10 Nice English Phrases People Love To Hear!

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Learn English with Bob the Canadian


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So a couple of weeks ago
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I taught you some really mean English phrases
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that I said you should never use.
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And I thought today, in order to balance things out a bit,
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I should teach you some happy phrases, some nice phrases.
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So in this English lesson,
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I'll teach you 10 happy, nice, awesome English phrases
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that you would certainly be happy to hear
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if someone said them to you.
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(upbeat music)
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The first nice English phrase I want to teach you
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is one that you might hear at a restaurant,
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and it's the phrase, "It's on the house."
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This means the restaurant
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is gonna give you something for free.
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Let's say you went out to eat,
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and it actually took a little longer
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than you were expecting for the food to come.
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And you were maybe a little bit annoyed,
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but the food was still really yummy.
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The restaurant, in order to make sure you're happy,
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might say, "Hey pick something out off of the dessert menu,
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it's on the house."
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When they say it's on the house,
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it means that they're going to give you dessert for free.
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That would certainly be awesome
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and it would certainly be a really cool English phrase
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to hear when you're at a restaurant.
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I think everybody likes getting something for free.
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The next really nice phrase to hear
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is the phrase "You're approved."
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This is a phrase you will most likely hear at a bank
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when you're applying for a loan.
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Maybe you want to buy a car, or you want to buy a house,
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and you want to borrow money from the bank.
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You'll fill out forms and submit a whole bunch of details.
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And then you're hoping the bank will call
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and say to you "You're approved."
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When they say you're approved it means everything's okay,
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everything looks great,
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you're going to be able to borrow the money,
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you're gonna be able to buy that car or buy that house.
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Certainly that would be a really cool thing to hear,
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when you want to do one of those two things.
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The next really nice phrase to hear or phrases actually,
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are the phrases "I made it" or "We made it."
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Sometimes someone you know,
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will go on a trip and they'll go far away.
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And when they get there,
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they might phone you or text you and say, "I made it."
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Or if it's more than one person, they'll say "We made it."
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It's always nice to know when someone goes on a trip
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and when they arrive at their destination.
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So you might be worried about, did they make their flight?
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Did they get there on time?
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Did they arrive at the place that they are going to?
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And when you get that text or you get that phone call
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and you hear them say I made it, or we made it,
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it just makes you feel good
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because you know that they got to where they were going.
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The next really nice English phrase
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is something your boss might say to you at work.
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And it's the phrase "You can go home early."
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This is probably one of my favorite English phrases.
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When you have a job, you need to arrive at a certain time,
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and you can go home at a certain time.
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But sometimes all of the work is done.
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Or sometimes your boss is just feeling
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really really nice that day.
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And they might say, you can go home early.
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And I think you totally understand what this means.
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It means that you can pack up your stuff
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and you can go home an hour or two
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earlier than you normally do.
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That is a great phrase to hear,
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and a great thing to have happen during your day.
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The next English phrase that's really nice to hear
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or read is the phrase "You passed."
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Maybe you took an English test
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and you're waiting for the results.
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You wanna know if you passed the test
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or if you failed the test.
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And then you get an email from the testing company
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and you open it and it says "You passed."
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This would be a great English phrase to read.
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It would just be so nice, wouldn't it?
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To think you've studied for so long,
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you took a test and now you get to read
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this really nice English phrase, "You passed."
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Good job by the way.
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The next really nice English phrase
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that someone might say to you is the phrase
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"It's already done" or "I did it for you."
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Sometimes after a long day at work,
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I know that there's some chores I need to do
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around the house, but if I come home
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and if Jen says "It's already done" or "I did it for you,"
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that makes me really, really happy.
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I know one day I knew that when I came home
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I had to pay a lot of bills.
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I needed to go online and pay a bunch of bills
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using the computer and online banking.
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And when I got home, Jen said, it's already done,
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I did it for you.
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That made me really really happy.
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When someone does some work for you,
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and then tells you about it,
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that's certainly a good thing to hear during your day.
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Another phrase that's really nice to hear
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in English is the phrase "We'd like to offer you a position"
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or informally, "You got the job."
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Maybe there was a job that you really, really wanted.
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Maybe your current job isn't very nice.
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And so you applied for the job.
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You went for an interview
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and now you're waiting to hear back from them.
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When you get that phone call, and when they say
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"Hello, we'd like to offer you a position in our company,"
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or again, informally they might just say,
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hey, "You got the job."
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You are going to be very, very happy.
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That is a great phrase to hear.
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It's one of the phrases
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that can even be a little bit life changing.
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Another really nice English phrase
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is one you'll hear from your doctor.
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And it's the phrase,
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"Your test came back negative."
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This is something that would make you feel relieved
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as well as happy.
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Maybe you haven't been feeling well,
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and your doctor did a test
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to see if it was something serious.
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When the doctor says, "Your test came back negative,"
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that is certainly going to be good news,
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and that will be a good day for you.
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Our local coffee shop is having a contest right now,
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and they do it with an app that you have on your phone.
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So when you buy a coffee or a sandwich from the coffee shop,
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sometimes the app says "You won."
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When you read the phrase "You won,"
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or when you hear the phrase "You won,"
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this certainly will make you happy.
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Everyone loves winning stuff,
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everyone loves getting something for free.
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So another phrase that definitely
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is a nice phrase to hear in English,
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is the phrase "You won."
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I'm gonna let you try and guess this last phrase
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but I'll give you a couple of hints.
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It starts with the word I, and it ends with the word you
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and there's only one word in the middle.
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And I think it's the phrase
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that people love hearing the most.
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Oh, I just used the word there, didn't I?
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It's the phrase "I love you."
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Whether it's a child saying to a parent "I love you,"
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or a grandparent saying to a grandchild, "I love you,"
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or partners in a relationship saying
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"I love you" to each other,
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This is a phrase that I think we as human beings,
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first of all, don't say enough,
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and second of all, I think we really really like hearing it.
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Anyways, thank you so much for watching this lesson
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about happy nice phrases that you can say in English.
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