Hi welcome back I am Niharika well in today's lesson we are gonna look at
some phrases with the word free so what comes to your mind when you say the word
free like free free free the very first thing that comes to your mind is that
when you get something at no cost that makes us happy right? so that is one
meaning of the word free and the other one is that when you can act as you wish
okay so that is another meaning of the word free but in English we have many
phrases that have the word free in it in this lesson today we are gonna look at
eight such phrases with the word free how you can use these words in your daily
conversation so let's have a look at these eight phrases that you can use in
your daily conversation with the word free the first one that we have for you
is free way now free way is another word for a highway or for expressway so what
is a freeway? well a wide street with lots of lanes where the cars drive
really fast now if you have to use this in your conversation this is how you'll
use it for example I took the freeway last week to get to Columbus Ohio so
which means that I took the highway or the expressway and the another word that
we can use is a freeway let's move on to another word with the word free which is
freeload now you know there are some people who really take advantage of
someone's generosity and hospitality without even contributing anything or
without even putting in any efforts well yeah they're
kind of a little shameless so people who do that who take advantage of someone's
kindness they can be called as freeloaders okay for example a friend of
mine well when he comes to the town and he stays with me it gets really
difficult for us well because he is such a freeloader
which means that he really takes advantage of my kindness my hospitality
and he just wants to laze around and do nothing like he doesn't even want to put
any efforts with house chores or with keeping the place clean and nothing at
all so he is an absolute freeloader so to
freeload it means to take advantage of
someone's kindness okay let's move on to another phrase that I have for you which
is freelance now who freelances? well an independent worker who sells his or her
services to various clients now professional actors professional graphic
designers professional trainers well they are freelancers which means that
they freelance to various clients so they are not under the company's payroll or
they are not officially employed with a particular company they just basically
freelance to them so they sell their services to various companies
okay so an independent worker who serves various clients is a freelancer let's
move on to another phrase which is feel free to Now you might have come
across people saying feel free to do this feel free to eat anything from the
kitchen when do you really use this phrase well when you are giving the
permission to do something in a very informal way so like you have friends
coming over to your house and you say that hey if you hungry just feel free to
grab anything from the fridge so it means that you don't have to really
check with me before you go enter the kitchen open the fridge and grab
something I give you the permission to do so but it's in a very informal
friendly way you say that feel free to do anything okay so which means that you
are giving permission all right let's move on to another phrase which is free
will now when do you use this phrase when you take your own decisions as per
your beliefs as per your thoughts and whatever you want to do you are not
really influenced by somebody's else's decision so for example if you have to
use this in your conversation you can say that I quit my job on my own free
will so which means that because I was not very happy with the job it's my
decision okay it's just my decision and I have not been influenced by my
co-workers or by anybody else so when you take your own decisions according to
your thoughts and beliefs then you can use the phrase free will
all right let's move on to another phrase which you can use is free as a
bird now when do you use this phrase well when you are free to do anything
and without even worrying about things or without stressing yourself too much
than what others would think or should I take permission it's just that you feel
free to do anything for example my friend was in a very bad relationship
and her boyfriend was extremely possessive and the relationship was just
not going anywhere so she used to feel really claustrophobic which means that
she was very suffocated in that relationship so when she broke up well
she feels free as a bird so which means that now she doesn't have to worry too
much about her boyfriend okay she doesn't stress she doesn't get stressed
and she feels free as a bird so she is able to do anything and everything all
right let's move on to another one that we have for you free time so what do you
do in your free time yes have you come across this question well it's a very
common question that is asked by many people but what exactly it means well
free time is your spare time it's the time when you're not working it's the
time when you would like to do what you like to for example in my free time I
love reading so my free time is the spare time during the day or usually our
free time is on the weekends when we really don't have to work and you know
work on our hobbies and the things that we like to do so that's your free time
the time that you can spend doing the things that you like and then the last
phrase that I have for you with the word free is free spirited now when do you
use this now free spirited is when you don't worry too much you live your life
on your own terms so you know there are people who these days think that life is
way too stressful and they're just weighed down with all the troubles and
the stress in their life so just ignore that don't worry too much about it
there are people who love to enjoy their life without worrying too much such
people or such souls are cold as free-spirited people so the people who
are not weighed down by the stress and by the worries of our daily lives but
they live their life wonderfully so it's like to live life in an amazing and in a
wonderful manner okay so these are the eight phrases that I have for you with
the word free let's just quickly revise them the first one is free way well it's
a highway a wide street with many lanes then we have freeload well a free load
is to take advantage of someone's kindness and generosity then we have
freelance a person or a worker who serves to various clients we have feel
free to where in someone who gives permission to do something we also have
free will wherein you take your own decision according to your beliefs and
thoughts we have free as a bird that is when you feel
feel free to do anything without worrying too much we have free time
which is your spare time the time that you like to spend by doing things of
your own wish and then we have free-spirited which means to live life
wonderfully so start using these phrases these are very common phrases that
native English speakers use you also start using them so that you can sound
truly confident with your English and I'll be back with a new lesson soon till
then you take care