Advanced Vocabulary Lesson: 22 important phrases

Vanessa: Are you  

ready to level up your vocabulary and  express yourself more clearly? Well,  

I have some good news. Today, you are going  to immerse yourself in this English lesson,  

learning 22 important expressions for daily  conversation that you heard in this real life  

conversation between my husband and I talking  about parenting, including an expression  

that talks about an elephant. What? You'll  learn this expression later in this lesson. 

Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  And like always, I have created a free PDF  

worksheet with all 22 of these important  expressions, definitions, sample sentences,  

and at the bottom of the worksheet you can answer  Vanessa's challenge question so that you never  

forget what you are about to learn in this lesson.  You can click on the link in the description to  

download that free PDF worksheet today. All right. Let's get started with the  

first important expression that you heard in  our conversation about parenting. Important  

expression number one is unheard of. It is  unheard of for a baby to sleep through the  

night when it's so young. What do you think  this means? It's something that's unusual,  

not necessarily impossible, but maybe you feel  like it's impossible. So you might say it is  

unheard of to speak fluent English after studying  only one week. Do you think you can speak fluently  

if you study for just one week? Not really. I  have never heard of someone who speaks fluent  

English after just one week. It is unheard of. So what we're going to do with each of these  

expressions is you're going to watch a clip from  the original conversation so that you can see it  

in the real context because in my opinion, this is  the best way to learn vocabulary. You're hearing  

the sample sentences from me, the definition from  me, but you're also seeing it in context. This is  

an excellent way to lock it into your memory and  never forget what you've learned. All right, let's  

take a look at that original conversation clip. Dan: 

And then she sleeps all night. Vanessa: 

That's unbelievable. Dan: 

Possibly unheard of for a baby.  And then she sleeps all night. 

Vanessa: That's unbelievable. 

Dan: Possibly unheard of for a baby. 

Vanessa: Important expression number two is  

to tend to someone. This verb to tend to can have  another meaning as well. But we're going to focus  

on tending to someone. So when you have multiple  children, you might think, who do I tend to now?  

That means who do I take care of now? Who do  I tend to now? There's multiple children who  

are crying. Who do I take care of now? Who do I  tend to now? And that's what this means. It means  

taking care of someone. So you might say, "Well, I  tend to my grandmother on Wednesdays." That means  

I go over to her house and I take care of her. Maybe I prep some food and put it in her fridge  

for her for the week, or I help just tidy up her  house. I tend to my grandmother on Wednesdays. All  

right. Let's watch the original clip. Dan: 

Cycling through the kids. Who am I tending to now? Vanessa: 

Sometimes we say if it's not one, it's the other. Dan: 

Cycling through the kids. Who am I tending to now? Vanessa: 

Sometimes we say if it's not one, it's the other. Important expression, number three is a great  

idiom to take a step back. You might think  that this is to physically step back,  

but we're going to use this a little bit more  metaphorically. When you're in the middle of a  

difficult situation, you feel like this is the  whole world. This problem consumes everything,  

but how can you help that situation? It often  helps when you take a step back and get some  

perspective and realize. You know what? This  problem is not the end of the world. This  

problem is just this little thing. So it's useful  to take a step back. This means remove yourself  

from the situation and try to think of the bigger  picture. All right. Let's watch the original clip. 

I get frustrated sometimes. I get angry sometimes,  but in the end you just got to take a step back  

and go... I get frustrated sometimes.  I get angry sometimes, but in the end  

you just got to take a step back and go... Important expression number four is intangible.  

This is the negative of the word tangible.  Something that's tangible is something you  

can touch. I can touch my hair. It is tangible. So  what's it mean when something's intangible? Well,  

we could say the reward for taking care of  children is intangible. No one is giving me  

money or a prize or a gold medal for taking care  of children. There's no physical thing that I  

can touch and hold that's a reward for taking  care of children. Instead, it's an intangible  

benefit. It's that warm feeling in your heart. It's the feeling of purpose and passion. Those  

are things that you can't touch. It's  an intangible benefit and sometimes  

those benefits are more important than tangible  benefits. So if you enjoy getting out in nature,  

you might like hiking. Well, yes, hiking is good  for your health, so there are tangible benefits  

to hiking. Your body gets healthier, you get  stronger. But you might say the intangible  

benefits of hiking are more important. Your mind  is calm. You get to take some deep, fresh breaths  

in the woods. These are the intangible benefits.  All right, let's watch the original clip. 

To take care of your sister's child or a  grandmother and taking care of other children,  

it's intangible, the reward. To take care of your  sister's child or a grandmother and taking care of  

other children, it's intangible, the reward. Important expression number five is to hold  

back. A lot of the questions that my students  asked during that parenting conversation video  

were pretty serious, so we said, they,  my students, they weren't holding back  

with their questions. They just dove right  in and asked those hard hitting, serious,  

important questions. They weren't holding  back. So here I'm using it in a negative  

sense to not hold back. Can you get the idea for  what this might mean? When you hold back, you're  

hesitating to act or speak on something, but if  you're not holding back, you are not hesitating,  

you're just asking and speaking or doing something  without hesitation. So I hope that's true for you  

when you speak in English. I hope you don't hold  back when you speak in English. You use a strong,  

courageous voice and you try your best. You can  do it. All right, let's watch the original clip. 

Dan: These are big questions. I don't  

know if I'm ready for the surprise. Vanessa: 

Alex, Vera, and Claudio were not  holding back with their questions. 

Dan: These are big questions. I don't  

know if I'm ready for the surprise. Vanessa: 

Alex, Vera, and Claudio were not  holding back with their questions. 

The sixth important expression is by nature.  Take a look at this sentence. By nature,  

the prize in a family is the parent's  attention. Well, this just means naturally  

children want their parents' attention. That  is the ultimate prize for them. By nature,  

it's not something I've created, it's just  something natural. It's natural for parents  

to want their... Or for children to want their  parents' attention. By nature, they want their  

parents' attention. So you could use this to talk  about your personality as well. You might say by  

nature I am more extroverted than my friend. By  nature, it's nothing that I've done to become  

more extroverted, it's just my nature. It's just  my personality. By nature, I'm more extroverted.  

Great. All right, let's watch the original clip. So not really consciously thinking that, but  

that's just by nature how it is that the limited  resource is our attention. So I'm not really  

consciously thinking that, but  that's just by nature how it is  

that the limited resource is our attention. Important expression number seven is a fun one,  

the squeaky wheel. Do you know what a wheel  is? It's round and usually when you go to  

the grocery store, you're pushing a  cart. If there is a squeaky wheel...  

That's a squeaky sound. It's pretty annoying and  it demands attention. People might look at it.  

But if you have a quiet cart with no squeaky  wheels, no one really notices your cart. And  

we're going to use this in a metaphorical  sense when we're talking about this with  

people. You might say something like Dan said  in the conversation. He said, "My brother was  

the squeaky wheel in our family." That means he  demanded more attention than the other children.  

So maybe the other children didn't get as much  attention because he was the squeaky wheel. 

You can use this in the workplace as well. You  could say my coworker is the squeaky wheel in  

our department, so my accomplishments often go  unnoticed. People don't notice the good things  

that I'm doing because they're always focused  on my coworker who's the squeaky wheel? Maybe  

they complain loudly, maybe they just mess up  a lot of things so people are paying attention  

to that person, not to my accomplishments.  All right. Let's watch the original clip. 

Dan: I was the easy child and my  

brother was a little bit more of the squeaky wheel  is the expression we use. The squeaky wheel gets  

the oil. Is that the saying? Vanessa: 

Yep. Dan: 

I was the easy child and my brother was  a little bit more of the squeaky wheel  

is the expression we use. The  squeaky wheel gets the oil. Is  

that the saying? Vanessa: 

Yep. Important expression number eight  is headstrong. You can imagine someone  

who's pushing through really strongly, usually  headfirst. Well, what do you think that person  

is? They probably have strong opinions. They might  be stubborn. They are headstrong. And that's what  

we used to describe our second child, Freddie. We  said Freddie is headstrong or Dan was comparing  

him to Dan as a child. He said, "Freddie is more  headstrong than I was as a child." Well, Freddie  

is a little stubborn. He knows what he wants and  it's not really a bad thing. I think a challenge  

for people who are headstrong is that they have to  practice getting along with other people, but they  

know what they want. They're confident. Sometimes  a little stubborn, but they're headstrong. All  

right. Let's watch the original clip. Dan: 

I think Freddie is much more  direct than I was. He's pretty- 

Vanessa: But I think that's good. I want  

to know what he's thinking. Dan: 

He's very headstrong. He's more your sister than  me. I think Freddie is much more direct than I  

was. He's pretty- Vanessa: 

But I think that's good. I want  to know what he's thinking. 

Dan: He's very headstrong. He's  

more your sister than me. Vanessa: 

Important expression number nine is to be glossed  over or to gloss over. Do you know what gloss  

is? It's like a clear kind of paint and you  put it on top of something, maybe on top of  

a painting to make it look shiny or to cover  it up. To cover up maybe some imperfections,  

you might gloss over the painting. We can use this  metaphorically to talk about something that gets  

ignored. So in the conversation we said the middle  child often gets glossed over. You spend a lot of  

time with your oldest child and then you take care  of the baby. But what about that middle child?  

They get glossed over. So for me as a mother, I  try really hard to make sure that my middle child,  

Freddie does not get glossed over, that we  spend a lot of great attention on him because  

he's important too, right? All right. Let's  watch the original clip from the conversation. 

Will I be able to give enough attention to Freddie  because it's kind of a stereotype that the middle  

child gets glossed over or forgotten? Will I  be able to give enough attention to Freddie  

because it's kind of a stereotype that the  middle child gets glossed over or forgotten? 

Important expression number 10 is to dread  something. Do you dread family gatherings? I  

know a lot of people dread family gatherings.  Or for me, I dread going to the store and  

going shopping during the holiday season.  There's too many people, it's too busy,  

it's overstimulating. I dread this. This  really means that I don't look forward to  

it. I hate this activity. And a lot of people  feel like this when they get together with all  

of their family. They dread getting together with  their whole family. Beforehand they're thinking,  

"Oh, next week I have to go there. Oh no,  it's only two days away." They're thinking  

about this in advance and they do not like that  activity. They hate it. So maybe for you, there's  

something that you dread and you try to avoid  it. All right, let's watch the original clip. 

Some people dread going to- Dan: 

Well, that's true. Vanessa: 

... family gatherings because they just fight  with their siblings. Some people dread going to- 

Dan: Well that's true. 

Vanessa: ... family gatherings  

because they just fight with their siblings. Important expression number 11 is to mellow  

out. This is the opposite of being hyped up  and energized. You are mellowed out. I think  

this is true for my personality as I've  gotten older. When I was a teenager I was  

extremely energetic, extremely peppy and all  of this. And I think I still am to an extent,  

but with age, I have mellowed out. I  think it's true for everyone, right? 

As you get older with age, you mellow out.  Those parts of your personality that were  

once heightened when you were younger now are  a little bit more mellow, less high energy. You  

might have seen this word with the soft drink,  Mello Yello. This soft drink is really popular  

in the US. I don't recommend drinking. It's just  sugar. I think it's funny marketing because when  

you drink a soft drink like Mello Yello, it's just  sugar. So do you mellow out? No sugar is going to  

make you feel super energized. Of course you'll  crash later, but it's an ironic name I think.  

All right, let's watch the clip from the original  conversation where you will hear to mellow out. 

I think that you guys have what  I would want my kids to have. 

Dan: We've mellowed out with  

age too. There was definitely phases in me and my  brother's life where it was pretty contentious. 

Vanessa: I think that you guys have what  

I would want my kids to have. Dan: 

We've mellowed out with age too. There was  definitely phases in me and my brother's life  

where it was pretty contentious. Vanessa: 

The 12th important expression is to be touchy. Are  we talking about physically touching something?  

Nope. As you can tell, a lot of these expressions  are metaphorical. So in the conversation we talked  

about our oldest son, Theo, and he's not really  touchy about the things that Freddie, his younger  

brother, says to him. Sometimes Freddie tries to  annoy his older brother. This is very normal and  

sometimes it annoys Theo. Yes, it's true, but  sometimes he just says, "Okay," and he doesn't  

get bothered by it. He's not touchy about it.  Let's take a look at this in a different context.  

You could say politics is a touchy subject. This  is sensitive. It's a difficult topic. Maybe you  

feel irritable when you're talking about politics.  Politics is a touchy subject, so make sure that  

you don't bring it up in the wrong context. All  right, let's see how the word touchy was used in  

the original conversation. Dan: 

They're just not touchy about it in the same  way. Freddie will say, "I'm the best digger  

in the world and I'm doing it the best and  I'm number one." And Theo will be a like,  

"Okay." They're just not touchy about it in the  same way. Freddie will say, "I'm the best digger  

in the world and I'm doing it the best, and I'm  number one." And Theo will be a like, "Okay." 

Vanessa: Important expression number 13 is a strange one.  

It's starting them young. What do you think we're  talking about if I said this sentence? Whenever  

we go hiking with our young children, other hikers  often say, "Oh, starting them young. Great idea."  

What do you think that means? Are they excited  that our children are hiking or are they saying  

it's a bad idea? Well, they really think that  it's a good idea to start an activity early  

when children are young and that's the essence of  this expression, starting them young. But often  

in daily conversation we shorten this expression  and say startin'. So we cut off the G startin'  

'em, and 'em, E-M is just the contraction or  shortened version of the word them and then young,  

startin' 'em young, startin' 'em young. And  them is referring to the children. Starting  

the children with an activity while they're young. So if you see a young child surfing at the beach,  

you could say, "Wow, they're starting them  young these days." They're starting to do  

an activity a lot younger than you expect.  So in the conversation we were talking about  

screen time and Dan and I are of the  opinion that it's not a good idea to  

give a tablet or show lots of TV shows to young  children. So we said, "Starting them young is  

not a good idea. Starting them young watching  TV is not a good idea. Just a short a little  

amount is not a problem, but don't give them a  tablet and tell them they can spend hours and  

hours doing whatever they want. It will be hard  to go back and take back that rule." All right,  

let's watch the original conversation clip so  you can see how starting them young was used. 

Dan: Well, this works a lot better if you start them  

young. It's much easier to say, "Hey, this is what  we do," than like, "Hey, you watched all this TV.  

Let's take it away." Well, this works a lot better  if you start them young. It's much easier to say,  

"Hey, this is what we do," than like, "Hey,  you watched all this TV. Let's take it away." 

Vanessa: Important expression  

number 14 is set. Are we talking about setting my  phone on my hand? This verb? Nope. We're going to  

be using set as an adjective. So take a look at  this sentence. We have a set time of day when  

our children watch TV. A set time. It's describing  time. What does this mean? It's a fixed time. It's  

the same time every day. A set time. So you could  also say this, "I like to have a set schedule  

for my day so that I can focus and get things  done." This is a fixed schedule. In the morning,  

I'm going to work on this in the afternoon I'll  work on this, and in the evening I will relax.  

This is a set schedule or a fixed schedule. This is a really common word that you're  

going to hear in daily conversation that  maybe you're not really familiar with,  

but you might think it's setting something in  your hand, but you're taking a word that you  

already know and expanding it to use it as an  adjective. Great way to grow your vocabulary.  

All right, let's watch the original clip. The second one was have a set time and  

also time of day when they watch something.  The second one was have a set time and also  

time of day when they watch something. Important expression number 15, finally,  

we are here at the elephant expression, it is the  elephant in the room. Do you have an elephant in  

your room? That would be amazing. Probably not  so good for the elephant. What do you think this  

means if there's an elephant in the room? Is it  something that is easy to miss? Absolutely not. It  

is something that's so big you can't miss it, but  there is a nuance to this expression. Take a look  

at this sentence and see if you can guess what  the nuance is for how to use this. When she was  

arrested for drunk driving, it became the elephant  in the room when she showed up to parties. 

Do you think it's something that  people want to talk about? "Oh,  

let's just have this as a casual chit-chat  topic." Absolutely not. The elephant in the  

room is something that you can't avoid.  She was arrested for drunk driving. This  

is a terrible thing. You should not be driving  while you're drunk and she was arrested. Not  

a good situation. It is negative, right?  It's something that's big, it's serious,  

but no one wants to talk about it. So it's kind  of something everyone's thinking about, but no  

one wants to really talk about it. So her arrest  for drunk driving, for doing something bad was the  

elephant in the room when she came to parties. Everyone thought, "Oh, she was arrested for  

drunk driving. Oh, but they don't want to talk  about it. They don't really want to bring it up,  

but everyone's thinking about it. That's the  elephant in the room. All right. Let's watch  

how this was used in the original conversation  to talk about screens. What's the elephant in  

the room when it comes to screens? Let's see.  What about the future? Because part of this is- 

Dan: Well, the elephant in the room is phones. 

Vanessa: What do we want them to do? What about the  

future? Because part of this is- Dan: 

Well, the elephant in the room is phones. Vanessa: 

What do we want them to do? Important expression number 16 is peers.  

These are people who are generally the same age as  you. It's most often used for teenagers, but you  

can use it if you are an adult or older as well.  So let's take a look at this sentence. Teenagers  

really care what their peers think. These are  other teenagers, their friends. They might  

not care so much what their mom or dad thinks  or what society thinks, but what they really  

care about is what their peers think. You might  have heard this word used in the fuller phrase,  

peer pressure. This is self-explanatory. When the  people around you are pushing you to do something,  

usually something negative. "Hey, you should  just try the cigarette. Yeah, it's cool,  

it's fun. Try it." This is peer pressure. They're pressuring you to do something that  

you don't want to do, but because you care about  what your peers think, you might do it. You can  

use this if you are not a teenager. You might say,  "Yeah, whenever I need an opinion about something,  

I ask my peers." Okay. It could just be  people who are the same age or in the same  

life situation. They also have young children  or they're also starting a business. They are  

your peers. You can use this as an adult, but  you'll probably most likely hear this for young  

people. All right. Let's watch the original clip. I think the trickiness comes when their peers- 

Dan: Their peers are going to  

be pressuring them for sure. Vanessa: 

... have phones and then... I think  the trickiness comes when their peers- 

Dan: Their peers are going  

to be pressuring them for sure. Vanessa: 

... have phones and then... Important expression  number 17 is a beautiful one, like-minded.  

We have different personalities, but we have  been friends for over 20 years because we are  

like-minded. Generally this has to do with  having similar values in life. These deep  

things that really matter, your values,  your priorities. We are like-minded. So  

this is what makes a relationship work.  When you are like-minded in your values,  

maybe one of you enjoys basketball and  the other one enjoys kayaking. Okay,  

that's fine. You can still have a great  relationship. What matters is if you are  

like-minded for the things that really matter. All right. Let's watch the original clip so  

that you can see how like-minded was used  to talk about trying to help your children  

avoid screen addiction as they grow up. How does  the word like-minded fit into this? We'll see. 

Dan: Having some parents and kids  

with like-minds really helps. Vanessa: 

Like-minded parents, yeah. Dan: 

Yeah, like-minded parents and kids  because... Having some parents and  

kids with minds really helps. Vanessa: 

Like-minded parents, yeah. Dan: 

Yeah, like-minded parents and kids because... Vanessa: 

Important expression number 18 is actually two for  one, and it is two important expressions to talk  

about chores and trying to help each other with  chores because whether or not you're married,  

you live with your parents, you have roommates,  you need to share the workload. And how could  

you do that? Well, you might say something like  this, especially if you're having a really busy  

week or if you're really tired, you might  say this, "Could you wash the dishes for  

me please? I'm feeling so sick and tired." When I was really pregnant with really all  

of the children or even when I wasn't really  pregnant, when I was just pregnant, period,  

Dan did all the chores and I said, "Could you  wash the dishes for me? I can't reach the sink  

anymore." And so he would wash the dishes and do  the laundry and do all of those types of things. 

Could you, the chore, for me? And he could  say, "I will do the dishes for you. Yes, I'll  

do the dishes for you, no problem." Or he could  say, "Don't worry, I got it." I got it, means,  

"Yes, I'll do it. I will take on this chore. Don't  worry, I got it. You just relax." We didn't really  

mention these expressions in the conversation.  I just said I would add them in this vocabulary  

part, but let's watch that little clip anyway. The student asked, I'd like to know some common  

expressions to ask someone like, "Can you wash the  dishes? I'll do the dishes for you." These types  

of expressions. So little teaser. When I talk  about the vocabulary from today's lesson in a  

few weeks, I'll give you some expressions to talk  about chores, about how to delegate chores like,  

"Oh, I'll do the dishes for you tonight. I know  you're really tired." Those types of expressions. 

So important expression number 19 is one that's  commonly mispronounced. It is asterisk. At the end  

of this word, it should be asterisk. But in daily  conversation we often cut out that S and say,  

asterisk, asterisk. And what's this mean? Well,  it's this little symbol, this little star symbol.  

If you're reading something and a word has this  little star beside it, this little asterisk beside  

it, what's that mean? Well, it means there's  an extra note. There's something else that you  

can learn about that. And we often use this in  conversation to mean something pretty similar. 

If you're trying to be really careful with  your money, you might say, we put ourselves on  

a budget. That means we knew exactly how much  money we wanted to spend on each category of  

our lives. But there was a little asterisk for  supporting organizations that we really cared  

about. So if there was an opportunity to donate  money to an organization, we would donate more  

and not try to be super frugal. So this is the  exception. There's a little asterisk that says,  

"Hey, if you want to donate money, you can  do that outside of the budget." So this is a  

little exception. All right, let's watch how  this was used in the original conversation. 

We just put D or V based on who did  what, so this kind of strict delegation,  

but there was a little asterisk, I think we put  on this. We just put D or V based on who did what,  

so this kind of strict delegation, but there  was a little asterisk, I think we put on this. 

Important expression number 20 is to  barge in on someone. If you are a parent,  

you have probably experienced your child barging  in on you when you're going to the bathroom. They  

slam the door open and say, "Hi, I found you."  This is extremely common. Do you remember that  

video that went viral a couple years ago of the  man working from home, giving a presentation on  

the news and his little daughter walked into  the room? She barged in on him. That video is  

hilarious. And now that most of us have worked  from home, if you work from home with children,  

you know exactly what this feels like. We can  all sympathize with him. But she barged in on  

him. She just busted into the room and said,  "I'm here." All right. Let's watch how this was  

used in the original conversation. That feeling is much different.  

It's much different. Dan: 

You can go to the bathroom  without a child barging in on you. 

Vanessa: Wow. That feeling is much  

different. It's much different. Dan: 

You can go to the bathroom  without a child barging in on you. 

Vanessa: Wow. 

Important expression number 21 is to be cut and  dry. Well, when you cut something with scissors,  

it's a very clear line, right? It's not  unknown, it's just a straight line. So that's  

what this expression means. When something  is cut and dry, it's very clear and simple,  

but in life most things are not cut and dry. When  it comes to American politics, the election is  

never as cut and dry as you might think. You vote  for someone and they win. Nope, it doesn't often  

work like that. There's the electoral college.  There's a lot of stuff going on that makes it  

not very cut and dry. Someone could even get the  majority of the population's vote and not win  

because the political system is not cut and dry. But some things are cut and dry, right? You might  

say, "Well, you're either married or you're not  married." It's cut and dry. You're either married  

or you're single or divorced. It's cut and dry,  simple." All right, let's take a look at how this  

was used in the original conversation and then  we'll move on to our final expression of today.  

But first, let's watch the clip. Dan: 

I do think it's a lot more cut and dry for a lot  of people, especially if one person does the work  

and makes the money for the house. It seems like  a lot easier to be like the other person takes  

care of almost everything at the house. I do think  it's a lot more cut and dry for a lot of people,  

especially if one person does the work and  makes the money for the house. It seems  

like a lot easier to be like the other person  takes care of almost everything at the house. 

Vanessa: The final expression of the day is a serious one,  

to be at each other's throats. You can get that  violent sense from this expression. Usually it's  

not literally at each other's throats, but if  you said this, "well, I'm not surprised that  

they broke up. They were always at each other's  throats." If they were physically at each other's  

throats, that's a really bad thing and you hope  that that's not what's happening. Instead, we can  

use this to just talk about fighting. They were  not getting along. They were constantly fighting.  

They were always at each other's throats. So you can also use this as a way to try to  

repair your relationship as well. If you feel  like you've been fighting with your partner or  

your parents, or your friends just too  much and you don't feel good about it,  

you might approach them and say, "Hey, I feel like  we've been at each other's throats a lot lately.  

Can we just be calm and make up?" And they might  say, "Thanks. I want to do that too." All right,  

let's see how to be at each other's throats  was used in the original conversation. 

I think that was good of us to be able  to decide, something needs to change. 

Dan: We weren't at each other's throats or anything. 

Vanessa: No. I think that that's important to realize  

in our relationship. I think that was good of us  to be able to decide, something needs to change. 

Dan: We weren't at each other's throats or anything. 

Vanessa: No. I think that that's  

important to realize in our relationship. Well, congratulations on leveling up your  

vocabulary so that you can express yourself more  clearly. Now, I have a question for you. I want to  

know what is something that is unheard of in your  country? Maybe it's someone having three wives.  

Maybe it's eating spicy food is unheard of. We  never do that. Let me know what's something that's  

unheard of in your country in the comments, and I  can't wait to learn more about where you're from. 

Don't forget to download the free PDF worksheet  for today's lesson with all 22 of these important  

daily life expressions, definitions, sample  sentences. And at the bottom of the worksheet,  

you can answer Vanessa's challenge question, so  that you never forget what you've learned. That is  

the goal, to never forget what you've learned.  You can click on the link in the description  

to download that free PDF worksheet today. Well, thanks 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, which is the original conversation  

my husband and I had about parenting. You asked  us your parenting questions and we answered them,  

including what it's like to have three  children run a business and try to live  

together in peace and harmony. Check out that  video to find out and I'll see you there.