ONE HOUR English Vocabulary Masterclass: Idioms, Phrases, Grammar (Improve Your Fluency in ONE HOUR)

Welcome to this One hour Vocabulary master class to help you communicate your ideas fluently

and confidently.

Of course, I'm Jennifer from

JForrest English.

Now let's get started.

First, in this master class, you're going to learn how to talk about your hobbies.

You'll learn advanced C1 phrases, and you'll learn natural phrases to sound like a native

speaker.

Let's go.

First, let's review the most common verbs of preference that you need to talk about

Hobbies like enjoy, love and adore.

Adore sounds even stronger than love.

Now remember, with your verb a preference, The next verb needs to be in the gerund form,

the verb with INGI like and now we need a hobby.

I like reading reading fiction, so like plus jaron verb.

Now, although native speakers don't always follow this rule for certain verbs, a preference,

native speakers always use the jaron.

So this is only flexible with certain verbs.

Because of that, to make it easier for you, always use the gerund verb with a verb, a

preference.

So let's practice this.

What do you like?

Doing like jaron verb I like.

And then put it in the comments.

You need an activity, so share a hobby.

Use that jaron verb.

I like what?

I can't wait to find out.

Now of course you can use other verbs.

A preference.

I enjoy taking pictures of nature, taking pictures.

Our gerund.

I love playing piano.

I adore playing basketball.

Don't worry about taking notes because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF.

You can find the link in the description.

Now with your verb a preference, you can also use a noun.

I like photography.

I like taking photos with the jaron verb or a noun.

I like photography.

I enjoy sports.

I love music.

I adore languages.

All of these were the noun form.

Now, of course, those are very simple statements, so let's add on to that to make it more complex.

I like reading fiction in my free time.

I enjoy taking pictures of nature in my leisure time.

So you can use free time or leisure time.

Both are acceptable.

I would say free time is slightly more common.

Playing piano is my favorite pastime, so using pastime is an alternative to, say, hobby.

Playing piano is my favorite hobby, activity, pastime.

And notice here I'm using a gerund statement.

Playing piano that's a gerund statement.

Playing piano is my favorite pastime.

Instead of using the word pastime, you could say playing piano is my favorite way to pass

the time, time, past time to past the time.

They're the same meaning, just different structures.

Now let me share some more advanced C1 phrases that you can add to your vocabulary.

You will sound very advanced and professional if you say I'm an avid cyclist.

The structure is to be an avid and then you need a noun cyclist, that is someone who cycles.

So that's the noun form, and if you're an avid cyclist, it means you really, really,

really love cycling.

You could say I'm passionate about photography as the noun, or about taking photos with the

gerund verb.

And don't forget you need that verb to be to be passionate about noun or gerund.

You could say I spend every chance I get in my garden or gardening.

So here to spend time in a location or the activity which is in the jaron verb.

You could say I recently took up cooking and now I spend all my free time trying new recipes.

The phrasal verb here is to take up.

When you take up an activity, it simply means you start that activity.

But using the phrasal verb will make you sound very natural, advanced, and professional.

Now let's review some natural phrases to help you sound just like a native speaker.

I'm really into meditation.

I'm really into doing yoga.

To be into plus noun meditation or gerund doing yoga.

This simply means you really enjoy.

I'm really into art.

I'm really into painting.

You really enjoy these activities.

I'm a huge fan of puzzles and playing word games to be a fan of plus noun or gerund.

And you can say I'm a huge fan, a big fan.

So you can modify fan to make it sound stronger.

Here's a fun one.

I live to surf.

I live to go surfing.

This sounds very strong.

You spend your entire life thinking about or doing the activity, and in this case you

don't use the gerund to live plus infinitive.

I live to surf, but don't get confused with I live to go surfing.

Let's talk about that structure.

We use the structure to go plus gerund for verbs of movement like surfing.

You could say whenever I have free time, I always go.

So here the verb is go.

This is the verb you're conjugating, so it might be she always goes because you need

to conjugate it.

But then the next verb, if it's a verb of movement, will be in the gerund form.

I always go hiking, biking, skiing, dancing, walking, jogging, running and many other verbs

of movement are possible.

Another way to sound more advanced when talking about your hobbies is to add an adjective.

So let's review some common adjectives.

I love reading because I find it very relaxing or calming.

Painting is a great way to be creative.

So creative is my adjective.

And notice this is a gerund expression.

Painting is a great way to be creative.

I'm into sports because I love being active or I love being social.

I'm passionate about puzzles because I find them very challenging.

Spending the afternoon in nature is very enjoyable.

So instead of saying I enjoy spending time in nature, you're using enjoyable as the adjective

and your sentence is a gerund statement.

So that sounds quite advanced.

Simply by changing the structure.

Traveling and learning about the world is very fulfilling.

Now you have a lot of vocabulary and grammar to talk about your hobbies, but what about

if you want to ask someone about?

Their.

Hobbies.

Do you have any hobbies?

What are your favorite hobbies?

What hobbies do you enjoy?

Those are the three most common questions, but let's look at some more advanced C1 questions.

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

How do you usually spend your free time?

Usually is a adverb of frequency, so that's why we have the present simple here.

What's your favorite way to pass the time?

And notice that all these questions use vocabulary.

You previously learned to talk about your hobbies, so you're really using this name

vocabulary, but you're forming it in a question.

Now let's review some natural ways you can ask someone about their hobbies.

What are you into?

Remember, you already learned this.

I'm into, I'm really into.

Now you're just asking what are you into?

What do you do for fun?

So instead of saying as a hobby or in your free time, it's just for fun.

What do you do for fun?

Do you like sports?

This is a really great way because let's say you like sports.

That's your passion.

That's what you.

Live for you can just ask the other person, do you like sports?

And then even if they say no, I don't.

I.

Prefer and then they'll tell you what they like instead.

So you'll learn about their hobby simply by asking that question.

How do you like to unwind?

To unwind?

This means to relax, to destress.

Because that's why we enjoy hobbies, right?

To answer this one, you can use a gerund statement to sound quite advanced.

Drawing is my favorite way to unwind right now.

You might be thinking, but Jennifer, I'm too busy for hobbies.

Don't worry.

Let's talk about some phrases you can use for hypothetical or future hobbies.

If I had, if I had more free time, I'd love to take up drawing.

And now you already know what take up an activity means.

I love to take up drawing.

So this is a hypothetical because you don't have free time.

So if someone asks you what are you into?

What do you do for fun?

What are your hobbies?

You could say I wish I had time to play basketball So the person understands that you love basketball,

but it's not currently your hobby because you said I wish I had, which means you don't

have it right now.

If I weren't so busy at work, I do yoga every day because I live for yoga.

But again, it's hypothetical.

If I weren't so busy, but you are busy.

Or you could say once I and then present simple.

Once I graduate, once I finish, once I complete, once I graduate, I'll definitely learn how

to salsa.

So again, you're sharing that you're passionate about salsa or dance, but right now you're

focused on graduating.

So this isn't currently your hobby, but it's a hypothetical future hobby, so these are

great phrases to have in your vocabulary.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Now you're going to learn all the phrases that you need to visit North America.

Now, as a tourist, you're going to be using these greetings when you go to stores, restaurants

or interact with service providers.

Like when you rent a car, Oregon book a tour, you can simply say hello because for more

in personal interactions, when you don't know the person socially, we just say hello.

That's the standard greeting in these situations.

You could also say hi there.

So add there.

Hi there.

Hi there.

When you go into a restaurant, a store.

Hi there.

Of course you wouldn't wave.

I'm just doing that.

I guess you could.

Hi there.

Hello.

Now time is specific.

You could say good morning, good afternoon or good evening.

Don't say goodnight because that's what we use before you go to sleep.

So after 4:00 to 6:00 PM you can say good evening.

Now only for morning native speakers, we drop the good and we just say morning, morning,

but we don't say afternoon.

You always say.

Good afternoon, good evening.

But you can simply say morning morning Now after your greeting you can state your reason

for your visit.

So if you're at a restaurant, you can say hi there.

We have a reservation under forest.

Usually the reservations are made under your last name for 7:00 PM.

You could include the time, but you don't need to because the reservation will have

the time.

Or you could approach Booth and say good morning.

Could you please tell me when the next ferry to Staten Island comes?

Notice how I use.

Could you please?

That's to sound more polite.

Now don't worry about taking notes because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF.

You can look in the description for the link.

How about this one?

Excuse me, Do you carry sunscreen?

Do you carry?

You're asking the store if they have.

Do you carry sunscreen?

Now notice, excuse me, this isn't necessarily a greeting, but it's what we use to get someone's

attention.

So if the store person is stalking a shelf, you can say excuse me and then they will stop

what they're doing and look at you.

So it's used to get attention.

Now, technically you can say, pardon me, pardon me, do you carry sunscreen?

But pardon me isn't very common in North America in this context.

In North America we use pardon me if we don't understand something.

So if someone's talking to me and maybe there's a lot of background noise, I might say, pardon

me to ask them to repeat themselves.

But we don't really use it to get someone's attention, so just use excuse me to get someone's

attention.

Now let's review all the phrases you need if you don't understand someone or if you

don't hear them because there's a lot of background noise or maybe they just spoke very quietly.

Like I said, pardon me, pardon me.

Now you can also say excuse me, but it's more in a questioning tone.

Excuse me, sorry, I didn't catch that.

Now you can always say sorry, English isn't my first language, so you're giving them the

information they need to know so they can adjust.

Because if you tell a native speaker, oh sorry, English isn't my first language, they'll naturally

just try to speak slower or louder or in a different way to help you understand.

And don't be afraid to say can you repeat that slower, please?

The person will not be offended or upset if you say that, so don't be afraid to use it.

Or you can say sorry, I'm not sure what means that means.

Or if you know the specific word you can say.

I'm not sure what a transfer means.

Can you explain it a different way?

Can you give me more information?

Can you help me understand?

Or simply you can say sorry I don't understand.

English isn't my first language and they will naturally know They need to speak slower,

louder or explain it a different way.

Can you repeat that please?

I'm sorry, I didn't catch that.

As a.

Tourist.

You're going to be spending money at stores, so let's talk about the phrases you need when

you go into a store or when you take all of your items to check out.

When you're ready to pay, you can just say hi there or any of the other greetings.

Now, previously the stores would ask you cash or credit, but this isn't common in North

America today.

It's assumed you're going to pay with a credit card, so they generally don't ask you about

the payment method.

They will probably just point at the machine and then you can tap your card.

Cash credit.

Now there are some St.

vendors.

A street vendor would be a small shop or something that isn't a physical store.

It is possible that they only accept cash, but this is becoming less and less common.

Basically everywhere you go in North America you can pay with your card.

Even the smallest St.

vendors because they have.

A little device they put.

On their phones and then their phone turns into a payment processor and you just tap

your card on the phone.

So even at very small vendors, you can likely pay with your card, but of course bring a

little cash with you.

You can ask how much is this for one item?

How much are these for?

Two or more items now.

After you pay, they might ask you do you need a bag now?

They might say need a bag or simply bag with a rising intonation to show it's a question.

Plastic bags are not used at most stores in North America.

They are banned for environmental reasons.

So if you need a bag, most likely you have to pay for that bag.

Instead of plastic stores, use paper bags and they're probably about $0.15 per bag.

Or you can get a reusable bag depending on the quality 1 to $3.00.

A lot of smaller stores, convenience stores, markets.

They still use plastic bags, but the bigger stores generally don't.

But you can always ask them, can you give me a bag please?

Or I need to buy a bag?

Now sometimes I hear students say please I need to buy a bag and they put please at the

beginning of a statement but that is not common in North America and it sounds a little awkward.

So put please at the end.

I need to buy a bag.

Please please commonly comes at the beginning when it's the imperative.

So you're giving an instruction, please put the receipt in the bag.

Put the receipt in the bag is the instruction and you can add please at the beginning to

sound more polite.

You could also add it at the end after you pay, they might say do you need want a receipt?

Again, to try to be more environmental and safe Paper.

They don't automatically print receipts.

They might just say need a receipt.

Want a receipt or receipt?

You can say no, it's OK no thanks, yes please.

Now, right before you pay, they might say something really long that you don't understand.

They may be asking you for a donation, which is very common.

Do you want to donate $1.00 to the Children's Hospital?

They might ask you if you have a Points or Rewards membership with that store.

Or they might ask you if you want to sign up for something like a Walmart MasterCard

or a Points card or a membership.

If you don't understand, just say no thanks.

No, thanks.

Because they're probably just trying to give you something additional.

Now if you go into a clothing store or a larger store, they will greet you and they'll ask

you if you're looking for something specific.

You can say I'm just looking, I'm just browsing, But in North America, looking is more common.

I'm just looking.

Thanks.

Well.

Thanks.

I'm just browsing.

Oh, I'm just looking.

Thanks.

Or if you are looking for something specific, you can say I'm looking for a small backpack.

Where can I find men's socks?

Do you carry sunglasses?

If you're buying clothing, you can ask where can I try this on?

Where are the fitting rooms, the changing rooms, which is where you try things on?

You can also ask them what's your return policy to know if the item is returnable or exchangeable.

Now let's talk about dining out at restaurants.

When you go to a restaurant, you can use your greeting.

Hello.

Hi there.

Good afternoon.

Table for two please.

Or you can state we have a reservation under and then your name.

Generally just your last name under forest.

Or maybe you want to make a reservation.

Can we make a reservation and they'll ask you when or what day, how many people and

what time?

Table for two.

Please Now if you're staying at the restaurant, you can ask them, do you have any tables outside?

Do you have any tables on the patio?

So they mean the same thing.

The patio or outside is an area that is outside.

So you have inside or outside.

Outside is on the patio.

And if you're inside and you see this really nice table by the window, you can say can

we sit by the window please?

Are there any booths available?

So maybe they're putting you at a table with chairs, but you want to sit it in a booth.

Just ask them.

Are there any booths available?

If you have any allergies, you can tell your server I'm allergic to.

I'm allergic to shellfish.

Or maybe you see an item, a stir fry with chicken, and you want to know, can you make

that vegetarian?

Can you make that vegan?

Can you make that gluten free to order?

Just say all have I'll have the stir fry with shrimp please.

Alternatively, I'd like I'd like the stir fry with shrimp please but I'll have is way

more common now.

You may want to modify your order.

I'll have the stir fry with shrimp please, but no onions.

Hold the onions without onions.

They all mean the same thing.

Can you add Pickles?

So if you want something additional, can you add Pickles?

Can you make it extra spicy?

This is something my husband asks every time.

Can you make it extra spicy?

Can you put the sauce on the side?

So maybe if they put a sauce over top, can you put it on the side?

Sauce on the side again, please.

Just know that modifying your orders is extremely common and accepted in North America, so don't

be shy.

If you want something specific, just ask.

They will do it for you.

And don't forget to ask for water, because as a tourist you need to drink a lot of water.

Can you bring us some water please?

They might ask you sparkling or still bottled does say tap water.

Tap water is fine.

Sometimes the restaurants try to sound more fancy and say house water, but it's the water

that comes out of the tap which is drinkable in all of North America.

So if you don't want to pay for water, just say tap water is fine and know that water

is free everywhere you go.

In North America, you can go into any place and ask for.

Water.

For free, you might ask them where are the bathrooms or restrooms?

Either word choice is fine.

Where are the bathrooms?

Where are the restrooms?

Just don't say where are the toilets because we don't use that word for restaurants.

Now if you had a big meal and you didn't finish it, all you can say can I have A to go box

please And they'll bring you a box and you put your leftovers and then you take it with

you.

Can I have A to go box please Or you can say can you wrap this up so they will take your

food put it in A to go box and bring it back to you.

Can you wrap this up?

Can you pack this up?

They mean the same thing.

If they try to offer you dessert or coffee and you don't want it, say just the check

please.

You can say check or bill.

Just the check please, just the bill please.

Can you bring me the check or bill please?

Or you can simply ask where do I pay?

Just the check please.

Where do I pay?

It's 25.

Dollars, right?

In North America, tips, gratuity are rarely added to the bill automatically, so it's your

choice to leave it.

When you pay, there'll be an option on the machine.

It's not required, but it is highly expected and a 10 to 20% tip, depending on the formality

of the restaurant and the level of service is expected.

But again, it isn't required.

Now at any restaurant, cafe or store, you can ask them do you have Wi-Fi or is there

Wi-Fi here?

And if you know there's Wi-Fi because there's a sign, you can ask them what's the Wi-Fi

password.

Now sometimes the Wi-Fi passwords are just random letters or numbers and maybe you you

didn't hear it, you couldn't understand it, You can just give them your phone.

Can you put it in for me, please?

Can you write it down, please?

Can you repeat that slowly, please?

Now let's talk about getting around so how you move from one location to another.

You don't really need to know how to ask for directions anymore because your phone has

GPS and will tell you exactly where to go.

But let me share some common phrases with you.

Excuse me, Do you know how to get to the Empire State Building?

Excuse me, which way is Central Park?

Excuse me, does this train go to Central Park?

Excuse me, which train will take me to Central Park And noticed I used Excuse me for all

of them because that is the most common standard in North America to get someone's attention.

You could also say, excuse me, do you mind taking our photo?

Because that is the one thing that people still ask other people for.

Not directions anymore.

But excuse me, do you mind?

Do you mind taking with that ING?

Do you mind taking our for photo?

Excuse me, could you please take our picture so you can say photo or picture interchangeably?

And as a final tip, before you pack your bags and head to North America, just remember that

North America is incredibly diverse and we interact with non-native English speakers

every single day.

Every time we leave the house, we go to stores, restaurants, our work environments, our social

environments.

We interact with non-native English speakers.

N Americans in general are friendly, open and accepting.

So don't feel any bit of nervousness or shyness because you have an accent or make grammar

mistakes.

It will not impact your experience as a tourist, but of course you do need to be able to communicate

in a way that a native speaker understands, and all of these phrases will help you do

just that.

Let's do something different.

Now you're going to learn natural phrases to help you sound like a native speaker, but

you're going to do that by listening to fast English, so you improve your listening skills

at the same time.

Let's get started.

Here's how this.

Lesson will work.

I'm going to say a sentence three times at a natural fast pace, and you need to write

down exactly what you hear in the comments.

And the examples are going to go from beginner A1 to more advanced C2.

So let's see if you can complete this whole lesson, our first listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

Thanks for your help, you rock.

Thanks for your help.

You rock.

Thanks for your help you rock.

Did you get this one?

I said thanks.

For your help.

You.

Rock Very easy right at a natural.

Pace native speakers, we reduce sound.

So for becomes Fer.

Thanks.

For.

Your.

Becomes your.

Thanks for your thanks for your help, your help.

Thanks for your help.

Now let's review a common.

Mistake that I hear.

Beginner students make and sometimes even advanced students.

You can say thank you or thanks.

You cannot say thanks you or thank and notice in our example we have thanks.

For your help.

Thanks for your help.

What is your help?

This is a noun, so we have things for plus noun.

You can also use things for plus gerund because four is a preposition.

So what would things for your help be in the gerund form?

Do you know?

Thanks for helping me.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for helping me.

And you rock.

This is a.

Very natural.

Way to say, you're great.

You're.

Awesome, I use this in the comment section to.

Reply to your.

Lovely comments all the time, but don't.

Say you are rock.

It is not to.

Be rock it is to rock.

You rock.

You rock.

You're awesome.

You're.

Really great.

You rock put that.

In the comments.

You rock.

You rock.

Thanks for your help.

Thanks for helping me.

Thanks Billy.

You Rock.

You rock.

Thanks honey.

Let's try this again a little more.

Difficult, I'll say it.

Three times she's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's starting to rub off on you.

Did you get this one?

I said.

She's starting to rub off on you.

She's is our contraction.

She is.

She's.

She's starting.

To so instead of two.

You can use an unstressed tub.

She's starting to.

Rub off because rub off is a phrasal verb.

They go together.

I can take that B sound and connect it to the next word, but I have to combine them

together.

I have to say them as one word.

Rub off, boff, rub off, rub off.

I can also take that on and add it together, so I'm saying those.

3 words as.

One rub off Fawn.

So here I'm taking the F from off and I'm adding it on fawn rub off, fawn rub off on

rub off on you what?

Does this.

Mean to rub off on someone is when someones behavior or personality effects someone else.

Let's take Janice and let's say Janice loves helping other people.

Now let's say Fernando spends a week working with Janice, and now Fernando starts helping

other people.

You could say Janice rubbed off on Fernando.

Here we have it in the past.

Simple.

Rubbed, rubbed, rubbed.

Off on Janice rubbed off on Fernando.

Now, you could also take the specific personality trait or characteristic, in this case Janice's

helpfulness, which is a noun janice's helpfulness, because the helpfulness belongs to Janice,

so it's possessive Janice's helpfulness rubbed off on Fernando, so that specific character

trait of Janice transferred to Fernando because they spent time together.

Marcus is really rubbing off on you.

Finally, I'm rubbing off on you.

My deviousness has finally rubbed off on you.

Let's try this again.

I'll say it three times.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

Did you get this one?

I said he rubs me the wrong way.

Notice this expression uses the verb.

To.

Rub and our last.

Expression used.

The verb to.

Rub.

But they have completely different meanings and that's why this is a more advanced listening

exercise.

Because maybe you understood the words, but you don't know what this means to rub someone

the wrong way.

This is to annoy someone, but without intending to.

Remember Janice from our last example.

And she was very helpful, but maybe for some reason she just rubs you the wrong way.

She annoys you, but there's nothing that she does to annoy you.

Just maybe your personalities clash, they don't go together.

So if you're planning a social.

Gathering.

You might say, is it OK if we don't invite Janice?

She rubs me the wrong way.

Now an entire person like poor Janice can rub you the wrong way, but it also could be

something specific that someone said.

Or did and overall you like?

Janice, but just that one.

Thing she said or did.

Rubbed you the.

Wrong way.

For example, your comment just rubbed me the wrong way.

So maybe she said something in a meeting that really annoyed you, but you know she did not

intend to annoy you.

So here your comment.

This is a noun.

Your comment rubbed the past Simple.

Of the verb to rub and notice that soft D.

Rubbed.

Rubbed me, Rubbed me the wrong way.

Absolutely.

Wait, is it me?

Like do I rub you the wrong way?

Not Jay.

Guy rubs me the wrong way.

She rubs everyone the wrong way.

But pop.

Our final listening exercise and the most advanced.

I'll say it three times.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

Did you get this one?

I said I had a hunch he'd quit.

Notice.

For pronunciation, I had a.

I had a had a, so I combine had a together as one word.

I had a hunch he'd quit now.

Did you hear that?

Duh.

He'd he'd quit.

Well, that D represents what word would he would quit?

He'd quit.

He'd quit.

Very difficult for students to hear native speakers understand it based on context and

based on grammatical structure.

It would sound awkward without it, so we know it's there even though we can't really hear

it.

Either.

When you have a hunch, A hunch is the noun, and then the verb that goes with it is have.

So to have a hunch, this is when you think or predict that something is going to happen.

But it isn't based on facts.

It's based on your intuition, your feelings.

So you could say.

I have a hunch she'll accept our invitation now if someone replies back and says why.

All you would say is.

Because I have a hunch, I have a feeling.

I have a gut.

Feeling and notice the grammar here.

I have a hunch this is the present simple.

And then she'll accept.

She will accept.

That's the future simple.

I have a hunch she'll accept our invitation because you're making a prediction about.

The future, but you could use this.

In the past, like our listening exercise, I had a hunch last week.

In the past, So that's the past.

Simple.

Last week I had a hunch that he.

Would quit, so would is the past simple of the verb.

Will.

I had a hunch that he'd quit, and using that is.

Optional.

You don't need it.

You could simply.

Say I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch.

Just a hunch.

I had a hunch, but I wasn't certain.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you can practice speaking fast.

Just.

Like a native, I'll say each.

Sentence again three times and this time I want.

You to repeat each.

Sentence out.

Loud.

Here we go.

Thanks for your help you rock.

Thanks for your help you rock.

Thanks for your help you rock.

She's starting to rub.

Off on you.

She's.

Starting to rub off on you?

She's starting to rub.

Off on you.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

He rubs me the wrong way.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

I had a hunch he'd quit.

You have already learned so much.

Now let's keep going.

And you're going to learn 20 idioms that native speakers love using #1 to break a leg.

Do you know this one?

What if I said to you break a leg?

Do you know what that means?

I'm saying good luck.

And we generally use this when someone is about to perform in an exam or a presentation,

a job interview, or within the theatrical world if you're an actor.

So I might say you're going to do great on your presentation.

Break a leg.

Good luck and you can simply use those 3 words break a leg break.

A leg break A leg.

Don't worry about writing these down, because I summarize everything in a free lesson PDF,

and you can find the link in the description #2 to spill the beans.

Oh, this means to reveal a secret.

So you tell your friend about this surprise party you're planning for another friend,

but then she spills the beans.

She tells that friend, Hey, we're planning you a surprise party, you can say.

I can't believe you spilled the beans about the surprise party.

So what about you?

Can I trust you with a secret?

I'm going to tell you a secret, But first you have to promise to not spill the beans.

So put in the comments.

I won't spill the beans.

I won't spill the beans.

And then I'll reveal my secret.

Spill the beans.

Spill the beans #3 to hit the hay.

Well, I'm going to hit the hay.

Do you know what this means?

It means I'm going to bed.

I'm going to sleep.

So you might tell your family.

I have an early meeting tomorrow, so I'm going to hit the hay now.

You can also use sack.

Hit the hay, Hit the sack.

They mean exactly the same thing.

Let's hit the hay, I.

Hit the.

Hay.

#4 to bite the bullet.

This is when you face a difficult situation with courage.

So let's say you made a mistake at work.

That's a difficult situation, but you're going to face it.

So you're going to walk into your boss's office and you're going to say I made a mistake so

you could tell your Co worker I have to bite the bullet and tell my boss about the mistake.

Bite the bullet.

Guess it's.

Time to bite the bullet.

#5 to hit the jackpot.

I hope this happens to you.

This is when you experience a significant success or gain.

You could say winning the contract felt like hitting the jackpot for our company.

So maybe the contract was for a very large amount or it was with a really prestigious

client.

So it was a big success, a significant success.

We hit the jackpot.

Number six to catch someones eye.

This means to attract someones attention or simply be noticed.

Her impressive presentation caught the CEO's eye.

So no, it is that possessive.

Catch someones eye, the CEO's eye.

So it's possessive.

How about this one?

His resume caught the hiring managers eye, so notice the possessive is after the S because

there's more than one hiring manager.

The hiring managers it's plural.

So you add the possessive after for a plural, so it belongs to the hiring managers.

But notice I is always singular.

We don't add the S to I.

Pick whatever catches your eye.

#8 to hit the nail on the head.

This is when you describe precisely exactly what is causing a problem or situation at

the nail on the head.

To give you a compliment.

I could say you really hit the nail on the head with your analysis, but I could reverse

that and say your analysis of the situation really hit the nail on the head.

Both of them are correct and have the same meaning.

You hit the nail on the head.

#9 to burn bridges.

You don't want to do this.

This is when you damage relationships or you close off opportunities, and most people will

do this when they end a relationship.

In a business context, this would be when you quit, when you end your professional relationship

with the company.

But you should never burn bridges when you quit.

Because if you damage that relationship by quitting in a outrageous way, in an unprofessional

way, well then you can't use that employer as a reference.

And you never know when you might need that employer again in the future, or when you

might even work for that employer again in the future.

So you don't want to burn bridges?

Burned all my bridges and.

Burn that bridge?

No.

#10 to jump on the bandwagon.

This is a fun one.

This is when you adopt A popular activity or trend.

In the YouTube world, a popular trend is YouTube shorts.

Now, after a year of not making YouTube shorts, I decided to jump on the bandwagon.

I decided to make YouTube shorts because they're popular and they're trendy.

Every studio is jumping on the bandwagon.

I wish I had bit the bullet.

Remember this one bit.

That is the past.

This is the past perfect.

I wish I had bit the bullet sooner #11 to be in the same boat.

One of the most common idioms.

This is when you face the same challenges or are in a similar situation, the same boat.

Julio is nervous about public speaking.

Kezia is nervous about public speaking.

They're in the same boat when it comes to public speaking.

We're in the same boat.

Looks like we're in the same boat.

***** and span.

I love this one.

This means neat, tidy and clean.

I always keep my office, ***** and span.

How about your office?

You can use this for anything.

An entire room or maybe even just a desk.

She always keeps her desk.

***** and span.

***** and span.

I want them ***** and.

Span #13 to cost an arm and a leg.

This means to be very expensive.

So there's a problem with your car.

You could say, oh, getting my car repaired is going to cost an arm and a leg.

It's going to be very expensive.

Air conditioners cost an arm and a leg, and it won't cost you an arm and a leg.

You could also say cost a pretty penny, which is our next idiom #14, and it means exactly

the same thing, very expensive.

So the same example as before, but now you can say getting my car repaired is going to

cost a pretty penny.

You can use either one.

Because it cost a pretty penny it.

Cost me a pretty penny today.

How about #15?

Dirt cheap?

Dirt cheap.

This means very cheap, very inexpensive.

So let's say I see my best friend with this new designer handbag.

I can say, wow, that Gucci handbag must have cost an arm and a leg or must have cost a

pretty penny.

But then she can say actually it was dirt cheap.

So I could say really, how?

And that's our next idiom, #16A knockoff.

Do you know what a knockoff is?

This is a copy or imitation of a product, so my friend does not have a real Gucci handbag.

It's a knockoff.

So when you buy a Rolex, make sure it's not a knockoff.

It's.

Just a cheap knockoff.

#17 to hit the road.

I love this one.

I use it a lot.

This is when you begin a journey or simply leave a place.

So to begin a journey, you can say I'm packed, let's hit the road, let's begin our journey.

Or you could say, oh, it's getting late, let's hit the road.

Yes, hit the road.

Let's hit the road.

#18 to break a sweat.

This is when you exert physical effort.

So at the gym, if you run really fast, you're going to break a sweat, which means you begin

sweating to break a sweat.

But it could also be when you work really hard, you could break a sweat.

But we also use this in the negative.

Oh, this lesson was too easy, Jennifer.

I didn't even break a sweat.

Well, I'll have to make the next one.

Harder for you?

#19 to be under the weather a Moss.

No idiom.

This simply means to be or feel sick.

So you might send a message to your team and say I'm going to work from home today.

I'm a little under the weather and I don't want to get anyone sick.

Well, they're under the weather.

And finally, #20 to call it a day, this is when you decide to stop working on something.

Well, this is the 20th idiom, so let's call it a day.

I'm going to stop working on this video.

I'm going to end the video and you can stop as well.

Well, in just a few minutes.

Now, notice the expression uses day.

Let's call it a day.

If it were 8:00 at night, you could say, well, it's eight, so let's call it a day or let's

call it a night.

So at night you can choose to use night, but you can also still use day.

So you can just use day for all situations.

Call it a day.

We're gonna call it a day.

I've saved the best for last.

Now you're going to learn 50 common phrases that I use every day.

So if I use these expressions and you use these expressions, you're going to sound just

like a native speaker.

Let's get started.

First, let's start with some greetings that you must know to understand native speakers

and to sound natural yourself.

How's it going?

How's it going?

How's it going?

This is how a native speaker will say, how are you to a friend, a colleague, a family

member, How's it going?

And if two people haven't seen each other for?

A longer period of time.

You can add on.

How's it going?

Long time no see.

Long time no see.

You can reverse them.

Long time no see.

How's it going?

Long time no see.

Here is one that native speakers love, but it confuses students.

What have you been up to lately or recently?

This is in the present perfect.

What have you been up to?

Up to just means doing.

What have you been up to lately or recently?

And you can use all of these together.

How's it going?

Long time no see.

What have you been up to lately?

You will sound so natural.

Now let's talk about how to answer these greetings.

How's it going?

It's going.

And then your adjective.

It's going great.

Long time no see.

You can confirm this by saying I know.

Too long.

I know it's been a long time since we last saw each other.

I know.

Too.

Long it's.

Been too long.

Now, although what have you been up to lately?

Recently is a long question.

Generally, native speakers will answer by saying not too much, not too much.

And then for all of these you can add on and you and you to get the reply from the person

you're talking to.

Now let's talk about how to say thank you like a native speaker.

Thanks so much.

Now notice instead of thank you, I'm saying thanks you need that S It is required grammatically.

Thanks so much.

Thanks a million.

Thanks a bunch.

These are simply alternative ways to say.

Thank you very much.

Thanks a bunch.

Two of my favorite ways to say thank you are simply by saying you're the best, You're the

best, I also say.

You rock.

You rock.

You rock.

So if you want to sound very natural, you can use those two.

You can also say I really appreciate it.

Or you could say that's so nice of you, that's so kind of you you can use nice or kind, it

doesn't matter.

So if you're enjoying this video, why don't you show appreciation right now?

Use one of these expressions, whichever one is your favorite, and put it in the comments.

Thanks a bunch, Jennifer, you rock.

Jennifer, you're the best.

Jennifer put that in the comments.

To show appreciation for this video and to sound very natural.

How about to say you're welcome?

My favorite, and one that's very common, is simply no worries, no worries, no worries

at all.

No worries.

You could say happy to help or my pleasure or you could say anytime notice it's one word,

anytime, anytime, anytime.

And I will reply back to your comment saying thank you with one of these natural expressions

saying you're welcome in a very natural way.

Now, when it's time to say bye, you can say take care.

Take care, take care.

If someone is getting into a vehicle, you can say drive safe or drive safely.

Drive safe.

Now technically, grammatically you need the adverb which is safely.

But native speakers use drive safe more than drive safely.

So you will absolutely hear both.

Drive safe, drive safely, you can say talk soon, talk soon or see you soon.

See you soon.

Now let's say someone offers you something like a drink or a piece of cake, but you want

to say no.

You want to decline it, but you want to do it politely.

You can say I'm good, I'm good, but thanks anyway.

It's nice to add appreciation.

I'm good, but thanks anyway.

Nothing's I'm good.

None for me, but thanks anyway.

I'll pass, I'll pass but thanks I'll pass.

So definitely add on that, but thanks or but thanks anyway.

To.

Sound very polite when you're requesting help, you can say.

Can you give me a hand?

Give.

Me a hand give.

Me a hand.

You can say Do you mind?

And then you need a jaron verb.

Do you mind helping me?

Helping me out?

Native speakers like to turn help into a phrasal verb, help out.

Do you mind helping me out?

One I use a lot is Got a sack.

Got a sack.

Sack is short for second, which represents a small amount of time that you can make available

for me.

Got a sack?

You got a sack?

So let me try these expressions with you.

Got a sack?

Do you mind helping me out by liking this video, sharing it with your friends and subscribing?

It would really help me out.

Now if you're offering help to someone else, you can say need a hand, but notice you do

the rising intonation to make it sound like a question.

Need a hand?

Need a hand or you can say it as a statement and you can say I can give you a hand with

that and then you can give them a hand.

You can help them out or as a statement you can say let me help you with that, let me

help with you with that and then you can pick up that heavy box and help your friend out.

Let.

Me help you with that.

It's Friday, so let's talk about the weekend.

You can ask someone what are you up to this weekend?

Again?

Notice that up to at the beginning.

What have you been up to lately or recently?

And now I'm asking you, what are you up to this weekend?

So what are you up to this weekend?

It's very common to ask any plans this weekend and again rising intonation to show it's a

question.

So do you have any plans this weekend?

I love the expression on the go.

Anything on the go this weekend?

It's simply an alternative to plans.

Now if you want to arrange social plans, you can ask are you free?

Are you free on Saturday?

You can make a statement and say we should hang out soon.

We should hang out soon.

Hang out is when you interact with someone socially.

We should hang out soon.

Native speakers love using the verb grab.

Do you want to grab coffee?

Grab dinner.

Do you want?

To grab dinner sometime.

And then you can add your time reference tonight.

Do you want to grab coffee tonight?

Now if you're.

Arranging a business meeting you can still use Are you free?

You might add the verb to me.

Are you free to meet?

And then a specific time, because a meeting takes place at a very specific time on Thursday

at 2:00 PM.

You could say I'm available on Thursday at 2:00 PM.

And then ask, does that work?

Does that work for you?

Or you could ask what works best for you, What works best for you?

Well, whatever works best for you, Bill.

Now let's say you want to ask for clarification.

You could say sorry, I didn't catch that.

I didn't catch that, sorry, I didn't catch that, sorry, what does X mean?

And then X is whatever the word is that you don't understand or you could clarify by saying

sorry, what do you mean by X?

If you're having trouble understanding someone, you need to be honest.

You can say could you speak up a little?

Speak up means speak louder.

Could you speak up a little?

I'm having trouble hearing you.

Could you speak up please?

If they're speaking too quickly, you can say could you slow down a little?

I'm having difficulty understanding you.

Slow down, Slow down, Slow.

Down Now let's say you want to confirm understanding of either something you've said or something

the other person has said.

You can say do you know what I mean?

So you explain something and then say Do you know what I mean you?

Know what I mean?

No, I know what you mean.

Does that make sense to you?

Does that.

Make sense?

Or you can simply shorten that and say make sense with a rising intonation.

These two you need to put in your vocabulary.

Does that sound good to you?

Does that sound good to you?

And then native speakers will often shorten that just to sound good.

With a rising intonation, sound good sounds great.

There's one idiom you could use, and that's to be on the same page.

So you could say are we on the same page and this is used to say that you agree or that

you have a shared understanding.

For example, I could say J Force English is a great resource to help you become fluent.

Are we on the same page?

Do you agree?

Do we have a shared understanding now?

If you do agree, you can say we're on the same page.

We're on the same page, Jennifer, so put that in the comments to show that you agree we're

on the same page.

They're 100% on the same page.

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