Your Monthly Dose of English - Best of March 2021

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pairs of sentences to see how this works sorry i don't have time to help you right now but you do have time you're just looking at facebook and i don't know anything about today's meeting just that they're making a big announcement aha so you do know something okay so in both of these example sentences we have a person a and a person b person a says something to the effective i don't know something or i can't do something or i don't have time to help you as with person a in both of these examples and then person b notices something about person a or about the things that person a said and they emphasize no that's not true and they do this by including do before the verb so in the first example situation the person person a in this situation said i don't have time to help you right now but person b said you do have time so you'll often hear do emphasize before the verb that follows to show that's not true so that emphasis in the speaker's voice means that's not true or the opposite of that is true and the reason is that person b presumably or we think sees person a looking at facebook the same thing happens in the second situation person a says i don't know anything about the meeting just that there's going to be a big announcement and so person b understands wait so you do know something about the meeting again do proceeds or comes before the verb no there so speaker b is emphasizing that the speaker that speaker a rather actually does know something so we're using do before the verb as emphasis in this way so i hope that this helps you thanks very much for an interesting question all right let's move on to our next question next question comes from emma hi emma emma says hi alicia i would like to know if there are differences between a while for a while and in a while if there is can you explain thanks so much sure a while means a period of time so we use for a while and in a while quite differently for a while is used when we're talking about a duration of time we're using it to talk about the length of time that something happens so duration is really the key here let's take a look at a few example sentences i stayed in the restaurant for a while after i finished eating i'm gonna take a walk around the neighborhood for a while i traveled around europe for a while when i was in my twenties okay so let's compare this then to in a while when we use in a while we're talking about an upcoming activity so this is not something that's going to happen now but it's going to happen soon so if it's helpful you can think about replacing soon for in a while in the sentence it has the same meaning let's look at some examples of this i'm going to leave the office in a while we're going to go to the coffee shop in a while you want anything so a question that maybe some of you have is what's the difference between these two sentences sentences like these like i'm going to walk around the neighborhood for a while and i'm going to walk around the neighborhood in a while so they seem very similar but the for a while sentence would be said by somebody who is probably leaving now like they are leaving their house now and they just want to report to someone their upcoming activity they're going out of the house to walk around the neighborhood for a period of time that's the duration of the activity on the other hand the in a while sentence is like they're sharing their upcoming plan with someone possibly to invite them like i'm going to walk around the neighborhood in a while do you want to come so these are the small differences that our preposition choices can make especially with an expression like a while so i hope that this helps you thanks very much for the question okay let's move on to our next question next question is from sung wan hi sunguan seongwan says hi alisha what does literally mean do people use it the wrong way yeah okay literally means the ordinary or the simple meaning of a word it can also mean like truly exactly and so on so it is used for emphasis yes but it's also used incorrectly a lot first let's take a look at the correct way to use literally for example we raised literally hundreds of dollars at the fundraiser he got his hands dirty literally helping out at the farm for a tv show okay so these two example sentences show correct usage of the word literally in the first example it's literally hundreds so the speaker wants to emphasize that exactly really truly hundreds of dollars were raised in a fundraiser the reason that we use literally here is because we want to express that this is not an exaggeration so an exaggeration means something that sounds like it's better or bigger than it actually is so the speaker wants to communicate it was truly hundreds of dollars they use literally to do that in the second example sentence about someone getting his hands dirty the speaker wants to communicate that actually the tv host in this case truly did physically literally get his hands dirty in the process of making a tv show so there are two reasons that we use literally in this way the first as in with the first example sentence is to show that something is not being exaggerated like the number or the amount that's described in the sentence is truly the number so we're not just doing it for effect literally some amount you may see this used the second use though as we see in the second example sentence is with these expressions that have kind of double meanings so get one's hands dirty or to get your hands dirty has two meanings yes there's the literal meaning which is as it's written on the page for your hands to physically become dirty but there's also another meaning to this phrase which is to do the work yourself to actually do work so to get your hands dirty can have two meanings the speaker using literally in the second example sentence means they want to emphasize that real true meaning of getting your hands dirty like physically having dirt on your hands so these are the two reasons that we use literally for emphasis to make sure that we're not accidentally exaggerating and to to make it clear that we mean the actual simple meaning of an expression so again to return to your second question literally is misused all the time native speakers want to use it for emphasis but they use it incorrectly so let's take a look at two examples that are great examples of misuse of the word literally ugh i'm literally starving can we go to lunch and there were literally millions of people at my house last night okay so in both of these example sentences literally is used incorrectly literally starving in the first sentence so the problem here is that the speaker is probably not actually starving starving means they are so hungry that they are actually dying so literally starving is untrue the speaker is probably not actually starving they just want to express that they are very hungry the correct way to express that would just be to say ugh i'm starving that's fine you don't need to use literally in this sentence but this is something native speakers probably say all the time the second example sentence uses literally with a number as in there were literally millions of people in my house last night so it's not possible for millions of people to be in someone's house the speaker just wants to emphasize how many people were at his or her home the previous night so using literally is unnecessary here you could just say there were so many people in my house last night or there were millions of people at my house last night if you just drop literally from the sentence we understand that you're exaggerating so yes literally is used incorrectly all the time and it's usually for these emphasis reasons so i hope that this answer helped you it's a very interesting question thanks very much for sending it along okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from andrew hi andrew andrew says what's the meaning of ball game as in youtube comments are a whole other ball game is this a question about something i tweeted that's funny a ball game here means situation situation so when we say a whole other ball game this is actually a set phrase a whole other ball game means or is used rather in situations where we're talking about one topic and then a second topic is introduced and the two are very different so something something is a whole other ballgame means that second thing has like different rules and different standards from the first thing so in the tweet that you took this expression from i was talking about the differences between instagram direct messages like random messages on instagram and then another person commented like joined my conversation on twitter and said something about youtube comments and i responded yeah youtube comments are a whole other ball game so that means instagram direct messages random messages on instagram are completely different than youtube comments so a whole other ball game means it's a whole other situation i hope that this helps you thanks for the question okay let's move on to our next question next question comes from claudia hi claudia claudia says what is the difference between outcome and results nice question while in many cases they can be used in similar ways and to refer to very similar things the difference here is in like the process so we use results when we've done like work or research or we're actually like actively trying to do something we're actually trying to achieve something or to accomplish something so we use this like when we're doing mathematical equations or as i said like when we're doing research maybe or we're working together with teammates to achieve some kind of goal that's when we use results outcome on the other hand is kind of like just the way things ended up so it's like maybe there wasn't so much work to achieve a specific goal but at the end of a situation this was like the thing that we ended up with so let's take a look at a few examples my research results showed that the new medication was effective the test results were positive everyone expected negative outcomes after the government's policy change it wasn't possible to predict these outcomes so the feeling here is that result is something that someone or some group of people worked to achieve work to get outcome is kind of like this is just the way that things are so yes in some situations you may be able to use both like for example research results or maybe research outcomes but again when you use outcomes it sounds like this is just the way it is whereas results sounds a little bit more like we tried so this is kind of the difference in feeling between these words i hope that it helps you thanks for the question hi everybody welcome back to ask alicia the weekly series where you ask me questions and i answer them maybe okay let's get to your first question this week first question this week comes from emma hi emma emma says hi alicia can you explain the difference between will and be going to and will be doing or be going to be doing i would like to know when we use continuous forms instead of just using simple future tense sure we use the continuous form when we want to talk about a future plan that we think will be in progress so let's compare two example sentences i'm going to start working in a new company soon three months from now i'm going to be working in a new company so in the first example sentence i'm going to start working in a new company soon we're talking about a future plan we're just using simple future tense going to there to express a future plan a future action in this case using going to because we're quite sure about that plan in the second example sentence however three months from now i'm going to be working so we're using a time period or rather a point in time in the future three months from now that means i'm indicating or i want to refer to a specific point in time in the future and talk about an action that i think will be ongoing at that future point in time in those cases we use will be going to or going to be going to or something like that going to be plus the ing form of a verb so we use that form to refer to an ongoing thing that we think will happen at a specific point in the future you can just use the simple future tense will and going to to talk about general future plans without a specific point in time but if you want to talk about something in the future like a month from now or two months from now or years from now or whatever and you want to express a plan or some idea you have about something that will happen or be happening at that time you can use will be going to or going to be plus the ing form of a verb so i hope that this helps you thanks for the question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from arzu hi arzu our zoo says hi alicia could you explain the difference between roughly approximately and nearly yeah sure roughly and approximately mean the same thing they both mean about the difference between these two words is that approximately sounds more formal than roughly so you would see approximately used in very formal writing in like scientific papers in situations where you need to express data you might hear roughly in everyday conversation used in place of about so there's no meaning difference here it's just a formality difference some examples roughly 50 people attended the event approximately 100 people responded to our survey on the other hand nearly means almost a certain amount so we use nearly before a number to express that we were very very close to that number but not quite so this does not mean about it means very close to the number but not exactly that amount so for example we could say nearly 50 people attended our event or nearly 100 people responded to our survey so that means not quite 50 people attended or not quite 100 people responded but it was very very close so in sum approximately and roughly have the same meaning just different levels of formality merely means almost but not quite or very close but not quite so i hope that this helps you thanks for the question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from mindful alex hi mindful alex mindful alex says hi alicia what tense present or future must follow a command clause for example one let me know what you find versus let me know what you will find two let me know what you find versus tell me what you will find thanks a lot yes you need to use present tense in these example sentences so in your case the correct answers would be let me know what you find and tell me what you find the same thing is true if you change the subject so for example if you're requesting an update from a third person meaning from someone outside the conversation you can say let me know what he finds or tell me what she finds so you still need to follow this present tense rule we can't use the infinitive form of the verb there so these are examples of what are called embedded questions they are questions that are like inside another question or they're questions that are inside of a statement so like tell me what you find you can see that what you find is kind of like a question but it follows a different word order so we follow that subject verb object order inside embedded questions if you want to know more about this grammar point you can do a search for embedded questions to find some more information i've talked about this here and there in some live streams in the past so i hope that that's helpful for you so yes in sum you need to use a present tense verb in a case like this keep in mind you can also use past tense if you want to as well i hope that this is helpful for you thanks for the question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from alejandra hi alejandra alejandra says how do i know when to reduce i have to i've and when not to is there any rule yes when you are expressing ownership of something you should not use the reduced form i've always use i have like i have a dog or i have a house or i have a bag you should not use ive in these cases you should however use ive and other reduced forms when you're using perfect tense sentence structures so for example i've been to france or i've never eaten horse so when you're using that i have plus past participle verb form you can reduce the i have part to ive if you are talking about ownership of something you cannot reduce the i have to i so yes that is the rule in this case for reduction you may also hear the i have in i have got to reduced to ive as in i've got to do something something something but this might be a little bit more common in british english generally though you can consider those first two rules i mentioned i have for ownership and i've for perfect uh tense structure so i hope that this helps you thanks for the question okay let's move on to your next question next question comes from reynaldi hi reinaldi reynaldi says hi i'm from indonesia sometimes someone says opportunity and i'm confused about whether i should respond with opportunity or chance what's the difference between those words and when is the right time to say them thanks okay um opportunity tends to sound more formal than chance we tend to use opportunity in cases where we have received an offer some like special offer like a job offer a school offer or maybe an offer of money we are presented with some kind of like professional or formal situation chance however is used to refer to situations that arise because of luck so something that happened because of luck we're not really offered anything but it's like the timing is just right for a situation and we have this chance we have this option to take advantage of that situation so to take advantage of something means that we can try to do something that would be to our benefit in that situation so opportunity sounds more formal it's like something is presented to you like a job as i said chance is more like for games perhaps or just something that happens at random and that you maybe can take advantage of you can maybe find some benefits in so let's take a look at some example sentences i have two great job opportunities to consider thanks very much for this opportunity my flight was delayed so i had a chance to check out the airport lounge i haven't had a chance to read that book how are your english listening skills first you'll see an image and hear a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly we'll show you the answer at the end a man and a woman are talking when are they going to get a massage [Music] my friend just opened a new massage place a massage place i wanna go do you have time on saturday i'm busy saturday what about sunday they're closed on sunday how about friday okay when are they going to get a massage a man and a woman are talking when are they going to get a massage my friend just opened a new massage place a massage place i wanna go do you have time on saturday i'm busy saturday what about sunday they're closed on sunday how about friday okay a woman working for the design division is talking with her colleague from the research and development team choose the correct product packages [Music] we would like you to design packaging for our new chocolate products we are planning a dual product launch one is a sweet chocolate containing 30 cacao the other is a bittersweet one with 80 cacao all right so do we want the 30 and 80 descriptions to stand out yes maybe we can have them in the center of the package or use different colors all right for the sweet chocolate how about using a red box with black letters saying 30 percent and for the bittersweet one we can use a black box with red letters saying 80 percent right or how about using golden letters for both i think that would be better for the luxurious image we're trying to create good idea i think we should also frame letters with white to make them clearer as for the layout design would it be okay to say cacao on the upper left then a picture of the chocolate in the center and the cacao percentage on the lower right yes and please use a bigger font for the percentage also i'd like you to use a different font style from the product name and make sure to make it bold got it we will send you an email when the packages are ready when do you need them by would it be possible to have them by the end of the week by the end of the week okay we will try our best choose the correct product packages a woman working for the design division is talking with her colleague from the research and development team choose the correct product packages we would like you to design packaging for our new chocolate products we are planning a dual product launch one is a sweet chocolate containing 30 cacao the other is a bittersweet one with 80 cacao all right so do we want the thirty percent and eighty percent descriptions to stand out yes maybe we can have them in the center of the package or use different colors all right for the sweet chocolate how about using a red box with black letters saying thirty percent and for the bittersweet one we can use a black box with red letters saying eighty percent right or how about using golden letters for both i think that would be better for the luxurious image we're trying to create good idea i think we should also frame letters with white to make them clearer as for the layout design would it be okay to say cacao on the upper left then a picture of the chocolate in the center and the cacao percentage on the lower right yes and please use a bigger font for the percentage also i'd like you to use a different font style from the product name and make sure to make it bold got it we will send you an email when the packages are ready when do you need them by would it be possible to have them by the end of the week by the end of the week ok we will try our best coffee shop employees are talking about their sales choose the graph they are looking at we had good sales from december to february yes the limited edition items worked out very well but i'm sorry to see that the new product launched in march didn't sell well and ended up dragging down overall sales for that month we had our worst sales numbers in october and march in general our sales were steadily increasing but october was the worst month of the second half in october a competitor opened up a shop nearby and at the beginning they lured in our customers i'm relieved to see that our customers are coming back yes that's good news looking at our customer data by gender and age we can see that more than half of our customers are women in their 20s and 30s this means we will have to come up with some new campaign ideas to keep those customers coming back besides our regular coffee products we can try to offer more side dish choices yes but about 20 of our customers are men in their 20s and 30s so we need to think of services that appeal to them as well offering free wi-fi would appeal to all customers in that age range you're right let's consider implementing that idea choose the graph they are looking at coffee shop employees are talking about their sales choose the graph they are looking at we had good sales from december to february yes the limited edition items worked out very well but i'm sorry to see that the new product launched in march didn't sell well and ended up dragging down overall sales for that month we had our worst sales numbers in october and march in general our sales were steadily increasing but october was the worst month of the second half in october a competitor opened up a shop nearby and at the beginning they lured in our customers i'm relieved to see that our customers are coming back yes that's good news looking at our customer data by gender and age we can see that more than half of our customers are women in their 20s and 30s this means we will have to come up with some new campaign ideas to keep those customers coming back besides our regular coffee products we can try to offer more side dish choices yes but about 20 percent of our customers are men in their 20s and 30s so we need to think of services that appeal to them as well hmm offering free wi-fi would appeal to all customers in that age range you're right let's consider implementing that idea a man is making a complaint about products he bought online what is he going to exchange [Music] hello this is the customer service line hello i just received a package from your company but it is not what i ordered i'm sorry what exactly was wrong i ordered a jacket with three buttons but the one i got has only two i see that must be a wrong model we are terribly sorry about it we will exchange that right away if you just use the prepaid return shipping label included in your package to send it back great also this shirt looks different from the one i saw on your website it's not what i expected so i want to return it as well how is it different i thought it was a t-shirt without a collar but it turned out to be a polo shirt with a collar i see have you already cut the tag off yes i have but this is really not what is pictured on the website can i still return it sir we do have this shirt both with and without the caller our data shows that you chose the one with it really then i must have clicked the wrong item we can exchange a product as long as the tag is attached but it would be difficult to do so if it is already cut off i see then can you just exchange the jacket please of course again we are sorry for the inconvenience what is he going to exchange a man is making a complaint about products he bought online what is he going to exchange hello this is the customer service line hello i just received a package from your company but it is not what i ordered i'm sorry what exactly was wrong i ordered a jacket with three buttons but the one i got has only two i see that must be a wrong model we are terribly sorry about it we will exchange that right away if you just use the prepaid return shipping label included in your package to send it back great also this shirt looks different from the one i saw on your website it's not what i expected so i want to return it as well how is it different i thought it was a t-shirt without a collar but it turned out to be a polo shirt with a collar i see have you already cut the tag off yes i have but this is really not what is pictured on the website can i still return it sir we do have this shirt both with and without the collar our data shows that you chose the one with it really then i must have clicked the wrong item we can exchange a product as long as the tag is attached but it would be difficult to do so if it is already cut off i see then can you just exchange the jacket please of course again we are sorry for the inconvenience hi everybody my name is alicia in this lesson i'm going to talk about how to say thank you in english i'm also going to talk about some responses that you can use if someone says thank you to you so let's get started by looking at some expressions to say thank you in english first let's begin with the most basic expression thank you so thank you is easy to remember it's polite and you can use it in basically any situation you can use it at work with your friends whatever slightly more casual is thanks thanks so thanks is good to use with friends or for small favors you cannot say thanks you however you can use thank you or thanks some other things we do with the expression thank you are we add these two words to the end of it we use thank you very or thank you so much thank you very much or thank you so much one thing we do when we use so is we often make the o sound really long thank you so much so that can help us show our appreciation in a more like kind of casual and friendly way the difference between so and very here is that so sounds more casual i would use so with my friends and thank you very much in like a work situation or some some situation where i want to sound a little more polite so thank you so much thank you very much those sound great you can use them anytime let's look at the next three then the next three here i've marked as thank you expressions you can use when you want to say thank you for a specific action when you want to use like a verb thank you for doing some verb or when you want to use like a specific noun so this one this thank you there's nothing specific in this expression or in these three expressions we want to share something specific so these patterns are thank you for something something ing so thank you for helping me for example or thank you for cleaning the house thank you for studying with me for example so in this pattern i'm using the ing the progressive form of the verb you can change this uh like thank you for the gift thank you for the present thank you for your time for example so you can use a verb as i've done here or a noun phrase this one is similar many thanks for something so again we can use this same ing form of a verb or we can use a noun phrase this sounds a little bit more polite than this expression many thanks for the meeting yesterday many thanks for helping me with the files i needed to put together so this one sounds a little bit more formal i tend to use this one at the beginning of a work email like many thanks for the information or many thanks for the files i like to use this in work emails if you want to make it even more formal you can try this one i greatly appreciate i greatly appreciate your time or i greatly appreciate you attending our conference this year i greatly appreciate all the work you did for the event so i greatly appreciate sounds really formal or when you really really want to communicate strong thanks to someone i greatly appreciate they greatly appreciate so you can choose a verb or a noun to use here okay so as i said this one is rather formal um we can use an expression like this when we're working in like an organization so i mentioned in this case you might use it for like a work situation this next one is similar we express our sincere appreciation for something so we express this we means like our company our team our organization we express so express means share or say in some way communicate our sincere so this is like sincerely at the end of an email like truly honestly genuinely we express our sincere appreciation our like gratitude for this thing you did so here we see four which means we can follow this same pattern actually you can remove this we express our sincere appreciation that's fine that becomes kind of like a general thank you but if you want to make it specific you can add this for and follow the same pattern we talked about for these phrases so we express our sincere appreciation for your support for example that's kind of a very company or organization specific sentence or expression of gratitude we express our sincere appreciation for your donation for example so i feel perhaps this one might use noun phrases more than verbs not always but uh perhaps more uh noun phrases here so yes this is good for formal situations especially in organizations because we use this we here of course you can change these so that you use we or he or she like we greatly appreciate is fine to use as well just depends on your situation anyway let's continue on to the next expression which is thank you kindly for so you'll notice that this is very similar to these like thank you or thank you for the difference here is we have this kindly so we're including kindly which shows i feel like kind of this gratitude and i want to express that i have kind feelings for you thank you kindly for something so it's a nice and also kind of polite expression actually so you might think this sounds friendly but this is something we use more in work emails i would not use this with a friend actually this would sound too polite to use with a friend so this is good in work situations like thank you kindly for the email thank you kindly for the files thank you kindly for meeting with me this afternoon so it sounds formal and it's when you want to express that kind of kind feeling as well okay let's go to the next one um this one is thank you for your understanding this is a set phrase so we don't change this part this thank you for your understanding uh this always rem this remains the same always so thank you for your understanding this is a polite expression we use it for changes and for inconveniences so let's say for example you receive a letter in the mail and it's from like your mobile phone company for example and they say there's a change to your contract thank you for your understanding so it's kind of sharing like some kind of information and this expression shows like we appreciate in advance that you understand the situation so it's like we're gonna we're going to make this change so thank you uh thank you for maybe not getting angry or thank you for just um understanding the situation really so this is a formal expression used for like changes to things and you'll also see it like i said for inconveniences for example at like a construction site if there's lots of noise or if it's really dirty and dusty there might be a sign that says you know construction in progress which means we're working now we're building something now thank you for your understanding so we appreciate your understanding of the situation so it's kind of like an apology and thank you at the same time so this is a set phrase you can use this in your organization in your company but this is one that's too formal to use with friends i would not use this with friends okay let's move on to the next one i really appreciate it so i have i and really in parentheses here because we can drop these from the sentence and make a very formal i'm sorry a very casual this is a very casual uh way to express thanks so by that i mean among friends will often just say appreciated or just appreciated as well if you want to make a full sentence you can say i appreciate it or i really appreciate it those are great too you will hear native speakers just drop it though appreciate it so it sounds friendly it sounds like you really express your thanks and it's just kind of a quick expression that you can use so this is good for your co-workers and colleagues you can use this with friends as well it won't sound too polite so this is great perhaps a little bit more polite than just thank you um so you can use it with friends like if your friend has done you kind of an interesting favor for example okay let's go on to the last one the last one is actually two uh but this is kind of casual friendly and perhaps unique to certain people so some people might choose to use these some people might not anyway the expressions are thanks a bunch and thanks a million thanks a million i'm a person who sometimes uses thanks a bunch so a bunch means a lot of something it's like saying thanks a lot but thanks a bunch which is a casual word um is less formal it's very like it's very casual something we would use with friends i would use this if my friend did something small that helped me thanks a bunch um you might get the feeling that it's used by people who have kind of like an upbeat personality perhaps um i feel that this tends to be used more among women actually too thanks a million on the other hand is one that i don't hear as often as thanks a bunch so again a million a million is a big number we do not say thanks a hundred or thanks a thousand or thanks a trillion we only say thanks a million so again this means thank you very much really but it's a casual friendly way of saying it um so like i said i tend to hear a bunch more and it tends to be used more for women though it's okay for men to use as well so thanks a bunch thanks a million those are good ones to use with your friends if you like so to conclude then how do you respond when someone says thank you so i made a big list of some very common responses for thank you so most of these we use and they don't actually mean anything other than like agreement so at the top here is maybe my favorite sure so someone says thank you i say sure or i say sure thing sure thing this is like it's a sure thing so it's kind of like saying it's it's real it's true it's genuine sure thing this is another common one that's very casual very friendly many people like to use one of these no problem no problem or no prob no prob so prob is just the short version the lim has been cut off of problem so no prob is quite casual more casual than no problem so these are all okay to use at work with your friends with your family members i would not use them in a formal situation though continuing you bet you bet again another one it's like saying no problem not a problem for me of course i will help you or of course no problem yep it's a like a casual way of saying yes yep yep instead of yes so yes sounds actually a little too polite we don't use yes so much we might say yep instead another one no sweat no sweat is kind of cute no sweat means like there's no reason for you to sweat so we sweat maybe when we get of course warm but when we feel nervous or upset or anxious about something so no sweat means like don't worry about it it's not a problem no sweat so this one's quite uh friendly as well another one for sure this is similar to sure so for sure is another very positive upbeat quick way to say a response to thank you this one is very common in work situations and this is important i've made this part in capital letters the u here because the emphasis on your response here is important if someone says thank you and you say no thank you it's like showing that both parties both people did something that helps the other person so for example if someone comes to set up the camera for the shoot and i say thank you they might say no thank you because i'm going to make something with what they've set up so we're helping each other so we can use an expression like this no thank you so your intonation matters here okay another one is of course of course so it's like it's like saying of course i would help you of course i want to help you or like it was no problem for me uh we have a good relationship that's the feeling here i have included this you're welcome on the list but this is not used that often it's correct to say if someone says thank you you're welcome you can use this um it's less friendly i feel than the other ones you're welcome you're welcome you can use this if you don't know the other person or if it's yeah if it's like a stranger you might use this like a stranger holds the door open for you and you say thank you that person might say you're welcome so this one is less familiar so you can use this um but again perhaps something that's a little bit closer like in terms of relationship would be good finally not at all not at all is like no problem no problem so if someone says thank you you can say not at all it's like it means like it was no trouble for me it was no problem for me so we can use all of these to respond to thank yous [Music] in most cases you can apply them to any of these situations like thank you if someone says thank you sure sure thing yep no sweat you can use all of them if you want and you can combine them but generally just choose one that's fine and try to use a mix of these to respond keep in mind though that if someone uses a more formal expression like i greatly appreciate your help or we express our sincere appreciation for your response should be kind of matching in that formality level so we express our sincere appreciation for your support if you see that then you might use like um like for example we really appreciate the opportunity to work with you so something like that where you kind of return the same expression might be better than just using a casual expression like these for conversations so you can kind of feel that um as you maybe level up your ways to say thank you but in general these are some pretty good responses for you to start with okay so i'm gonna end there i hope that that was helpful for you if you have any questions or comments or have some different ways to say thank you there are many or some different responses there are many please let us know in the comment section of this video of course if you liked the video don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe to our channel if you have not already and check us out at englishclass101.com for some other things that can help you with your english studies thanks very much for watching this lesson and i will see you again soon bye bye hi everybody my name is alicia in this lesson i'm going to talk about phrasal verbs that use go so remember a phrasal verb is a verb plus a preposition and then sometimes something extra so today i'm going to introduce a few common phrasal verbs with go that maybe you haven't heard of there are quite a lot with this verb so i want to introduce some that hopefully you can use right away let's get started okay the first phrasal verb i want to talk about is go ahead go ahead this means permission or encouragement to do something before others so i've noticed on this channel for example many viewers like to use go ahead but they mean please continue go ahead does not have the meaning of please continue something it means feel free to do something before me so an example of using go-ahead might be go ahead and eat for example i'm going to be home late today go ahead and eat dinner so go ahead means before me so go ahead and do something we'll follow go ahead oftentimes with and go ahead of me and do something some verb will follow this so in this case go ahead and eat is a very common way that we use this one okay let's move along to the next phrasal verb which is go along with to go along with something means to temporarily temporarily means for a short time only to temporarily believe something that may be false so here i put maybe false this could be a story it could be a plan it could be like just the way that someone is behaving but this means to temporarily believe so yes temporarily can be a very short time but this could be over weeks months or years so it's something that perhaps has an end point at some point in time that doesn't have to be very soon but you temporarily believe or you pretend to believe something here's an example i don't want to go along with this plan i don't want to go along with this plan so here there's a noun phrase i don't want to go along with this plan means i don't want to pretend this plan is okay so kind of the feeling here of to go along with something is that you're believing it and you're like pretending that you're uh agreeing with that thing or you're participating in that thing so to go along with something it can have a negative meaning uh it can also have kind of like a positive feeling like for example a surprise birthday party like um we need her to go along with the idea that she's not meeting her friends today for example like we need her to temporarily believe she's not meeting her friends but it can have a negative feeling like here i don't want to go along with this plan maybe the plan is bad or the plan is kind of evil somehow so to go along with something is to believe something or to like continue doing something to pretend uh to agree with something that may not be true okay so let's continue on to the next phrasal verb the next phrasal verb is to go around to go around this has two meanings actually the first is to be enough for a group to be enough for a group the second one is one that you probably or maybe already know which is to move past something by moving around it so there's some obstacle that you face and you move around that obstacle so that one is probably a little easier to understand moving around physically an obstacle in order to pass the obstacle however the one i want to focus on for this lesson is this one to be enough for a group to go around so in an example sentence do we have drinks to go around so here do we have drinks to go around as a question means do we have enough drinks for all the people in our group so go around is a shorter way to say that so you can imagine if you have a group of people in a circle you can like give each person one of something so that means to go around there's enough of something to go around you will sometimes hear people include enough in a phrase like this do we have enough drinks to go around so this refers to having enough of something for everyone in a group okay let's move along to the next expression the next phrasal verb is go away go away this is probably one that many of you know to go away is often used as a command without the to just go away command form so it means to move away from the current location like to move away from the white board for example or to move away from the camera so you're moving away from something so you're not getting closer it's the opposite direction but like i said we often use it as commands so to tell someone to go away to tell a pet to go away another example i wish these bugs would go away i wish these bugs would go away so in other words go away from me go away from me from the speaker so when we say go away it's and it doesn't have this kind of um like reference point it tends to mean like from the speaker's location so i wish these bugs would go away from me okay let's move along to the next phrasal verb the next one is go back or go back to so you'll see these both used so to go back to something let's use that to go back to something means to return to a previous location or you can use it for a phase like a step in a project or you can use it for a person to go back to a person to go back to a certain phase of your project to go back to a place so we use this when we've made progress in some way or we've changed our life in some way and we return to something that we did earlier or we returned to a person that we associated with earlier when we use this expression to talk about people it's often because we're talking about a romantic relationship like for example he went back to his ex-girlfriend or she went back to her former boss for example so there's something that like we knew in the past we knew was true about the person in the past and they returned to that point so we can use go back to to refer to that more commonly perhaps though is when we just want to return to something we saw earlier for example go back to slide two please so if you're giving a presentation you could say go back to slide two please return to slide two so everyone saw slide two i the speaker the presenter want to return to that slide for some reason so go back to something is to return to something okay let's move along to another one that's very similar so we talked about go back or go back to now let's look at go back on so to go back on something is to choose not to do something as promised so we tend to use this expression with promises or agreements of some kind so to go back on a promise means you make the promise and then your actions do not align with the promise so in an example sentence the president went back on his promises so to go back on his promises this means the president made a promise and the president's actions did not match that promise so for example the president of the company said he would give all employees their birthday off and then they the president decided not to do that in the end so he made a choice he or she made a choice not to make that birthday policy happen so that would be an example of the president going back on his promise so choosing not to do a thing that you promised to do in some cases people will do the opposite of what they promised to do we can use that as well so to go back on and to go back two are quite different um keep in mind to go back on always sounds quite negative to go back to doesn't necessarily sound negative it can depending on um what is being returned to like if you're if a person is going back to a negative relationship for example it could feel negative but to go back on does have that negative feeling of like betrayal okay so let's continue on to the next phrasal verb which is go for to go for something to go for something means to try to obtain something or someone to try to get something or to try to get someone so when i say to get someone here this can mean like to get someone as like a boyfriend or a girlfriend or it can mean to try to get someone to participate in something so you want someone to join like a party or a conference or something similar you can use this expression in that case so let's look at an example she's going for the gold medal so very common in the olympics in sporting events in general she's going for here i have the progressive tents she's going for that means she's trying to get the gold medal she's going for the gold is also a way that we say this so in this case it's an object if you want to use it to talk about a person you could say like oh i tried to go for that girl or that guy across the room but he or she wasn't interested for example so you're trying to get or you're trying to attract a person okay let's move along to the next one which is go in on to go in on something careful go back on and go in on or quite different go in on something to go in on something means to become one of a group of people investing in something so investing in many cases this means investing money in something in probably most cases with this expression so you and some other people have decided you all want the same thing and you invest your resources in that thing an example i went in on a shared office so here we have past tense i went in on a shared office so shared office is the thing that each person wants in this group we don't know how many people but we use i went in on this shows us that there are other people who want the same thing that we don't have to mention the other people i went in i went in on a shared office so i invested money perhaps time effort resources in order to get this shared office with other people so to go in on something it does have kind of a cooperative feeling about it it's neither positive nor negative really okay on to the next one the next one is go off to go off so to go off when you're talking about people to go off means to lose your temper means like to shout or to yell angrily to go off you'll also hear um when something goes off it could be like an alarm like the alarm went off this morning so it has kind of the same feel though like when a person goes off they lose their temper they shout they scream when an alarm goes off it makes a lot of noise so you can imagine it's sort of like an object losing its temper or an object making a lot of noise as well so we can use this for a few objects but we use it a lot for people's tempers as well their emotions example a guy went off at a cop so here you'll see yes i've used it in the past tense a guy went off at a cop we can use at after this to show the recipient of the anger so in this case a cop so cop is slang for a police officer so a guy went off lost his temper at a police officer i've used at here you will also hear on like my mom went off on me is another common one or my mom went off at me you might hear both of those i think i probably use on more often but you may hear at as well so to go off on someone means to lose your temper with someone okay on to the next one the next one is to go out to go out so to go out means just to leave your home to leave your home so this can be used i feel positively to refer to doing activities outside of your house it's like you're going to do something fun for example why don't we go out tonight why don't we go out tonight so this is one that you can use when you're thinking about like planning activities so let's go out or we went out to a movie last night for example so to go out sounds like you're out and about doing things okay let's move on to the next one then the next one is the expression go together to go together so yes this does mean to physically go to another location with someone like let's go together let's go to the movies together um but this also has the meaning of suiting like to suit or to combine well to suit or to combine well so we use this a lot for clothing actually so a really common example sentence with clothing do these shoes and this shirt go together so the speaker here is asking about two things a pair of shoes these shoes the plural and this shirt so the speaker is asking do these two sort of parts to my look go together so one point to be careful about go together does not mean match so to match means two things are exactly the same 100 the same to go together means they combine well they combine nicely they look good together so you'll often hear people actually drop this together people will sometimes say like do these shoes and this shirt go do they go instead of go together so when we say go in this way it means do they suit each other like do they combine nicely so we use this a lot for talking about our clothes and for our appearance so keep an eye out for this one it's quite common okay let's move on to the next one to go with something or to go with someone to go with or to go i'm sorry to go with something to go with someone means to choose to choose we use this a lot in restaurants uh and kind of in any situation where we're making plans like for example i'm gonna go with the steak i'm gonna go with the steak so here i have go with followed by the object the speaker chooses i'm gonna go with the steak so i chose the steak or i choose the steak if you're using this to talk about a person you might be planning something like you're planning a team like i'm going to go with person a for this role in my company or this role at the event i'm going to go with person b for this role so when you're choosing people or maybe you're choosing teams for something you could use go with it sounds kind of like a casual way of choosing someone instead of choose like i choose this person i choose that person using go with sounds a little bit lighter a little less formal okay so let's continue to the last one in this list which is go without to go without so to go without something means to do something without typical items are typical people so there's some like common task some kind of well-known task or well-known activity but you have to do that thing without something that you usually use so an example i had to go without rain gear for my hike so imagine it's a rainy day and the speaker had to go on this hike but without his or her rain gear with no rain gear without using this thing that he or she usually uses so to go without something this does have a negative nuance that this thing that i need or this thing that i prefer to have that it's common to have i did not have that for a task or an activity that i was doing so to go without something in another example like maybe i could say i had to go without a microphone for this lesson like it would maybe make it less of a good experience the experience would not be as good or it would be difficult to do things so to go without something does tend to sound a little bit more negative okay so this is a lot of information i know but this is just a quick introduction to some phrasal verbs that use the word go if you have any other questions or if you want to know some more about other phrasal verbs that use go i would highly recommend checking a dictionary there are a lot of words a lot of expressions that use go so please take a look at a dictionary for some more information and some more example sentences as well of course if you have questions or comments or if you want to practice making an example sentence please feel free to do so in the comment section of this video of course if you like this lesson don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe to our channel if you have not already and check us out at englishclass101.com for some other things that can help you with your english studies thanks very much for watching this lesson and i will see you again soon bye-bye hi everybody my name is alicia in this lesson i'm going to talk about all every and each i'm going to share some differences in how we use these words and a lot of example sentences so let's get started okay i want to begin this lesson by talking about all all is a word we use to mean 100 percent of something we can use all with the plural form of a noun so let's look at some example sentences with all the first one all students must purchase the textbook all students so here i've used students the plural form of student all students must purchase the textbook this might be on like the class outline for like a course of some kind at a school all students must purchase the textbook in other words 100 percent of students must purchase the textbook in this case students means students in this course or students taking this course all students in the course must purchase the textbook let's look at the next example all the gorillas escaped the zoo so this is a strange example sentence but here you might notice yes i've used the plural form all the gorillas yes again uh s form or rather uh plural form here all the gorillas escape the zoo so lots of students ask why the here know the here we use the as you'll see in these other example sentences when we want to refer to something specific to the situation that we know about from like prior to this sentence so before this sentence we had some information so here of course it's an example sentence so we don't have information but this is something you might see in the news so as a reporter or someone is sharing information about a story they give a small detail like gorillas in this case and then when we want to talk about those same gorillas later in the conversation we would use the all the gorillas so those gorillas we talked about earlier in the conversation so that's why you'll see the use sometimes and not used in other times like here like i could say all the students in the class must purchase the textbook that's okay we just need to make sure we use the when the person reading or listening understands like which noun you're talking about so this is an example of how it might be used so all meaning 100 100 of the gorillas in this situation escaped the zoo let's move on to the next sentence which also uses the we weren't able to recover all of the files we weren't able to recover all of the files so here all connects with files again the plural form files so again all of the files or we weren't able to recover all the files it's also okay you can drop this of if you like but you may hear it so again we're using the files so in this situation the we here they're trying to recover like regain or find something that's lost or damaged so what are they looking for these files in particular so there's some understanding between the speaker and listener here and the speaker in this case we they want to indicate these files specifically we weren't able to recover all of the files so the files we were talking about in a previous conversation for example okay finally all 15 of the students graduated all 15 of the students graduated so again i'm using students here in this case i have the so all 15 students graduated is also okay it's just a small nuance in conversation if you're talking maybe in a news story about 15 students who made a special project together or something maybe interesting happened to these students or maybe they had a terrible experience but you want to report those same 15 students graduated all 15 of the students graduated you would use the to talk about those same students you introduced earlier in your conversation so saying something like all 15 students graduated is also okay but we use the to really emphasize those students we referred to earlier so we use all to refer to 100 of something and we use it with the plural form of a noun as we've shown here okay so with this in mind let's continue to every every then every is used to talk about all parts in a group so yes it means all of something but we want to talk about all in terms of the parts of that thing so i'll show some examples of this in just a moment we use every with the singular form of a noun we used all with the plural form we're going to use every with the singular form of a noun every also has this use we can use it before a time period to express frequency so for example every day every month every year every summer that expresses frequency so 100 percent of days 100 of summers you can imagine it has that meaning we cannot use all in this way finally we can use every with single for emphasis every single something like every single and we'll see some examples of this a couple of points i want to mention here uh first let's look at this one regarding this time period point make sure when you're writing that you use a space after every so when you write every day for example i've noticed this is a point for many learners when you write every day make sure to write every space day why because every day is an adjective so without without a space here every day every day is an adjective so that means regular or common or something that's typical so for example what are your everyday activities or this is an everyday task meaning a regular or common task so please be careful every day and every day have different functions so please keep this in mind okay with that said let's take a look at some examples first one every single person in our class failed the test every single person in our class failed the test here i have single in parentheses so this is just sort of like an optional emphasis expression every single person here i have the singular i talked about how we have to use the singular person here every single person in our class failed the test that means we want to emphasize the individual people in the class so yes this means 100 percent of people but when i really want to emphasize the individuals there as parts of this whole i use every and this adds to that emphasis every single okay let's move on to the next one here every team member has his or her own specialty so again i'm using the singular form every team member every team member so here we have a team so we know that it's a group of people and we want to talk about the individuals in that group as parts of the whole so every team member has his or her own specialty i use every to talk about that i could use single here if i wanted to every single team member and that would make it sound even stronger but we use this to emphasize again parts in a whole okay the next example sentence is we go jogging together every weekend we go jogging together every weekend so this every is this time period one this frequency one that i talked about we go jogging together every weekend so every comes before my time period this means 100 of weekends we go jogging together we go jogging together every weekend we could change this to every summer or every tuesday or every day for example but again make sure to keep a space between every and the following word especially when you're using day okay finally i listen to music every single day so again i'm using this as a frequency expression i listen to music every day i can use single here as well so i'm emphasizing every day in this case i really want to make it clear like i love music so i listen to it every single day like without fail so we can combine this frequency expression every something with a single to emphasize okay great so this is an introduction to every let's move on now to each so each is used again similar to every when we want to talk about the individual units in something so the slight difference in feeling here is that when we're using every we're talking about parts in a hole so like every team member for example or every student in the class there's some whole like some larger group we can imagine with each yes there maybe is like a larger group but we really want to focus on individuals we really want the emphasis to be on the individual unit of something second point we use each when there are only two of something so i'll show you some examples of when this can be important but if there are only two of the thing you're talking about use each to describe that not every okay finally we can use this with the plural and the singular forms of nouns so both are okay and there are a few different patterns that we can take finally you might see this expression each and every each and every is a set phrase we cannot use every end each we don't use that please use each and every we use this before a noun or again we could use this before like day or weekend to emphasize so this is another emphasizing phrase each and every okay let's look at some examples of using each first each of the computers crashed each of the computers crashed so this could mean two computers and both of them crash that could mean it or it could mean like each computer in like a computer lab crashed we could use it in that way so sentences like these maybe don't always give all the information we need to know a little bit about this situation but this is an example of how we could use each with a plural noun each of the computers crashed we cannot say each computers crashed we could say each computer crashed but we cannot say each computer is crashed each of the computers is okay okay next one each one of the companies donated to charity each one of the companies donated to charity that means in some situation like an event for example and all of the companies that attended the event so each one of those companies we want to emphasize the individual companies there so each one of the companies donated to charity so again i'm using the plural form so i could say each company donated to charity as well that's okay all right let's move on to some more examples with the singular form so each person helped clean the parch each person helped clean the park so maybe it's a volunteer organization and many people come and you can say each person helped clean the park so again emphasizing the individuals there finally marathon participants will each receive a t-shirt marathon participants will each receive a t-shirt so that means if you participate in the marathon you will receive a t-shirt and that's true for 100 of marathon participants so we could use maybe all to talk about this or maybe even every to talk about these situations we would just need to make some changes like for example all marathon participants will receive a t-shirt is okay as well or what's another good example like all of the companies donated to charity that's okay too so the difference in those cases is just that each gives more emphasis to an individual all is more about like a large number of something so to finish this lesson i want to look at a few example sentences and point out why they're natural or unnatural so i hope that this helps you first actually you'll notice these are very similar first one this sentence is okay she wears earrings on each ear she wears earrings on each ear so i've used each in this sentence and it sounds natural because there are only two in most situations i think people probably have just two ears so each means one two both of them she wears earrings on each ear sounds very natural the next example sentence is not natural though she wears earrings on every ear this sounds strange because every is used to refer to part of a group so we use two for each and we only have two ears for most of us so every refers to something with like more than two in this case it sounds really strange because we don't expect someone to have more than two ears so every sounds bizarre i don't recommend it same thing with the next one she wears earrings on all ears so again all refers to a large number of something so all ears does not sound natural because we have just two ears so in cases like these like maybe you're talking about body parts for example it's going to sound much more natural to use each when you're talking about something you have only two of however let's go on to these next three sentences which all sound natural she wears a ring on every finger she wears a ring on every finger this sentence sounds fine because for most people we have 10 fingers it's a large number and so we want to say in this case she wears a ring so one ring on every finger so we're emphasizing these individual parts of the hole of all of our fingers this group that is our fingers the next one is also natural she wears rings on all her fingers you might hear some people drop her she wears rings on all fingers so that means we're emphasizing like the total here so we're not talking so much about the individual fingers but just all she wears rings on all her fingers finally she wears a ring on each finger is also okay to use so she wears a ring on each finger if you really want to emphasize one by one these individual fingers so this one has the strongest feeling of like individuality one by one every would be next she wears a ring on every finger and then when you want to emphasize like a group feeling she wears rings on all her fingers so just keep in mind sentences like these are definitely not natural and i don't recommend you use them because it's going to sound really strange so try to focus on sentences like these i hope that this helps you okay but if you have any questions or comments please feel free to let us know in the comment section of this video of course if you like the lesson don't forget to give it a thumbs up subscribe to our channel if you have not already and check us out at englishclass101.com for some other things that can help you with your english studies thanks very much for watching this lesson and i will see you again soon bye bye hi everybody welcome back to know your verbs my name is alicia and in this lesson we're going to talk about the verb lie let's get started the basic definition of the verb lie is to be in or to move to a horizontal position examples i'm going to lie on the sofa and read a book we lay in the grass enjoying the sun now let's look at the conjugations of this verb present lie lies past lay past participle lane progressive lying now let's talk about some additional meanings for this verb the first additional meaning is to have a certain place or position examples the town lies at the base of the mountains here lies the famous poet so in these example sentences lie refers to the position of something in the first example sentence the town lies at the base of the mountains it means the town is located at the base of the mountains the town's position is at the base of the mountains in the second example sentence here lies the famous poet it means here is the famous poet this is the location of the famous poet however this is sort of a special expression here lies person is used for the body of a person a person who has died a person who has passed away when we want to describe the location where their body is we say here lies so and so here lies the famous poet here lies my former pet for example so you can use it for pets i supposed to but here lies before the person let's go to the second additional meaning for this verb the second additional meaning is to purposefully give false information examples don't lie to me the company found out she lied on her resume so this use of lie refers to someone purposefully meaning they plan to share information that is not true it's false or there's something that's not correct about it so they're doing it on purpose it's not just a simple mistake it's a plan so a lie is typically regarded as a bad thing though there are some situations where we might lie to i don't know help a situation that's beside the point uh but in the first example sentence don't lie to me it means don't tell me false information don't say things to me that are not true in the second example sentence lie is used to refer to lying on a resume a resume is a document you give to a potential employer it lists your work experience and your education history whatever is relevant related to that job to lie on your resume means to submit false information on your resume information that is not true so this is a big problem this is not a good thing to do so lying is considered bad so we use the verb lie to refer to that action to give false information the third additional meaning is to belong to to belong to let's look at some examples responsibility for the success of this project lies with you the secret to this dish lies in the sauce so this might be a little bit tough to understand but let's look at the examples carefully so this meaning of lie to belong to can be attached to like to people to talk about their responsibilities or their obligations it can also be attached to objects as we see in the second example sentence to talk about some kind of characteristic or feature of those things in the first example sentence we see the responsibility for the success of the project lies with you in other words the responsibility belongs to you you have the responsibility of making this project successful in the second example sentence we see some special characteristic described so it's about the sauce there so like the secret to the dishes deliciousness perhaps is uh in the sauce so it belongs to the sauce so there's something special about the sauce that makes the dish delicious in other words the secret to the dish lies in the sauce belongs to the sauce there's something in the sauce that makes it special so you can think of this use of lie as meaning belong to to describe responsibility or a special feature something like that there's a special something that consists within that thing let's go to some variations now some variations with the verb lie the first one is to lie low to lie low this means to be quiet or to refrain from activities usually because you want to hide for some reason some examples i'm going to lie low until all this drama is over let's lie low and see what our competitors do so the image here of lie low like if you can remember back to the basic definition of the verb to lie which means to be in or to move to a horizontal position like you lie in bed if you lie low it sounds like you're maybe at that horizontal position but at a low level like you're hiding kind of so we use this as an expression to mean like we want to be out of sight like we don't want to be seen so maybe we did something embarrassing or disgraceful or maybe there's trouble out there like at work or in society or something that we don't want to be involved in something we don't want to be connected in for a while so we can say i'm going to lie low the idea with this is that it's temporary we're not going to lie low forever usually we lie low for a short period of time and then we come back to our regular way of living life and doing things the second variation is to lie around to lie around this can refer to two things one that an object is in a place it's not usually in or two to refer to a person doing nothing absolutely nothing they lie on the bed or they lie on the sofa and do nothing examples my phone is lying around here somewhere i just want to lie around all weekend so in the first example sentence we see it refers to a phone in a place where it's not supposed to be so maybe my phone has a specific spot in my house i always put my phone here but now it's not there i'm looking for it so i can say my phone is lying around here somewhere i don't know where in the second example sentence it's about a person doing nothing like i just want to lie around all weekend that means i want to do nothing i want to relax all weekend maybe lying in bed or lying on my sofa lying on the beach perhaps so this means doing nothing relaxing okay so those are a few new ways i hope to use the verb lie there are lots of different ways to use this verb so if you have any questions or comments or if you want to try to make some example sentences please feel free to do so in the comment section of this video of course don't forget to give us a thumbs up subscribe to our channel and check us out at englishclass101.com for other good english study resources thanks very much for watching this episode of know your verbs and we'll see you again soon bye-bye no lies we're told in the making of this episode to my knowledge hi everybody welcome back to know your verbs my name is alicia and in this lesson we're going to talk about the verb match let's get started the basic definition of the verb match is to combine well with something else examples the new product lineup matches our customers needs his shirt matched his pants nicely now let's look at the conjugations for this verb present match matches past matched past participle matched progressive matching now let's talk about some additional meanings for this verb first one to be equal to another thing or person some examples our products match our competitors quality at a lower price she matched her boss drink for drink so in the first example sentence the speaker's product and the competitor's product have the same level of quality they match in terms of quality however the price of the speaker's product is cheaper it's at a lower price so that's the point of the speaker statement same quality but our product is cheaper maybe a common sales tactic in the second example sentence we see she matched her boss drink for drink it means for each drink her boss took she also had a drink so matching drinks is like doing the same thing as someone else drinking the same amount as someone else so she matched her boss she matched her boss so she was uh equal she was at an equal level to her boss in this respect okay let's go on to the second additional meaning the second additional meaning is to give the same amount of money that has been collected or offered examples we'll match donations one dollar for one dollar the store offered to match competitor prices so this is a specific use of the word match that's related to money so if like a charity organization is trying to raise money for something often times other organizations or individuals will agree to match certain amounts or match the amount of money raised we see that in the first example sentence so we'll match one dollar for one dollar means for each dollar that is donated this whoever speaking this organization or this person will donate one dollar also so if 100 um is like the total amount that's raised then the speakers organization or the speaker themselves will also give 100 so this amount and this amount will be the same that's called matching donations in the second example sentence then about matching competitor prices this means that if a competitor has a lower price for a product this shop will offer the same price so that means that the shop is changing its price to match the competitors price so they're trying to match the amount offered by the competitor there so matching prices in this way means that they will change prices to offer the best price possible for the customer so the next additional meaning is to be the same as something else to be the same as something else examples her outfit matched one worn by a model in a magazine your hairstyle matches my dogs so this means not to be similar or not to combine well but to be the same as something else exactly the same as something else so in the first example sentence her outfit matched one worn by a model in the magazine it means her outfit is the same as the one that's in this magazine so maybe she was inspired by this outfit in the magazine so she matches they are wearing the same thing the second one is kind of a joke sentence your hairstyle matches my dog's hairstyle so i've dropped hairstyle from that sentence your hairstyle matches my dogs it means your hairstyle and my dog's hairstyle are the same so it's probably a joke i can't think of many situations where this would be a compliment but just an example sentence so this means that these two things are the same they are the same you match you match so this is common if you happen to wear like the same clothes as someone else if just accidentally though like you didn't plan it you arrive to something and you're wearing the same thing as someone else we can say oh my gosh you match you guys match you're wearing the same thing okay let's move on to some variations for this verb the first variation i have two included for this is to match up or to match somebody up this means to introduce somebody for dating to introduce two people for dating examples my friend tried to match me up with someone a co-worker matched up two acquaintances quite successfully so this match up refers to combining two people so we talked about the basic definition of this verb like two things that combine together well in this case when we say to match up or to match somebody up it refers to finding two people who are a nice fit they combine together well so you might hear this like to match you up with somebody i want to match you up with somebody so this means dating trying to set up a date the next variation is to match somebody against somebody else this means to put two people of equal ability levels in competition against one another so that means these two people have about the same level of ability it shouldn't be out of balance ideally it should be about the same level examples serena williams was matched against anna kournikova let's match the top japanese chef against the top french chef for the competition so these example sentences are intended to show situations where there's a pair of people that are evenly matched but maybe they have different abilities like different specialties so their abilities themselves are maybe at the same level but maybe they have some kind of different details in there somewhere so to match in this way to match one person against another person is for like competitive reasons for some contest or sport or something like that okay so those are a few new ways i hope that you can use the word match if you have questions comments or want to leave an example sentence please feel free to do so in the comment section of this video don't forget to give us a thumbs up subscribe to our channel and check us out at englishclass101.com for other study resources thanks very much for watching this episode of know your verbs and we'll see you again soon bye-bye hey everyone welcome to the monthly review the monthly show on language learning where you discover new learning strategies motivational tips study tools and resources by the way all the lessons and bonuses you're about to see can be downloaded for free on our website so click the link in the description right now to sign up for your free lifetime account okay today's topic is how to adjust your routine and learn language from home many of us are spending more and more time at home so how do you make the best of this time and learn your target language learning at home can be tough with all the distractions and in this episode you're going to discover the pros and cons of learning at home and how to successfully learn from home without getting distracted [Music] but first listen up here are this month's new lessons and resources first the love conversation cheat sheet do you know how to ask someone out in your target language with this new cheat sheet you'll master 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with language learning since it's something people do in their own time a lot of it is done at home anyway but that doesn't mean that all of this hasn't affected how people learn if you use the language learning app or listen to lessons during your commute but you don't commute anymore the pandemic has probably ruined your flow with many of us spending more time at home being able to learn from home efficiently is a good skill to have because while learning or working from home sounds good it's not exactly easy to do part one the pros and cons of learning at home first the pros there's convenience you can learn whatever you want you also have more time in the day since you're not commuting or walking from the train station into work it's also easier to practice speaking many people might find it hard to practice on the train or at a lunch break or in the office during work it might sound a little strange but at home you can dedicate more time to practicing speaking what's your favorite pro of learning at home leave us a comment now what about the cons distractions there are a lot more distractions at home there's the tv there's the couch and the food and family members coming in and out next there's no physical or mental separation between rest and work which is crucial for focus it's the same reason why people prefer going to the gym instead of working out from the comfort of their own home if you're in a place where there's only one goal like working out and you're surrounded by people working out you'll have no problem doing it but if you're in a place you associate with rest eating and watching tv you might have trouble focusing but if you're spending more time at home then you should at least make the best of it and learn your language at home part two how to successfully learn from home without getting distracted so here's how you do it first pick a dedicated place for learning and preferably not your bed just like an office is associated with working time and your bedroom is associated with rest you need a place associated with language learning it could be your desk in the corner of the room it could be your basement as long as it's far from distractions and places of rest second pick a time that way for example when it's 9 pm you know it's time to put in 10 minutes of language learning three time box your study sessions what's time boxing time boxing is simply setting a fixed amount of time for an activity for example you're going to dedicate the next 10 minutes to language and nothing else if you usually have trouble concentrating time boxing is a good way to set boundaries and get things done four start small just like with setting small measurable goals and realistic routines don't set aside two hours for study time instead try to time box 5 10 or 15 minutes and stick with that for a week or two you can always increase your time later once you get more comfortable with your routine five do multiple sessions in one day instead of trying to master a lesson in the lesson dialogue in one shot space out your learning throughout the day in the morning afternoon and at night so take an audio or video lesson and read along with the lesson notes in the morning you'll get acquainted with the conversation all the words and grammar rules don't rush to memorize it all you'll come back to it later in the day and do this for around 5 to 15 minutes during the day practice shadowing the dialogue practice recalling the words do this for around 10 minutes you can also write out the lesson dialogue practice using the grammar rules or drill the words with flashcards and at night come back and review for about 10 minutes you can re-listen to the lesson or just the dialogue track by doing multiple sessions in one day you'll be a lot more comfortable with the language simply because you spaced out your learning and came back to review and while it may feel repetitive it's the repetition that helps you master the language over the long term 6. use at home time to practice speaking more it would be hard to practice if you were commuting or out on a walk but if you're at home you can easily speak out loud without drawing attention or feeling embarrassed so to recap one pick a specific place for learning that's far from distractions like your bed two pick a specific time for studying three time box your study sessions four start small five do multiple sessions in one day and six use at home time to practice speaking more so thank you for watching this episode of monthly review next time we'll talk about the power of learning a language with someone else if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share the video with anyone who's trying to learn a language and subscribe to our channel we release new videos every week and if you're ready to finally learn language the fast fun and easy way and start speaking from your very first lesson get our complete learning program sign up for your free lifetime account right now click the link in the description see you next time bye if you wanted to learn a language even just 25 years ago you would have needed to go to a library take in-person classes and dig for the right resources before you could even begin regular practice sessions you had to find the tools you needed to learn now with just a quick google search you can find literally anything you need to learn a language online if you forget how to conjugate a verb you can refresh your memory right away on wikipedia if you want to watch a foreign language movie with subtitles you can search for one on youtube you can even have one-on-one lessons with native speakers of the language you're studying tons of platforms offer video and audio lessons these days the challenge is finding the resources that are right for you in this video we're going to take a look at how you can get the most out of our language learning resources number one aim for one podcast a day at the beginning of your studies it's easy to set a big target like two hours of language practice every day but for most of us that's not realistic after a long day of work or school it's difficult to commit to more hours studying language instead you can make your goal to do small things consistently this can help you move forward sometimes almost without you noticing it try to listen to one podcast every day they're only 10 to 15 minutes so everyone can make time for that you can review previous podcast lessons or listen to new lessons just make sure you get in one each day number two use the lesson review tools if you want to maximize your learning after you listen to a podcast make sure to use the lesson review tools reviewing what you've learned is an important part of learning anything the more you see or practice a specific word or phrase the better you'll remember it number three review the 2000 most common words in spaced repetition flashcards in each language there are some words that make up the majority of written and spoken conversation you can use this knowledge to focus your studies if you learn the 2000 most common words in the language you're studying you'll have a great foundation the vocabulary lists in our program are a great tool for this you'll get example phrases with the target words you can listen to the correct pronunciation and intonation of each word use these lists along with a spaced repetition program and create your own flash card deck this is a great thing to have on your phone you can study vocabulary on your commute when waiting for someone or while traveling number four make use of short periods of time [Music] how much time do you spend every week doing things like commuting shopping for groceries walking or cleaning probably more than a couple of hours right these are examples of time you can be using to build your language skills you can use it to listen to language podcasts and you can do this without specifically scheduling a time to practice if you have all the resources you need wherever you are you can use every opportunity you have to practice you can download all of our lessons to your phone each season of podcasts will be stored as an album so it's easy to put on your headphones and listen to a quick lesson whenever you've got the time number five have the right expectations it's easy to find all sorts of so-called quick language learning systems and secret tricks that promise fluency in just a couple months or even weeks while you might find some good tips now and then most of these claims are not based in reality make sure you don't measure your own progress against these impossible standards if you've been told you can completely master a new language in three months but by the end of your studies you've made just a little bit of progress it can be demotivating fluency in a language can take years to attain and getting the confidence to use that language can take more time set small goals for yourself when you're learning when you achieve them celebrate learning a new language is not a short-term journey but with our resources you can see improvements every day if you want to get more tips on learning language check out our complete language learning program sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description get tons of resources to have you speaking in your target language and if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share the video with anyone who's trying to learn a new language and subscribe to our channel we release new videos every week i'll see you next time bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free lifetime account just click the link in the description have you ever wondered if you could learn a language faster we asked our experienced learners for their best tips so you can steal these and use them for yourself in this video you'll discover five tactics for faster language learning number one try more challenging lessons to improve faster if you're wondering why should i try a harder lesson think about the gym studying is a bit like working out if you want to get bigger and stronger you need to exercise with heavier weights but you might think if i try a harder lesson i won't be able to understand everything remember that's normal when you can't understand 100 of a lesson it means there are things in the lesson for you to learn keep in mind that you should challenge yourself but not choose lessons that are impossible and make sure to use the tools you have to study the things you don't know with our learning program teachers break down the conversation in every lesson you also get the translations and explanations right there on the lesson page there are also lesson notes transcripts and dialogue study tools for you to use remember how you felt when you started studying and try to keep that beginner mindset when you realize you don't understand something don't run away from it instead use the tools you have to work to understand it this will help you learn faster number two put your learning on autopilot imagine you have a bunch of learning apps and textbooks maybe you have a bunch of study tools on your smartphone or a bunch of books piled on a table you want to read where do you even begin a lot of learners begin with a lot of enthusiasm so they buy a lot of resources but then get overwhelmed they're not sure where to start or what to do or how to continue let's think about a textbook it's easy to understand how to use a textbook you follow the pages begin with chapter 1 then go to chapter 2 chapter 3 and so on until you finish the book the road forward is clear you don't have to think about anything except moving forward with your studies so how do you apply this kind of autopilot approach if you're not using a textbook you can actually do this with our language learning program's tracking feature with our progress tracking dashboard once you've chosen your learning level we'll give you a recommended lesson pathway and feed you lessons one by one the dashboard will tell you which lessons to take from lesson one to lesson two to lesson three you'll be guided as you work on improving number three read lines from the lesson dialogue out loud slowly then re-read and increase your speed this tactic is powerful for two reasons it helps you become able to read faster and speak faster speaking smoothly is something many beginners say they struggle with so this kind of practice can be very beneficial for beginning learners with our language learning program for every lesson you get a conversation read the dialogue with the line-by-line dialogue read out loud slowly once then re-read a bit faster then again and keep increasing your speed until you can say the lines comfortably and sound like a native you can take it a step further and try to memorize the dialogue too try recalling it after your study session and say the lines out loud this kind of review will help you progress and help you remember number four review old lessons to master them completely review is essential for your learning if you come across a new word you won't remember it if you see it only once it takes repetition to remember something make sure to take time to review past lessons give your brain a chance to remember the things you studied previously for example if you try our listening comprehension lessons and you don't understand absolutely everything check the translations and try listening again use the study tools you have available to make the most of your review sessions number five download the dialogue tracks and listen to the conversations this is a super popular immersion tactic here's how it works when you're done with a lesson download the dialogue track you'll get the conversation in your target language then make a playlist of the dialogue tracks each track is about 10 to 30 seconds long you can even put the tracks and playlists on your device and listen to them throughout the day just as you would listen to music this helps make the language feel a bit more natural more like part of your everyday life instead of music you're immersing yourself in conversations this can be a great way to work on improving your listening skills this video covered five tips to help you learn a language faster for even more ways to learn faster check out our complete language learning program sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description get tons of resources to have you speaking in your target language and if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share the video with anyone who's trying to learn a new language and subscribe to our channel we release new videos every week i'll see you next time bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free lifetime account just click the link in the description all cultures have a form of music music is one of the most basic tools we can use to learn a language parents use music and songs to teach their young children simple words music can help us focus help us remember better and thus help us as we acquire a language music can aid our coordination and physical development too so how do we use music to support our language learning now as grown people in this video we'll look at four ways to use music to study a language imitating structures and rhythms is important when learning a language and the same is true for music when children play with other children they listen to songs move their bodies as they play games and try to imitate what they see and hear this practice of regular imitation aids children as they gain their language skills repeating song lyrics like those from nursery rhymes helps kids retain words and expressions children may not know the meanings of all the words in the songs they sing but they remember the songs the vocabulary and the rhythms children practice making sounds by mimicking the pronunciation of words this can be the first step to the child understanding the meaning and use of a word you might not realize it but you probably still remember many of the songs and rhymes you learned when you were a child we're able to remember expressions words and ideas effectively when they're put to music this is also the reason you can memorize the lyrics of songs you like rather easily patterns like those in many popular songs are repetitive we review the rhythms and the words each time we listen everybody's different so if you want to use music to support your language learning we're here to provide four different ways number one passive listening one way to study with music is through passive listening you can do this with songs you have in your target language on your computer a cd your favorite streaming site you can use this method as long as you have access to music in the language you want to study turn the music on and let it play in the background while you do something else like studying cooking dinner or cleaning the house do this regularly and let your mind get used to the idea of hearing your target language in your environment this kind of familiarity with the language will help you as you work towards fluency passive listening is one form of language immersion as you listen to the background music over and over and get more comfortable with it you'll start to notice key words intonation grammar patterns and so on with enough practice and with enough different music to listen to you might even start to recognize certain sounds and words when you hear them somewhere else number two memorization you can use music to help build your vocabulary and memorize words effectively this method focuses on studying lyrics and songs to improve your ability to recall the words look up the lyrics to a song you're listening to and review them line by line you can read the lyrics as you listen to the song or try to remember the next line in the song before it is sung memorization practice like this enhances your listening skills and boosts your reading skills number three sing along our first tip in this lesson was to listen passively this tip however is to listen actively by singing along to your music look up the lyrics of a song you like play the song and try to sing along you may also be able to find videos on youtube of popular songs with the lyrics included if it's difficult at first don't worry remember regular review and practice is essential just as we usually need to hear a song in our native language a few times before we remember the words you can expect to need to listen several times over a few days before you feel comfortable with all the words through practicing this way you'll learn grammar spelling and pronunciation you'll also get to enjoy a song you like moreover this type of exercise will help you work on your reading and listening skills a good way to check your progress is by trying to sing the song by yourself you can sing with no music or you can try looking for a karaoke version of the song you like if you can sing all the words great if not you can go back to the lyrics and study a bit more until you master the track number four transcription to do this exercise listen to the song as it plays write down or transcribe the lyrics you can start and stop the song at the end of each line to slow things down a bit if you begin your studies with this method you might catch only a few words but don't get frustrated play the song and write down everything you can hear then play the song again and write down the words that you missed the first time you listened with practice like this your listening skills will improve and so will your spelling these are just a few ways that you can use music to study another language be patient and don't forget to enjoy the music you're listening to as you study if you want to start simple try listening to children's songs in your target language the song lyrics tend to be repeated a lot and this can help you identify key words quickly learning a language through music is fun it can help you focus your attention and improve your memory this can be a great part of your self-study plan if you want to get more tips on learning language check out our complete language learning program sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description get tons of resources to have you speaking in your target language and if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share the video with anyone who's trying to learn a new language and subscribe to our channel we release new videos every week i'll see you next time bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free lifetime account just click the link in the description when learning a new language everyone should have an ultimate goal to work towards whether you want to be able to connect with a relative easily order food while traveling or go somewhere new having an end goal for your learning can be very motivating a popular but challenging goal is being able to speak like a native speaker it's difficult to measure exactly when you reach this goal and it's not something you can pick up using textbooks alone so how do you work on making your speech more natural that's what we're going to look at today here are three tips to help you practice talking like a native speaker number one focus on vocabulary if your goal is to speak like a native you might be really focused on speaking quickly or using as many complex grammar patterns as possible but in our native languages we're not always trying to speak as fast as possible and we use complex grammar patterns when necessary not to show off vocabulary however is extremely important to expressing ourselves naturally your choice of words can reveal a lot about you and your understanding of the language most learners have had the experience of using a phrasebook or a dictionary to find a word they want to use trying the word in conversation and getting a look of confusion from the native speaker in some cases although your word choice may be grammatically correct the word may be inappropriate for the situation or totally unnatural this is especially important in business and other formal situations where the right level of formality and professionalism is key being able to understand nuances and vocabulary words can also help you understand relationships between people just by listening to the conversation try to listen to many different types of conversations listen to how people talk to their friends their superiors and in customer service situations this will give you a better idea of how to talk to others naturally in some languages you can omit words from sentences or use more direct communication styles it's important to be aware of these things so you can apply them yourself colloquialisms and slang are also commonly used in most languages as this sort of vocabulary is always evolving it can be difficult to keep up with the latest words talk with native speakers and consume media in your target language to make sure you pick up these kinds of expressions media is a great resource for your learning ultimately knowing the appropriate vocabulary to use for each situation will really help you sound more knowledgeable number two perfect your accent with every language there are unique pronunciation and intonation challenges some languages are tonal languages and a change in pitch can completely change the meaning of a word then there's the fact that most countries have multiple dialects and so people from one area of the country may sound different from those in another so what is the best way to listen to a wide range of accents and different pronunciations video and audio resources are a great way to do this youtube is a perfect place to start because people from all kinds of different backgrounds upload videos to the platform you can watch educational videos daily life vlogs cooking shows a travel series whatever interests you pay attention to the different ways people speak everyone is unique and then practice speaking like them this kind of practice can help you sound more natural one note please be aware of the type of resources you're using for example if you find a video where a speaker uses a rare dialect it might not be a good idea to use that for your pronunciation practice unless you have a special reason for studying a specific accent as a general rule it's best to try to search for practice resources that use a standard form of the language you're studying number three copy what you hear do you remember how you learned to speak as a child we rarely learned new words just listening to them or reading after we learned how when we were little kids we imitated the sounds we heard by repeating the sounds out loud while you're talking to a friend watching videos or listening to audio in your target language you can do this to try and replicate the way they speak doing this will help you work on mastering the flow of the language your accent intonation and pronunciation of course you might also pick up some new vocabulary this way make sure to repeat new words often it's a great way to make sure you remember them try doing this using a number of different mediums and sources that way you'll be exposed to the diversity that the language offers and master the fundamentals of pronunciation for example you can watch and imitate several different youtube videos and audio cds but try a few different sources like different creators or different audio types to make sure you experience a wide range of communication in your target language if you're using our language learning program you can even get your own teacher with premium plus your teacher can answer questions give assignments and even listen to your recordings and give you advice on pronunciation completing these kinds of lessons with a native teacher can really boost your confidence in your speaking skills becoming able to speak like a native is a popular goal for many people learning a new language it feels great to be able to communicate smoothly especially when the people you're talking to expect basic level sentences or broken communication try using the tips we've shared in this video to work on improving your speaking skills of course it'll take time and persistence but the reward will be more natural communication and for even more tips on speaking check out our complete language learning program sign up for your free lifetime account by clicking on the link in the description get tons of resources to have you speaking in your target language and if you enjoyed these tips hit the like button share 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