You have a B2 Level in English If You Know These Words - Advanced English Vocabulary

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Today you're going to learn 50  common phrases that you can use  
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in your daily conversation to  sound very fluent and natural.
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And I've saved the best for last, so  make sure you watch until the end.
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Welcome back to JForrest English.
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Of course.
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I'm Jennifer.
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Now let's get started.
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First, let's start with some  greetings that you must know  
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to understand native speakers  and to sound natural yourself.
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How's it going?
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How's it going?
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How's it going?
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This is how a native speaker will say, how are  you to a friend, a colleague, a family member.
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How's it going?
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And if two people haven't seen each other  for a longer period of time, you can add on.
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How's it going?
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Long time no see.
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Long time no see.
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You can reverse them.
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Long time no see.
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How's it going?
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Long time no see.
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Here is one that native speakers  love, but it confuses students.
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What have you been up to lately or recently?
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This is in the present perfect.
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What have you been up to?
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Up to just means doing.
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What have you been up to lately or recently?
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And you can use all of these together.
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How's it going?
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Long time no see.
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What have you been up to lately?
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You will sound so natural.
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Now let's talk about how  to answer these greetings.
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How's it going?
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It's going.
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And then your adjective.
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It's going great.
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Long time no see.
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You can confirm this by saying I know too long.
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I know it's been a long time  since we last saw each other.
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I know too long.
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It's been too long now.
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Although what have you been up to lately?
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Recently is a long question.
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Generally, native speakers will answer  by saying not too much, not too much.
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And then for all of these you can add on and you  
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and you to get the reply from  the person you're talking to.
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Now let's talk about how to say thank you  like a native speaker, thanks so much.
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Now notice instead of thank  you, I'm saying thanks.
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You need that as it is required grammatically.
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Thanks so much.
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Thanks a million thanks a bunch.
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These are simply alternative  ways to say thank you very much.
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Thanks a bunch.
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Two of my favorite ways to say thank you are  simply by saying you're the best, you're the best.
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I also say you rock, you rock, you rock.
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So if you want to sound very  natural, you can use those two.
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You can also say I really appreciate it.
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Or you could say that's so nice of you,  
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that's so kind of you you can use  nice or kind, it doesn't matter.
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So if you're enjoying this video, why  don't you show appreciation right now?
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Use one of these expressions, whichever one  is your favorite, and put it in the comments.
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Thanks a bunch, Jennifer, you rock.
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Jennifer, you're the best.
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Jennifer, put that in the comments.
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To show appreciation for this video and to sound  very natural, how about to say you're welcome?
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My favorite, and one that's very common is  simply no worries, no worries, no worries at all.
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No worries.
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You could say happy to help or My  pleasure or you could say anytime  
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notice it's one word, anytime, anytime, anytime.
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And I will reply back to your  comment saying thank you with  
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one of these natural expressions saying  you're welcome in a very natural way.
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Now when it's time to say bye, you can  say take care, take care, take care.
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If someone is getting into a vehicle you can  say drive safe or drive safely, drive safe.
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Now technically, grammatically you  need the adverb which is safely,  
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but native speakers use drive  safe more than drive safely.
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So you will absolutely hear both.
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Drive safe, drive safely.
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You can say talk soon, talk soon or see you soon.
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See you soon now.
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Let's say someone offers you something like a  drink or a piece of cake, but you want to say no.
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You want to decline it, but  you want to do it politely.
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You can say I'm good, I'm good, but thanks anyway.
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It's nice to add appreciation.
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I'm good, but thanks anyway.
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No thanks.
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I'm good none for me but thanks anyway.
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I'll pass, I'll pass, but thanks, I'll pass.
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So definitely add on that.
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But thanks or but thanks anyway to sound  very polite when you're requesting help,  
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you can say, can you give me a hand,  give me a hand, give me a hand.
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You can say, do you mind?
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And then you need a gerund verb.
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Do you mind helping me, helping me out.
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Native speakers like to turn help  into a phrasal verb help out.
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Do you mind helping me out?
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One I use a lot is Got a sack.
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Got a sack.
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Sack is short per second, which represents a  small amount of time that you can make available.
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For me.
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Got a sack?
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You got a sack.
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So let me try these expressions with you.
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Got a sack.
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Do you mind helping me out by liking this video,  sharing it with your friends, and subscribing?
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It would really help me out.
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Now if you're offering help to  someone else, you can say need a hand,  
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but notice you do the rising intonation  to make it sound like a question.
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Need a hand, Need a hand.
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Or you can say it as a statement  and you can say I can give you a  
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hand with that and then you can give them a hand.
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You can help them out or as a statement  you can say let me help you with that,  
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let me help with you with that and then you can  pick up that heavy box and help your friend out.
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Let me help you with that.
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It's Friday, so let's talk about the weekend.
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You can ask someone what  are you up to this weekend?
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Again, notice that up to at the beginning.
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What have you been up to lately or recently?
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And now I'm asking you what  are you up to this weekend?
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So what are you up to this weekend?
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It's very common to ask any plans this weekend and  again rising intonation to show it's a question.
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So do you have any plans this weekend?
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I love the expression on the go,  anything on the go this weekend?
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It's simply an alternative to plans.
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Now if you want to arrange social  plans, you can ask are you free?
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Are you free on Saturday?
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You can make a statement and  say we should hang out soon.
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We should hang out soon.
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Hang out is when you interact  with someone socially.
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We should hang out soon.
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Native speakers love using the verb grab.
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Do you want to grab coffee?
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Grab dinner.
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Do you want to grab dinner sometime?
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And then you can add your time reference tonight.
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Do you want to grab coffee tonight?
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Now, if you're arranging a business  meeting you can still use, Are you free?
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You might add the verb to me.
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Are you free to meet and then a specific time?
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Because a meeting takes place at a very  specific time on Thursday at 2:00 PM.
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You could say I'm available on Thursday  at 2:00 PM and then ask, does that work?
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Does that work for you?
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Or you could ask what works best for you?
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What works best for you?
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Well, whatever works best for you, Bill.
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Now let's say you want to ask for clarification.
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You could say sorry, I didn't catch that.
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I didn't catch that, sorry, I didn't  catch that, sorry, what does X mean?
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And then X is whatever the word is that you don't  
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understand or you could clarify by  saying sorry, what do you mean by X?
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If you're having trouble understanding  someone, you need to be honest.
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You can say could you speak up a little?
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Speak up means speak louder.
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Could you speak up a little?
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I'm having trouble hearing you.
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Could you speak up, please?
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If they're speaking too quickly, you  can say could you slow down a little?
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I'm having difficulty understanding you.
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Oh, slow down, slow down, slow down.
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Now let's say you want to confirm understanding  
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of either something you've said or  something the other person has said.
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You can say, do you know what I mean?
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So you explain something and then  say, do you know what I mean?
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You know what I mean?
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Oh, I know what you mean.
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Does that make sense to you?
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Does that make sense?
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Or you can simply shorten that and say  make sense with a rising intonation.
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These two you need to put in your vocabulary.
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Does that sound good to you?
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Does that sound good to you?
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And then native speakers will often  shorten that just to sound good.
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With a rising intonation, sound good sounds great.
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There's one idiom you could use,  and that's to be on the same page.
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So you could say are we on the same  page and this is used to say that  
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you agree or that you have a shared understanding.
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For example, I could say J Force English is  a great resource to help you become fluent.
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Are we on the same page?
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Do you agree?
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Do we have a shared understanding now?
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If you do agree, you can  say we're on the same page.
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We're on the same page, Jennifer,  
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So put that in the comments to show  that you agree we're on the same page.
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We're 100% on the same page.
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Now you have over 50 expressions  that you can use every single day  
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to sound like a native speaker  and to understand one as well.
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Now do you want me to make more lessons  where I teach you natural expressions?
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If you do, then put you rock.
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You rock because that's one  of my favorite expressions.
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Put you rock in the comments and  of course, show your appreciation.
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Make sure you like this video, share  it with your friends and subscribe  
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so you're notified every time I post a new lesson.
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And you can get this free speaking  guide where I share 6 tips on how  
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to speak English fluently and confidently.
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You can click here to download it or  look for the link in the description.
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And if you want to sound really natural,  
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you should watch this video where I  teach you the most common slang I know.
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You'll love it, so watch it right now.
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