Hello, English learners.
Welcome back to one more English lesson.
So what do we have today?
Today I have some common English expressions.
Or you could also call them social expressions that we generally use
in our day to day conversations.
Now you can use them in casual as well as formal conversations.
Now, these are some smart English expressions and you love using them.
Try them to sound advanced and fluent in spoken English.
Let's get started to use the first expression to bring
someone up to speed to bring someone up to speed.
It means to give someone the latest information.
In short, you're just updating them, keeping them updated with what's
happening around to bring someone up to speed area.
I need to bring you up to speed on what happened in yesterday's meeting.
Maria wasn't present in the meeting, so I need to update her
on what happened in the meeting.
Possibly work in the same team or on the same project.
Can you bring me up to speed?
I missed college yesterday, so I want to know what happened in the college yesterday.
Bring someone up to speed.
Isn't it a great phrase?
Why don't you try writing a sentence in the Commons using bring someone up to speed.
I'm sure it will give you a good practice to use it in your everyday conversations.
Here comes the next.
Call it a day.
I use this quite often.
Now it means to stop working for that day.
Now most people work 9-5, and at five they call it a
day.
It means they pack up and leave for home.
Call it a day.
I'm tired.
I think I'm going to call it a day.
See you tomorrow.
We can't call it a day.
We need to work on the changes for tomorrow's presentation, so possibly it's
five.
But you have an important presentation tomorrow and there are some changes required, so you
can't call it today.
Now this one is quite similar to call it a day, call it quits.
It means to quit for the day, to stop working for that day.
Or it could mean to quit something permanently.
Now it depends on the context.
You're going to use it.
It could be a habit.
You want to quit a job or could be even a relationship I
have a doctor's appointment.
Can I call it quits?
A little early or so?
Do you Seeking permission from your boss to leave early?
I got a permanent job.
I'm calling it quits by e o w e w means end of week.
I got a permanent job, so I'm calling it Quit by the end of week.
Next up.
Copy someone on something to copy someone on something.
Now, to copy someone on an email means you send them a C.
C.
It means you send them a carbon copy of the same email.
It's got a similar meaning to the first phrase to bring someone up to
speed.
It means to keep someone in the loop or to keep someone
updated right.
You're keeping them updated with what's happening.
Hey, Jim, can you copy me on the proposal?
It means you're asking Jim to keep you in C.
C.
On the same email that he's sending to the client.
Please copy me on WhatsApp about tomorrow's dinner party, whether it's happening or not.
So you're asking a friend to keep you updated about tomorrow's party to copy
someone on something?
Here's the next one to cover for someone to cover for
someone.
Now, it means to take over someone's responsibilities.
But just for a temporary period of time, imagine you work at a front
desk, okay?
And you just need to go for lunch or possibly wizard the restroom.
So what do you tell your colleague?
Can you just quickly cover for me?
So I could just visit the restroom or just quickly grab something to it?
Now it means to handle your responsibilities just for a temporary period of
time to someone.
I need to attend my cousin's wedding on Thursday.
Can you cover for me?
So just requesting your colleague that I'm not going to be at my desk on
Thursday.
I'm applying for a leave.
Could you just take care of my responsibility?
So I could tell the boss I can't keep covering for you all the time.
So he has a colleague saying I'm not just going to keep on taking your responsibilities.
I have a lot of work to do.
So please see what you gonna do about it to cover.
For someone, it means to take over someone's responsibilities.
But just for a temporary period of time.
Next we have dog eat dog world.
Quite an interesting expression dog eat dog world.
Now it means to be very, very competitive.
You possibly are willing to do anything to be successful and even if it harms
someone, for example, if you crack the I T.
It's dog eat dog world to get the subjects of your
choice.
I t is an entrance exam to get into engineering.
And even if you crack that exam, because there are possibly 1.5
million people who appear for that exam and only 15,000 people get selected.
So if you make it to the 15,000 list still, you're not going to
get subjects of your choice because it's very competitive.
The TV News business today is dog eat dog business.
I'm sure you know about it that the TV news
channels are always competing with each other.
They want to flash the news first, right, and they will go out of their way to
do it.
So it's very competitive Dog eat dog world.
Here's the next one to do a sell job on someone.
It means to sell someone by being very aggressive or to do a hard
sell on someone.
It means to convince them aggressively.
I can't believe you bought the first phone you saw.
The salesperson must have done a sell job on you.
I think I'm a Miss Fritton marketing.
I just can't do a sell job up next to
kiss up to someone to kiss up to someone.
Now it means to flatter someone in the hope of getting something.
Or to be nice to someone.
Even if you don't like them.
For example, did you see the way Tom kisses up to the boss?
He told me he doesn't even like him.
I'm tired of people in my office who only tried to kiss up to be in the good
books of the boss.
Now, what does it mean to be in someone's good books?
Now it means to be in their favorite list.
Isn't it a good phrase?
Try using it in your conversations.
Now, I like this phrase a lot to know the ropes, to know the ropes.
It means to have a good understanding about something.
It means to know the process very well.
You know exactly what you're doing now.
If you have a problem girl Natasha, She knows the ropes.
It means if you have an issue girl Natasha, she's gonna solve your problem.
She knows this particular process in and out.
You should hire me because I know the ropes when it comes to writing
algorithm.
So possibly I'm answering a question during an interview, and I'm saying, I
know my quoting quite well and hiring me is
definitely going to help you, Right to know the ropes.
Now, if you want to tell someone that I need it immediately, you can say I need it
yesterday.
It means you need to finish it immediately.
It's of utmost priority.
Please send those emails.
Hurry.
I need it yesterday.
It means I need it immediately.
You haven't sent those pictures.
I need it yesterday.
I need it.
Yesterday means I need it immediately.
I hope you enjoyed today's English lesson and learn some great English expressions.
Try using them in your everyday conversation to sound fluent in English.
There are some more lessons to up your English game.
I'll catch you soon with another English lesson.
Until then, keep learning English.
Keep practicing English and take care Bye