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so I'm in this new phase of life where I

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am baking a lot even though it's just

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the four of us me my husband my two sons

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I decided to bake a huge chocolate cake

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last week and then my husband said he

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would show me how it's done and guess

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what happened it was amazing I shouldn't

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have doubted him hi I'm Vanessa from

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speak English with vanessa.com and today

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you are going to learn 15 natural

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English phrases that I used last week in

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my daily life including three that you

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just heard I know that you want to be

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able to speak real English and express

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yourself completely and that's why I'm

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here to help you you're welcome so like

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always I've created a free pdf worksheet

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that you can download with all of these

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15 phrases definitions multiple sample

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sentences and at the bottom of the

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worksheet you can answer Vanessa's

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challenge question so that you never

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forget to what you you've learned

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alright are you ready to get started

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with the first phrase that I used last

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week let's talk about it to swing by

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maybe you could just swing by the park

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later and pick me up I used this because

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I was walking to the park with my

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children and on the way back there's a

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huge uphill and I didn't want to walk

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uphill with them back to the house so I

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asked my husband this question maybe you

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could just swing by the park and pick us

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up this means just a quick visit he

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doesn't need to get out and stay at the

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park and play he's just swinging by the

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park we're getting in the car and then

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we're driving home he did this and it

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was very helpful there are two other

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very similar phrasal verbs that you

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could substitute for this to drop by or

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to stop by maybe you could just stop by

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the park and pick us up maybe you could

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just drop by the park and pick us up

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beautiful let's take a look at one more

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sentence I need to swing by the grocery

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store to pick up some things for dinner

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it doesn't mean I'm going to do a huge

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grocery shop instead I'm just getting a

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couple things because it's a short visit

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I'm just gonna swing by the grocery

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store beautiful let's go to number two

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we'll see my son asked me are we going

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to the store later and I said well I

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need to finish up this work and then

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we'll see notice the pronunciation I

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didn't say we'll see with a clear we'll

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see instead I used this reduced

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pronunciation and said wool it almost

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sounds like a short you we'll see we'll

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sometimes this can be used as an

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indirect way to say no but it could just

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be that you don't want to give a direct

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answer now and you'll see if in the

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future there's a possibility to do that

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thing so for example children sometimes

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ask something like this can we get ice

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cream this afternoon well if you don't

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want to say no but you're not sure if

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the answer is directly yes you can say

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we'll see we'll see maybe this gives

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children too much hope if your real

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answer is no but if you're not sure you

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could just say we'll see I don't know

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yet we'll see real expression number

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three is I'll get back to you this is

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great to use in daily life or in your

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professional life my friend texted me

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and said hey can I come over for dinner

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tonight and I said well I'm not home

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right now but I'll get back to you later

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this afternoon that means I don't know

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my schedule I need to take a look at my

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calendar and then when I get back home I

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I will get back to you this is not

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literally my body is going back this

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just means I'll return your message I'll

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give you an answer later similar to

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we'll see but it's letting her know hey

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home this afternoon we often just use

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the phrase I'll get back to you later

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well maybe you don't know if the answer

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is yes now or no now you need to ask

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someone or you need to check your

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schedule you could just say I'll get

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back to you beautiful to go for

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something we often use this in the

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phrase let's go for it or I'm so glad we

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went for it so last week our neighbors

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chunk of their land it's right across

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the street from our house and my husband

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long-term Financial investment when that

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land became available well we knew we

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needed to act fast and I said I have a

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good feeling about this let's go for it

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he was a little more hesitant but in the

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end I persuaded him and he said you know

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what I'm glad we went for it he was glad

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that we decided to take quick action and

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it worked out we got the land and now

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it's a nice investment real English

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expression number five that I used last

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of a hectic busy little stressful week

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so we needed to do something to relax

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our minds so I said I'm so glad that we

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went to the river we really needed a

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breather we decided to spend some time

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beside the river just relaxing watching

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the water throwing some rocks this is a

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breather there's a little space in your

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life when you can relax I needed a

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breather and I'm glad we did it you can

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also use this in a more immediate sense

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really difficult hike you could say

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this hike is harder than I thought hang

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on a moment I need a breather this means

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you need a break you're gonna sit down

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try to catch your breath and you just

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need a little bit of time to rest I need

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a breather

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sometimes that feels good doesn't it

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well this is a shortened version of the

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word second I'll do it in a second we

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were in the car and my kids said hey Mom

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can we listen to some music and I said

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we get to a stop sign I can't mess with

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the music while I'm driving so I said

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stop sign very casual great expression

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let's see another sentence if there's a

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big pile of laundry in your living room

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and your husband comes home and sees it

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laundry I'll do it in a sec when I'm

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done with my work I'll do it in a sec it

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won't take long I just need to get it

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done after this work real English

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of us I took my kids to a local nature

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center and usually we invite friends

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I tried to invite their friends but

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everyone was busy so when my son asked

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me are any friends coming I said no it's

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imagine that you can switch out that

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word three for any other number and

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you'd be correct it's just the two of us

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we're going on a date and for once it's

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just the two of us or maybe there are

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six of us this denotes a limited group

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of people let's take a look at another

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sentence why are we sitting at this huge

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table it's just the four of us we don't

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period dramas this is a TV show that's

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based in a Time long ago and they have

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this huge long table and there's just

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that huge table always strikes me as

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kind of weird alright let's go to the

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next expression real expression number

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eight off they went I took my son to a

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playground to play with some of his

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friends from his school last year who he

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the moment we got to the park off they

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went do you get the sense for What's

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Happening Here yes they left suddenly

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about people that they got along easily

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but we can change this slightly to talk

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about just going off suddenly take a

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look at the sentence the two dogs saw

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the squirrel and off they went and

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chased it up a tree

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suddenly the dogs went away and chased

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that squirrel off they went what a great

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expression real expression number nine

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is show me how it's done so sometimes in

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the mornings I like to do a yoga video

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it's just a way to warm up my muscles

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but one morning my kids did not want me

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to watch the yoga video instead they

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wanted to show me how it's done they

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said we're gonna be your yoga

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instructors and we're gonna show you

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what you need to do it was hilarious we

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had a great time they showed me some

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crazy poses and we did it together in

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fact it was pretty good exercise and

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they showed me how it's done you can use

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this expression in kind of a snarky way

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so let's imagine you're a pretty good

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dancer and then your friend says oh I'm

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gonna show you a better way to do that

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dance you could say oh you think you

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know a better way okay then show me how

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it's done this means I don't expect your

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dance moves to be better than mine so

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you know what I'm gonna use this phrase

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show me how it's done let's just see if

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your dance moves are better than mine

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this kind of snark with your friends but

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you will absolutely see this in movies

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and TV shows where someone thinks that

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they're better at something and they say

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okay show me how it's done and

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oftentimes that person is pretty good at

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it all right let's go to the next

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expression real expression number 10 a

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new phase in life you could use this for

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almost any phase in life for me when my

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son Theo started kindergarten it was

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just a new phase in life it wasn't

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better it wasn't worse it was just a new

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phase that I needed to get adjusted to

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in fact everyone in our family needed to

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get adjusted to that new phase in life

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if you decide to move to the US well

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there will be some great times and some

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not so great times but just think of it

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as a new phase in life you'll get used

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to it at some point real English

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expression number 11 is to your heart's

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content this is a little odd

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grammatically so take a look at how I

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which is a common fall time activity

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heart's content I want you to just

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substitute the phrase as much as you

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want you can pick apples as much as you

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add to your heart's content you can pick

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watermelon to my heart's content to me

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heart's content real expression number

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12 love is you never know notice the

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inflection in my voice it's kind of

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mysterious you never know so I bought

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this little ceramic squirrel bowl for

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our fall dining room table because I

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thought it was cute and my son is

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obsessed with squirrels and in the

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morning there were a few little things

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in that bowl my son said did that

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squirrel pick those for me

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well he knows that squirrel's not real I

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know that squirrel's not real but he

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wanted to use his imagination so I used

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this phrase you never know I wanted to

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play along I thought it would be a fun

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little game and we both know it's not

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possible but it's okay to use your

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imagination so I said well you never

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know let's take a look at another

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situation this one is a little more

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serious but it's a great way to use this

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phrase you can say well you should

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always be kind to strangers because you

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never know what they're going through

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it's true you don't know what's

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happening in someone's life so you

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should be kind to them you never know

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what's actually happening in their lives

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so be kind real English expression

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number 13 is take it easy well we had a

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busy week so I said let's just take it

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easy this weekend let's not make too

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many big plans let's just take it easy

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sometimes that feels really good doesn't

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it or maybe you're forced to take it

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easy you might say I hurt my foot so the

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doctor told me to take it easy for a

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couple weeks this is a phrase the doctor

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might even directly tell you you need to

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take it easy over the next couple weeks

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no big hikes just 10 minute walks on

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level ground nothing too crazy take it

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easy a great phrase real English

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expression number 14 is I thought it was

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a good idea notice the emphasis on the

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word thought I thought it was a good

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idea this implies something different

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take a look at how I used it there was a

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local concert about 20 minutes away from

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my house so I decided to walk I thought

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it was a good idea to walk to the

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concert but on the way home it was so

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dark I scared myself

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so here I had an idea oh it's great I'll

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get some exercise I'll walk to the

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concert but on the way home that idea I

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realized was maybe not the best idea so

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we could say I thought it was a good

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idea emphasizing the word thought to

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show

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it really wasn't a good idea I thought

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it was a good idea but I scared myself

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let's take a look at another sentence I

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thought it was a good idea to buy

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Christmas presents early but then I

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forgot about what I bought for who and I

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ended up buying too many presents this

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happens to grandparents around the world

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I think they get excited about Christmas

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presents and buy too many uh I thought

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it was a good idea to get started early

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but maybe it wasn't our final and 15th

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real English expression that I used last

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week is to save the rest for later I'm

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really lucky to have many kind neighbors

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who often drop by my house swing by my

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house we could say and bring us food

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well one day last week my neighbor

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brought by a beautiful dessert but it

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was right before my children were about

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to go to bed they rushed out and they

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saw the dessert and they said we want it

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we want it can we have it now well I

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didn't want them to have that big

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dessert right before bed so I said let's

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have a little piece now and we'll save

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the rest for later the rest means

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whatever is left over so we had a little

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bit and then the next day we had some

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more we'll save the rest for later let's

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take a look at another sentence I got

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100 for my birthday wow so I bought

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myself a shirt and I decided to save the

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rest for later that means the leftover

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money I set aside maybe I put it in the

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bank maybe I kept it in the envelope or

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I put it in my wallet I decided to save

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the rest for later maybe someday I'll

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find something else that's special and

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I'd like to buy it phew 15 phrases I

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think I need a breather now I hope you

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enjoyed this lesson there are many more

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real phrases I'd love to share with you

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but I'll save the rest for later well

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don't miss the free pdf worksheet with

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all of today's real English phrases

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definitions and sample sentences and at

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the bottom of the worksheet you can

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answer Vanessa's challenge question so

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that you never forget what you've

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learned click on the link in the

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description to download the free pdf

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worksheet today well thank you so much

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for learning English with me and I'll

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see you again next Friday for a new

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lesson here on my YouTube channel bye

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but wait are you ready for more I

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recommend watching this video next where

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you will learn 10 essential Advanced

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English phrases including a phrase for

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someone who doesn't speak much but when

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they do speak everyone listens wanna

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find out what it is click on the video

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to watch it next bye