45 COMMON PHRASES IN AMERICAN ENGLISH

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In this video, we going to talk about 45 phrases

and words in American and I underlined here

AMERICAN English, so that you learn them

you train them and you sound more american

so, if you interested please continue watching this video

In this video, I'm going to concentrate on words and phrases

that gonna help you replace

the words that you use everyday like awesome

good and we gonna talk about words that american use and you can use to diversify your speech

and, also we gonna use phrases from TV shows

and like everything you can hear on the TV

So, let's start.The first phrase

you just open this video

and you do not understand what's going on and what is this girl

is talking about and you can ask

What the Heck is going on? So the original phrase...

again we are talking about slang, we are talking about

informal language, so do not use these words

when you write a personal statement or a letter

to you investor, No Never!

so," what the heck is going on?" is the question you gonna

ask when you do not know what's going on

in the place, what the heck is going on?

Phrase number two and i recently heard it from my friends

we were sitting and eating a burger

and he's like when are we going to rub elbows the next time?

what?

to rub elbows is to mean somebody and hang out with them

is you wanna see your friends, you can call them and say

Hey!Let's go and rub elbows which is

literally like rubbing elbows when you rubbing it with another people

means you are really close to each others so you spending time together

When you need a girl or a bugger

is really good-looking you can say

drop-dead gorgeous, instead of saying very beautiful

very nice, good-looking, if you wanna

sound more american, you can say"drop that gorgeous"

When you say something in a conversation but you

don't want people to attribute this phrase to you

you can say"Let's keep this off the record"

or when you just about to say this phrase, you're like off the record

I also do this, this and that, so maybe you don't

want people to know that you are doing something extra, you say

off the record, so that is stays just between you

and the people you talking to

No.no.. off the record, do you think you got the chance? Off the record?

the phrase that personal use a lot is

Don't quote me on that, i use it when I'm

talk about immigration's stuff or visas

so, officially because I'm not an immigration lawyer, when you guys

ask me about, you know, getting a green card or getting

a work visa in the united states, I can only say

what happen to my friends and me, because I am

not a professional here, I always say

something and I also add "don't quote me on that", just because

I got a Visa, it doesn't mean that everybody can get it this way

because there is law, and you should listen to the law so

you can say the phrase, don't quote me on that.

and other phrase or something that you can see

when you're driving around America is "kiss and fly" and I flew

from LA - san francisco and

when I went into San Francisco,I saw a silencing kiss and fly

and it's like "common,kiss and fly"

literally this means that there is a train,

airport to

the nearest city/to the nearest town

and you can drop your car there and

so you just go on train

and you kiss and fly

so the train takes it to the airport

this is a funny phrase, I really like it.

When you are reading an article.The article blames

something or somebody.And you don't think that's true

You can say: the article insinuates that and then you tell about the content

Instend of saying "the article said,

the article claimed that" you can say

"The article insinuated that"

So, basically to insinuate means suggest something bad/

in an unpleasant way or in a shady way.

The word jonesing I've literally

just learned what it means half an hour ago

I've heard it so many times.I'm like

I love doing these videos because I learn so much from these videos.

So jonesing-to want smth badly.

I am jonesing for coffee which means

I really-really want to coffee and btw here is my coffee

and I'll make a sip.

Was you jonesing for smth?

When you are just about to finish smth

or just about call somebody and you are asking

When are you gonna call me?

You can answer:" In no time" which means really soon

I'm gonna call you in no time

I'm gonna finish in no time.

Uptight!That's the word you use when you are

an opposite of relax.

For example, you come to a business meeting

and you don't know what to say

and you're really reserved -you are uptight!

I always wanna imagine smth when I'm talking about the word

so for me,tight means like stiff all in 1 straight line.

So you are uptight:you're sitting straight and you are

not relaxed at all ! Uptight.

To pig out.

Again, that's really informal, pig out -eat so much

that you cannot move

and you're feeling sick.

That was me yesterday :)

Ohh, we came from LA,I was so hungry

I was speaking out.

We ordered some tight food and big duff.

By the way, guys

if you are not only interested in sounding

like an American,it terms of using American words

but you are also like to sound American in terms your pronunciation

I would really recommend a couple of videos

that I'm gonna leave links to below.

Also, I wanted to recommend "Mastering the American accent"

My friend Venya gave it to me as a present .

But the coolest thing about this book is that not only add a good examples

of how you can use this or that sound,

it also shows you how to pronounce it.

From time to time it is gonna have pictures

of your mouth and whats in your throat,

see-you can try and feel how to pronounce smth.

Highly recommend it if you are working on your American accent.

"Mastering the American accent" by Lisa Mojsin.

I don't know.Second edition by Barrons I'll leave a link below.

Pass the buck.

When you don't want do smth you just pass the buck to somebody else,

which means you transfer responsibility,

transfer smth on to somebody. Pass the buck.

"Pass the buck,man"

Hyped.

Hyped means being excited .

Again you are replacing the word you probably used

200 times ,300 times(excited).

You replace it with Hyped!

You know the word hype that means smth really popular right now.

But hyped is the adjective when you're super-excited

about smth happening .

Now when you need to release you're studing

you can say "I need to hit the books".

It does not mean like literally hitting the books -No,hitting the books no :)

But hit the books is an idiom and it means

to start studing.

Now you're visualising and now you really think that hit the book-start studing.

When you don't want somebody to hurry,when you want somebody to act

without any rush you can say "take your time"

When you get literally if you translated

words-to-words like taking time or what does that mean...

but taking your time actually means taking slowly,

acting in a very relaxed manner.

So I am taking my time,I am enjoying this Saturday.

"No rush..."

Another great phrase is

to go cold turkey.

This is not a phrase that you would hear every day.

These are phrases that you won't hear every day

but I feel that's really-really important to know them.

Again,when I was sitting with my friend he said "rub the elbows"

I'm like "What..?"

I don't want this to happen to you

I want you to sit with your friends and when they use an idiom and you are like

"Ohh,Marina said it in 1 of her videos ,I remember what that meansand I understand what they are talking about"

It does not mean that

I'm telling you word and you immediately like

using it in the class room

because this is a word that's in use in a real life.

The next time you hear you're good at remember

that you have already heard it .

And in three times you hear that ,you remember it,you use it.

To go cold turkey is the phrase that I wanna to share with you

and to go cold turkey means to suddenly quit smth

that's bad for your health or dangerous.

For example, to quit drinking alcohol

which I've done back

in 2015.

Since 3 years without drinking alcohol at all.

And yes, I just quit alcohol,I went cold turkey.

There was not any transition period,

I've just told myself

"Hey ,Marina,starting 1January 2016 you are not drinking any alcohol"

And that was it ,I went cold turkey.

Now I'm gonna give you some phrases

that gonna help you offend people.

The phrase is that I'm gonna tell you right now

are comming from the Soods.

And you know the Soods is a TV show where people offend each other a lot ,

but I feel that you have to know them cause Americans use them

So,Let's go.

First word is wuss.

And yes,I took it from 1 of the episodes .

You can tell somebody don't be a wuss

or stop being a wuss.

And if you translate it that's the same is stop being a pussy.

And wuss is a person who's physically and mentionally weak.

And the synonym is pussy.

So we are learning a lot of bad words today :)

If you've been also call somebody,I don't advice on that but you can do it.

You can call somebody a pushover

and pushover is a person who is easily controlled by somebody else.

So,in the TV show that I took this phrase from

that was this girl who was working for 1 company

and then somebody call her from another company

and she just run away to this new company.

So she is a pushover,she is really easily controlled.

When somebody is doing nothing in an office,

they're just swaning around the office.

And it comes from the word swan

which is a bird

and you can see these birds

swaning around the lakes

they just back and forth with no particular purpose.

This verb is actually coming from this noun,

so when somebody is doing nothing

you can say

"Hey,stop swaning around,do smth,do smth what matters-learn English"

When you are irritated by person

who is constantly trying to show

how great he is or maybe trying to show that he's wearing fancy clothes ,

you can call him a showoff

and showoff is a person who boast all the time.

Showoff.

When somebody lies a lot and you tell people not trust him

you can say:"Don't trust him,he's full of crap!"

which means he lies all the time,

he does not check the facts,

he,know,tells things that don't really make sense,

so his is full of crap.

"You are full of crap"

Three more phrases and we'll done with offending others.

Undestanding how people offend each other

but I feel this 2 words are pretty important

because you hear them all the time.

Douche and douchebag.

Douche is a tool that you actually use in a toilet.

But when somebody is like brainless and accent of stupid manner

you can call him a douche.

Again,douchebag is pretty similar

when somebody is just acts in a way that he's only respecting himself,

not respecting others,has no understanding of social rules,

and this is a douchebag.

And the last one for today,

not the last phrase though,

is total rat.

When smth happened or somebody's done smth

that makes you shake your haid or do a facepalm,

you can call him ,on the situation,train wreck.

Now let's couch some less offensive words.

Let's talk about friendship

and we have a friend

and when he is your best friend,

you can call him bestie or her bestie...

I think girls normally use this word,

so bestie is a best friend.

When you clean your apartment

and you want to say that is super-clean,

instead of saying super,because super is the word

you use all the time,

you can say:"Squeaky clean"

This makes you sound a lot cooler.

Sometimes you can also when somebody looks really good,

you can say:"Oh wow,you look so fresh and so clean"

that's from the song,

and squeaky clean,again,means really cool.

So,an apartament is squeaky clean

which means that really-really clean.

When you want to emphasize

that the person is extremely talented

and bringing a lot of value,

you can call this person a hotshot,

which means that he is a really valuable person

and has a lot of talents. Hotshot.

When you have an important meeting

or you have your English language exam,

you tell your parents:

"I'll bring my a-game"

which means I'm gonna act in a best manner as possible,

I'm gonna be my best self.I'll bring my a-game!

When you go to the mainstreet of your city

and there are many expensive shops like

Louis Vuitton,or Dior,or Gucci

and you're walking and you see a T-shirt

that costs 600$,

you can say:"That's a rip off."

This is extremely,insanely overpriced,

this is a rip off.

Is not it weird that a T-shirt costs 600$?

So,that is a rip off hundred %.

When a person changes his mind all the time,

and when you cannot trust them,

because they can do smth really unexpected,

you can call this person a loose cannon.

But you won't him that just during the conversation ,

you'll probably do that when you are talking to another person

and you're like

"I don't trust him,he's such a loose cannon!"

which means that yes,he can do smth unexpectedly.

I wouldn't just leave him alone,I would watch him.

Another way to say "amazing"

/and remember we are working on a lot of phrases

that are gonna diversify your speech/

is wicked.

Oh my God,this is a wicked sweater,I love it!

Which means that it's a really amazing sweater,

By the way,guys

if you're writing an important letter

if you're writing an important email

or getting ready for important meeting

and writing down your speech,

you need to be sure that you are using the words in right context.

That you use a right word or that you write the words in the right way,

you can use fluent.express.

This is a platform where you upload your text in English,

and then native English speakers,

who are professional teachers,

professional correctors

gonna correct your text,

making American how would say.

So that ,a person who you're writing to

would not guess whether you're foreigh or international.

It's super-important if you are applying

for universal mission,

if you are submitting application,

don't accelerating here-in the US

or doing really high-level things.

But also when you just wanna post on your Instagram

and don't wanna make mistakes,so

fluent.express is instant,it's gonna take like 5 or 10 minutes.

So,it's instant correction of your text

from broken English into English(The link will be below)

Another way to say YES/OF COURSE

you can say: "You bet"

For example,somebody is asking

Do you enjoy living in SF?

I would answer:"You bet!"

OMG,SF is such an amazing city

I do not know how you can not enjoy living here.

"You bet"

Sometimes people tell me

Marina,you know,it's so important to learn English!

The best answer for me would be not "of course",

the best answer will be "You telling me that"

And that means "Come on,of course,I know that ,

that has changed my while life!

Learning a foreign language,learning English has changed my whole life

so when you tell me that English is important,I can answer

You are telling me that?Of course I know,of course!

So,instead of saying "of course"

I'm saying a phrase that makes me sound more American.

When I was in LA,

I suggested my friend to go and see a new movie

he replied "I don't wanna see it,it's a chick flick"

And I like "what?"What does that mean?

Chick flick is a movie that is made for girls

who love happy ending,who like to be funny

and smiling,so it's a comedy,

like standard comedy.

So smth made is specially for girls,

who wear pink stuff whatever,

you can call them chick flick.

Instead of saying "a lot of"

you can say "a bunch of"

so this is super-American.

I have a bunch of friends who live in LA,

instead of saying "I have got a lot of friends in LA"

To hit the spot

means to be exactly what is required.

So,for example,imagine ,I was sitting here

and somebody comes in and says "Marina,here is your coffee"

And I'm like "you hit the spot,that is exactly what I need.

A cup of coffee..."

Heads up is another phrase that Americans use a lot.

For example,my banker told me yesterday

"Marina,the next time you send a wire,please,give me a heads up,

so I can make sure that smth is correct"

So,heads up means warn somebody in advance.

When I made a mistake,

for example,in my wire instructions I made a mistake and I call my banker and say

"I'm sorry,it's my bad"

I put in the wrong number.

So,my bad is my mistake,I'm sorry,it's my bad.

Another idiom that I used couple weeks ago is

play by ear.

You can say play by ear when you're talking to somebody

and you cannot agree on time when you gonna meet,

you just tel him: "hey,so we gonna meet tomorrow

but let's play by ear,

let's relay on the circumstances

that we gonna have tomorrow

and we gonna decide, what time we gonna meet.

Play by ear.

Quality time.

To spend quality time with somebody means

spending time without distracting yourself

with phone or computer.

So you sit down with your friend and send quality time with him.

For example,playing games or just talking.

And not staring in your iPhone or scrolling for Instagram.

To spend quality time with somebody.

Another way to say "excellent" is top notch.

So,for example,if you like this video

you can say "Marina,this is a top notch video!"

which means that's an excellent video.

My advice to you if you like the phrase-

practice it right now!

Write a comment below and say

"hey,Marina,it was a top notch video!"

or you don't like it,please,comment below

and tell me what can be improved in this video.

This is really helpful!

When you give me feedback,I can learn from it,

and I can improve my videos for you.

Hey,guys,if you know this

my video completely stopped.

Somehow my camera just died,

and I only know that 's in the morning as you can tell.

But there are 4 my phrases that

I wanna you to learn.Some like OK,

I'm gonna do that,let's do it,Marina.

Another phrase- zero tolerance.

Zero tolerance is the phrase that you use when

you wouldn't tolerate smth.

So,for example,I wouldn't tolerate my camera to stop recording!

So,I have zero tolerance to my camera stopping recording.

This is a really weird think,

so what I do - I just record with another camera.

There is no such thing as free lunch.

A lot of Americans use it because

it describes that everything is paid for.

Sometimes it's not paid for by you,

it's paid for by somebody else.

For example,you're watching this video for free,

but I get some money from YouTube,

because they are showing adds to you.

So,there is no such thing as a free lunch,

somebody's already paid for everything.

Instead of say "goodbye to you"

but in a different manner

you can say "I gotta go"

So,for example,"Sorry,guys,I gotta go,I gotta have my breakfast"

...and upload this video for you :)

Instead of saying goodbye,just say "take is easy".

So,have a great day,take it easy.

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