25 Advanced English Vocabulary Phrases for DAILY LIFE

Vanessa: Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.  

Can you use these 23 English expressions  for daily conversation? Let's talk about it. 

Have you ever watched an English movie or TV show  and thought, "Man, it would be great to speak like  

that?" Well, I have some good news. Today you  are going to learn 23 important conversational  

expressions for daily life. All of these  23 expressions came from last week's video,  

the one and a half hour real English conversation  that I had with my husband. I hope that you will  

be able to use these in your daily life as well.  To help you with that, I have created a free PDF  

worksheet with all 23 of today's expressions,  definitions, sample sentences, and at the bottom  

of the free PDF, you can answer Vanessa's  challenge question so that you never forget  

what you are about to learn. All right.  Are you ready to get started? Let's do it. 

Daily English expression number one that you  need to know is this phrasal verb to go on  

about something. In the conversation Dan said that  his grandma would go on about lots of stories.  

This means that she would talk a lot about  something. Usually it's slightly negative because  

it means she talks for too long about something,  but we can use this in other context too. Take a  

look at this sentence. I could go on about my love  for books all day. Maybe you don't want to hear  

about my love for books all day, but it doesn't  matter. If you asked me a question about books,  

I could go on about books all day. Is  there something that you could go on about  

for hours and hours? Let's watch the original  clip from the conversation so that you can hear  

Dan use to go on about. Dan: 

My grandma would always give lots of details  about growing up there on the farm and how  

they didn't have electricity. She would  go on about these stories about... 

Vanessa: Daily English expression number two is  

actually another phrasal verb, to scrub out. When  you're scrubbing something you're usually pushing  

really hard to try to get maybe some kind of  burnt food off of a pan. You're scrubbing the pan.  

Well, we can use this a little more figuratively  as well. In the conversation Dan said that his  

grandparents' families came from Germany. As  you can imagine, during the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s,  

it wasn't very popular to have a German sounding  name or to live in a German community in the US  

because we were at war with Germany. Dan said  they were trying to scrub out a lot of German  

sounding things. Dan's family changed their name  slightly so that it didn't sound so German. Let's  

see how we can use this phrasal verb in another  sentence, maybe you had a really bad year in 2020.  

A lot of us had a hard year in 2020, and  also 2021. I hope 2022 is better for you.  

Well, you might say, "I just want to scrub  out all of the bad memories from that year."  

Means you want to erase them from your memory.  "I just want to scrub out all those bad memories  

and start fresh." All right, let's watch  the clip from the original conversation  

so that you can get more context. Dan: 

Obviously for reasons that we can understand- Vanessa: 

Political reason. Dan: 

We were at war with Germany a lot, so I think  they were trying to scrub out a lot of the  

super German sounding things. Like apparently our  last name was more German sounding at one point. 

Vanessa: Daily English expression number three is, to get  

ahead of yourself. Is it possible that as you're  walking, you can get ahead of yourself? Well,  

it's not possible physically, but it's possible  when you're having a conversation. We usually use  

this in a verbal situation where you start talking  about something prematurely. You're not ready to  

talk about something. In the conversation with  Dan, we were talking about our family histories  

and he asked me another question that I was  going to talk about in the future. But we were  

talking about that, and then I said, "Oh, we're  getting ahead of ourselves. Let's slow down and  

try to follow this in order." That's often  how it's used. Take a look at this sentence.  

"And I love reading books, and I talked to  this lady at the library, and then I got a  

job at the library, but then it was... I'm  getting ahead of myself. Let me start over." 

As you can see, I was kind of passionately telling  this little story and it wasn't very clear, maybe  

not in the right order, the way I wanted to say  it. So I said, "Ugh, I'm getting ahead of myself,  

verbally, so let me start over. Let me go back  to the beginning and tell you it the proper way."  

All right, let's watch this in the original  conversation so that you can see the context. 

They were either in New York or Pittsburgh,  but by the time my great grandma came,  

they went to Pittsburgh. Okay. We're  getting a little ahead of ourselves. 

The next English expression for daily  conversation is, to sign up for something. Yes,  

you can use this to sign up for a class, to sign  up for a marathon, but I want to talk about this  

in a slightly different way, a little bit more  metaphorical for example. In the conversation  

with my husband, Dan, he said that he loves  to catch critters, little crawling things.  

Even on our honeymoon, when we were going for a  hike, he was looking for salamanders. Dan joked,  

"She, me, she didn't know what she was signing  up for." What was I signing up? I was getting  

married. This means I was signing the papers to  get married, but I didn't know that I was going  

to be marrying someone who would be always looking  for Salamanders. Obviously this is a little bit  

of a joke. It's not a big deal. It's something  that I like too, so it works out. But he said,  

"Oh, she didn't know what she was signing up  for when she married me." Let's take a look  

at another sentence. Let's imagine that you meet  someone who's also interested in speaking English.  

You say, "Yeah, how about we meet up every  Thursday at this cafe and we talk for an hour." 

Then after the first meeting you realize, "Ugh,  this person is not very interesting to talk to.  

W don't have anything in common,  but I've committed to this.  

I didn't know what I was signing up for."  This is obviously a worst case scenario.  

Hopefully if you do this, you find someone who has  a lot in common with you and you have a good time,  

but you could use this expression and say,  "I didn't know what I was signing up for.  

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All right, let's watch the original context  for this expression to sign up for something. 

I think this was the first time I'd  ever caught critters with you. Because  

maybe when we were dating- Dan: 

She didn't know what she was signing up for. 

Vanessa: Maybe when we were dating,  

we just weren't in those situations. The next expression for daily conversation is,  

to drill in a point. What's a drill? Well,  this is a drill. This is a electric drill.  

You can use this to put a screw into a piece of  wood, for example. But when we talk about drilling  

in a point, we're using it in a little bit more of  a metaphorical way. In the conversation with Dan,  

we said, "Well, this will really drill  in the point that Dan loves catching  

critters." We were telling a story that emphasized  the idea that Dan loves to catch critters. 

That's the idea here when we're talking about  it metaphorically, we are emphasizing a point.  

Let me give you another example. One of my  English teachers was very passionate about  

theater and plays, and he used to act out scenes  from literature to drill in the point that he was  

trying to make. Instead of just telling us about  Romeo and Juliet, for example, he would act out  

the scenes to make sure that we never forgot it,  to drill in the point. A great thing to do. All  

right. Let's watch the original clip from the  conversation so that you can see the context. 

Well, do you want to share also while we're  on this topic, your first memory, the frog? 

Dan: Oh, my very first memory. 

Vanessa: Yes, this will drill in the point that Dan  

really likes to catch critters. Dan: 

Yeah, I caught a toad. Vanessa: 

The next expression for daily conversation is,  to come full circle. If you go 360 degrees,  

where are you? Well, you're back at the  beginning, and that's the idea of this expression.  

In the conversation with Dan I was talking about  when I was a child, I love to play in the dirt,  

I love to catch tad poles and do these types of  things. Then when I was a teenager, I did those  

things less. But now as an adult, I do them  again. We could say, "I have come full circle.  

The cycle is complete." Let's take a look at  another example. You might say, "Fashion has  

come full circle from when I was younger. Now  high wasted jeans are back in fashion." Maybe  

there's something like this for you that when  you are a child or when you were a teenager,  

something was in fashion, and then it fell out  of fashion for a while and now it's in fashion  

again. Well, we have come full circle, now those  things are fashionable again. All right. Let's  

watch the clip from the original conversation. Maybe when I was in eighth grade or so,  

I had a phase where I stopped playing  in the dirt and did other things,  

but now I have come full circle and well, I took  a shower recently, so my nails are actually clean. 

The next expression for daily conversation  is, right and left. We're not talking about  

turn right, turn left. I'm talking about this  full expression, right and left. In the original  

conversation Dan said that he thought it would  be really cool to be a professional athlete.  

Then he said, "Well, maybe I would just be beating  everyone right and left. Because he'd be so good,  

there wouldn't be any other competition." What did it mean in this context? Well, it meant  

to do things quickly without even thinking, right  and left. You could even say, "Whoa, that company  

is giving things away for free, right and left.  If you just call them and say, "Hey, I really like  

that product." They'd say, "Hey, we'll give it to  you for free. Hey, we'll send you a bunch of free  

samples."" They are giving away things for free,  right and left. I want to show you another sample  

sentence for something a little bit negative. You  might say she spends money right and left. Can you  

imagine what this means? Just without thinking,  quickly here and there all over the place. She's  

always spending money. She just spends money  right and left. All right. Let's watch the  

original clip from the conversation so that you  can hear how Dan used right and left. Let's watch. 

Dan: I would wake up tomorrow and I'd be  

like the best hockey player on earth. Vanessa: 

Wow. Dan: 

Maybe that'd be a little bit boring. I'm  just like beating everybody right and left.  

I'm sure you still have to work though. Vanessa: 

The next expression for daily conversation is,  even though. In the conversation with Dan, we were  

talking about different parts of the country.  We said, "Even though that is part of the US,  

it feels so different when you go from somewhere  that has a wet, humid geography and climate,  

and then go somewhere deserty and very dry."  Well, it feels like a different country.  

Even though it's part of the same country,  it feels very different. A phrase you can  

substitute for even though is, despite the  fact that it's the same country, it feels so  

different. We use even though more often than  despite the fact that it's the same country,  

but that is a substitute that you could use.  Let's take a look at a couple other examples.  

Even though it snowed while we  were camping, we had a great time. 

Even though it snowed. Here's kind of the  negative part. Well, what's the conclusion?  

We still had a great time. You can see that  the beginning of the sentence is the opposite  

of the end of the sentence. Let's  take a look at one other example,  

even though the computer was on sale, it was still  $2,000. Here we have the opposite. Something's  

on sale, you think it's going to be cheap or  cheapish, but it was still $2,000. Even though  

it was on sale, it was still $2,000. Those have  kind of opposite feels. All right, let's watch the  

original clip from the conversation so you can get  the context for this lovely phrase, even though. 

I feel like being somewhere like that, even  though the US is the same country, it feels  

so different that it does feel like  you've gone almost into a different world. 

The next expression for daily conversation is,  to be tied up in something. In the original  

conversation when Dan and I were talking about  food, we were talking a lot about nostalgia.  

That's kind of the bittersweet feeling you have  when you think back on something from your past. A  

lot of our favorite memories about food are really  tied up with nostalgia. If I just had that food  

by itself, maybe I wouldn't feel the same way, but  because of those memories in the past, because the  

food is tied up with nostalgia, it means so much  more. We can use this expression when there is a  

deep connection between two things. Let's take a  look at another example. I have so much time and  

energy tied up in this project. I don't want it  to fail. I have so much time and energy tied up in  

this project that I don't want it to fail. We're  talking about something that's closely connected,  

time and energy and the project. These are closely  connected. You know what, I don't want it to fail.  

All right, let's watch the original clip so  that you can see how this expression was used. 

Dan: We've had so many delicious meals in our  

travels and we just love different food as well.  This is very tied up in nostalgia for me too,  

because we lived in South Korea for three years. Vanessa: 

The next expression is, when I think back to it.  This is a full fixed phrase that we often use when  

just talking about the past, you're reflecting on  something in the past. In the conversation we were  

talking about a trip that we took. We said, "When  I think back to it, we did a lot of nice hikes."  

This is just a memory that I have. When you're  talking about something that you are reflecting  

on, maybe there's some nostalgia tied up in this.  When I think back on it, we took some nice hikes  

there. Let's take a look at another example. Let's  say that you're a really creative person. Maybe  

now you are a designer or a writer or something  like this. You might say, "Well, when I think back  

to it, I've always had a big imagination." When  you're trying to think about, "Hmm, did I just  

enjoy this job because it's for another reason or  is it because..." "Oh, when I think back to it,  

I've always had a big imagination. This is  something that's been a part of my life ever since  

I was a child. When I think back to it, you know  what, it's a good fit for me. It makes sense."  

All right, let's watch the original clip from  the conversation so that you can see how to use  

this phrase. Dan: 

That was also a good vibe, nostalgic experience.  Because when I think back to it, we did a lot of  

beautiful hikes on that trip. Vanessa: 

The next daily life English expression is a fun  one, a cop out. A cop out. In the conversation  

with Dan, when I asked him what was his preferred  defense mechanism? He said, "Well, my answer is  

a bit of a cop out. It's flying." Well, flying is  maybe not something we think about as defense, but  

he goes on to explain why he said that, so it made  sense. But he said, "You know what? My answer's  

kind of a cop out." We use this expression when  we're talking about avoiding a problem or avoiding  

something that might be a little bit difficult.  He chose an easy answer. It was a true answer,  

but he thought he chose something that was maybe  a little too easy. Let's take a look at another  

example so that you can use this fun phrase. My excuse was just a cop out. I wasn't actually  

sick. I just didn't want to go to the party. Have  you ever done that? Have you ever given an excuse  

that wasn't true? Well, it was just a cop out. In  the same sense you can use it to defend yourself.  

Maybe you actually are sick and you feel bad about  missing a party. You might say, "Oh, I'm so sorry.  

I can't come to the party. I'm feeling so sick,  but trust me, it's not a cop out. I'm actually  

sick. I would really love to come." You can use it  to kind of defend yourself too. All right. Let's  

watch the original clip from the conversation. If you could imagine having an animal's defense  

mechanism, what would it be? Dan: 

Mine would be ... this is a  little bit of a cop out, flying. 

Vanessa: The next expression for daily conversation  

is a fun one, to win someone something. Usually  we say to win you something. In the conversation  

with Dan, I was talking about a silly animal, a  horny toad that can squirt blood out of its eyes.  

If you haven't watched that conversation yet, I  recommend it. There's a link in the description.  

He said, "Well, you know what? That's pretty  cool, but it's not going to win you a lot of  

dates." This is a very silly thing to say. If  someone can squirt blood out of their eyes and  

they go on a date with someone and they do that,  or they tell someone that, that other person might  

be a little bit scared and not go on a date with  you again, I imagine. Dan said this funny thing,  

it's not going to win you a lot of dates. Let's see how you can use this in another context.  

Yelling at people, isn't going to win you a  lot of friends, just enemies. Or you might say,  

you know what, telling the truth isn't going  to win you a lot of votes as a politician,  

but at least you will have your integrity.  Telling the truth isn't going to win you a  

lot of votes. Do you see that we usually use this  in a negative way. It's not going to win you a  

lot of dates. It's not going to win you a lot of  friends. It's not going to win you a lot of votes.  

This is the most common way, but you might  also see it used positively. All right,  

let's take a look at the original conversation. Oh, I probably would fly away instead of fighting,  

but shooting blood out of your  eyes when you're in danger. 

Dan: It's not going to win you a lot of dates. 

Vanessa: No. 

Dan: Hey baby. 

Vanessa: Look what I can do. 

The next expression for daily conversation  is, to set the stage. A stage is the raised up  

place in a theater where the actors are, but  we're not talking about a play here. Instead  

I'm just trying to paint a picture. "Let me set  the stage." I was telling you about my Christmas  

experiences in the conversation. I said,  "Okay, I'll set the stage." And I told you some  

background things. "There was popcorn. There was  music." I'm trying to give you an image of what it  

was like. Let's take a look at another example.  "Let me set the stage for what holidays with my  

family are like, Well, I have two brothers, three  sisters, and they all have children of their own.  

As you can imagine, it's a really busy time."  Here, I'm giving you a general idea to paint  

the picture so that you can imagine what  it's like. I'm setting the stage for you. 

All right. Let's watch the original clip. When I was a kid, we didn't have a real Christmas  

tree, we had a fake tree, but even in that, I was  so excited about it. First of all, I'll set the  

stage, my mom popped popcorn. We ate popcorn and  it smelled great. We listened to Christmas music. 

The next expression for daily conversation  is, to be experienced. Don't forget the D at  

the end of this word. In the conversation, Dan  was talking about people who are experienced  

with rock climbing. He said, "There  were people who were more experienced  

than he was." Let's take a look at some sentences  so that you can use this in the correct way.  

If you are going hiking in the mountains, it's  best to go with someone who is experienced.  

Someone who knows where they're going and has  some experience in the mountains. Or we might say,  

"The only way to become experienced is to practice  a lot." If you want to be experienced and be able  

to have English conversations, well, you need  to practice a lot. You want to be experienced.  

Yes, you have this great skill or knowledge.  All right, let's watch the original clip from  

the conversation. Dan: 

There's nothing except for a crack and like  little, tiny ledges. They're experienced,  

so they got up the first part really easily. Vanessa: 

The next daily English conversation is, to  size up someone. This is a fun expression.  

In the conversation with Dan, he was talking  about rock climbing and everyone's talking  

to each other about different climbs that they  did. They're trying to size each other up. How  

experienced are you? How inexperienced are you?  They're trying to size each other up. This could  

be a positive thing or a negative thing where  you feel judged by someone else. Or it could  

be a situation like this. When I saw the bear in  the woods, he was sizing me up to see if he could  

eat me. We have a lot of bears around here where  I live, but thankfully they don't eat people. They  

very rarely attack people too. But if I saw a  bear, I imagine it would size me up and say,  

"Should I attack? Should I run away?"I  don't want to be in that situation. 

You can also say, "I sized up my competition at  the hot dog eating contest." This is something  

that often happens at state fairs  in the US. There's a contest to see  

who can eat the most hot dogs. Seems like a  very American thing. But as you sit at the  

table and you see the other people who are also  competing, you might look at them and think, "Hmm,  

I wonder what they could do. Hmm." You're  judging them. You are sizing them up. What  

are they capable of? All right. Let's watch the  original clip from the conversation so that you  

can get more context. Dan: 

One guy walked up and there's a climb and  they all have funny names. And he was like,  

"Oh, did you do chalk line? Cool, bro."  It was like, totally surfer vibes. 

Vanessa: Trying to size each other. 

Dan: Yeah. 

Vanessa: I could see that. 

Dan: Yeah. 

Vanessa: The next expression for daily conversation is,  

up until. Here we're talking about a change.  You're doing something and then you're stopping  

at a certain event. In the conversation with  Dan, he said that he played baseball up until  

coach pitch. This is a different level when  the coach is throwing the ball a lot harder,  

but he played baseball and then he stopped  at coach pitch. He played baseball up until  

coach pitch. You might say, "I played the flute  in our high school band up until my senior  

year." That means that I stopped at my senior  year. What's the difference between up until  

and until? Well, not very much. It's just a  personal preference. You could say, "Well,  

I liked that cake up until I saw that it had mold  on it." Or, "I liked that cake until I saw that it  

had mold on it." Both of these are used equally  and as just your choice, but I want to make sure  

that you know about both so that you have the  option. All right, let's watch the original clip. 

Dan: When I was a kid,  

I played baseball up until coach pitch, which  is where the coach is pitching, not the players.  

Then I started getting scared of how fast the ball  was coming. At least back then, that's how I felt. 

Vanessa: The next expression for daily  

conversation is one that I don't think I've ever  shared on my YouTube channel before and that is,  

for lack of a better word. In the conversation  with Dan, I said, "There must be a tiny  

robot for lack of a better word that fights  cancer." Well maybe in the biotech field,  

they don't use the word robot, but that's just  the word that I used. We could say, "Well,  

for lack of a better word." This means I don't  have a better word to describe it, but you get  

the point. Let's take a look at another example. I  learned that trees can, for lack of a better word,  

talk to each other. If you've ever looked into  trees or research them, you might know that trees  

can communicate with each other through their  roots, through these types of systems that really,  

it's almost impossible for us to imagine. I don't  really have a better word to describe it than  

talk. So I said, trees can, for lack of a better  word, talk with each other. They're obviously  

not using voices, but that's the best word that I  could think of and you get the point. All right,  

let's watch the original clip. Dan: 

I think there is some kind of tiny robot,  for lack of a better word, that can find  

certain diseases or cells in the body. Vanessa: 

The next daily English  conversation is, I must say that.  

In the conversation with Dan, I said, "I must  say that Dan's cancer fighting robots are a  

better idea than mine." Do you kind of get the  sense from my voice that I'm emphasizing well,  

it is true, but also a little bit reluctantly.  "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Your idea's better than mine."  

Let's take a look at another example. Let's say  that you're telling me, "You know what? I just put  

peanut butter on celery and it's the best snack  ever." This is pretty common in the US. I say,  

"Ugh, that sounds terrible. I would never  like that." Then you convince me to try  

it and I eat it and say, "I must say celery  and peanut butter is a pretty good snack."  

I'm reluctantly agreeing with you. "You know what?  You were right. I was wrong." I must say, it's a  

pretty good snack. You should try it sometime. All right. Let's watch the clip from  

the conversation. Yes. I would like  

our glass sliding door to be closed more easily so  that it is not a personal hassle or an annoyance  

in our home. But I must say that Dan's cancer  fighting robots are probably a better idea. 

The next daily English expression is, to justify  something. In the original conversation with Dan  

we said that real estate is something that  you can justify sometimes because you say  

that it's an investment. We usually use the word  justify when you're trying to convince someone or  

convince yourself that something is okay.  It's okay to buy real estate because  

it's not just throwing away  money. It's an investment.  

You can also use the word justify for other  things. Let's take a look. I wanted to justify  

buying a piano by saying, "Hey, I'll learn  how to play." But the reality is I probably  

wouldn't take the time to learn how to play. I  couldn't really justify the purchase. All right,  

let's take a look at the original clip so that  you can see how to justify something was used. 

Dan: I know for sure I want to have  

some more property and you can always justify it  by saying, "Well, this is an investment too. You  

can always resell it." Vanessa: 

The next daily English expression is a fun one,  to cut someone some slack. When something is  

not slack, for example, let's just take my  hair, this is tight, but slack is when it's  

loose. That's more flexible. Something is more  flexible, there is slack. If you said to someone,  

"Hey, cut me some slack. I've been sick all  week. I haven't had any time to finish my work  

projects." That means stop being so serious with  me. Be kinder, deal with me in a less critical  

way. In the conversation with Dan, that's how we  used it. Some people, when they play board games,  

they are very serious. Whenever I play with  someone like that, I just want to tell them,  

"Hey, stop being so serious. Cut me some slack.  It's just a game." But then some people might say,  

"It's not a game. It is a way of life." You can also use this expression if you  

are the one who is being gentler with someone  else. You might say, "I cut my student some slack  

because I know he's been having a hard time at  home lately." That means I wasn't so strict with  

my student because I understood that it wasn't a  good time for that. I cut my student some slack. 

All right, let's take a look  at the original conversation. 

I've played this game with people who are so  serious, that they are not fun to play with.  

As in, if you set the dice down, they'll say,  "Oh, your turns over. It's my turn now." "Oh,  

what? Give me some slack. Cut me some slack." The next daily English expression is, to bring  

myself to do something. Usually we use this  in a negative way. I can't bring myself to do  

something. That's how Dan used it in the original  conversation he was talking about an expensive  

fish. He said, "I could never bring myself to  spending that much money on an expensive fish.  

I couldn't bring myself to do that." Let's take  a look at another example. I might say, "Ugh, I  

can't bring myself to post on Instagram."  Something about Instagram just makes me  

feel a little bit like I'm just showing the  best things and comparing myself with others.  

I don't think social media in general is a great  thing. I can't bring myself to post on Instagram.  

We're talking about taking action about this. I  can't bring myself to get an office job again.  

I've been working in a different way for the  last seven years and I just can't bring myself  

to getting an office job again. I can't take that  kind of action. All right. Let's take a look at  

the original conversation clip. Dan: 

I wouldn't want to spend money on it. I'd  never bring myself to spend money on it. 

Vanessa: You can't justify spending money on it. 

Dan: If somebody just gave me the supplies  

and the fish. I'd set it up and be happy. Vanessa: 

Okay. The next expression for daily conversation  

is another fun one, a twinge of something.  In the conversation with Dan, he said, "I saw  

a twinge of regret in her eye when she talked  about her cow." We were talking about a farmer who  

has to take care of this cow relentlessly twice  a day, continually. It's a lot of work. She said,  

"Yes, I love this cow. I am committed to this  cow." But we saw, a little small, quick sign  

of regret. We call this a twinge. There's a twinge  of regrets. Let's see some other phrases where we  

can use this because you don't need to use it only  with the word regret. I felt a twinge of envy when  

I heard my friends talking about their travels.  This is slight, fast and sudden. It's just a  

little bit, I felt a twinge of envy. I didn't let  it take over me, but I just felt a twinge of envy.  

Or you could say, "Ugh, I had a twinge of  regret about not ordering that chocolate  

cake for dessert." If someone else orders the  chocolate cake and I see it, ugh, I wish I'd  

gotten that instead. I felt a twinge of regret  and then I got over it. My dessert was just fine. 

All right, let's take a look at  the original conversation clip. 

They didn't hire anyone to help them so they never  get a vacation, which they could hire someone to  

help occasionally. Anyway, not my style. Dan: 

I will just say, "I saw a twinge of regret in her  eyes when she was talking about this decision." 

Vanessa: Yeah, they  

love those cows and they took good care of them. The final expression for daily conversation is,  

to Google something. Well, you might know, Google  is the most popular internet search engine.  

We use this now commonly as a verb, to Google  something. In the conversation with Dan,  

I said, "I Google a lot of things that I don't  know. If I don't know how to fix something,  

I don't know how to do something in the garden  well, I just Google it." You can also say,  

"I was trying to decide where to go on vacation  so I Googled top vacation destinations 2022,  

and it looks like I'm going to Portugal." Oh,  wouldn't that be great? Well, I wish that were  

true, but you can Google a lot of things.  Maybe you Googled some English expressions  

and that's how you found my YouTube channel.  I hope so. I hope it's helpful to you. 

Let's take a look at the original clip so that  you can see how to Google something was used. 

When I need to, for example, do something with  the garden, what do I do when I don't know,  

I Google it, I watch a YouTube  video. It's very useful in many ways,  

say for education or even for entertainment. Well, congratulations on learning 23 common daily  

life, English expressions. Now I have a question  for you. Do you remember that first expression  

that we talked about, to go on about something?  I want to know what is something that you could  

go on about for hours and hours? Something that  really makes you feel passionate. Let me know in  

the comments and don't forget to download the  free PDF worksheet for this lesson. There's a  

link in the description. You can learn all of  these phrases, definitions, sample sentences,  

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