Great English Expressions to add to your vocabulary

hey hey english- speaking practicer how you doing  having a good day I hope so we're going to look  

at some Great Expressions to add to your English  vocabulary all right just a little bit of English  

speaking practice let's jump into it it's an  acquired taste an acquired taste it grows on  

you have you ever encountered food you initially  at first initially means at first have you ever  

ever encountered food you initially disliked at  first you disliked it so encountered means to  

come across happened uh happen to try have you  ever happened to try food have you ever come  

across food you initially disliked but gradually  little by little enjoyed after repeated exposure

you experience it you you  you eat the food again and  

again that's repeated exposure if you  get something over and over repeated

exposure all right this phenomenon phenomenon  phenomenon that's fun to say this phenomenon  

a phenomenon Is An Occurrence something that  happens it's like a situation or a circumstance  

usually a little bit um strange maybe this  phenomenon is commonly referred to as an  

acquired taste for example many people in the  United States don't like sushi they don't like  

sushi the first time they try it because  they typ typically typically aren't used  

to eating raw fish or having dried seaweed when  I first tried Sushi I had to taste it multiple  

times many times multiple times before I really  started to enjoy it it was an acquired taste an  

acquired taste I had to acquire a liking for  it the term an acquired taste can also be used  

describe things like clothes clothing music and  movies that take you a while take a while to grow  

on you if something grows on you you get used to  it you acquire The Taste for it it's an acquired  

taste it grows on you all right it was an acquired  taste means you have to be exposed to something  

many times to acquire a liking for it it grows  on you back to square one this is our next one  

here back to square one and it means having to  start over again because the first try wasn't  

successful the first try wasn't successful so you  start again back to square one it's like playing a  

board game you have to start over from the first  Square maybe you got knocked off and you have to  

go back to the start you're back to the the first  Square on a game board back to square one so back  

to square one well it looks like we're back this  is an example sentence well it looks like we're  

back to square one it seems that we have to start  over from the beginning because our first try  

didn't work out that's the Assumption because our  first try didn't work out it seems that we have to  

start over from the beginning you don't have to  say all this you just say well looks like we're  

back to square one and if you say that it means  all of this well looks like we're back to square

one great minds think alike all right so the  next phrase is a common compliment we sometimes  

tell people when one person has an idea and  the other has the same idea instead of saying  

oh we have the same great idea now you can say  this you can say great minds think alike this  

means that we're thinking the same thing great  minds think alike it means that we're thinking  

the same thing and if you say this you're kind  of complimenting yourself and the other person  

you're both great it's like saying we're so  smart we have great minds and we think the same  

all right great minds think alike is a phrase  commonly used when two people have the same idea  

or are thinking about doing the same thing  at the same time there it is in a casual  

conversation if I ask what what do you want  for dinner what do you want for dinner what  

do you want for dinner what do you want for  dinner and the other person says Pizza well  

I might think I was going to say pizza too too  I was going to say pizza too great minds think

alike let's get some pizza let's go get some pizza  all right this is a common and fun phrase that  

we use to compliment another person and I suppose  compliment ourselves at the same time right great  

mind think alike all right here's here's our  next one here to get something off your chest  

to get something off your chest  and the definition is to talk to  

someone about something that has  been bothering you for a long time  

something's been bothering you for a  long time you want to get it off your

chest I know something is worrying you come  on get it off your chest you can talk to me  

I know something is worrying you come on get  it off your chest you can talk to me so you're  

telling your friend just tell me your problems  I can I can take it you can talk to me I'm your  

friend you can trust me get it off your chest  and just tell me I told the police everything  

I knew it was good to get it off my chest it  was good to get it off my chest get it off  

get it off my chest all right here's the next  word here googly eyes have you ever heard GOOG  

eyes this expression can be amusing to use when  you see someone frequently gazing at someone  

they like there's the key phrase there gazing  at someone they like I don't know if that was  

googly eyes or not so in English we refer to this  as having a crush you kind of like somebody and  

you give them googly eyes for example if you  see a girl showing interest in a boy without  

telling him you could say why are you making  googly eyes at him why are you making googly  

eyes at him and it means why are you looking  at him in a really loving way that's what it  

means do you like him you're making googly eyes  at him towards him all right so the expression  

googly eyes refers to the look on your face when  you're staring at someone because you probably  

really like them stop making googly eyes at me  now I'm just kidding it's a joke stop making  

googly eyes at me all right let's let's get  a move on let's get a move on come on let's  

get a move on we need to get a move on this  means to begin moving faster or more quickly  

it's the same thing as saying let's go hurry up  come on let's go hurry up let's get a move on

all right so the train leaves in 15 minutes  let's get a move on let's hurry let's move

faster the train leaves in 15 minutes  let's get a move on let's get a move

on all right or you can say we need to get a move  on we need to get a move on we need to get a move  

on if we want to finish on time if we want to  finish on time this project we got got to finish  

it on time so we need to get a move on all right  when you start your career you need to get your  

foot in the door foot get your foot in the door  that's our next little our phrase expression get  

your foot in the door internships are a great  way to get your foot in the door internships  

that's when you go work for a company for no  pay or maybe a little bit of pay you're just  

there to learn you are learning so you are an  intern if you are an intern you are doing an  

internship internships are a great way to get  your foot in the door get to know some people I  

volunteer at a clinic twice a week because I need  to do something to get my foot in the door all  

right Shadow me with this one ready let's Shadow  it say it together with me ready I volunteer at  

a clinic twice a week cuz I need to do something  to get my foot in the door was that too fast I'll  

slow down a little bit I volunteer at a clinic  twice a week because I need to do something to  

get my foot in the door I volunteer at a clinic  twice a week because I need to do something to  

get my foot in the door I volunteer at a clinic  twice a week because I need to do something to get  

my foot in the door I volunteer at a clinic twice  a week because I need to do something to get my  

foot in the door boom good workout way to go that  was a green lesson or a red one let me put it all  

red cuz I had them on white here nope that didn't  work still learning how to use this software all  

right boom good workout keep moving forward one  step at a time and I'll see you in the next step