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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm and today again i have my

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husband dan hey and we're going to be

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continuing our conversations about

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greeting people and today we're going to

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talk about small talk are you ready

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ready let's go alright Dan so when you

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first meet someone what are some things

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that are okay to talk about for small

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talk what would you recommend that

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English learners use when they first

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meet people

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sure well this is probably common in

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lots of cultures but one of the first

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and easiest things you can talk about is

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the weather very easy yes right so you

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may just say something like warm day

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today right or looks like rain you know

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just some kind of simple notification

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about the weather or how you feel about

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it you know so then the other person can

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respond with like yeah it's been hot all

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week you know just like this little

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back-and-forth

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not very much substance just you know

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it's smog right exactly and I think

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something else that you can use for

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small talk is talk about your

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environment so if you see a friend in

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the grocery store you're in the grocery

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store there's plenty of things to talk

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about for small talk you could say oh

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wow did you see those tomatoes on sale

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I'm so excited or oh wow you have a lot

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of ice cream are you going to have a

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party or you could even just say what

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are you shopping for yeah what are you

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shopping for what are you going to buy

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or if you're in a coffee shop Oh what

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kind of drink did you get this is a

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latte it's really good I recommend it

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talk about your environment I think

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that's really common but what about

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things that you shouldn't talk about

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what kind of things do you recommend

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that our English learners not say

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off-limits stuff yes what's off-limits

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yeah probably just people's appearance

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now this can be good or bad I'd say like

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if somebody gets a haircut then it's

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very it's okay to say something like wow

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I really like your haircut you know you

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can't say wow I really hate your hair

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of course but you could say you like

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your haircut or the clothes but you

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wouldn't want to mention somebody's like

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facial appearance their body

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yeah or their body like oh you're

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looking really chipper today

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right even that might be not a very good

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thing to say or did you lose weight I

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had to do this way even though losing

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weight is usually a good thing I think

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if you ask someone oh did you lose

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weight or oh it looks like you've gained

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some weight usually those kinds of

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things aren't good to talk about so it's

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okay to talk about clothing or hair but

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if you talk about their actual body

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that's not a very good idea yeah or even

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things like you're so beautiful I think

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some people like that okay but some

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people just feel kind of strange right

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like oh he thinks I'm beautiful or she

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thinks I'm very handsome or pretty or

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whatever I think maybe is a little

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uncomfortable right I think if someone

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said to you Oh Dan wow you are so

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handsome you might think do you want to

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go on a date why why are you saying that

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to me it's well many people comment on

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my hair oh the colors old ladies

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especially old women and I feel a little

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bit uncomfortable but your old women I'm

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very relaxed so it's okay right and I

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think if someone said to me wow your

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your eyes are so beautiful I would think

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oh do you want to go on a date why are

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you saying that to me it's very strange

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to comment on people's physical

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appearance unless you are part of their

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family maybe a really close or maybe you

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do want to date them yes if you do want

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to date them then go ahead you can

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compliment their body well thanks so

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much for watching this conversation part

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of the video in just a moment I'm going

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to explain some of the natural

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expressions that Dan and I use in this

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video I'll see you there bye

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right welcome to the expression section

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of today's video I'm going to explain

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two natural expressions that Dan and I

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used in our conversation just a moment

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ago about small talk the first word the

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first X

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is back and forth back and forth

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now back and forth means going between

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two things so for example you could say

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we talked back and forth about going to

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Brazil we had a conversation about going

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to Brazil

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we talked back and forth about going to

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Brazil or you could say he pushed the

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swing back and forth he pushed the swing

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back and forth in the park this motion

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of going between two things in a

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conversation or in a physical thing like

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a swing the second expression is the

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words off-limits off-limits off-limits

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means it's something that you can't do

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you are forbidden from doing for example

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politics is an off-limits topic or you

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could say when my brother brought a

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friend to my house for dinner he told

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his friends my sister is off-limits you

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can't date her it is not a lot thanks so

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much for watching this video and I hope

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you enjoyed my conversation with Dan and

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