How to give COMPLIMENTS | British English Speaking Practice*

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Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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I'm with Anna today from English like a Native Hi my name is Anna and some of you might know
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me from English like a native which is kind of similar but not as glamorous as Lucy's
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channel.Oh it's pretty glamorous.
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Definitely check out Anna's channel she makes some fantastic videos all about the English
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language and if you like this channel I'm sure you will really like hers.
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Firstly, before we get started I would just like to remind you that if you really want
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So check that out and let me know how you find it.
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So today we are going to be talking about how to give compliments.
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We are filming 2 videos.
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The first one is here on my channel and the second one will be on Anna's on my channel.
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You can go straight to her channel as soon as you've finished this one.
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Here we are going to be talking about things that you should say.
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And then we're going to be talking about things that you shouldn't say when you're complimenting
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someone.
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So both very important videos so stay tuned.
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Ok so firstly let's talk about some adjectives that we can use to compliment people.
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Compliment the way they look exactly.
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So the first one is pretty.
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You're very pretty.
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So are you.
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And pretty should be used generally towards women.
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If you want to compliment a man on the other hand you can use handsome.
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I know lots of handsome men.
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I don't know any maybe you can introduce me.
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So another word you can use to compliment a man or a woman would be beautiful.
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Yes that can go for both can't it yeah.
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Really nice word.
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And then we have gorgeous and gorgeous just means ah so attractive so if someone is gorgeous
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it means they are really really nice.
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And then we have stunning, So if someone stuns you with how beautiful they are then you would
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call them stunning.
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And then the last on breathtaking.
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so they take your breath away with their beauty.
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they are just so amazing.
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i can't breathe you're so handsome.
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One thing that I often hear my students use incorrectly is you look and you look like.
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I would say you look plus adjective and you look like plus noun.
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So I might say you look like Angelina Jolie.
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Funny you should say that!
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Or Anna you look beautiful or you look stunning.
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So make sure that you're very careful when differentiating between you look and you look
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like.
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So now we are going to give some examples of some nice ways of complimenting people.
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Something that I always think is nice is noticing a change.
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So if someone's made an extra effort with what they're wearing yeah or their hair yeah
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it's nice to say something about it.
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Or if they've had their teeth whitened perhaps.
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Wow!
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You have amazing teeth!
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Um ok so an example would be Anna I love what you've done with your hair.
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Oh, I've just had it cut thank you so much Lucy!
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I love that top is that new?
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Thank you it is!
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It really brings out the colour of your eyes!
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Ah, it's always good to compliment the eyes, when in doubt talk about the eyes!
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You could also talk about something that's not related to the way they look.
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Yeah, it's always really nice to compliment the way a person is.
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I appreciate compliments about personality more than I do about looks.
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So if I were to say maybe Anna I find you really easy to be around or I find you really
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funny, I think that's a much nicer compliment than just you look nice.
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Yes definitely I think I would definitely hold on to a compliment like that than someone
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just saying you look pretty.
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It's really nice when someone says something that they've obviously spent some time thinking
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about.
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Like I really like that little line on your face when you smile.
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I like things like that.
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I really like your dimples.
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Ok so those were some helpful tips on how to compliment people in English.
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Remember it's very important to differentiate between you look and you look like.
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Remember Anna looks beautiful and she looks like a potato!
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Sorry, she looks like Angelina Jolie.
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Make sure you use the correct adjective.
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Be careful when calling men pretty and women handsome, they might get offended.
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You should generally call women pretty and men handsome.
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Another thing is to try and be specific.
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People will always appreciate a specific comment more than a generic comment.
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Definitely yep.
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Try and make an effort to compliment things other than just appearance.
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Normally people are much more flattered by a compliment about something they've done
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or their personality rather than their appearance.
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Or something they've chosen.
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Something they've had an effect on.
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Ok so that's it for today.
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Now you need to head over to Anna's channel to watch the second part of this video.
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Which is very important it's about what not to say when you're trying to compliment someone.
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So if you don't want to offend us you need to watch that video.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media which is right above Anna
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here and I'll see you for another English lesson very very soon.
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Mwah!
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The word pretty.
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Ayyyy.
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Hansome men recent Lucy.
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Aaah why is my mouth not working?
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Now one thing that I often hear.
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Often!
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Very posh!
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Now...now one thing that I Um..oh...compliment me bitch!!
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Or I really like.
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Oh my god!
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It's like word vomit!
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It's like all the compliments I've ever wanted to hear just coming out!
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