Are you ready to level up your vocabulary? Today
you are going to learn 10 vocabulary phrases that I use every day, and you should too. Hi, I'm
Vanessa from SpeakenglishwithVanessa.com and like always, I have created a free
PDF worksheet with all of today's important to vocabulary definitions, sample
sentences, and in this free PDF worksheet, there is a quiz at the end of the worksheet.
I don't always do this, but this time there is a special quiz for you to test to see if you
can really remember how to use these vocabulary phrases that I use every day. So you can click on
the link in the description to download that free PDF worksheet plus quiz today. Let's get started
with the first phrase that I use every day. I'm going to tell you the sample sentence, and I want
you to guess what you think this phrase means. On a roll. "I'm on a roll today." I
got everything done on my to-do list, and it's not even lunch yet! What do you
think this means? This lovely phrase on a roll means that you are on a streak of
success. I have been productive all morning, I got everything done on my to-do list, I
can't believe it. I didn't get sidetracked, I didn't procrastinate, I'm on a roll. If you like
to watch sports, you can also use this phrase, you might say, "They scored three goals in
a row. They are on a roll!" Yes. Success. Vocabulary phrase number two that I use every
day is, ahead of time. Take a look at this sentence. "I try to make my kids' lunches
ahead of time, but I often just make them the morning of." What do you think this means,
ahead of time? This means that I try to complete their lunches before they actually need to be
finished. So this means I'm thinking ahead. Maybe I will pack their school lunches the
night before, but really the reality is that usually it happens in the morning before they go
to school, but I try to do things ahead of time. Expression number three is, to get out
of hand. Are we talking about something escaping from my hand? Take a look at this
sample sentence. "Sometimes during the week, dishes and laundry get out of hand because we're
so busy." What do you think this means? Well, we could switch one word in this phrase, and I
think you'll be able to guess. What if I said, "Euring the week, dishes and laundry sometimes
get out of control because we're so busy." Well, you can get the idea that there are dishes
in the sink, dishes on the counter. There's laundry in the basket, maybe there's laundry
even in the washer that hasn't been dried yet. There's a little bit of chaos, because things
get busy during the week. But we can use this great phrase instead, at least boost your
vocabulary while you're talking about chaos, you could say, "Dishes and laundry get out
of hand during the week." We can also use this to talk about people or places where
people are involved. So take a look at this. "The kids ate the whole cake and the plate
of cookies at the birthday party. After that, the party got out of hand." You can imagine
crazy children after that type of experience, or you might use it as a warning. I
don't want the party to get out of hand, so just eat one piece of cake, please. The next phrase that I use every day is, it's
too bad. Take a look at this. "It's too bad that we don't have a maid who can help to clean
up our house at the end of the day." So at the end of the day, my family has cleaning time.
We have a couple cleaning songs that we play, and everyone helps to clean up the
toys or the dishes or whatever might be lying around making a mess in our
house. But often during this time, I say, "It's too bad we don't have a maid
who could help to clean up our house." This phrase is just something used to express
regret. Obviously, when I'm talking about cleaning up, I'm a little bit joking. I'm saying
this in a lighthearted way, but we can also use this in more serious situations as well. If your
tone of voice is more serious, you could say, it's too bad that we elected someone else who
is incompetent. If you're unsatisfied with your country's politics, you could use this phrase to
talk about a serious situation, which is politics in kind of a more lighthearted way by using this
phrase, "It's too bad we elected someone else who is incompetent, someone else who's not going
to be able to do a good job." What a regret. The next phrase that I use every day is this one.
When the time comes, or sometimes we add another word, when the time comes for. Take a look at
this sentence. "When the time comes for Matilda, my baby to go to preschool, our house is going
to be very quiet." So she is my last baby, and oftentimes during these times of transition,
I think about this. When she goes to school, it's going to be quite a different life. Well, we can
use this phrase when the time comes for Matilda to go to school. Well, I'm not really talking about a
specific date or a year, we're talking about time in general. When the time comes for her to go to
school, it's going to be different in our house. You can also use this to talk about your
English learning journey. "I'm learning English, so when the time comes for me to go to the US
for vacation, I am going to be prepared." Or, "I'm learning English so that when the time comes
and we have some English-speaking clients at work, I'm going to be able to talk to
them with no problem." You don't know exactly when that time will be, but
you will be prepared when the time comes. The next phrase I use every day is, some fresh
air. "I've been stuck inside all morning. I need to go outside and get some fresh air.
Right now my kids are outside playing, they are getting some fresh air." Do you
know what this means? It just means going outside. Usually it's kind of laced with
the idea that you need some kind of relief. When you get some fresh air, it helps you to
feel better. Maybe you feel less stressed, you feel more energized, you feel relaxed.
I need to go outside and get some fresh air. Talking about getting fresh air, the next phrase
goes along with it. There's something about, take a look at this. "There's something about
going outside and getting some fresh air. That just makes me feel better." Do you think
that I know exactly why fresh air helps me to feel better? No. I don't know exactly
why. There's something about fresh air that helps me feel better. Okay, I'm talking about
when something has the ability to influence me, but I can't really describe it. There's something
about fresh air that just feels great. You might even use it to talk about my English lessons.
There's something about Vanessa's English lessons that I just love. Maybe you don't know
exactly why you keep watching my English lessons, but it's hard to describe, and it influences
you. There's something about Vanessa's lesson that just makes me want to come back again
and again and watch them. I hope that's true. The next phrase that I use every
day is, come to think of it, come to think of it. What is it? We'll, take a look
at this sentence. "Come to think of it, it is snack time. Let's go eat something!" Maybe like
your kids, my kids are always asking for a snack, but I try not to let them eat a snack all day,
all the time. We have kind of snack times. It's not extremely strict, but if they ask me for a
snack and it's around 10 o'clock in the morning, that's generally snack time and they
say, "Mom, I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry, I need a snack." I might say, "Well, come to think
of it, it is snack time. Let's go eat something." So here we're talking about something
that just appeared in my mind in the middle of this conversation. I wasn't
thinking, snack time is coming soon, I'm going to prepare a snack. No, my kids
asked me for a snack and I just remembered, "Oh, come to think of it. Oh, look at that. It
is snack time. Let's go eat." So it's something that just comes up in the conversation. I
want to give you another example for this. Last week, my sister and I were talking about my
grandparents and thinking about them, and I said, in the middle of our conversation, "Come to think
of it, I haven't heard from my grandma in a while. Maybe I should give her a call." Okay, we were
having this conversation about our grandparents, and I realized in the middle of that conversation
that I hadn't heard from my grandma. She hadn't called me for a while, so I thought, "Oh, come
to think of it. I haven't heard from her for a while. Maybe I should call her." It just came
up in my mind in the middle of the conversation. The next phrase that I use every day is, to
be spoiled. Take a look at this sentence. "We're so spoiled because our neighbors
share good food with us." Have you ever had a neighbor bring you over some freshly
made cookies or maybe some soup that they just made on a cold day? It's such a beautiful
feeling. This is a way to truly show love, I think. So for me, I have several neighbors
that are constantly sharing food together. I feel spoiled. I am spoiled that my neighbors share such
good food with me. What do you think this means, to be spoiled? This just means that
I am treated well. Maybe even above well. I am pampered. Someone is taking
care of me more than is even necessary. I'm spoiled. We do sometimes use this negatively
for children. So if your child always asks for toys and every time they ask for a toy, you say
yes. Anytime, you're walking down the aisle in a store and they say, "I want to buy that." You say,
"Okay." And then they want to buy something else, and you say, "Okay, okay, okay, okay." Well, you
know what? Your children are spoiled. This is not a good thing. It's not a good thing for us as
adults either, but when someone is spoiling me by giving me food, this is generally just kind of
a neutral or good thing. But make sure that you try not to spoil your children too much. We want
them to be grateful for the things that they have. The final phrase that I use every day that I want
to share with you today is, the fact that. Okay, we need to add this grammatically correctly
into a sentence, so take a look at this. "I love the fact that my neighbors support each
other." Okay, yes, we're talking about a fact, something that is true, but look how this
is grammatically used. I could just say, I love that my neighbors take care of each other.
But instead I added the fact to kind of emphasize this is absolute truth. "I love the fact that my
neighbors take care of each other." And it's true, we often look out for each other and bring
each other things, bring each other food, check in on each other, and make sure that
each other are doing well. I love the fact that my neighbors take care of each other. Let
me give you one more sample sentence with this. One of my friends is a vegetarian,
which means she does not eat meat, and she told me this. "My family has finally
accepted the fact that I don't eat meat." Well, maybe before her family thought, this
is just a phase, it will pass. If you're a vegetarian, maybe your family said the same thing.
But she said that her family has accepted the fact that she doesn't eat meat, and now whenever
she goes over to their house, they try to accommodate her in some way. It's very kind.
They accept the fact that she doesn't eat meat. Well, congratulations on learning these 10
phrases that I use every day, and I think that you should too. The next step is to download
the free PDF worksheet, which includes all 10 of these daily life phrases, definitions,
multiple sample sentences, and, drum roll, a quiz to test your knowledge and see if you
can actually remember all of these 10 phrases. You can click on the link in the description to
download that free PDF worksheet plus quiz today. Well, thank you so much for learning English
with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.
Bye. But wait, do you want more? I recommend watching this video next, where you will
learn 10 other phrases that I use every day, including how to use the word "thanks" to be
rude. I'll see you in that video to find out.
