next to
is dangerous so here my noun is school
here i’ve got the relative pronoun that
i have the school
that i parked my car next to is
dangerous
i’ve used that here because my clause is
a restrictive clause
i need this information the school that
i parked my car
next to is dangerous if i remove this
the school is dangerous the sentence is
correct
however the meaning changes
the key here is that i parked my car
there so i want to
explain that specifically the school
that i parked my car
next to this school in particular is
dangerous
so that shows us that it’s a restrictive
clause we have to use that
in this sentence because the information
is essential to our
understanding in this sentence however
the school which has a tennis court is
dangerous
i’ve used which so which is a
non-restrictive is used in
non-restrictive clauses
this shows us it is extra information
the school
has a tennis court do i need to know
this information
no it’s just extra information if i
remove this clause
the school is dangerous the root
sentence the basic sentence
stays the same this is just extra
information it doesn’t necessarily tell
us
uh essential information about the
situation
so we use which to show that it’s a
non-restrictive relative clause
as i said this is a rather extreme
example
so let’s take a look at something that’s
a little bit more
uh complex okay let’s look at the next
two sentences
first the car which i bought last year
is already having trouble and
the car that i bought last year is
already having trouble
these are very similar sounding
sentences however
our choice of which or that as well as
the commas which i’ll talk about later
have changed the meaning so there are a
couple key differences here
one by seeing that uh in the first
sentence that we’re using a
non-restrictive clause here with which
we see the car which i bought last year
this shows us that this is
extra information about the car here
however
we see that this is essential
information the car that i bought last
year is already having trouble
so the speaker could be saying here with
this sentence the second sentence
the car that i bought last year
specifically a car that the speaker
purchased the previous year
this sentence means therefore the
speaker might have
other cars the speaker is specifically
meaning
this specific car that they he or she
bought last year
in this sentence with the
non-restrictive clause we don’t have the
same nuance
the car which i bought last year is just
extra
information in this sentence so here
the car that i bought last year this is
indicating a specific car
this one with the non-restrictive clause
it’s just giving us extra information
so the speaker may or may not have
another car um we don’t know
so that’s all i want to say about that
okay but
a question that many people have is how
do you know whether it’s a restrictive
or a non-restrictive clause so this is a
quick tip a quick hint
for native speakers and non-native
speakers actually
is it restrictive non-restrictive how do
i know to do that
remove the clause just take the clause
out of the sentence
is the meaning of the sentence the same
is the sentence still grammatically
correct is it okay
if yes if the sentence is okay the
meaning is the same
it’s a non-restrictive clause if no if
the meaning
changes if you lose some key information
it is a restrictive clause
so this is a quick hint if you’re not
sure whether to use which
or whether to use that try this test
this quick test just take it out and see
if the meaning
changes the last thing i want to talk
about here
is the use of commas so you’ll notice i
used commas
throughout this lesson and also when i
was reading they kind of create a
natural pause around this extra
information
but when do you use them we should use
commas
around non-restrictive clauses so you
can see
i used them here
and here in the example sentences we use
commas around non-restrictive clauses
only
again this lesson comma which is being
recorded
comma is about which and that so
when you’re reading it creates a natural
pause so the reader knows there’s going
to be like
extra information there the reader can
understand through use of these commas
however do not use commas around
restrictive clauses for example
the lesson that i just taught was about
how to use which
and that this is a restrictive clause so
i
mean specifically this lesson that i
just taught
was about how to use which and that i
should not include commas here
because i’m not including any extra
information all of the information
is essential it’s the same with all of
the other example sentences i used in
this lesson there are no commas included
because all of the information is
essential
the reader needs to understand
everything in one piece
you can think of it that way okay so
that’s an overview of the differences
between
which and that restrictive clauses as
well
and a couple of comma tips too so i hope
that this was a useful lesson for you
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ten ways to report speech let’s
go say the first word
is say say as a verb say
is a very neutral word you can use to
report
someone’s speech to explain something
someone said in the past so for example
he said the barbecue was cancelled
just a simple neutral report
tell the next verb is tell
tell is used when one person is giving
information to
another to tell someone something they
did not know before
don’t say tell me your phone number
that’s weird but like
can you tell me where the station is can
you tell me where to buy
a hamburger can you tell me where to
pick up my new car like so giving
someone information they don’t know or
or on the other hand explaining
something one way to another person
so don’t tell me what i can’t do is a
very good lost reference if you’ve ever
watched lost
so tell another example sentence my boss
told me i was doing a good job
speak the next one is
speak speak so we use speak
when we’re talking about language
ability like i speak english i speak
japanese
we can use speak in the past tense to
report something but it usually sounds a
little more
formal so like i spoke to my boss about
or
i spoke to my parents about or i spoke
to my
boyfriend or girlfriend about blah blah
blah
that using speak instead of talked
it makes it sound a little bit more
formal so you can use speak
but it’s going to sound polite in a
sentence my colleagues spoke with me
about an upcoming project
was like okay the next one uh the next
two
actually are very very casual
expressions
so when you’re speaking with friends and
you’re kind of talking about a quick
maybe somewhat emotional conversation
you will hear
native speakers especially americans
perhaps this is unique somewhat
to americans use the phrase was like
i was like he was like she was like
this is a very casual way to report
speech
and you’ll hear it often very very
quickly
together so someone will say i was like
what and then she was like no and then i
was like yeah
that’s the kind of pattern you’ll hear
it in very very quick ways to report
speech
but the subject changes i was like he
was like she was like we were like
this is a way to share what happens
quickly instead of i said he said she
said
which might sound a little too formal we
can use i was like
he was like to do that instead so this
is a really fun one
and if you can use this uh naturally i
think that it’ll really help you sound
more natural too
so in a sentence and then he was like i
love that movie
was all the next one is also a similar
to was like
we have the expression was all so was
all don’t worry about all all does not
have the meaning of the whole of
something or a complete something
instead was all this set phrase is used
to report speech
usually this one is used when there’s
some kind of emotional
uh emotional aspect to your conversation
or it’s a little dramatic or
maybe a little exciting we use it the
same way as
was like in that very very quick style
of speaking
and then he was like and i was all and
she was like and i was all
we use those together but i was all has
a little more emphasis
i feel i tend to use it when my when i
want to express a stronger emotion
and i was all no way or and i was all
what
so you can use it for those very like
surprised emotions or maybe angry
emotions
was like and was all are both used in
very casual situations
so in a sentence and i was all oh my god
me too
talk the next word is talk
so talk similar to say
is a fairly neutral verb when reporting
speech
you’ll use it in a situation where
someone
is giving new information to you
but maybe it’s a two-way conversation so
for example
we talked about blah blah blah
for a topic or my boss talked
to me about blah blah blah so maybe
new information is being exchanged but
the conversation is
two way there are multiple participants
with tell it’s like
the nuance is sort of one person is
reporting information
giving information with talked it’s
there’s an exchange
happening there so keep in mind when you
use the word talk
you will say either i i talked to or i
talked
with someone and then you’ll usually
have a topic so i talked to my friend
about blah blah blah i talked to my
friend about my new apartment
i talked to my boss about a raise i
talked to my boss
no i talked to my dog about what dogs do
okay so there’s some kind of there’s
some kind of exchange
happening there you’ll need to use to or
with
when you’re referring to the person or
entity you’re talking to
and you’ll use about to refer to the
subject
so you can use this one um yeah when
you’re when you want to discuss
exchanges of information so in a
sentence she talked to me about my
family
mention let’s go to the next one the
next one is
mention mention is used when like
something
is just there’s just one small point in
a conversation like
just a little side note or maybe it’s
not the focus of a conversation but just
something someone says
quickly or there’s just a little thing
that you hear
oh you mentioned something about blah
blah blah or
you mentioned that a new project like
it’s it’s maybe not the focus of the
conversation but something that
you heard a little bit about that’s
that’s when we use the verb
mention we can also use it in a
statement like please
uh mention any skills you have on a
resume so
the nuance is sort of like a like just a
little bit of information
is when we use mention so in a sentence
our manager mentioned upcoming changes
at the company
to go on and on okay the next expression
is to go on
and on so to go on and on means just to
talk for a very long time so maybe you
have a co-worker or a friend or a family
member
that just talks and does not stop
talking
we say to go on and on that’s the
expression we use so in a sentence
the speaker at the seminar was going on
and on about the topic if you really
want to emphasize it you can say what’s
going on and on and on and on and on
that really emphasizes that the person
continues to speak
so if you know somebody um who does that
a lot you can use this
expression to talk about them according
to
the next expression here is according to
according to
is used uh actually in the news or like
to officially report something
so according to sources or according to
the police according to the government
official according to
my teacher according to my mother these
are like direct reports
of information and they’re direct
reports of information
from a specific source so according to
the newspaper
my f neighborhood has 50
000 amazing ramen shops
that’s not true but if
i want to instead of just saying my
neighborhood has 50 000
amazing ramen shops i’m giving a source
for that so according to my newspaper
this is this is where i got the
information so this is important to use
in
news and newspapers and any kind of
official documentation you will see and
hear according to
in these cases ah in a sentence
according to a witness at the scene the
suspect escaped
report great so um the next one is
report so
reports similar to according to we use
report in more official situations so
to officially share information like to
report to the police to report to your
teacher to report to
your boss sometimes it means to submit
documentation
like to to give someone a written report
sometimes
it’s to share information officially
just just with your voice to report
news or to report an update so when you
want to
give and give official information we’ll
use the verb report
so in a sentence sources in the area
report that the accident was not serious
thank goodness all right top 10
must know phrases for the restaurant
let’s get started
a table for three please a table for
three please
you tell them the number of people that
you are total so that the host can bring
you to an appropriate table
a table for two please a table for five
please
could i please see a menu could i please
see a menu
usually menus are given to you as soon
as you sit down at your table
but if that’s not the case and you need
to ask this is a polite way to do it
could i please see a menu i’d like to
try this dish
i’d like to try this dish when looking
at a menu
hopefully you’ll find something you want
to eat i’d like to try this dish
could you leave out the onions could you
leave out the onions
if there’s an ingredient in the dish
that you’re ordering that you don’t want
you can always ask the waiter if it
could be prepared
without that ingredient so for example i
might say
could i get the burger but with no
cheese could you pass the salt
could you pass the salt when you’re at a
restaurant especially if you’re at a big
table with a lot of people
you might not always be able to reach
things so
you would ask could you pass me the salt
could you pass me the ketchup could you
pass me another napkin
waiter waiter a waiter is someone who
takes your order
and brings you food in america and in
many other western countries
it’s more polite to call a waiter to
your table by simply saying
excuse me or if you see another waiter
walking by but it’s not your waiter
you can always say excuse me if you see
our waiter could you please let them
know to come to our table
is there any dairy in this dish is there
any dairy in this dish
this is something you would say if you
have a dairy allergy
a dairy intolerance or you just don’t
like dairy
you’re asking the waiter about the
ingredients in a particular dish
i do this all the time is there any
cheese in this
no okay and if there is an ingredient
that you don’t want
for example onions you could say are
there any onions
in this and the waiter might say yes and
if you don’t want it you could always
request
could you leave out the onions could you
prepare it without the onions please
can we get separate chex can we get
separate chex
this is actually something that’s very
common especially in america
if you might go out with a group of
friends or even if you’re on a date
sometimes you might want to get separate
checks pay for your
own things that way you can all pay
separately
just for what you yourself ordered and
you won’t have to worry about owing each
other money
or calculating off a big huge bill
are there any specials today are there
any specials today
a special at a restaurant is a dish that
isn’t usually
on the menu it’s something that’s
special but it’s a special that the chef
is offering that day or that week or
that month
so sometimes if you don’t see what the
specials are you’d ask your waiter
excuse me are there any specials today
could we have the bill please
could we have the bill please this is
how you request
that the check or the bill comes to your
table
can we get the check please could we get
the bill please
you’re asking this to your waiter who
will then bring you the check
and you can pay about 10 words that you
can use at a bar
let’s go to buy a round the first
expression is to buy
a round to buy a round means
to buy a round of drinks essentially a
round of drinks means
one drink for everyone in your group one
drink for everyone in your party
by the way the word party is used to
mean group at a bar or restaurant
the number of people in your party is
the number of people in your group
so to buy a round means to buy a drink
for
everybody in a sentence our boss began
the party by
buying everyone around in a different
sentence
you’re buying the next round on the
rocks
the next expression is on the rocks on
the rocks is a way to
order a drink when you say on the rocks
it means your drink on ice only so
rocks are the ice in your glass so you
can imagine the ice the pieces of ice in
your glass the ice cubes or an ice ball
these are like
rocks so saying i’d like whiskey
for example on the rocks means just
whiskey
served over ice that’s what on the rocks
mean so in a sentence
i’d like a gin on the rocks straight up
the next expression is straight up so a
straight up drink is different from an
on the rocks drink a straight up drink
is chilled
uh with ice but it’s strained so there’s
no ice
in the drink but it is it has been
chilled with ice so a straight up drink
there’s nothing else in the glass but it
is a chilled drink
in a sentence i’d like a martini
straight up
some people use the word straight or
straight up but they mean
neat which is the next word we’re going
to talk about so keep in mind straight
or straight up means chilled that’s one
of the key points here
so yeah a martini straight up is a
chilled martini
neat so the next expression is neat
to order a drink neat means the drink is
not chilled and there is no ice
it’s just it’s just the the alcohol it’s
just the liquor there’s nothing
special about it a neat drink is
only the drink that’s it nothing happens
to it so in a sentence
i’d like a whiskey neat pint
half pint the next expression is really
two
expressions these are words you use when
you order beer
they are pint and half pint depending on
the country that you live in
pint can be a different size they vary
by like a few milliliters depending on
the country where you live in
a half pint then is roughly half of the
pint
size so a half pint and a pint are two
ways two
sizes we use to order beer in a sentence
can i have a half
pint of this stout chaser the next
expression is
chaser so a chaser is something you use
to
follow an alcoholic drink chasers are
often used after
shots so shots are small drinks that are
usually kind of strong in alcohol
content
and they have a very strong taste so
some people like to
have something after that and they call
it a chaser so the image
is that the the second drink is chasing
the first drink into your body you can
think of it that way the chaser is a
non-alcoholic drink so it could be water
it could be soda it could be something
like that juice
maybe so chaser in a sentence shots of
tequila are often followed with chasers
to be tipsy the next word is to be tipsy
to be tipsy is a way to describe your
feeling when you’re drinking
so if you can imagine when you’re uh
when you’re standing
straight up uh when you’re standing as
regular you’re very like confident and
tall and you don’t move
very much but if you feel tipsy this
comes from the verb to
tip like this so something tips uh to
one side or another
think of your body in this way so we use
the word
tipsy the adjective tipsy um to describe
this feeling maybe
you’re not so steady on your feet you
could tip over
ah at any time that’s called being tipsy
from alcohol okay so in a sentence uh
let’s see
i’m a little tipsy i need some water to
be drunk
the next expression is to be drunk so we
talked about the word
tipsy so tipsy is a little bit like a
little unsteady but
drunk is just a mess you’re just you’re
just a disaster maybe you’re being noisy
you’re being loud it’s difficult to
control your body or your friend’s body
whatever so drunk is usually seen as a
negative thing
um so yeah so drunk uh
expresses yeah it’s it’s just not pretty
sometimes so in a sentence your friend
is drunk let’s take him home
to call it a night the next expression
is to call it
a night to call it a night means to
decide
to finish at the bar to go home
uh you’re ready to be done so uh here
i’m going to
call it i’m going to say this is tonight
tonight is finished
so in a sentence it’s been a long
evening
i’m going to call it a night i mean i’m
going to go home
i’m done it’s a casual expression
hangover
and then one more that you can use maybe
the day after you visit a bar
is hangover so a hangover is a noun
hangover is the word we use to describe
the feelings
after drinking too much so maybe you
feel sick
to your stomach you have a headache your
body is sore
there are a number of different feelings
you might have when you feel
hung over to be hungover is another way
to say it but when you have a hangover
it usually doesn’t feel very good in a
sentence
i have a hangover today i’m not going
drinking tonight
about the top 25 english phrases so
let’s get started
the first phrase is hello hello of
course is used as a greeting you can
greet your friends you can greet your
co-workers your family with this phrase
just by saying
hello hey hi what’s up hello sup
yo pretty much any time of day you can
use hello
hello the next phrase is good morning
good morning is used as a greeting in
the morning you can kind of feel when
morning ends for you good morning is
nice and polite
or even just morning with your close
friends or close co-workers
the next phrase is good night good night
is fine we don’t use this
to greet other people we use it when
we’re saying goodbye to other people at
night
family members particularly mothers and
fathers to say good night to their
children before they put them to bed
you can say it to your friend in a text
message or in an email if you’ve been
talking for a while good night
so the next word to talk about is
goodbye use it when you say goodbye to
your friends when you leave your friends
goodbye
bye of course take care have a nice day
peace out that’s another way to say
goodbye okay the next phrase is
i’m plus your name of course this is a
way to introduce yourself you can use
i’m in my case alicia i’m alicia to
introduce yourself in any situation
new friend i’m alicia okay the next
phrase is what’s your name what’s your
name is used to ask someone else what
their name
is so what is your name sounds a bit
tried to use what’s your name if you
forget someone’s name you can say
sorry what’s your name or sorry what’s
your name again next phrase is nice to
meet you nice to meet you
anytime you meet someone new nice to
meet you is fine
good to meet you is a little more casual
great to meet you sounds very
excited pleasure to meet you sounds like
maybe a formal
situation or a business context okay the
next phrase is how are you
how are you is it’s just a friendly way
to check in with the other person you
can use it with friends your family
your coworkers maybe even your boss to a
certain degree
uh how are you how you doing the next
phrase is i’m fine thanks and you
uh if you saw english in three minutes
we talked a lot about this phrase uh
instead of i’m fine thank you and you
say i’m good thanks how are you just
shorten it make it a little bit more
natural
how are you good how are you great how
are you
not so good how are you okay and so on
so when someone says how are you offer i
usually say
i’m good this week i blah blah give some
information about what you’ve been up to
maybe a hobby something that you did
recently an event
something interesting you saw whatever
people want to make that connection with
you and it’s a good chance for you to
continue speaking
the next word is please please is a
polite phrase used when you want
something from someone else
you can use this as a response when
someone offers you something like in a
restaurant for example would you like
more water would you like something to
drink oh please
the next phrase is thank you thank you
is used to express your appreciation you
can use thank you with
everybody the next phrase is you’re
welcome you’re welcome when someone says
thank you you can say you’re welcome ah
no biggie i use no biggie as in no
biggie is short for no big problem
the next word is yes yes of course yes
means is any positive expression
someone asks you a question and the
answer is a positive answer you say
yes yep
no next i’m guessing i know it yep the
next word is
no no is a negative response to
something when you have to give a
negative answer
so as you can probably guess um the long
form of no is
negative i like to use nope it’s very
very casual
not gonna happen my parents would use
that with me to soften that a little bit
if you want to show a negative
response to something like let’s go for
dinner tonight what do you want to do
like do you want to go out
uh not really no i don’t think so
to soften it the next word is okay okay
this word comes from copy editors okay
when they had to check a manuscript um
they had to label the manuscript
all clear ac but because they were copy
editors and they have a very very sick
sense of humor
they thought they would mark it okay for
all clear to make a joke because
o and k do not start all and clear but
it caught on
among everybody in the world anyway
okay is used to agree with somebody else
well it can be used actually to express
a positive or kind of a slight negative
i feel
transitioning in your conversation you
can say okay now we’re going to talk
about
blah blah blah okay the next phrase is
excuse me excuse me it’s used to get
someone’s attention
in english when you don’t know the other
person for example in a store
a supermarket maybe a stranger on the
street you need to ask directions you
can use
excuse me you can use excuse me in the
supermarket excuse me can you tell me
where the hot sauce is
if you’ve done something rude in public
you can use excuse me
i personally do not do rude things in
public ever i’m sorry is the next word
we’re gonna talk about i’m sorry is used
to apologize when you have made a
mistake or someone you know has made a
mistake and you’re connected to it or
you just feel bad you can use i’m sorry
you made a mistake at work i’m sorry you
forgot to feed your cat i’m sorry sorry
about that
you bump someone next to you oh sorry
what time is it is the next phrase when
you need to check what time it is
what time is it when you ask someone
else what time it is maybe you say this
to yourself too
check your watch check your phone check
a clock pretty straightforward phrase
there aren’t really any
short versions so that’s an easy one
where is the plus a location so you can
use this
for a building or a store we don’t we’re
not going to use this where is the
for a place a city name or a state name
or a country name
to do that you would need to remove the
but where is the bank where is the post
office you can use this to ask
directions to ask for help
in your house or at work where is the
copy machine
where is the file i need where is the
blah blah blah
where is the bathroom is perhaps a very
important question to know
the next one is may i use the restroom
may i use the restroom as a polite
and soft expression that you can use if
you need to use the toilet you need to
use the washroom
when you’re at someone’s house for the
very first time when you’re in a place
that you’re that is new to you
you can ask may i use the restroom more
casually can i go to the bathroom
to be very polite you can say may i go
to the bathroom the next phrase is i
would like to order
something you can use this at a
restaurant probably or in any situation
where you need to
place an order i’d like a pizza i’d like
a beer can i get the check please this
will be used at a restaurant when you’ve
finished your meal and it’s time to go
can i get the check please
in a very very casual situation you can
just say check please
that’s fine the next phrase is see you
soon see you soon is used with friends
and family members perhaps
uh when you expect to see them again
soon after saying goodbye to them this
is used at the end of the conversation
you’re going separate directions
see you soon see ya is also good or just
see you
to make it a little more formal you can
say i’ll see you again soon make a full
sentence out of it that way
the next phrases see you later see you
later it’s very similar to see you soon
but the point is
with see you later is that you’re
probably going to meet that person again
later on in the same day
the last phrase is really really is a
very useful word because you can use it
to show you’re interested in a
conversation with upward intonation
really really tell me more or to show
that you’re not so interested in the
conversation with downward intonation
really so there are many other words
that you can use similar to
really in this way like seriously or oh
oh and so on so it’s a really good
practice for your intonation
ways to say hi this should be fun let’s
get started first is yo
this one is a little bit casual in case
you couldn’t tell
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 uh
traditionally associated with cowboy
culture i suppose you should play a
banjo maybe or you’ve just gotten off a
horse i don’t know i use howdy from time
to time howdy
howdy howdy howdy
that’s my banjo yeah in a sentence you
might say
howdy folks welcome to the
barbecue place
next is hey hey is good friendly phrase
you can usually use hey 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
uh i heard you got engaged last week
congratulations
something like that it’s usually kind of
a cheery happy expression
all right next is what’s up uh what’s up
is the long form of
sup 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 has 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 that’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 and this other person
when you see them you can say hey long
time no see how have you been
about ten words for talking about beauty
and
skin care so let’s begin all right the
first word is
makeup makeup is all makeup everything
we’re going to
talk about almost everything we’re going
to talk about later
is makeup makeup is usually used by
women but maybe men use makeup
too makeup is usually put on the face to
change the appearance of the face in
some way
so in a sentence i use makeup almost
every day
or i wear makeup almost every day use
and wear are both
okay the next word is eye shadow so
eyeshadow is makeup which goes on top of
the eye so
the eyelid this part is called your
eyelid eyeshadow
goes here on top of the eyelid so in a
sentence
what kind of eye shadow do you use
the next word is eye liner eyeliner so
eyeliner is used to draw a line to draw
lines
near the eyes that means it’s safe to
use
near eyes it depends on the person and
their style but maybe they use eyeliner
to make
lines in different ways on their on
their face on near their near their eyes
in a sentence eyeliner is really
difficult to put on
okay the next word is lipstick lipstick
uh there’s also lip gloss too lipstick
is kind of the traditional just
like a single color you apply it just on
your lips and it gives
i don’t know not sometimes shiny
sometimes a very
neutral i don’t know depends on the
lipstick lip gloss
gives lips like this very glossy almost
like liquidy appearance so lipstick and
lip gloss have different effects
in a sentence you have a lot of lipstick
the next expression is foundation
foundation
is the makeup product it is applied to
the skin
usually of the face so it’s used to make
the face seem
like all one color foundation maybe
people apply it with i don’t know like a
spongy thing
or with their hands or a brush there’s
like a
i forgot what it’s called isn’t like a
sponge i don’t know something
is it a beauty blender is that a thing i
think i i don’t know i don’t know i’m
the wrong person
i don’t know it’s a beauty it’s a beauty
blender thing i’m not very good at the
beauty stuff either i don’t know
anyway foundation is intended to make
your skin color appear
even foundation so it’s called
foundation because it’s like the base
the foundation
for the rest of your makeup so the
foundation is the
kind of the basis so once your skin
color is all
correct and the same then the other
parts we can fix the other parts
that’s my theory anyway in a sentence
there are a few different types of
foundation
all right the next expression is blush
blush is usually applied on your cheeks
and it’s like a
pink or red color it gives the
appearance of
blushing so when we feel embarrassed or
maybe we
feel excited our cheeks might turn red
so blush is makeup which creates that
effect
of blushing this is usually a pink or
red color
to simulate to make it look like you’re
blushing even if you’re not really
in a sentence do you wear blush the next
expression is
bronzer bronzer so we talked about blush
which is supposed to give your skin the
appearance of being pink or blushing
bronzer gives skin the appearance of
being
more bronze or more tan so you can apply
this maybe in summer and it makes your
skin look a little more
tan which you might like other people
also may use bronzer to create
shadows because it makes the skin a
little bit darker
in the places where it’s applied so
there are a few different ways to use
bronzer in a sentence bronzer is nice in
summer
the next word is face wash face wash so
this is a
special soap that’s for your face
specifically for the face
maybe your face is very sensitive or you
have some
trouble spots or i don’t know there’s a
specific
wash you use for your face only in a
sentence
a good face wash is important for clear
skin
oh the next word oh the dreaded i have a
couple words here that are maybe
problems all of us deal with the first
kind of problem word on this list is
acne
acne is an uncountable noun acne refers
to
usually this is this a problem happens
for
like teenagers or people around that age
but adults can also
have acne acne is like imperfections in
the skin sometimes they’re itchy or
they’re painful red
bumps on your skin or maybe they’re not
painful but they’re just
blotches or a number of different ways
that acne
can can be an issue which we’ll talk
about in the next word too but acne is
an uncountable noun
is just about that problem skin problem
in general acne bad acne in a sentence i
had
acne when i was a teenager so the next
word for today there are two words here
there’s pimple and zit
these are both words we use to refer to
the
individual parts of acne acne we can say
i have
bad acne or maybe my acne is improving
today
but acne is maybe the whole condition of
your face
like everything your face is situation
each part
each one of those little uh problem
spots we
we call that a pimple or a zit the
difference pimple sounds a little bit
smaller usually
zit sounds a bit bigger and maybe maybe
more painful
so but either way pimples and zits are
both
words we can use to describe acne so in
a sentence
i hate getting pimples 10 words you can
use to talk about
hygiene or cleanliness so let’s begin
to wash your hands the first expression
is to wash your hands to wash your hands
is with soap and water in the restroom
somewhere so wash your hands before
cooking or wash your hands
after using the toilet for example
in a sentence wash your hands after
using the bathroom
to shower the next expression is to
shower
to shower or to shower or maybe you
prefer to take a bath
so to shower is usually standing up
though you can do it sitting down
depending on the country you live in i
suppose to shower is that
yeah the water just hits you
continuously
to take a bath is you sit in the bathtub
you sit down and you are surrounded by
water
that is a bath surrounded by one
sitting down surrounded by water in your
home on purpose
is a bath if it’s not on purpose
you should probably call a plumber
that is not a bath that is an emergency
all right uh in a sentence i shower
every day or i love taking a bath every
once in a while
to brush your teeth the next expression
is to brush
your teeth to brush your teeth so with a
toothbrush
usually in the morning maybe at night as
well you brush your teeth you clean your
teeth
uh in a sentence make sure to brush your
teeth in the morning
to style your hair uh the next
expression is to
style your hair to style your hair means
to
to arrange or to fix your hair the way
you
like it so today i styled my hair like
this
you styled your hair like that eyes
tomorrow maybe i’ll style my hair
in a ponytail i probably won’t
maybe you can put your you can style
your hair in a mohawk
or in a faux hawk or in a bouffant
bouffant that’s that focus oh yeah it’s
focusing yeah
that’s a bouffant all right so to style
your hair
uh in a sentence it takes a long time to
style my hair that’s true
my hair is naturally explosive and so i
have to straighten it before like
everything and then as soon as humidity
gets it
it goes it makes that sound too
to shave the next expression is to
shave to shave is to remove hair like
if you’re a man here usually uh to
remove the hair here with a
razor with another like a a blade of
some kind or
maybe you remove body hair or hair on
your legs whatever
uh you we use the verb to shave
to shave uh with a razor in a sentence
shaving is a pain for sure meaning
shaving is troublesome
soap or cleanser the next word is soap
or cleanser so soap is just used to
clean your skin or yeah to clean your
face maybe
to clean your hands we do not use soap
for the stuff you use to clean your
teeth soap is used for
like body cleaner or maybe um
what you use to wash your clothes so
soap or a
body cleanser in a sentence i like nice
smelling soaps and cleansers
that is true who does not deodorant
the next word is deodorant deodorant so
deodorant is
the product you might put on your body
to
prevent unpleasant smells so usually
it goes in this region so this is called
the armpit this region so arm
and then pit so like yeah kind of this
cavish area in your arm we call the
armpit
but it’s common to apply deodorant here
you might put it
in other areas on your body but the goal
is
to prevent bad smells
or to in some cases just stop sweating
completely
so this is deodorant well deodorant
actually if i’m going to be strict here
deodorant
is used to stop unpleasant smells
antiperspirant is used to prevent
sweating so
perspirant comes from perspire
so to perspire means to sweat anti means
not or stop so an
anti-perspirant is a product to make you
stop sweating so deodorant is the smell
one antiperspirant is the sweat one
sometimes you can buy a deodorant and
antiperspirant together
great in a sentence wearing deodorant is
important especially in summer
mouthwash the next word is mouthwash
mouthwash i hope is easy to understand
it’s wash it’s
something to clean the inside of your
mouth so
uh you can use this like uh in the
morning maybe after you brush your teeth
or after lunch maybe to keep your breath
uh smelling fresh uh but it usually is
in like a blue or a green or maybe an
orange
color and kind of has a minty or citrusy
taste
but you put it in your mouth and kind of
swish like
i don’t know i can’t swish nothing you
swish it around in your mouth
and then spit it out and that’s
mouthwash so you’ve washed your mouth
with this product in a sentence i like
minty mouthwash
toothpaste the next word is toothpaste
so toothpaste we do not say like tooth
soap or tooth cleaner or whatever
we use tooth paste for uh the
product to clean our teeth the product
we use to brush our teeth is called
tooth paste uh so in a sentence
i need to buy more toothpaste shampoo
and conditioner
the next expression is shampoo and
conditioner so
shampoo and conditioner are commonly
used together
in the shower or in the bath maybe
shampoo usually comes first we shampoo
shampoo is soap for your hair really and
then conditioner
is a treatment for your hair conditioner
is used to make your hair feel softer or
more
moisturized so oftentimes they are used
for shampoo
and then conditioner together as a set
so in a sentence i like trying new
shampoos and conditioner
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hi everybody my name is alicia welcome
back to know your verbs in this episode
we’re going to talk about the verb
look so let’s go
the basic definition of the verb look is
to use your eyes to use your skills of
vision
uh to yeah to use your eyes to look to
turn your eyes towards something to use
your vision is to look
uh the difference between the verb see
if you watch the c
episode of know your verbs c means to
perceive
something with the eyes look means like
to focus the
eyes on something to direct your
attention towards something
whereas c is like to take in something
to
perceive to gain information with the
eyes
look is just focusing your attention in
something on something
conjugations let’s check out the
conjugations of this verb
present tense look or looks past tense
looked past participle looked
progressive or continuous tense
looking so
let’s check out some of the additional
meanings of the verb look
first to appear in accordance with here
are some examples
she’s had a rough year yeah she looks it
burn
second example he’s 60 he doesn’t look
it
okay so in these example sentences
look is referring to matching some
other information about a person or
about
a condition about a situation so in this
case
uh in the first example sentence we hear
she’s had a rough year
and then the response to that is yeah
she looks
it so it means it
in other words the it here means as
though she’s had a rough year
she looks meaning she appears in
accordance with the fact she has had a
rough
year but that’s a very long thing to say
instead we say yeah
she looks it she’s her appearance
suggests
what you have just said she’s had a
rough year yeah she looks
it where it equals rough year and looks
shows that matches so her look matches
this rough year
fact we’ve learned about her the second
sentence is similar
someone says he’s 60 meaning he’s 60
years old
but we hear the negative response he
doesn’t look
it meaning he does not appear as a 60
year old man
meaning in other words he probably looks
much younger than 60. he doesn’t look it
could be that he seems way way older
than 60 years old like if someone
looks ancient if someone has the
appearance of a very very old person
and you go oh my gosh he’s 60 he doesn’t
look it
that’s possible too that’s possible i
suppose so you just have to gauge
based on the intonation uh so we can use
an expression like that to mean someone
is significantly younger or
older the next meaning is to seem
to seem here are some examples this
looks pretty tough
this is looking like it’s going to be
easier than i thought in these example
sentences we can replace the verb
look with seem and the meaning stays the
same
so this looks pretty tough has the same
meaning as this
seems pretty tough so to seem and to
look
have the same meaning in these examples
in the second example sentence we saw
this is looking like it’s going to be
easier than i thought
we can replace looking with seeming and
the meaning stays the same this is
seeming like it’s going to be easier
than i thought
so both of these we can simply replace
the verb and we have the same meaning
in these cases so look means to seem
why would you use look instead of seam
what is the difference here
for me personally i think seam sounds
slightly more formal than look
i would not use seam in most cases i
would say looks in most cases
when i want to say seem if i want to
sound slightly more formal or slightly
more polite i would probably use
seam this seems to be the problem what
seems to be the problem
instead of what looks like the problem
look it looks like this one’s your
problem
like look sounds like not nearly as
formal
all right next is to have in mind
as a goal to have in mind as a goal here
are some examples
we’re looking to buy a new car by the
end of the month
he’s looking to complete his job
transfer by next month
so both of these sentences define a goal
they explain a goal
we’re also using the progressive form of
looking
so that means we are in the progress of
working towards a goal or in the
progress
of completing a goal in the first
example sentence we’re looking to buy a
new
car by the end of the month means our
goal is to buy a new car
by the end of the month and we are
currently trying to do that
but this is quite a long expression so
instead we use
look we are looking to buy a new car i
suppose we could replace this with the
verb aiming to we’re aiming to buy a new
car
aiming but aiming sounds rather formal
and
looking is a little bit more casual so
we’re looking to
buy a new car in the second sentence
he’s looking to complete his job
transfer by next month we see the same
thing his goal is to complete his job
transfer
and his aim is to do it by next month so
he is currently working towards his goal
he’s looking to complete something we
use it in the progressive tense
to show he is currently trying to
achieve this goal to achieve this
outcome
the next meaning is to express with your
eyes or with your face
so you’re actually you’re creating an
appearance with your eyes or your face
an expression in other words
here are some examples she looked
surprised
they look pretty angry here both of
these examples are talking about an
expression a
facial expression or some appearance
that is created
with the face or with the eyes so in the
first example we see she looked
surprised in past tense this indicates
that with her face
something about her face or her eyes
showed surprise
she created a surprised face
with her facial expression in other
words so she looked
surprised in the second example they
look pretty angry present tense
they look pretty angry means their
facial expression
appears angry they’re what something
they are doing with their face or their
eyes
creates an angry look look at the noun
here
so to they look pretty angry is their
expression appears
angry
let’s go on to some variations of this
how can we pair
other words with look to create a new
meaning
first is look into look into this means
to investigate here are some examples we
need to look into these accusations
have you looked into the requirements
for your license
both of these mean to examine or to
investigate something
so in the first example sentence we need
to look into these accusations
means we need to investigate these
accusations we need to maybe research we
need to
search for more information about
something so
look into kind of contains all of that
find more information about something
but look into
is much shorter and easier to say to
look into something
it does sound more casual you could
replace this with the verb
investigate we need to investigate these
accusations instead of
look into these accusations investigate
sounds more formal than look into in the
second sentence have you looked into the
requirements for your license
we see the same thing have you
investigated the requirements for your
license
but investigated sounds quite polite
quite formal so
instead we use have you looked into past
tense have you looked into the
requirements
past tense shows investigation but it
doesn’t sound
so formal as investigate the next
variation is
look the other way look the other way
this means
to direct your attention away from
something
unpleasant here are some examples you
can’t just look the other way while your
boss mistreats the employees in your
company
we shouldn’t look the other way when our
fellow humans are in trouble
so these example sentences show the use
of look the
other way meaning to look away from
something unpleasant
in the first example about a boss
mistreating employees in a company it
means
we can’t just turn our attention away
from the mistreatment of the employees
in the company or we should not do that
that’s a bad idea
we should not direct our attention away
from this unpleasant situation
if there’s a bad situation there we
should not
ignore that situation in other words we
should not look the other way we should
not turn our attention away from this
bad situation
and in the second example sentence we
shouldn’t look the other way when our
fellow humans are in trouble
it’s a more general statement but if
other humans fellow humans other people
are in trouble we should not uh ignore
it we should not ignore it we should not
turn our attention
in another way okay so i hope that this
video helped you level up your
understanding of the verb
look if you have any questions or
comments or know
some other uses of the word look please
let us know in the comment section below
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next time bye-bye so many verbs
luke i am your father look at that
look at that look at that look at that
extremely correct yes excellent work
french tour guide
examine i looked away
i didn’t realize how much i used the
verb look oh my gosh
oh my gosh look hi everybody my name is
alicia
welcome back to know your verbs in this
episode we’re going to talk about the
verb
keep let’s get started
the basic definition of the verb keep
is to have in possession so like to own
something or to hold
something is to keep are the
conjugations for this verb
present tense keep keeps
past tense kept past participle tense
kept progressive tense keeping
now let’s talk about some additional
meanings of this verb
the first additional meaning for this
lesson is to stop
something from going somewhere this can
mean to
stop a person like from leaving or
from going to another place or to
stop an object from moving or from going
somewhere let’s look at some examples is
our manager at the
office can you keep her there for 10
more minutes
okay next one keep that car inside the
gates
so don’t let it go outside the gates
keep it
inside the gates meaning number two
additional meaning number two for the
verb
keep to cause to remain in a condition
or to cause to remain in a situation
let’s look at some examples sorry to
keep you waiting
so here sorry to keep sorry to
make you stay in the waiting
condition in the waiting situation sorry
to keep you waiting
the boss has kept us wondering about
changes for months
that was past participle the boss has
kept
us wondering so we remain
in the state of wondering here the boss
has
kept us wandering for months
so has caused us to wonder continuously
for a period of months is the meaning of
this sentence
meaning number three for this lesson is
just
to stay or to continue something
so this is a very broad example let’s
look at a couple examples first
keep your head keep your head sounds
really strange right
so to keep your head doesn’t mean like
hold on to your head
so but the expression keep your head
means
control your emotions so here your head
doesn’t refer to your head as the object
necessarily it refers to your emotions
so controlling your emotions
to keep your head means like to continue
your controlled emotional
state so if someone is getting
maybe too excited or they’re getting
really angry you can say
keep your head let’s look at another
example though
keep in your lane keep in your lane me
so it’s like
imagine you’re driving so elaine is the
lines on the road those are the lines on
the road that people can drive cars in
so keep in your lane means stay in your
lane
in other words continue in your lane we
say keep
but it doesn’t mean hold it means
continue in your lane
so if someone else if maybe the person
you’re driving with
is trying to move to a different lane
you can say keep in your lane just stay
there
so it means stay another example might
be keep quiet
keep quiet means stay quiet or continue
being quiet but we just say keep quiet
to mean
continue that state meaning number four
of keep is to persist in
a behavior so to persist means to do
something
many many times to continue doing
something many times
in this case a behavior a behavior is
repeating
so let’s look at some examples this guy
keeps calling me
so a guy in this case keeps calling my
phone
keeps he keeps calling me
so repeatedly this person is calling me
repeatedly he keeps
calling me another example we kept
sending messages until they responded
we kept sending messages until they
responded
so meaning we continuously we repeatedly
sent messages to someone or maybe to a
company
until we received a response so when we
received a response
we stopped sending messages we kept
sending messages until they responded
let’s go on to some variations of the
verb keep
the first variation is to keep an eye
on someone to keep an eye on someone
this expression means to watch to watch
like to watch someone closely
often too some examples yeah she’s
keeping an eye on me
she always keeps an eye on the screen
our boss keeps an eye on our work
example keep an eye on him he’s up to
something
if someone says keep an eye on him or
like keep an eye on her with that kind
of suspicious
intonation this is kind of a negative
expression like
that person is suspicious so watch that
person
to keep an eye on him but if you say
with an
upward intonation kind of happy like
whoa keep an eye on him
he’s doing exciting things that means
like you should watch that person
and expect something positive like we
have positive expectations for that
person
so this is an important phrase to listen
to the intonation
okay next example of that though i’m
keeping my eye on you
i’m keeping my eye on you so again this
is an
expression where intonation is important
i’m keeping my eye on you
and i’m keeping my eye on you have very
different meanings
so i’m keeping my eye on you with that
downward intonation
sounds suspicious i’m suspicious of you
i’m keeping my eye on you
if however we emphasize you with that
kind of upward intonation
in the sentence i’m keeping my eye on
you it sounds like i’m expecting
good things from you i’m going to watch
you with positive expectations
the next variation is to keep one’s eyes
open to keep my eyes open to keep your
eyes open
so to keep your eyes open i use this
actually a lot in like live streams i
think i say like keep your eyes open for
that or like keep an eye out for that
so actually you can use uh keep your
eyes
open or keep an eye out
it’s sort of a weird expression so let’s
start with keep your eyes
open so plural eyes two eyes keep your
eyes open
usually for a thing keep your eyes open
for new ideas
or i’ll be keeping my eyes open for the
exciting
announcement so that means i will be
watching
for an announcement or please watch for
new ideas in the first example sentence
so keep your eyes open means watch
for something watch for something the
expression
keep an eye out for means the same thing
but we use the singular i so keep an eye
out for
new ideas keep an eye out for an
exciting announcement
we can use either the singular or the
plural eye or eyes
so did you learn a little bit more about
the word
keep i hope so if you have some other
meanings or if you know some other
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welcome to
know your verbs in this episode we’re
going to talk about the verb
see so let’s get started
so the basic definition of c
is to perceive with your eyes
so this really means to use your eyes to
get information you use your eyes to
look at things
to maybe understand things to gain
knowledge
by looking at things by using your eyes
focusing your eyes on things
you can learn things or gain information
gain knowledge so this is
to perceive but the basic the basic
definition though
is just to perceive with your eyes to
use your eyes to perceive to gain
information to gain knowledge
okay let’s see the conjugations for the
verb
see see sees
saw seen seeing
let’s talk about a few additional
meanings of the verb
see first one to form a mental
picture of to form a mental picture of
means to use your mind to create
an image so see has the meaning of
creating an image in your mind
for example i can see my childhood home
clearly it was one story and had a big
yard
what do you see when you close your eyes
so in these example sentences we’re not
actually using our eyes to see
something in this use of the word see
we are imagining it and in our minds
we are making a picture um so we’re not
actually using our
eyes to see these items instead
maybe there are things we saw in the
past
and we are imagining them mentally we
are creating a mental image of something
so when i say i can see my house clearly
my childhood house it means
in my mind i can form a clear image of
the house in my mind
in the question what do you see it means
when you close your eyes what’s the
mental image that appears in your mind
so c is used to create mental images to
refer to creating mental images here
next is to examine or to watch
so in this use of the verb see there’s
sort of the nuance of an expectation we
want to use our eyes to watch
something as it changes or to examine a
change
as it happens to examine a behavior
let’s see how the team does in today’s
match
i can’t wait to see what the neighbors
do when they realize we bought a pool
in the example of let’s see how the team
does in today’s match we are talking
about using our eyes our actual
eyes perhaps if we are actually watching
the match if we go to the game or we see
the match
on tv perhaps we are using our eyes
however if we don’t go to the match and
we read the score from the game
or we s we hear on the radio something
about the game where we hear the results
of the game
we can still use the verb c c has this
nuance of examining something
so we’re expecting some result so let’s
see
in this case doesn’t only mean using
your
eyes to examine it can mean to examine
maybe the results of an
or the results of something to examine
the outcome of something
in the second example sentence let’s see
how the neighbors react
we see the same thing so it’s the same
it’s the same sort of nuance we are
expecting a reaction we are going to
watch for
a reaction from the neighbors when they
realize we bought a pool so
we want to examine their reaction we
want to examine an outcome we can use
the verb
see though maybe we use our ears like if
the neighbor says oh my gosh
they bought a pool um that’s sort of
examining you’re
you’re waiting for a reaction there we
can still use the verb
let’s see the expression let’s see to
talk about that
so let’s see what happens next for
example next one
to make sure to make sure
please see that this task is finished
he saw that all the arrangements had
been made
in these sentences the verb see is used
to mean
make sure or to confirm something
to ensure something in the first one
please
see that this task is finished we could
replace the verb
c with make sure please make sure that
this task is finished
so that’s a very clear sentence please c
is just a shortened way of saying make
sure please see that this task is
finished please ensure that this task is
finished we can replace
the verb here the second example
sentence is the same
he saw that all the arrangements had
been made so he made
sure that all the arrangements had been
made
in these example sentences c is
replacing the expression
make sure or ensure so we can use c
to mean the same thing it’s just a
shorter way
of saying make sure next to find
acceptable or attractive what do you see
in him
what do you see in her i don’t
understand what you see in this
restaurant
it’s terrible what are the qualities you
perceive
in that person or the qualities that you
can detect
in that situation what are the good
points you identify there we can use the
word
see to sort of communicate that quickly
and easily so what do you
see in him what do you see in her is a
much shorter way of saying what do you
find attractive
about him or her what do you find
appealing about him or her
or what characteristics of that person
attract you to that person saying what
do you see in him what do you see in her
is a much shorter way of saying what
qualities do you find attractive in that
person the same thing in the restaurant
example i don’t understand what you see
in this restaurant means
i don’t understand what it is that you
like about this restaurant i think it’s
bad
so instead we shorten it to i don’t
understand what you see
in this restaurant so c means finding
something attractive or interesting or
appealing in some way
now let’s talk about some variations so
some slight changes or some additions
to the verb see that change the meaning
first is
see through see through see through
means
to understand the true nature of
something to understand the real
characteristics of something
he saw through my attempts to work with
him and asked me on a date
my boss saw through my lie and scolded
me for faking sickness
so here we see the use in the past tense
in the first example sentence he saw
through my attempts to work with him
meaning he saw
the true nature of what i was doing so
he saw through my attempts to work with
him
and asked me on a date so in this
situation maybe
um the person the speaker was trying to
spend time with the he in this situation
and was asking maybe to work together a
lot
but he in the situation saw through
saw to the true nature of the speaker’s
request
saw the true characteristics or the
actual desire there
and asked the speaker on a date so in
this sentence
we understand that there was a
different motivation so something below
the surface
of the of the initial action that was
happening
so um the the other person in the
situation
understood the other motivation
the motivation below the surface
motivation
and so we use saw through or see-through
to communicate that so
i he saw through my attempts to work
with him
and he understood there was something
else i wanted to do
in the second example sentence my boss
saw through my lie
and scolded me for faking sickness so
again we see in past
tense my boss saw through my lie so
saw that i was lying in other words saw
through my lie
so saw the true character of my lie i
saw the true
nature of my statement and scolded me so
my boss understood i lied and scolded me
for faking sickness so i got in trouble
because i was
faking an illness faking sickness my
boss
saw through my behavior saw the true
character
understood the true nature of my of my
statement
next is c i to i c i to i
this means to have a common viewpoint or
to agree
we don’t see eye to eye most of the time
i’m glad we see eye to eye about this so
maybe this one is an easy one to
visualize so to see
eye to eye with someone else means
you agree with them you share a
viewpoint with them so you can kind of
imagine maybe two people standing across
from one another
and if they see eye to eye maybe they
match
their line of sight matches much in the
way that their viewpoints or their
opinions
match exactly exactly so they have kind
of the same
viewpoint they can see eye to eye so
their
their their eyesight maybe matches their
opinions
match so to see eye to eye and we can
say i’m glad we see i2i about this
meaning i’m happy we agree
about this or in a negative we don’t see
eye to eye most of the time means we
don’t agree
most of the time or we have different
opinions most of the time
all right so i hope that this video
helped you level up your knowledge of
the verb
see a little bit if you have any
questions or comments or if you know
another way of using the verb
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episode we’re going to talk about the
verb
ask so let’s get started
the basic definition of the verb ask is
to make
a request to make a request
here are the conjugations present tense
ask
asks past tense asked
past participle asked continuous or
progressive
asking
let’s talk about some additional
meanings of this verb first is
to require here are some examples you’re
asking too much of us
they asked a lot of him this year so in
these example sentences the verb
ask means to require to require
something from
someone else in the first sentence
you’re asking too much of us
means you are requiring too much of us
or you’re requiring too much of
something we are
able to do asking too much
shortens this expression so it’s not
only required but like requiring the
capabilities or requiring something
a person or a machine or an object is
able to do so require yes but also
require
plus capabilities in the second sentence
we see this as well
so the second sentence was they asked a
lot of him this year so
they required a lot of him we can’t
quite replace
require for asked here but we can
the nuance here of ask is they
required a lot of his capabilities or
they required a lot of work from him
this year
so asked instead condenses all of that
requiring him
requiring his work or his service or
something so
we condense all of that into one word
ask here
the next meaning is to set as a price
here are some examples the seller is
asking ten thousand dollars for the boat
she asked for one hundred dollars for
her old laptop all right in both of
these example sentences
ask shows the price of an item the price
a seller chooses for an item or the
price the seller hopes to receive for an
item it’s the price that the seller has
set for something in the first example
we see asking in the progressive or the
continuous tense
the seller is asking ten thousand
dollars meaning
the seller currently hopes to receive
ten thousand dollars for the boat so if
it’s helpful you can imagine the seller
asking the buyer for this amount the
seller requesting this amount from the
buyer for this amount so the seller is
asking for ten thousand dollars for the
boat uh is but we
we removed the preposition four asking
ten thousand dollars for the boat
is essentially requesting the seller for
ten thousand dollars
so requesting the seller for is like a
long way of saying this expression we
can shorten this to
asking the buyer is asking ten thousand
dollars for
in the second example sentence we see
she asked for one hundred dollars for
her old laptop
so in this example sentence we do see
the preposition four she asked for one
hundred dollars for her old laptop
we can’t include the preposition for but
it is okay to drop it in these cases
where it is clear that the meaning
is a price for an item so she asked is
past tense so a past tense situation
she wanted to receive 100 for her old
laptop
meaning she asked for or she requested
the buyer pay 100 for her old laptop so
requested the buyer pay is shortened to
asked for in this case so we can use it
uh with or without the for
preposition the next meaning is to call
on
for an answer here are some examples he
asked his boss about the upcoming
changes
she asks her neighbors for help every
year
so to ask in these cases it’s
not quite a request in this case but
rather we’re looking for information
we’re looking for an answer we have a
question about something or we need
some information and so we
inquire um for information i suppose you
can think of it like making an
information
request in that way but we’re looking
for some kind of answer we
go to someone to get information to get
an
answer about a question in the first
example he asked his boss about the
upcoming changes
the information he wants is about
these changes maybe at his company so he
asks
means he’s looking for an answer he
asked his boss
for information he’s looking for an
answer about something
in the second sentence she asks her
neighbors for help every year
means she’s looking for answers
something she needs an
answer to she’s looking for help she’s
looking for assistance
answers for some problem that she has so
she inquires about information she’s
looking for information
so to get an answer to something like a
problem or an issue
you need to solve we can use ask next is
to
invite to invite here are some examples
i asked some friends to come over this
weekend why don’t you ask your
co-workers to go out for a drink so in
the first example sentence we can
replace
asked in the past tense with invited in
past tense and the meaning stays the
same i invited some friends to come over
this weekend
we can use invite of course if we want
but invite sounds slightly more formal
than ask
instead of using the more formal invite
we can use the more casual
ask like i asked some people to come
over this weekend sounds slightly less
formal than
invited in the second example sentence
the same thing is true
why don’t you ask your co-workers to go
out for a drink we can replace
ask here with invite why don’t you
invite your co-workers out for a drink
again invite sounds slightly more formal
than ask
so ask sounds a little bit more casual
so it sounds maybe a little bit more
natural and a little more friendly
than the word invite okay
now let’s look at some other words we
can add to ask to make different
meanings
first is ask for it ask for it
this means to behave in a way that
invites punishment
or retribution so retribution means like
um
it can refer to punishment or it can
refer to it can refer to a reward as
well but in this case it’s more for a
negative reaction
a negative reaction let’s look at some
examples the drunk guy in the bar is
shouting at everyone he’s really asking
for it
your boyfriend broke up with you well
you kind of asked for it you never made
time for him
so in these example sentences we are
we see some behaviors that maybe invite
punishment or that
invite a negative outcome in the first
example
a drunk person in a bar is shouting at
everybody
so the speaker says he’s really asking
for it
meaning the drunk guy is inviting
punishment is inviting a negative
outcome because of his behavior he’s
really asking for it we see that this is
this is used in the progressive form
he’s asking for it
meaning that his current behavior the
behavior he is showing
now is inviting punishment or as
inviting a negative outcome
in the second sentence where a speaker
is probably having a conversation with
someone they say
you broke up with your boyfriend well
you kind of asked for it
past tense because you didn’t make time
for him you didn’t make any time for him
shows that perhaps in the past the
listener did not
behave in a way that invited a positive
outcome meaning you asked for
your boyfriend to break up with you or
you invited this negative outcome
because of your actions you did not make
time for your boyfriend
therefore he broke up with you so you
did not have the correct behavior you
invited
negative a negative outcome because of
your actions
okay the next one is ask for trouble ask
for trouble
this means to behave in a way that is
likely to
end in trouble this is very similar to
ask
for it but instead of just receiving
punishment
it could just be a troubling situation
that results
let’s look at some examples that kid is
running around kicking his classmates
he’s just asking for trouble trying to
enter the country without a passport is
just asking for trouble
so in both of these sentences we see
asking for
trouble is used in the progressive tense
so some action
doing some action is likely to
result in a troubling situation in the
future
perhaps it’s not necessarily punishment
but it’s going to cause trouble it’s
going to cause a problem
in the first example a kid running
around kicking his classmates is a bad
behavior
and it’s going to invite trouble in this
case it’s probably going to be
punishment
but to say he’s really asking for it
might suggest something a little bit too
violent like to say
he’s really asking for it sounds a
little bit too much for a little kid
so perhaps he’s asking for trouble
suggests that he’s causing a troubling
situation the kid
might not have like severe strong
punishment
as a result of his actions but he could
end up
in trouble because of his behavior in
the second example trying to enter the
country without a passport is just
asking for trouble it doesn’t
necessarily
mean that there will be a punishment for
trying to enter the country
while it might be likely that trouble
does result or that punishment does
result
it’s more general to say just asking for
trouble so
this action trying to enter the country
without a passport this action
is just asking for trouble is so is
inviting
some troubling situation to occur okay
i hope that this video helped you level
up your understanding of the verb ask
if you have any questions or comments or
if you know a different way of using the
verb ask please let us know in the
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going to talk about the verb
work let’s get started
the basic definition of the verb work
is to fulfill duties for money
or for compensation compensation means
payment
so for example salary or an hourly
wage so compensation so to do things
in exchange for money is work this is a
basic definition of the verb work
now let’s look at the different
conjugations of this verb
present tense work works
past tense worked past participle tense
worked
progressive tense working
now let’s talk about some additional
meanings
of the verb work meaning one the first
additional meaning is to
function correctly to function correctly
means an object is behaving
is functioning in the proper way
so let’s look at some examples my
computer isn’t working today
what happened the mechanic fixed my car
and now it works perfectly
meaning two yeah yeah okay the second
definition is
to produce a desired effect or
result or to succeed at something
so some examples of this meaning his
plan is crazy
but i think it might work i don’t think
that’ll work
fun fact i took that example sentence i
don’t think that’ll work from a video
game called
indiana jones and the fate of atlantis i
don’t think that’ll work next one
is to control or to cause
to labor to cause to labor so labor
means like to fulfill your duties
to work as in the first the original
basic meaning of this word
so let’s look at some examples
management worked the team
way too hard last year today we’re
working the computer remotely
now let’s look at some variations the
first variation
is work on work on work
on means to try to affect or like to try
to
influence to try to persuade someone
some examples of this politicians often
work on voters fears so to work
on someone’s fears it’s like they’re
affecting
that they are trying to persuade
people by focusing on
their fears in this example sentence the
movie
works on viewers sympathy so here
work works on the movie works on means
the movie kind of
is affecting is affecting the sympathy
of the viewer
and then as a result influence happens
so
a change in emotion happens in this way
to work on
the second variation is work out work
out so work out means to exercise
work out can mean to lift weights to jog
to do sports whatever
work out just means exercise examples of
this
uh i never work out she’s been working
out
three days a week for the last year
overachiever
the third variation for this lesson is
work
up work up so work up means
to gradually make progress but
with difficulty examples of this he
worked up to asking the girl on a date
she worked her way up to becoming ceo of
a company
so to work up to something is like
slowly
and with difficulty making progress so
we can split this phrasal verb
like she worked her way up or
he worked up to asking the girl on a
date so we pair
work with the preposition up in this
example
okay do you know a little bit more about
the verb work
if you have any other variations or if
you know a different meaning of the verb
work or if you just want to practice
making a sentence
with this verb please feel free to do so
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we’re working now live to work work to
live
which will you be her pen works that’s
true she just drew a picture of me
do it now have you ever thought about
how much you think about thinking
hi everybody my name is alicia welcome
to know your verbs
in this episode we’re going to talk
about the verb think
so let’s get started
the basic definition of think is
to have in the mind so something you can
keep in your mind like an idea
or an image something you keep
in your head something in your mind
something in your brain so to keep in
the mind
is think to think this is the basic
definition of
think so let’s look at the conjugations
of the verb
think present tense think thinks
past tense thought past participle
thought progressive or continuous tense
thinking think thinks
thought thought thinking
okay let’s look at some additional
meanings of the verb
think first is to consider or to reflect
on or to ponder
it means consider something carefully or
spend
time considering something so ponder
means to think for a long time or to
think hard about something
so consider carefully reflect on
examples can i have a day to think about
this
he’s thinking about what to do next so
in these example sentences can i have a
day to think about this
taking one day to reflect on something
like before you make a decision
is a pretty common thing to do before
like a big decision so can i have a day
to think about this
means can i have a day to consider this
carefully
or can i have a day to ponder this in
the second example sentence he’s
thinking about what to do next means
he’s considering carefully
his next step he’s considering carefully
what he should do
next so thinking is used in the
progressive tense here
to show that he is currently at this
time
considering something carefully but to
consider carefully we can make
shorter and use the verb thinking he’s
thinking about what to do
next okay next is to create
something by thinking or to create
something by considering
we usually use this with the word up
after the verb
think we thought up so many crazy party
ideas in college
she thought up a plan for product
promotion so both of these example
sentences mean to create
something by considering it in your mind
so in the first
example sentence we thought up crazy
ideas for parties in college
means we designed something using our
brains we
considered something and created an idea
we created something
by thinking so to think up blah blah
blah so
we thought up crazy party ideas so we
designed crazy party ideas by
thinking about them by considering
things in our minds
in the second example sentence we see
the same meaning but for
a business situation she thought up a
plan
for product promotion so in this case
past tense she
thought up she designed a plan for
product promotion but
when we say designed it sounds maybe
like
she planned something on a computer
perhaps when we use
she thought up it means she used her
mind
she considered the ideas she had and
created a plan
in her mind for promotion of the product
so thought up uses the mind to create
something
next is to have as an expectation to
have as an expectation to expect
something i didn’t think you’d arrive so
quickly
we thought it would take a lot longer to
finish dinner
so in the first example sentence we
didn’t think you’d arrive
so quickly it means the speaker expects
that the listener would take longer
to arrive or the listener was going to
arrive later
than they actually did so the speaker
the speaker in this case had the
expectation
that the listener was going to arrive
later so they used the negative
we didn’t think you’d arrive so quickly
so we didn’t think we didn’t expect
you’d arrive so quickly we can replace
the verb
think with expect here and it creates
the same meaning the same nuance really
but think sounds a little bit less
formal than expect
so we didn’t think you’d arrive so
quickly the second example sentence is
we thought it would take a lot longer to
finish dinner again
we expected we had the expectation it
would take a lot longer to finish dinner
we can replace the verb fought past
tense with the past tense expected we
expected it would take a lot longer to
finish dinner
so in this way think or in past tense
thought
is used in exactly the same way as
expected here
the next meaning is to consider
suitability
to consider suitability let’s look at
some examples
i’ve never thought of him like a manager
we’re thinking of her for a higher
position
so in the first sentence i’ve never
thought of him
like a manager in this way thought means
i’ve never
understood him to be suitable for the
position of
manager that’s a very long way of
explaining this sentence
but to condense everything we use the
word
thought i’ve never thought of him as a
manager means i’ve never
considered him to potentially be
suitable
as a manager in the second example
sentence we’re thinking of her
for a higher position it means we’re
considering whether or not she is
suitable for a higher position
at her job or a higher position at her
company so
in this way thinking in the progressive
tense means we are considering her
suitability for a position a higher
level position
so you’ll notice that the two example
sentences included here are related to
work
you’ll see though that this this meaning
tends to be used a lot with
jobs and maybe political positions so
kind of something
um maybe promotion related so promotion
related or kind of
hierarchy related you’ll often hear this
in work situations employment situations
let’s look at some variations some other
words we can attach to
think to create different meanings first
is
think better of think better of think
better of means to reconsider and make
a better decision or make an improved
decision it means to consider something
again and
change your decision hopefully to make a
an improved decision examples i wanted
to say something but i thought better of
it and kept my mouth shut
we’ll think better of you if you tell
the truth so in both of these sentences
there’s a reconsideration someone is
considering something again
and making an improved decision because
of that reconsideration
so in the first example sentence i
wanted to say something we see in past
tense i wanted to say
something but i thought better of
it so it in this case is the thing i
wanted to say in the first part of the
sentence i thought better of it means i
reconsidered it
and decided against my my first
inclination i decided not to do
the first thing i was thinking about and
i kept my mouth shut so in this case my
mouth remained
closed in other words i reconsidered my
initial action the action i initially
wanted to do
in the second sentence we’ll think
better of you if you tell the truth we
see
it’s it’s used for future we will think
better of you
if you tell the truth meaning if you
tell the truth our opinion of you
will improve we will think better of you
um so tell the truth and we’ll consider
you
again essentially and our opinion of you
will improve if you do this the next
variation is
think much of think much of this means
to have a positive view of or
to approve of examples
he doesn’t think much of his professor
we didn’t think much of last night’s
dinner
we see in the first example sentence he
didn’t think much of his professor
means he didn’t really approve of his
professor
or he didn’t have a very positive view
of his professor
so a shorter way to explain that feeling
is he didn’t think
much of his professor in the second
example sentence
we didn’t think much of last night’s
dinner this means
again we didn’t really approve of last
night’s dinner or we don’t have a very
positive view or a very positive opinion
of last night’s dinner
these are rather long so we can condense
it too we didn’t think much
of last night’s dinner so i hope that
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soon bye-bye oh i think that your
thought about my thought is the thinking
thought what my name is alicia for this
episode
first is
i’m thinking about summer gossip
let’s go oh my god so
the first phrase is oh my god
so so oh my god so is a
introductory phrase you can use to start
your topic
with like a surprise factor so you say
oh my god
and then so is your transition phrase so
for example oh my god so i have to tell
you about this movie i saw or
oh my god so i saw my neighbor in the
shopping mall this morning or
oh my god so did you see my new dog
it’s kind of a weird one usually it’s
about a person not about a dog but who
knows
you won’t believe what happened to me
the other day
the next expression is you won’t believe
what happened to me the other day
you won’t believe what happened to me
the other day
meaning something happened to you
and you think it’s going to be a
surprise
to the person listening to you you won’t
believe what happened to me the other
day
so it’s a very fast phrase because
it sounds like you want to share very
quickly like you won’t believe what
happened to me
you can drop the other day if you want
or you said you can say you won’t
believe what happened to me this morning
you won’t believe what happened to me
last night you won’t believe what
happened to me this weekend you won’t
believe what happened to me over my
winter vacation so that you won’t
believe what happened to me gets very
very quick
and short so examples uh you won’t
believe what happened to me the other
day
i ran into my ex-boss or you won’t
believe what happened to me the other
day
i tripped and fell down a flight of
stairs or
uh you won’t believe what happened to me
the other day i got
a new parrot
sure i don’t know maybe one of you can
use that
guess what the next phrase is very short
the next phrase is like an exclamation
so an excited statement and a question
guess what guess what so
guess what is inviting the listener to
guess what happened to you
guess what the full question would be
guess what happened or guess what
happened to me
but we only say guess what so guess what
and sometimes the listener guesses
and sometimes the listener just says
what usually the listener just says
what uh ask so meaning you should
continue the story
so if you say guess what i quit my job
or
guess what i saw my best friend
with a new guy i haven’t seen before
another example uh guess what i got a
new car
something like that so some kind of
shocking like
um difficult to guess situation
i haven’t told you about this yet the
next expression
is i haven’t told you about this yet i
haven’t
told you about this yet so have not
becomes
haven’t i haven’t told you about this
yet so maybe you’ve told you have told
other people but this specific person
maybe you have not told that person your
news or some information
yet but this yet implies
you are planning to or you want to tell
them this so
it’s it’s kind of creates a little
suspense i haven’t told you about this
yet
so we could use this like i haven’t told
you about this yet i’m going to france
next summer or i haven’t told you about
this yet but i broke up with my
boyfriend last night
or i haven’t told you about this yet but
i’m throwing a big party for my
co-worker this weekend can you come
other examples i haven’t told you about
this yet i saw
my boss out for dinner with someone
who’s
not his wife
oh my god that’s not true that’s not
true
or i haven’t told you about this yet i
heard that the company is gonna
go bankrupt also not true
okay so those are some pretty juicy
juicy gossip that’s an expression we use
we say
juicy gossip is something that’s like
really really
interesting gossip or really interesting
story about people we say
juicy gossip for that have you heard
about
the next expression is have you heard
about blah blah blah have you heard
about
can be followed with a noun phrase have
you heard about
a a person you can use a person or have
you heard about
a situation you can use both you can use
a
an object too so have you heard about
the new iphone or have you heard about
the new
office policies um you can use that
um for pretty much anything you want to
inform your listener about
so have you heard about is usually said
very quickly have you heard about so the
you becomes
shortened to yeah have you heard about
have you heard about blah blah blah so
have you heard about the new secretary
have you heard about our new boss
or have you heard about my co-worker
quitting his job
have you heard about the neighbors above
us
they’re moving so you can use people
here
for gossip expressions or you can use
objects um
in this expression just to introduce
something new very useful phrase
have you heard about my mom
sorry mom i don’t know why you came into
that one okay
so the other day the next expression
is kind of like the beginning to a story
so
maybe this can be for gossip maybe it
can just be
like a story something interesting or
maybe boring
that happened to you the expression is
so the other day
so the other day so the other day
the other day here means not today some
other day
which day it doesn’t really matter it’s
not really important but we say
the other day someday in the past this
expression is used for
so we can say so the other day i was
sitting at my desk in the office when my
manager came and asked if he could speak
to me
or so the other day i was shopping and i
ran into my ex-boyfriend
or so the other day i was renting a car
and the former president of the united
states
came into the car rental shop what all
right so the other day just some day
in the past so i was talking with
and the next one you can use
um maybe for gossip sometimes but also
you can use for making plans
it’s so i was talking with someone
and blah blah blah so i was talking with
someone means you were having a
conversation
uh at another time with a person
and you want to kind of report
information or share
something from that conversation with
the person
listening now so i might say
so i was talking with risa and i think
that we should plan a party for this
weekend what do you think
so i was talking with my team about this
and i think that we should make some
changes
so that’s a very kind of everyday work
situation
use of this phrase um but you can also
use it for gossip like
so i was talking to my best friend and i
think i’m gonna move
or i was talking to my parents and i
think
it’s best if we break up oh so it can be
for plans it can be for gossip it can be
for just
any conversation plus a report
what’s up with the next expression is
kind of a little like mysterious
then the expression is what’s up with
blah blah blah
usually what’s up with person for gossip
meaning there’s like the nuance here is
there’s some
problem or it seems like something’s
wrong with this person they’re unhappy
they’re sad they’re angry uh
some kind of negative emotion we use
this so it’s like what’s up with stevens
i haven’t heard from him lately
what’s up with your brother he seems
really upset or
what’s up with your neighbor why is he
so noisy
or what’s up with your boss he’s so
strict so
it sounds like there’s some problem we
usually use
this intonation what’s up with what’s up
with
to introduce somebody who has a problem
we don’t say
what’s up it’s not that it’s not that
sort of hello
expression it’s a it’s an expression for
a problem
you can also use a noun phrase that is
not a person here like
what’s up with this new office policy or
what’s up with this new rule at work or
what’s up with this new item on the menu
at this restaurant it’s super weird
so what’s up with blah blah blah has
sort of a negative nuance you can use it
for people
to talk about strange behavior what’s up
with
you have you heard from
lately the next expression is have you
heard from blah blah blah
lately have you heard from person lately
have you heard from stevens lately
i haven’t seen him have you heard from
your mom lately have you heard from your
dad lately have you heard from your
brother lately
have you heard from your landlord lately
i don’t know why you hear from your
landlord but
have you heard from someone lately there
is sort of an ex
like a little bit of an expectation that
you are
in contact with the person involved in
this sentence like you have some
relationship maybe it’s a family
relationship romantic relationship
professional relationship
there’s some relationship with this
person and
lately it’s like have you heard from
them recently
lately in the last few days in the last
few weeks
so you can use this if for example you
are
looking for someone or you’re worried
about someone you can use this here
um you can also use it just just to
check in
about some other person without asking
that person directly so like if i want
to ask about
i’m using risa in my example risa is our
japanese channel host
um if i want to ask about how risa is
but i don’t want to ask risa i know
maybe she’s busy or
i don’t know for some reason i it’s
difficult to talk to her
i can ask like my co-worker i can say
hey have you heard from risa lately
it seems she’s really busy or have you
heard from so and so lately it seems
they’re busy
so if i want to ask about another person
but i don’t want to bother this person
or that something makes it difficult
i can use have you heard from blah blah
blah recently or
lately to ask about them very useful
phrase
i have to tell you about next expression
the next expression is i have to tell
you about blah blah i have to tell you
so
have to becomes have to i have to tell
you about
it has a nice sound i have to tell you
about blah blah
or i have to tell you about something so
i have to tell you about my weekend i
have to tell you about stevens i have to
tell you about my mom
i have to tell you about my boyfriend i
should tell you about my girlfriend
whatever it is
some person used at the end of this
sentence
creates a nuance like there’s exciting
news about that person
or i have to tell you about this thing
that happened you can use a situation at
the end of the sentence too
but you’re using i have to at the
beginning of this sentence
so that sounds like it’s really
important like i feel
it’s so important it’s my responsibility
to tell you because
this is so exciting of course you can
use this in more boring situations as
well like i have to tell you about the
new office policy
you can use it in that way with a very
flat intonation
but for gossip purposes use i have to
tell you about
that sounds really good so what do you
have to tell somebody about
i have to tell you about this new idea i
have for a business or
i have to tell you about what happened
to me last night okay
so there are these really exciting ways
that we can introduce
things that happened or that we can talk
about people or whatever
okay ten words for talking about space
planet the first word is planet planet
so planets are those
really really big things that we have in
our solar system now there are
officially eight because pluto is no
longer considered a planet
in my example sentence pluto used to be
considered
a planet star the next word is
star star so stars are those very very
bright objects that you can see
in the sky sometimes at night the
closest star to us
is the sun the sun is a star and we can
see a lot of other stars if we look up
into the night sky
sometimes in a sentence it’s hard to see
stars from big cities
solar system the next expression is
solar system
solar system so solar system in our case
here on planet earth
refers to the system of planets and
objects
which are near our star so our solar
system now there are eight planets in
our solar system
used to be nine planets sorry again in
pluto eight planets in our solar system
and then um we can talk about other
objects which maybe
enter our solar system like uh like uh
comets for example or a meteor or
some other events might happen in space
within our solar
system so our solar system is the area
surrounding our sun and our planets that
we know of
in a sentence mercury is part of our
solar system
comet the next expression is comet a
comet is actually an icy body
that is uh slightly melting and then
releasing gases so that’s what produces
that look
a comet okay in a sentence comments are
really cool
meteor oh right so yes the next word is
meteor
meteor or just meteor so essentially
meteors are different from comets
because comets are made of ice
meteors however are made of rock so
these are two different kinds of objects
that can
that move around in space in a sentence
lots of meteors burn up before they pass
through the atmosphere
meteorite the next word is meteorite
meteorite so this is an important
distinction that many
people don’t know about actually this
drives me crazy too so a meteor is the
is the space rock it’s in space or it’s
in the atmosphere
a meteorite however is the rock if
if the meteor makes it if the meteor can
pass through the earth’s atmosphere
and fall to the surface of the earth
that rock then is called a meteorite
so in space in the atmosphere it’s a
meteor when it falls to earth it is a
meteorite that becomes a meteorite when
it hits the earth
so fun facts okay that’s the difference
between the two
in a sentence have you ever seen a
meteorite supernova
supernova supernova so the explosion of
a star is a
huge event a supernova is the name of it
so the star
explodes and that’s what we call it it’s
called a supernova a star
explosion in a sentence supernovas must
be incredible things
black hole ah alright the next
expression is
black hole black hole black holes are
the subject of a lot of study
they have intense gravitational pull so
meaning they have
very strong gravity black holes will
pull other objects into them
um it is said that like time stops in a
black hole or in like if you
get too close to a black hole if you get
too close to the event horizon of a
black hole you yourself will be pulled
into that hole too
it’s pretty crazy so like the event
horizon is the point at which um there’s
no
there’s no turning back from like you
can’t you can’t escape
essentially the gravitational pull of a
black hole once you’re within the event
horizon
of that space it’s like crazy you’re
done for
all this kind of stuff so interesting so
in a sentence
black holes are mysterious galaxy
okay uh all right so the next word is
galaxy galaxy before we talked about the
expression
solar system uh so solar system is kind
of our
region of space the region we’re
familiar with but
the next step up so if you think of the
solar system is kind of your
neighborhood a little bit
you could think of maybe the galaxy as
like your
city or your country maybe it’s sort of
the next step out
so a galaxy is made up of lots and lots
of stars maybe other planets
other solar systems many other solar
systems in one
galaxy so uh i think yeah we belong to
the milky way galaxy
i believe in a sentence our galaxy is
made of lots of different stars and
planets
earth the next expression is earth
earth earth is our planet earth is the
planet we live on
earth is yeah habitable meaning humans
can live here
this word i included it in this
vocabulary list because it is a very
good word to practice your pronunciation
it is the word
earth earth that r and the th sound
can be difficult to pronounce together
er f
earth so this is a great word to use to
practice your pronunciation
earth so in a sentence our planet is
called
earth ten words for talking about sleep
let’s go to wake up
the first word is to wake up to wake up
is to open your eyes
probably in your bed or the place where
you are sleeping to wake up
is to uh to become
conscious to become awake every day you
wake
up uh presumably hopefully in a sentence
i woke up three times last night
to get up to get out of bed all right
the next word is to get
up or to get out of bed so that means
to physically move your body from your
bed
out of bed to stand up from your bed to
get
out of your bed we say to get up or to
get out of bed
in a sentence i got up at eight o’clock
this morning
to snooze the next word is to snooze
so we have to snooze an alarm and also
to snooze so to snooze means to take a
short
sleep to have a short sleeping time or
to snooze an alarm is when your alarm
goes off in the morning
you have a button most alarm clocks have
some button
you can press so the alarm will turn on
again in like
know five or ten minutes or something so
to snooze an alarm is to
like to ask your alarm to wake you up
again
a few minutes later that’s uh to snooze
so we have to snooze an alarm
and two snooze meaning like a short
light sleep
in a sentence i always snooze my alarm
at least
once that is usually true
to oversleep the next word is to
over sleep to over sleep means to sleep
too much or to sleep
late uh actually no it doesn’t mean to
sleep late
to sleep late means just to sleep until
a late
time in the day over sleep means
sleeping
beyond the time you wanted to get up so
for example
if my alarm is set for eight o’clock
but i wake up at nine o’clock i
overslept
i slept beyond my wake-up time so we can
use oversleep to talk about
times when you sleep too much you sleep
more than your body needs you to so
maybe your body needs
depending on the person like six to nine
hours or so
but if you sleep like 14 hours we can
say that’s over
sleeping you’re sleeping too much that’s
the nuance here
in a sentence i overslept on my first
day of work
nap the next word is nap nap is a short
sleep so
a nap is maybe 30 minutes one hour just
a
short sleep a short rest so a lot of
people will take a nap in the afternoon
for example or maybe children actually
take
naps for example in preschool or when
they’re very very
young they have an afternoon nap a short
sleep like
yeah just like an hour or so i imagine
in a sentence
i love naps actually i do like naps i
don’t like naps because
when i take a nap it becomes a sleep
it’s always like
i wake up four hours later and i’m like
okay well i’ve destroyed my sleep
schedule
dream the next word is dream
dream so dreams are those those visions
those
images you see those maybe experiences
it seems like you have
when you are asleep in a sentence i
always have
weird dreams nightmare
so the next word is nightmare nightmare
is a word which means
bad dream or scary dream negative dream
so children maybe have nightmares a lot
they wake up crying or
they’re really upset by nightmares
monsters
terrifying things happening and so on in
a sentence
do you ever have nightmares to go to bed
the next word is to go to bed so before
we talked about to get up or to get out
of bed this is the opposite to go to bed
means to get in your bed uh
to to try to go to sleep to go to bed
in a sentence i usually go to bed fairly
late to hit the hay
to hit the sack the next expression is
kind of a s
i don’t know a slang expression uh we
have to hit the hay
and to hit the sack these both mean to
go to bed
um they both mean to try to fall asleep
but
we just use them in more casual
situations the image here of
hit the hay is with your body hitting
hay
like laying down in hay i believe
historically because
uh hay was used to stuff um things that
people slept on
um so that’s why we have this expression
to hit
the hay with your body same thing for to
hit the sack so a sack
full of something soft to sleep on uh is
where this expression comes from in a
sentence i think i’m gonna hit the hay
to fall asleep the next expression it is
to fall asleep to fall asleep you’re in
bed
and you finally you lose consciousness
you
you stop being aware you are asleep
in that moment we say you fall asleep
in a sentence it takes me a long time to
fall asleep
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top 10 must know prepositions and
conjunctions for english learners
let’s get started two two
i threw the ball to my dad
two is sort of directional it it’s
saying
that it’s going towards something
i wrote a letter to my mother
i went to the mall i went
to the park my mom asked me to go to the
store
to buy some bread to a destination
to a person from
from from is the opposite of two
from implies where it’s coming from the
place of
origin so if i’m going to the mall
i’m coming from my house this letter
is from my daughter from
how long does it take you to get from
your house
to your job to and from
they go together with with
with it means together with something
i am at the movies with my friend i went
out to eat
with my friends i go
shopping with my boyfriend with
means you are together with something
i like to have grilled cheese with
tomatoes on it i’m here with my book
at at is a very short word
i always go to bed at 11 o’clock if i’m
lucky i usually go to bed
at around 1 in the morning unfortunately
they get very little sleep
at specifies a time or a place
let’s go to the movies at two in the
afternoon
i’m at home right now where are you
we decided to meet at the beach
it’s a pinpoint of time or location
in in in
means you are inside of something or
in the middle of something it means
being immersed in something
i am in bed right now the cat
is in the box uh the child is in the
tree
the plane is in the sky i graduated
school
in 2019 in
on on i left the book
on my desk on means on top of
i like ketchup on my fries
so that means my french fries are here
and i like to put ketchup on them
the man is on the roof the car
is on the street the motorcycle
is on my nerves but
but i think i remember her name but i’m
not sure
but is a way to add a negative to a
sentence
so for example i really love eating cake
but i don’t eat it often because it’s
not healthy
i’d love to go to the movies with you
but
i have too much work to do i really
like you but i don’t want to date you
and and and is a very common word you
will hear
all the time it’s a way of adding on
a new subject or thing to your sentence
i love candy and pizza
i’m hungry and i’m tired my friend moved
to spain
and i moved to canada i love playing
outside
and i love being inside and is a way to
add on
a new subject or thing to what you’re
talking about
so so i have a toothache
so i went to the dentist so is a way of
adding an example another way to say
because of this i did this
you say something and then you add so
and then what follows is the effect so
there’s the cause
so the effect so i was feeling very
hungry
so i had some pizza this video is going
to be pizza themed everyone
apparently i was really tired so i took
a nap
i was in the mood for some adventure so
i got on an airplane
and flew to mexico that sounds nice
or or or is a way of presenting
a choice so for example
you can either have pizza or
you can have candy i don’t know if i
should go
to the movies or if i should go to the
mall
which color do you like better red
or green it presents differences
of choice today’s video is on words
americans overuse i haven’t seen these
words yet but um
apparently it’s going to be a series of
words that we as americans i’m american
um we overuse we use too often so let’s
start
uh oh the first word is definitely
is definitely a word that americans
overuse we use it to
put emphasis at the end of a phrase to
put emphasis at the end of a sentence
as in oh that party last week was so
great
yeah definitely or to agree with
somebody like that
uh oh god literally oh
just in the last few days i’ve seen the
word literally
so many times on the internet and used
in just such stupid ways
the word literally uh means
actually or truly something this is
literally the best hamburger i’ve ever
eaten
so literally meaning truly or actually
would mean that in that person’s entire
life that is the best hamburger they’ve
ever eaten
however it gets misused a lot in
sentences um
like george bush was literally
supporting the war in iraq or something
like that taking a phrase like that
literally would have to mean that you
know the president former president
would be
you know physically supporting a war
with his body
onward onward hilarious
hilarious is the next word i like to use
the word hilarious when something is
actually funny
um hilarious of course means something
that is really funny super funny
it’s a step above funny maybe two steps
three steps i don’t know
however people like to use this word in
place of laughter
so uh for example friends are talking
and instead of just
laughing the friend will say that’s
hilarious
well if it’s so hilarious just laugh oh
this must be the last one
because this is the worst one this word
is like
um i’ve probably said it several times
already today for the for the purposes
of this video
um the word like is used as a filler
word so
it’s the same as something such as
um or uh or hmm for example
we use like as a filler word when we’re
trying to think of something
it’s not uncommon to hear the word
repeated like three
four five times in a row when someone is
thinking
they’ll say oh you know that party that
i went to like
like uh like uh like uh do you know who
was there
it just invades your speech sometimes
when you’re trying to think of something
and no other filler words come out but
the word like does
ah this wasn’t the last word there is
another one
seriously seriously is used
oh it’s good for anytime you receive bad
news
um well not from your boss it’s a really
casual word
but if you hear something like your
friend lost their job and you can
sympathize with them or maybe empathize
with them by saying
seriously oh that’s too bad or oh tell
me
like all your problems oh my god i just
use like oh
god i hate myself want to speed up your
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