I love that I get to make these lessons
for you lovely people and I've been
meaning to make this lesson for ages but
I haven't managed to find the time but
this week I happen to have some free
time so I'm doing what I'm supposed to
do oh my god did you understand that
like 50 70 percent well don't worry
after today's lesson you'll be able to
understand all of what I just said and
you'll know five new and extremely
useful expressions which you can start
using and really take your English to
the next level
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with all of my videos make sure you have
a pen and paper next to you make notes
make your own examples of what I'm
teaching you put those examples in the
comments so everyone can learn together
today's first expression managed to when
something is difficult but you can do it
you use this expression the most common
example could be I have a test tomorrow
it will be difficult but I'll manage
what we're saying is yes it's difficult
but I can do it I'll manage but that's
the short way another example could be
okay you have tickets to a Beyonce
concert and you really really want to
get a selfie with Beyonce that's almost
impossible but let's imagine you go to
the concert and I got a selfie with
Beyonce I didn't this is just an example
you want to say it was difficult there
were lots of people who wanted a selfie
with Beyonce but you did it you you did
it you can say I managed to get a selfie
with Beyonce just remember that managed
to it just means this was difficult but
I did it okay let's imagine you went to
the concert you tried to get a selfie
but it was too difficult hmm it's very
sad how do you say this in the negative
form I didn't manage to get a selfie
with Beyonce it was too difficult too
many people so in the negative you're
saying it was difficult I tried I wasn't
successful I didn't manage to blah blah
blah okay how about in a question easy
you see someone holding two heavy bags
it looks difficult so you want to ask
are you okay or do you need help
can you manage or do you need help of
course we use the short form version
here because the long form version is
can you manage to carry those heavy bags
alone you don't need to say that we
already know the context we know what
you want to say so can you manage that's
enough so create your own examples and
write them in the comments what have you
tried and been successful at what have
you tried and failed at using manage to
in the positive and the negative another
very common way we could use manage to
is in this question for example someone
starts a new job and you project a new
course in school some new or difficult
situation we might ask oh how are you
managing in your new school how are you
managing in your new job how are you
managing with that whole situation it's
difficult but how are you he wants to
reply it's not easy but I'm ok will
change I'm ok too
it's not easy but I'm managing or in the
negative it's too much I can't manage it
for some reason it's too much too much
work it's too difficult he can say I
can't manage you might be wondering ok
is that the same as cope then because
you would say I can't cope yes in that
context it's the same in positive yeah
it's not easy but I'm coping in the
negative yeah it's not easy I can't cope
our next expression is happened to
imagine you're walking in London you're
walking down Oxford Street and you're
thinking damn Beyonce is cool I wish I
could meet her one day and just then BAM
you bump into Beyonce Oh bump into
literally it means you a person oh sorry
so you could say I literally bumped into
someone
but casually bump into it just means you
you meet someone by chance so you're
thinking about Beyonce and then BAM you
bump into her by chance this is a big
coincidence so you want to say that
something happened by chance you replace
the by chance we've happened to oh and
then of course that's no past anymore
because the past is here I happened to
bump into Beyonce today oh my god
I was thinking about Beyonce and then I
happened to bump into her so in a
negative you could use it like this
boyfriend and girlfriend they're
fighting this guy went out with his
friends and his girlfriend was calling
him a lot but he didn't answer
hmm why is that oh you were calling me
oh I'm sorry I didn't see see I didn't
check my phone all night oh really
you just didn't happen to check your
phone so remember I said happen to
something happens or doesn't happen by
chance by coincidence because what she's
really saying is her I'm calling you and
calling you that's a big coincidence
that you didn't check your phone so when
you don't believe something you could
use it like that now as you know British
people we like to ask questions and talk
in a ridiculously polite way so in
questions we use happen to most commonly
to make a question really really really
ridiculously polite but it's also very
common let me show you
a normal question like do you have any
free time today that's fine but remember
to make it more polite you could just
add happen to do you happen to have any
free time today sorry for existing this
is just a more polite way of asking any
question because it's more indirect
again try to use happen to in the
comments I will correct you our next
expression is get - ah get I know right
it's a stupid word but a really useful
way of using get is get - when you have
a special opportunity to do something or
you're given a special ability to do
something you can use get - for example
this week is a very busy week for you
you're working hard all week but at the
weekend you're free you have that
special opportunity to sleep as much as
you want you can say I'm working hard
all week but I get to sleep lots at the
weekend we're just saying that get to is
your special opportunity usually you're
working hard but at the weekend you have
that special opportunity to sleep how
would you use this in a negative usually
you get to sleep a lot but last night
your cat was me know all night you could
say I didn't get to sleep much last
night because my cat was meowing how
could you use get to in a question
she is traveling to New York for
business and her friend wants to ask oh
my god you're going to New York on
business is it all work
or will you get to enjoy the city we're
asking will you have the ability will
you have that special opportunity to
enjoy the city and other examples okay
for me personally I do YouTube videos I
teach online so I'm lucky I get to work
from home also as a negative okay
I'm a Londoner I'm very busy inside
London most of the time so I don't get
to leave London very often I don't have
that opportunity very often so again use
your own examples put them in the
comments I'll try and correct you the
next one is very misused and very
misunderstood be supposed to the most
common use of be supposed to is an
expectation it's the weekend you decide
I'm going to the beach today you check
the weather sunny perfect but then you
arrive at the beach and it's raining you
were expecting sunny weather you can
express your expectation with be
supposed to it was supposed to be sunny
today they expected it to be sunny also
when you're talking about things you've
heard about something you can use be
supposed to for example have you seen
Book of Mormon no is it good yeah I
heard some things it's supposed to be
funny and it is it's hilarious you
should go see it it could also be used
for rules of what you're allowed to do
or not allowed to do for example let's
look at the negative of this hey you're
not supposed to smoke in here but there
is a feeling with be supposed to that
it's not exactly a hard strict rule it's
more of an expected rule what exactly do
I mean by that well think of social
rules
things that you're expected to do
socially for example someone invites you
to their house for dinner they are going
to cook for you as a guest what is
expected of you to do for example in
England you're expected to bring wine so
I'll use be supposed to you're supposed
to bring wine again I'm just saying
that's the expected thing to do so in
your country if you go to someone's
house what are you supposed to do or
what are you not supposed to do tell me
in the comments the question I usually
get about this is okay it's a rule is it
the same as I have to the answer's no
and I'll show you why for example two
friends are talking then one checks the
time
oh my god it's five o'clock now I have a
plan to meet my other friend in 20
minutes so she could say I'm supposed to
meet my other friend or she could say I
have to meet my other friend do they
mean the same thing no if she says I
have to meet my other friend she's
leaving
that's her obligation so she will
definitely leave this friend to go see
her other friend however if she says I'm
supposed to meet my other friend
remember that be supposed to implies an
expectation her friend is expecting her
but it's not an obligation so if this
friend is more fun then maybe she will
stay sorry I'm sick I can't come to meet
you so again be supposed to yes it's a
rule but it's more of an expected rule
you can also use be supposed to to show
your intention this couple is on holiday
and this guy has a plan has an intention
to ask her to marry him
this is his engagement ring everything's
going well until
an engagement ring are you going to
propose but oh no that wasn't his
intention he wanted to hide it he wanted
it to be a surprise so he'll say this ah
you weren't supposed to see it was
supposed to be a surprise he's talking
about his intention in both positive and
negative I wanted it to be a surprise I
didn't want you to see it that wasn't my
intention now our final expression been
meant to we can use this in the same way
when we talk about intention so we could
easily just change this to this you
weren't meant to see it was meant to be
a surprise and also it works for those
rules in the same way as be supposed to
for example remember the guy smoking
will change that so you could replace be
supposed to with be meant to you're not
meant to smoke in here read the sign in
the passive form it means the same thing
but you can use this in an active form
how you know those moments when you're
walking and you you bump into someone
what you hit someone but it was an
accident you didn't want to hit the
person you can express yourself by
saying oh I'm sorry sorry I didn't mean
to hit you so in the active form mean -
that is only for your intention what you
want to do another example could be I
bought this book a year ago I've been
meaning to read it but I haven't had
time so again you're just saying you
wanted to read it it was your intention
to read it but you didn't and finally
you could use this when you want to say
you're just joking remember it's about
intention so if you want to say no no
I'm joking or if someone misunderstood
what you said you can use it this way oh
my god gluten-free people are so dumb um
yeah I have celiac disease am I done no
no I didn't mean it like that you're
fine
but people without the allergy when
they're gluten-free that's dumb thanks
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