20 English Phrases for Super Fluency in Conversation | The Lingoda Language Sprint #spon

Hi everyone and welcome back to Love English I'm Sabrah and I'm Leila and in today's lesson we're going to share 20 phrases for super fluency in conversation. so now a lot of these phrases you might not actually be able to learn them unless you've come to the UK or you have a native English speaking friend as they're very natural and something you you probably would need a guide on yeah well today we're going to be your native English speaking friends the phyto sentence and these phrases are particularly common when it comes to spoken English and that's why you need native speakers to help you now guys do try and copy our pronunciation and our intonation when you listen to us go back practice and try and copy exactly how we say it so these 20 phrases are designed to help you sound more fluent and of course more like a native speaker and you can also achieve even greater fluency and confidence with our English language teaching partner Linogda now we know you've heard of Lingoda before but what they are offering at this time around is even better and really unique. If you sign up to learn English with Linogda for three months you get the chance to get 100 percent of your cash back! that's 100 percent of your tuition fees refunded and added bonus you'll have access to the Cambridge online language test. So what do you need to do to get this? well you need to sign up for an agreed number of classes for three months on the Lingoda Language Sprint. Now Leila and I can speak personally feeling good as we've both been Linogda students. Yeah I learned Spanish with Linogda and I had a fantastic experience I had a lovely friendly teacher who made me feel great about my level he was very kind of confidence-building with me and I found the classes very structured interactive yes I can definitely recommend them what about you Leila? I thought the materials were great particularly as I'm quite a low level I took a Spanish class. ahhh! not as good as Sabrah and the materials were very visual and of course the teachers were exceptionally patient they need to be with me and if you want to see more about that guys in the link below we have included something lingo de student testimonials so you can read more about other students from their experiences so the details the sprint starts on April the 8th 2020 and lasts until July the 6th 2024 the super sprint attends 30 classes a month for 3 months and you will get a 100% refund back the Sprint is where you attend 15 classes a month for 3 months and you'll get a 50% refund you can join the sprint in English German French Spanish or business English so plenty of choices you can sign up for the sprint whatever your English level and make sure you sign up before the 24th of March to secure your place with a 49 euro deposit and don't forget with our special discount code and join 23 you can save 10 euros on your deposit that's 10 euros on the deposit when you join just click the link in the description below to take you through and type in join 23 that's right guys and for more information please be sure to check the terms and conditions below in the description box and share your experience of learning English with lingo de or German or Spanish or business English or what was that French franc typing yeah comment below and let us know what was your experience like how did you do with the sprint so number one number one is this takes the biscuit this takes the biscuit and basically this means that this something is quite extreme or particularly bad we're not happy if we say something is taking the biscuit we feel that it's unfair so for example I might say I've seen bad grammar but this takes the biscuit meaning it's particularly bad can you think of something that takes the biscuit tell us about that in the comments below and make sure you're saying biscuit correctly we don't want to hear any biscuits number two you've got to be kidding me while we use this one a lot this is a great way to respond to something that is unbelievable or funny surprising in some way we might say oh my goodness you've got to be kidding me or come on you're kidding me it's a very nice way to Spahn to that and you'll hear it a lot in the UK and I'm pretty sure in the States as well you've got to be kidding me number three a storm in a teacup a storm in a teacup now this means something which is very exaggerated and over-the-top but actually is nothing it's a very small or trivial matter really very similar to the phrase a mountain out of a molehill so I could say that perhaps Lela was very angry when I ate her chocolates but she doesn't usually stay angry for long it's usually a storm in a teacup I could miss Lane like my boyfriend is so angry with me you know we have that shopping trip yeah and I spent that 200 pounds mmm he is furious oh don't worry I'm sure it's just a storm in a teacup I don't know I hope so now we're going to look at a comment which is super useful for responding to a joke particularly a good joke if a joke is particularly good you can say oh my goodness that was a good one or that's a good one meaning that was funny I enjoyed that also if someone says something sarcastic which is funny we can also say that's a good one so the other day a friend of mine told me this joke I didn't quite get it okay everyone else so it was really funny okay so basically two guys in a pub one says to the other my wife's gone to the West Indies the other bloke says in return Jamaica oh good one that's a good one yeah I don't get it Jamaica did you make her oh well that's embarrassing I didn't get that Bush right number five to seven trying to understand a situation or something that has been said and you might not be quite sure exactly what was said so potentially you're asking for clarification did I get you right did I get you right now this might be because somebody has said something that was quite shocking or strange bizarre something that you weren't really expecting it actually suggests you don't believe what someone has told you you're so shocked you just need them to say again to clarify now if you're easily distracted if you didn't quite hear what someone's you might choose to say sorry I wasn't following sorry I wasn't following might be because you were watching a YouTube lesson weird Layla and Sabra or simply because you were distracted by your thoughts so this is to ensure that you get them to repeat what they said so that you're not guessing and you're following the conversation still colleague of mine at work was talking the other day about the new teaching and learning policy we're gonna have and basically she thinks that we need to completely change all of our ways that we're teaching at the moment I was like there's so many things that are really working so I wasn't very happy I mean I don't know what to do what do you think about it um sorry saya Brad wasn't really following it's a bit rude Layla sorry my that boring number seven I'm sorry I didn't catch you I'm sorry I didn't catch you why you could use that expression because somebody was speaking particularly fast especially if you are a non-native speaker listening to a native you might just say sorry I didn't catch you could you repeat yourself or sorry I didn't catch you could you say that again in this case you may genuinely have been trying to listen but for whatever reason you didn't quite understand what they were saying okay so number eight number eight is don't take it to heart now this section is all about comforting someone what to say to somebody if they're feeling a bit down or they've had bad news or something like that so don't take it to heart means don't don't take it into your heart really you know don't really feel it too much for example I could say to somebody don't worry that you didn't get picked for the promotion this year don't take it to heart lots of people haven't been picked as well we can also use don't take it to heart more we want to say something bad to a person so when we want to in some ways criticize them but we want to make this a bit softer we want to sugarcoat it in some way so I could say don't take it to heart but I'm so sorry I can't come to your party say well I can't believe it but Machinist said they didn't like my class oh my goodness so I'm really sorry about that honey but you know don't take it to heart students take all kinds of things I know plenty of the students that adore you don't take it to heart nothing wrong with them Thanks number nine is very similar this one is don't take it personally and again this is where we want to comfort somebody we want to say okay so you didn't get chosen this time but don't take it personally it's probably not personal for example I might say look don't take it personally that the boss was a little bit off with you I think he's just having a really bad day number 10 good for you good for you this is all about showing support and encouragement so I could say to a person that has passed their driving test or passed a test or even faced a fear or confronted a person who was not treating them well if they've managed to do any of these things than I could say well good for you and proud of you I could also say it to a student who might have taken a few times to get the IELTS score they wanted but in the end I would say good for you you did it now we all know that sometimes we need to ask for a little bit of help and of course we do have the expression can you give me a hand but in fact we've got two more that we commonly use in English sorry to bother you but sorry to bother you but I have to use this expression if I'm in a supermarket and I need help finding something or if your friend is busy doing something or your teacher and you need to talk to them and maybe interrupt them to ask a question or to ask for help sorry to bother you but are these are my exercises for the homework number twelve Club are you for a sec could I borrow you for a sec in this case sac is referring to second and of course it is not literal you're not wanting to borrow someone for one second you may need a few minutes of their time for help so when we say could I borrow you for a sec you're implying that it's only for a short period of time that you need their help could I borrow you for a sec I've got some really heavy bags in the car and I wouldn't mind a hand yes mum I know no I don't need the pizza putting in I can cook for myself it's okay yes separate can I just borrow you for a sec yeah mom I've got to go I'm really sorry Leila needs me all right mum yes I'll pick up the medication for you yeah love you sorry home bye with you okay this next section is all about asking someone to wait so number three teen is I'll be with you in a minute I'll be with you in a minute you could also add bear with me which is like hang on bear with me I'll be with you in a minute and it's like saying I'll be with you as soon as I can obviously it's not literal you wouldn't expect the person to start counting the minute and when it reaches 60 seconds them to say right you're with me now that would be a bit strange so it's very much a figure of speech so it could be I'll be with you as soon as I can basically but it's also nice to say bear with me because it means hang on be patient with me bear with me I'll be with you in a minute number fourteen this one is very very British we often shorten seconds to sex so we often say hang on a sec or I'll be with you in a sec or can you just wait a sec and we really will shorten that or I'll be with you in two SEC's for example so really really useful if you want to tell somebody hang on just a minute or just a second I'll be with you again as soon as I can remember as well it's not literal so it doesn't mean two seconds it means as quickly as I can be there an alternative here would also be to say can you give me two SEC's or 5 SEC's or can you give me a sec for example and they learnt you might feel it come on yes okay can you give me two SEC's huh application right 15 and 16 saying I don't know now of course you can say I don't know but we have two very common more natural expressions to use when you don't know the answer to something sorry I haven't got a clue sorry I haven't got a clue if someone asks you where something is do you know where the toothpaste is or do you know where the teabags are sorry I haven't got a clue I don't live here so no no recently you explain to our audience all about relativity you especially relativity yes right suddenly your earth this exact smell so I was just wondering if today you'd share another of those series with our audience ah sorry I really haven't got a clue it's a bit disappointing isn't it a bit of a one-trick pony what's the weather gonna be like tomorrow if someone asks you what the weather is going to be like tomorrow you could say I haven't got the foggiest you'll have to check forecast or I haven't got the foggiest idea you can say I haven't got the foggiest and omit idea and people will understand what you're saying often with these common expressions certain words are omitted to shorten them because we know what's coming next we know that someone would say I haven't got the foggiest idea sorry I haven't got the foggiest this next section is all about responding to things who either don't understand or responding to requests which you don't really want to do very very natural so number 17 is give me a break give me a break which means come on stop asking me to do stuff you know stop asking me to to do things that I've already done or you're being unfair in some way teenagers will definitely say this with their parents they'll be like mom give me a break you've already asked me three times to clean my room I've done it things like this we can also say to our friend come on give me a break I'm sorry I was late give me a break I'll get the information to you as soon as I can now do bear in mind this is very direct so you do need to know the person quite well and in British culture which is very much about politeness we only use this with people we know quite well and we feel comfortable to say give me a break number 18 if we don't understand what someone is talking about and if they're talking a lot about something we could say what are you going on about or what was she going on about meaning what is she talking about what has she been speaking for a long period about I didn't understand that lecture at all what was she going on about again it's quite direct to say it to somebody's face so you would only say it to somebody you know quite well or you could say it as a joke like oh come on what are you on about meaning what are you saying I don't really get it or to tease them something like this number 19 my favorite I really can't be asked I really can't be asked in this case we're saying that you don't care you're not bothered you don't particularly want to put any effort into doing something so for example I really can't be asked to go out tonight the weather is awful going to South instead of saying asked which can sound a little bit rude sometimes we choose to say asked okay so it sounds very similar and in fact there's not any difference in pronunciation when you speak quickly but you can say I really can't be asked when you're trying to sound a little bit more polite and you don't want to use that word and finally what do we say when it's the end of the week thank heavens it's Friday thank heavens it's Friday meaning we are so glad the weekend is here and we don't have to work for those of you that have to work on the weekend bad for you but good for us like heavens it's Friday thank heavens it's Friday TGI Friday wolf now we're gonna have a little celebratory clink what do you think is in here guys gin or tea so thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed those sentences and try using them next time you're having a conversation in English and of course don't forget you can comment below and practice using some of those phrases in fact why not try it having a full-on conversation with some of the other subscribers down in the comments section create a thread having a conversation using some of these native phrases and of course anymore that you know share them below see you soon on love English guys bye bye TGI Friday whew now what do you think is in here guys I whatever my face good okay

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Length: 17min 16sec (1036 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 28 2020