I use these words every day: English Vocabulary Lesson

Are you ready to level up your vocabulary? Today  you are going to learn 10 vocabulary phrases that  

I use every day, and you should too. Hi, I'm  Vanessa from SpeakenglishwithVanessa.com and  

like always, I have created a free  PDF worksheet with all of today's  

important to vocabulary definitions, sample  sentences, and in this free PDF worksheet,  

there is a quiz at the end of the worksheet.  I don't always do this, but this time there  

is a special quiz for you to test to see if you  can really remember how to use these vocabulary  

phrases that I use every day. So you can click on  the link in the description to download that free  

PDF worksheet plus quiz today. Let's get started  with the first phrase that I use every day. I'm  

going to tell you the sample sentence, and I want  you to guess what you think this phrase means.

On a roll. "I'm on a roll today." I  got everything done on my to-do list,  

and it's not even lunch yet! What do you  think this means? This lovely phrase on  

a roll means that you are on a streak of  success. I have been productive all morning,  

I got everything done on my to-do list, I  can't believe it. I didn't get sidetracked,  

I didn't procrastinate, I'm on a roll. If you like  to watch sports, you can also use this phrase,  

you might say, "They scored three goals in  a row. They are on a roll!" Yes. Success.

Vocabulary phrase number two that I use every  day is, ahead of time. Take a look at this  

sentence. "I try to make my kids' lunches  ahead of time, but I often just make them  

the morning of." What do you think this means,  ahead of time? This means that I try to complete  

their lunches before they actually need to be  finished. So this means I'm thinking ahead.  

Maybe I will pack their school lunches the  night before, but really the reality is that  

usually it happens in the morning before they go  to school, but I try to do things ahead of time.

Expression number three is, to get out  of hand. Are we talking about something  

escaping from my hand? Take a look at this  sample sentence. "Sometimes during the week,  

dishes and laundry get out of hand because we're  so busy." What do you think this means? Well,  

we could switch one word in this phrase, and I  think you'll be able to guess. What if I said,  

"Euring the week, dishes and laundry sometimes  get out of control because we're so busy." Well,  

you can get the idea that there are dishes  in the sink, dishes on the counter. There's  

laundry in the basket, maybe there's laundry  even in the washer that hasn't been dried yet.

There's a little bit of chaos, because things  get busy during the week. But we can use this  

great phrase instead, at least boost your  vocabulary while you're talking about chaos,  

you could say, "Dishes and laundry get out  of hand during the week." We can also use  

this to talk about people or places where  people are involved. So take a look at this.

"The kids ate the whole cake and the plate  of cookies at the birthday party. After that,  

the party got out of hand." You can imagine  crazy children after that type of experience,  

or you might use it as a warning. I  don't want the party to get out of hand,  

so just eat one piece of cake, please.

The next phrase that I use every day is, it's  too bad. Take a look at this. "It's too bad  

that we don't have a maid who can help to clean  up our house at the end of the day." So at the  

end of the day, my family has cleaning time.  We have a couple cleaning songs that we play,  

and everyone helps to clean up the  toys or the dishes or whatever might  

be lying around making a mess in our  house. But often during this time,  

I say, "It's too bad we don't have a maid  who could help to clean up our house."

This phrase is just something used to express  regret. Obviously, when I'm talking about  

cleaning up, I'm a little bit joking. I'm saying  this in a lighthearted way, but we can also use  

this in more serious situations as well. If your  tone of voice is more serious, you could say,  

it's too bad that we elected someone else who  is incompetent. If you're unsatisfied with your  

country's politics, you could use this phrase to  talk about a serious situation, which is politics  

in kind of a more lighthearted way by using this  phrase, "It's too bad we elected someone else who  

is incompetent, someone else who's not going  to be able to do a good job." What a regret.

The next phrase that I use every day is this one.  When the time comes, or sometimes we add another  

word, when the time comes for. Take a look at  this sentence. "When the time comes for Matilda,  

my baby to go to preschool, our house is going  to be very quiet." So she is my last baby,  

and oftentimes during these times of transition,  I think about this. When she goes to school, it's  

going to be quite a different life. Well, we can  use this phrase when the time comes for Matilda to  

go to school. Well, I'm not really talking about a  specific date or a year, we're talking about time  

in general. When the time comes for her to go to  school, it's going to be different in our house.

You can also use this to talk about your  English learning journey. "I'm learning English,  

so when the time comes for me to go to the US  for vacation, I am going to be prepared." Or,  

"I'm learning English so that when the time comes  and we have some English-speaking clients at work,  

I'm going to be able to talk to  them with no problem." You don't  

know exactly when that time will be, but  you will be prepared when the time comes.

The next phrase I use every day is, some fresh  air. "I've been stuck inside all morning. I need  

to go outside and get some fresh air.  Right now my kids are outside playing,  

they are getting some fresh air." Do you  know what this means? It just means going  

outside. Usually it's kind of laced with  the idea that you need some kind of relief.

When you get some fresh air, it helps you to  feel better. Maybe you feel less stressed,  

you feel more energized, you feel relaxed.  I need to go outside and get some fresh air.

Talking about getting fresh air, the next phrase  goes along with it. There's something about,  

take a look at this. "There's something about  going outside and getting some fresh air. That  

just makes me feel better." Do you think  that I know exactly why fresh air helps  

me to feel better? No. I don't know exactly  why. There's something about fresh air that  

helps me feel better. Okay, I'm talking about  when something has the ability to influence me,  

but I can't really describe it. There's something  about fresh air that just feels great. You might  

even use it to talk about my English lessons.  There's something about Vanessa's English  

lessons that I just love. Maybe you don't know  exactly why you keep watching my English lessons,  

but it's hard to describe, and it influences  you. There's something about Vanessa's lesson  

that just makes me want to come back again  and again and watch them. I hope that's true.

The next phrase that I use every  day is, come to think of it, come  

to think of it. What is it? We'll, take a look  at this sentence. "Come to think of it, it is  

snack time. Let's go eat something!" Maybe like  your kids, my kids are always asking for a snack,  

but I try not to let them eat a snack all day,  all the time. We have kind of snack times. It's  

not extremely strict, but if they ask me for a  snack and it's around 10 o'clock in the morning,  

that's generally snack time and they  say, "Mom, I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry,  

I need a snack." I might say, "Well, come to think  of it, it is snack time. Let's go eat something."

So here we're talking about something  that just appeared in my mind in the  

middle of this conversation. I wasn't  thinking, snack time is coming soon,  

I'm going to prepare a snack. No, my kids  asked me for a snack and I just remembered,  

"Oh, come to think of it. Oh, look at that. It  is snack time. Let's go eat." So it's something  

that just comes up in the conversation. I  want to give you another example for this.

Last week, my sister and I were talking about my  grandparents and thinking about them, and I said,  

in the middle of our conversation, "Come to think  of it, I haven't heard from my grandma in a while.  

Maybe I should give her a call." Okay, we were  having this conversation about our grandparents,  

and I realized in the middle of that conversation  that I hadn't heard from my grandma. She hadn't  

called me for a while, so I thought, "Oh, come  to think of it. I haven't heard from her for  

a while. Maybe I should call her." It just came  up in my mind in the middle of the conversation.

The next phrase that I use every day is, to  be spoiled. Take a look at this sentence.  

"We're so spoiled because our neighbors  share good food with us." Have you ever  

had a neighbor bring you over some freshly  made cookies or maybe some soup that they  

just made on a cold day? It's such a beautiful  feeling. This is a way to truly show love,  

I think. So for me, I have several neighbors  that are constantly sharing food together. I feel  

spoiled. I am spoiled that my neighbors share such  good food with me. What do you think this means,  

to be spoiled? This just means that  I am treated well. Maybe even above  

well. I am pampered. Someone is taking  care of me more than is even necessary.

I'm spoiled. We do sometimes use this negatively  for children. So if your child always asks for  

toys and every time they ask for a toy, you say  yes. Anytime, you're walking down the aisle in a  

store and they say, "I want to buy that." You say,  "Okay." And then they want to buy something else,  

and you say, "Okay, okay, okay, okay." Well, you  know what? Your children are spoiled. This is not  

a good thing. It's not a good thing for us as  adults either, but when someone is spoiling me  

by giving me food, this is generally just kind of  a neutral or good thing. But make sure that you  

try not to spoil your children too much. We want  them to be grateful for the things that they have.

The final phrase that I use every day that I want  to share with you today is, the fact that. Okay,  

we need to add this grammatically correctly  into a sentence, so take a look at this. "I  

love the fact that my neighbors support each  other." Okay, yes, we're talking about a fact,  

something that is true, but look how this  is grammatically used. I could just say,  

I love that my neighbors take care of each other.  But instead I added the fact to kind of emphasize  

this is absolute truth. "I love the fact that my  neighbors take care of each other." And it's true,  

we often look out for each other and bring  each other things, bring each other food,  

check in on each other, and make sure that  each other are doing well. I love the fact  

that my neighbors take care of each other. Let  me give you one more sample sentence with this.  

One of my friends is a vegetarian,  which means she does not eat meat,  

and she told me this. "My family has finally  accepted the fact that I don't eat meat."

Well, maybe before her family thought, this  is just a phase, it will pass. If you're a  

vegetarian, maybe your family said the same thing.  But she said that her family has accepted the fact  

that she doesn't eat meat, and now whenever  she goes over to their house, they try to  

accommodate her in some way. It's very kind.  They accept the fact that she doesn't eat meat.

Well, congratulations on learning these 10  phrases that I use every day, and I think that  

you should too. The next step is to download  the free PDF worksheet, which includes all 10  

of these daily life phrases, definitions,  multiple sample sentences, and, drum roll,  

a quiz to test your knowledge and see if you  can actually remember all of these 10 phrases.  

You can click on the link in the description to  download that free PDF worksheet plus quiz today.

Well, thank you so much for learning English  with me, and I'll see you again next Friday  

for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.  Bye. But wait, do you want more? I recommend  

watching this video next, where you will  learn 10 other phrases that I use every day,  

including how to use the word "thanks" to be  rude. I'll see you in that video to find out.