10 informal English phrases in
conversation from espresso English net
for this lesson I took some small pieces
of conversations that I've heard in the
past week which have interesting
informal expressions and i'll be using
them to teach you today let's look at
the first one sorry I'm late guys I
overslept no worries let me bring you up
to speed you can say I overslept when
you accidentally sleep later than you
had intended to for example if you
didn't hear your alarm clock there's a
different expression sleep in when you
intentionally sleep later than usual for
example on weekends or on holidays when
you don't have to go to work or school
now let's look at the next line in the
conversation no worries let me bring you
up to speed the expression no worries
means no problem or it's okay to bring
someone up to speed means to give that
person updates tell them the information
that they are missing so that they can
have a current understanding of the
situation another way to say this is let
me fill you in here's another bit of
conversation that I heard recently what
are you up to next week we might go to
the beach but our plans aren't set in
stone what are you up to is an informal
way to say what are you doing you can
use it to ask about someone's current
activities or about their future plans
as in this example what are you up to
next week you can also say what have you
been up to lately to ask about what the
person has been doing in the recent past
the response is we might go to the beach
but our plans aren't set in stone if
something is not set in stone it means
it is not yet confirmed or final and
could be open to change here's another
bit of conversation I heard when talking
about a book one person said I didn't
read the book
I just skimmed it and the other person
replied okay but you got the gist right
to skim a book or article means to look
over it quickly when you skim you don't
read every word carefully you just try
to get an overall idea to get the gist
of something means to understand the
central or the essential idea even if
you don't know all the details this was
a conversation I heard after attending a
presentation that presentation was way
over my head yeah I found it kind of
hard to follow if something is over your
head it means it was too difficult for
you to understand the word way can be
used informally to mean very or much for
example if something is way too
expensive that means it is much too
expensive not just a little bit a lot so
this person is saying that the
presentation was much too difficult for
them to understand the other person
responded yeah I found it kind of hard
to follow the expression I found it in
this context means I thought it was or
my opinion is that it was and hard to
follow means it was difficult to
accompany the flow of ideas the speaker
is implying that the presentation was
rather disorganized and unclear here's
our final conversation it's two people
who are talking about a new employee the
third time he screwed up I almost lost
it you've got to cut him some slack he's
still new the phrasal verb screw up
means to make a mistake or do something
incorrectly another way to say this is
mess up the expression I almost lost it
means I almost lost my temper meaning to
get very angry visibly angry the other
person said you've got to cut him some
slack this means you need to give him
some extra freedom or extra patients or
treat him less severely than normal
because this employee is still new
learning English from conversations is a
great way to improve your speaking in
the everyday english speaking course
you'll learn the phrases that native
English speakers use in daily life the
lessons are based on dialogues visit
espresso English net click on courses
and look for the everyday english
speaking course 10 informal English
expressions that native speakers use
from espresso English net number one
hang in there if someone is experiencing
difficulties or a bad situation telling
them to hang in there means keep trying
don't give up be patient and things will
eventually get better number to my new
job rocks or my new job rules the words
rocks and rules are slang ways to say
that something is really great awesome
or wonderful number three the new
technology blew me away if something
blows you away it means it completely
amazed you another way to say it is I
was blown away by the new technology
number four I missed the boat on that
one if you missed the boat it means you
are too late to get an opportunity so
you lose the chance to participate
number five we got off on the wrong foot
this expression means to start something
in a bad way it is often used when two
people meet for the first time and they
have some sort of misunderstanding or
disagreement or their first impression
of each other is not good number six
everybody was freaking out to freak out
means to panic or become very upset or
agitated number seven I haven't done
this in a long time I'm rusty you can
say you're rusty if you used to have
good skills or ability to do something
but you haven't done this activity in a
long
time and now you're not as good at it
because you are out of practice number
eight things are still up in the air if
things are up in the air it means that
plans are still undecided or uncertain
nothing is confirmed number nine we all
have to pitch in to pitch in means to
join an effort and help with something
usually a project that has multiple
people working on it number ten I'm be
time to hit the sack saying you are beat
is a slang way to say you're tired and
hit the sack means to go to bed do you
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informal English phrases I've used
recently from espresso English net
native English speakers use a lot of
informal expressions in day-to-day life
lately I've been paying attention to my
own conversations and today I'll teach
you 10 informal English expressions that
I've used recently number one can we
just drop it my friend and I were
debating an issue we had different
opinions on the issue wasn't really that
important and I didn't want to spend the
whole time talking about that topic so I
said can we just drop it to drop a topic
of conversation means to stop talking
about it so I was asking my friend if we
could stop talking about that particular
topic number two that's beside the point
I was discussing politics with my dad
and he mentioned something that wasn't
related to the main topic
so I commented that's beside the point
this expression means that something is
not relevant or not important to the
main topic of conversation number three
I just want to give you a heads up I
referred a student to another English
teacher friend of mine and I contacted
the teacher and said I just want to give
you a heads up that one of my students
might get in touch with you to give
someone a heads up means to give them an
alert or a warning number for that class
is not for the faint of heart in a
conversation about different types of
fitness classes available at my gym I
saw one that's especially intense and
said that class is not for the faint of
heart if something is not for the faint
of heart it means it's not good or not
appropriate for people who are disturbed
by unpleasantness or challenge in other
words you need to have courage and
strength in order to endure it number
five they make you jump through a lot of
Hoops I was describing a long and
complicated bureaucratic process and
remarked that they make you jump through
a lot of Hoops to jump through hoops
means having to do a lot of ridiculously
difficult or complicated things in order
to achieve your goal this expression is
often used when a process is
unnecessarily complicated it could be
simple but the people in charge make you
jump through hoops they require you to
do complicated things to complete it
number six you need to stand your ground
my friend was in a difficult situation
where her family wanted her to do
something but she didn't want to her
family continued to pressure her and she
wasn't sure whether to give in just to
please them I told her you need to stand
your ground to stand your ground means
to stay firm and strong in your beliefs
and actions and resist attempts to
make you change your position number
seven you're in for a treat we were
going to eat a particular food that my
husband had never tried before and I
told him urine for a tree a tree is
something special something that's not
part of your normal routine you only
have occasionally that is good and
enjoyable the expression you're in for
is an informal way to say you're
guaranteed to have or you're going to
have so urine for a tree means you're
going to have something special and good
number eight a lot of other companies
are following suit I was talking about a
website that started offering free
shipping on its products and I said that
a lot of other companies are following
suit to follow suit means to follow
someone else's example to imitate to do
the same thing as someone else so this
phrase means that one company started
offering free shipping and now many
other companies are doing the same thing
number nine hopefully it won't be a
problem down the line in a conversation
about dental care I said I was going to
wait a little while to have a procedure
done and said hopefully it won't be a
problem down the line the expression
down the line is an informal way to say
in the future number 10 we crossed paths
as a couple of times last year my mom
asked me about how often I've seen a
particular person and i replied that
last year we crossed paths a couple of
times to cross paths with someone means
to meet the person or be in the same
place as the person by chance it wasn't
a planned encounter it's much easier to
learn and remember phrases when you can
see them in context but if you don't
live in an english-speaking country
where can you find conversations to
learn from you can listen to podcasts
and interviews but they don't explain
the expressions you might know
no in my everyday english speaking
course you'll listen to short
conversations and then learn the phrases
frequently used by native speakers click
on the link in the video to take a free
sample lesson on telephone english
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