Advanced English Listening And Vocabulary For Real Conversations - Speak Fluent English Confidently

Our first word is goer. Goer. Now, this is taking a word like go and just putting -er

on the end of it like teach and teacher or play and player. Now, a goer, we usually use

this, and we add this to the end of some other thing like a partygoer. Or, in the case of

the conversation, you'll hear a churchgoer. So, someone who goes to church. Someone who

goes to parties. Or again, this is just a more casual, conversational way of talking

about a person who goes to a particular thing. So, uh, if you don't want to say, uh, like,

teacher or player, like, we don't really have those, uh, words specifically for going to

a particular event. But we do say goer. So, I am a concertgoer. So, I'm a person who goes

to concerts.

Next, y'all, y'all. Now, this isn't really something you should learn and use yourself

unless you're living in the southern part of the United States and really want to sound

like a, uh, like, a yo, a local. Uh, but this is something actually I use. I say y'all,

and I have maybe just a very relaxed way of speaking, especially when I'm communicating

conversationally with friends and family. Uh, but it just means you all. So, it's talking

about everyone. Uh, so instead of saying you, and we can use you as for, uh, one person,

or we can talk about a group of people.

So, uh, I want to go with you to the party. Meaning I want to go with, excuse me, I wanted

to go with, uh, this group of people to a party. What I can also say, you all. I want

to go with you all to the party. So, it's the same thing, saying you or you all, but

you will hear this, and that's why I'm teaching it to you. Y'all. Y'all.

Next, just very quickly, you'll hear a little bit about a Southern accent. Now, this is

talking about the southern part of the eastern United States. The West is a little bit different.

But usually from maybe the top of Florida over across the southern states, uh, like,

up to North Carolina. It's kind of like the, really the south, the southeastern fourth

of the United States. So, Florida doesn't really have this. Uh, some people do speak

that way. But really, it's more this kind of middle, middle area above Florida along

the coast. Uh, and these are called the southern states.

So again, the southern part of the United States, this is talking more about from United

States history where we have the Civil War with the North versus the South. And the United

States really wasn't, like, an entire country at that point. So, we had, uh, or at least

it, it didn't go all the way to the, the western United States. So, we didn't have a line that

goes all the way across. Uh, it's really more just talking about the, the local bottom area

like over to Texas, uh, that part.

So, that area where people are talking about having a Southern accent, uh, you'll just

hear how, uh, Kate is speaking in the conversation. You can hear how she sounds. So, she's going

to give you some great examples of Southern accent, uh, and you'll hear us kind of joking

about that in the conversation as well.

So, when you hear people talking about a Southern accent, that's the area in the United States

where we're talking about. So, it's not talking about uh, someone maybe from Texas that's

almost a particular kind of accent by itself, uh, or even the western United States. So,

there are different places you'll hear different accents or different dialects, uh, but these

are just different ways of pronouncing the same things. Occasionally, you will hear different

words for particular things, like you might say soda in one part of the country or pop,

uh, for another. So, this is for a drink like, uh, Pepsi or Coca-Cola.

Next, this is an interesting word that appears as part of a phrase, and it's a commonly heard

thing in conversations, especially when it seems like you're speaking to an audience

like we are in the conversation. So, the conversation Kate and I are having, uh, just between the

two of us. We're also speaking to you. So, you can hear the, the kind of way we speak

and also listen to the words, uh, when we're describing something to everyone in the audience.

So, she'll say something like, uh, the thing about it is, people. And that “people”

on the end is talking about the audience. So, you'll hear that sometimes.

Uh, I believe in a previous lesson set, I was talking about, like, all the people or

to the people out there in some particular area. So, this is a way that maybe television

stations or, uh, programs or radio would also do the same thing where they're speaking out

to a particular audience. So, if you hear “people”, so a sentence, like, coming

from the conversation. Uh, well, the thing about it is, people, I'm talking to you. So,

I'm explaining to you something, but there, there's nothing about having people in that

situation or in that sentence that has anything to do with the sentence itself. It's just

addressing the audience.

Next, a great word, designate, designate. This is a more advanced word, but you will

hear it very often, especially in situations where we want one person specifically, or

one group of people, to do something. So, to designate just means to make someone responsible

or some group responsible.

A very common example is the designated driver. Also known as a DD in casual conversations.

So, a designated driver is someone, maybe you're going to a group, uh, or it’s a group

of people going, uh, to a bar and going drinking. One person does not drink because they are

the one who will be driving. So, this is the designated driver. So, when you designate

someone, it just means you're giving that person responsibility for something. Designate,

designate.

Next, amused. Amused. Amused is when you find something pretty funny, you can say something

is very amusing. So, something, uh, it could be funny or amusing or really funny or hilarious.

Wow, that was really hilarious. So, you're laughing at something. Uh, but amusing is

kind of in the middle. So, it's funny.

Uh, and it also can mean not just funny, but it can mean interesting. So, you're not laughing

at something, but you can say, “I find it amusing that, uh, my friend doesn't want me

to do something, but he does it himself.” So, I'm just saying I find it interesting.

I'm kind of smiling about that, so I might not be laughing about it. Again, amusing is

kind of in the middle, uh, or, like, kind of a lower, lower level of maybe just kind

of smiling or thinking something is a little bit funny or interesting. Amusing, amusing.

Next, you'll hear a word that's actually incorrectly used in the conversation. And I wanted to

make sure you understand it. And this is the word indentation. Indentation. Now an indentation

like if I have this, uh, board behind me and I punch it. It leaves a mark or an actual

impression in the, uh, in the board itself. So, that creates an indentation. Or, we just

call that also a dent. But, uh, Kate was actually using this word incorrectly, calling it an

indention. Indention. Uh, when she's talking about the little spaces or the little holes

inside of, uh, a part of the guitar.

Now, this happens sometimes in conversations and there's nothing bad that she'd said that.

We all do this, or maybe it's the same thing when we're trying to sing a song and we say

the words incorrectly. Uh, but most of the time in conversations, this is a mistake,

well, where the native speakers you're speaking with, so maybe your friends or family or coworkers,

they understand what you're saying. So, you don't really have to worry about that. Uh,

and this is one of those lesser mistakes. So, it's not very important. It's OK if you

make a mistake like this.

This is much better than actually making, uh, a very large, uh, big error with basic

grammar or something like that. So, I just wanted to make sure you understand that, so

you hear it when it comes up in the conversation. So, not indention, but indentation. Indentation.

Next, a really fun word that hopefully, you start using. This is to crash something. To

crash a party. Now, listen for this in the conversation, but just crashing something

means to go into something uninvited. So, you can think about, like, crashing a car

through a wall, and then you appear and say, “Hey, it's me. I'm here at the party.”

So, this is kind of a, a typical thing people talk about when they talk about, uh, crashing

a wedding.

There's even a movie called The Wedding Crashers where these two guys, they just go to different

weddings because it's a great place to meet women and, uh, drink for free and all these

other things. So, wedding crashers. Uh, it's actually a pretty funny movie. But, uh, again,

this idea of just crashing something, to crash a party. Typically, uh, crash is used for

talking about parties. But it just means going somewhere where you haven't been invited.

Usually, some kind of party. To crash something. Crash.

Next, and everything. And everything. Now, this is used typically after a list of words

or phrases where you're describing something, and you have to say, “Uh, well I had to

do this and that and everything,” or, and everything else. So, you can use both of those.

But it's a very casual conversational way of describing this where you have a list of

things, and you don't want to say all of them. But you want to imply, or show, that you're

talking about many things that you have to do or that you had to do. So, uh, I had to

study and take a test and practice and everything.

So, even if you didn't have any other things that you needed to do, it makes it sound like

a lot more, usually because you're very busy. And it's just a better way to describe that.

And everything. And everything.

Now, listen carefully how this blends when you're saying it after the end of some kind

of list because it becomes more ‘n everything. Like, this and that and that ‘n everything.

‘N everything. It's more of just the, the ‘n’ sound. But people understand you're

saying and. ‘N everything. N’ everything. I had to go here and there and buy this and

everything. And everything.

Next, ages ago. Ages ago. Now, ages ago just talks about a long time ago. When we talk

about something like an age, we really mean maybe 100 years or a thousand years, something

like that. But often, in conversations with natives, we, we kind of blow things up. We

exaggerate. And this just means making something seem bigger or larger or more important than

it actually is.

So, I might say, “Oh, I haven't been to that party, oh, in ages.” So, it just means…

Or, I haven't done something in ages. Maybe that's five years or ten years or something

like that. But at least, you know, older than a few years. So, you can say, “I haven't

done something in ages,” or ages ago where you're talking about some past time period.

Ages ago. Ages ago.

Next, fruitful. Fruitful. Now, if you just think about a lot of fruit, it's, uh, the

same thing as saying a reward for something. So, something was very fruitful. I had a very

fruitful discussion with a friend of mine. It means it was valuable to me, rewarding

to me. I benefited in some way from that thing. So, if an exercise, like, I'm, uh, doing some

meeting or talk at work and it was very fruitful for the other people listening, then they,

they got some good information from that. It was very fruitful. Fruitful.

And one final thing here, we've got there's when we're talking about a plural collection

of thing, uh, or things. So, typically in conversations, uh, native speakers will try

to shorten things as much as possible. We will say things like going to, uh, but we

will say it faster as gonna. Or, want to becomes wanna. Uh, and any time we can shorten this,

just like we're talking about, like, there is a chair over there. So, there is one chair

over there. We would shorten that to, “There's a chair over there.”

But, often in conversations, because we can't, we can't shorten there are, it, it doesn't

really work that way. There’re, there’re. We don't have a contraction for this. We often

use there’s even though people understand what we say. But this is just a casual way

of describing this. So, we can say, uh, “There's two cats over there.” There's two cats over

there. Now, if you say it quickly people will really think you're sounding native, even

though you're actually speaking incorrectly. Isn't that funny? But this is a common way

that we speak, and you'll hear this in the conversation. There's, there's.

Now, let's move on to the longer phrases and expressions from this month's conversation.

The first one is like I said. Like I said. Now, you'll hear just generally in the conversation

things like, you know, and this is part way of giving yourself some time to think. But

also, just asking for a connection, making sure the other person is listening and understanding

what you're saying. Or, even just, uh, like empaf, um, like, like empathizing with you.

And again, that just means you're connecting with the other person. Like, they, like, you're

complaining about something. Like, yeah, it was really busy at work, and we have these

problems, you know. So, I'm asking the other person, like, yeah, do you understand? Do

you feel what I'm saying?

Uh, but when people are talking about these things, often they are also just, you know,

again, here I am saying, you know, right there. I just, I put in, you know, in that example,

just asking if you know what I'm saying. So, it's part filler word, but also, uh, asking

for clarification or kind of making a connection with the other person. Uh, but, like I said

is also a similar way. It's like a filler word or a filler phrase. But you're trying

to return back to something you said previously.

So, if I'm describing something, and then maybe I talk about something a little bit

different, and then I say, “Well, like I said…” Then I, I kind of come back to

that first thing and explain that a little bit more. So, I could be giving, uh, an example

or I'm giving a lecture. And I explained something, and maybe a person has a question, and I say,

“Well, like I said, we're going to do this.” And I, I explain that same thing again. Usually,

in some kind of simple way. Like I said. Like I said.

Next, one of the many great phrasal verbs that we will be covering, uh, in this lesson

set as well as you'll see in the conversation. This is to bleed through. To bleed through.

Now, if you think about regular blood just coming through, you have a cut on your arm

or your body somewhere, and the blood is coming through. When we talk about something bleeding

through, we also use this idea of kind of a thicker thing. Uh, it could be water or

something like blood or oil or something like that. But usually, it's coming through something

like paper or some cloth or, you know, some other fabric, something like that.

So, something that bleeds through, this is the physical idea of, I have something like

maybe, uh, a piece of paper. And then I have, uh, like some blood or something on this side.

And it slowly comes through. It bleeds through the paper so that it shows up on the other

side. So, I might have, um, you know, some, again, it's a physical thing where I have,

like, a liquid or something like that. And it comes through, like, on the top. And it

slowly bleeds through. And then you can see it on the bottom as well.

But remember with phrasal verbs, we begin with this figure or we, excuse me, we begin

with the physical idea of something bleeding through. But we also can take that and then

have the more figurative kind of, uh, a metaphor. An idea of something where we're not physically

bleeding through anything, but the idea is the same.

So, you can talk about, uh, like my, my patriotism bleeds through. So, I'm, like, maybe, uh,

you can really see that I care a lot about my country. Or, I sing the national anthem,

so that's, like, my country's song, a lot. Uh, but the, these things kind of bleed through.

So, maybe even talking about one generation to the next, where your parents do something,

and those ideas kind of bleed through to the next generations as well. So, the same idea

as passing something down from one generation to the next. But this is a really great way

of talking about this. To bleed through. Bleed through.

Next, to whip something out. To whip something out. Now, if you think about a whip, this

is like a long chain or string and you crack it like Indiana Jones does. And he's got his

whip, and he's trying to swing from something like that.

When you whip something out, it means you pull something out very quickly, just like

a whip. So, if I whip out my credit card if I'm really excited, wow! I go to the store

and see some new pair of shoes, and I really love to buy shoes, and I'm so excited. I don't

just take out, which is another fr, uh, great phrasal verb, to take out my credit card.

I whip out my credit card. To whip out. It's almost like a whip. So, whip. So, I whip out

my credit card, or I whip out something. And again, this just means you're taking something

out or moving it or showing it to people very quickly. To whip something out.

Next, I'm not gonna touch that. So, to touch something. I'm not gonna touch that. Now,

here again, we have that shortened going to becomes gonna. I'm not gonna touch that. I'm

not going to touch that. Now, to touch something, again, we have this physical idea of touching

something. And also, the figurative idea about talking about something or, um, you know,

having something, some connection in some way to a particular thing.

So, I'm not gonna touch something. Like, a friend of mine, uh, maybe he's having a political

discussion and it's getting, maybe people are starting to get very excited and very

emotional. I say, “I'm not gonna touch that discussion.” So, I'm not gonna touch that

topic. It means I'm not going to speak about that or join that conversation because I don't

want any trouble.

So, I'm not gonna touch that. Or, if you have even some physical thing, like there's some,

uh, some, like, sharp thing on the ground. Well, I'm not gonna touch that. So, that's

a physical idea of not wanting to touch something. But again, the more figurative use that you'll

hear in the conversation is, I'm not gonna touch that thing. So again, like, I don't

want to have a connection or to be involved in that in some way.

Next, related to this is I'm losing my touch. So, to lose your touch, like, he loses his

touch, or she loses her touch. Or, you can also hear to lose your mojo. Now, mojo isn't

in the conversation, but it basically means the same thing. Your mojo is like your life

force or your energy, or your skill with being able to do something.

This was really popularized by Austin Powers in a, like, a mo, like, movie quite a while

ago. But, uh, I think he lost his mojo, and they, they took that as, like, a physical

idea. Like, he lost his, his power with women and his, uh, you know, creativity and all

these other things. And he became very, very weak. And, uh, he lost all of his confidence

when he lost his mojo. So, he had to find his mojo again.

But, uh, to lose your, to lose touch or, uh, like, to, to lose your mojo is something,

just means you’re, you're losing a connection with something. Like, you don't have that

anymore. So, you've lost touch, uh, like, to, again, you, you have that physical touch.

But we're talking about the figurative idea of not being able to do something very well

anymore. So, I don't have the ability like I, I don't play the guitar anymore. So, I've

lost my mojo. I've lost my touch with something.

Next, another great phrasal verb, to move up to something better. So, to move up, to

move up. Again, we have the physical idea of going higher, moving to some higher location.

But we also have the idea of graduating. So, we're figuratively graduating from one thing

to usually something better.

So, maybe, uh, a young child, if they're playing, uh, an instrument, they might begin even as

a young baby with some kind of plastic instrument, like a plastic piano or a plastic trumpet

or something. And then they move up to an actual real one. It might not be the, the

best or the most high quality. But they are moving up to a particular thing.

So, you might move up to, uh, a higher-level thing just like you move up through, you know,

your regular learning and education. So, you move up from high school to college, uh, or

you move up through a company. We talk about people moving up through the ranks. So, a

rank is like your level, uh, moving up through the ranks in a particular company or organization.

Next, we've got the music capital of America. The music capital of America. Kate is talking

about Nashville, Tennessee. In the, uh, yeah, Nashville, Tennessee, I believe, uh, in the

conversation. And when she's describing, uh, Nashville, she's saying it's, like, the music

capital of America. Now, there are obviously lots of different kinds of music in America,

hip-hop and, uh, rhythm and blues or also called R&B, or we have jazz or classical music,

lots of different kinds of music. But kind of the, like, older, maybe folk music or especially

country music, uh, this is really coming from the, the southern part of the United States

and Nashville specifically.

So, it's like, uh, we can call that, uh, like, the music capital of the United States. But

this idea of, like, the X capital of Y, you can use that as anything. If your local neighborhood,

uh, or your town or your city is really famous or known for a particular thing. Even if that's

not maybe publicly, like, people don't use that term. Like, the music capital of the

United States is something that's, it’s fairly, fairly well known as a phrase for

talking about Nashville. Uh, but the, uh, the United States, again, you can have that

example for music, but you can do it with anything else.

So, I might say, like, Chicago is, like, the pizza capital of the United States. Or, this

restaurant is, you know, whatever, or this area, typically, it's like an area or something.

Uh, this is, like, the, I don’t know, like, the furniture capital of, you know, this particular

city, something like that.

But you can, again, describe that thing when you're talking about this place is known for

a certain thing. But if you want to say that more like a native speaker, you can talk about

the capital of something else. So, like, Washington DC is the actual capital of the United States,

or, Tokyo is the actual capital of Japan. You can talk about, uh, again, like, some

local food or some music or something like that is the capital of a particular place.

Next, another great phrase you can use in a conversation. Whether you want to just give

yourself a little bit of time to think or you actually want some help, you can say,

correct me or somebody correct me. Because you'll see in the conversation, again, Kate

and I are speaking, but we also have an audience watching us. So, she says somebody correct

me, even though you can't really do anything. You’re just watching the video. Uh, but

that kind of idea of somebody correct me. Or, if you're speaking with somebody directly,

you can say, “Correct me if I'm wrong.”

So, correct me if I'm wrong, but… And then you go on to explain something. So, correct

me if I'm wrong, Nashville is in Tennessee. Now, now, maybe it's someplace else. I'm pretty

sure Nashville is in Tennessee. But, maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's in someplace else. But,

uh, anyway, you can use that as a way of maybe you're saying something but you're not so

confident about what it is.

Uh, so you might, maybe you don't know the correct, uh, word for something in English.

And you can say, “Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is called a something.” So, the,

the correct me if I'm wrong phrase actually makes you sound native. So, if you just practice

that and then you make a mistake or use a different or incorrect word after that, it's

still OK. Correct me if I'm wrong. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Next, another great phrasal verb, to switch around. Switch around. Now, switch around

can mean two things that are replacing their positions in some physical thing. Like, I

have one chair here and one chair here, uh, and I'm going to switch them. Like, I have

maybe one person sitting here, and I want to have him switch with this other person,

to switch them around.

Or, it could mean, uh, it can mean to have a group of things where you're switching them

all around. So, if I'm planning a wedding, and I have all of these different tables at

the wedding party after the wedding. I want to switch around the tables or switch around

the people. So, I'm moving lots of different things. But this is just a casual way of talking

about either reversing something or moving or mixing something in a different way. To

switch around.

Next, you'd think that and one would think. Now, this is an interesting way where we're

describing something as a native speaker, but we find it interesting or we’re confused

by it. We’re puzzled by that thing. So, I could say “Well, like, one would think

you shouldn't eat donuts for breakfast, but a lot of people do.” So, maybe I think,

uh, it's like a bad thing for your health to eat donuts. You should have something healthier

for breakfast. So, one would think. So, it just means one would think. This is another

way of saying it's common sense, or hopefully, most people understand that you should be

doing something or not doing something.

But, I'm really just sharing my opinion and trying to make it stronger. So, I'm trying

to say, like, “You shouldn't eat donuts for breakfast because maybe it's bad for your

health.” But I can say, to make it sound a bit more advanced and educated and more

like a native speaker, I can say, “One would think you shouldn't eat donuts for breakfast.”

So, one would think. So, like, if I, if I see something like, why do they do that? That's

really interesting. One would think you wouldn't want to do that.

So, I'm almost not saying it's my opinion. I'm kind of saying it's, like, the general

opinion, uh, but I'm giving it. So, it's kind of a sneaky way of describing an opinion but

saying maybe a lot of people share the same opinion. So, you might think or one might

think that, uh, you should do a particular thing, or you should not do a particular thing.

Next, another great phrasal verb, to get away with something. To get away with something.

Now, listen as I blend this together because this is how it sounds in any conversation.

To geda way, geda way, geda way. To get away with something, we have the get and then we're

moving away. Usually we, we’re taking something or just by ourselves. We are removing ourselves,

um, ourselves or myself from a particular scene.

So, like, a person who's robbing a bank. I go to a bank and I say, “Give me your money.”

And I take all the money, and then I get away. So, I, I'm trying to get away, me personally,

with the money. So, I'm getting away. Or, if I tried to steal something, even if I maybe

drop that thing, I don't want to be caught by the police. So, I run away. I'm trying

to get away.

We even have a getaway car. So, get away becomes a, uh, a phrasal noun and to get away. Uh,

we have a getaway car when someone is driving away, and that's the car we use, you know,

after I robbed the bank. I get in the getaway car, so I can get away. So, I can get away.

But listen to the pronunciation again, geda way. The ‘t’ becomes more of a ‘d’

and it's blended together. Get away, get away.

When you get away with something, it's, uh, a form of cheating, or again, you're leaving,

something like that. So, I might be able to get away with, and not in a really bad sense,

like I'm cheating. Uh, but a friend of mine, if he says, “Hey, can you play, um, in my

band tonight because a friend of mine can't join me.” He can't play the guitar. He's

sick or something. So, I say, “Well, I can't really play the guitar. But maybe I can get

away with playing just a few chords or something I know how to do.” So, if you play some

simple music, I can probably help you.

So, in that sense, you're getting away with something, just meaning you're, you’re not

really doing it exactly how it should be done or in the best way. But it's still doable.

It's something that's possible. To get away with something.

Next, to come by something. So, to come by something means to, uh, to obtain it, to possess

it in some way. We don't really know how you come by something. Maybe someone gave it to

you or you bought it. That's not really important. But the idea of coming by something means

receiving that thing. So, now you have it.

But often you'll hear in conversations, as you'll hear in this conversation, that something

is hard to come by. Hard to come by. So, it just means it's difficult to get some kind

of thing. So, it's hard to come by. Maybe, uh, like, a, a particular guitar, like, a

left-handed guitar. That's very rare. So, left-handed guitars are hard to come by in

my area. They're hard to come by in my area. So, anything where it's difficult to find

that thing or get that thing somehow, it's hard to come by. Hard to come by.

Next, some more great phrasal verbs, to let things go or to get rid of something. Now,

you’ll hear let something go, and it can mean when you physically have something in

your hand. This is the physical idea of you open your hand and it falls out. To let something

go. Let it go. Just like the song. Let it go. You know, I think I've sung that song

a couple of times or tried to sing it in these lessons. Anyway, uh, I'm not the best singer,

so I, I will let it go. I will let that, let that, uh, ability go.

So, when you lets, let something go, maybe you have to, uh, move from your house into

a smaller house. And you have lots of stuff, you have to give to other people or to throw

away, uh, to remove that stuff because you can't bring it with you. Some things you have

to let them go, so it just means you're, you're holding onto something. Uh, physically holding

it but also emotionally, mentally holding onto that.

So, maybe you have some artwork that your, your young child drew when they were, uh,

like, a little kid. And now, they are 20 years old, and you don't know what to do. Uh, should

I, should I throw away this, this art, or should I keep it, or something like that?

So, if you let it go, maybe you, you give it, give it away or you put it in the trash

or something like that.

So, you can give something, uh, like, give something up in the same way. You can say,

well, I don't, I don't need this object anymore, uh, or this thing. So, I'm going to let someone

else have it or just put it in the trash.

Next, another great phrasal verb, to mess around with something. Now, mess around, this

just means where you're not really being serious about something or you're experimenting, you're

playing with it in some way.

So, I'm on the computer and I'm typing in some code, or I'm trying to just draw some

pictures and think about maybe get some ideas going. Maybe I want to make a game or some

new kind of music or something. So, I'm messing around. I'm just, you know, trying different

keys or, uh, listening to different notes and trying to, trying to find something where

maybe I don't have a good idea. I'm just messing around right now.

But it also means just to play. Like, if you have a child and you want them to sit, sit

still. So, don't move and try to focus on something. I say, “Hey, stop messing around

and focus.” So, children are moving around and playing and doing lots of things, but

they can't just sit still and listen. So, sit down, uh, sit still and stop messing around.

And finally, I’ll be the first to say. I'll be the first to say. Now, this is another

great phrase that you should remember as a phrase like this. Uh, when you're admitting

something, or you want to show, um, maybe something isn't really the best idea. Uh,

so I might say like, I'm, I'm, like, I built a company like this. So, I'm, I'm, I, like,

I did this thing and then that thing and it was actually really complicated. I probably

wouldn't recommend other people do that. So, I'll begin explaining that by saying, uh,

“I'll be the first to say that it's probably not a good idea.”

So, I’m, it's, it's, it’s kind of like you're admitting maybe it's not so good or

you're trying to just, just, uh, have, uh, show other people that they should be cautious

about what you're saying. So, I'll be the first to say that something like this. So,

I'll be the first to say it wasn't a good idea. Uh, or I'm admitting, like, maybe I

did something wrong. So, I was, uh, recommending that people do this, and I'll be, like, and

I'll say, well, uh, I'll be the first to say it probably wasn't a good idea. But, uh, in

the end, it did work for some people. I'll be the first to say. So, it just means all

I can get something.

Well, that's it for this lesson. Hope you have enjoyed it. Remember not just to watch

it or listen to it one time. But try writing down these things actually with a pencil and

paper or a pen and paper. Go back and actually listen. Take a few days with this lesson,

really practice it. Go back and review everything, and you really will start seeing, uh, this

vocabulary appearing in your conversations. I look forward to seeing you in the Fluency

Corner lesson coming up next. And until then... 1. Click on this link to subscribe to my YouTube

channel for over 500 free videos. 2. Click on this link to download my #1 eBook

guide to fast fluency, FREE! And… 3. Click here to watch the most popular video

on English fluency here on YouTube!