Practice English Expressions with me

what is this expressions in dialogue that's what  it is we are going to read you're going you are  

going to read along with me okay this is not  like a serious shadowing video we'll just uh  

take a look at some expressions in dialogue here's  our first expression it's only temporary or you  

could say it's just for the moment it's just  for the moment it's just for the time being  

it's just for the time being it's just for now  it's just for now all right so if if somebody  

says it's just for now it's only temporary  how long do I need to wear this cast on my

arm it's only temporary until the bone Hills  until oh that's interesting the way I said it  

just now is one bone until the bone heals this one  says until the bones heal multiple bones wow must  

be a pretty bad accident it's only temporary  until the bones heal how long will the power  

be off in the building oh no the power's off in  the building how long will it be off it's just  

for the moment while we replace a fuse it popped a  fuse it's just for the moment while they replace a

fuse how long will your mother be living with

us it's just for the time being until  she decides to go back hopefully not for

long how long will your mother be living  with us it's just for the time being don't  

freak out just until she decides to go back  until she decides to go back that's not a  

specific time she might never decide to go back  all right do you plan to live in your car no it's  

just for now I'm getting an apartment next week  it's just for now it's temporary it's just for the  

time being just for the time being it's just for  now I'm getting an apartment next week but for now  

now I have to live in my car all right so those  are our words it's only temporary it's just for  

the moment it's just for the time being it's  just for now all right what's our next one  

it's regrettable that it's regrettable that  I regret that I'd like to express my regret  

over okay let's look at it in dialogue it's  regrettable that we failed fa to contact you

yesterday yeah it's too bad it's  too bad that we failed to contact  

you yesterday it's regrettable that's  fine I didn't check my mail yesterday

anyway how do you feel about the accident we  greatly regret that our staff did not pay proper  

attention ooh this is serious we greatly  regret that our staff did not pay proper

attention any words for the victim's family  uhoh someone got hurt we'd like to express  

our regret Over The Misfortune  of your son please accept our

condolences please accept our condolences man  this is very serious it's almost maybe it's  

a death we'd like to express the regret Over  The Misfortune of your son please accept our

condolences all right it's regrettable that  I regret that I'd like to express my regret

over all right first year student is a freshman  a new student oh these are easy what are you in  

what I'm sorry what what year are you in this  is a very common question they'll say what  

year are you in and that just means are you  first year second year third year fourth year

freshman sophomore I blanked I'm like wait a  second what's second year second year sophomore  

junior senior it's interesting we often  um in America we say freshman and Senior  

we use a lot but we don't use uh  sophomore and Junior as much we'll  

say second year third year sometimes I'm  a first year student at the University of

Hawaii is that big football player a senior no  

he's only a freshman he's  only a freshman he's huge

what is that Gathering what's a gathering  a gathering of people is a bunch of people  

getting together in one place is a  gathering that's an orientation for new

students all right so we had first year student  freshman new student what's our next group that's  

all that's all for that's all I have for let's  see I'd like a cheeseburger and fries that's all  

I'd like a cheeseburger and fries that's all so  when you're ordering from a menu you can say um  

I'd like a cheeseburger and fries and that's  all that's all I'm finished ordering that's  

all that'll be 3.98 only 3.98 that's cheap that's  cheap for a burger and fries all right let's see  

what we got here that's all for my presentation  any questions all right so I'm finishing my  

presentation so I would say that's all for  my presentation any questions thank you for  

your presentation I have a question for you blah  blah blah blah blah that's all I have for today's  

lesson goodbye everyone is this me talking to you  that's all I have for today's lesson that's it  

goodbye Chad that's it that's all  that's all for today that's all I  

have for you today sorry but  we're done boom good workout  

keep moving forward one step at a time  all right I'll see you in the next step