13 Slang Phrases You Need To Know | American English Vocabulary Lesson

hey guys what's up Stefanie the English coach here from EnglishFullTime.com

in this video I am going to share with you 13 slang phrases that I use every

single day now the interesting thing is that I didn't even realize that these

phrases were slang until one of you brought it to my attention

and you said hey I went to the United States and I was really shocked because

people used all these phrases that I had never heard before and when you listed

the phrases I was like oh my gosh those are very common like I used those every

single day so I decided that I wanted to make you guys a video to share these

phrases with you okay so they're slang it's informal that doesn't mean you

can't use it at work okay if you work in an office you can use these phrases with

your co-workers maybe if you work in a call center or if you work for a bank or

something like that where you have to be more formal with people on the phone

maybe these aren't the phrases you would use but these are very common in

everyday conversation and like I said I use them everyday so for those of you

who don't know I'm from California so this is obviously American English and

expressions that we use in the USA so the first one is it's all good it's all

good this means it's okay so if for example I

was planning on hanging out with my sister one day and then she calls me and

says hey Stef I'm so sorry I can't make it you know my kid got sick or whatever

then I could say hey don't worry about it it's all good so I'm not upset about

it I'm not disappointed everything's fine

do what you have to do and then maybe we can hang out later it's all good another

example of this is let's say I'm going to my friend's house and I'm supposed to

bring drinks and we're gonna have like a gathering a little party or something

like that and then on my way there I end up forgetting the drinks and I just

start feeling so bad about it so I go and I say hey you know I'm so sorry I

forgot the drinks do you want me to you know go back to the store and get

something my friend might say oh no Stef it's all good you know what

actually some other people brought drinks so we're covered we're covered we

don't need anything else so it's all good Stef don't worry about it so again

this means everything is okay the next one is no worries this means don't worry

or don't worry about it usually when I'm talking with people I don't say don't

worry I say no worries so again back in the example I

just gave if I forgot drinks and I was going to my friend's house we were gonna

have a party she might say oh no worries it's all good

okay we'll just put all those phrases together no worries don't worry about it

it's all good everything's ok so when somebody accidentally does something

wrong or they forget something or they make a mistake and if there's no problem

you know a lot of times you guys might say oh there's no problem it is no

problem or something like that you can just say oh no worries it's ok it's all

good the next one is sure thing okay sure thing means yes

absolutely of course so hey Stef can I come over later can we hang out yeah

sure thing I'm free ok next I'm good I'm good

now normally you guys might hear this phrase once on them says hi how are you

I'm good how are you or I'm doing well how are you well I'm good can also mean

no thank you I don't want what you're offering so again let's say I'm at my

sister's house and I'm having dinner and she goes hey do you want seconds ok the

seconds is like a second plate of food do you want seconds do you want more I

can say no I'm good I'm good this was plenty thank you so much thanks I'm good

no thank you I don't want what you're offering or if

a group of friends is planning to go to the movies like in an hour they say hey

Stef we're all gonna go to the movies want to come I could say I'm good I have

a lot of work to do later no thank you I can't go or I don't want

to go I have a lot of stuff to do so I'm good I'm good that's ok no thanks ok the

next one is I got this or I got it now this can be used a few different ways

for example if I'm having lunch with a friend and then someone comes and brings

up the check I can start to pay and say no I got it I got it I got this like I'm

going to pay for this but it can also be used to mean I can handle this I don't

need help so maybe I'm lifting a heavy box and

someone says whoa Stef that looks really heavy do you need some help with

that I could say no no I got it I got it or I got this I don't need help I can

handle this I'm ok next we'll do this means ok yes I agree so someone might

say hey Stef can you bring the paperwork by the office later today so I

can sign it say yeah sure thing will do no problem I

will bring the paperwork by the office so when you're making plans and you know

someone asks if you can do something or what do you think are you gonna be able

to yeah sure thing will do no problem so it basically means we will do that or I

will do that next no way no way no way that means wow that's interesting I

can't believe that are you serious no way no way so this can be said in a

positive or a negative way like no way I can't believe that that's awesome

or if something bad happens you can say no way seriously they did that to you

are you kidding me okay next that sucks okay that means that's awful I'm so

sorry to hear that oh that sucks and I use this I say this

a lot it depends who I'm with you know maybe I will say something else if I'm

in an environment where I feel like I have to be more formal but with my

friends my family I say that sucks a lot my mom doesn't necessarily like this

phrase so it's kind of a generational thing you know some slang is used more

with younger generations than with older generations so this is probably one of

those phrases that's used more with younger generations so the next one is

for real for real this means really seriously are you kidding for real they

did that are you sure for real so for real again it's just like asking

seriously it can also be used as an expression like that's crazy for real

okay so when you're asking for real you're not always asking did that really

happen it's also an expression like oh my gosh that's crazy right and my dad

has a way of saying this that's completely different he says is that so

is that so I don't say that but I guess that's slang too like that's what my dad

says he'll be like ah is that so or is that so I don't know I can't even

imitate him because I just actually never used this phrase I just say for

real okay the next one you guys might hear me say sometimes I say what the

heck what the heck a lot of people say what the hell but I don't like thing

what the hell because to me it's just too strong and

I don't prefer it and I think what the heck is just kind of funny also so I

just say hey what the heck what the heck is wrong with you what the heck is wrong

with that guy what the heck why did you do that what's going on what the heck so

what the heck just basically means I can't believe this what's going on I'm

not okay with the situation I don't like this what the heck

next nice if something is really cool or interesting or you like it you can just

say hey nice that's awesome nice you got a new job nice you got a new car nice it

looks awesome so again nice used like that just means that's cool that's

awesome that's interesting all right nice nice

okay the last one is got it got it means I understand so whenever you're writing

something down let's say someone's giving you a phone number they give it

to you you write it down then you can say got it okay when you finish you got

it you you understand you wrote it down and now you have it got it or if

someone's explaining something to you you can say okay okay got it I

understand that makes sense Thanks that's what that means okay so

those are all the words that I have for you guys today and what I would love to

know in the comments is which of these phrases were new for you where all of

them new we're only a few of them new were none of them new if none of these

were new for you then that's great you probably have a very high level of

fluency in English you probably watch a lot of TV in English and that's why you

understand all of these phrases I mean hopefully everyone understood them right

but do you understand them enough to feel comfortable using them in the

appropriate situations I guess that's you know one level is understanding

another level is feeling comfortable and being able to use them so what did you

guys think of these phrases was this video helpful please let me know in the

comments because I really rely on your guys's feedback to let me know what

kinds of videos I should keep making or just not make so thank you for that and

I have something really cool for you guys linked in the description area I'm

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want to share with you and I hope you enjoy it okay that's it and I'll see you

in another video bye