11 Easy-To-Remember Sayings For Fluent English Communication

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Drew Badger the founder of englishanyone.com and  the English fluency guide welcome to another live  

video here on YouTube uh often I will talk about  uh just interesting like techniques for people  

to use the language to learn the language more  easily faster uh with the general idea that you  

should be learning English as a first language  but in this video I just want to cover a whole  

bunch of phrases a whole bunch of Expressions  really uh and I wanted to do this for two reasons  

uh the first one is I I thought these would be  just like fun for you uh to learn the vocabulary  

especially if you can uh learn these things the  same way natives do because these are the same  

things I teach my kids uh and the second thing  is is it will also help you understand um not  

just learning the vocabulary but how natives  use the vocabulary so hopefully this is It's a  

combination of learning things and understanding  how to use them the same way natives do uh so  

let's get right into it we're going to cover  11 of these and this probably won't be that  

long of a video but as usual I will take some  time and answer any questions people have all  

right so nice to see everybody there uh if you  do have questions just post them in the chat I  

will keep my eye on that as I go through this  some of these phrases will have Rhymes in them  

like I just use like keep an eye on that in the  chat so it's a rhyme and it makes it a little bit  

easier for you to remember these phrases remember  these are the same things that natives are also  

teaching their kids and just remembering things  in general this is like everyday useful advice  

but for you it's useful advice and you get to  learn the vocabulary so hopefully you enjoy  

this all right uh let's get into it so the first  one uh really good rhyme very simple as well no

pain no

gain now you might have heard this before but you  can see how a very simple English expression can  

teach a lot or share a lot so no pain no gain  so there's there's the rhyme there very easy  

to remember no pain no game uh but basically  what we're talking about is in order to get  

something you need to have some kind of you got  to pay for it somehow so this is another way of  

saying no free lunch so there's no free lunch  um or anytime like if you're actually in like  

physical exercising if you want to uh get your  muscles bigger or or just become more I guess  

build up your your strength then you're going to  have to go through a little bit of pain to uh to  

get that thing so no pain no gain as I said these  are actually quite simple and they're really quite  

easy to remember uh as you'll see uh as we go  through the list but really these are some very  

simple things and once you understand it you can  also apply it to many different situations so I  

can talk about no pain no gain for my kids as  they're doing like studying or something like  

that so my uh older daughter Arya is now learning  uh Japanese characters and so she's learning to  

read and write in English and Japanese uh and as  she does that there will be times where she gets  

frustrated and I know the same thing from me and I  remind her hey no pain no gain no pain no gain so  

sometimes we have to do things we don't really  like so much in order to do this so it could  

be no pain no gain for studying or for learning  something or for uh work or for sports or really  

anything so we have to usually give up something  to get something all right I try to make English  

as painless as possible for people but typically  uh this holds true no pain no gain if I don't see  

any questions uh about particular vocabulary I  will just keep moving all right pretty simple no  

pain no gain uh also if you uh arrive late uh or  you just want to know what we'll be covering you  

can click on the links uh or actually on the uh  the vocabularies listed in the description down  

below this video all right what do we have for  number two for my list over here all right this  

is another really useful expression again I  thought these I had this kind of collection  

I had to spend a while looking for some good  things but this is one I've also taught my

children righty tidy Lefty Lucy righty tidy Lefty  Lucy now this this is a phrase that people use  

to remember which way to turn a screw so when  you're you're using like a screwdriver you're  

trying to turn something we want to turn so if  we're looking at the screw imagine like this is  

a screw and it's into the wall like this we want  to turn to the right turn to the right like that  

so turn to the right to make it tighter so to  push the screw in and then if we want to make  

it Loose we turn to the left so this is every  screw so righty TIY Lefty Lucy so if you want  

to make something tight you can turn it to the  right and if you want to unscrew that you turn  

it to the left very simple righty tighty lefty  locy now Lucy this is not actually a word you  

will get uh a like probably spell check on that  but again this is for the purposes of remembering  

this uh the regular word is just loose without  the Y there but this is you could I suppose you  

could also remember it is like right tight left  loose but it sounds sounds a little I don't know  

sounds Less Fun you know so especially for uh  teaching kids to you know if you're showing  

them how to do something righty TIY Lefty Loosey  righty tidy Lefty Loosey uh let's see MBO says  

can I use English to English dictionary to get  fluent in English uh well fluency requires a lot  

more than just knowing some vocabulary you also  have to be prepared to use it and also prepared  

to understand different natives when they say  various vocabulary or even if they say vocabulary  

that you know in unexpected ways so they might  pronounce it less clearly uh like let's say like  

the so here here's a perfect example from this  this is a Japanese example but it's the same  

idea so I can study like like look at look at  this middle character right here these two are  

are pretty easy to read but if this this middle  one here now I'm going to I'm going to draw the  

actual I'll write the character up here just so  you can see what it looks like uh but it's it's  

a lot different from from how it looks on the  on the page so if I'm going to draw it like

this so this is supposed to be this but you  really wouldn't yes exactly so but you wouldn't  

you wouldn't like know know what that is just to  look at the character and so when you when you  

have something like that it's the same thing in  English so you could have uh like you could know  

some English like you're you're hearing a uh some  English in a lesson and you understand the teacher  

very clearly but other people might not be so  clear so when I look at this bottle the first  

time I'm like oh I don't I don't understand what  what that character is supposed to be but after I  

learn oh like now I understand what that is so  again it's the same thing just looking up the  

de the definitions of things in dictionaries  it's useful and it will be helpful to learn  

vocabulary but it's different from from uh like  actual communication so it's part of the process  

but really the the number one thing you need to do  is make sure you understand the vocabulary like a  

native and you become more used to understanding  vocabulary as you learn it like a native and as  

you hear more natives using that vocabulary okay  so you need like those two things that's the core  

so that's why I'm trying to give you examples  here so we begin like righty TIY Lefty Loosey  

righty TIY Lefty Loosey that's an easy thing you  can understand visually and that's why children  

learn these same phrases I think even in like a  video my older daughter Arya learned this from  

a just a video for it's a song for little kids  uh let's see Danny says would you please explain  

mess up different uses well this just means uh  to confuse something or to take something like  

if I take this character right here and now I oh  no I just now I just messed it up so I've I've  

changed it in some way or I've made it worse  or I've taken it and destroyed it somehow so  

you you take typically something that's like  nice and clean and ordered and then you're oh  

no you just messed it up so you could see that  in many different situations I encourage you to  

look for uh more but again that's the same way we  want to look up uh regular vocabulary we want to  

get lots of different examples of that that help  you understand it so this video I don't want to  

cover even more vocabulary I want to stay focused  on the stuff we're talking about but a good thing  

for you to think about all right righty tidy Lefty  Lucy hopefully that makes sense and let me know if  

you have anything you still don't understand about  the specific vocabulary we're covering here also I  

think somebody just asked how often these are  typically these lessons are maybe once a week  

maybe uh it just depends on when I have time to do  them so next week will probably be I think Monday  

my time so it is now Friday morning uh in Japan  all right this is another one probably less common  

that you might not know but many native speakers  will know this and this is wh actually leaves of  

three whoops I can never I really can never write  and talk at the same time r e e leaves of three  

let it be now again this is a useful phrase for  just while you're out hiking you're travel in  

around out in nature and you see any kind of when  you see plants like this like leaves of three so  

if you see leaves of three let it be because it  might be poisonous so this is like for poison oak  

or poison ivy poison sumac that kind of thing so  anytime you see plants like this especially if you  

like to go hiking leaves of three let it be like  that Beetle song let it be so let it be is just  

leave it as it is don't touch it do anything with  it to let something be all right but let it be  

even by itself is a really great expression like  if your kids are asking you lots of questions I  

say hey it's let me be let me be let me focus on  what I'm doing right now let it be or let me be  

or let them be okay let it be let it be all right  let me go back check chat make sure everybody's  

still following us here uh mmud says I am an  Egyptian who is a beginner in English I cannot  

understand everything you say but I have a wish  to be a speaker like you one day and Zak let's see  

uh there's a rule to know how to pronounce some  words after some words like how can I pronounce  

he after the word and there's a reduction or  not thanks to solve them uh you should get

Frederick click on the link in the description  below this video uh get the app and it will  

teach you all about how to pronounce things and  it will it will teach you the rules without you  

consciously studying the rules you will just  automatically absorb them by playing with the  

app so if you'd like to pronounce things correctly  and it sounds like you do this is what's going to  

do it for you get the app it's awesome I spent a  lot of time building it to make sure people had  

the perfect resource for that so get the app all  right uh Olga says thank you so much for your help  

it's my pleasure big fan from Brazil you are the  best again you would say this is a big mistake I  

see people make thank you Thiago for that but you  would say say you remember your apostrophe now you  

can test whether apostrophe uh is correct or not  if you can remove the apostrophe and then you have  

like you are so the full words you are if you just  say your that's like mine like this is this is  

my marker my marker yes I'm sure you probably got  that correct but a lot of people still make these  

mistakes and embarrassingly natives make them a  lot as well uh I think people get worse over time  

like young people today they're just I feel like  an old man talking about like these these young  

kids you know so they can't use this properly they  often make simple mistakes like this all right  

hopefully this makes sense leaves of three let  it be let it be let it be all right moving along

here all right number four what do we have here  for number four all right this is an interesting  

one uh more useful for people in the United  States spring forward oops forward fall back  

spring forward fall back now this is for  in the United States and I I don't know  

if other countries use daylight savings time  or not but the United States does change the  

time in the spring and the fall uh so that way  we basically get more hours of daylight to do  

stuff uh so for daylight savings time this is  spring forward and fall back so these are both  

like interesting phrasal verbs as well but we're  playing on the uh the name of the Season here so  

when you spring forward you're actually moving  forward so we turn our clocks ahead one hour and  

we fall back we turn our clocks back an hour uh  in the fall so spring forward fall back so fall  

back can also mean we're we're moving back like if  I'm fighting someone but I'm retreating like this  

to fall back as well that's another use of that  or I can spring forward to jump ahead so spring  

forward and fall back spring forward and fall  back so this is useful for me when I'm speaking  

with people back in the United States because  Japan does not change their times during the  

year spring forward fall back all right pretty  easy pretty easy [Music] all right five let's  

see here all right here's another simple one  you may have heard this before but an apple a

day an apple a day keeps the doctor away you  will also hear dentist for this and this is  

a basic meaning of eat healthy but specifically  eating apples like trying to you know be healthy  

keep yourself healthy uh by eating an apple  and now we have again another useful phrasal  

verb to keep something away so you're trying to  push something away for yourself like there's  

a dog trying to trying to bite you and you  try to keep him away with the sticks you're  

trying to push him back so we want the doctor  to stay awake so that way we don't have to go  

see the doctor if we remain healthy so an  apple a day keeps the doctor away yes there  

are many of these phrases wakey wakey rise and  shine I wanted to do stuff that specifically  

had Rhymes in it because it makes this easier  to remember all right some of these actually  

do not have Rhymes but they're just very  useful an apple a day keeps the doctor or  

the dentist away an apple a day keeps the  doctor away all right pretty easy pretty

easy so whenever you learn uh like you hear  an interesting expression like that look at  

the pieces of that so see if that can help you  understand something like a phrasal verb that  

you did not understand before all right what are  we at now six this is a slightly trickier one but  

pretty actually uh easier to understand and again  I'm trying to talk and write at the same time A

Stitch in Time

a stitching time saves not here  I'll write the word out for

you typically when we're writing uh writing  letters or writing numbers excuse me we write  

the numbers out like 1 to n like this and  then once we get to 10 we start using number  

like numerals like this so we would write  out one two like that until we get to 10

but some people will also use numerals just to  make it easier and more obvious for people to  

read all right the a stitch in time saves  nine have you heard this before this is an  

interesting expression uh it's a little maybe  it's not I guess it's not really uh uncommon  

but some older people definitely know what  this means so a stitch in time so first of  

all to do something in time remember we've  got like let's just imagine a time period  

here so [Music] anytime within this time period  this would be in time so I'm doing something in  

time doing something in time and that just  means from the start point until something  

else happens all right so the idea here uh  is that let's say I've got uh like a pair of

pants maybe some shorts or something and I've got  uh like pockets on the back of them and there is  

stitching if we look very closely you can look at  like your even like here's my my shirt right here  

so you can see the the stitching on the inside  of this the stitching so the Stitch each time  

we stitch something this is where we take the  the needle here's a little needle with the uh  

the thread going through it and so we pass that  through to stitch something up to fix something  

like that to stitch something so a stitch in time  saves nine means that if we have maybe even a  

small problem like there's a small rip or a small  hole in something we should fix it now so a stitch  

in time so that means we should fix it if we have  a problem we should fix that thing now before it  

gets bigger okay so if we fix something now so a  stitch if we do the Stitch here or here or here or  

here or here before it really rips that's much  easier it's easier to do one stitch than to do  

nine stitches after after there's a big problem  okay so if I have my pocket here and I notice a  

little hole or something I should fix it now with  one Quick Stitch or I can wait and then maybe oh  

no the hole gets bigger and now I have like a the  pocket is I don't know it's kind of like hanging  

off of my butt or something a little bit like  that so if I fix it quickly then I don't need  

to deal with a bigger problem later okay so the  bigger problem will require more stitches over  

here so instead of one Stitch now I have to do  nine stitches it will take more time to solve  

the problem okay now you can see how this would  be applied in many different situations so we have  

a stitch in time saves 9 for here's a physical  example of it but we might also talk about this  

uh like in business if we have an issue with  something maybe we see oh no there's a there's  

like a problem with some some business situation  some like accounting it looks like a small problem  

right now but if we don't solve that then it  will become a bigger problem in the future so  

it's better to fix it now A stitch in time saves  nine and there would be uh many ways to express  

this same idea this is just one of them A stitch  in time saves nine and what's nice about all these  

uh phrases these Expressions these you could call  them Proverbs or sayings that I'm teaching you  

here you can just use them in a in a conversation  when something happens so if you're talking uh to  

to a person about like the business situation uh  and like they say oh maybe we shouldn't maybe we  

shouldn't do this now or maybe we still have time  to to do something or they say no it's not really  

a big problem I say well a stitch in time saves  nine and they would think ah okay like yeah maybe  

maybe we should try to fix that thing now all  right but it's great just to use it as an English  

learner using the phrase so a stitch in time saves  nine uh you can just use this anytime time you're  

giving advice about something encouraging people  to take action now rather than wait until there's  

a bigger problem okay pretty easy let me check  comments but nice to see we are rolling through  

over here all right ilder says what's going on  Drew just in time the new lesson must be very  

useful well you tell me hopefully it's useful for  you uh also if there are any specific topics that  

I have not covered or there's something you still  don't understand or you'd like me to cover let  

me know and that could very well become a a new  lesson uh Cornelio says very good nice to see you  

xdl what today is Chinese New Year oh yeah that's  right uh we have the uh the Lantern Festival here  

in Nagasaki so we actually have lots of uh really  big Chinese uh like Chinese lanterns and lots of  

big characters made out of paper lanterns so  many people come to see that uh let's see my  

says how these rhy are saying helps improving the  pronunciation communication please explain the  

process well think about it this way uh each  time you learn a new word or phrase you feel  

more confident about that particular thing and  so in a conversation if you don't feel convers  

uh you don't feel confident about something you  won't use it so what I'm doing here with with  

these things is I'm using a larger phrase or a  larger expression or saying to help you learn  

like individual pieces of the vocabulary uh it  could be phrasal verbs or new vocabulary but it  

becomes easier to remember as you're learning them  together all right so a stitch in time saves nine  

so you're learning a little bit of culture you're  learning a little bit of just uh good advice  

you're learning the vocabulary and you're hearing  how a native would pronounce these things so  

you're getting all of these things uh together in  one phrase and that's why I selected these things  

to teach you okay so as you Rev these things you  learn more expressions like this like oh that's a  

good phrase and it helped me understand some other  vocabulary as well like the vocabulary inside here  

but part of this is uh or I guess another big  part uh is understanding how Native speech works  

because a a learner might say something much  longer in this expression or in this situation  

when you really can say something very simple so a  learner might say we should solve this problem now  

before it gets bigger maybe they would say that  so we we should we should solve this problem or we  

should fix this thing before it becomes a bigger  problem so that's a much longer way of expressing  

this same idea so that's why we have because  this is a common thing a problem is small usually  

problems start small and then they get bigger  if you don't handle them okay so this is another  

reason really there are many good reasons why this  is helpful for uh developing fluency but remember  

that you develop fluency in individual words and  phrases as you understand them better okay that's  

why I'm just showing these as an example so if you  feel confident about this like oh look at that a  

stitch like now I know the word for that one like  one little mark on a piece of clothing so we have  

this piece of fabric connected to this piece of  fabric stitch stitch stitch stitch stitch those  

are all stitches it's the same thing when you go  like let's say I have a scar on my face I I cut  

my face I don't know I fell off of my bike and I  cut my face I need to get stitches same idea okay  

so if this is me over here I I have a big cut on  my face look at that and the blood dripping out  

I need to get some stitches to close that up okay  so as you're learning the vocabulary you feel more  

confident about many different things I'm helping  you develop a network in your mind that makes you  

feel very confident because you understand the  vocabulary very well okay and then you'll feel  

more confident about using it so you should be  thinking about this as you learn uh all kinds of  

things so whatever vocabulary you're learning you  want to learn it until you feel confident using it  

so get more examples or get uh like examples of  this expression whatever the vocabulary is from  

different people like different people saying  those things all right Diana says give him a  

thumbs up his job is incredible well thank  you very much Diana I appreciate that Nils  

back saving nine or saves nine well it saves  nine remember it saves that like to save you  

from doing something all right and again this  is you can see how like the native English is  

is compressed and we can remove many words from  the sentence but what we're basically saying is  

a stitch in time saves you from having to do nine  stitches okay so a stitch in time saves you from  

having to do nine stitches or having to make nine  stitches or having to stitch nine times all right  

so saves nine stitches so we're not saving like  in in nine something like we're talking about  

how many stitches so either you do one stitch  now like let's say I have a let's say I have a  

scar on my face or or not not a scar not just a  cut on my face like this so if it's a small cut  

then I should get one stitch on there and then  my skin will heal but if I don't put stitches  

in in it then maybe the heel uh the the the like  the cut will get bigger maybe I I catch my face  

on something and it just like rips my face or  something it's pretty awful but hopefully it's  

more memorable that way uh but anyway that that's  the idea here so either we fix it now with a small  

action or we wait and we have some bigger action  later when the problem is a bigger problem okay  

so that's the idea so a stitch in time so if we  do one stitch now then we don't have to do nine  

stitches later all right and there are many ways  of expressing this but this is one I wanted to do  

because it Rhymes all right so a stitch in time so  in time again the reason we're using in time here  

rather than on time is because there isn't like  a specific time we need to do something usually  

there's like a window area a span of time all  right so if like let's say I have if I'm just  

walking outside and I have this like I have like  a small hole in my pants maybe maybe I can walk  

for a long time and it's not a big problem so  there's there's a window a span an area an amount  

of time where there is no problem that's why we  say it's in like in this time so in within this  

time so I'm not trying to do it on time because  there I don't know when when the bigger problem  

might happen all right but when we say in time  we're talking about from now usually from now  

until something else like has a bigger issue okay  so let's say today right now I have a hole in my  

pants right here and maybe this whole week is fine  but maybe one day I'm walking and I walk next to a  

rose bush and there's a thorn so here's a little  rose bush with a thorn on it and I walk by this  

Thorn and this Thorn gets stuck in my uh in my  pants over here and it makes it oh no I get now  

I have like a a huge hole in my pants so we don't  know when that will happen that's why we can't say  

something is on time because we don't know when  it will happen but probably uh something bad will  

happen at some point that's the idea of this so  if you notice a problem so if I see there's a  

hole here I should fix it now rather than wait  until like that that time when it becomes a  

bigger problem all right so now like the hole  got really big because a thorn got in the hole  

and I was walking and ripped my pants okay lot  of a lot of writing on the board here everybody  

getting this though those are all good questions  but you see how fluency develops as you ask  

questions because you really want to understand  the V the vocabulary better so we say why do you  

say this and not that and once you understand  ah okay okay now I get it that's when you feel  

confident about speaking so you don't become a  confident speaker simply by repeating phrases  

you become a confident speaker by understanding  what you hear okay when you understand something  

really well you feel confident that you will use  it correctly all right that's the basic idea uh  

let's see uh hello from Russia and C says how many  ways to use pursuit in different context I don't  

know Google that and you can find that out but to  pursue means to to chase something you could be  

pursuing your career or police could be pursuing  a criminal there are many different ways you could  

use that but I don't want to just like list them  all here Olympia says excuse me but I love your  

okay okay like when I say the word okay is that  what you're talking about uh is stitched same as  

a so yes so when you're sewing something sewing is  like the act of putting stitches into something so  

I could sew something and each time I sew like  making this whole thing that's known as sewing  

but a stitch is one individual Loop through the  through the clothing all right so I go like there  

and back that's one stitch so connecting one  thing to something else that's a stitch same  

thing all right uh but let me know if this if  this makes sense though I'm glad you're asking  

questions though first task every every day is eat  the frog in the morning that's interesting I've  

never heard that before D says can you take a look  to look to the vocabulary to explain a graph can  

you take a look to the vocabulary explain what do  you what's your what's your question Diana you're  

asking if I can if I can do something or asking  about some English let me know what you mean by  

that Marcia says hello teacher I'm from Brazil  God bless you well God bless you too welcome to  

the party ilder says uh yesterday I watched a  video about walkie-talkie radio nowadays it's  

named ham radio and I live a live stream with 12  guys uh from different English speaking countries  

was awesome for listening training yeah again  that's another example of naturally varied review  

where you would hear lots of different people  speaking it's even better if you can hear them  

saying the same thing so your brain really can  process the difference between those sounds all  

right but yeah excellent uh I'm not I don't think  walkie-talkies are known now as ham radio I think  

it's actually two different things because  you still have there are walkie-talkies are  

still a thing where you're just communicating  with somebody else and I think ham radio is a  

is a different thing but correct me if I'm wrong  all right we're moving along here about halfway

done all right number let's see seven now this is  an interesting expression this is pretty funny uh  

that I heard years ago in California uh it might  be still used over there as well but again it  

doesn't matter if you're living in California  or not uh I thought this was an interesting  

expression I would share this with you here so  if it's brown flush it down if I'll put a little  

lines up here if it's yellow let it mellow okay  another set of Rhymes here now this is again from  

California where they have problems with water  shortages and so people trying to conserve water  

they want to keep water not waste the water  so this is talking about going to the toilet  

in California so I thought that would just I I  remember hearing this I said oh wow that's like an  

interesting phrase so if it's brown flush it down  and if it's yellow let it mellow so mellow is just  

like yeah just let it sit there relax like yeah  I'm I have a very mellow disposition so mellow  

you can just use this also just for talking about  people so if you if you do a poop in the toilet  

you should flush that down don't don't keep that  sitting in the toilet but uh if you just you know  

just just pee you know then uh we can leave let  that let that sit there for a while uh that way  

we can conserve water for when is like like a  big a big thing all right so I thought that was  

uh very interesting and when I heard it of course  I remembered it very quickly uh and I did my best  

to conserve water by flushing down the brown and  letting the Mellow or letting the yellow mellow  

all right incidentally just related to this uh  your your pee it shouldn't really be yellow if  

it's yellow you should probably be drinking more  water drink more water you don't want like yellow  

you know that's like drink more water get more  water in your life you know like I have here my

delicious ah my natural mineral water over  here all right if it's brown flush it down  

and if it's yellow let it mellow  all right again just like we had  

let it be before let it be like leaves  of three let it be so let something to  

let something do something just leave  it alone it's okay all right moving

along number eight all right what do we have  for number eight oh this is another good one  

good advice also a good way to remember  some vocabulary when in doubt throw it

out and you can see already in these phrases uh  these Expressions how often phrasal verbs are used  

like throwing something out to throw something out  this is advice for talking about food so if you  

see some food and you don't know if it's old or  not so maybe you open your refrigerator door and  

you see some food in there here's my refrigerator  and I've got there's some like plate of something  

and I pick it up I say I don't know if that's good  or not so when in doubt so when you are in doubt  

you are unsure about something throw it out so if  you're unsure about some food whether it's good or  

not then you should probably get rid of that thing  another good phrasal verb to get rid of it get rid  

of it to dispose of that thing to get rid of that  thing and you will hear this a lot we need to get  

rid of something we need to get rid of uh this  problem we need to get rid of this food or this I  

don't know this person in my life that I you know  someone I don't like uh but when in doubt throw  

it out same idea yeah so get rid of it you can  probably create your own Expressions as well like  

to get rid of something that you don't like but  think of a an interesting rhyme for it I just like  

this one when in doubt throw it out another thing  related to this uh get rid of hurdles yes well  

that's another expression like it but typically in  life we can't just get rid of the hurdles we have  

to go over them or go around them I suppose uh but  yes a similar kind of idea Scuba must control the  

hydration every day well really everyone should  be controlling their hydration uh drink lots of  

water that's good advice for everyone all right  when in doubt throw it out when in doubt throw it

out all right let's see here number nine nice  easy one haste make that better for you see  

even me right now I'm uh let's see haste makes  waste haste makes waste another great rhyme very  

simple easy to remember haste means you're doing  something too quickly like you're in a hurry and  

you're not doing something very well so you  could cause a problem that you will have to  

go back and solve later all right this is it's  kind of similar to a stitch in time saves nine  

but instead of having a small problem the  problem really is just trying to do things  

too quickly all right so take your time if  you do something too quickly maybe it will  

maybe it will not look so good or whatever so  I was just joking because this is a problem I  

have I I don't like taking time to write things  clearly on the board so haste makes waste so I  

should probably take a little bit more time write  things more clearly so it's easier for people to  

read all right so haste makes waste haste makes  waste and these are the kinds of Expressions uh  

the reason I wanted to give a bunch of them as  I mentioned is because it really shows you how  

short and easy uh you can make things uh and  still sound very much like a native uh haste  

makes waste so don't rush take your time  so even shorter than this would be don't

rush don't rush or take your time

but what I like about this phrase is it has the  advice here like haste makes waste so this is  

the result of this so if you are are being too  hasty if you are doing things too fast you are  

not paying attention or you are in too much of  a hurry and you will probably cause some kind  

of trouble haste makes waste haste makes waste  all right uh py says you're speaking sound of a  

good native one so why am I not able to understand  other natives they speak fast and I'm unable to uh  

or afraid to engage conversation with thanks  for what you're doing yeah uh so this is the  

common problem that a lot of people have uh I'll  just as we I think we're done with this one haste  

sound uncommon no haste is haste is quite common  especially like don't be too hasty you will hear  

that and I'll hear that a lot let's not be Hasty  all right or to hastily do something if you if you  

are unsure about how common a word is just Google  it and see how many results you get I'm sure you  

will probably get I don't know over a million I  bet let search that right quick how many examples  

of haste do we get from Google 109 million 109  million examples so again uh if you're ever unsure  

about whether some vocabulary is useful Google  it or ask chat GPT but chat gbt uh is less good  

uh or I guess less appropriate in this example  because we really want to see how many examples  

there are uh but there really are a lot if you  look for words like that and this is how you can  

expand your vocabulary so very quick note uh since  people almost every video I say or I don't say but  

I I get this comment from people where they say  drew I can really understand what you're saying  

but I have trouble understanding natives so I just  want to explain that very quickly again remember  

are different levels of English and the the level  that I'm using down here is lower so it's slower  

and easier because I'm making my sounds very  clear you can understand my words uh and the  

vocabulary I'm using is uh it's typically stuff  that thing or things that people would understand  

so native vocabulary is up here so it's higher  uh in like the speed and we also have uh like  

the the pronunciation so the like you could call  it the accent well I'll just call it uh Pro just  

uh to keep it short for pronunciation uh and then  we also have the vocab being different so if you  

have uh different speed different pronunciation  and different vocabulary it's basically like  

a different language okay so it's like uh one  vocabulary or one way of speaking for teachers  

and another way of speaking for natives up here  so it's higher and it's more difficult because  

of these three things so uh often what I do in in  these YouTube videos is explaining tips about how  

to learn or I might share some vocabulary like  in this video or some strategies uh for uh any  

kind of specific skills for that like improving  grammar or pronunciation or thinking in English  

that kind of thing um but really to get from here  to here so you can understand Natives and actually  

become a more confident speaker you have to go  through basically a series of steps that help you  

understand and move you from here to here okay  so like this is hearing as an example we want  

to take for understanding the speed like I would  say something so you can hear it clearly but then  

you hear maybe a few natives say it as well say  hearing the same thing but at a faster speed or  

with a different accent or you might hear it uh  pronounced uh or said excuse me uh in a different  

way so like I talked uh in this video like to like  to dispose like to dispose of something to get rid  

of the trash to dispose of the trash you could  dispose of so we could get rid of or throw it

out so you notice it's it's the same situation  here but there are different ways of expressing  

this so you might learn from a teacher like  [Music] remove so remove the trash so I'm  

going to take it from here and move it to  a different place to remove the trash but  

natives might say dispose of the trash  or more conversationally to get rid of  

the trash or to throw it out so if you're  learning uh these expressions and you hear  

different ways of expressing things then you  will be prepared for real life communication  

you will understand people more easily even if  you don't speak you will understand movies and  

TV shows and newspapers and the news and things  like that so this is what we do in fluent for

life so if you're wondering how do I understand  natives how can I learn to communicate like them  

uh just learning this way and this is not just me  like many many of the people uh that will help you  

learn some English here on YouTube they will give  you this kind of English so most of the lessons  

are it's it's slower English easier to understand  they're probably not giving you lots of difficulty  

vocabulary unless it's a specific lesson about  vocabulary so you can't if you're only getting  

this you're not going to get up here okay and  it's it's quite difficult to go from here up to  

here in a single jump and most people like English  Learners will know this because if they go to an  

English lesson and they try to watch an English  movie it's like a different language okay so to  

prepare yourself for that to get used to that  that that's why we have these series of steps  

so it's actually very easy to do but you just  it's it's like if I have to try to jump up to  

one stair that's much higher than where I am it's  going to be very difficult for me but if I have  

a bunch of small steps it's quite easy to make  that motion all right so this is why if you're  

listening to me or other people on YouTube or  uh like a podcast or anything else uh if you're  

only listening to like English lessons you know  uh it's going to be very difficult for you to  

understand native speakers so you have to find  a way to do this either you do it with me you  

do it by yourself it's possible to do it but you  must do this okay hopefully that makes sense all  

right I know we get that question uh often so it's  good to review that for people all right uh let's  

see all ran says I need to be fluent in English  you would say fluent in English so fluent in so

fluent in English

but you would say good at good at English good  at English isn't that interesting so it's better  

you again as you learn more examples of things  and you hear how natives pronounce things or  

say things differently you will become used to  this naturally you will naturally uh answer the  

questions you have that stop you from speaking  because it's really a lack of confidence about  

vocabulary or grammar or whatever that stops you  from expressing yourself all right all right uh  

CA back hi Drew it's nice to be live with you  thanks always for the great tips it's my pleasure  

uh m is a Hasty Market uh I don't know Google that  expression see what you get that'd be interesting  

uh Miss Guadalupe says hello there I'm writing  from Mexico right now so you would say writing  

like WRR uh now I'm on vacation uh but I live in  the USA you'd say I'm on vacation I'm on vacation  

uh let's see my again I can understand you clearly  and easily yes it's because I'm speaking clearly  

and easily speaking slowly and clearly so people  can understand what I'm saying MZ nice to see you  

at last I was waiting for your video all the time  these last days well I apologize yes I don't um  

maybe maybe I will have a schedule at some point  but I it like I don't know I like my freedom so I  

know I know that's inconvenient for people but  uh I I've been trying to give some people more  

advice uh about when I do this so again the next  video should probably don't don't like send me a  

bad email if it's not but it should probably be  next Monday Japan time around this time patima  

says the first time I can't understand you but  now when I flow you I can the first time I ah  

you mean like the first time time you you could  not so you couldn't understand me is that what  

you mean so before you couldn't understand me  very well but now you can understand me better  

is that what you're saying Olympia says I admire  your way of teaching so you would say I would I  

admire your way of teaching so I admire you  could say I admire the way you teach or your  

way of teaching your way of teaching but thank you  very much uh because I understand clearly all the  

words you say hi the first time I can't understand  but now yeah okay hopefully that makes sense all  

right you're going to spam you're going to spam  the uh the chat over here py says thank you very  

much I got it I've got to practice my speaking and  listening more and more remember speaking practice  

actually comes from understanding so you should  really think about it as understanding practice  

rather than speaking so your brain will make  connections again it's the same thing when I  

when I look at this water I gave this example  earlier in this video but if you look at this  

thing some sometimes the Japanese characters are  written in kind of a like a calligraphy a little  

bit messy way uh because it looks more interesting  or beautiful or whatever for the situation just  

like uh English fonts so they will be written  differently because they mean a little bit um  

something different and so they have when you just  look at it like this it's hard to know what that  

means and if you just say oh like can you try to  write that then it would be it would be difficult  

even to look at this and try to copy what it  says but if you know what it says as you get  

more examples you make that connection in your  mind like me when I learned this I mean I like  

this this water has been around for many years I  think um or this like brand of water or whatever  

uh but it just say natural like mineral water um  but I couldn't I couldn't read that I didn't know  

what it said but after I learned the kanji now I  understand what they say so I'm getting another  

example of that thing that helps me understand  it better so you you don't I don't I don't get  

better by trying to like write this in a messy way  so if someone like you know draws something like  

that and I spend my time trying to draw that it's  like no that's just one example of something I I  

should look at other examples and maybe other  people draw it in a better way like oh look at  

that they really just mean number eight but they  wrote it in like a like that kind of fancy art way  

something like that all right so that's why it's  really important to get lots of examples another  

example of this so when I came to Japan uh I heard  uh like I I looked at my phrase book I'm trying to  

learn some Japanese and I learn in the morning  you say Ohio goas Ohio goas to people uh and but  

I don't hear a lot of people saying that I hear  some people saying that but a lot of people just  

like let and I said oh wow look at that they  can just say us in the in the morning you know  

or whenever just just uh seeing somebody but that  gave me an example that like the the example that  

you get in a textbook is just one way of doing  something but natives will take the language and  

and stretch it out or change it or uh pronounce it  differently in really an infinite number of ways  

because people have their own ways of speaking all  right so that's why you need to get more examples  

of things and that's why if you only watch people  doing YouTube videos like this you're not likely  

going to become a confident speaker because you're  just not really getting the real language that you  

need uh to actually become like able to understand  it and then and then really feel confident about  

using that all right uh let's see all right xdl  Brew you got Chang your phone it is working badly  

I don't know if you're talking about me I think  hopefully it should be looking just fine just say  

to the dude just say dude up me I don't know what  you're talking about uh C says audacity can mean  

courage well you can you can you can you don't  have to necessarily have courage to do something  

a like do something audacious you could be stupid  and do something audacious also um but yeah but  

like pay attention for words like that and that's  why it's a good example or a good reason always  

to get many examples of things to really see how  they work uh my says on when you can in when you  

can sit inside example I'm on a train I'm in a car  yeah so you can sit like yeah I think we had this  

example before um yeah I think I we we covered  that before uh MC says of course I respect your  

freedom first yeah I think I mean part of that is  I I just I don't want to have a schedule and then  

if I have to change the schedule I don't really  have a way to let people know that the schedule  

would be changed so I feel bad if I'm telling  people hey there's a video like that happened  

last week so I said hey the video will be here but  it was the wrong day so if I know uh then I can I  

can plan for that but sometimes it's not uh The  Beatles fun detected says Elder yes uh leer says  

I'm following you for about three years and trust  me you are the best one you are you a brilliant  

way of teaching English yeah I uh well thank you  um again I'm not doing anything uh different than  

a native speaker would do for their own kids  that's really really what I'm trying to do  

but thank you I'm glad it's been helpful tur says  hi Drew can you give some examples to understand  

about nonsense versus doesn't make sense ah well  like let's see here so this is a time so you you  

will probably notice in these videos like I will  get vocabulary questions and I have to choose  

whether I just say like go Google that or if I  act if I answer the question and so in my mind  

I'm I'm doing like a calculation of could you  go to Google and find a good example of that or  

could I just give an explanation faster and if I  can do that faster typically I will do that which  

is why I'm answering this question now uh so if  we have something like uh like doesn't make sense  

versus [Music] nonsense so if something doesn't  make sense uh if I say like this shape has five  

sides This shape has five sides you would say what  that doesn't make sense that there look one two  

three or four sides on that shape and I would say  oh I'm sorry I I was mistaken yes uh This shape  

has four sides so typically when something doesn't  make sense like there could be pieces of it that  

are correct or like you can understand what the  other person is saying but like there's something  

wrong with the logic of that so if I say uh like  all I don't know all dogs are knives uh and I get  

I want to buy a dog because it's nice or something  like that like I'm I'm making something some some  

like logical trying to understand something but  it's not actually true um like I could find oh  

like this dog is not so nice or this dog bit me  or something so something doesn't make sense it  

means it's not understandable or there's a problem  with the logic somewhere so if I say something  

like it's just not true oh that doesn't make sense  but there are actually quite a few uses for this  

so if something like oh I'm sorry that doesn't  make sense you can add that doesn't make sense  

to me all right so this is a little bit different  this is a kind of softer way of saying something  

like if a teacher is explaining to you if I  say oh that doesn't make sense to me it means  

like I'm I'm still confused about that so I'm  not saying the teacher did anything wrong that  

doesn't make sense to me all right so like if I  say oh that doesn't make sense it's like you're  

stupid like I'm telling the teacher you're not  explaining it well well but this is a a softer  

way of saying this so you're you're protecting  the other person you're protecting yourself as  

well that doesn't make sense to me all right so  those are some examples of when something doesn't  

make sense nonsense is like it just like what  did I just say that was just some nonsense all  

right it doesn't there's nothing nothing makes  sense at all like nothing there's no sense to  

that at all no order no understanding it's not  clear it's confusing using it's nonsense so if  

I just write some stuff up here I'm writing  some nonsense up here I could even write some  

English like uh like like this this tree up you  first like I'm writing some English this tree  

up you first but it's nonsense it doesn't mean  anything like it has no sense it has no like no  

coherent understanding all right hopefully that  makes sense does that make sense does that make  

sense is that clear is that understandable so  when I ask people does that make sense it just  

means is my logic clear can you understand me or  is there something confusing about what I said  

does it make sense okay but if I I try not to say  nonsense because nonsense nobody would understand  

that not even me that's just some nonsense okay  all right good question though uh Adriana says  

Hey guys Neil says lefter what for nice words I  agree with you you can say you can say what nice  

words that's a very good usage of that like oh  that's like what a nice day or what nice words  

you're using uh often little kids in like english-  speaking kids will learn this construction uh of

grammar like what nice words or you'd say what a  nice word so if someone says oh that's beautiful  

oh what a nice word what a nice word you said or  what nice words in general and often the uh the  

story that kids are getting this construction  from is Little Red Riding Hood and so the the  

big bad wolf uh is is trying to get Little Red  Riding Hood in little red writing it says oh  

what big ears you have or what big eyes you have  or what uh what a big nose you have what big teeth  

you have and the Wolf says yes the better to eat  you my child and it's interesting like this is  

another reason I recommend um when I say learning  like a native I mean kind of doing the same kinds  

of things that a native would do like reading  stories for kids because you understand there  

are lots of these uh like you'll get a particular  grammar construction like this and it's repeated  

in different weight so that's that naturally  varied review what big eyes you have what big  

ears you have what a big nose so what notice it's  like what a big nose because it's just one and as  

kids hear these examples over and over then they  can start using those for other things but you'll  

notice again uh naturally varied review we take  a simple grammar Point like this and then repeat  

it but it's slightly different each time uh and  this will help you learn to use things like this  

correctly all right hopefully that makes makes  sense all right uh let's see s say let's give  

drew some likes yes I'm glad to have the manager  back again uh to help with the with the likes CA  

go find us some more people too recommend  recommend us all right let's see Elder says  

uh stitching time equal prevention yes that's  that's the basic idea see he says and how to  

retain plenty different ways to deliver only one  idea if we only use one in real conversation well  

you don't have to use lots of different ways  of expressing yourself you you could just use  

one and often people will uh they will have like  like they're kind of goto your goto your go-to  

expression and so if I say hey like like if I'm  in Australia it's like good day might like people  

just say like hello like that good I might or  I might say hello or hey whatever my my way of  

talking is so might have to think a little bit  about expanding my vocabulary and I made a video  

about this I think maybe last week or two weeks  ago which is how to get comfortable putting new  

vocabulary or replacing vocabulary um in your  communication so you don't have to have to even  

like use different things every time uh the point  is more to be prepared for how other people will  

speak so other people will say different things  so like the Expressions I had before about like  

to take out the trash or get rid of the trash  or remove the trash or dispose of the trash so  

you might have one way of saying this again and  again and that's fine but you should be aware and  

prepared for these other ways of speaking all  right so that's why you'll notice uh when I'm  

teaching often I will like repeat something I'm  repeating the same situation or the same context  

but I will say it in a different way uh so I will  I will like repeat I don't know if I say like like  

we should we should go we should leave we should  we should exit Okay like I'm I'm talking about  

the same situation or the same context but I'm  going to use different ways of expressing that  

all right let's see that is the clue real English  as marabel mahes says yeah it makes sense remember  

it would be it makes it makes so it or that makes  sense sometimes uh you will hear me say like does  

that so does that make sense without the S on  it does that make sense does that make sense  

all right Turk says Thank you Mr Drew for my  per simple request I understand I could Google  

it but still you are one to give a clear answer  now uh yeah it's it makes sense yeah and again  

like I'm not trying to be lazy when I think like  just Google it so it's not about if I if I think  

Google can give you a faster result I will tell  you to go to Google so if I think maybe chat GPT  

or Google could explain something well but if I  could probably explain it faster then I will do  

that all right so that's the the value of having a  teacher is someone who can actually explain things  

because often you can't find like what is the  subtle difference between this and this chat GPT  

uh is a little bit helpful for that but i' I've  found it can give you errors as well so it's it's  

still not there yet all right XD an Asian joke  When We Were Young our parents always told us  

to play games with a jolly face but when we had  done playing we just finished the whole line of

Nikes I know that that's it's like funny but  horrible at the same time oh know MZ what a  

wonderful live performance in the middle of  the night well there you go if I I can keep  

you awake all right Marcelo says awesome Cloud  Drew you know how to help us find out English  

inside everyone that's really great thanks a  lot yeah it's my pleasure uh again my goal is  

to make sure it's understandable for you so the  reason you can improve with these videos is not  

by you speaking it's by you understanding the  language well and when you feel like ah like  

now I got it again I I come back to this same uh  example with this Japanese character here uh if  

I just look at that it doesn't it doesn't make  sense it doesn't make sense to me but it would  

make sense to someone else who understands  what that character is so once I understand  

what that is now I get it now it makes sense all  right uh Marcel says I'm learning English please  

bear with me uh is it uh common people use this  expression bear with me yeah you can say that um  

I'm trying to think of a better a better way to  say that that's a simpler way you could just say  

um yeah I'm still learning learning English  I'm still still learning English like pleas  

please bear with me it sounds like the kind  of expression that a a nonnative would learn  

because they needed help like please give me some  time they say oh I'm still learning I'm I'm still  

learning so if you if you say like oh I'm still  learning English or you know you can you can say  

that like the the idea of please bear with me  is implied in that so you don't have to say it  

people will understand that and try to bear with  you already uh let's see d a r what is that little  

icon right there a cloud or something Hydra just  want to say thank you for real you are good at  

teaching you know something after I watch some  of your streams I feel like now learning English  

is amazing rather than boring and frustrating  that's awesome that's great all right so again  

like the the only differ the the language  itself is not difficult the real problem is  

that lots of people make it difficult to learn  because they're making it more confusing all  

right right so remember I go back to this this  is a a good a good time to review as always to

review the English language is not it's not like  difficult inherently it's just more how you learn  

it and this is why lots of kids native English  speaking kids become fluent speakers they they  

become native they're not born native they  become native because of how they learn so  

here's like the English language now you can  learn it as a first Lang anguage like a native  

or you can learn it as a second language like  most Learners and this is really where people  

get stuck because they're they're they're trying  to learn the language and trying to memorize rules  

and and vocabulary and they get like lessons that  don't actually help them understand what natives  

are really saying all right and it makes it more  confusing for people so you really need to go back  

and start doing this the same way natives learn  and that's going to help you speak but I'm so  

glad uh that you started improving but really  all I'm doing is this so helping people learn  

English as a first language all right let's see  here uh see is bear with me can replace by hold  

your horses h no hold your horses is more when  you're when you're telling someone else to stop  

doing something like like your kids are really  excited in the house and they're like H they're  

running around oh hold your horses relax relax  they stop moving around so much but bear with  

me is like I have a problem so I'm I'm asking  you to bear with me so in a conversation like  

that it would sound weird I'm learning English  hold your horses like they would probably think  

that was a very funny thing to say because I'm  telling them to like to to calm down all right  

but it's it's more for me please bear with  me that's why I I don't even really recommend  

people try to learn phrases like that it's just  think about what a native would say like oh I'm  

I'm learning right now or you're going to say  I'm new to English that's like a like a casual  

like I'm new all right so like I'm new uh to  English or it's like it's new like it's a new  

language for me or I'm I'm a beginner you know  something like that but you don't need to you  

don't need to take a long time to explain  that like or I just oh I I don't know much

English I don't know much English I  don't know much English so I can say  

the same thing in Japanese like I don't  know much Japanese that's how I would  

say it I wouldn't I wouldn't say like please  bear with me at I mean you know I might say  

excuse me but I don't know much English but  so you could you could say that like excuse

me excuse me but I don't know much English excuse  me but I don't know much English but just keep it  

simp simple keep it natural uh you don't need  to take more time to explain something or try  

to remember a phrase that you might not get  uh let's see Juliet says hi I'm Juliet nice  

to see you there uh let's see a bennick says hello  Andrew every time you are not here on your regular  

days you cause me a panic attack at the end of the  month all my medical bills will be readdressed to  

you remember the the videos it doesn't matter you  watch them live or not you will still get the same  

benefit from the video but yes uh typically uh it  depends on when I'm scheduling them but I think  

the next one should be don't hold me to that but  it should be this is another good expression don't  

would don't move this over here don't hold me to  that so don't hold me to that as like well don't  

you know like if it's not true don't be angry  so don't hold me to that uh so it should be next  

Monday but actually if you would like to propose  a topic you can put it um just post a comment  

right now let me know what what should my video  on Monday be about because I do these for you  

guys uh hopefully if you can tell me something you  need help with that I've not covered already let  

me know uh right let's see hi Julia oh you guys  are talking with each other uh if I'm inviting  

to a party is it correct to say thank you for uh  thank you for having me so if you if someone else  

has invited you so you are invited to a party  you would say thank you for having me or thank  

you for inviting me or if you're being a bit more  casual thanks for the invite thanks for the invite  

or a little bit more uh the the I'm just taking  these two words here and just making it a little  

bit more casual but a little bit more formal would  be thank you for the invitation thank you for the  

invitation so both of those are fine but thanks  for the invite like if you meet some friends after  

work or something oh thanks for the invite or  just thanks for inviting me remember you're always  

thankful for a particular thing so I'm thankful  for that thing I think I did a video about that  

uh a while ago as well uh five W's technique is a  good way to learn English I don't know what that  

is what you what are you referring to you talking  about like learning questions like who what where  

why when or whatever uh I don't know if it give  me more explanation uh let's see C again thanks  

for answering Juliet oh you guys are talking with  each other uh Raj says hello sir from in uh India  

nice to see you there oh is that a what is that  a bouquet of flowers or something well thank  

you very much xdl according to your great advice  like the word repercussion I'll be given different  

but really understandable examples such as the  President Kennedy's Association had far-reaching  

repercussions yeah that's right uh it's really  helpful for me yes uh again like getting different  

examples of something is how is is like that's how  you get uh I I don't want to go into like a long  

explanation about this about naturally varied  review but the basic idea is like there's a  

there's kind of a core meaning or something the  the the understanding that you get from getting  

lots of examples of something and each time  you get a new example it strengthens this this  

understanding here and as you get really really  good here as this becomes uh you're like filling  

it up with lots of examples so like each one of  these situations might be a little bit difficult  

like repercussions for Kennedy being assassinated  or repercussions for something else as you get  

those examples you feel more confident that you  really understand what the word means and how to  

use it and then this is where the fluency comes  from so the fluency comes from the understanding  

the confidence all of that works together as you  get more examples of things so it's examples in  

different contexts in different uh like it could  be different speakers so like even the exact same  

context but a different speaker is saying that  same thing so as you get those that will make  

you feel more confident about the language so you  speak okay so you don't become a good speaker by  

learning a word like repr percussion and then  just repeating it again and again but you do  

become fluent when you hear all these different  examples in different situations so you're doing  

a great job keep up with that keep doing it uh  let's see Marcelo say see let me ask a personal  

question what do you do for a living what do you  mean what do I do you're watching it right now  

this is what I do for a living that's what I do  I remember somebody else asked me that one like  

one time I was like yeah I'm doing it right  now this is this is my living you can see it  

here Bernardo says how can I improve my vocabulary  and remember the correct probably you mean correct  

word uh correct time I need it ah remember at the  correct time uh again like I've covered this in  

many different videos you should search that uh  on my channel like remembering vocabulary uh or  

developing fluency but this is another example  of that uh really you just need to make sure you  

understand something really well and so it's uh if  you if you take one word and just repeat it again  

and again you're probably not going to remember  that thing but if you get lots of varied examples  

of that vocabulary you will understand it better  and start using it confidently okay so repetition  

is really a bad way of getting something uh  what people call spaced repetition which is  

helpful like after you've already understood  something well and I maybe you maybe only need  

like one or two instances of spaced repetition  after you already understand something but you  

should really be getting varied examples that's  why I call this naturally varied review you want  

to get different examples of things to really  understand that thing well so that's how you  

will remember the vocabulary and feel confident  using it all right uh let's see and danila says  

hi professor how's it going my pleasure being  uh following your class big hug a big yes big  

you would say big hug if you add the E on the end  of that that becomes huge so hug and huge isn't  

that interesting so the pronunciation changes  this is called uh magic e or the silent E so we  

get huge huge huge I'm sure that was just a typo  but this is just an interesting uh example for  

uh learning vocabulary if you would like to learn  how to pronounce things and write them spell them  

correctly F re now again I can't I can't write and  spell at the same time this is why I like to focus  

cuz I can't have like you know trying to do too  many things at the same time f r a d e r i c okay  

there we go click on the link in the description  to get that and it will teach you all about uh  

pronunciation rules spelling rules but it will  help you discover what these are rather than just  

give you a bunch of rules to forget all right  MH this topic speaking and listening tips and  

tricks what are all methods to use to improve the  fluency and good speaker yeah it's pretty broad  

what's a what's a specific issue you struggle with  so I like to make these issues if you think about  

what would you be looking for if you're just like  what are like tips and tricks like like like for  

me trying to learn a language I'm really trying to  get to the the heart of how I can learn something  

as quickly as possible how can I understand it  better so or or you know whatever I need to to  

begin using the language as quickly as possible  um and so I'm rather than looking for just like  

random you know tips and tricks or whatever I'm  thinking always thinking like what's the core uh  

or what is like the the real problem I'm trying to  solve all right where did where do we stop let's  

see I think I think haste makes waste yes we still  have two more that was a long interlude here we

go so we've still got two more Expressions we've  been going for an hour let's see it's already 11  

o' all right so 10 is uh use it again I will  haste makes waste I want to write this clearly  

for people use it or lose Lo uh use it or lose it  so another great expression for you another good  

rhyme use it or lose it and I'll make a quick note  here about pronunciation uh as you listen to me so  

even though I'm speaking more slowly I'm still  BL blending the sounds of my words together like  

this so This actually sounds more like you zit so  like use it use it or same thing over here like l  

l it use it or lose it so we don't say use it we  blend it together use it use it use it so use it  

or lose it so this is what I call the one rule for  pron iation uh if you're already a member of the  

if you're a member of fluent for life or if you  have the native fluency blueprint you will find  

that in there um it's in speak like me uh but this  is the basic idea here where we want to connect  

and listen to how natives blend words together uh  remember this is why it's it's often tricky for  

people to learn spelling especially little kids  because what they hear is different from way the  

way we would write it so they learn like oh use  is one word it's not like use it you know they're  

connecting words words in this way so use it or  lose it use it or lose it now this expression just  

means that you should continue to use something  or like you will find you can't use that thing  

anymore like my English so I get to use my English  in these videos but I actually don't speak a lot  

of English during the day I actually don't do  much speaking at all I don't even speak a lot of  

Japanese I'm usually reading or studying something  or doing some work um but if I don't use the  

language I will forget it so sometimes I forget  the meaning of words there was some word recently  

I couldn't remember an English word um so either  you use it or you will lose it uh use it or lose  

it uh a similar thing I've shared this expression  before is uh move your meat if you recall this  

use uh move your meat uh and lose and sometimes we  don't need the and in there lose your seat similar  

kind of idea so move your meat like if you get up  off of your chair someone else will come sit down  

in the chair oh no you moved your your meat your  butt you know like your body you move your meat  

and you will lose your seat similar idea use it or  lose it use it or lose it all right last one look  

at that we made it all the way through now this  is kind of an older uh expression uh but you will  

still hear people kind of jokingly use it this is  is give a hoot don't put my apostrophe there don't  

pollute give a hoot don't pollute make sure I have  that there another uh magic e word to pollute give  

a hoot don't pollute so to give a hoot this is a  more this is h o o t like an owl who give a hoot  

so to give a hoot like it means like to give a  care or to actually care about something so so  

this is a a conversational way of saying this like  you will hear the kind of negative not negative  

really but uh like a crude way of saying like to  give a [ __ ] or give a [ __ ] like I don't care  

I don't give a [ __ ] I don't give a [ __ ] you  know I don't care but this is a a more kind of a  

friendly way of like or a nicer way of saying that  oh to give give a hoot like you should care give  

a hoot you should care give a hoot don't pollute  so like don't throw your trash in the water or you  

know smoking or something like that give a hoop  I remember like I had uh my uncle many years ago  

he used to smoke uh and we and we we were like my  family was visiting him uh and he had a little owl  

it's like an owl statue uh outside in his garden  to to scare away birds so some people put those  

little owl statues out so birds will like not come  out so I put the owl next to this spot where he  

would sit in smoke and I put a sign that said give  a hoot don't pollute I don't think he noticed it  

though but anyway I was in this case I was saying  oh you should stop smoking stop smoking give a  

hoot don't pollute so even though people might  not use this uh this was actually I think like  

a specific advertising campaign to get people to  stop polluting you know um but give a hoot uh you  

can you will still hear this like to give a hoot  give a [ __ ] give a [ __ ] uh just in regular  

conversations so I don't care I don't I don't  give a [ __ ] I don't give a [ __ ] all right  

so I don't care all right but I do care like I I  give a hoot you know I care about you know your  

life or whatever all right let me check comments  uh one last time over here all right people always  

ask my occupation by saying what do you do for  a living how you make me realize uh breathing is  

the Cor correct answer for that question no that's  actually not what I meant though that's funny that  

you that you thought about it that way though uh  you have a you have a clever mind uh but actually  

like when when people like for for the uh like  for this particular situation yes like I'm I'm  

teaching right now that's also what I'm doing but  yes like I'm breathing that's also what I do for  

a living all right let's see here uh Alberto  says I want to learn the Lord's prayer that  

pronunciation uh just find Google that and you  can hear just on YouTube I'm sure lots of people  

have that already uh he didn't and eat it ready  to eat it there you go Alberto says you are the  

best well you guys are too kind see everybody says  their they're like teacher of choice is the best  

I think you can you can go to like any YouTube  video and it's like you are the you are the best  

you know and I'm sure that's nice everybody has  their their favorites you know uh but really my  

goal is just to make sure you understand things  well so you can use them all right Mar says could  

you tell us something about rephrasing technique  uh well that's just naturally varied review um but  

I suppose I could I could do maybe like a a video  about that but I've talked about that many times  

already and this is just uh if I'm if I'm if I'm  guessing correctly uh you're talking about saying  

things in different ways and I've talked about  that in many videos rendle says teacher do you  

think that it's useful to use tongue twisters to  improve pronunciation um not necessarily you you  

don't need to again like look at what natives do  natives are not sitting around just like saying  

tongue twisters to themselves they they might be  like a child might do that but it's not necessary  

the point is really to understand something very  well to get lots of examples and that's what will  

improve your pronunciation uh again Frederick can  take care of that for you it will automatically  

improve your listening and pronunciation all  right if you have any questions uh you can post  

them in the chat chat uh or let's see definitely  the well there you go MC back giving some love  

thank you very much uh yes if you can uh if you  can understand what I'm saying but you can't  

speak as well as you'd like I can help you get  there with fluent for life that's what we have  

uh you can get the link to the description to  that in this uh video below the video uh and  

same thing for Frederick you will find that down  there as well I talk about these programs because  

they work uh people are successfully improving  with them and you can do the same thing if you  

understand what I'm saying right now but aren't  yet speaking or understanding people at the level  

you'd like all right well have a fantastic day we  got through all 11 of these thank you for joining  

me the next video should be next Monday uh I  forget what day that is but just uh a couple  

of days I think four days from now so today is  Friday Japan times so Saturday Sunday Monday yes  

three days from now all right have a fantastic  day and I'll see you in the next video bye-bye