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

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good morning everyone we're here again  with the teacher Peter Savala hello
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teacher hello Patrick I want to thank  you for inviting me to this amazing
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program it's our pleasure to have you  here with us what will you teach us today
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teacher well people have been asking for  English slangs so that's what we will teach
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today slang words and phrases  that's fantastic it's very
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useful no matter how dedicated you are to  learning English Language new and unfamiliar  
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Islam words will all always appear in everyday  conversations so you should learn them if you  
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want to speak Advanced English this is a huge  problem with most traditional English courses  
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because these words aren't in Textbooks For  example check it is a noun it is another word  
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meaning young female check is more most  often used between people who know each  
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other however it can also be used to imply  a female you have no connection with but let  
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me tell you something this word is considered  offensive by many women so be careful when you  
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use it another famous word is cringe it is  an adjective this is a shortening of cringe  
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worthy variants include cringe or cringey  but you will often hear it as just cringe  
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but what does it mean in any form it describes  something that's embarrassing or uncomfortable to
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experience such as internet memes that are  out of day or just aren't faced I'm sure you  
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heard it before I will give you some examples I  can't believe you still have your oldest stories
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online I know reading them now is  pure cringe but I still love them  
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anyway another example it makes me  cringe when I think how stupid I was  
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another slang I feel you it is slang  and it means I agree understand relate  
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to what you're saying for example imagine  a friend tells you learning English is so
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hard and you answered I feel you  it is hard for for me too another
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example it must be very difficult to lose a  person close to you I feel you I understand  
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what you're feeling it expresses that we share  the same feeling idea or opinion with someone  
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to express sympathy and understanding another  slang is hit the road like Hit the Road Jack  
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from the great singer Ray Charles this phrase  means to leave a place or begin a journey for
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example I had led to stay longer  but it's really time to hit the  
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road or I was relieved to get back in  the car and hit the rod again another
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slang Dead Or Die adjective  dead and verb diet what does  
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it mean dead or died in a slang means  that you have an extreme reaction to
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something usually because it's very  funny or impressive the situation is so
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overwhelming that it metaphorically  kills you it is a very common SL for
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example I just saw Brad Pit's new photo  I died or the teacher took my cell phone  
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I'm dead another slang dude I'm sure you  have heard this word before am my right  
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dude is used in casual conversations it  is also something that Surfers skaters or  
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hippies I don't know generally friends  use it very frequently when talking to  
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one another for example dude you should have  seen the look in your face when we surprise  
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you another similar term could be bro bro  you wouldn't believe what just happened to
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me another slang is Dono it  is a contraction what does it
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mean simply speaking don't know means I don't know  
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it's a quicker way of saying it and  it's very popular among young people  
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do be careful who you say this to if you  say to someone in a higher position than
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you it could come across as a route to  play it safe just use it around people  
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your own age or younger let me give you  one example what are you doing for spring
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break don't know I was thinking of  traveling to Mexico again but I'm  
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not sure you see another slang  my bad it means my fault or my
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mistake it is used for saying that you accept  that you are wrong or that something is your
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fault for example you brought  the wrong book okay my bad I'll  
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go get it my bad it was me who put my  pink socks in with the white washing  
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I'm really sorry what else oh all  ears it is a very common phrase in
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movies when someone says I'm all ears they  are telling you that they are listening to
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you that they are giving you their undivided  attention I'm going to give you some
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examples she had expected him to be all  years when she told him about her wedding
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plans or Mom are you even  listening to me yes dear I'm all
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ears another is L cheesy it is  an adjective you know what it
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means well we use the word teesy to  describe something that's cheap or badly
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made you might hope your fake relics watch  will impress your friends but they are bound  
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to see how cheesy it is politicians persist in  imagining that the people warm to their cheesy
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login the songs are so cheesy  you could top a pizza with
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them or give the cold shoulder it means to ignore
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someone I thought she really liked me  but the next day she gave me the cold
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shoulder or he got the cold shoulder from  his former boss when he saw him at the
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restaurant another good slang is oh no I can't  we don't have time for more I have to hit the  
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road don't worry I get it but we need to learn  more important LS teacher can you tell us more  
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of course we can make another video about it  just if you like and comment this video I hope  
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