Learn the English Phrases "All done!" and "Been there, done that!"

In this English lesson, I wanted to help

you learn the English phrase all done.

Now, you probably know this phrase.

It's a pretty common one.

It means that you've done a

job and the job is finished.

You are all done.

I love it when I finish something and

I can say that I'm all done.

I'll give you a better view of that later.

But I worked on this for a

long time, and now I'm all done.

I started the project, I worked on the project, and

now I'm at the point where it's completely done.

All done.

The other phrase I wanted to teach you

today is the phrase been there, done that.

So this is kind of a phrase we use in

a funny way or a sarcastic way when someone's describing

something they've done and we've already done it.

So if someone said to me, oh, I went to Toronto

and saw a Blue Jays game, if I was like, it's

kind of funny, but also a little bit mean, or it

can mean that you're not interested in what they're saying, I

could say, ah, been there, done that.

Basically, I'm saying, I don't really need to hear

about your experience because I've already gone to a

Blue Jays game and it was very, very exciting.

Been there, done that.

So kind of funny, but kind of rude at the same time.

So to review, when you do something and when

you finish it, you can say all done.

Or you can even use a complete

sentence and say, I'm all done.

And when you say been there, done that,

it's kind of a dismissive way to express

yourself when someone's talking about something they've done

that you've already done and experienced.

Been there, done that.

But hey, let's look at a comment from a previous video.

You're probably anxious to see the work

behind me, but this is from Ünsal. Hi, teacher Bob.

I can't wait to see the

results of your exhausting work.

Thank you so much for the amazing lessons.

Have a great day. Bye.

And my response?

I feel like I'm running out of time for my summer jobs.

Thanks, Ünsal, for that comment.

Yes, I feel like I'm running

out of time, but that's okay.

There's always more time in the fall.

So I don't know if you remember what this used

to look like, but now it looks like this.

I was able to take some time to remove

a whole bunch of dirt and stone with my

tractor and of course with a shovel as well.

My son and I spent a great deal of

time out here and then I laid what's called

interlocking block, or pavers, or simply patio stones.

Let me get in the shade here

so you can have a better look.

This was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed doing this.

Underneath, we put down coarse stone and then

finer stone that you can spread easily.

And then we chose a pattern that was

kind of the hard part, actually choosing a

pattern so that it looked really, really nice.

But as you can see now, I have room.

Oh, yes, we also put lots of new stone down over there.

I have room to park both my vehicles.

And Jen and I can sit out here in the

morning and have a cup of tea if we want.

Maybe I'll try to find a link to an older video

where you can see what this used to look like.

But I am very, very happy

because for a couple of reasons.

Number one, we wanted to do all this, or

have all this done professionally, but this was cheaper.

I did it myself.

Secondly, the interlocking block, the pavers

that we used were actually used.

My son got them from somewhere.

He paid very sorry, there's a

spot here that's not level.

I'm very particular.

He paid very little money for them, so they

weren't free, but they were very, very cheap.

And I'm also happy because after I was finished doing

that, one of the reasons we did it was because

water would go into our basement a little bit.

The day I finished it that evening, we got

three inches of rain and the basement didn't leak.

So I think I did everything properly.

Anyways, thanks for watching.

I hope you're having a good day and I'll

see you with another short English lesson soon. Bye.