Improve English Speaking Skills (Advanced English phrases and words) English Conversation Practice

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hello tangerin family today we're  here with the teacher Peter seala  
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hello teacher hello Mike thank you so  much for inviting me to this amazing
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program no thank you for giving us the  chance to improve our English this is  
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Tangerine TV well I have to tell you that our  students love to learn new Advanced words and  
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phrases yes I have been reading their comments  I'm so happy they can learn and improve their
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English that's why today we have a special  class I know many of you like to travel to  
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different places so I'm going to teach te you  some Advanced phrases for travel experiences um  
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for example my flight was overbooked it means  there were too many passengers and not enough  
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seats it happened to me last time I bought a  ticket to London but my flight was overbooked  
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we had to stay in a hotel happily it was a nice  hotel and we the passengers had a great time  
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there another expression my flight was delayed or  cancelled terrible situation last month my flight  
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was cancelled due to bad weather it was raining  a lot so it was dangerous to fly my lugage was  
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lost happily it never happened to me thank  God another expression you maybe don't know  
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is I was jet lacked do you know what it means  it means I felt tired because of the time zone  
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difference between my origin and destination  another expression my hotel was in a city area  
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City means possibly unsafe another expression I  hope that never happens to you is I was mocked  
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I was robbed on the street I got the rounds it  means something very disgusting it means I have
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diarrhea it happened to me when I traveled to  Asia I ate something in the street and I had a  
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stomach problems a very known expression is the  place was a tourist trap it means the place was  
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made only for tourist so it is not authentic  when you're traveling and you miss home you  
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say I can't wait to get back home now I know  some of you like drinking alcohol but if you  
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don't you should know this phras is anyway  because it is not used only to talk about  
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alcohol for example it's on me it means I'll  buy you a drink another one I'd like to make a
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toast it means I like to honor a person  event idea here's two your help the new  
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year or our success or just to your  health it means a toast raised in  
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honor of the other person another round  of drinks please when you want to keep
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drinking put it on my tab it means a bill  to pay later before you leave expression  
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we like to hear he is a bit tipsy it  means he's a little bit drunk or the
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opposite he's completely slushed wasted  plastered it means he's completely
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drunk or when you see a person drinking  alcohol for relief from pain or sadness  
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you can say she's trying to drown  her Sorrows a good expression I'm  
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the designated driver it means I'm not drinking  alcohol because I will drive other people home
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later I had a hangover I was  hangover do you know what it
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means it is the bad feeling you have the morning  after drinking too much terrible feeling of course  
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I never recommend the students to drink alcohol  that's something bad but these are expressions  
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you will hear in a real life conversation or  situation so you must learn them so please  
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if you're one of those who drinks alcohol it may  maybe time to quit think about it now I will give  
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you some important comparative idioms they will  help you a lot to express yourself like it's as  
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light as a feather it means something is very  light it's as dry as a bone it's as flat as a  
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pancake or when he's is crazy he's as mad as a  hornet when something is fast it's as quick as  
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lighting he's as strong as an ax or when two  people are totally different you say they are  
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as different as night and day when someone is a  stop born you say she is as stop born as a mule
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he's as proud as a peacock I'm talking about  a very proud person she's as white as a sheet  
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usually used when someone is very afraid or very  sick it's as good as new used after something  
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broken has been repaired a car for example it's  as clear as mud it is used when something is not  
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clear at all very useful expression and I have to  teach you some Advanced expressions for expressing
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emotions flying high it means very happy  for example she's flying high after the  
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successful product launch Pump It Up it  means very excited about something for
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example he's pump it up for his first half  marathon Race this weekend it means he's very
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excited be down in the dumps it has a sad  meaning to feel unhappy or without hope  
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for example I always feel down in the dumps  when I go back to work after a long weekend  
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be at the end of your rope to feel very upset  because you're no longer able to deal with a  
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difficult situation for example Helen is at  the end of her robe after looking for a job  
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for months without any luck graef is stricken  it is used used when you are extremely sad for
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example after his partner died in a  car accident he was left Griff stricken  
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another one bite someone's head off it  means to respond with anger to someone  
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for example I just asked one question to  confirm his request and my boss bit my head
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off in a full mood it means to be irritable  angry or depressed for example she's scared  
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to ask for a day off as her boss is in a full  mood today what else oh look at the time Mike  
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it's very late we don't have have time for  more now I was paying totally attention to  
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the phrases they are very useful thank you so  much and if you want more advanced phrases and  
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words like the video and comment please take  care I hope you liked this conversation if  
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you could improve your English a little  more please subscribe to the channel and  
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