跟读练习: 19 Phrases Native English Speakers Use Every Day - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Are you ready to take it up a notch?
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Are you ready to take it up a notch?
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Let's go down the rabbit hole.
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It's not the end of the world.
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These phrases are the natural ones that English speakers like myself use in their everyday English conversations.
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If you want to be an advanced speaker,
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you need to widen your vocabulary.
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And today's lesson is perfect because I'll teach you the phrases that English speakers use every day in their advanced conversations.
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Let's get started with this lesson.
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Make sure to check out the link below at englishwithkayla.com.
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If you join my membership,
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become one of my students,
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you'll learn more about these phrases and many more,
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and you'll be able to join the community there as well.
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Let's get started.
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Some phrases that will come up in your everyday life are ways to agree or show that you understand.
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And of course, you can always just say,
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I agree or I understand,
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but let's widen your vocabulary so that you can sound more advanced
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when you're speaking and feel like you can truly express yourself.
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Let's see if you're already using this first phrase.
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The first phrase is, that's a good point.
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That's a good point.
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Oh, that's a good point.
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That's a good point.
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So you're complimenting someone and you're agreeing with the idea that they just said.
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So native speakers use this phrase without even thinking about it.
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Let me give you an example.
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Maybe your friend says, we should leave a little early because of traffic.
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And you say, that's a good point.
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You're complimenting their thinking and they're planning ahead here.
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and you're agreeing with the point that they brought up, that there's traffic.
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A lot of times native speakers will just throw on the word actually to this phrase as well.
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I'll say, that's a good point actually.
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Meaning like, I really didn't think of this.
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I'm surprised, you know, to hear this good point.
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And it's not supposed to be insulting.
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Like, I'm surprised you came up with a good point.
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It's just, I'm surprised I didn't think of this idea.
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Like, actually, we should be thinking about this.
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Maybe you guys are talking about buying a new appliance for your house.
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It gets kind of expensive.
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You're buying either a washer or a dryer or a refrigerator or a new stove.
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And you want to buy the cheaper one,
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but maybe your husband or your roommate or whoever says,
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we should probably spend a little bit more money so it doesn't break right away.
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And you'll say, that's a good point.
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This next phrase, it can be used when you totally agree with something or if you kind of disagree,
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but you don't want to argue the phrase is fair enough.
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Maybe your friend says, you know,
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I'm really tired and I want to stay in tonight.
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I don't want to go out.
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You'll say, yeah, fair enough.
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Meaning you're not going to argue with what they're saying,
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but your tone here is like,
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oh, I wish you wanted to go out with me because I was wanting to have some fun outside the house.
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But you're like, fair enough.
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I'm not going to argue with you because you're saying you're tired.
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Or you might say, oh, fair enough.
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Yeah, I'm so tired as well.
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So it could be like,
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you're kind of disagreeing, but you're like,
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that's fine or you're like oh yes fair enough it's fair
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because i'm tired too
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so it can mean you're totally agreeing as well an interesting
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phrase in english is someone says that's not a bad idea
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not a bad idea now you think of this phrase bad idea as being negative
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but it's actually positive it's saying like that's good thinking and a lot of times it means that's good planning
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maybe someone says i'm actually going to bring an extra jacket
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because it's really cold out and it it seems to be getting colder.
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You might say, that's not a bad idea.
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Meaning I should probably think of that too because it is getting colder.
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You're saying it's a good idea by saying it's not a bad idea.
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So it's kind of a funny way to say something is good.
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Maybe you and your spouse,
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your husband or wife say,
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we should order out pizza tonight.
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It sounds delicious.
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And you might say, that's not a bad idea.
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It's like a positive expression here.
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You're saying, yeah, that sounds really good i agree
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so not a bad idea it means i agree that's a good thought
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or a good idea now
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that we've talked about some agreeing phrases let's talk about some ways to softly disagree in english very polite
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so you might say i'm not so sure about that i'm not
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so sure about that i'm not so sure about
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that this is a soft disagreement so you might be expressing your doubt about a plan or someone's idea or opinion.
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And you might have something to say,
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you know, in contrast to what they're saying.
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Someone might say that restaurant is the best in town.
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You might say, I'm not so sure about that.
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I really like this place.
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So you're not being super confrontational.
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You're saying, you know, that's your opinion,
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but I'm not so sure about that.
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I have a different opinion.
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Or maybe your friend says,
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it's definitely going to rain today.
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You might say, I'm not so sure about that.
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I just checked the weather.
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So you're kind of disagreeing with them without being like, you're wrong.
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It's a soft, polite disagreement.
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I'm not so sure about that.
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Another phrase that's pretty similar to this one,
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but you're saying that someone is exaggerating
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or you know embellishing whatever they're saying is you say i wouldn't go
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that far i wouldn't go that far i wouldn't go
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that far so it's kind of pushing back on someone's point
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or idea but not arguing directly again you're not saying like oh you're totally wrong
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or you're being dramatic you're saying oh i wouldn't go
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that far maybe you see a movie with your friend
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and they say that was the greatest movie i've ever seen you might say well i wouldn't go
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that far but it was pretty good
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meaning like that's kind of dramatic it's definitely not the greatest movie
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but it's it's you know pretty good maybe your friend says
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i have the worst boss in the world you might say well i wouldn't go
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that far it doesn't sound like they're too bad
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so it's kind of you know responding to someone's criticism
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or something
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that they say that's kind of extreme by saying you know
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i disagree you need to kind of check reality here
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when you want to kind of disagree with someone because you're kind of thinking about both sides of the argument or both,
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you know, perspectives.
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You can say to be fair,
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to be fair, to be fair.
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It's showing that you're kind of balanced and you're not being too harsh.
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Maybe someone says, oh, they're always late.
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They're even late today.
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You might say, well, to be fair,
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traffic is really bad today.
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Meaning, you know, I'm not blaming them just as a person.
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Like there are other factors as to why they could be late, especially today.
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To be fair.
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As someone who used to work as a waitress,
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you know, if someone's criticizing the service at a restaurant,
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I'm always like, to be fair,
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it's a really hard job.
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So I'm kind of weighing out the other perspective.
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I'm saying, you know, don't be so harsh.
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We're going to talk about making decisions now.
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One of the most common phrases that I use when I'm trying to be agreeable and let the other person decide is,
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it's up to you.
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It's up to you.
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It's up to you.
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Someone might say, do you want Chinese food
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or do you want to get pizza? you might say it's up to you
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that means you decide it's your decision you might be explaining a process to someone
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and during that process you might say and then it's up to you
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which one you want so you'll you're saying this to mean
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that it's their decision
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and it's the most natural way to say this a really natural way to say
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that you agree with someone's plan is to say
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that works for me that works for me or
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if they make a suggestion you might say
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that works for me instead of saying yes or saying i agree
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that works that works for me this is a really friendly way to confirm plans
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and just to be agreeable
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and to go along with what they want to do someone might say let's meet at 6 p.m you'll say
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that works for me sometimes if someone asks us a question
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that doesn't have a really clear answer the answer kind of
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changes depending on the situation you might say it depends
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that depends it depends someone says do you like working from home you might say it depends
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and it means it depends on you know what you're doing what the day's like whatever
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or someone might say should we drive
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or should we fly you might say it depends on the
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cost of the ticket you know you're kind of saying it
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depends there's no clear answer i don't have a desire here
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and a lot of times instead of just saying it depends
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we might say it depends on it depends on the cost
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if you want to reassure someone
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or just kind of reduce their stress make them feel better
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in English these next phrases will help the first one is
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no rush no rush no rush at all whenever I'm in a situation where I'm at a store
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or you know I'm at a restaurant and I ask for something
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that you know it's kind of a burden for the person and I'm just trying to be friendly I might say,
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oh, there's no rush, no rush.
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That means I'm not in a hurry.
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Like I'm not going to be mad if you take extra time.
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And sometimes I'm saying this because I want the person to do a good job and not feel stressed out,
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not feel like I'm going to be angry.
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Oh, no rush.
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Someone at work might say,
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I'll send you the report right away.
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And you might say, no rush, take your time.
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So this is a really friendly phrase.
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It just shows that you have patience.
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Another phrase like this to show,
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you a problem or mistake doesn't stress you out and it's not super serious,
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is to say, oh,
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it's not the end of the world it's not the end
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of the world it's not the end of the world again
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if i'm at a restaurant
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and their service says i apologize we ran out of this food
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that you asked for i'll say oh it's not the end
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of the world i'll just get this instead this just means like no problem
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or you might be at work in the same situation someone
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says i'll try to get you this report by the end
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of the day you'll say well it's not at the end of the world
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if you don't get it today just try to get it
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tomorrow meaning it's not a big problem it's not super serious
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like don't stress over it it's not like a huge problem like the end of the world
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and of course is a really dramatic phrase talking about the end of the world
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but it's really really commonly used in english i find myself
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saying this phrase to my kids all of the time
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when they're worried about things
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when they're thinking about small problems i say don't worry it's
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not the end of the world we can figure it out
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if this doesn't work and it's reassuring to them
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when we want to comfort someone about a problem maybe they're
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saying you know they have to do a lot of work
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or something's going to cost a lot of money
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and we want to say you know even though it costs a lot of money or costs a lot of effort
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it's going to be good in the end we say it's
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worth it it's worth it it's worth it a lot of times me
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and my husband we will spend money on our kids doing like certain activities
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and they cost a lot lot of money or they cost more money than we wish that they cost,
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we'll say, ah, it's worth it.
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It's worth it to see them happy.
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So, you know, there's a lot of situations in life like this,
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or just when something is taking a lot of time and a lot of work,
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like finishing your degree from university,
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you might say, it's going to be worth it.
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It's worth it.
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Sometimes we use this phrase by saying it's worth it in the end,
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meaning the result is worth the cost or effort.
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Let's talk about some more phrases that are going to help you think about different things.
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You know, think about things that make sense.
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Logic.
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The first phrase is, it just makes sense.
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It just makes sense.
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Okay, why do English speakers say,
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just makes sense, instead of just saying, it makes sense?
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Sometimes we do say it makes sense,
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but when we're saying, it just makes sense,
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we're kind of emphasizing, it's very logical, it's a good decision.
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So someone might say, I invested my money really early in life,
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you know, I made a lot of sacrifices.
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You might say, it just makes sense to do that,
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meaning it's a really good decision.
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Or you might say, it just makes sense to leave early because traffic's going to be bad.
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You're saying like, it makes a lot of logical sense.
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It's a really good idea.
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So you're emphasizing with this phrase that comes really natural to English speakers,
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but you can try out this phrase as well.
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If you want to compliment someone's thinking
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or just say it's really logical it's a great idea
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when you want to tell someone that a certain idea
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that they have or something that they want to do could be good
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and it really has no negative effects or downside as we say in English we say it couldn't hurt
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couldn't hurt so someone says I like my job
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but I'm thinking about applying to other jobs
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so maybe I can get paid more you could say well
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it couldn't hurt meaning there's no downside to applying for more jobs
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because you know it can't really hurt you in the long
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run something my mom says is it can't hurt to ask for a discount
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so if you're at a store
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and you're buying a product you might say oh is there any discounts available
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or are there any coupons it can't hurt to just ask like they're not going to penalize you
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or make you pay more just because you ask
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and a lot of times people will give you a discount just
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because you asked for one
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so there's no downside to asking for a discount it couldn't hurt a lot of times
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if you're giving advice if someone asks you know should i do this
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and you think that there's no downside to doing it
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and you're just kind of positively saying yeah you can do
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that like it's encouraging you say yeah couldn't hurt the next phrases
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that i'm going to go over are really good for giving advice
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so the first one is cut someone some slack
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or to cut someone slack cut her some slack okay so the phrase means you need to be more
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forgiving to someone or less critical because of the circumstances of the situation.
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For instance, if someone makes a mistake and,
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you know, they just started the job or,
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you know, they have a really difficult job,
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there's a lot of things going on.
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Instead of, you know, criticizing them,
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you say, I'm just going to cut you some slack.
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This means I'm going to be forgiving.
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Or if someone's being harsh on the person that made the mistake,
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you might say, just cut them some slack.
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This means be forgiving, you know,
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try to understand the situation.
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You might say hey cut me some slack today i'm having a really hard day
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and i'm really tired this just means be forgiving
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because i'm probably going to make mistakes
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or not do as well as i normally do a great phrase
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that has been on my list to teach for a long
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time is read the room read the room this is
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so commonly said in english it just means pay attention to how people are feeling in a situation
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or understand the vibe or the feelings
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that are going on you know commonly now english speakers will say like what's the vibe
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but we also say like we need to read the room meaning
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if everybody you know in the room is really sad
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because they just lost a family member
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or something you don't want to go into that room or
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that social situation all happy and jolly
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and saying like oh we should go out for drinks
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or whatever it might be
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because you need to read the room you know everyone's kind of grieving
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or having sadness same situation like if everyone's very serious hard at work
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and you come in
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and you're saying oh let's take a break let's go out
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for lunch it's like read the room we're all working really hard right now
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so it's like understand the social situation
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and this is kind of harsh to say to someone
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so just be careful with it
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if you say hey can you read the room right now
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it doesn't mean the literal room it just means the social context in the situation another phrase
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that i've been really wanting to teach for a while is to go down the rabbit hole.
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You can't go down that rabbit hole again.
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Do you know what this means?
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It comes from, I believe,
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the story of Alice in Wonderland when she follows the Mad Hatter rabbit down the hole and everything gets really crazy.
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When we talk about spending time researching or thinking about something a lot and you're getting really deep into it,
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we say, oh, I went down the rabbit hole.
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So maybe you're on TikTok or on social media,
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Instagram, And you start watching a lot of videos about a certain topic.
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Maybe it's a topic about politics.
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Maybe it's conspiratorial.
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Maybe it's something just so random.
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Maybe you're looking at people who enjoy carving things into soap.
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And you watch videos about it for a long time.
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And you start reading about it.
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You can say, I really went down the rabbit hole.
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It just means you got really deep into researching or thinking about it.
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It's really common to use this phrase on the internet especially just because there's so many videos,
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short form videos that we can watch and we tend to get really absorbed in a certain topic.
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Let's talk about some phrases that are motivational.
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Take it up a notch.
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I'm going to take it up a notch.
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I really like this phrase when we're talking about increasing the difficulty or the intensity of something.
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So maybe I'm running and I'm trying to,
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you know, improve my time.
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I might say I'm going to take it up a notch and I'm going to start running faster.
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So you're just increasing the intensity or increasing the effort.
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A lot of times in sports,
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coaches will use this phrase to encourage their players to try harder,
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to play harder, or you can just even use this in professional context.
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Like we did a great job,
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but let's try to take it up a notch.
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You're trying to motivate people and say like work harder or perform better with this phrase.
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And finally, the last phrase of today's lesson is to get your act together.
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You got to get your act together.
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You might have never heard an English speaker say this,
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so pay attention really closely.
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It means you're telling someone that they need to start behaving responsibly.
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I really need to get my act together.
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This just means I need to stop making so many mistakes and start being more prepared.
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A lot of times we tell young adults,
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you know, after college, you know,
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you can't keep partying and going out.
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You really need to get your act together.
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This just means they need to start acting more responsible and start thinking about their long-term goals.
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So be careful with this phrase.
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It's slightly critical of someone's actions,
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but sometimes we say it about ourselves.
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I say it about myself all the time,
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especially if I'm not prepared.
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I say, oh, I just need to get my act together today.
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This just means like I need to prepare.
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I need to sit down and kind of like plan out what's going on
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because I'm either missing things or like just not getting much done.
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If you're ready to get your act together and learn more English with me,
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make sure to look at the links below this lesson and visit englishwithkayla.com to join my English membership.
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We'll take it up a notch.
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We'll increase your vocabulary.
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We'll go deeper into these lessons.
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We'll go down the rabbit hole of English,
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and I think that you'll enjoy being a part of the membership in the community there.
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I'll see you guys in the next lesson.
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Make sure you subscribe for more weekly English lessons,
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and thanks again for watching.
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在这段视频中，许多母语为英语的人分享了他们在日常交流中常用的短语。这些表达方式并不复杂，但能帮助学习者流利地表达自己的观点，增加交流的自然感和深度。无论是在和朋友讨论计划，还是在工作会议上，掌握这些短语都是非常有益的。通过学习这些短语，您不仅能提升口语表达，还能让交流更为顺畅。
日常交流的五个短语
- That's a good point.——这是个好主意。
- Fair enough.——说得好。
- I see what you mean.——我懂你的意思。
- Absolutely!——绝对如此！
- Let's touch base.——我们联系一下。
这些短语在日常交流中被母语人士广泛运用。掌握它们可以让您在对话中显得更自然、更流利，提高英语发音和表达能力，特别是在进行shadow speak练习时。
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