The LAZY Way To Become Fluent in 2025 (This Works!)

Do you need to become fluent but  you don't have a lot of time?

I just don't have the time.

Today you'll learn the lazy way to  become fluent and trust me, this works.

That's exactly what I need.

Thank you.

Welcome back to JForrest English.

Of course, I'm Jennifer.

Now let's get started.

The lazy way is to improve all areas  of your English at the same time.

So it's actually the smart way and  that's what we'll do right now.

I'll say a sentence three times and you  need to write what you hear in the comments.

After.

I'll explain what I said and  how you can use it correctly.

This means you'll improve your  listening, vocabulary, grammar,  

pronunciation, and speaking at the same time.

The lazy way, the smart way.

Here we go.

I'll say it three times.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

Did you get this one?

I said they've been bickering all day.

Let's talk about the pronunciation changes.

Notice I have they've.

This is a contraction.

They have they've they've, they've  native speakers use contractions  

in spoken English almost 100% of the time.

So you need to be very, very comfortable  

hearing the contraction because it affects  the grammar of the sentence You need to have.

They have been bickering  because that shows the grammar,  

and the grammar is the present perfect continuous.

So if you didn't have that, it  would be grammatically incorrect.

They've been bickering all day.

Now notice I said been been  a very unstressed been.

This is how we pronounce the past participle  of the verb be been in American English.

I don't speak British English, but  I believe in British English they  

pronounce it more stressed being, but  in American English we don't do that.

We just say bin, bin.

They've been.

They've been bickering all day.

Now, to understand fast English outside of the  classroom, you need to hear the individual words,  

but you also have to understand  the meaning of the words.

So let's talk about the verb to bicker.

This is when you argue about  things that are not important.

The concept of bickering is extremely  common and everyone does it.

And we usually do it with people  we spend the most time with.

Our family, our spouses, husbands  and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends,  

our close friends, our coworkers  that we spend a lot of time with.

Anytime you spend a lot of time with  someone, it's common that you'll bicker.

But it's different from fighting because  when you're fighting with someone,  

usually there's a strong emotion involved.

But when you bicker, you don't  really have that emotion.

It's less serious because the  things you're arguing about,  

fighting about, are not actually important.

Like I said, this can be very  common in the workplace when  

you spend a lot of time with your coworkers.

So maybe you're in a meeting and you've been  

discussing an issue for hours with your  coworkers, but people start bickering.

They start arguing about  things that aren't important.

You could say we didn't get anything done  today because we bickered all meeting.

We are getting bicker.

Yeah, we bicker either.

Yeah, well, we were bickering  because they were bickering.

Your kids are bickering.

Let's try this again with  another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

That street's pretty sketchy.

How'd you do with this one?

I said that streets pretty sketchy.

Did you hear that streets the S?

Well, that is the verb to  be in a contraction form.

The street is the streets.

The streets pretty sketchy.

Again, it's extremely important that  you hear these contractions for grammar,  

because we need the verb to be grammatically.

The sentence would sound very  awkward if you didn't have it  

because it would be grammatically incorrect.

That street's pretty sketchy.

Sketchy, sketchy, sketchy, sketchy.

Let's talk about to be sketchy.

That street is our verb to be to be sketchy.

This is used to say that  something is not completely safe.

So by saying that street's pretty sketchy, I am  saying that street doesn't look completely safe.

I don't think that street is safe.

So I'm saying we shouldn't go down that street.

We should avoid that street.

Now, why would I say this street is sketchy?

This is an adjective that  native speakers use a lot.

If I say the street's sketchy, it's most  likely because it's dark or lacks lighting.

There aren't a lot of people  around, there's broken glass  

or broken windows, or there are a lot  of abandoned buildings on that street.

It could be all of those reasons or it could be  

just one of those reasons for me to  say that street doesn't look safe.

That street, it's pretty sketchy.

I could say, let's take another St.

This one looks sketchy.

So I can also use the verb look look  sketchy, but I have to conjugate it.

This street looks sketchy.

Or let's say your friend or your husband  or your wife came to you and said, hey,  

I heard this amazing business proposal today.

All we need to do is invest $1000  and we're guaranteed $100,000.

And you could say that sounds sketchy.

So notice here the verb is to sound  sketchy and you're saying the idea,  

the plan, the business proposal  doesn't sound completely safe.

We also use this to describe people.

He's a sketchy guy or he's sketchy.

She's sketchy.

In this case, you're saying the person isn't  safe, which means you can't trust the person.

So with people, it's a way of saying  I don't think I can trust him.

She's sketchy, he's sketchy.

Seems a little sketchy.

You're kind of sketchy laundry  to some sketchy laundromat.

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Now let's continue with our lesson.

Let's try another listening exercise.

I'll say it three times.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

Did you get this one?

You must have seen it.

But notice, I didn't actually say.

Have I reduced that entirely to  just, uh, you must, uh, you must, uh,  

I could also reduce it to more of an, of sound,  which is very commonly done by native speakers.

You must of, you must of, you must have seen it.

Notice for seen it, I use that N that N  sound to connect the two words together.

Seen it, seen it, seen it.

So you hear it in front of it.

It sounds like NIT.

But if you say those two words  together, it blends together.

Seen it, seen it.

You must have seen it.

Now let's talk about the grammar of this.

Must is a modal verb, and grammatically you need  must plus base verb, which is the verb without to.

So grammatically you need must have.

In written English you must use must have  seen it, because that's grammatically correct.

But in spoken English it will  sound like must ah or must of.

But in written English, if  you wrote you must of or of.

It would be incorrect grammatically.

So just remember what I'm  explaining is for spoken English.

You must have seen it 200 times.

You must have seen it 2.

You must have seen them here.

Let's try this one more time.

I'll say it three times.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

I said once the ETA, of course we have what's.

That's the contraction of what is  what's what's the now, because ETA,  

it begins with a vowel sound  E I could say either the OR  

the because we do a more stressed the  when the next word starts in a vowel.

But this isn't a rule that native  speakers follow all the time.

But if I did a more stressed E in the, IT would  really blend together with ETAVTA and it would  

almost sound like it's just one word, the TA,  because I wouldn't really repeat the E on ETA.

The Tai believe In my example, when I did the  listening test, I think the first time I did  

it more of the ETA and the second time I did it  more of the ETA and the sounds blended together.

Let's listen to that again and see what I did.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Now, ultimately, either way that you  pronounce it, the ETA or the ETA is fine.

Now you're probably wondering, well, what's ETA?

This stands for estimated time of arrival.

So your ETA, the ETA or someone,  something's ETA is the estimated  

time of arrival for at someone or  something when it's expected to arrive.

So let's say we're talking about a  project and your boss wants to know  

when this project will arrive  in his inbox or on his desk.

He could say what's the ETA and he could  just say the if it's obvious you're talking  

about the project, he could say what's your ETA  because you're the one submitting the project.

Or he could say what's the project's ETA.

So the ETA belongs to the project.

So you need that possessive  what's the project's ETA?

And they all have the same meaning.

We commonly use this with friends or coworkers,  

family members to let them know  when we're going to arrive.

So let's say you were supposed to be at  your family's house at 7:00 for dinner,  

but you're running late.

You could send them a text  message and say running late.

Google says my ETA is 642 or 15 minutes now.

Google says because when you put something in a  GPS, Google will tell you or whatever you use,  

Google will tell you when  you're expected to arrive.

That's your ETA.

What's their ETA?

OK, ETA ETA 11 minutes.

Now let's do an imitation exercise so you  can practice your pronunciation as well.

So I'm going to say each sentence  again, and then I want you to repeat  

the sentence out loud and try to imitate  my pronunciation as closely as possible.

And I'll say each sentence three times.

Let's do that right now.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

They've been bickering all day.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

That's St's pretty sketchy.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

You must have seen it.

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

What's the ETA?

Amazing job.

Now remember, we're using the lazy  way, the smart way to become fluent,  

and the lazy way is to improve all  areas of your English at the same time.

Let's do that by reading a news article together.

First, let's read the headline.

Coffee could be more than a morning  pick me up according to new research.

Now let's start with this word right  here because you're probably looking  

at this and wondering what  is this or what does it mean?

Well, first of all, let's identify  what part of speech this is.

So we have all morning pick me up.

So this word functions as a noun pick me up  morning tells you what type of pick me up.

A pick me up pick me up is  something usually food or drink,  

in this case coffee, something that  boosts your energy or mood Boost,  

of course, means increases or improves,  increases your energy, improves your mood.

So this woman, she looks a little tired.

She looks like she could use.

Use AH.

Pick me up.

Ah, pick me up.

Now this is the noun form.

We commonly use this as a verb.

So let's review the sentence where  we could change the noun to a verb.

Coffee could do more than  pick you up, then pick you up.

So coffee can pick you up, boost your  mood or energy, and do other things.

So that's the do more than pick you up.

So we use the verb be with  a noun because it's a state,  

but do with the verb because it's an action.

So first thing in the morning, this tired  woman could say I need a pick me up.

I need a pick me up.

So in this case, is it a noun or a verb?

Well, you see this article here.

So that tells you it's a noun.

And our verb is need.

You need something.

You need a noun.

I need a pick me up.

Does that describe you first thing in the morning?

Do you think to yourself, I need a pick me  up, something to boost your energy or mood?

If that describes you, put that's me.

Put that's me, that's me in the comments.

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

You can find a link in the description.

Let's continue.

A morning cup of coffee may  do more than just perk you up.

Ah, notice here coffee could  do more than pick you up,  

but they just changed the word pick you  up to perk you up to perk 1UP means to  

make you feel more alert or energetic, so it  has a very similar meaning to pick you up.

Pick you up also includes your mood,  

whereas perk you up is really just  about your energy and alertness.

But we don't use it as a noun.

So you can say I need a perk me up.

It does not exist in English,  

even though you can say I need a pick me  up and it sounds very natural and common.

So don't use this as a noun.

You can use it as a verb.

And there's also an adjective that's  derived from the verb, which is perky.

Have you heard this?

You're very perky today.

You could say this to your friends,  your Co worker, your spouse.

You're very perky today.

That means lively and full of positive energy.

Full of positive energy  because it's a positive thing.

You're very perky today.

Let's continue.

Moderate amounts of caffeine intake here.

Caffeine intake.

You can replace the word intake with consumption.

So caffeine consumption is how much  caffeine caffeine you consume, consume.

So the verb is consume.

The noun is consumption, so if you  wanted to use the verb for intake,  

it would be how much caffeine you take  in, which would be your caffeine intake.

I think that consumption would be the more  commonly and easily understood word choice.

So I wrote that here for you.

And what about you?

How would you describe your caffeine  intake, your caffeine consumption?

Is it low, moderate, which means  medium, not too low, not too high?

Or is it high, low, moderate or high?

So you can share that or put  how many cups you consume,  

how many cups you drink would be  the everyday way of saying that.

How many cups you drink per day or  per morning, Feel free to share.

As for me, if you're curious, it's one only one  

in the morning and then I switch to  tea, which I'm drinking right now.

Moderate amounts of caffeine intake consumption  about 3 cups of coffee or tea a day.

So notice they define what they  consider to be a medium amount of coffee  

consumption, which is 3 cups.

Does that align with your definition?

Is that what you would view a medium amount to be?

And then based on that, how would  you rate yours low, medium or high?

I guess mine would be low or very low.

So moderate amounts of caffeine  consumption intake were associated  

with a lower risk of developing  cardio metabolic multi morbidity.

This is a mouthful.

Have you heard someone say that before  to describe something as a mouthful?

Well, that means it's difficult  to say, even for a native speaker.

So if you are looking at this and you're  thinking what, how would I say that?

Don't worry, it's difficult for me.

And it would be difficult for any native speaker  who is not a subject matter expert, who is not  

a doctor or a nutritionist or someone who would  regularly use this word, these two words, because  

I promise you, I have never said them before in my  life and I don't truly understand what they mean.

So we could describe this as a mouthful.

Now, I'll just teach you an easy trick of how  

I would approach pronouncing this  because yes, it's difficult for me.

What I would do is I would look  for the individual words first.

So I understand multi now here I didn't  understand this full word at first,  

but I understood this morbid,  morbid, and I know how to say it.

And then I think, OK, well, how would  I add this sound Eddy morbidity?

And then I have to think about how these sounds  would go together and then I can add the next one.

Now I listen to the audio dictionary pronunciation  of this to make sure my pronunciation was correct.

I'm only sharing this so you have some  strategies to improve your pronunciation.

You do not need to add this  to your speech or practice the  

pronunciation of this because you  will not use this in your speech.

So let's continue.

And the article does talk about what this is  and why it's important, said the study's lead.

Author.

Cardio metabolic multi morbidity, or CM.

Now we can simply refer to it as CM  and this is what native speakers do.

When something is a mouthful, difficult to say,  

we turn it into an acronym and  then now I only have to say CM.

So they're going to tell us what  this is because the average person,  

myself included, does not know  what this is, is the coexistence.

So the existence of two things at  the same time, that's coexistence.

The coexistence of at least two cardio metabolic  

diseases such as coronary heart disease,  stroke and type 2 diabetes, diabetes.

OK.

So CM is the existence of two diseases  such as these commonly known diseases.

That's all we need to know about that,  and we'll call it CM going forward.

Researchers analyze data from about  180,000 people in the UK Biobank,  

a large biomedical database and research  resource that follows people long term.

So this is the definition  of what the UK Biobank is.

Because the average person like  me does not know what this is.

And I had no idea what the UK Biobank  or even a biobank in general is.

So it's helpful to define it  for native speakers as well.

Those involved did not have CM  at the outset, OK, the outset.

This means at the very beginning.

So when they joined or registered for  the biobank, that would be the outset.

You can use this whenever there's an official  start or beginning of something such as a project.

That's an easy thing that  has a start and a finish.

So at the outset would be at the beginning.

And notice that preposition choice  

at the beginning because you  would actually say in the middle.

But what about end, at the end, at the end.

So you have a different preposition  choice for in the middle.

I don't know why you just do at the  beginning, in the middle, at the end.

So the project was fully funded at the outset,  which means at the beginning of the project.

You can use these 3 words as an preposition  phrase and put it at the beginning.

At the outset, the project was fully funded.

You could change this to at the end.

You can even make a comparison and say it  wasn't fully funded at the outset outset,  

but it was at the end, for example.

So for understanding the article we're reviewing,  the important thing to remember is that.

The.

People in this biobank, they did not have CM,  

they did not have these types of diseases  when they joined the biobank at the outset.

So remember that and let's  continue the information included.

So the information about  the people in the biobank,  

the information included the participants.

The participants, these are the  people participating in the biobank.

You participate in something, but the  noun is participant and of course plural.

It's plural here because  there were 180,000 people.

So it's plural.

There are many participants and the  possessive mark is after the plural  

to show that this information  belongs to the participants.

The information included the  participants self reported  

caffeine consumption through  coffee or black or green tea.

Now if it's self reported, it means that I  tell you that I drink 1 cup of coffee per day.

But you have to believe  that my information is true.

I could be lying to you.

I could actually drink 12 cups and tell you I  only drink one because I think it sounds better.

So that is self reported.

Self reported caffeine consumption.

Oh we already learned this.

Isn't that nice?

Notice they changed the  word intake to consumption.

They previously used intake.

Now they're using consumption.

It is the same thing self reported caffeine  not entail intake consumption intake.

Remember that's how much caffeine  they consume or they take in.

But consume or consumption is the more common.

Self reported caffeine consumption  through coffee or black or green tea.

And the CM remember the diseases they  developed through their primary care data,  

hospital records and death certificates.

So this is the information that's included  on the participants who are in the biobank.

And remember they do not have these diseases  when they join the biobank at the outset.

But later on, because this is a long term study,  it could follow this participant for 20 years.

So at the outset they don't have a disease,  

but within that 20 year period of being in  the biobank they could develop a disease.

ACM, the risk was reduced.

So the risk of developing one of  these diseases developing ACM,  

the risk was reduced by 48.1%  if they had three cups a day.

Remember, they described this  as moderate, a medium amount,  

moderate consumption, moderate intake or  40.7% if they had 200 or 300 milligrams of  

caffeine daily compared with people who  didn't drink or or drank less than one.

Cup.

So I've highlighted drink, drank and then  what's the past participle drink, drank, drunk?

I had it here.

So hopefully you knew that drink drank drunk.

So let's say your friend or family  member offers you a cup of coffee or  

cup of tea and you want to politely decline that.

You can say Oh no thanks, I've  already drunk 3 cups today.

So what verb tense is this first one?

I've already drunk 3 cups today.

It's the present.

Perfect.

Because these cups, that's  a completed pass action.

You've consumed them, but  there's a result in the present.

The result being that you  no longer want more coffee.

I've already drunk 3 cups today.

You can absolutely use drunk in the third form.

Now.

It's most common to use have for native speakers.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't or can't say this.

You absolutely can.

Is the correct choice, but native  speakers generally chain drunk to had.

No thanks.

I've already had three cups today.

How many cups have you had today?

Oh, I've already had one.

I just had one.

I want to have one.

So we generally use have.

But of course you can use drink, drink drunk.

Now you can also use the verb to consume  because you consume food or beverages.

I think it sounds a little more formal or  

technical and not the most  common in day-to-day speech.

It wouldn't be that common in just a  regular everyday situation for someone  

to offer you a cup of coffee and you say no  thanks, I've already consumed 3 cups today.

You can.

It's grammatically cranked, but it sounds  a little formal or a little technical.

What do I mean by technical?

Well, a medical Doctor Who's assessing your health  may ask you questions about your consumption,  

so in that sense it's more formal or technical.

In everyday usage, drink.

Or.

Have which is in my opinion the most common.

The methodology is strong.

So the methodology being  how they got these results.

So the methodology that the study used.

The methodology is strong and the  results line up with existing data.

Do you know what this means?

Here?

The results line up with.

This is another way of saying  the results are consistent with.

So notice using consistent.

You need the verb to be to  be consistent results plural.

So of course you need the third form.

Plural are consistent with existing data.

So if they're consistent with, if they  line up with, it means they match.

They go together, the methodology is strong,  

and the results line up with are consistent with  existing data about caffeine and heart health.

So the existing data they already have match  the new results they have from this study.

But there are still questions about the extent of  the connection between caffeine and heart health.

The extent of is asking, well,  how much of A connection is there?

Yes, they produce these results with the study,  

but how much of A connection is there  between caffeine and heart health?

So I wrote those meanings there.

So again, the extent of the connection  is the degree or range of the connection,  

the amount of the connection, how  much of A connection is there.

We commonly use the expression to an  extent when we want to limit something.

So you can say I agree with you if  you just end there, I agree with you.

That sounds like 100% is a fact.

I agree with you.

Now, if you say I agree with you to  an extent, it limits the agreement.

I don't know if there's a specific number  

I can tell you that now means I 80%  agree with you or I 50% agree with you.

I don't think that exists, but it  just limits, it limits the agreement.

So I can only say it's less than 100%.

So it might be that there's one  thing that you said that I agree  

with, but you said three other  things that I don't agree with.

Or those numbers could be completely different.

It could be 3 things I agree with, one thing  I don't, two things I do, two things I don't.

So the combination of the numbers is not  known, but in some way it limits the statement.

So this is a very powerful thing to say.

If you say, for example,  the project was a success,  

to be a success, the project was a  success, that's a statement, 100%.

But then if you add on to an extent, uh  oh, we know that there were some parts  

of the project that were 100% successful,  but there were other parts that were not.

So it's very powerful 3 words that you can add on  to a statement to change the meaning, for example.

So now they're going to give an example of how  there's still questions on the extent, the amount  

of the, the connection, for example, perhaps  those more likely to consume these substances.

And notice how I said consume  is used in a more formal way.

So here we're not talking about drinking  coffee just everyday with your friends.

They're studying the consumption of coffee.

They're analyzing the consumption of coffee.

So in this context, although  it's an everyday action,  

they're talking about it in a  more formal or technical way.

Perhaps those more likely to consume  drink or have these substances,  

coffee or tea also tend to have a healthier  diet or to be more physically active.

So these are why they don't know  the extent of the connection.

There are other things that they need to consider.

I wrote that information for you and I also  noted that perhaps you can also say maybe  

they have the same meaning perhaps.

Is a little more formal.

So you can think of it as the  formal way of saying maybe,  

but that doesn't mean you should  only use it in formal situations.

If you say perhaps or if you say  maybe in your everyday speech,  

seeing perhaps doesn't sound unnatural.

But if you want to sound a little more formal,  

especially in writing, then  you can choose perhaps.

Although the new study should provide comfort  to those who already have a coffee or tea habit.

What about you?

Do you have a coffee or tea?

Habit.

A habit of.

Course is a routine behaviour  of drinking coffee or tea.

I definitely have both with  a coffee and tea habit.

What about you?

So it should provide comfort.

So it should make you feel good  that there could be there may be  

a reduced risk of developing  CM those specific diseases.

It isn't necessarily a sign to  start a regular caffeine routine.

So if you are someone who doesn't currently  drink coffee or tea, it's saying that.

This.

Article alone should not be the reason why you  start drinking coffee or tea because more research  

needs to be done to confirm the extent of  the connection, the amount of the connection.

But you probably already drink coffee or  tea so that can bring you some comfort.

Here is that provide comfort.

You can also use bring someone comfort.

Now the to someone is already here, so  you would say should bring comfort to you,  

should provide comfort to you  and should is our modal verb.

That's why we have provide or bring in the  base form because it's modal plus base verb.

And again with comfort, they're  saying make you feel good.

So instead of should provide, you  could say should make you feel good,  

make you feel better, perhaps to match  the specific language of the article.

Now if you wanted to change the word comfort,  

you could say should provide  reassurance, should provide relief.

Oh.

That's a relief.

Now I can drink my coffee without  feeling guilty because it may, it may.

There's a stability and may provide protection  against certain CM certain diseases.

So now you can feel good about  your coffee or tea habit.

Maybe.

Maybe that's the end of the article.

What I'll do now is I'll read the article from  

start to finish and you can  focus on my pronunciation.

Coffee could be more than a morning  pick me up, according to new research.

A morning cup of coffee may do more than  just perk you up, according to new research.

Moderate amounts of caffeine intake, about 3  cups of coffee or tea a day, were associated  

with a lower risk of developing cardio metabolic  multi morbidity, said the study's lead author.

Cardio metabolic multi morbidity, or  CM, is the coexistence of at least two  

cardio metabolic diseases such as coronary  heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.

Researchers analyze data from about  180,000 people in the UK Biobank,  

a large biomedical database and research  resource that follows people long term.

Those involved did not have CM at the outset.

The information included the participants  self reported caffeine consumption through  

coffee or black or green tea and the CM they  developed through their primary care data,  

hospital records and death certificates.

The risk was reduced by 48.1% if they had three  cups a day, or 40.7% if they had 200 to 300  

milligrams of caffeine daily, compared with people  who didn't drink or drank less than One Cup.

The methodology is strong, and the  results line up with existing data  

about caffeine and heart health.

But there are still questions about the extent of  the connection between caffeine and heart health.

For example, perhaps those more likely to consume  these substances also tend to have a healthier  

diet or to be more physically active, although  the new study should provide comfort to those who.

Already have a coffee or tea habit?

It isn't necessarily a sign to  start a regular caffeine routine.

I hope you're enjoying the  lazy way, the smart way so far.

Let's keep going so you can improve all  areas of your English at the same time.

Now we'll focus on vocabulary.

But you won't just learn individual words,  you'll learn full phrases that natives use daily,  

and you'll hear real world clips  of natives using this vocabulary.

Your first phrase to sound like a native  speaker 1 You must start using How's it going?

How's it going?

How's it going?

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You'll know that I teach all my  students to use How's it going?

Because it will instantly make  you sound like a native speaker.

Of course, this is a replacement to  How are you and it's used in friendly  

professional situations and social contexts.

Yes, you can still use this  in professional situations,  

just make sure the atmosphere  sphere is more friendly.

But to sound like a native speaker, you  must pronounce it like a native speaker.

You cannot say how is it going with spaces  between, You must say, how's it going?

How's it going?

So notice those sounds, How zit, zit,  you have that strong zit, How's it going?

How's it going?

Repeat after me.

How's it going?

How's it going?

Keep practicing that until you're  pronouncing it just like me.

Now to answer because you will  be asked this by native speakers.

To answer, you would say  it's going plus adjective,  

or you can simply use the adjective it's going.

Notice that it's going.

Make sure you get that contraction.

Don't say it is going.

That will not make you  sound like a native speaker.

It's going great.

Good.

Pretty good, not too bad.

OK, those are the most common options.

How's it, how's it going?

How is Andy?

How's it going?

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

You can find the link in the  description #2 Do you have a sack?

Do you have a sack?

Do you have a sack?

This is used to ask if someone can  give you their attention for a short  

period of time because suck is short for second.

Do you have a second?

Do you have a suck?

Now make sure you pronounce  that it's AK sound at the end.

Suck.

Repeat after me suck suck.

Native speakers will often drop the  auxiliary and the subject and simply  

say have a SEC instead of do you have we  simply say have a suck and more casually,  

informally, we use got instead  of have got a suck, got a suck.

So you could come in, knock on my door and  say, hey, Jennifer, do you have a suck?

If I'm available for a short period of  time, I can say sure, what's up now.

You can also specify what you want  to talk about in the question.

Hi Jennifer.

Do you have a SACK to talk  about vacation requests?

So the topic of discussion is vacation requests.

So notice it's do you have a SACK  plus infinitive 2 plus base verb?

Common infinitives are to talk about,  to discuss, to review, to go over.

There are many other options,  but those will get you started.

Hey Jack, do you have a SEC?

Do you have a SEC #3 what's up?

Did you notice that I used  what's up in the last example?

Well, let's talk about what that means.

This is a casual way to inquire  about someone's needs or wants.

In the last example, I said, hi,  Jennifer, do you have a suck?

And then as a reply, sure, what's up?

What's up Now first, let's  talk about the pronunciation.

What's up, What's up.

So notice it sounds like one word and you hear  that S on what's and Sup we put it in front of up.

What's up Repeat after me.

What's up?

What's up?

Work on that pronunciation, because it's extremely  important to sound like a native speaker.

Let's review this example.

What's up with Jacob?

He seems really distracted.

In this case, it's a casual way to  inquire about the status of someone,  

usually based on that person's behavior.

So Jacob seems distracted.

I want to know why.

What's the reason?

What's the status of Jacob?

What's up with Jacob?

He seems really distracted to reply.

You could say I'm not sure,  maybe he's under pressure.

Or you could provide the reason, the status.

His father's in the hospital, so  that explains what's up with Jacob.

You could also ask what's up with the conference?

Have the speakers been determined yet?

In this case, it's a casual way to  inquire about the status of something.

The conference.

What's up with her?

What's up with Marshall?

What's up with ichabod #4?

I'm on it.

This is a great expression, and it's  used to accept responsibility for a task.

For the pronunciation, notice  how those sounds blend together.

I'm on it.

So you take the M and you put it on and you  take the N and you put it in front of it.

I'm on it.

Repeat after me.

I'm on it, I'm on it.

You can also drop the subject  and verb and simply say on it.

Make sure you get NIT on it.

Repeat after me on it.

Excellent.

Someone could and say hey Jennifer can you send  

out the meeting request and I  can reply back and say on it.

In this case it's a response to a direct request.

Someone asked me directly to do something on it.

Now if you're in a meeting and the boss says  does anyone have time to send out the meeting  

request, you can volunteer to  accept this task and say on it.

So you can use this as a reply to an open request.

So if you like this lesson, make  sure you share it with your friends.

Now to say that you accept this task that I  just gave you, what can you say on it, on it?

So put that in the comments on it, on it, but then  

make sure you actually share  this lesson with your friends.

I'm on it, all right?

I'm on it, I'm on it, I'm on  it #5 could you give me a hand?

This is used to ask if someone can  help you notice for that pronunciation.

Did you hear that J sound?

Could you ju?

Could you give me, give me, give  me, Could you give me a hand?

Repeat after me.

Could you give me a hand?

Could you give me a hand?

Now this is a general request for help so  someone could reply back and say sure what's up.

They're asking about your needs and wants.

Sure, what's up.

So the person can say I need to  bring these boxes to the garage.

Now the other person can say I'm on  it to accept your request for help.

I'm on it.

You can also specify the activity  directly in the question and say,  

could you give me a hand with these boxes?

So notice you use the preposition with  and then you specify what help you need.

You can also use this to offer someone help.

I have 20 boxes to move and  they're all really heavy.

A very nice Co worker could say I can give you a  hand or I'm happy to give you a hand with that.

Give me an again.

Yeah, maybe you could give me a hand.

Could you give me a hand?

Outback number six.

I can't make it.

This is to say that you're not available  to attend something or go somewhere.

In this case, make it means attend or arrive.

Now let's talk about the pronunciation.

I can't notice.

We don't push out that TI  can't just don't push it out.

I can't make it.

The K sound is on the vowel kit.

Make it.

I can't make it Repeat after me.

I can't make it.

I can't make it.

Your coworkers could say to you,  we're grabbing a bite after we move  

all the boxes, so they're casually inviting you to  join them and you can say, sorry, I can't make it.

I have to pick up my kids.

So you can't go, you can't attend, or  you could be on your way to a meeting  

but there is an accident and you have to text  your Co worker and say traffic is terrible.

I'm not going to make the  meeting start without me.

So here, remember we're just using  the verb make instead of attend.

Or you could say I'll try my best to make  it tonight, so it might be the party.

I'll try my best.

To make the party.

You can also say I'll try my  best to make it to the party.

I can't make it tonight.

Oh, I, I can't make your party tomorrow.

I can't make it #7 it's up to you.

This is to say that someone is  responsible for making the decision.

Notice that pronunciation.

It's up to you.

So we take, it's up.

We use that S sound.

It's up TA instead of to.

It's up to you.

Repeat after me.

It's up to you.

It's up to you.

So if you're planning to watch a  movie tonight, you could say to  

your friend or partner there are three new  releases, which one do you want to watch?

And your partner can say it's U to you  so you're responsible for deciding.

It's common to add the reason why, for example.

They all look good to me so it's up to you.

This is very commonly used if  you give someone 2 choices.

Do you want to take the  highway or the scenic route?

It's up to you.

You are responsible for deciding.

Again, you can provide the reason why  you're driving, so it's up to you.

It's up to you.

It's up to you.

It's up to you.

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