Hi everyone and welcome back to Love English
I'm Sabrah and I'm Leila and in today's lesson we're going to share 20 phrases
for super fluency in conversation. so now a lot of these phrases you might not
actually be able to learn them unless you've come to the UK or you have a
native English speaking friend as they're very natural and something you
you probably would need a guide on yeah well today we're going to be your native
English speaking friends the phyto sentence and these phrases are
particularly common when it comes to spoken English and that's why you need
native speakers to help you now guys do try and copy our pronunciation and our
intonation when you listen to us go back practice and try and copy exactly how we
say it so these 20 phrases are designed to help
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us know what was your experience like how did you do with the sprint so number
one number one is this takes the biscuit this takes the biscuit and basically
this means that this something is quite extreme or particularly bad we're not
happy if we say something is taking the biscuit we feel that it's unfair so for
example I might say I've seen bad grammar but this takes the biscuit
meaning it's particularly bad can you think of something that takes the
biscuit tell us about that in the comments below and make sure you're
saying biscuit correctly we don't want to hear any biscuits number two you've
got to be kidding me while we use this one a lot this is a great way to respond
to something that is unbelievable or funny surprising in some way we might
say oh my goodness you've got to be kidding me or come on you're kidding me
it's a very nice way to Spahn to that and you'll hear it a lot
in the UK and I'm pretty sure in the States as well you've got to be kidding
me number three a storm in a teacup a storm
in a teacup now this means something which is very exaggerated and
over-the-top but actually is nothing it's a very small or trivial matter
really very similar to the phrase a mountain out of a molehill so I could
say that perhaps Lela was very angry when I ate her chocolates but she
doesn't usually stay angry for long it's usually a storm in a teacup I could miss
Lane like my boyfriend is so angry with me you know we have that shopping trip
yeah and I spent that 200 pounds mmm he is furious oh don't worry I'm sure it's
just a storm in a teacup I don't know I hope so now we're going to look at a
comment which is super useful for responding to a joke particularly a good
joke if a joke is particularly good you can say oh my goodness that was a good
one or that's a good one meaning that was funny
I enjoyed that also if someone says something sarcastic which is funny we
can also say that's a good one so the other day a friend of mine told me this
joke I didn't quite get it okay everyone else so it was really funny okay so
basically two guys in a pub one says to the other my wife's gone to the West
Indies the other bloke says in return Jamaica oh good one that's a good one
yeah I don't get it Jamaica did you make her oh well that's embarrassing I didn't
get that Bush right number five to seven trying to understand a situation or
something that has been said and you might not be quite sure exactly what was
said so potentially you're asking for clarification did I get you right did I
get you right now this might be because somebody has said
something that was quite shocking or strange bizarre something that you
weren't really expecting it actually suggests you don't believe what someone
has told you you're so shocked you just need them to say again to clarify now if
you're easily distracted if you didn't quite hear what someone's
you might choose to say sorry I wasn't following sorry I wasn't following might
be because you were watching a YouTube lesson weird Layla and Sabra or simply
because you were distracted by your thoughts so this is to ensure that you
get them to repeat what they said so that you're not guessing and you're
following the conversation still colleague of mine at work was talking
the other day about the new teaching and learning policy we're gonna have and
basically she thinks that we need to completely change all of our ways that
we're teaching at the moment I was like there's so many things that are really
working so I wasn't very happy I mean I don't know what to do what do you think
about it um sorry saya Brad wasn't really following it's a bit rude Layla
sorry my that boring number seven I'm sorry I didn't catch you I'm sorry I
didn't catch you why you could use that expression because somebody was speaking
particularly fast especially if you are a non-native speaker listening to a
native you might just say sorry I didn't catch you could you repeat yourself or
sorry I didn't catch you could you say that again in this case you may
genuinely have been trying to listen but for whatever reason you didn't quite
understand what they were saying okay so number eight number eight is don't take
it to heart now this section is all about comforting someone what to say to
somebody if they're feeling a bit down or they've had bad news or something
like that so don't take it to heart means don't don't take it into your
heart really you know don't really feel it too much for example I could say to
somebody don't worry that you didn't get picked for the promotion this year don't
take it to heart lots of people haven't been picked as
well we can also use don't take it to heart more we want to say something bad
to a person so when we want to in some ways criticize them but we want to make
this a bit softer we want to sugarcoat it in some way so I could say don't take
it to heart but I'm so sorry I can't come to your party say well I can't
believe it but Machinist said they didn't like my class oh my goodness so
I'm really sorry about that honey but you know don't take it to heart students
take all kinds of things I know plenty of the students that adore you don't
take it to heart nothing wrong with them Thanks number nine is very similar this
one is don't take it personally and again this is where we want to comfort
somebody we want to say okay so you didn't get chosen this time but don't
take it personally it's probably not personal for example I might say look
don't take it personally that the boss was a little bit off with you I think
he's just having a really bad day number 10 good for you good for you this is all
about showing support and encouragement so I could say to a person that has
passed their driving test or passed a test or even faced a fear or confronted
a person who was not treating them well if they've managed to do any of these
things than I could say well good for you and proud of you
I could also say it to a student who might have taken a few times to get the
IELTS score they wanted but in the end I would say good for you you did it now we
all know that sometimes we need to ask for a little bit of help and of course
we do have the expression can you give me a hand
but in fact we've got two more that we commonly use in English sorry to bother
you but sorry to bother you but I have to use this expression if I'm in a
supermarket and I need help finding something or if your friend is busy
doing something or your teacher and you need to talk to them and maybe interrupt
them to ask a question or to ask for help
sorry to bother you but are these are my exercises for the homework number twelve
Club are you for a sec could I borrow you for a sec in this case sac is
referring to second and of course it is not literal you're not wanting to borrow
someone for one second you may need a few minutes of their time for help so
when we say could I borrow you for a sec you're implying that it's only for a
short period of time that you need their help could I borrow you for a sec I've
got some really heavy bags in the car and I wouldn't mind a hand yes mum I
know no I don't need the pizza putting in I can cook for myself it's okay yes
separate can I just borrow you for a sec yeah mom I've got to go I'm really sorry
Leila needs me all right mum yes I'll pick up the medication for you yeah love
you sorry home bye with you okay this next section is all about asking
someone to wait so number three teen is I'll be with you in a minute
I'll be with you in a minute you could also add bear with me which is like hang
on bear with me I'll be with you in a minute and it's like saying I'll be with
you as soon as I can obviously it's not literal you wouldn't
expect the person to start counting the minute and when it reaches 60 seconds
them to say right you're with me now that would be a bit strange so it's very
much a figure of speech so it could be I'll be with you as soon as I can
basically but it's also nice to say bear with me because it means hang on be
patient with me bear with me I'll be with you in a minute
number fourteen this one is very very British we often shorten seconds to sex
so we often say hang on a sec or I'll be with you in a sec or can you just wait a
sec and we really will shorten that or I'll be with you in two SEC's for
example so really really useful if you want to tell somebody hang on just a
minute or just a second I'll be with you again as soon as I can remember as well
it's not literal so it doesn't mean two seconds it means as quickly as I can be
there an alternative here would also be to say can you give me two SEC's or 5
SEC's or can you give me a sec for example and they learnt you might feel
it come on yes okay can you give me two SEC's huh application right 15 and 16
saying I don't know now of course you can say I don't know but we have two
very common more natural expressions to use when you don't know the answer to
something sorry I haven't got a clue sorry I haven't got a clue if someone
asks you where something is do you know where the toothpaste is or do you know
where the teabags are sorry I haven't got a clue
I don't live here so no no recently you explain to our audience all about
relativity you especially relativity yes right suddenly your earth this exact
smell so I was just wondering if today you'd share another of those series with
our audience ah sorry I really haven't got a clue
it's a bit disappointing isn't it a bit of a one-trick pony what's the weather
gonna be like tomorrow if someone asks you what the weather is going to be like
tomorrow you could say I haven't got the foggiest you'll have to
check forecast or I haven't got the foggiest idea you can say I haven't got
the foggiest and omit idea and people will understand what you're saying
often with these common expressions certain words are omitted to shorten
them because we know what's coming next we know that someone would say I haven't
got the foggiest idea sorry I haven't got the foggiest this next section is
all about responding to things who either don't understand or responding to
requests which you don't really want to do very very natural so number 17 is
give me a break give me a break which means come on stop asking me to do
stuff you know stop asking me to to do things that I've already done or you're
being unfair in some way teenagers will definitely say this with their parents
they'll be like mom give me a break you've already asked me three times to
clean my room I've done it things like this we can also say to our friend come
on give me a break I'm sorry I was late give me a break I'll get the information
to you as soon as I can now do bear in mind this is very direct
so you do need to know the person quite well and in British culture which is
very much about politeness we only use this with people we know quite well and
we feel comfortable to say give me a break number 18 if we don't understand
what someone is talking about and if they're talking a lot about something we
could say what are you going on about or what was she going on about meaning what
is she talking about what has she been speaking for a long period about I
didn't understand that lecture at all what was she going on about again it's
quite direct to say it to somebody's face so you would only say it to
somebody you know quite well or you could say it as a joke like oh come on
what are you on about meaning what are you saying I don't
really get it or to tease them something like this number 19 my favorite I really
can't be asked I really can't be asked in this case we're saying that you don't
care you're not bothered you don't particularly want to put any effort into
doing something so for example I really can't be asked to
go out tonight the weather is awful going to South instead of saying asked
which can sound a little bit rude sometimes we choose to say asked okay so
it sounds very similar and in fact there's not any difference in
pronunciation when you speak quickly but you can say I really can't be asked when
you're trying to sound a little bit more polite and you don't want to use that
word and finally what do we say when it's the
end of the week thank heavens it's Friday thank heavens it's Friday meaning
we are so glad the weekend is here and we don't have to work for those of you
that have to work on the weekend bad for you but good for us like heavens it's
Friday thank heavens it's Friday TGI Friday wolf now we're gonna have a
little celebratory clink what do you think is in here guys gin or tea so
thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed those sentences and try using them next
time you're having a conversation in English and of course don't forget you
can comment below and practice using some of those phrases in fact why not
try it having a full-on conversation with some of the other subscribers down
in the comments section create a thread having a conversation using some of
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see you soon on love English guys bye bye TGI Friday whew now what do you
think is in here guys I whatever my face good okay