30 English Expressions You Need to Know for Daily Life

Do you sometimes feel like you don't have enough vocabulary

or even the right vocabulary in certain situations?

Maybe you doubt whether the words you're using sound too formal or unnatural.

For example, do you know any other ways I could have asked for coffee

and a piece of cake?

Well, not to worry, because in today's lesson,

we'll teach you great new vocabulary that you can use

in different situations that you might experience in everyday life

from ordering food to going to the doctor, even asking someone out.

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Usually some of the

first conversations we have each day is to greet someone.

So to make sure you don't only say Hello, how are you?

I'm fine, thanks.

Let's look at three alternative ways you can greet

someone in English as well as how to respond.

This first one is a bit formal and is suitable for business situations

or when showing respect to someone older

Good Day is a greeting that is generally

used between sunrise and sunset.

You can use

"Pleased to meet you" when you are replying to someone who you've met

for the very first time.

This is a very common expression.

Used to greet someone you already know.

This expression is asking how a person's life is going.

Are they well?

Are they healthy?

How is it going with their job?

We can think of it as your life.

And you can respond to this question any way you want.

This is a casual greeting

that is often used when you haven't seen someone in a while.

Particularly if you meet unexpectedly.

You might be wondering how much time is a long time.

Well, it depends on how often you normally see that person.

It could be one week one month, one year, whatever.

Feels like a long time to you.

As the day has just started,

you might be quite hungry and you need to order food.

How would you do that in a natural way?

Well, here are a few different options you can use when ordering food.

I'd like and I'll have is simply stating your order,

but could I have is a more polite request

and now you ate your meal and you're quite full.

But you'd like to ask for the bill.

How would you do that?

Well, generally, you could just call the waiter over and ask.

These are all polite and can be used in different types of restaurants.

Also, if you're ordering in a restaurant, that is not in your own country,

be sure to research the local culture, because in some countries

it is normal to tip the waiters at the end of the meal

At the end of today's lesson be sure to check out this lesson

we did a while back on English for restaurants.

So at this point of the day, some of us might need to commute,

which means to travel to and from work or perhaps

you need to catch a flight to travel to a different part of the country.

So let's say you were sharing the taxi with someone

or the person seated next to you on the plane starts up a conversation,

or it could even be you who wants to strike up a conversation with them.

What would you say?

You could start by greeting, but impersonal questions are some of the

best ways to initiate conversation with someone you don't know.

We can connect our conversation with events that are happening around us.

For example

Talk about the weather.

Weather is the ultimate small talk topic.

With a little creativity you can spark some engaging discussions.

For example, the weather is so nice today.

It's hard to believe there was a hurricane last week.

Asking if they've traveled anywhere

interesting lately could also lead to fascinating conversations.

For example, I really enjoy seeing new Places.

What's the most interesting place you've been to lately?

After you start speaking, pay attention to the reaction to know

whether or not they want you to continue the conversation.

If they appear a little rude, then stop talking to them.

But if they ask a question back and they seem friendly,

then continue the conversation But if you're nervous about

having a conversation with a stranger in person,

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So after you've travelled, you arrive at your destination,

but you start to feel really sick you're not sure what it is,

but it might be the food you ate at the restaurant,

so you decide it's best to see your doctor.

So once you're at the hospital, or doctor's office, how would you ask for

help?

Now you're seeing the doctor, and he asked about your symptoms.

How would you describe it to him?

In this case, you ate something bad and your stomach hurts.

So you could say

To describe the pain you're feeling you can say my body parts in this case, my stomach hurts.

If you've lost your appetite, it means that you have no desire to eat.

A cramp is a sudden and painful tightening in the muscle.

In this case, your stomach. To feel nauseous

means to feel as though you might vomit.

Here are a few additional ways to describe the pain.

So the doctor gives you some medicine,

and soon you're feeling energetic and healthy again.

Your ecstatic because you really want to go to a concert tonight.

So you decide to ask someone you like to join you.

This is friendly and shows that you remembered something they are interested in.

This is playful and the kind of message you could send to

someone who enjoys a bit of humor.

This is quite polite and can be sent to someone you know very well

or someone you've only recently started getting to know.

Of course they agreed to go with you,

but now you have to head to the hair salon so you look your best this evening.

So what would you say once you get there?

That means that I want just a little bit of hair removed from my current hairstyle.

So just a trim is probably the most basic and common request

you can have when you go to the hair salon.

This means to use a hair iron or similar product

to turn your curly or wavy hair into straight hair.

So if you would like to change the colour of your hey,

you could say I would like to dye my hair or I would like the colour my hair.

But to be specific about the color, you could say I would like to dye my hair

black or blue or pink, whatever the case may be.

You could also say, I want to change the colour of my hair

So the two of you had a blast at the concert

and at the end of the night you want to greet them.

So instead of saying goodbye, you could say

Good evening is a greeting that you use when you see someone for the first time

that night.

However, good night is something we say to someone at the end of the day.

It's similar to farewell.

Can be used in professional, informal situations

as well as casual conversations.

Keep in mind

that you wouldn't typically use this with someone that you see every day.

This is an informal way of saying goodbye while expressing a sense of urgency.

This is a longer form of got to go and means the same thing.

This is generally used with friends and family

who don't see each other often and want to stay in contact.

What a crazy eventful day this has been.

And you've learned 30 new phrases you can use in everyday situations

to help you continue your learning.

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