you've been studying English a long time
you know you're good but then you visit
an english-speaking country and you're
like I know my English is good
why don't I understand you and you I
don't understand you you in the back I
don't understand you well we have a few
English expressions which you probably
didn't learn in school but we use all
the time so here are five really useful
really common English expressions number
one is not fast not bothered what does
it mean you want to go for dinner and
your friend says where shall we go for
dinner Italian food Thai food what kind
of food and you want to say everything
sounds great
this is good this is good this is good I
have no preference you could say I'm not
fast usually we contract it - not first
pronunciation that sounds like a bust
bust not fast said no and eat the tea so
not fast not fast where do you want to
go not fast or not bothered not bothered
not fast this is a super common way to
say I have no preference whatever you
suggest I'm happy with it
and personally I am terrible at making
decisions so I use that expression all
the time where do you want to go I'm not
first what do you want to do today Allie
I'm not bothered
you're really not helpful hmm this is
basically every conversation I ever have
with my friends number two fair enough
pronunciation be careful of that end R
remember British English has linking R
so that end R sound
links into the next word fair enough
fair enough
say with me fair enough when do we use
it we want to say that's acceptable
that's okay I accept that that's a
that's fine
it's your birthday party but one friend
cannot come why because they're working
I mean it's bad but you're not going to
be angry your friend from working they
have to work so your response is going
to be that's that's fair enough
you have to work I understand hmm now
the whole sentence is that's fair enough
but most commonly we lose that you have
to work fair enough
so in arguments this is a great way to
stop an argument when you don't want to
continue arguing maybe you and another
person have different opinions on
religion politics whatever you want to
stop the argument for example I love
trub very simply you can say you love
Tripp
fair enough fair enough this stops an
arguments because you're saying okay
your that's your opinion
this is my opinion you're not going to
change my mind I'm not going to change
your mind
let's stop done the next one is to say I
suppose so
commonly we lose the eye and we just say
suppose so but in conversation we speak
fast so it sounds like suppose so yeah
suppose so but what does it mean one
reason is when you agree to do something
and you're saying hmm I don't see why
not
why not okay fine for example perhaps a
young boy is saying to his mum can we
get some ice cream and the mum wants to
say okay why not sure yeah I suppose so
so maybe she doesn't completely want to
but she's also saying I don't see a
reason why not
remember you agree with something so it
could be someone says something oh I
think he's a zombie and you want to say
hmm yeah I think that's true I think
you're right you could say hmm yeah I
suppose so
looks very zombie remember the
pronunciation the you
we usually drop it sounds more like
spose spose suppose so
next one I'm afraid blah blah blah
remember that I'm afraid
means I'm scared yeah but in another
context you can use it to say in a
polite way I'm sorry but bla bla bla so
it could be to refuse something it could
be to give information which is maybe
bad news if someone invites you to
something can you come to my party but
you want to say ah I'm so sorry I can't
then you could say this I'm afraid I
can't the pronunciation we've got the
schwa afraid afraid I'm afraid I'm
afraid I can't pronunciation would be
very careful ah
say with me ah can't I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid I can't remember of course in
this context I'm afraid means I'm sorry
not I'm scared
now we're missing a word here I'm afraid
that I can't but typically we don't
usually put that we just say I'm afraid
I can't
I'm afraid he can't she can't or much
more simple and more versatile I'm
afraid not
I'm sorry no do you want to come out
tonight I'm afraid not
are you feeling super British now well
you should up to this fifth expression
which is this may as well or might as
well this expression is super super
common you definitely need to learn it
so what does it mean how do we use it
you arrive at a party and the party is
rubbish
there's like one person you don't like
and the music is rubbish
and you're thinking oh if I had stayed
at home that would have been better than
here or at least no different no more or
less level of fun then you can say this
I might as well have stayed at home
pronunciation eat the tea I might as
well might as well say with me
might as well I might as well grammar
have stayed we've got present perfect
that is because it's a past action to
stay at home that will be a past action
so have stayed and remember of course
you can say I may as well may as well
have stayed at home this also could be a
response to a suggestion when you want
to say well there's nothing better to do
then you can also use this should we
just shall we go home he can say yeah
might as well now this is the short
version what's the long version we might
as well go home so notice in the
previous example we said I might as well
have stayed at home have stayed because
it's a past action which was better this
action is a future action might as well
go home in the future there's no have
might as well go home and that verb will
not change whether it's he she it
doesn't matter it's always in the
infinitive now I did just say use it
when there is nothing better to do
I don't mean wow there is nothing better
to do I don't mean it like that
I mean it like this well nothing better
to do I can't think of anything like
that so so be careful how you use it try
to use those expressions in the comments
and in your real life that's how you're
going to learn I'll see you in the next
class see you later
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