All Phrases You Need for Daily Conversations in English

wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com do you like American food the first question is do you like American food you will probably be asked this question do you like American food you can either say yes or no or you can give a specific example someone says do you like American food yes I love Philly cheesesteaks I would recommend saying yes or a little or or or you can just say I don't know what do you recommend have you been to the United States the next question is have you been to the United States have you been to the United States so someone asks you have you been to the United States you should reply with either yes I have or no I haven't or maybe no I haven't yet but I want to when you want to ask someone this question you can say have you been to Japan have you been to Egypt have you been to China whatever you can use your own country when you ask this question how are you how are you when someone asks how are you don't say I'm fine thank you and you please don't say that please say something more natural like good great I'm good how are you something like that is much better than I'm fine thank you and you be a little more genuine in your reply also when you ask this question maybe one point to help you sound a little more natural when you ask someone else don't like trying to say how are you how are you instead of how are you or and make sure your intonation is correct I've had a few people ask me how are you like a little - moon yeah with this question or like how are you but how are you should be the intonation with this how are you how are you it's a little bit more natural how long have you been studying English how long have you been studying English how long have you been studying English great question to know the answer to your answer should be I have been studying English for blah-blah-blah years or glop up on months are prob what weeks but if that's too much for you you can just use the time how long have you been studying English six years how long have you been studying English two months so just pick the time if the whole sentence is quite long for you how old are you we don't really go around asking people how old they are like just the first time you meet them necessarily especially if they're older much older than you like in particular it's sometimes considered rude to ask especially women how old they are so just be careful with this question but if you're about the same age group you know maybe you're at an event or a party or something and you just want to check how old the other person is you can use this phrase when you reply to this just say I'm plus the number to make a really simple response so how old are you I'm 15 how old are you I'm 42 whatever the answer is just stick five in front of it not i but i'm i am but use the contracted form to sound more natural i'm number if you want to make a full sentence you can say i'm number years old don't forget that s in years i'm a million years old what did you say what did you say if you couldn't quite hear something that someone else said you can use this question to confirm sorry what did you say it's a little nicer than just saying what what did you say or what did you just say sorry what did you say I couldn't hear you what's this what's this when you don't know what something is what's this when you're out for dinner you're out for lunch or something and you find a new food or you just you're curious just say what's this to reply to this question just say it's blah blah blah what's your name what's your name of course you should know how to ask this question and how to answer this question what's your name is a little more natural than what is your name again contracted form will help you sound much more natural so what's your name someone asks you you can just give your name Alicia that's fine you can say Alicia you can say I'm Alicia that's fine too you could say my name is or my name's Alicia either any of those are fine in a more formal situation a business situation I would I would use my name is Pablo and while I shake hands or something what's your phone number the next one is what's your phone number I would not ask this question right away like maybe you've met the person a few times but you'd like to contact them whether it's because you're romantically interested in them or because you want to be better friends with them but just that if you meet someone for the first time and like what's your phone number like a little it's a little too much so use this question after you've met the person a few times and you know you want to become better friends when you want to give your phone number just say it's and the number that's fine just it's blah blah blah or my phone number is blah blah blah with the number 5 5 5 1 million and 5 to 6 when is your birthday so maybe you want to plan a birthday party for example or it's just another fun question the first time you meet someone when did your birthday so when you want to tell someone your birthday just give the month and the date mmm January 15th August 42nd that's a real day if you want to make a full sentence you can say my birthday is month date where are you from the next word the next question is where are you from this can refer to your country or your city mmm but I feel like prop more stuff and it refers to your country so where are you from your answer should be I'm from places I'm from China I am from Japan I'm from Vietnam I'm from America whatever I'm from where did you learn English the next question is where did you learn English where did you learn English if you're speaking great English you can say I learned English at English class 101.com did cuz you're watching no anyway where did you learn English in this case in the case of like these videos I learned English online or I learned English from and then the school name or the program name so I learned English from English class 101.com for example if you studied English at university you can say I learned English at university or I learned English from my friends perhaps where do you live where do you live depending on the situation where you're asked this this can mean your country like I live in America I live in China sometimes it's about the place in the city where you live sometimes it's about the country where you live so you can kind of feel I think which question which type of question is being asked where do you work where do you work is talking about your job you can use the pattern I work at company name or I work for company name either is fine I at ABC company I work for ABC company either is okay but you know if if you have answered with the wrong information the other person will just ask you like oh I mean where is your office or oh I mean which company do you work for use the force for this one where is the bathroom where is the bathroom very important question where is the bathroom in American English where is the bathroom or where is the restroom is more common than where is the toilet using the word toilet is a little bit too direct in American English so I recommend bathroom or restroom you win you win if you hear the phrase you win it means you have won something you are probably going to receive something for free whoo that's a very happy thing right you want to give free things congratulations you win a car yay here are the keys to your new car great thank you and I brought you something special this is exciting to hear because it means this little something special as I call I thought only of you so I brought you this I brought you something special really thank you I miss you I miss you I miss you is nice you can use this with your friends your family members your partner whoever I miss you shows that you want to meet the other person probably you haven't you haven't seen them as much as you would like to so you can say I miss you I miss you call your husband or wife or boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the phone maybe you haven't seen them for a long time you can say I miss you I miss you too take a break I'll do the cleaning today take a break I'll do the cleaning today this means someone else is going to clean up your house for you or clean up something for you I would be very happy to hear this phrase right now because my apartment is a disaster because I'm only there to sleep so maybe you've had a long day at work or a long day doing something you come home and somebody else has offered to do this for you so take a break I'll do the cleaning today and you can reply really thank you so much I'm gonna relax the budget is unlimited the next phrase that you always want to hear is the budget is unlimited the budget is unlimited this could be at work this could be a budget a personal budget maybe but it just means there's no limit to the budget you can spend as much money as you want very exciting so let's see in a business context perhaps you have this new client who's going to give you a lot of money to build a new house or something maybe you're building houses that's your project your boss comes to you the budget for this project is unlimited really let's go crazy there'll be a bonus at the end of the month yeah this is a phrase that you probably are very excited to hear it means you are going to receive extra money from your job at the end of the month woohoo very exciting extra money maybe you'll hear this from your boss or your manager or maybe your coworker at work maybe you see it in an email there will be a bonus at the end of the month really I'm gonna use mine to buy a new car really I'm gonna use mine to go out on a date really I'm gonna use mine to get a new fish you did a great job you did a great job you did a great job it's something you'll probably hear from well I don't know you could hear this from pretty much anybody any time you've done a good job someone will congratulate you or tell you their opinion with this phrase you did a great job you finished a project at work and your boss says you did a great job nice thank you so much it was really fun or thank you just just say thank you you look great today you look great today the other person thinks that your physical appearance is nice today don't think about that today part you know just just just take the compliment oh really thank you so much you look great today oh thank you so much I got a new haircut thank you so much I I kind of sleep yeah you were right you were right this means that something that you said in the past was correct and it everybody likes to be correct I think I saw that movie that you recommended you were right it was really good oh good I'm glad you enjoyed it don't be like I know or yeah I knew I was right don't do that just say oh good I'm glad you're an excellent cook you're an excellent cook this is a nice compliment especially for someone who enjoys cooking if you say you're an excellent cook it means you enjoyed their food so let's see at a dinner party for example you're an excellent cook this food is delicious oh thank you so much I'm really glad you enjoyed it do have any recommendations the first phrase is do you have any recommendations this is great to use when you get to a restaurant where you don't know what the food is you don't know anything about the local cuisine or you're just feeling a little bit adventurous you can ask the waitstaff do you have any recommendations how much is this how much is this this is useful when you're out shopping or when you're in a restaurant and the price is not clearly marked or something is not clear to you so you can ask how much is this usually when you point to something I would recommend like pointing to the menu are pointing to an item how much is this I'd like this you can point to something and say I'd like this if you want to say I'd like one for example I don't know you're getting beer I'd like one of these if however you're in a situation where you can't point you can say I'd like ten of the blah blah blah I'd like ten of blue t-shirts please can I try this on is useful when you're shopping for clothes so you find something that you'd like to try just ask the staff can I try this on you can just say I want to try this on if you like do you speak English you might get asked this phrase so you should say if you're watching this video you should probably say yes or you can say yes a little if you're not feeling very confident if you're watching this video and you're understanding this part and you say no then things that's a little strange I have a reservation usually the staff will greet you and you can say I have a reservation hello I have a reservation it's at seven o'clock the name is Alisha usually we say the name is or it's under meaning the reservation is under my name or it's for name or it's in name water please depending on which country are from water may or may not automatically be brought to your table when you're in a restaurant if you would like more water however you can say water please to make it a little more polite I would like wave at the waitstaff and say could I please have some more water do you take credit cards do you take credit cards in case you're not sure if the shock that you're in will accept credit cards or debit cards you can ask them do you take credit cards it's so it doesn't mean do you take meaning are you going to take my card but this take means do you accept credit cards this isn't what I ordered so if you're at a restaurant you order steak and you get lobster instead you can look at it and go oh this isn't what I ordered be careful though saying this politely if you look at the waitstaff and you say this isn't what I ordered they're gonna be like I don't know just be a nice customer excuse me but I don't think this is what I ordered or this isn't what I ordered can you please check could we have the menu please if for some reason you don't receive a menu when you come to the table you can again just wave it a member of the staff and say could we have the menu please could you give me a discount could you give me a discount means I would like a cheaper price essentially it depends on which country you're in if haggling or bargaining meaning talking to the seller to try to reduce the price my family didn't bargain we didn't haggle so I don't haggle it depends on you and your culture but just yeah just be be aware of the culture that you're in and the place that you're in before you ask this question do you have any vegetarian dishes ah this is useful some people have specific eating requirements or eating needs maybe food allergies for example you can replace vegetarian with the specific dietary requirement that you have do you have any vegan dishes do you have any gluten-free dishes do you have any low-fat dishes do you have any low-carb dishes do you have any fish free dishes do you have any could you take a picture of me please if you are in a location where you would like to take a picture but you don't want to do a selfie or you don't have a selfie stick or whatever you want someone else to take a picture of you a stranger that you don't know you can ask them could you take a picture of me please or excuse me would you mind taking a picture of me please I'm allergic to blah blah blah if you have a food allergy or even an allergy to a medicine this is the phrase you can use to explain that I'm allergic to wheat or I can't eat wheat for example is the Wi-Fi free meaning can I use the Wi-Fi free of charge keep in mind some places have a password that you have to ask the staff for so you can say is the Wi-Fi free if they say yes you can then follow that up with can I have the password I'd like to have a non-smoking seat please so when you go to a restaurant you have an option between smoking and non-smoking sections the staff will say smoking or non-smoking you can say I'd like to have a non-smoking seat please quite honestly though the most natural response is just to say non-smoking could I get a map maybe it's a map of the subway system for the city that you're in or maybe it's a map of the area around your hotel you could say could I have a map as well could I have the check you're finished it's your cafe you're finished at the restaurant and it's time to leave it's time to pay so you say to the waitstaff excuse me could I have the check another more common expression perhaps as excuse me check please you might also hear bill excuse me can I have the bill where is the bathroom very important question if you're traveling in America we don't really use the word toilet or washroom very much we use bathroom or restroom to talk about toilet facilities excuse me can you tell me where the bathroom is or excuse me I'm looking for the bathroom or I'm looking for the restroom is this the train for blah blah blah or is this the train that goes to blah blah blah to confirm with someone that I'm indeed on the correct train line if I say is this the train bound for San Francisco you can use that to check if you're correct would you like to go out to dinner with me okay the first phrase is would you like to go out to dinner with me this is a pretty typical invitation I think you can use would you go out for lunch with me is okay - or would you like to get a coffee with me as well if you invite someone out for breakfast it's a little weird I feel like I don't think I would say to someone like I'm making a bomb would you like to go out for breakfast sometime it's just not really something you would say you know would you like to go out to dinner with me sure sounds great are you free this weekend are you free this weekend are you free free means are your is your schedule free do you have an open schedule this weekend very nice very casual as well so are you free this weekend yeah I've got some time what's up would you like to hang out with me the next phrase is would you like to hang out with me that sounds a little too formal to me if it were me I would just say do you want to hang out do you want to get together that's a little bit more natural so do you want to hang out this weekend yeah sure let's catch a movie you're so cute I'm gonna preface this by saying I don't say this okay the next phrase is you're so cute I never say this maybe I'm just cold it's typically said with downward intonation people will say you're so cute you're so cute kind of going down like that you can also use this as a compliment people like parents will say this or grandparents will say those two children in the family so you're so cute thank you I suppose is what you say you look great ah next one is a much better compliment I think much more sincere it is you look great you look great maybe you're going out for dinner or something nice your partner looks really nice you can say you look great oh thank you I had a great time the next one is I had a great time I had a great time so this isn't what this is an expression you use after your date you go out for dinner you spend some time together and you have fun you can say I had a great time so the interaction might be thanks so much for tonight I had a great time me too let's get together again soon I'll call you next expression is I'll call you I'll call you so again probably used after the date to show how you want to keep in touch later so one person might say I'll call you sounds good I'll Drive you home the next one again used at the end of the date after the date has finished I'll Drive you home so maybe you live someplace where cars are they're normal or you drive for your dates so you can say I'll Drive you home meaning I'll take you home in my car so in the situation maybe I'll Drive you home okay thanks very much I don't know why keep looking I have my date my date is very tall like super tall like eight feet okay can I see you again okay the next expression again after the date or maybe even like the day or two after the date you can say can I see you again or I want to see you again or let's get together again meaning you had a nice time you want to see that person again so you can say can I see you again sure that would be great shall we go somewhere else the next one okay so maybe you've gone for dinner for example with something with someone and you want to suggest a different location like let's go for a drink after dinner you can say should we go somewhere else this says shall we go somewhere else I would say do you want to go somewhere else in this situation I say shall we go somewhere else yeah I don't think so I'm kind of tired want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com call the police please if you are telling someone to call the police it means you are telling someone to dial nine-one-one to call the police or maybe there's police nearby and you tell someone hey call the police the police are there to help you in any situation that you might need them maybe you're lost maybe you lost your purse or your wallet maybe you've been in a car accident the police will help you so if you tell someone call the police please it means you need them to get the police for you do you have a fever do you have a fever if you are asking someone if they have a fever you are asking them if their temperature is higher than is normal or safe if someone has a fever that may mean they have an underlying condition that needs medical attention a fever may be a symptom of something much more serious it's something you should always take seriously so if someone has a fever you may want to take that person to the hospital I lost my passport I lost my passport if you have lost your passport it means you have lost the official document with all of your information that enables you to travel between countries if you are in a foreign country and you lose your passport that's a very serious thing because you may be stuck in that country if you're not able to present a passport at the airport you may not be able to go back home or go to another country so if you lose your passport you may need to call your Embassy to get a replacement what I like to do when I travel is I take photocopies of my passport so instead of carrying around my physical passport instead I just carry around copies of it so that my passport can stay at the hotel in some safe place I think I ate something bad I think I ate something bad if you think you ate something bad it may mean that you feel sick after eating it you may have some form of food poisoning if you think you ate something bad you're going to want to watch your symptoms because if they last for a few days you're going to want to go to the hospital I think I ate something bad I need a doctor I need a doctor if you say I need a doctor it means you need medical assistance medical attention you may be very sick you may have eaten something bad you may just feel sick in general you may have a fever if you say I need a doctor it means you want to be taken to a hospital or you want a doctor called to you because you're really sick or not feeling well I can't find the way back to my hotel I can't find the way back to my hotel if you tell someone I can't find the way back to my hotel it means you're lost it means you want to go back to your hotel but you don't remember the streets you took you don't remember where it is this is a common thing that happens in other countries in other cities if you have the address you can ask just about anyone how do I get back to my hotel could you please give me the directions to get back to where I need to go is there a pharmacy nearby is there a pharmacy nearby a pharmacy is a place that has medicine over-the-counter and prescription drugs if you're in another city it's always smart to know where the pharmacies are in case you might need anything asking is there a pharmacy nearby you are asking where the nearest pharmacy is in case you need to go and buy medicine shampoo conditioner toothpaste vitamins allergy pills doesn't matter a pharmacy will probably have it can you help me can you help me can you help me is a very very useful phrase knowing how to ask for help is extremely important if you ask can you help me it lets other people know that you are in need of assistance of whatever kind asking for help is the first question can you help me and another person will say sure what do you need and from there that's when you explain the problem you are experiencing I am lost I am lost if you say I am lost it means you don't know where you are you can't find your way you don't recognize anything around you you don't know how to get back to wherever you need to be to say I am lost lets people know that they need to give you directions that they can open up a map for you and show you where you are I am lost is a very useful phrase especially for people like me I get lost all the time I a terrible sense of direction so to tell someone I am lost it welcomes their help in getting you back to safety to wherever you need to be I need an ambulance I need an ambulance an ambulance is an emergency vehicle and its purpose is to get to a sick person and take them to the hospital to say I need an ambulance means it's a medical emergency and you need that emergency vehicle to come and get you be careful the first phrase is be careful be careful anytime your parent sees you doing something slightly dangerous they will say be careful my dad still tells me when he sees me using a kitchen knife be careful don't cut yourself be quiet the next phrase is be quiet so kids are notoriously noisy notorious means are known for kids are very noisy so parents often tell children to be quiet my mother would often tell my brother and I to be quiet when we were play behave the next expression is behave behave so to behave means to be good to be correct to be proper so but behave this is the command form of the verb so this means that you or whoever is on the receiving end of this expression is not behaving properly so parents will say behave if you're being too noisy at a dinner party my mother told me to behave because I was running around at the formal dinner do your homework the next expression is do your homework I still need someone to say this to me periodically please mom do your homework again the command form of something your child the child in question is not doing his or her homework so mother or father will say do your homework it's time you need to it's your responsibility so let's see when I had been playing video games for too long in my childhood my grandmother would come in the door would open the door and say to me Alicia do your homework that is true go to bed the next expression is go to bed go to bed your the kid is up too late there in my case I was always up late reading books I would be like under the covers reading books my parents would find me and go to bed and my defense was always I mean dead I was I'm in man I'm reading the child is supposed to be sleeping he or she is not sleeping the parent says go to bed I'm going to count to three this is a classic the expression I'm going to count to three this is like a this is a terror inducing mechanism this is a way to make kids feel afraid of something that's going to happen but rarely does I feel women and when a child is doing something bad the parent will say I'm going to count to three and I'll just slowly say one two and usually they don't get to three because they tell the child like they have three seconds to stop whatever bad behavior he or she is doing so usually the parent only has to say one in that tone of voice and maybe two and then the child will stop what happens at 3 is up to the parent really I think in most cases the parent just like takes the toy or the parent will like stop the car do something - like strike fear into the the misbehaving child I was being too noisy at home and my mother told me she was going to count to three stop the next word is stop stop you can use this anytime someone is doing a thing that you do not want them to do stop so children being noisy misbehaving being kids you can just say stop and depending on your tone of voice this can be a strong word or not so strong word so experiment you can say stop or stop that it sounds kind of soft but if you just say like stop really like angry like you might make a child cry so be careful you can make this word very strong in a sentence I told my brother to stop poking me in the car in the back seat what's up James what did you say what did you say oh this is a good one so when the child has said something bad to the parent the parent can go what did you say like it's like a dare like say it again I dare you to say it again it's a challenge from the parent and the kid knows he or she is in trouble it's a good one so if you say like um dad says your new hair kind of stupid sorry dad I I know you wouldn't know I know I'm speaking to my dad hi dad hi mom I said hi to everybody my family today I hate you mom that's a probably a more common ones oh I hate you mom or hate you dad and then the parent says what did you say what did I just say what did I just say so the parent gives a command the parent says do something do your homework clean your room something like that the child doesn't do it it's a parent with the stronger voice this time we'll say what did I just say so that's an expression that means were you listening to me and if you were listening to me why aren't you doing the thing that I told you to do so a bit of a scary one did you brush your teeth did you brush your teeth did you brush your teeth a check-in phrase from the parents maybe in the morning maybe at night to ask their child did you brush your teeth just an important part of your hygiene for the day did you brush your teeth I did I'm brush my teeth today I'm functioning adult 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 did 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 can 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 checks can we get separate checks 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 dad 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 cheque or the bill comes to your table could 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 [Music]

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