WEBVTT FILE

1
00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.908
Vanessa:
Are you ready to level up your vocabulary

2
00:00:02.908 --> 00:00:07.149
so that you can speak clearly and express
yourself confidently?

3
00:00:07.150 --> 00:00:08.150
Yes.

4
00:00:08.150 --> 00:00:10.100
Well, I have some good news.

5
00:00:10.100 --> 00:00:17.720
Today, you are going to learn 14 daily life
expressions that I used in this video, where

6
00:00:17.720 --> 00:00:22.720
I baked some blueberry oat muffins with my
family, and you will be able to use those

7
00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:24.300
expressions yourself.

8
00:00:24.300 --> 00:00:31.699
Hi, I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com,
and today, I have created a free PDF worksheet

9
00:00:31.699 --> 00:00:35.960
for you with all of today's important daily
life expressions.

10
00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:40.000
Plus, at the end of this worksheet, I have
something new for you.

11
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:47.229
It is a quiz, so if you want to see if you
really know these expressions after this lesson,

12
00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:53.358
I recommend clicking on the link in the description
to download the free PDF worksheet plus the

13
00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.550
quiz that goes along with all of these phrases.

14
00:00:56.550 --> 00:00:58.320
Are you ready to test yourself?

15
00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:02.540
I recommend clicking on that link to download
the PDF and test yourself.

16
00:01:02.540 --> 00:01:06.640
Let's get started with the first important
daily life expression, and then we'll watch

17
00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:11.688
the clip from the original conversation so
that you can see the original context.

18
00:01:11.688 --> 00:01:15.429
The first expression is this, to eyeball something.

19
00:01:15.430 --> 00:01:20.420
So usually, we say that this is your eye,
but you can say it's your eyeball.

20
00:01:20.420 --> 00:01:22.720
Here, we're using it as a verb.

21
00:01:22.720 --> 00:01:27.239
When you eyeball something, you're not using
an exact measurement.

22
00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:32.250
I think this is something that we know a lot
of our mothers or grandmothers do when they

23
00:01:32.250 --> 00:01:33.659
bake something.

24
00:01:33.659 --> 00:01:35.090
They just eyeball it.

25
00:01:35.090 --> 00:01:39.438
If you ask them, "Grandma, how much seasoning
do you use on this?

26
00:01:39.438 --> 00:01:45.429
I want to make it myself, but I don't know
how much you use," she would probably say,

27
00:01:45.430 --> 00:01:49.549
"Well, I don't use a recipe, I just eyeball
it."

28
00:01:49.549 --> 00:01:54.680
Well, it doesn't help you very much when you
try to replicate her recipe, but that's what

29
00:01:54.680 --> 00:01:57.340
a lot of people do, they just eyeball it.

30
00:01:57.340 --> 00:01:58.340
All right.

31
00:01:58.340 --> 00:02:02.240
Let's watch the original clip from the conversation
so that you can see how to eyeball it was

32
00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:03.240
used.

33
00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:07.479
We are going to need one and a half cups of
oats.

34
00:02:07.479 --> 00:02:12.520
All right, dump it in, and a half.

35
00:02:12.520 --> 00:02:13.730
We'll just eyeball it.

36
00:02:13.730 --> 00:02:14.730
There you go.

37
00:02:14.730 --> 00:02:19.060
We are going to need one and a half cups of
oats.

38
00:02:19.060 --> 00:02:24.099
All right, dump it in, and a half.

39
00:02:24.099 --> 00:02:25.330
We'll just eyeball it.

40
00:02:25.330 --> 00:02:26.348
There you go.

41
00:02:26.349 --> 00:02:32.380
The second important daily life expression
is a fun phrasal verb, to pass something off.

42
00:02:32.380 --> 00:02:37.510
You might notice that we can split this phrasal
verb, to pass something off.

43
00:02:37.510 --> 00:02:39.440
We can use this in the physical way.

44
00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:44.700
I'm going to pass this paper off to my friend.

45
00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:50.580
Okay, you're just passing it to your friend,
but we can use it in a negative way too.

46
00:02:50.580 --> 00:02:57.550
You might say, "Ah, well, when my younger
sibling didn't want to sweep the floor, she

47
00:02:57.550 --> 00:03:00.130
passed it off to me.

48
00:03:00.130 --> 00:03:05.160
Somehow, she convinced me that it was a good
idea to sweep the floor.

49
00:03:05.160 --> 00:03:07.189
I don't know how she did it."

50
00:03:07.190 --> 00:03:13.659
So here, she is trying to get me to do a task
that maybe she doesn't want to do.

51
00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:20.610
Maybe she uses some manipulation to pass the
task off to me, so it could just be a physical

52
00:03:20.610 --> 00:03:26.879
thing, pass the bowl off to your brother,
or it could be passing a task off to someone,

53
00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:29.169
tricking them into doing it.

54
00:03:29.169 --> 00:03:31.479
Let's watch how it was used in the original
conversation.

55
00:03:31.480 --> 00:03:35.470
All right, if you guys can do that together
without arguing about it then ...

56
00:03:35.470 --> 00:03:36.470
Theo:
I can.

57
00:03:36.470 --> 00:03:37.849
Vanessa:
Or you can pass it off to each other.

58
00:03:37.849 --> 00:03:41.439
All right, if you guys can do that together
without arguing about it, then.

59
00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:42.439
Theo:
I can.

60
00:03:42.439 --> 00:03:44.400
Vanessa:
Or you can pass it off to each other.

61
00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.140
The third important daily life expression
is to take on the role of something.

62
00:03:50.140 --> 00:03:55.659
We're using the phrasal verb, to take on,
plus adding a bit to it, to take on the role

63
00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:56.890
of something.

64
00:03:56.890 --> 00:04:01.750
We can imagine almost that you are putting
on a costume, and you are pretending like

65
00:04:01.750 --> 00:04:03.970
you are that person.

66
00:04:03.970 --> 00:04:12.319
So you could say, "When my children have friends
over to the house, I take on the role of supervisor

67
00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:13.810
more than playmate.

68
00:04:13.810 --> 00:04:19.440
I don't really play with them, instead, I
just supervise and make sure that everyone

69
00:04:19.440 --> 00:04:20.440
is okay."

70
00:04:20.440 --> 00:04:22.969
So I'm kind of changing my role.

71
00:04:22.970 --> 00:04:27.650
Usually, I play with my kids, but when they
have other friends at our house, they just

72
00:04:27.650 --> 00:04:31.940
want to play together, so I take on the role
of supervisor.

73
00:04:31.940 --> 00:04:35.430
All right, let's see how this was used in
the original conversation.

74
00:04:35.430 --> 00:04:36.430
Okay.

75
00:04:36.430 --> 00:04:41.770
Well, it sounds like Theo is really taking
on the role of teaching baking.

76
00:04:41.770 --> 00:04:44.220
Is this Theo's cooking class?

77
00:04:44.220 --> 00:04:45.390
Okay.

78
00:04:45.390 --> 00:04:51.490
Well, it sounds like Theo is really taking
on the role of teaching baking.

79
00:04:51.490 --> 00:04:55.410
Is this Theo's cooking class?

80
00:04:55.410 --> 00:05:01.020
The fourth important daily life expression
is a fun rhetorical question, "You know what?"

81
00:05:01.020 --> 00:05:03.440
Do you sense in my voice there's some surprise?

82
00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:05.960
"You know what?"

83
00:05:05.960 --> 00:05:12.419
I'm excited to reveal something that I just
realized, so you might say, "I just was talking

84
00:05:12.419 --> 00:05:14.650
with my grandparents, and you know what?

85
00:05:14.650 --> 00:05:16.679
They never actually got married.

86
00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:18.069
I'm so surprised.

87
00:05:18.070 --> 00:05:22.339
I thought that they were married this whole
time, but they really weren't.

88
00:05:22.339 --> 00:05:26.758
They just didn't have enough money to have
a ceremony and go to the courthouse and sign

89
00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:27.759
the papers.

90
00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:28.759
You know what?

91
00:05:28.759 --> 00:05:29.759
That is shocking."

92
00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:34.139
So here, we can use this fun expression to
show that you're surprised.

93
00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:37.220
Let's see how it was used in the original
conversation.

94
00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:38.789
And you can put cinnamon in there.

95
00:05:38.789 --> 00:05:39.789
You know what?

96
00:05:39.789 --> 00:05:42.089
I think you could even put a lot.

97
00:05:42.089 --> 00:05:43.659
And you can put cinnamon in there.

98
00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:44.660
You know what?

99
00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:45.979
I think you could even put a lot.

100
00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:52.600
The fifth important real-life expression is
a funny one, it's to get the crazies.

101
00:05:52.600 --> 00:05:56.830
Now, this is a little bit slang, a little
bit informal.

102
00:05:56.830 --> 00:06:02.240
It's often used with children because if you've
ever been around children, you know that sometimes

103
00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:07.430
they just get the crazies, and it means that
you have a lot of energy and you're doing

104
00:06:07.430 --> 00:06:13.310
the silly things, so you might say, "If I
don't get enough sleep, I feel like I've got

105
00:06:13.310 --> 00:06:20.230
the crazies," or if your kids are just doing
maybe naughty stuff in the house, ripping

106
00:06:20.230 --> 00:06:24.669
things, cutting things, you could say, "Hey,
you guys have got the crazies."

107
00:06:24.669 --> 00:06:27.339
"You need to go outside and run around.

108
00:06:27.339 --> 00:06:29.159
It's better to do that outside."

109
00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:36.120
It's this kind of pent up energy that needs
to be let out or maybe your mind isn't focusing

110
00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:38.879
in the right way if you haven't gotten enough
sleep.

111
00:06:38.880 --> 00:06:41.850
All right, let's see how we've used this in
the original conversation.

112
00:06:41.850 --> 00:06:44.070
Theo:
We need the sugar.

113
00:06:44.070 --> 00:06:46.560
Vanessa:
No, I don't know if you guys even need any

114
00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:47.560
sugar.

115
00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:48.560
You guys got the crazies.

116
00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:50.210
Theo:
No, we want some.

117
00:06:50.210 --> 00:06:51.630
We need the sugar.

118
00:06:51.630 --> 00:06:53.940
Vanessa:
No, I don't know if you guys even need any

119
00:06:53.940 --> 00:06:54.940
sugar.

120
00:06:54.940 --> 00:06:55.940
You guys got the crazies.

121
00:06:55.940 --> 00:06:57.520
Theo:
No, we want some.

122
00:06:57.520 --> 00:07:00.379
Vanessa:
The sixth important real-life expression is

123
00:07:00.379 --> 00:07:02.710
to mush up something.

124
00:07:02.710 --> 00:07:07.349
This is similar to mash up something, and
really, they have a similar meaning.

125
00:07:07.349 --> 00:07:11.530
You're just squishing something to make it
kind of gooey.

126
00:07:11.530 --> 00:07:16.430
I know a lot of parents when they have young
children, like little babies who are just

127
00:07:16.430 --> 00:07:22.780
starting to eat food for the first time, they
mush up their baby's food before giving it

128
00:07:22.780 --> 00:07:24.530
to them so that they don't choke.

129
00:07:24.530 --> 00:07:29.799
Just, I think parents have concerns about
those types of things, so maybe they will

130
00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:34.380
mush up their baby's food, or we could substitute
mash.

131
00:07:34.380 --> 00:07:38.810
They'll mash up the baby's food so that they
can eat it easier.

132
00:07:38.810 --> 00:07:41.839
Let's see how it was used in the original
conversation.

133
00:07:41.840 --> 00:07:43.210
Let's see if Freddie can be the musher.

134
00:07:43.210 --> 00:07:44.210
Freddie:
Mush, mush.

135
00:07:44.210 --> 00:07:46.229
Vanessa:
Here, this is the bananas.

136
00:07:46.229 --> 00:07:49.379
Can you mush, mush, mush like that?

137
00:07:49.379 --> 00:07:50.810
Let's see if Freddie can be the musher.

138
00:07:50.810 --> 00:07:51.860
Freddie:
Mush, mush.

139
00:07:51.860 --> 00:07:53.970
Vanessa:
Here, this is the bananas.

140
00:07:53.970 --> 00:07:56.810
Can you mush, mush, mush like that?

141
00:07:56.810 --> 00:08:03.580
The seventh important real-life expression
is a fun one, may the chaos ensue.

142
00:08:03.580 --> 00:08:07.909
We don't really use the word ensue in daily
life anymore.

143
00:08:07.909 --> 00:08:12.590
It's kind of old-fashioned, but in this expression,
you will definitely hear it.

144
00:08:12.590 --> 00:08:18.649
This is kind of a hurrah when you know that
something crazy is about to happen, so you

145
00:08:18.650 --> 00:08:22.959
could say, "Oh my goodness, I just won the
lottery.

146
00:08:22.960 --> 00:08:29.599
May the chaos ensue," so you know that a lot
of crazy things are about to happen.

147
00:08:29.599 --> 00:08:34.320
Maybe there will be friends you didn't even
know were friends who start calling you.

148
00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:36.649
Maybe you have a lot of TV appearances.

149
00:08:36.649 --> 00:08:40.900
The chaos is about to happen, or may the chaos
ensue.

150
00:08:40.900 --> 00:08:45.190
All right, let's see how this was used in
the original conversation, because let me

151
00:08:45.190 --> 00:08:51.220
tell you what, there was a lot of chaos while
I was baking with my two, young sons.

152
00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:52.220
That's what happens.

153
00:08:52.220 --> 00:08:54.200
May the chaos ensue.

154
00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:55.480
We're going to pour the bananas in here.

155
00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:56.809
Theo:
And now we're going to mix it..

156
00:08:56.809 --> 00:09:01.299
Vanessa:
And can you mix all that up please?

157
00:09:01.300 --> 00:09:03.279
May that chaos ensue.

158
00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:05.309
We're going to pour the bananas in here.

159
00:09:05.309 --> 00:09:06.569
Theo:
And now we're going to mix it.

160
00:09:06.570 --> 00:09:11.040
Vanessa:
And can you mix all that up please?

161
00:09:11.040 --> 00:09:13.958
May chaos ensue.

162
00:09:13.958 --> 00:09:20.119
The eighth important real-life expression
is the beginning of a sentence, I wouldn't.

163
00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.510
This is another way to give some advice.

164
00:09:22.510 --> 00:09:24.920
It's a little bit indirect.

165
00:09:24.920 --> 00:09:30.890
It's not saying you shouldn't, instead, it's
talking about yourself, but we often use this

166
00:09:30.890 --> 00:09:36.350
if you're in a place of authority, if you're
a teacher, if you're a parent.

167
00:09:36.350 --> 00:09:41.710
You might say this to a child, so you might
say, "I wouldn't hit your friend.

168
00:09:41.710 --> 00:09:44.269
He might not play with you the next time."

169
00:09:44.269 --> 00:09:45.529
You're giving some advice.

170
00:09:45.529 --> 00:09:48.620
You could be more direct, and sometimes children
need directness.

171
00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:50.620
"You shouldn't hit your friend.

172
00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:52.040
He won't want to play with you."

173
00:09:52.040 --> 00:09:57.110
This is very direct, but if you want to be
a little more indirect, you could say, "I

174
00:09:57.110 --> 00:09:59.649
wouldn't hit your friend if I were you.

175
00:09:59.649 --> 00:10:05.101
He probably won't want to play with you,"
but we can use this also for a friend if you

176
00:10:05.101 --> 00:10:08.620
want to give some friendly advice.

177
00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:13.690
Let's imagine that your friend says, "Oh,
man, yeah, my neighbor is just really weird,"

178
00:10:13.690 --> 00:10:15.719
and you're near her neighbor's house.

179
00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:19.170
You might say, "Oh, I wouldn't say that if
I were you.

180
00:10:19.170 --> 00:10:20.470
She might hear you."

181
00:10:20.470 --> 00:10:22.860
So here, you're giving some advice.

182
00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:24.790
"Shh, shh, don't say that now.

183
00:10:24.790 --> 00:10:26.920
I wouldn't say that if I were you.

184
00:10:26.920 --> 00:10:29.760
I wouldn't say that so loud."

185
00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:30.760
You got to be careful.

186
00:10:30.760 --> 00:10:34.149
All right, let's see how I used that in the
original conversation.

187
00:10:34.149 --> 00:10:35.320
Almost.

188
00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:36.380
These are pretty easy to make.

189
00:10:36.380 --> 00:10:37.578
Theo:
Can I eat one?

190
00:10:37.578 --> 00:10:39.458
Vanessa:
I wouldn't need that, but you can put your

191
00:10:39.458 --> 00:10:41.709
finger in there to get it into the pan.

192
00:10:41.710 --> 00:10:42.710
Almost.

193
00:10:42.710 --> 00:10:44.420
These are pretty easy to make.

194
00:10:44.420 --> 00:10:45.620
Theo:
Can I eat one?

195
00:10:45.620 --> 00:10:47.500
Vanessa:
I wouldn't need that, but you can put your

196
00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:50.699
finger in there to get it into the pan.

197
00:10:50.699 --> 00:10:58.100
Important expression number nine is a parenting
expression, and it is to take turns.

198
00:10:58.100 --> 00:11:03.708
So oftentimes, I think parents push the idea
of sharing, "You need to share with your brother,"

199
00:11:03.708 --> 00:11:08.499
"You need to share with your friends," but
this is hard for kids to understand.

200
00:11:08.500 --> 00:11:13.149
Doesn't mean that I need to give up everything
right away and not use it myself?

201
00:11:13.149 --> 00:11:17.320
Well, in our family, we use this idea of taking
turns.

202
00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:21.170
I learned this in a wonderful parenting book
that I highly recommend.

203
00:11:21.170 --> 00:11:28.769
There's also a sibling version, Peaceful Parent,
Happy Siblings, and this idea of taking turns

204
00:11:28.769 --> 00:11:34.279
means that your children are used to asking
the question, "Can I have the next turn?,"

205
00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:40.309
or, "I would like the next turn," and it means,
"When you're done, I would like it," and you

206
00:11:40.309 --> 00:11:41.309
know what?

207
00:11:41.309 --> 00:11:42.319
I have been shocked.

208
00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:49.110
Every time that my children use this, the
other child so willingly, within a reasonable

209
00:11:49.110 --> 00:11:55.139
amount of time, gives up the toy, gives up
whatever it is, and gives it to the other

210
00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:56.179
person.

211
00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:58.429
I didn't interfere, I didn't push them.

212
00:11:58.429 --> 00:11:59.429
It's amazing.

213
00:11:59.429 --> 00:12:03.329
I think this feeling of generosity comes out.

214
00:12:03.330 --> 00:12:06.240
"I can be generous, and I'm in control.

215
00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:09.078
I can give it to you when I want."

216
00:12:09.078 --> 00:12:13.578
So this is kind of a big parenting concept,
but it's something that has really worked

217
00:12:13.578 --> 00:12:17.679
in our family, and it's a great expression
to know because you might hear this in a movie

218
00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:21.899
or TV show, or maybe you have kids, and you
want to use it yourself.

219
00:12:21.900 --> 00:12:26.309
So let's see how it was used in the original
conversation to take turns.

220
00:12:26.309 --> 00:12:27.309
Let's see.

221
00:12:27.309 --> 00:12:28.309
Freddie:
It's my turn.

222
00:12:28.309 --> 00:12:29.309
Vanessa:
All right.

223
00:12:29.309 --> 00:12:30.719
Theo, are you done with your turn?

224
00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:31.720
Okay.

225
00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:32.720
Theo:
And I'll just-

226
00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.929
Vanessa:
Looks like it is Freddie's turn to stir.

227
00:12:34.929 --> 00:12:36.648
Theo:
I'll pour in some chocolate chips.

228
00:12:36.649 --> 00:12:37.649
Freddie:
It's my turn.

229
00:12:37.649 --> 00:12:38.649
Vanessa:
All right.

230
00:12:38.649 --> 00:12:39.940
Theo, are you done with your turn?

231
00:12:39.940 --> 00:12:40.940
Okay.

232
00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:41.940
Theo:
I'll just-

233
00:12:41.940 --> 00:12:44.339
Vanessa:
Looks like it is Freddie's turn to stir.

234
00:12:44.339 --> 00:12:46.389
Theo:
I'll pour in some chocolate chips.

235
00:12:46.389 --> 00:12:49.578
Vanessa:
The 10th important daily life expression is

236
00:12:49.578 --> 00:12:52.089
whole thing of.

237
00:12:52.090 --> 00:12:56.490
You can imagine that this is a little bit
informal, and we use this to talk about a

238
00:12:56.490 --> 00:12:59.230
full container of something.

239
00:12:59.230 --> 00:13:04.990
So you might say to your friend, "If you open
the fridge, whoa, did you just eat that whole

240
00:13:04.990 --> 00:13:07.809
thing of cheese?"

241
00:13:07.809 --> 00:13:12.708
Here in English, the word thing is replacing
those specific words that we use for various

242
00:13:12.708 --> 00:13:17.399
items, the whole block of cheese, the whole
loaf of bread.

243
00:13:17.400 --> 00:13:23.480
Instead of using block or loaf, you're just
saying thing, and as an English teacher, I

244
00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:28.220
want to encourage you, if you don't know those
specific words, don't worry about it.

245
00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:31.010
We often substitute the word, thing.

246
00:13:31.010 --> 00:13:36.860
That whole thing of cheese, and you'll see
how it's used in the original conversation.

247
00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.690
Maybe you can use it in that way too.

248
00:13:38.690 --> 00:13:40.000
Let's watch.

249
00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.050
You can hold onto that whisk.

250
00:13:41.050 --> 00:13:42.589
Theo:
And I'll put in some blueberries and chocolate

251
00:13:42.589 --> 00:13:43.589
chips.

252
00:13:43.589 --> 00:13:45.540
Freddie:
And I want to eat the chocolate chips.

253
00:13:45.540 --> 00:13:47.980
Vanessa:
Freddie, can you dump that whole thing of

254
00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:50.120
blueberries into that bowl?

255
00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:51.259
You can hold onto that whisk.

256
00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:52.800
Theo:
And I'll put in some blueberries and chocolate

257
00:13:52.800 --> 00:13:53.800
chips.

258
00:13:53.800 --> 00:13:55.750
Freddie:
And I want to eat the chocolate chips.

259
00:13:55.750 --> 00:13:58.190
Vanessa:
Freddie, can you dump that whole thing of

260
00:13:58.190 --> 00:14:00.860
blueberries into that bowl?

261
00:14:00.860 --> 00:14:06.710
Important daily life expression number 11
is another polite suggestion, why don't you?

262
00:14:06.710 --> 00:14:12.929
You could say, "Why don't you pick up your
toys and I'll make you a snack?

263
00:14:12.929 --> 00:14:14.509
Here, I'm giving a suggestion.

264
00:14:14.510 --> 00:14:18.199
"Why don't you do this, and I'll do this."

265
00:14:18.199 --> 00:14:23.519
It's a wonderful way to just be polite while
also suggesting that someone do something.

266
00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:25.089
You can even use this in the workplace.

267
00:14:25.089 --> 00:14:30.339
I know a lot of these examples are with kids
because the original context was with my children,

268
00:14:30.339 --> 00:14:32.259
but you can use this in the workplace as well.

269
00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:37.040
So let's imagine that you tried to send an
email to a co-worker, and the co-worker didn't

270
00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:41.079
get the email, so you asked the co-worker,
"Hey, do you get my email?," and they said,

271
00:14:41.079 --> 00:14:43.190
"No," and say, "Oh, what should I do?"

272
00:14:43.190 --> 00:14:48.720
Your co-worker might say to you, "Why don't
you send it to this email address instead?"

273
00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:55.410
Okay, they could just say, "Can you send it
to this email address instead," or, "Try this

274
00:14:55.410 --> 00:15:01.160
email address instead," or you can use today's
beautiful expression, "Why don't you send

275
00:15:01.160 --> 00:15:03.759
it to this email address instead?"

276
00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.759
Great.

277
00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:08.470
It can be used with kids, it can be used in
the workplace, it can be used anywhere.

278
00:15:08.470 --> 00:15:10.410
Let's see how it was used in the original
context.

279
00:15:10.410 --> 00:15:15.769
Ah, that's a little too much to eat before
the muffins, so why don't you put those in

280
00:15:15.769 --> 00:15:16.769
the batter?

281
00:15:16.769 --> 00:15:17.769
Theo:
Can I eat this much?

282
00:15:17.769 --> 00:15:20.360
Vanessa:
Ah, that's a little too much to eat before

283
00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:23.790
the muffins, so why don't you put those in
the batter?

284
00:15:23.790 --> 00:15:25.620
Theo:
Can I eat this much?

285
00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:29.269
Vanessa:
The 12th important daily life expression is

286
00:15:29.269 --> 00:15:32.709
all you do to, plus a verb.

287
00:15:32.709 --> 00:15:39.660
Here, we're talking about a simplified way
of doing something, of describing a task.

288
00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:41.220
Let me give you some examples.

289
00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:46.300
I like to say that I've been making bread
before it was cool.

290
00:15:46.300 --> 00:15:51.380
I know that during the COVID lockdown times,
a lot of people started to make bread.

291
00:15:51.380 --> 00:15:56.199
Well, I was making bread before that, so I
often like to joke, "Well, I was making bread

292
00:15:56.199 --> 00:16:01.560
before it was cool," and when someone asks,
"Vanessa, how do you make this bread?

293
00:16:01.560 --> 00:16:03.050
It looks amazing.

294
00:16:03.050 --> 00:16:06.970
It tastes great, but doesn't bread take a
lot of work?"

295
00:16:06.970 --> 00:16:15.060
I could say, "Well, all you do to make this
bread is mix the salt, yeast, flour, and water

296
00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:16.060
together.

297
00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:17.480
It's simple.

298
00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:18.480
Easy-peasy.

299
00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.350
All you do to make this bread."

300
00:16:20.350 --> 00:16:25.159
Now, I just want to give you a little warning,
if you're explaining a really complicated

301
00:16:25.160 --> 00:16:31.089
task, maybe you're in the workplace and someone
who has just started the job says to you,

302
00:16:31.089 --> 00:16:35.850
"Hey, could you help me with this?," and then
you say, "Well, all you do to do that is this,

303
00:16:35.850 --> 00:16:39.060
this, and this, and this, and this, and then
you file this, and you go over here."

304
00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:46.910
This is very complicated, so I would not recommend
saying, "All you do to file this report,"

305
00:16:46.910 --> 00:16:51.980
and then you list a lot of complicated things
because it might make the other person feel

306
00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:53.359
a little bit dumb.

307
00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:59.570
Like, "Oh, you're trying to make it seem simple,
but it is not simple," so use this expression

308
00:16:59.570 --> 00:17:03.430
when you are trying to explain something simple.

309
00:17:03.430 --> 00:17:06.919
"To make this loaf of bread, it's actually
pretty simple.

310
00:17:06.919 --> 00:17:09.869
You don't need to do all of these complicated
tasks.

311
00:17:09.869 --> 00:17:13.668
All you need to do is mix these ingredients
together."

312
00:17:13.669 --> 00:17:16.470
All right, let's see how this was used in
the original context.

313
00:17:16.470 --> 00:17:18.839
Theo:
You can only cook shoelaces in a shoelace

314
00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:19.839
cake.

315
00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:20.839
Vanessa:
Oh.

316
00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:25.089
Theo:
All you do to make a shoelace cake is make

317
00:17:25.089 --> 00:17:26.920
a cake and put shoelaces on it.

318
00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:29.500
You can only cook shoelaces in a shoelace
cake.

319
00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.540
Vanessa:
Oh.

320
00:17:30.540 --> 00:17:35.150
Theo:
All you do to make a shoelace cake is make

321
00:17:35.150 --> 00:17:37.929
a cake and put shoelaces on it.

322
00:17:37.929 --> 00:17:41.289
Vanessa:
The 13th important real-life expression is

323
00:17:41.289 --> 00:17:44.450
bonding or to bond.

324
00:17:44.450 --> 00:17:48.460
The original meaning here has to do with almost
like glue.

325
00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:55.380
This tape can bond two things together, maybe
two pieces of paper, maybe two things that

326
00:17:55.380 --> 00:17:56.600
have broken.

327
00:17:56.600 --> 00:18:04.659
You can bond them together with this super
sticky tape, but in the daily life conversations

328
00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:09.559
that we usually have, we're not talking about
really sticking things together, instead,

329
00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:15.539
we use this for relationships and to bond
or bonding means that you're growing closer

330
00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:17.500
in your relationship.

331
00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:23.840
So for me, I think that cooking is a great
way to bond with my family.

332
00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:28.789
We spend time chopping things together, following
the recipe, and then, of course, eating it

333
00:18:28.789 --> 00:18:32.539
at the end, but this is a great way to bond.

334
00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:37.739
I have to admit that sometimes cooking with
my kids is a little bit chaotic, sometimes

335
00:18:37.740 --> 00:18:44.680
a little bit stressful, so I have to remind
myself that bonding with my family is the

336
00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:46.059
key priority.

337
00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:49.220
It's not making a perfect meal.

338
00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:51.720
Bonding with my family is the key priority.

339
00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:55.109
All right, let's see how this was used in
the original conversation.

340
00:18:55.109 --> 00:19:00.829
Well, technically the recipe says don't overmix,
but you know what?

341
00:19:00.830 --> 00:19:02.469
It's just muffins.

342
00:19:02.470 --> 00:19:03.470
It's okay.

343
00:19:03.470 --> 00:19:08.059
You can mix them, and then the important thing
is bonding, spending time together, right,

344
00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.059
guys?

345
00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.059
Theo:
Yep.

346
00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:12.090
Vanessa:
Well, technically the recipe says over mix,

347
00:19:12.090 --> 00:19:13.740
but you know what?

348
00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:15.390
It's just muffins.

349
00:19:15.390 --> 00:19:16.390
It's okay.

350
00:19:16.390 --> 00:19:20.940
You can mix them, and then the important thing
is bonding, spending time together, right,

351
00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:21.940
guys?

352
00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.940
Theo:
Yep.

353
00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:25.160
Vanessa:
Our final important real-life expression is

354
00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:27.070
forgiving.

355
00:19:27.070 --> 00:19:31.190
We usually use the word to forgive when we've
made a mistake.

356
00:19:31.190 --> 00:19:33.310
"Oh, will you please forgive me?

357
00:19:33.310 --> 00:19:38.059
I'm so sorry," but here, we're talking about
it in a slightly different way.

358
00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:43.890
Remember that bread recipe that I was talking
about, that all you do to make the bread is

359
00:19:43.890 --> 00:19:46.180
just mix a few simple things together?

360
00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:50.010
Well, we could also say the recipe is really
forgiving.

361
00:19:50.010 --> 00:19:56.430
In fact, one time, I added an extra scoop
of flour by accident because I got distracted,

362
00:19:56.430 --> 00:19:57.430
and you know what?

363
00:19:57.430 --> 00:19:58.600
It still worked.

364
00:19:58.600 --> 00:20:01.000
Unbelievable, I'm not even kidding.

365
00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:06.869
The loaf of bread was still fine, so we could
say the recipe is really forgiving.

366
00:20:06.869 --> 00:20:08.339
That means it's flexible.

367
00:20:08.340 --> 00:20:12.840
It's not strict, it's not stringent, it's
quite forgiving.

368
00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:18.460
So let's see how this wonderful expression
forgiving was used in the original conversation.

369
00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:20.300
Let's watch.

370
00:20:20.300 --> 00:20:23.840
I like making recipes that are forgiving.

371
00:20:23.840 --> 00:20:29.780
That means that if you add lots and lots and
lots of toppings, it's fine.

372
00:20:29.780 --> 00:20:31.430
It still cooks.

373
00:20:31.430 --> 00:20:34.980
I like making recipes that are forgiving.

374
00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:40.460
That means that if you add lots and lots and
lots of toppings, it's fine.

375
00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:42.150
It still cooks.

376
00:20:42.150 --> 00:20:48.970
Well, congratulations on learning these 14
important real-life expressions from conversations

377
00:20:48.970 --> 00:20:51.280
that I've had with my family.

378
00:20:51.280 --> 00:20:52.280
You know what?

379
00:20:52.280 --> 00:20:55.600
Now, it's time for you to test yourself.

380
00:20:55.600 --> 00:21:02.740
I want you to take on the role of Supercharged
Student, and you can download the free PDF

381
00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:07.780
worksheet that goes with this lesson, it has
all of these real-life expressions, definitions,

382
00:21:07.780 --> 00:21:13.359
many more sample sentences, and then, like
I mentioned at the beginning of this lesson,

383
00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:16.089
you can answer the quiz questions.

384
00:21:16.090 --> 00:21:17.130
Test yourself.

385
00:21:17.130 --> 00:21:21.050
Do you really know which expression goes with
which sentence?

386
00:21:21.050 --> 00:21:24.940
So download the free PDF worksheet with the
link in the description.

387
00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:26.840
Test yourself, and let me know how it goes.

388
00:21:26.840 --> 00:21:31.409
Well, thank you so much for learning English
with me, and I'll see you again next Friday

389
00:21:31.409 --> 00:21:34.179
for a new lesson here on my YouTube channel.

390
00:21:34.179 --> 00:21:35.179
Bye.

391
00:21:35.179 --> 00:21:36.869
But wait, do you want more?

392
00:21:36.869 --> 00:21:39.149
I recommend watching this video next.

393
00:21:39.150 --> 00:21:44.209
It is the full baking conversation that I
had with my children.

394
00:21:44.210 --> 00:21:50.900
Immerse yourself in English and see some very
strange things like cinnamon explosions and

395
00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:52.850
eating corn with bananas.

396
00:21:52.850 --> 00:21:54.840
I don't even know why.

397
00:21:54.840 --> 00:21:57.210
Click on that video, and I'll see you there.

398
00:21:57.210 --> 00:21:57.480
Bye.