3 Essential ADVANCED English Verbs that you don't know

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Vanessa: Hi.
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I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.
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Are you ready to speak advanced English?
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Let's talk about it.
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Vanessa: Today your mind is about to expand, maybe even explode.
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You might think that you know how to use these three simple verbs, but do you really know
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how to use them?
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Sometimes English learners think that to speak advanced English you need to use advanced
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verbs, but that's not always the case.
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Sometimes you need to use simple verbs in an advanced way.
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Are you curious?
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Good.
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Vanessa: Today I'm going to help you use tell, do, and bet in a more advanced, natural way.
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Are you ready to get started with the first one?
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Let's start with the verb tell.
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The first meaning of the word tell you probably know.
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I'm going to tell you a secret.
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Do you know what she told me yesterday?
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This just means simply to talk, but this is the simple way to use tell.
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Let's take it to the next level.
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Let's take a look at this sentence.
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I couldn't tell if he was a boy or a girl.
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Does this mean I couldn't talk about if he was a boy or a girl?
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No.
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We're using tell in an advanced way here.
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This means I didn't know if he was a boy or a girl.
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I couldn't tell.
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Vanessa: Let's look at a few other sentences that use tell in an advanced way that means
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to understand or to know something.
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It was hard to tell.
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This means it was hard to know.
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I couldn't tell by looking at his face.
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I couldn't know if he was a boy or a girl by looking at his face.
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Vanessa: You might notice that we often use the word tell in this advanced way with the
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verb can.
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Let's take a look at another scenario.
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Can you usually tell when someone's lying to you?
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This means do you easily know when someone's lying to you.
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Can you easily understand when someone's lying compared to telling the truth?
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Hmm.
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You might also say, "I couldn't tell that he was lying."
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This doesn't mean I couldn't talk about the fact that he was lying.
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It means I just didn't know that he was lying.
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I couldn't tell that he was lying.
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Vanessa: Let's go to the second simple verb that we can make more advanced.
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What do you think about this sentence?
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I do like seafood.
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Listen to which word is emphasized here.
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I do like seafood.
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I do like seafood.
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There are two verbs, do and like, but one of them is emphasized.
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I do like seafood.
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It's the verb do.
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Native speakers often use the verb do to show emphasis, especially to emphasize the truth.
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Vanessa: Let's take a look at some examples.
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If you say to me, "Vanessa, do you want to go to an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet for
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my birthday?"
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And then you hesitate and say, "Oh, I forgot that you don't like seafood.
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I'm sorry."
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But really, I love seafood, so I want to politely tell you you're wrong I like seafood.
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How can I say that in a polite way?
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Well, I can simply say, "I do like seafood."
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So I'm emphasizing that I like it, but I'm also emphasizing that this is the truth.
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You had an opinion that wasn't the truth and now I'm sharing the truth with you.
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Oh, that's not true.
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I do like seafood.
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I want to come.
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I want to go to the all-you-can-eat seafood buffet.
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Vanessa: Let's look at another example.
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A couple weeks ago, my husband Dan and I met some new friends, and they invited us over
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to their house to have dinner.
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It was really nice of them.
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But on the morning of that dinner, Dan woke up really sick.
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Dan's my husband.
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He only gets sick maybe once a year, but that was the day.
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It was not a good day for him.
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He was on the couch all day.
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It happens to all of us, right?
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Well, so I needed to call our new friends and say, "Dan really does want to come to
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dinner, but he's too sick."
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I wanted to emphasize that he does want to come.
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He wants to come to your house, but he's too sick.
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I ended up going to the dinner by myself, and it was a lovely time, but it was a sad
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time for Dan because he was just at home on the couch.
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Vanessa: Why did I choose to add do to this sentence?
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What kind of truth am I trying to reveal to them?
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Well, I was a little bit worried that because we didn't know them, we didn't know them very
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well at least, I was worried that they would think Dan was just making an excuse that he
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didn't want to go and I was calling to make an excuse for him.
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But that wasn't the truth.
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He was actually really sick, and it was a good idea that he didn't go to the dinner.
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So I wanted to let them know this is his true feelings.
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He really does want to go to your house, but he's too sick.
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Vanessa: We often use this advanced form of do with the word but because we're telling
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the truth and then we're showing an excuse.
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Let's take a look at a couple sentences.
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I really do want to study English every day, but I usually forget.
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So you're showing your true feelings.
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I really do want to study English, and then you have the excuse, but I usually forget.
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Oh no.
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My manager does want to speak with you, but she's busy right now.
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If you get a call from someone from another branch and you're trying to let them know
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your manager's busy, it's not an excuse.
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It's true that your manager's busy.
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You can use this verb to let them know this is the truth.
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My manager does want to speak with you, but she's too busy right now.
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You're letting that person know on the phone, maybe some representative from another branch.
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You're letting them know this isn't just an excuse.
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It's true.
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My manager does want to speak with you, and then you have an excuse, but she's just busy
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right now.
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She'll call you back later.
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My manager does want to speak with you.
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Vanessa: Or you could say, "She does have a car, but she just rides her bike everywhere
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instead.
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If you always see your friend riding her bike, you might wonder, "Does she not have a car?
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Why is she always riding her bike?"
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And then you could say, "She does have a car."
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You're emphasizing this truth.
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She does have a car, but she just chooses to ride her bike instead.
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Vanessa: Let's go to the third verb that we can make more advanced.
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I use this one all the time, so I'm so glad to share it with you because you'll be able
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to understand it when I use it and when other people use it.
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It's the word bet.
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Have you ever bet some money that your team would win?
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This is the simple way to use bet.
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It means you think your team will win so you put some money on the table.
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If your team wins, you get more money.
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If your team loses, you lose all your money.
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This is the simple way to use bet.
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Vanessa: Let's make it more advanced, though.
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I bet that you want to be a fluent English speaker.
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I don't know this 100%, but I'm 99% certain that you want to be a fluent English speaker,
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so I can say I bet that you want to be a fluent English speaker.
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I'm just guessing your opinion.
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This more advanced way to use bet means I'm almost certain.
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I'm not 100% certain, but I'm almost certain.
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Vanessa: Let's look at some ways that you can use this naturally.
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The phrase I bet is often used to show empathy or caring when someone's going through a situation.
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So you might say, "I bet that you were sad when your dog died."
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This means I'm not 100% certain, but I'm letting you know that I can imagine your feelings.
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I'm almost certain that you were sad when your dog died, and I want you to know that
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I understand you were sad.
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Oh, I bet you were really sad when your dog died."
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Do you see the tone of my voice and the look on my face?
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It shows caring and empathy.
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I bet you were really sad.
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Vanessa: Let's look at another example.
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I bet that you were annoyed when your boss didn't give you a raise.
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I'm not 100% certain, but I'm mostly certain that you were annoyed when your boss didn't
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give you a raise.
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This is a really kind, and thoughtful, and polite expression to use when someone you
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know is having a difficult time in their life.
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If your friend was expecting a raise and then you see them and they look pretty sad and
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they tell you, "I didn't get the raise," you could use this expression.
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I bet you are annoyed when your boss didn't give you that raise.
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I bet you are really disappointed when your boss didn't give you that raise.
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You're sharing feelings with them.
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You're empathizing.
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Vanessa: You can use I bet for those negative situations, like I bet that was really hard.
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I bet that situation was really hard for you.
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But you can also use it in positive situations.
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I bet you're glad that your exams are over.
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The word glad is not a negative thing.
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It's a positive thing.
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But you're letting them know I understand your feelings.
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I bet you're glad the exams are over.
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Now you can finally relax.
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Vanessa: We just talked about how you can use I bet to show someone that you are understanding
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and caring about their feelings.
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This is kind of a deep friendship type of expression, but there's a lighter way that
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we can use it as well.
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It's simply when you're predicting what might happen in the future.
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You could simply say, "I bet that it will rain today.
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I bet that it's going to rain.
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There's dark clouds.
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The area's a little bit moist.
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I bet it's going to rain."
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You're just predicting.
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You're almost certain.
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You're not 100% certain, but you're almost certain that it's going to rain.
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Or if you've never been skiing, like me, you might say, "I bet that I'm going to break
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my leg when I go ski."
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This is a prediction for the future.
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I hope whenever I go skiing for the first time this doesn't happen.
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But you can use this expression to say, "This is my prediction.
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It will probably happen.
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Not 100%, but there is a high possibility that it might happen."
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I bet I'll break my leg or I bet that I'll break my leg.
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Vanessa: Notice that in all of these sentences we use the pronoun I. I bet.
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This is because I'm certain.
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I don't know your certainty, but I know my certainty.
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I bet it's going to rain.
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I bet you were sad.
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I bet that was a hard time.
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I'm talking about my own certainty.
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It's not so common to hear this with other pronouns.
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You bet that this will happen.
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He bets that this will happen.
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It's most likely that you're going to hear this with I bet.
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So I want you to be able to use that, too.
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Vanessa: Before we go, let's do a little review.
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I want you to say these sentences out loud.
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Exercise your pronunciation muscles and speak.
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It's going to help you to remember these three simple verbs used in an advanced way.
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Are you ready?
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Let's go.
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Vanessa: I couldn't tell if he was a boy or a girl.
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It was hard to tell.
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Can you usually tell when someone is lying to you?
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I can't tell.
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I forgot that you don't like seafood?
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No, I do like seafood.
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I really do want to study English every day, but I always forget.
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She does have a car, but she always rides her bike instead.
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I bet that you want to be a fluent English speaker.
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I bet that you were annoyed when your boss didn't give you a raise.
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I bet you're glad that the exams are over.
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I bet that it's going to rain today.
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Vanessa: How did you do?
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Did you get some pronunciation practice?
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I hope so.
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Now I have a question for you.
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In the comments, I want to know what is something that you really do want to do, but you just
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don't do.
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For example, you might say, "I really do want to go to bed earlier, but the night just passes
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so quickly.
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And before I know it, it's 2:00 AM," or, "I really do want to see my parents more, but
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I'm just too busy."
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Let me know in the comments.
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What is something that you really do want to do but you just don't do?"
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Thanks so much for learning English with me, and I'll see you again next Friday for a new
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lesson here on my YouTube channel.
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Bye.
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Vanessa: The next step is to download my free e-book, Five Steps to Becoming a Confident
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English Speaker.
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You'll learn what you need to do to speak confidently and fluently.
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Don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more free lessons.
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Thanks so much.
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Bye.
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