Meaning of BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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So if I was to say that I had butterflies in my stomach it would mean that I'm nervous
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about something.
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It would mean that I am anxious about something.
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We often use this phrase to express when we are feeling nervous.
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I remember when I use to use Skype to practice my French.
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I would go on Skype and speak with a native French speaker and before I did I would have
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butterflies in my stomach because I was always nervous to speak a different language.
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I was nervous to speak a language that wasn't my native language.
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So I would have butterflies in my stomach.
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You might have the same thing when you know that you'll be having a conversation with
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a native English speaker.
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It's quite possible that you are nervous and it's quite possible that you have butterflies
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in your stomach before you have that conversation.
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So if you're still here you're watching Youtube.
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I'm not sure yet if I'm going to make the videos longer every day, but what I am going
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to do is give you three more example sentences.
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So, yesterday I had butterflies in my stomach.
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Today I have butterflies in my stomach.
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And tomorrow I will have butterflies in my stomach but I would probably say, "Tomorrow
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I might have butterflies in my stomach."
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Because I wouldn't really be sure if I was going have butterflies in my stomach tomorrow
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or not.
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