Practice some English Expressions, Phrases, and Vocabulary

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English Coach Chad


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all right let's expand our vocabulary with  some expressions and phrases in English our  
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first one is not have a clue and it means  to be completely unable to guess or unable  
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to understand or unable to deal with  something here's a better definition  
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to not have a clue means to not know what  is happening or what others are thinking  
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so if you don't know what's happening you  don't know what other people are thinking  
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you don't have a clue she doesn't have a clue  I don't have a clue none of us have a clue  
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all right here's an example sentence here  he doesn't have a clue about how to fix a
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car I genuinely did not have a clue who he
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was I I met him yesterday and I genuinely did  not have a clue who he was I didn't know who he
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was I did not have a clue what to do I had  no idea no idea and not have a clue very  
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similar does your wife know she doesn't have  a clue she has no idea she doesn't have a clue  
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what are they talking about the fact that he  bought her a birthday present does your wife  
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know that you bought her the a diamond for  her birthday she doesn't have a clue what  
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were you thinking just kidding all right who  invented Algebra I don't have a clue I don't  
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have a clue I I don't I don't a lot of times  we won't say that t there I don't have a clue
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do you think Ry has any acting Talent is  he a good actor do you think do you think  
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Ry has any acting Talent all here's the answer  I want you to listen and see if you can repeat  
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it to be honest with you I don't think he  has a clue about what he's supposed to be
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doing to be honest with you I don't think  he has a clue about what he's supposed to be
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doing to be honest with you I don't think  he has a clue about what he's supposed to be  
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doing again to be honest with you I don't think  he has a clue about what he's supposed to be
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doing not lift a finger that's our next phrase  here so to not lift a finger means to not do  
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anything to help or contribute you're not doing  anything you're not lifting a finger or here's  
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a here's another definition not lift a finger  means to not make any effort or to refuse to  
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help it's usually used to describe someone who is  too lazy to help someone who is too lazy to help  
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they will not lift a finger I always  ask them to do something but they don't  
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lift a finger he just watches TV and  never lifts a finger to help with the
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dishes what can I do man he just watches TV and  
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he never lifts a finger he never  lifts a finger to help with the
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dishes she wouldn't lift a fing  if I didn't beg her to help
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me if I didn't beg her to  help me she wouldn't lift a
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finger all right listen and repeat she is so
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spoiled she doesn't lift a finger to help her  parents with the with the housework okay I I said  
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that very poorly I'm going to say it again she  doesn't lift a finger to help her parents with the
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housework let's look at it she is so spoiled  she doesn't lift a finger to help her parents  
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with the housework she doesn't lift a finger  to help her parents with the housework you
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try good did you say it better than I did  you probably did spend okay I just want to  
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focus on one thing here to spend means to use  money or time you can spend money you can also  
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spend time oh my gosh I just spent $100  on groceries I didn't plan on spending so
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much I wish you wouldn't spend  so much time playing video games
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I wish you wouldn't spend  so much time playing video
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games they spent a lot of time fixing this place
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up they spent a lot of time fixing this place  up they spent a lot of time fixing this place  
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up they spent a lot of time fixing this place up  what does that mean that just means um organizing  
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maybe a house or an office or a place it can also  mean um re reforming it construction work it can  
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just mean um new furniture maybe reorganizing it  could be a lot of different things making it nice  
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making it nice fixing it up fixing this place up  all right pig out to Pig Out means to eat too much  
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you eat too much you pig out oh I really pigged  out on that cake and ice cream say it repeat after  
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me oh I really pigged out on that cake and ice  cream oh I really pigged out on that cake and ice
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cream I totally pigged out  tonight now I don't feel so good
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I totally pigged out tonight now I don't feel so
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good sick and tired now to be sick and tired means  to no longer tolerate something you can't tolerate  
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it you are fed up you are annoyed you are sick and  tired of it I can't tolerate this anymore I'm fed  
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up sick and tired all right listen I'm sick and  tired of eating the same thing for lunch every
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day I'm sick and tired of eating  the same thing for lunch every
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day I'm getting sick and tired  of this song they play it way too
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often I'm getting sick and tired  of this song they play it way too
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often I'm sick and tired of  listening to him complaining all the
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time I'm sick and tired of  listening to him complaining all the
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time I'm sick and tired of  listening to him complaining all the
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time I'm just noticing a lot of  times s we won't say this part  
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listening to we'll just say I'm sick  and tired of him complaining all the
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time that's an option all right boom good  workout doing some vocabulary words some  
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phrases keep moving forward one step  at a time I'll see you in the next step
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