Practicing and Learning Everyday English Expressions

all right welcome back English speaker English  practicer are you ready to work out your English  

speaking muscles let's learn practice and  master English here's our first little word  

try on now if you try something on you're putting  on like clothing maybe it's clothing or shoes or  

accessories so you try it on why do you try it on  to see if they fit do they fit I don't know let's  

try them on and see or if you like them do you  like them I don't know let me try it on to see  

if I like it or not all right listen to this and  repeat after me try this dress on let's see how it

looks try this dress on let's see how it

looks I would never buy  shoes without trying them on

first did you catch it I would never  buy shoes without trying them on

first I would never buy  shoes without trying them on

first good next try out now this means  to use some equipment maybe could be  

something anything try something out to  see how it is how is it you try it out or  

if you like it it's a little bit different  it's like equipment not clothing and shoes  

and accessories so for equipment or things  you try it out for example you should try  

out a car before you buy it that's right  before you buy a car you should try it

out see if you like it your new  camera looks awesome thank you  

would you like to try it out  would you like to try it out  

would you would you would you would you like  to would you like to would you like to try it  

out try it out would you like to try it out  would you would you would you like to try it

out yeah you got it all right try  out these sunglasses what do you

think try out these sunglasses what do you

think what do you think what do you  think what do you what do you what  

do you what do you what do you think  try out these sunglasses what do you

think all right next try to when you make an  effort to do something that may not be easy it  

might be something difficult you have to try to  do it right you try to try to do your best try  

to cons sound like try to try to try to try to do  try to do try to do your best try to do your best  

there you go try to be here before 8 o' because  you are always late so try to be here before

8:00 try to be try to be try  to be try to be try to be  

try to remember her name don't forget her  name if you forget her name that's it it's  

over so try to remember her name try to  try to remember her name try to not be

rude you can say try to be polite  try try to be try to be polite try  

to be polite or you could say try to not be rude

all right listen try to not forget about the

appointment try to not forget about the

appointment all right so next when you give  a suggestion to solve a problem you say try  

something what does that mean I don't get it let's  take a look I can't get the door open try turning  

the key okay now I get it try turning the key  so he's making a suggestion on how to solve a  

problem try to do something try turning the key  obvious try pressing the button try asking him

nicely try running in the pool oh yeah if you  have an injury on your leg or something you  

can run in the swimming pool in the water it's  good Rehabilitation so try running in the pool  

it's good all right I try I try I try is a way to  express modesty after receiving a compliment so if  

you want to if you want to be modest and someone  someone gives you a compliment and you want to  

be modest about it you can say I try it kind of  insinuates I'm not that great but I try my best  

I try all right you are a great cook thank  you I try you're a hard worker thank you I  

try I do my best I try you're a patient  father well it's not easy but I try you  

could use this for your English speaking if  someone says wow your English is excellent  

you can say thank you I try so that would that  would be be modest even though if you're really  

good and you know it you can say that all right  our next word is I'll bet I'll bet use this when  

you believe something is true I'll bet even  though you have no proof you're not you don't  

have proof but you think it's true I'll bet I'll  bet he's getting paid a lot for that job I'll bet  

I'll bet she's just doing it for him she's just  doing it for him I'll bet she's just doing it for

him I'll bet it's going to rain tomorrow  I'll bet it's going to rain tomorrow yep  

I'll bet all right the word no way this  has two opposite meanings whoa that's  

tricky no way can mean definitely no no way  definitely no or it can mean that's good news  

so be careful how you use it right that's  good news no no way that's good news all  

right are you going to Claudia's party are  you no way she hardly speaks to me no way  

she hardly speaks to me so I'm definitely not  going to Claudia's party she hardly speaks to  

me we don't talk we're going to the beach  for a week no way that sounds like a lot of

fun no way that sounds like a lot of

fun that sounds like a lot of a lot of  lot of a lot of a lot of fun like a lot  

of like a lot of that sounds like a lot  of fun no way that sounds like a lot of

fun all right the thing is now this introduces  um an explanation for a situation why aren't  

you ready for school the thing is I can't  find my backpack my backpack it ran away  

again I don't know where went you misplaced it  didn't you no the thing is I never misplace it  

my backpack has feet and it walks around the  house all by itself okay how how does that  

guy keep his job he never does anything he's  lazy the thing is he's a friend of the boss's

sister the thing is he's a  friend of the boss's sister

that's the thing a step in the right direction a  

step in the right direction refers to an  action that will lead to success I'm so  

glad you've decided to go to college  that's definitely a step in the right

direction that's definitely a step in  the right direction I want to get healthy  

so I quit smoking wow that's a big step in the  right direction wow that's a big step in the right

direction all right and our last word today is  be about to to be about to means to be going to  

do something at that moment be about to I can't  talk anymore we're about to leave for the airport

I can't talk anymore we're about to leave for the

airport fasten your seat belt  the plane is about to take

off fasten your seat belt  the plane is about to take

off fast fasten your seat belt  the plane is about to take

off all right I heard you  were about to move to America  

America I heard you were about to move to America  I heard you were about to move to America is that  

right yes I was about to I was about to but then  something happened and I was unable to but I was  

about to but the thing is my Visa was denied  I was about to but the thing is my Visa was

denied oh I'm sorry to hear that too bad  bummer I'll bet that was disappointing for  

you I'll bet sure was hey that was an  excellent practice way to go boom good  

workout keep moving one little step at  a time today was kind of a long step how  

long have we been going I don't even know  doesn't matter all right get all the steps  

englishcoachchad.com and we're on our way to  10,000 steps and I'll see you in the next step