Vocabulary and Common Expressions for Real Life English Conversation
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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 anytime 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
good bye 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 try 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 any
time 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 Ann it’s just a friendly way to check
in with the other person you can use it
with friends your family your co-workers
maybe even your boss to a certain degree
how are you how you doing the next
phrase is I’m fine thanks and you if you
saw English in three minutes we talked a
lot about this phrase instead of I’m
fine thank you and you say I’m good
thanks
how are you just shorten it and 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 bla bla
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
as 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 no
biggie
I use no biggie as in no biggie is short
for no big problem 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 uh-huh
yeah we know next I’m guessing I knew 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 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
not really hmm no I don’t think so
hmm to soften it the next word is okay
okay this word comes from copyeditors
okay when they had to check a manuscript
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 it’s 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 to check your watch check
your phone check a clock pretty
straightforward phrase there aren’t
really any short version so that’s an
easy one where is that 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 is a polite and soft expression
that you can use if you need to use the
toilet you need to use the washroom and
when you’re at someone’s house for the
very first time when you’re in a place
that your 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 could 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 like
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
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 you see
you soon
seeya 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
phrase is see you later see you later is
very similar to see you soon but the
point is would 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 were 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 the top 25 english verbs
by frequency so let’s get into it me is
the first English verb B refers to
existence I want to be an astronaut I
think you would be a great person for
this job
be yourself let’s be friends I could
have been a writer if I wanted to be the
next verb is have I have a dog I have an
idea what do you have how many do you
have how much money do you have do you
have any friends how have you been have
you seen my mom I can’t find her have
yourself a merry little Christmas the
next verb is do do you want some pizza
do you have a dog a lotta Lotta give it
and if they do do be do be do if you’re
Frank Sinatra I do the things that you
do better say say say say say what you
want say name say you love me do you
know what I’m saying
know what I’m saying
next verb is get get a life get a job
get a haircuts get a better suit Steven
what you got I could have gotten pony
but I went with a lizard instead I’m
getting tired that’s not true the next
verb is make make a cake make your
mother proud someone outside is making a
strange face at me through the window at
the moment that is a true story make
living through legitimate means the next
verb is go go big or go home I’m going
to the beach you should go to the beach
you should go to the forest go to a
baseball game with me past tense of goes
went I went spelunking on my holiday the
next word is no this is an interesting
word because no is actually not commonly
used in the progressive tense no is
commonly used in present tense to refer
to your mental state or your emotional
state so we don’t really say I am
knowing really but we can say I know I
know the answer what do you know about
this issue he couldn’t have possibly
known the location of the treasure how
many people do you know I knew it the
next verb is take take a cake take a
break take yourself to bed you should
take a vacation have you ever taken a
bath the next word is see we’ll see I’ll
see you later the next verb is come come
as an expert please come to my house
come to a party I’m gonna come over to
your place later the next word is think
think I think you’re great
he thinks pizza is the best food I’m
thinking about lunch I’m thinking about
coffee what are you thinking about I’ve
been thinking that since that’s a Hanson
song have you ever thought about the
meaning of life look look is the next
verb please look at the camera look over
there look over here and look a dog look
at your mom oh my gosh would you look at
that look at the time look it’s a bird
it’s a plane it’s
actually a bird look at said is it me
you’re looking for hello
next word is want want what do you want
I want food how many coffees have you
ever wanted I wanted to go to the dry
cleaners this morning but I ran at a
time that’s true
the next verb is give give me a break
I’m going to give you a raise Stevens
I’m giving you the ax fired
give me a break
I have given you everything I have going
to Mordor Fred now I could have given
you the world instead I gave you a
carpet uses the next word use don’t use
a pen I like using chocolate when I make
food are you using me for my brain next
is find we could have found buried
treasure last weekend I’m finding nemo
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next verb tell me a story tell me lies
tell me sweet little life tell me the
truth the whole truth and nothing but
the truth
I am told that you are an extremely good
opera singer I’m telling you to leave
tell lies every day don’t tell lies the
next word is ask ask please pronounce
this correctly it is not ax many native
speakers make this pronunciation mistake
and it really bothers me ask ask me
about my collection of rare doughnut
recipes ask your mom about her life why
don’t you ask your boss to the party how
about you asked your coworker for some
advice about this issue I should have
asked for help but I didn’t next verb is
work work is work I’m working now sima
team the weather seems nice today he
seemed a little angry this morning feel
is the next word feel I feel happy
feelings how does it feel feel feel clap
along if you feel like that’s what you
want do try oh my gosh
try is the next word huh I’m trying my
best I try every day to work very hard
have you ever tried ramen
I tried ramen yesterday and it was
really good do you try to exercise every
day I’m trying to sleep
go away the next verb is leave leave
leave me alone leaves your doors and
locks don’t leave your doors unlocked I
have never left a hot-air-balloon
without first taking a picture the next
verb is called college the next friend
give me a call please call me later call
me maybe call your mom on her birthday
every year she’ll be happy
cold cold you’re a seagull have you ever
called the wrong number have you ever
called a dog by another dog’s name want
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25 english nouns these are the top 25
most commonly used nouns in English so
let’s get started the first noun is the
word name name of course is used in
common questions like what’s your name
my name is and so on my favourite
actor’s name is Harrison Ford something
like that the next word is time time is
used of course to express the point in
the day is used in questions like what
time is it can you tell me what time it
is I don’t have any time lately if
you’re really busy
have you any time it’s time for my
favorite show house of cards Kevin
Spacey is cool
the next noun is man please be careful
man is one of those words that has an
irregular plural form when you need to
use the plural of the word man you
should say men do not say man’s it’s
very funny but
don’t say it who’s that man or what’s up
man you can use man with men or women
interestingly enough the next word is
women women also has an irregular plural
form please say women when referring to
more than one woman not women’s or woman
even though the the singular and the
plural form of women and women have the
same spelling at the beginning WOM the
pronunciations are different women women
so watch out for that when you say
that’s pretty woman the next word is
person person you can use it to refer
generally to either a man or a woman
please be careful persons plural form
becomes people when you want to talk
about another culture for example you
can say such-and-such countries people
or the people in that country speak up
about language the next word is thing
generally an inanimate object something
that is that just doesn’t move like a
water bottle or you know a sweater a
thing you can use it when you don’t know
the word for something so thing is very
very useful what is this thing I like
many things for example where the wild
things are as a movie that’s already out
that I totally knew about the next word
is mother mother is the person the woman
who gave birth to you isn’t that
exciting mother is commonly shortened to
mom or mama or mummy ma Madre if you
speak Spanish mum Mamba if you’re me
mamacita
the next word is dead of course de is
used in all of the days of the week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Sunday
time period when the Sun is out
the day or the day time have a nice day
the next word is world world just refers
to the entire planet Earth I’d like to
travel all around the world
or I like trying foods from all around
the world in the world of science this
is an upcoming technology or in the
world of literature he’s one of the most
famous authors so worlds can be used to
refer just just to kind of a more
specific hobby or a specific interest or
it’s just a specific person’s life warth
world’s father author is your dad
other other
words used for father our dad papa pop
daddy
PAH Basia while mother is used to refer
to kind of like nurturing kind of like
you know the earth or things that like
can give life to others father at least
in my mind there’s kind of this image of
someone who’s a little bit more strict
in your life the next word is sister
a female sibling is your sister you can
also use sister for a female person that
you feel very very close with so I might
call my female friend who’s I’m very
close to my sister
my brother likes to shorten it to sis
you might also hear sista as well if you
are silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in
a famous movie called Sister Act the
next word is brother brother is a male
sibling you can also use brother to
refer to a close male friend common
variations of brother are brother bro
bra rosy brewski depending on what kind
of person you are you can choose to use
any number of those like I might
sarcastically say to my friend cool
story bro look if he’s told me a story
that’s not very exciting in Mario for
example the name of the Mario games is
actually Super Mario Brothers but
brothers is abbreviated as BRS Super
Mario Bros yeah just be careful about
your use of bro because it sounds a
little bit like a college-age boy that’s
kind of the kind of the feeling of the
word bro oh brother where art thou the
next word is daughter daughter is a
female child daughter do you have a
daughter I have a daughter I don’t have
a daughter taken its son a male child is
someone’s son son s Oh n is pronounced
exactly the same as su and son what are
you talking about son the next word is I
II ye I your I is the round thing that
you used to see with I is used in a lot
of expressions and idioms in English as
in I’ve got my eye on you meaning I’m
watching you or keep your eye out for
something meaning please look for
something or please pay close attention
I’m waiting for something to happen the
next word is hand body parts give me a
hand
or can I give you a hand means please
help me or can I help you to give
someone a hand head this thing on the
top of your body your head we use head
to refer to the top of things as in the
head of a company the head of a group
the head of the line so whoever is first
in the line whoever is top at the
company they are the head if you have a
head dance the next word is foot this is
another word that has a weird plural
form 1 foot 2 feet
foot interestingly enough foot is used
of course to refer to your body part a
foot also is a unit of measurement if
you are from America or I believe one
other country in the world uses this
system sorry we’re not on board with a
metric thing in America
but foot is 12 inches about this lawn so
if head refers to the top of things foot
is used to refer to the bottom of things
if you’ve written a paper on Microsoft
Word for example at the very bottom of
the page there will be a space called
the footer meaning the bottom where you
can put little notes to your reader the
next word is place place can be used to
refer generally to a location commonly
to refer to friends homes or apartments
let’s go to your place or can we have
the party at your place is a little bit
more natural than I want to go to your
house the next word is work be careful
about using work as a noun and work as a
verb your work refers to your job your
responsibilities your tasks at your
office or your workplace you can use it
in a phrase like I have a lot of work to
do or please help me with my work I like
to go to work it can be used to just
refer to anything artistic in general so
it can mean it can be a painting it can
be a building it can be a sculpture it
can be I don’t know whatever anything
artsy can be referred to as work as in I
really like that new work by that artist
or did you see so-and-so’s new work
twerk the next word is weak weak refers
to the seven-day period that we have
decided is one week here in the modern
world commonly used in expressions
relating to your activities as in I go
to the gym once a week or I see my
friends twice a week or I have to work
every day of the week Monday through
Friday is referred to as wee
today’s Saturday and Sunday weekend next
word is month month is there are 12
months in a year my favorite month
depending on which country I’m in I
generally like autumn months like
October I think I usually like the month
of October September October is good
because it’s not too hot and not too
cold and halloween is coming and that’s
my favorite holiday Hannah Montana my
next word is a year year refers to the
time period usually 365 days there are
leap years where there is an extra day
in the month of February what year were
you born or I was born in the year of
the rabbit depending on which calendar
you like to use it can be used to
introduce a story as in many years ago I
went to bla bla bla year the platypus
next is the word one the number one the
first number 1 of something to refer to
somebody who you loved and who left your
life you can say oh he or she was the
one that got away the next one is the
number but it can be used in a number of
expressions like what’s your phone
number or give me your number or here’s
my number it means phone number but we
don’t always say phone at the top 25
english adjectives so these are the top
25 english adjectives in terms of how
often they’re used so let’s get right
into it okay the first adjective is the
word good good can be used to refer to
anything that you think is good or great
or positive in the comparative form it
is better in the superlative form it is
best so I think pizza is good I think
that sleep is good I really think that
sleep is good baseball is good playing
sports is good video games are good the
next word is new comparative form newer
comes superlative form newest I have a
new haircut do you want a new bike I
need to get a new job I’m not sure I’m
sorry no it’s just an example thinking
so next one is first first just refers
to the number 1 of something yeah the
original of something you could say the
first silent film were the first movie I
ever watched or the first CD I ever
bought the first CD I ever bought was
Michael Jackson’s bed next word is last
the final of something we use last to
refer to the most recent of something as
well as in the last time I went to the
beach or the last time I went to the
forest or the last time I saw my friend
have you ever eaten the last piece of
pizza when you weren’t supposed to huh
what was the last word we talked about
it was first the next word is long long
anything that you feel is lightsabers
are long subways sandwiches are long I’m
not supposed to laugh for long the next
word is great great can be used to
express any positive emotions somebody
gives you new information and you think
it’s good but you want to express that
it’s even better than good you can say
it’s great greater is the comparative
form greatest is the superlative form
the greatest invention of all time was
the light bulb for example what do you
think is your greatest achievement one
of life’s greatest pleasures is finding
people to be good friends with is great
the next word is little this is a very
common word that gets used in an
expression like when I was little
referring to when you were a kid so when
I was little I really liked to play
outside or when I was little I was
really into Pokemon I have said very
little about there were little the next
word is near near near ur nearest you
probably know the location of the
nearest mini a supermarket to your house
to the nearest post office I live near a
very fashionable store the next word is
big big is used for anything that is
large in size or large conceptually so
for example you can say an elephant is a
big animal or in terms of concept you
can say let’s see that fashion is really
big right now or that artist is really
big right now and that refers to
popularity big movies are exciting to
watch with friends do you have any
bigger sandwiches I’m really hungry next
word is other other just refers to
something else something different from
what is currently happening the other
thing the other person my other friend
is a DJ my other friend is a cook my
other friend is a dancer my other friend
I have very interesting friends what
other things have you done with your
life the next word is
old-old it can be used to refer to
people it can be used to refer to
animals to art anything that has a long
history so maybe I like old movies or I
don’t like old art or I think my grandpa
is really really old this is getting old
people mix where it is right this can be
used to refer to the direction right as
in the opposite of left or it can be
used to refer to something that is
correct
so in a sentence like you’re right it
means you are correct that is the
correct answer it can also be used to
mean right as in make a right turn but
you’ll have to listen to the context to
decide which meaning is the true meaning
this is not right could mean something
that’s not fair or that you disagree
strongly with this is not right the next
word is high high refers to something
that is very tall very way up somewhere
so many people might say like I have a
fear of high buildings or I have a fear
of high places it can also in the
comparative form just refer to something
higher or taller than something else
highest meaning the most high squeaky
level is high I like high volume music
the next word is different not the same
as something else is different
I think that having many different
friends is a lot of fun do you enjoy
listening to different kinds of music
the next word is small small smaller
smallest small and little are extremely
similar I would pretty much use them in
the same way however we don’t say when I
was a small kid we say when I was a
little kid or you can say when I was
small the next word is large large and
big are very much the same I will say
though that large is used on clothing
sizes big is not when we talked about
big we talked about how big can be used
to refer to something that’s very
popular large is not used to refer to
something that’s that’s popular large is
used um for for sizing I feel only so
like a house can be large but it’s used
to refer to like the physical size of
something large and in charge large
larger largest this is the largest duh
if the bottom is in the zoo
the next word is easy easy the next word
easy easier
easiest this is a good one that you can
use anytime something seems very simple
for you for example this test is easy or
that was the easiest thing I’ve ever
done or I hope this test is easier than
the last test you gosh don’t call person
easy Alicia don’t ever call person easy
unless you’re trying to be really rude
my driving test was really easy or
what’s the easiest language you’ve ever
studied the next word is difficult
difficult to something that seems hard
to do what is the most difficult thing
you’ve ever had to do the most difficult
thing I’ve ever had to do was move to a
different country the next word is young
young younger youngest come on guys
younger younger generations have a lot
of new technologies to experiment with
young the next word is important
important more important most important
what is important to you I think that
practicing another language is more
important than playing my banjo I don’t
have a banjo you can find something
that’s important to you and put your
time into it
I think drinking a lot of water every
day is important putting on your shoes
before you leave the house is very
important I have to go it’s very
important that I go next word is
interesting interesting anything that
you think is cool anything that you find
that makes you go is something that’s
interesting I think that this type of
music is the most interesting type of
music your mom is interesting the next
word is short short shorter shortest I
am the shortest person in my class I’m
the shortest person in the room short
just refers to something that is not
long so it can refer to a size or it can
also refer to a concept as in a length
of time so like I’m going to travel
abroad for a short period of time
bad bad something that is not good bad
food will give you bad feelings in your
stomach you’re a bad dog who’s a bad dog
you’re a bad dog a nice front is boring
something that is not interesting
something that does not make you go whew
but something that makes you go the most
boring story I’ve ever heard was a story
about a tomato if I don’t do anything
this will be really boring Oh far
referring to distance something that is
not near to you is far how can I go
farther far the farthest I’ve ever run
is seven kilometers I am NOT a runner
first you’ll see an image and here a
question next comes a short dialogue
listen carefully and see if you can
answer correctly will show you the
answer at the end
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 1:00 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 1:00 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 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
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
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