Hello. My name is Emma; and in today's video, I am going to teach you some very
common conversational expressions. So, these expressions, like I said, are very
common, and they will help you to sound like a more natural speaker. Okay? These
expressions are the types of expressions we use when we're talking with our
friends, or with our family, or acquaintances. So, they're informal, but
they're also polite. So, let's get started. So, one of the best ways to
learn expressions is to make a story using them because this can really help
you to remember the expressions. So, I've made a story using the expressions
I'm going to teach you today. So, let's look at my story.
"I ran into my friend last week." So, the expression that I'd like to teach
you is "ran" or "run" — depending on the tense — "into", "ran into". So, when you
think of "run", you might think of actually running; this expression means
something different. Simply, it means an unplanned meeting. So, it's when you see
somebody you know, and you weren't expecting to meet them. So, we could
say: "unplanned" or "unexpected". So: "I ran into my friend last week; it was a
surprise meeting." Okay? "We decided to hang out." So, that's one way to say:
"informally meet". Okay? Another way to say: "hang out", we can say: "get
together", or we could also say: "meet up". These are three expressions, which
mean pretty much the same thing, and that's: To spend time together. Okay?
So, "hang out", "get together", "meet up" — they mean to spend time together,
but in, like, an informal way. Okay? So, it's not like a business meeting; it's a
meeting with your friends, or with your family. So: "We decided to hang out, we
decided to get together, we decided to meet up."
Okay. So, we have: First, you meet your friend unexpectedly, by running into
them, then you decide to meet up or to hang out. What happens next in my story?
"We were both up for anything", or "We were both in the mood for anything." So,
the two expressions here I'd like to teach you are: "up for", which means the
same thing as "in the mood for". So, you can use either of these expressions. Can
you guess what this means? Well, when you're "up for" something, or when you
are "in the mood for" something, it means you're open to do something. So,
you're willing to do something; you want to do something. So, I'll give you some
other examples to make this a little clearer. When I saw my friend, she
wanted to have dinner, and I said: "I'm up for pizza." This means: "I feel like
pizza, I'm open to pizza, I want to get pizza." Or I could say: "I'm in the mood
for sushi." Again, that can mean: "I want sushi, I'm open to sushi, or I feel
like sushi." In this case, in my story, we say: "up for anything", or "in the
mood for anything". So, this means that we're very flexible. We're willing to do
anything; we have nothing in mind. We're open to experiences; we can do anything.
So: "We were both up for anything. We were both in the mood for anything." All
right, so let's see what happens next in our story.
Okay, so my friend and I were both up for or open to anything. We were in the
mood to do anything. So, what happened? Well, "My friend and I grabbed a bite."
What does it mean to "grab a bite"? Or you can also say: "grab a bite to eat".
Well, it means that you decided to get something to eat together. So, maybe
this means going to a restaurant, or a fast food place, or maybe even a hotdog
stand. It just means that together you decide to eat. So: "My friend and I
grabbed a bite to eat. We caught up." So, the next expression is: "to get
caught up" or "to catch up", or in this case: "caught up, catch up, caught up".
One's the past tense. This is the past; "catch up" is the present. "We caught
up". What does it mean to "catch up" or to "caught up"? Well, it means you learn
what is new in the other person's life. Okay? So, maybe when you meet a friend,
you say: "Oh, what's new? What's happening in your life?" This is how we
catch up with each other. So, I found out all the new things about my friend,
about her job, about her love life — we caught up.
And then what happened? So, we finished our meal. And then: "I wanted to make
plans to meet up again." If you remember, in the first part of this
video, we had this expression: "to meet up". So, here, we are using it again. It
just means to hang out, to meet informally, to just get together. "I
wanted to make plans to meet up again. My friend will let me know" or "will
keep me posted when she is free". So, we often talk about: "let someone know". In
this case, I put "me", but I could say: "Let me know", "let you know", "let...
let him know", "let her know". And the same goes for: "Keep me posted", "keep
you posted", "keep him posted", "keep her posted". So, what does it mean?
Well, when we tell someone: "We will let them know", it means that we will talk
to them again about this in the future, once we have more information. So right
now, we don't know everything, but once we have that information, we will tell
the person. So, in this case, my friend doesn't know when she can meet up, so
she tells me: "She will let me know", meaning: She will update me or give me
the information in the future once she has that information; once she knows her
schedule. And, again: "Keep me posted." We could say that as well. "My friend
will keep me posted." Meaning: Once she knows her schedule, she will tell me.
"Keep me posted."
So, we've covered a lot of different expressions today. Yay, us. These
expressions are, again, very common. If you're telling somebody a story, or if
you're talking, you know, about what happened yesterday — you might use these
because we use them a lot when we're talking about our friends, our
acquaintances, and what we're up to. So, practice these expressions. And if you'd
like to practice more, you can visit us at www.engvid.com. And there, you can
actually find a quiz where you can answer questions about these different
expressions to make sure you know them really well. You can also subscribe to
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also find some more resources. So, thank you again for watching; and until next
time, take care.