phrases to speak naturally. I think  I want to do that. Let's practice.

Let's practice speaking English.  Here's our first phrase. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's  not get ahead of ourselves. So, you're This is a warning to slow down. Warning.  Slow down. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

All right. Here's an example sentence. We've just  started dating. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Let's get married. What? No. We've just started  dating. Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Slow down, boy. What are you thinking?  All right, here's our next one. Take it easy. Take it easy. This is a wishing someone  well. When you're departing from each other, you just say, "Hey, take it easy. I'll see  you tomorrow. See you tomorrow at work.

Take it easy. Bye. All right. I'm  so proud of you. So proud of you.

Praising achievement. Graduated top  of your class. I'm so proud of you.

You repeat after me and mimic  me. Say it just like I do. You graduated top of your class. I'm so proud of you.

Okay, good job. Are you pulling my  leg? Are you pulling my leg? So, you you're suspecting a joke. Are you tricking  me? Is that story real or are you pulling my leg?

I think you're pulling my leg. I think  you're trying to trick me with a joke.

I just prevented a sneeze. [snorts] That's  random. [laughter] That's random. So, reacting to something unexpected. That was  unexpected. That's random. You bought a pet snake.

That's random. That is unexpected. Un unusual.  Most most people don't buy pet snakes. That's random. You bought a pet snake. Wow. [snorts]  My bad. Okay, when you're admitting a mistake, you say, "Oops, my bad. My bad. I'll fix it."  It's kind of bad grammar, but we say it. My bad.

No hard feelings. So, after a dis  disagreement, you say, "No hard feelings." So, apologies for arguing. No hard feelings.  Hard feelings. This is a question mark. So, no hard feelings. Are we okay? Are we on  Are we on good terms now? Are we friendly now? No hard feelings. I hope I didn't  uh um hurt your feelings. I apologize.

Catch some Z's. That means you  plan to sleep. I need to catch some Z's before work tomorrow. I'm  so tired. I need to catch some Z's.

I got carried away. I got carried away. I was  doing too much. Sorry for the long story. I got carried away. I did too much. If you if you do too  much more than you expected, you say too much. You do too much. You say, "I got carried away. Sorry  about that. I'm getting there. I'm getting there." That means you're making progress. You're  progressing. You're getting there. You're not there yet, but you're almost there. I'm getting  there. Are you done? Almost. I'm getting there.

I'll get there soon. I'm getting there.

I didn't mean to. So, you're apologizing. It's  a bad apology because you didn't mean to. You're not really saying sorry. You're saying I  didn't mean to. I didn't mean to. It was not my intention. That's what it means. You  knocked over my drink. I didn't mean to. That insinuates. Sorry. It was not my intention  to knock over your drink. I didn't mean to.

Don't sweat it. Don't sweat it. So, you're  reassuring someone. Don't worry about it.

Don't sweat it. You didn't know. Don't sweat it.  Don't worry about it. Don't sweat it. [snorts] I beg to differ. Disagreeing politely. Oh, I beg  to differ. I think it's good. Oh, I think I I thought it was bad. Oh, I beg to differ. I think  it I think it's good. I don't know if it's so polite or not. I beg to differ. It's kind of It's  kind of harsh. A little bit harsh in my opinion.

Yeah, I don't know. I'll be right back.  So, you're leaving for a moment. You know this one. This is so common. Stay here. I'll be  right back. Stay here. I'll be right back. Okay, I'm back. Let's play it by ear. Let's  play it by ear. So, that means you're making flexible plans. You're not making a set  schedule. You're going to decide at that time.

Don't book anything. Let's play it by ear. If  you book something, you make a reservation, right? Don't book anything. Let's just play  it by ear. See what happens in the moment.

It's about time. So, something  finally happens. Oh, it's about time. You finally arrived. It's about time.

So that insinuates you have been waiting  and waiting for that person and they finally arrived. It's about time you  got here. I've been waiting forever.

I call shotgun. Okay, this might be tricky for  you. This is very native speaker. Claiming the car's front seat. So I grew up in a  family of six brothers and sisters.

We were always saying, "I call shotgun."  That means I get the front seat of the car, the passenger seat. So, you're going on  a road trip. I call shotgun. Road trip.

I call shotgun. Your mom says, "Let's go to  the store. I got shotgun." I get the front seat. All right. Let me see here. Don't get me  wrong. Don't get me wrong. This is a clarifying statement. You're clarifying a statement. Don't  get me wrong. I like him, but he's a bit loud.

So, don't don't think that I'm don't get  confused about what I'm saying. I like him, but he's a bit loud. Don't get me wrong. Now, that one's kind of difficult to  explain. Don't get me wrong. I like him, but he's a bit loud. Yeah. Count me out.  So, you're declining an activity. What?

You're going to go skydiving? Count me out.  I do not want to go skydiving. Count me out.

I wish. So, this is expressing  a desire. You want it. Oh, I want that. I wish. So someone says,  "Are you on vacation again?" I wish.

So that means I'm not on vacation. I  wish I were on vacation, but I'm not.

All right, let's see. Is that it? I thought  that was it. Boom. Good workout. That those were our phrases for today. Keep moving forward  one step at a time and we'll keep practicing.