Hhi and welcome back to Love English. So, today i want to stick with 10 expressions,
10 more advanced more sophisticated smarter expressions to express yourself
more articulately clearly and of course we are looking to speak in a more advanced way
now for many of you one of the biggest things is that you do want to broaden your vocabulary
so by choosing 10 phrases 10 expressions 10 idioms 10 items of vocabulary on a daily basis you can do
just that and remember with these 10 expressions i want you to comment below and try and use them
in a context that is personal to you remember it's no good learning the vocabulary unless
you actually use it in a practical way so whether you want to comment below or of
course when you get the opportunity use these 10 expressions in conversation with a friend
whether that friend is native or non-native they will be massively impressed by your english
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right so number one an expression that i found myself using a lot more often since we've been in
this global pandemic to er on the side of caution to er on the side of caution essentially meaning
to be careful to avoid taking any risks or making a mistake so if you can hear i've got a bit of a
cold at the moment and i'm erring on the side of caution and not visiting my grandmother because
i don't want to make her sick another example might be i've invited 30 people to the party but
only 20 have confirmed so i'm going to err on the side of caution and make sure there's enough food
and drink for 25 people right number two to give someone the benefit of the doubt doubt okay it
is a silent b there to give someone the benefit of the doubt simply meaning to believe something good
about someone rather than something bad when you have the possibility of maybe thinking either way
i didn't know whether his story was true or not but i decided to give him the benefit of the doubt
and believe him number three to take something or someone for granted to take something or someone
for granted to not really appreciate something or someone because you think it's always or they
are always going to be there to provide that service or support you really shouldn't take
your parents for granted i took for granted that i'd be able to get a job easily but it wasn't the
case number four it begs the question it begs the question now this expression in fact is often used
rather incorrectly it's used as a way of saying it raises the question okay it creates the question
which in fact is not technically accurate spending at the summer in spain sounds like
a great idea but it begs the question how can we actually afford it you will hear this expression
used a lot in this way it's actually a formal logical term that means trying to prove something
based on a premise that itself needs to be proved a little bit complicated today however i would say
that as we use including myself this expression regularly in replacement of it raises the question
i would say it's absolutely fine to use technically not correct
but if we use it regularly if everyone regularly uses it then yes it's correct it begs the question
to discuss the company's future begs the question does it actually have one she's always late for
work which begs the question does she really want this job number five an expression that is
commonly mispronounced by yes even native speakers for all intents and purposes or to all intents
and purposes not intensive purposes okay for all intents and purposes meaning in a practical sense
or in a very important respect almost completely or virtually now you definitely need an example
to help you understand this expression for all intents and purposes i've finished the essay i
only need to add the references for all intents and purposes sabre and i might as well be sisters
number six if any of you have studied psychology then you might know who sigmund freud is but did
you know that we also refer to a freudian slip when someone says something unintentionally that
perhaps reveals their inner thinking their subconscious now it might be that someone
just makes a very simple mistake a slip in something that they say but you could still
say ah freudian slip so something that reveals your subconscious your subconscious thoughts or
feelings for example i really love my cats or a husband i love my husband i'm trying to eat
really healthily at the moment and avoid eating too much fruit and vegetable i mean chocolate
freudian slip number seven rather than saying get used to become familiar with you could use the
expression to become accustomed to to become accustomed to again i would say that this is
much more formal in its use so often in business situations or formal settings it would be better
to use accustomed to than familiar with or used to she quickly became accustomed to his messy ways
i'm really not accustomed to the english weather oh it's terrible number eight we have
this expression both in british and american english but we do use one different word it's
more common to say i'm at the end of my rope in american english but i'm at the end of my tether
essentially the same thing in british english what this means is that i am about to lose my patience
i have had enough of a situation or someone i'm at the end of my tether looking for a job
no one is replying to my applications now number nine if you have mixed feelings about someone or
something you both love them and hate them at the same time or like them and dislike them at the
same time then you could use the expression to be ambivalent ambivalent about someone or something
for example he's ambivalent about quitting his job and starting up his own business
he wants the freedom but he also doesn't want all that responsibility i'm rather ambivalent about
where to spend christmas this year i love being at home but honestly cooking what a hassle number 10
to insinuate something to insinuate something to insinuate something is to suggest in a very
indirect way that something unpleasant not very nice is true are you insinuating that i don't care
what are you trying to insinuate here but i haven't been working hard enough so there we have
it 10 expressions in english that you could use in a more advanced conversation many of them are
certainly more formal in tone and would definitely make a good impression in terms of showing
off your english so comment below try and use a handful of those expressions if you want try and
use all of them but make sure you do personalize them personalizing the language that you learn is
going to help you remember it much more easily and of course feel free to comment below and
suggest some lesson topics that we can cover in the future thank you so much for watching bye