Hi and welcome back to Love English, I'm Leila and in today's lesson
i want to help you significantly develop your english language skills and in one
particular area conversation skills how many of you dread having a
conversation with a native speaker how many of you get bored with
some of the phrases and expressions you use over and over again
one of the main things that our students want to be able to do is to
broaden their vocabulary and it doesn't mean
reading a dictionary because let's be honest that's one of the most boring
things you could possibly do what you could do instead is learn
language in chunks in phrases forget about
grammar for a moment focus on the context and
the meaning and that's what we'll be doing in today's lesson
these 10 phrases are going to help you have a smarter
more enjoyable more fluent conversation in
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now let's move on to 10 advanced expressions
to help you have a great conversation in english
right so expression number one a lovely alternative
to the boring i think or i thought is to say i was under the impression
simply put it is saying that you believed
something to be true i saw ben and sally at the pub the other day
and they were all over each other i was under the impression they'd broken up
8 30 i was under the impression we were meeting at 9.
so it is such a simple way to say that you thought something to be true or
believed something to be true now it might be that in fact you were
correct or it might be you were mistaken either way i think i thought i believed
i was under the impression is a great alternative to use
expression number two on the whole on the whole meaning in general and
taking everything into account on the whole i
think the event was rather successful meaning thinking
about all the elements and what make it a success whether
people enjoyed themselves whether the aims of the event were
achieved on the whole on the whole i think the university
course is really quite interesting so taking everything into account and
talking in general about something number three on second thoughts on
second thoughts rather than saying i've changed my mind
which can be a little bit annoying you could say on second thoughts i'd
rather go and see a movie than go for a drink it'll be more relaxing on
second thoughts why don't we go down the beach the
weather's fantastic it seems a bit silly to be stuck inside
so when you've changed your mind you've thought about
it and you want to do something different
on second thoughts number four when you can't remember something oh
what's her name oh i can't recall
i can't recall actually sounds a little bit more formal and sophisticated
than simply saying i can't remember so i can't recall
and of course it does mean that just at this moment you can't remember the
information's there but at this present time you can't
recall it what time did we say we were meeting i
really can't recall number five when you are trying to
understand something perhaps someone's told you something
that was a little bit surprising or complicated you might say i really need
to get my head around that to get your head around something is to
understand so why were you fired i really can't get
my head around that i really can't understand it or your
idea is a little bit complicated i'm trying to get my head around it so
to understand to get your head around
something it's a great phrase to use in a conversation it shows that
you're trying to understand but perhaps it's a little bit
complicated or you've missed something i can't get my head around it or i need
to get my head around it now it doesn't matter what language you
speak sometimes there's a word and you can't remember it
and it's there and oh it's on the tip of your
tongue if something is on the tip of your
tongue it means you're very close to remembering that word or perhaps a
person's name oh i met someone last night she was
really interesting her name is on the tip of my tongue
sharon so if something is on the tip of your tongue
you're nearly there to remembering it so you're encouraging somebody to wait
while you recall the name the word that you're trying to talk about that
you're trying to refer to oh what's that beautiful city
that we visited last year oh what's it called it began with a
v verona it was on the tip of my tongue now if
something is on the tip of your tongue a word a person's name a place that
you're trying to remember something can also be off the top of
your head but it's not to do with remembering when
you say off the top of my head it means you are
thinking of the first thing that comes to your mind
so for example where should we go for dinner tonight
oh off the top of my head there's a great italian down the road we should
try that so i'm literally thinking spontaneously
it's the first idea that comes to my mind now if you're trying to
make an assumption about something if you're trying to guess
the results or what your expectations might be
number eight is a little advanced but with some practice i'm sure
you'll be able to use it if um is anything to go by so if past
experience is anything to go by england probably wouldn't win the world
cup if your previous essay is anything to go
by i'm sure you'll do great in the exam so here you are making
a comparison you're taking some previous knowledge
that you have about a person a situation and you're making an assumption as to
the present or future result so this is a great way to express
yourself in a more advanced way and basically share your opinion
number nine i'm afraid i'm afraid and this is not talking about fear
being scared but this is a great way to make your language
more polite whether you're declining an offer
whether you're apologising for an opinion
this works really well in all conversations
and is formal enough to use in a business environment
sorry i'm afraid i can't make it tonight i already have plans
i'm afraid i can't agree with you there i'm afraid i've
gotta go i'm gonna be late for my next meeting
so i'm afraid essentially i'm sorry it's making your language more polite
and really works quite well in a variety of situations
now when you want to conclude something conclude your opinion
conclude the conversation you could use at the end of the day at the end of the
day your success depends on how much work
you put in at the end of the day they didn't seem
happy together so maybe it's better they broke up
so there we're simply concluding a thought a conversation
at the end of the day and there we have it
10 simple but a little bit more advanced expressions
and phrases in english that you can use in general
conversation in any situation now if you do want to put some of those
phrases into practice and find people to speak with with the
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conversation skills and boost your vocabulary thanks so much
for watching bye