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Learning English for many years, you may be

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wanting to add some new freezes to your

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vocabulary. And. Today's lesson I've picked

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ten freezes that most English learners,

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even if they're very advanced, have

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not learned yet. And. There

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even some freezes ever considered. slang and

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new are in today's lesson the i

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think that you can actually use in

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your conversations. Let's. Get started out

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each of the ten freezes. So

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nowadays young. Teenagers.

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Or young adults they're always

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talking about the cat. So

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when someone is streaming online

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and. They're. Going live. Usually

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there is a public chat let

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people start talking in. Now.

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One thing that. More.

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Adults have been saying is. Blank.

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Has entered the chat. No sooner

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had Rick Nine Plus entered the chat

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with so maybe after a long

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week. Even. Say off. Relaxation

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has finally entered the chat.

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When. you're using this for easier just

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saying something has finally arrived unexpectedly or

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after a long time. Maybe your friend

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is saying, oh I'm on a really

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strict diet, I'm eating very healthy right

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now, but you just

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bought them some ice cream. You'll

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say, well ice cream has entered the chat.

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This means even though they weren't expecting to

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eat a treat, you unexpectedly

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brought them this surprise ice cream.

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This is definitely a really fun

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phrase that you'll hear especially on

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the internet if you're watching videos

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or social media posts. This

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next phrase has been around for a

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pretty long time and I've been saying

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it for a long time, but I've

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noticed recently that it has increased in

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its popularity and its uses and

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people are even using it in more and more

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different ways. So when you say

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that something has popped off, why

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don't you finally pop off? It means that

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it's done really well. So

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nowadays I'll hear younger people say, my

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outfit really popped off last night. This

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means that everybody complimented the clothes that

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they were wearing, you know, they felt

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really good, they felt like they looked

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really good. This is a newer use

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of the word. I typically

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use this word when something is scoring

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a lot of points. For instance,

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if I'm watching a sporting event and

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my favorite team scores a lot, I'll

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say, wow my team really popped off

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in this game. Or if one player

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in particular scored a lot of goals,

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I'll say, well they really popped off.

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You could even use this in a business or

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financial sense. You could say, you know, our

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sales numbers have really popped off this

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quarter. It's kind of slang, but it's

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so common that even older people will

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understand this phrase and maybe even will

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use this phrase as well. If you

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want to say that something has done

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really well, you can say it popped

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off. Now I promised

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you 10 phrases in this video

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that English learners will typically not

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know even if they're very advanced.

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And this next phrase is not slang, but it is

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one of those that's really tricky for

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English learners to use. So we're

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going to master it right now

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together. The phrase is by and

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large Now

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these three words Grammatically don't make a

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lot of sense together But

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as the phrase native English speakers

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know exactly what you mean We

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say something by and large when

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we're trying to say the majority

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or generally or typically we use

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this phrase so by and

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large people like Sunny

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warm weather this means the majority of

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people like this type of weather If

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you're trying to make a point or

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an argument this phrase can be really

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useful to say something is In

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general more popular or more like maybe your

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friend is trying to argue that the best

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sport in the world is Cricket

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and you think the best sport in the world is

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soccer You can say by and

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large more people in the world play

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soccer and this is just making a Generalization

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or you're saying it's more popular more

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like again. We can use this phrase

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as Saying the majority

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so by and large our day

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was really successful. We just had

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a few minor setbacks We

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are saying the majority of the

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day by and large the day

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was successful And then you're

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saying except for a few of setbacks So you

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wouldn't use this phrase to say your whole day

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was good But if you want to say the

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majority of the day was good and then

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say besides or but a few

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setbacks This is how you

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use the phrase by and large if you

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are an avid ex user Formerly

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known as Twitter you may have seen

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someone tweet this phrase So

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a hard stop Typically means we have a

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deadline a time that we have to stop

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and move on to the next thing or

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the next Activity or you have

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an appointment and you have to stop at that time or

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you will be late So this is

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typically how the phrase is used and more traditionally

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how the phrase is used But

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nowadays again, I see people on social

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media say an opinion and

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then say hard stop. So

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someone might say Coke is better than

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Pepsi, hard stop. This means

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that there's no argument, please don't even

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respond, it's a hard stop, I don't want

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to hear any more. So this phrase will

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be really useful if you are on social

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media or if you're just in the business

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or workplace or have a meeting with someone

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and you have to stop this

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meeting at a certain time, otherwise you will

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not be able to meet

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your other obligations or go to your next

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appointment. You could say we have a hard

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stop at 1230 and this just

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lets the person know you don't have the limited

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amount of time and it's more polite

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than just interrupting at 1230 and saying I

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have to go. You're warning them in advance.

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When you want to say that something

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was unsuccessful, kind of a failure or

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it just really didn't meet the expectations,

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we say it was a flop. It

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was a total flop. So this is

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definitely a slang phrase but again very

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common amongst younger people and older

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people. Oftentimes when people are

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really excited about a new movie coming

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out, you know maybe they're saying oh

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I'm excited for the new Star Wars movie,

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their new Transformers movie, the new Avengers

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movie, you know movies

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that people get really excited about. If

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it is a disappointing movie when people

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actually see it, they'll say it was

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a total flop. So when

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I cook dinner for my family

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and I'll get excited about making

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something, especially if I try out a new

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recipe and if it doesn't turn out very good, it's

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a flop. So if you want to

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say that something just didn't meet the expectations

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and it didn't work, it was

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a flop. Did they know in

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English we have a phrase to

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explain the amount of time that

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someone can focus on something? Maybe

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you've heard of this phrase before,

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the phrase is attention span. Kids

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don't have any attention span. So

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young children do not have

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a big attention span meaning they can

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only... watch something or look at

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something for a few minutes before they get

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bored and move on to the next thing.

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Now in theory adults have

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a really long attention span. We can

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sit down and read a book especially

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if it's an interesting book but some

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people say social media is ruining

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our attention spans. It's making us

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not be able to focus on things for a

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long time before we get bored because we can

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just pull out our phone and look at things,

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scroll through apps and social media. So you'll

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have to let me know in

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the comments has your attention span

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gotten shorter as you've watched more

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social media or do you

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think it doesn't actually affect your attention

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span? Let me know your opinion in the

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comments. This next phrase is

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really useful. I find myself using

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it a lot. If you want

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to say that you just remembered something

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because someone brought up the subject or

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they started talking about the thing and

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then it helped your brain remember

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something you can use the phrase

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now that you mention it. Now that you mention

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it someone might say I'm thinking

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about going to get lunch and you

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might say now that you mention it I'm

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pretty hungry too. This means you weren't thinking

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about your hunger it wasn't something that you

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know had your attention at the moment but now

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that the person is talking about food and going

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to get lunch now that you

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mention it I am hungry too and this would

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be a way of telling the person you know

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I should get lunch with you. Maybe

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you're talking about a party or a

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wedding or something and you know there's

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so many people at the party maybe

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you didn't talk to everyone individually

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but you were at the party and the next

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day your friend says hey did you see Jenny

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at the party last night and you

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might say now that you mention it

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I saw her but I didn't get to talk

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to her. So this just means you know helps

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you remember that you actually saw her at the

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party or you could say oh now that you

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mention it she wasn't at the party you didn't

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notice last night because there was so many people

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but now that the person has brought it

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to your attention or mentioned it, you

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remember she wasn't there and so you call your friend

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Jenny and you say hey why weren't you at the

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party last night? Now that you mention it,

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this is a very useful place. Many

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people learn English just by

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watching television, listening to music,

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and maybe even watching YouTube videos.

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This goes to show that you

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don't need a fancy

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English class just to become

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proficient in English. Did

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you hear the phrase in this sentence here?

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This goes to show. So

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we use this phrase just to kind

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of summarize our words and

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just to make a point. So this phrase

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can be really useful when you're speaking to

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other people. You can often use this phrase

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when you learn a lesson from something. Maybe

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you had a friend that got into a

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car accident but they were wearing their seatbelts

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so they walked away from the car accident

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and they had no injuries. You

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could say this goes to show that

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seatbelts and safety is really important in

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the car. So you're just making a

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point or drawing a conclusion using

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this phrase. The other day I

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was listening to a story about someone

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who grew up being a migrant farm worker

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in the United States and

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they became an astronaut for NASA.

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This goes to show that no matter what

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your situation is, if you have hard work

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and determination you can achieve

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any goal or dream. So this

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is using an inspiring story. You're saying

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this guy worked really hard. This

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got to be an astronaut. This goes

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to show. So this is the lesson

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that you can work hard

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to achieve your goals. One really

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casual phrase that I hear people say a

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lot is can't win them all.

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You can't win them all. So this

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is just you know when you have

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a mire setback or something that just

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doesn't work out, instead of getting angry

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you just say you know this is

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just a minor error or minor setback. Can't

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win them all. So it literally doesn't have to

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be a competition to use this. phrase maybe

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you are at your work office and

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you go to the copy machine and it

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says that the paper is jammed and so

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you'll have to come back when it's fixed

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you might say well can't win them all I

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guess I'll try again later this just means like

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this didn't work out I'm moving on to the

12:18

next thing and I'm not going to get upset

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about it it's just a very casual phrase that

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Americans use a lot just to say you

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know no big deal not a

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big deal I'm just gonna try again next

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time maybe your child has a

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sports game and they lose and they're a

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little sad and you say well you can't

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win them all this is just a phrase

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meaning you know play the next

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game you're not gonna win every single game in your

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life one time my friend

12:44

went on a hike in Arizona if

12:46

you don't know a lot about the

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state of Arizona it's very hot it's

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a desert and they went

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hiking up a mountain as a tourist

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and they did not bring hiking boots

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and they did not bring water so they

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were in their tennis shoes with no water bottle

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in the desert and after the hike they said

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I don't know what

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I was thinking I don't know what I was thinking

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we use this phrase I don't

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know what I was thinking when

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someone does something that seems kind

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of stupid basically so

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obviously you wouldn't want to go hike

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up a mountain in a desert with

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no water bottle wearing poor footwear or

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shoes so you

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may have just you know thought you

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could do it it wouldn't be a big deal and you

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realize afterwards you regret this you know

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you should have been more prepared you

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don't know what you're thinking maybe you

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might hear someone talk about something very

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expensive they bought maybe they bought a

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brand new Corvette which is a very

13:46

expensive car they might say I don't

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know what I was thinking this thing costs so much

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money and I don't even have time to drive it

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so they're just regretting a decision that

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they made that now they think is

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a stupid decision with more information. We

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use this phrase all the time just to

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say, you know, oh, we should have thought

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about this. I should have had more information.

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I should have made a better decision. Maybe

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you see your friend at an

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event that you're going to and

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you might have thought to yourself, oh, we should have

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gone together. You may say to your

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friend, I don't know what I was thinking. I

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should have called you and we could have driven

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to the event together. So we can use this

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for very minor situations as well. I'm not your

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thinking to yourself. I'm so glad I watched this

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video and learned 10 new phrases because I've

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never heard these phrases before or if I

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did, I had no idea what they were

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talking about. So I hope that you enjoyed

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today's English lesson. Make sure to check out

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more English lessons with me on screen that

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can help you learn more phrases to sound

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like a natural English speaker. I'll see you

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guys in the next lesson. Goodbye! you