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🎬 How to Reassure & Encourage someone in their bad times?
In this Spoken English lesson, you would learn some useful English expressions to reassure someone. Problems are inevitable, there are problems at work, in personal life, with friends and colleagues, at home. No one in this world has escaped problems, So if you have to reassure someone to stay motivated and move on in life these English phrases are great and come handy while speaking English.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 feel fit
🔹Definition:
to feel well and healthy.
🔹Examples
If you want to feel fit, you must eat the proper food and get enough rest.
I hope I still feel fit when I get old.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 well up in something
🔹Definition:
having a great deal of knowledge about something.
🔹Examples
Jane’s husband is well up in computers.
Joan’s well up in car maintenance. She took lessons at night-school.
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🎬 6 reasons - Why is my English Speaking not improving? Improve your spoken English today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIVNFl6SVG8
🎬 In this lesson you'll practice your listening in English by hearing stories about university life.
This video is especially important if you are studying at an English university, if you plan to, or if you are going to take an English test like IELTS or TOEFL.
You will hear conversational English with university and academic vocabulary, including common slang and expressions that native English speakers use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m54Vfvt_QD4
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 above someone’s head
🔹Definition:
too difficult or clever for someone to understand.
🔹Examples
The children have no idea what the new teacher is talking about. Her ideas are way above their heads.
She started a physics course, but it turned out to be miles above her head.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 out of the picture
🔹Definition:
no longer considered or thought about
Someone or something who is out of the picture is no longer being considered. They are no longer in the photo
🔹Examples
Bet and I are no longer dating. She’s out of the picture.
That house is out of the picture, it’s too expensive.
💣 SET PHRASE
beat someone to the punch
🔹Definition:
to do something before another person
This idiom comes from boxing and means to punch your opponent before they hit you..
🔹Examples
Ahmad tried to ask Karen for a date, but I beat him to the punch.
Do you want to invent a digital music player? I think Apple beat you to the punch.
💣 SET PHRASE
dress down (up)
🔹Definition:
To dress in fancy clothes (dress up) or very casual clothes (dress down).
🔹Examples
Everyone in the office dressed up for the holiday party .
I wear a suit to the office every day , so on the weekend I like to dress down.
💣 SET PHRASE
all along
🔹Definition:
from the beginning
🔹Usage Notes:
We usually use “know” with all along.
🔹Structure
someone knows all along that ~
🔹Examples
Jack knew all along that the salesman was lying to him.
I knew all along that trying to repair my computer would be difficult.
✔️ A new portion of Set Phrases
🔹 left, right and centre = everywhere
e.g. Businesses were closing in town left, right and centre.
🔹 a change of heart = a change of feeling; used to say you changed your mind about sth
e.g. After seeing a mouse on the floor, I had a change of heart about eating at the restaurant.
🔹 a long haul = the long road; the option that takes the most time
e.g. Peter told his boss that he wouldn’t quit. He’s in it for the long haul.
🔹 be man enough = strong enough in character, or strong enough as a man
e.g. George was the only one man enough to admit he had made a mistake.
🔹 be second to none = the best
e.g. The apple pie at this restaurant is second to none.
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 catch someone’s eye
🔹Definition:
to establish eye contact with someone; to attract someone’s attention.
🔹Examples
Try and catch the barman’s eye.
The shiny red car caught Mary’s eye.
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Ways to wish someone good luck
🔹Fingers crossed!
🔹 Best of luck
🔹 You'll do great!
🔹Knock them dead!
🔹 Blow them away!
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💣 SET PHRASE
📙 make a name for oneself
🔹Definition:
to make oneself famous; to become famous.
🔹Examples
Sally wants to work hard and make a name for herself.
It’s hard to make a name for oneself without a lot of talent and hard work.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 pipe-dream
🔹Definition:
a wish or an idea which is impossible to achieve or carry out. (From the dreams or visions induced by the smoking of an opium pipe.)
🔹Examples
Going to the West Indies is a pipe-dream. We’ll never have enough money.
Your hopes of winning a lot of money are just a silly pipe-dream.
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 let the chance slip by
🔹Definition:
to lose the opportunity (to do something)
🔹Examples
When I was younger, I wanted to become a doctor, but I let the chance slip by.
Don’t let the chance slip by. Do it now!
💣 SET PHRASE
📙 make an example of someone
🔹Definition:
to punish someone as a public warning to others.
🔹Examples
The judge decided to make an example of John, so he fined him the full amount.
The teacher made an example of Mary, who disturbed the class constantly with her whispering. She sent Mary out of the room.
🎬 Different ways to say 'I don't know..'
In this ESL lesson, Niharika will help you improve your spoken English.
She explains what are the different alternatives to the old phrase “I don’t know” which doesn’t sound very bright, we can use several other English phrases which sound much more conversational and smart.
We can use these English phrases while situations that we may not know the answers to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCC8VLceedQ
💣 SET PHRASE
out of sorts
🔹Definition:
physically uncomfortable
When you feel out of sorts you feel physically uncomfortable.
🔹Examples
My stomach is out of sorts after eating that chili.
Barry felt out of sorts in his new apartment.
💣 SET PHRASE
can’t stand
🔹Definition:
strongly dislike
When you can’t stand something or someone you strongly dislike it or them. This idiom is only used in the negative.
🔹Examples
I can’t stand to be in the same room with them.
Peter can’t stand his sister.
🔊 What should you do when you come across new words?
When you are reading something in English, don't look up every new word or expression or you will soon get fed up. Only look up something that is really important for understanding the text. When you have finished reading, look back at what you have read and then perhaps look up some extra words and write down new expressions that interest you.
Similarly when you listen to English don't panic when you hear some new words or expressions that you don't know. Keep listening and the overall meaning will often become clear.
When you read or listen to English it is sometimes possible to guess the meaning of a word you don't know before you look up or ask its meaning. Decide first what part of speech the word is and then look for clues in its context or form.
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