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- Hello everyone and welcome
back to English with Lucy.


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Today I am going to bring you


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25 Sentences for Daily Conversational Use.


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When we have conversations,


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we often use the same sentences
again and again and again.


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So I've got some alternatives for you,


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some new smart sentences that
you may not have heard before,


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but they're definitely
ones that we use a lot,


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especially in the UK and
around the world as well.


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Right, let's get started with the lesson.


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Firstly, let's discuss
the phrases we can use


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when we meet someone that
we either do or do not know.


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These are different situations.


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The first phrase, it's
nice to bump into you.


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It's nice to bump into you.


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Now if you don't know someone


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you can say it's nice to bump into you,


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and if you do know someone,
you've met them before,


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you can say it's nice to bump
into you again, another time.


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Now, the literal meaning
of to bump into someone


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is to collide.


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I bumped into someone at the supermarket


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and dropped my water for example.


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However, in this instance,
to bump into someone means


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to meet someone unexpectedly.


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For example, I might say,


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I bumped into your mum
at the swimming pool.


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I unexpectedly met your mum.


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Now the next one, number two


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is a phrase that we would use


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if we don't know someone,
where haven't met them before,


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but we have maybe heard of them before


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or we have communicated
with them digitally.


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Maybe we've been talking over
email, something like that.


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It is, it's great to
finally meet you in person.


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It's great to finally meet you in person.


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I say this all the time
when I meet other YouTubers,


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people that I've seen online,


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and then I go to a YouTube event


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Ah, it's so nice to
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Now number three is speak of the devil.


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Speak of the devil.


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And this has a very specific usage.


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This is said when a person appears


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just after being mentioned.


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For example, if I'm talking to a colleague


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about someone's excellent presentation,


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and then that person appears,


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I could say, "speak of the devil,


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we were just talking about
your excellent presentation."


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This can be a great way to
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especially if you have
been complimenting them


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behind their back.


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Number four, another one to use


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if you haven't met someone before,


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but you want to pay
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You can say, I've heard so much about you.


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I've heard so much about you.


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And a really good response to this is


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all good things, I hope.


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All good things, I hope,


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or all positive, I hope.


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And the last one number five,


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this is a nice way of saying
I don't know who you are


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(laughs)


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so please introduce yourself to me.


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It is, I don't think we
crossed paths before,


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I don't think we've crossed paths before.


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To cross paths is to
meet someone by chance.


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And if we haven't crossed paths before,


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well we've never met.


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But I think it's a little
bit nicer than saying,


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"Who are you?


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I don't know who you are."


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I don't think we've crossed paths.


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Okay, next section.


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Let's say for now that
you have met someone


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that you do know,


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you're going to want
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And to catch up with someone


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is to talk about
everything that's happened


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since you last saw each other.


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So we have number six,


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which is how is everything going?


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How is everything going?


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If you can't specifically
remember what they've been doing,


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how is everything going,


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is a great way to let them
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It gives them room to open up.


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This might refer to
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their personal life and
romantic life, who knows.


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But you can let them lead the conversation


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because they decide what everything is.


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We also have number seven,


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which is, what have you been up to?


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What have you been up to?


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This is a really friendly phrase.


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I've used this before.


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I've taught it before in my
Stop Saying How Are You video.


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If you are up to something,


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it means that you are doing
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You're doing something troublesome.


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This phrase is very warm and friendly.


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It's saying you know what
trouble have you been causing?


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What have you been doing?


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It's something that we
use a lot with children


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or with animals.


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I often say to my dog,


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"what have you been up to Diego?"


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'Cause I know he's been
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But now we use it with friends as well.


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It's very casual,


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but it's not inappropriate
for professional situations,


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if you know the person quite well.


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What have you been up to?


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Oh, not much, I've not been up too much.


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We also have number eight, which is


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what have I missed?


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Fill me in.


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So if you haven't caught up
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this is a good way to ask them,


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what has happened since you last spoke.


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To fill someone in,


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is to give someone missing information,


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to inform someone more
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So if I'm saying, fill me in,


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I'm saying, tell me all
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Another good one is we've
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we've got so much to talk about.


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So much has happened since
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Now, number 10 is one that you can use


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if you've seen or met
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you need to spend a long time talking to,


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but it's not the right time.


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It is, there's so much to say,
but I can't go into it now.


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I can't go into it now.


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To go into something is to
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in a careful and detailed way.


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This implies that there are
lots and lots of details,


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too many for now.


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Maybe it would be impolite to talk a lot,


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maybe there are some people around


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that shouldn't hear what
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It's a good one to use
to have up your sleeve.


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That means to have something
ready for later use.


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Right, so we've discussed
talking to people


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that we have met before,


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now what should we do with people


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that we haven't met before?


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We should get to know them,


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we should ask some good
open-ended questions


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to get them talking.


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Often we want to ask people,
how did you get your job?


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How did you end up working here?


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That's not so polite.


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So a really good alternative
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how did you get into X?


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How did you get into marketing?


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To get into something in this context


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is to become involved with.


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How did you get involved in marketing?


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Another nice way of
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is to ask them what they do for fun.


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And in American English especially,


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what do you do for fun is
a very common question.


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I would say it's not so common in the UK,


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but we do see it in
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We would say something
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what do you do outside of work?


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Or what do you do when you're not working?


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I think this is nicer than asking someone


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what do you do for fun?


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'Cause I know when someone
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I think "Oh God,


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I'm not that fun a person.


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I like running.


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Will they think that's fun enough?"


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So yeah, just what do you
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What do you do outside of work?


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Another good thing to
talk about is motivation,


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and we want to know what motivates people.


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But instead of just simply saying,


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"What motivates you?"


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You could say, "What makes you tick?"


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What really makes you tick?


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And this is sort of asking
what are you passionate about?


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What keeps you going?


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For example, helping my
students gain confidence


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really makes me tick.


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Another similar one is,


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"What gets you out of bed in the morning?"


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What do you get up for?


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(laughs)


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Or quite a fun and cheeky one is,


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what floats your boat?


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What brings you joy?


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This comes from the phrase,


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whatever floats your boat.


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And this is something that we say


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when somebody says they like something


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and we it's a bit strange.


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So for example,


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if someone says they like
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I might say, "Whatever floats your boat,


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not my thing, but good for you."


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(laughs)


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The question, what floats your boat,


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is a variation of that.


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Now when we meet people,


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and we have a really
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the next step is to
ensure further contact,


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to create further contact.


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But we don't just want to
say, "What's your number?


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I would like to talk again."


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Although, I quite like
the direct approach.


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There are some other ways of
doing this, like number 16,


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I'd love to carry this on at a later date.


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Or I'd love to carry
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And this is just basically saying,


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I would love to continue
this conversation.


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So you're sort of stopping
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but let's continue this later on.


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Whether it's tomorrow or this evening.


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Another good one to use


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if you can see that a
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maybe it's like a break in a conference,


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you know that the next lecture is starting


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but you still want to make sure


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you remain in contact with this person,


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you could say something like,


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"I feel like we've got so
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And this is a really nice one


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because it's sort of passing the baton.


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It's passing the responsibility
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It gives them the opportunity to say,


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"Well, let's stay in touch.


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Let's exchange contact details."


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It's nice if you don't know
if they want to stay in touch,


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you're kind of testing the water.


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If they say yeah, let's
stay in touch, brilliant.


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If they don't, well there we are.


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The next one number 18 is
to discuss something over


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a consumable, a food or a beverage.


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We should discuss this over lunch.


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We should chat over coffee.


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We should talk over dinner.


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If you think about it


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using the word over is quite appropriate


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because normally, two people
having a meeting at dinner,


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we are speaking over the top of the food.


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Another very simple one
very casual number 19 is,


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we should do this again.


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We should do this again.


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It's implying we should
see each other again.


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And the last one number 20,


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if you want to be very direct


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and give your contact details,


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you can say, "Here's my
email or here's my number.


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Drop me a line and we'll
sort something out."


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Drop me a line and we'll
sort something out.


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So to drop someone a line
is to write a brief message.


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So it could be a text, WhatsApp, an email.


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And to sort something out
is to organise something.


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So we will arrange another meeting.


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And the last set of phrases.


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For me, the hardest part
of any conversation,


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leaving the conversation.


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It's just so awkward, isn't it?


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If you don't have much time,


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you can use 21 which is,


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Oh, I'm a bit pressed for time.


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I'm a bit pressed for time.


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This is a nice way of saying


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I don't have any time, I need to go.


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Or number 22,


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Right, need to make a move.


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Now (laughs) in the UK,
we always say right,


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and sort of clap our hands
or clasp them together


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when we're about to begin to leave.


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When we're about to
announce our departure.


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To make a move is to begin
to leave or just to leave.


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I'm going to make a move,


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I'm going to leave.


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It's just a nicer way of saying it


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because we're beating around the bush,


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we're avoiding the topic.


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I don't wanna say I'm leaving,


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I'm going to say I'm making a move.


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Another very similar one is,


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I'm going to have to get going.


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I'm going to have to get going


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or I need to get going.


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To get going again, it's
like to make a move.


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It is to begin to leave.


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But by saying I have to, it's
implying I don't want to,


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I just have to.


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It's not my choice, but I need to.


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Now a really nice one,


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a really interesting, maybe
slightly manipulative one


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but I learned it from someone
that I really respect.


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It's an older woman in my village


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and I always really enjoy
talking to her at parties


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in our village.


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Now, I probably enjoy speaking to her


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more than she enjoys speaking with me.


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(laughs)


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And she says this wonderful thing once


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when she wanted to leave our conversation,


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but she did it in such a nice way.


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She said, "I don't want to hog you


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so I'm going to go over here."


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To hog something is to
take or use something good


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all for yourself so that
other people can't have it.


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And she was saying,


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I don't want to keep you all to myself


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so I'm going to make sure other
people can talk to you too.


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It's implying that whoever
you're talking to is so great


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that they need to talk to lots of people,


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so lots of people can
benefit from talking to them.


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It wouldn't be right to
deny others the chance


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of talking to this person.


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I'm just gonna throw that in there.


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I thought it was really interesting,


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kind of like reverse psychology.


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Instead of making me feel abandoned,


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it made me feel flattered.


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(laughs)


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Oh, I'm so weak.


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And the last one number 25.


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I've already taken so much of your time.


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I've already taken so much at that time,


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I don't want to take any more.


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00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,100
That's a great way of saying,


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you know I don't want to leave,


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but I've already wasted
so much of your time


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that I'm going to go just
because it's fair on you.


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Right, that's it for today's lesson.


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Those are your 25 smart
sentences for daily conversation.


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Really good if you're
going to a new place,


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you're going to meet lots of new people


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or you're going to see lots of people


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that you haven't seen in a while.


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- Hello everyone and welcome
back to English with Lucy.

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Today I am going to bring you

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25 Sentences for Daily Conversational Use.

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When we have conversations,

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we often use the same sentences
again and again and again.

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So I've got some alternatives for you,

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some new smart sentences that
you may not have heard before,

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but they're definitely
ones that we use a lot,

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especially in the UK and
around the world as well.

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Firstly, let's discuss
the phrases we can use

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when we meet someone that
we either do or do not know.

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These are different situations.

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The first phrase, it's
nice to bump into you.

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It's nice to bump into you.

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Now if you don't know someone

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you can say it's nice to bump into you,

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and if you do know someone,
you've met them before,

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you can say it's nice to bump
into you again, another time.

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Now, the literal meaning
of to bump into someone

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is to collide.

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I bumped into someone at the supermarket

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and dropped my water for example.

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However, in this instance,
to bump into someone means

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to meet someone unexpectedly.

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For example, I might say,

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I bumped into your mum
at the swimming pool.

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I unexpectedly met your mum.

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Now the next one, number two

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is a phrase that we would use

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if we don't know someone,
where haven't met them before,

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but we have maybe heard of them before

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or we have communicated
with them digitally.

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Maybe we've been talking over
email, something like that.

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It is, it's great to
finally meet you in person.

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It's great to finally meet you in person.

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I say this all the time
when I meet other YouTubers,

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people that I've seen online,

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and then I go to a YouTube event

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Ah, it's so nice to
finally meet you in person.

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Now number three is speak of the devil.

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Speak of the devil.

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And this has a very specific usage.

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This is said when a person appears

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just after being mentioned.

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For example, if I'm talking to a colleague

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about someone's excellent presentation,

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and then that person appears,

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I could say, "speak of the devil,

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we were just talking about
your excellent presentation."

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This can be a great way to
make someone new feel included,

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especially if you have
been complimenting them

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behind their back.

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Number four, another one to use

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if you haven't met someone before,

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but you want to pay
them a nice compliment.

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You can say, I've heard so much about you.

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I've heard so much about you.

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And a really good response to this is

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all good things, I hope.

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All good things, I hope,

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or all positive, I hope.

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And the last one number five,

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this is a nice way of saying
I don't know who you are

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(laughs)

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so please introduce yourself to me.

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It is, I don't think we
crossed paths before,

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I don't think we've crossed paths before.

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To cross paths is to
meet someone by chance.

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And if we haven't crossed paths before,

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well we've never met.

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But I think it's a little
bit nicer than saying,

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"Who are you?

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I don't know who you are."

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I don't think we've crossed paths.

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Okay, next section.

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Let's say for now that
you have met someone

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that you do know,

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you're going to want
to catch up with them.

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And to catch up with someone

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is to talk about
everything that's happened

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since you last saw each other.

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So we have number six,

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which is how is everything going?

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How is everything going?

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If you can't specifically
remember what they've been doing,

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how is everything going,

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is a great way to let them
lead the conversation.

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It gives them room to open up.

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This might refer to
their family, their work,

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their personal life and
romantic life, who knows.

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But you can let them lead the conversation

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because they decide what everything is.

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We also have number seven,

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which is, what have you been up to?

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What have you been up to?

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This is a really friendly phrase.

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I've used this before.

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I've taught it before in my
Stop Saying How Are You video.

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If you are up to something,

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it means that you are doing
something mischievous.

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You're doing something troublesome.

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This phrase is very warm and friendly.

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It's saying you know what
trouble have you been causing?

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What have you been doing?

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It's something that we
use a lot with children

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or with animals.

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I often say to my dog,

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"what have you been up to Diego?"

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'Cause I know he's been
doing something mischievous.

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But now we use it with friends as well.

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It's very casual,

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but it's not inappropriate
for professional situations,

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if you know the person quite well.

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What have you been up to?

520
00:05:45,740 --> 00:05:48,150
Oh, not much, I've not been up too much.

521
00:05:48,150 --> 00:05:50,110
We also have number eight, which is

522
00:05:50,110 --> 00:05:51,120
what have I missed?

523
00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:52,370
Fill me in.

524
00:05:52,370 --> 00:05:55,220
So if you haven't caught up
with someone for a while,

525
00:05:55,220 --> 00:05:57,730
this is a good way to ask them,

526
00:05:57,730 --> 00:06:00,670
what has happened since you last spoke.

527
00:06:00,670 --> 00:06:02,800
To fill someone in,

528
00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:05,800
is to give someone missing information,

529
00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:09,240
to inform someone more
fully of a situation.

530
00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,210
So if I'm saying, fill me in,

531
00:06:11,210 --> 00:06:14,550
I'm saying, tell me all
this missing information.

532
00:06:14,550 --> 00:06:17,900
Another good one is we've
got so much to catch up on,

533
00:06:17,900 --> 00:06:20,120
we've got so much to talk about.

534
00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,450
So much has happened since
we last saw each other.

535
00:06:23,450 --> 00:06:25,800
Now, number 10 is one that you can use

536
00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:28,940
if you've seen or met
someone that you know

537
00:06:28,940 --> 00:06:30,990
you need to spend a long time talking to,

538
00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:32,690
but it's not the right time.

539
00:06:32,690 --> 00:06:36,960
It is, there's so much to say,
but I can't go into it now.

540
00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,780
I can't go into it now.

541
00:06:38,780 --> 00:06:43,100
To go into something is to
discuss or explain something

542
00:06:43,100 --> 00:06:45,240
in a careful and detailed way.

543
00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:48,050
This implies that there are
lots and lots of details,

544
00:06:48,050 --> 00:06:49,220
too many for now.

545
00:06:49,220 --> 00:06:51,380
Maybe it would be impolite to talk a lot,

546
00:06:51,380 --> 00:06:52,930
maybe there are some people around

547
00:06:52,930 --> 00:06:55,360
that shouldn't hear what
you're talking about.

548
00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,060
It's a good one to use
to have up your sleeve.

549
00:06:58,060 --> 00:07:00,750
That means to have something
ready for later use.

550
00:07:00,750 --> 00:07:02,940
Right, so we've discussed
talking to people

551
00:07:02,940 --> 00:07:04,590
that we have met before,

552
00:07:04,590 --> 00:07:06,310
now what should we do with people

553
00:07:06,310 --> 00:07:07,870
that we haven't met before?

554
00:07:07,870 --> 00:07:09,280
We should get to know them,

555
00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:12,420
we should ask some good
open-ended questions

556
00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:13,810
to get them talking.

557
00:07:13,810 --> 00:07:18,030
Often we want to ask people,
how did you get your job?

558
00:07:18,030 --> 00:07:20,200
How did you end up working here?

559
00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,030
That's not so polite.

560
00:07:22,030 --> 00:07:25,790
So a really good alternative
is number 11 which is,

561
00:07:25,790 --> 00:07:28,540
how did you get into X?

562
00:07:28,540 --> 00:07:30,130
How did you get into marketing?

563
00:07:30,130 --> 00:07:32,090
To get into something in this context

564
00:07:32,090 --> 00:07:33,640
is to become involved with.

565
00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:36,460
How did you get involved in marketing?

566
00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:38,300
Another nice way of
getting to know someone

567
00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:41,160
is to ask them what they do for fun.

568
00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,470
And in American English especially,

569
00:07:44,470 --> 00:07:47,440
what do you do for fun is
a very common question.

570
00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:50,980
I would say it's not so common in the UK,

571
00:07:50,980 --> 00:07:53,780
but we do see it in
movies and TV shows a lot.

572
00:07:53,780 --> 00:07:56,170
We would say something
more along the lines of

573
00:07:56,170 --> 00:07:57,860
what do you do outside of work?

574
00:07:57,860 --> 00:08:00,260
Or what do you do when you're not working?

575
00:08:00,260 --> 00:08:02,590
I think this is nicer than asking someone

576
00:08:02,590 --> 00:08:03,740
what do you do for fun?

577
00:08:03,740 --> 00:08:06,930
'Cause I know when someone
asks me what I do for fun,

578
00:08:06,930 --> 00:08:08,560
I think "Oh God,

579
00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:09,960
I'm not that fun a person.

580
00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:10,793
I like running.

581
00:08:10,793 --> 00:08:13,194
Will they think that's fun enough?"

582
00:08:13,194 --> 00:08:15,310
So yeah, just what do you
do when you're not working?

583
00:08:15,310 --> 00:08:16,980
What do you do outside of work?

584
00:08:16,980 --> 00:08:20,010
Another good thing to
talk about is motivation,

585
00:08:20,010 --> 00:08:22,730
and we want to know what motivates people.

586
00:08:22,730 --> 00:08:24,667
But instead of just simply saying,

587
00:08:24,667 --> 00:08:26,050
"What motivates you?"

588
00:08:26,050 --> 00:08:28,400
You could say, "What makes you tick?"

589
00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:30,090
What really makes you tick?

590
00:08:30,090 --> 00:08:32,660
And this is sort of asking
what are you passionate about?

591
00:08:32,660 --> 00:08:34,470
What keeps you going?

592
00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:37,500
For example, helping my
students gain confidence

593
00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:39,750
really makes me tick.

594
00:08:39,750 --> 00:08:41,597
Another similar one is,

595
00:08:41,597 --> 00:08:43,530
"What gets you out of bed in the morning?"

596
00:08:43,530 --> 00:08:44,923
What do you get up for?

597
00:08:44,923 --> 00:08:46,080
(laughs)

598
00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,340
Or quite a fun and cheeky one is,

599
00:08:49,340 --> 00:08:50,550
what floats your boat?

600
00:08:50,550 --> 00:08:52,270
What brings you joy?

601
00:08:52,270 --> 00:08:54,260
This comes from the phrase,

602
00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:55,470
whatever floats your boat.

603
00:08:55,470 --> 00:08:57,610
And this is something that we say

604
00:08:57,610 --> 00:08:59,650
when somebody says they like something

605
00:08:59,650 --> 00:09:01,610
and we it's a bit strange.

606
00:09:01,610 --> 00:09:02,443
So for example,

607
00:09:02,443 --> 00:09:05,660
if someone says they like
running marathons every weekend,

608
00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:08,510
I might say, "Whatever floats your boat,

609
00:09:08,510 --> 00:09:10,082
not my thing, but good for you."

610
00:09:10,082 --> 00:09:11,270
(laughs)

611
00:09:11,270 --> 00:09:13,710
The question, what floats your boat,

612
00:09:13,710 --> 00:09:15,930
is a variation of that.

613
00:09:15,930 --> 00:09:17,130
Now when we meet people,

614
00:09:17,130 --> 00:09:19,350
and we have a really
really good conversation,

615
00:09:19,350 --> 00:09:23,340
the next step is to
ensure further contact,

616
00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:25,510
to create further contact.

617
00:09:25,510 --> 00:09:28,410
But we don't just want to
say, "What's your number?

618
00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:29,630
I would like to talk again."

619
00:09:29,630 --> 00:09:32,380
Although, I quite like
the direct approach.

620
00:09:32,380 --> 00:09:36,580
There are some other ways of
doing this, like number 16,

621
00:09:36,580 --> 00:09:39,570
I'd love to carry this on at a later date.

622
00:09:39,570 --> 00:09:42,710
Or I'd love to carry
this on at another time.

623
00:09:42,710 --> 00:09:44,110
And this is just basically saying,

624
00:09:44,110 --> 00:09:46,330
I would love to continue
this conversation.

625
00:09:46,330 --> 00:09:49,530
So you're sort of stopping
them they're, saying pause,

626
00:09:49,530 --> 00:09:52,400
but let's continue this later on.

627
00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:54,720
Whether it's tomorrow or this evening.

628
00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,350
Another good one to use

629
00:09:56,350 --> 00:10:00,260
if you can see that a
conversation is coming to an end,

630
00:10:00,260 --> 00:10:02,740
maybe it's like a break in a conference,

631
00:10:02,740 --> 00:10:05,290
you know that the next lecture is starting

632
00:10:05,290 --> 00:10:06,440
but you still want to make sure

633
00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,610
you remain in contact with this person,

634
00:10:08,610 --> 00:10:10,277
you could say something like,

635
00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:13,800
"I feel like we've got so
much more to talk about."

636
00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,140
And this is a really nice one

637
00:10:15,140 --> 00:10:17,810
because it's sort of passing the baton.

638
00:10:17,810 --> 00:10:21,160
It's passing the responsibility
over to the other person.

639
00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:23,057
It gives them the opportunity to say,

640
00:10:23,057 --> 00:10:24,530
"Well, let's stay in touch.

641
00:10:24,530 --> 00:10:26,480
Let's exchange contact details."

642
00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:29,340
It's nice if you don't know
if they want to stay in touch,

643
00:10:29,340 --> 00:10:31,280
you're kind of testing the water.

644
00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:33,740
If they say yeah, let's
stay in touch, brilliant.

645
00:10:33,740 --> 00:10:36,610
If they don't, well there we are.

646
00:10:36,610 --> 00:10:41,420
The next one number 18 is
to discuss something over

647
00:10:41,420 --> 00:10:44,600
a consumable, a food or a beverage.

648
00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,640
We should discuss this over lunch.

649
00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:48,450
We should chat over coffee.

650
00:10:48,450 --> 00:10:50,010
We should talk over dinner.

651
00:10:50,010 --> 00:10:51,220
If you think about it

652
00:10:51,220 --> 00:10:53,560
using the word over is quite appropriate

653
00:10:53,560 --> 00:10:57,380
because normally, two people
having a meeting at dinner,

654
00:10:57,380 --> 00:11:00,620
we are speaking over the top of the food.

655
00:11:00,620 --> 00:11:04,550
Another very simple one
very casual number 19 is,

656
00:11:04,550 --> 00:11:05,570
we should do this again.

657
00:11:05,570 --> 00:11:06,980
We should do this again.

658
00:11:06,980 --> 00:11:09,090
It's implying we should
see each other again.

659
00:11:09,090 --> 00:11:10,520
And the last one number 20,

660
00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,090
if you want to be very direct

661
00:11:12,090 --> 00:11:14,160
and give your contact details,

662
00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:17,250
you can say, "Here's my
email or here's my number.

663
00:11:17,250 --> 00:11:19,700
Drop me a line and we'll
sort something out."

664
00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:22,460
Drop me a line and we'll
sort something out.

665
00:11:22,460 --> 00:11:26,530
So to drop someone a line
is to write a brief message.

666
00:11:26,530 --> 00:11:29,730
So it could be a text, WhatsApp, an email.

667
00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:33,030
And to sort something out
is to organise something.

668
00:11:33,030 --> 00:11:35,210
So we will arrange another meeting.

669
00:11:35,210 --> 00:11:37,760
And the last set of phrases.

670
00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:42,200
For me, the hardest part
of any conversation,

671
00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,560
leaving the conversation.

672
00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:45,260
It's just so awkward, isn't it?

673
00:11:45,260 --> 00:11:46,700
If you don't have much time,

674
00:11:46,700 --> 00:11:49,267
you can use 21 which is,

675
00:11:49,267 --> 00:11:51,460
Oh, I'm a bit pressed for time.

676
00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:53,510
I'm a bit pressed for time.

677
00:11:53,510 --> 00:11:55,150
This is a nice way of saying

678
00:11:55,150 --> 00:11:57,220
I don't have any time, I need to go.

679
00:11:57,220 --> 00:11:58,830
Or number 22,

680
00:11:58,830 --> 00:12:02,050
Right, need to make a move.

681
00:12:02,050 --> 00:12:07,050
Now (laughs) in the UK,
we always say right,

682
00:12:08,950 --> 00:12:12,330
and sort of clap our hands
or clasp them together

683
00:12:12,330 --> 00:12:15,110
when we're about to begin to leave.

684
00:12:15,110 --> 00:12:17,410
When we're about to
announce our departure.

685
00:12:17,410 --> 00:12:21,010
To make a move is to begin
to leave or just to leave.

686
00:12:21,010 --> 00:12:22,390
I'm going to make a move,

687
00:12:22,390 --> 00:12:23,300
I'm going to leave.

688
00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:24,680
It's just a nicer way of saying it

689
00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:27,920
because we're beating around the bush,

690
00:12:27,920 --> 00:12:30,360
we're avoiding the topic.

691
00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:32,030
I don't wanna say I'm leaving,

692
00:12:32,030 --> 00:12:34,470
I'm going to say I'm making a move.

693
00:12:34,470 --> 00:12:37,210
Another very similar one is,

694
00:12:37,210 --> 00:12:39,660
I'm going to have to get going.

695
00:12:39,660 --> 00:12:42,220
I'm going to have to get going

696
00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:44,470
or I need to get going.

697
00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:47,340
To get going again, it's
like to make a move.

698
00:12:47,340 --> 00:12:49,160
It is to begin to leave.

699
00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,320
But by saying I have to, it's
implying I don't want to,

700
00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:54,780
I just have to.

701
00:12:54,780 --> 00:12:57,420
It's not my choice, but I need to.

702
00:12:57,420 --> 00:12:59,620
Now a really nice one,

703
00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:03,250
a really interesting, maybe
slightly manipulative one

704
00:13:03,250 --> 00:13:06,640
but I learned it from someone
that I really respect.

705
00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:08,690
It's an older woman in my village

706
00:13:08,690 --> 00:13:12,230
and I always really enjoy
talking to her at parties

707
00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:13,280
in our village.

708
00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,140
Now, I probably enjoy speaking to her

709
00:13:16,140 --> 00:13:18,279
more than she enjoys speaking with me.

710
00:13:18,279 --> 00:13:19,900
(laughs)

711
00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:22,210
And she says this wonderful thing once

712
00:13:22,210 --> 00:13:24,050
when she wanted to leave our conversation,

713
00:13:24,050 --> 00:13:25,410
but she did it in such a nice way.

714
00:13:25,410 --> 00:13:27,440
She said, "I don't want to hog you

715
00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,480
so I'm going to go over here."

716
00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,050
To hog something is to
take or use something good

717
00:13:33,050 --> 00:13:36,280
all for yourself so that
other people can't have it.

718
00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,160
And she was saying,

719
00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:39,530
I don't want to keep you all to myself

720
00:13:39,530 --> 00:13:42,290
so I'm going to make sure other
people can talk to you too.

721
00:13:42,290 --> 00:13:45,730
It's implying that whoever
you're talking to is so great

722
00:13:45,730 --> 00:13:47,200
that they need to talk to lots of people,

723
00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,620
so lots of people can
benefit from talking to them.

724
00:13:50,620 --> 00:13:53,690
It wouldn't be right to
deny others the chance

725
00:13:53,690 --> 00:13:55,980
of talking to this person.

726
00:13:55,980 --> 00:13:57,640
I'm just gonna throw that in there.

727
00:13:57,640 --> 00:13:59,670
I thought it was really interesting,

728
00:13:59,670 --> 00:14:02,090
kind of like reverse psychology.

729
00:14:02,090 --> 00:14:05,080
Instead of making me feel abandoned,

730
00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:07,017
it made me feel flattered.

731
00:14:07,017 --> 00:14:08,370
(laughs)

732
00:14:08,370 --> 00:14:09,700
Oh, I'm so weak.

733
00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:11,850
And the last one number 25.

734
00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:14,250
I've already taken so much of your time.

735
00:14:14,250 --> 00:14:15,920
I've already taken so much at that time,

736
00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,800
I don't want to take any more.

737
00:14:17,800 --> 00:14:19,100
That's a great way of saying,

738
00:14:19,100 --> 00:14:20,270
you know I don't want to leave,

739
00:14:20,270 --> 00:14:23,070
but I've already wasted
so much of your time

740
00:14:23,070 --> 00:14:26,060
that I'm going to go just
because it's fair on you.

741
00:14:26,060 --> 00:14:28,480
Right, that's it for today's lesson.

742
00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:33,480
Those are your 25 smart
sentences for daily conversation.

743
00:14:34,010 --> 00:14:36,540
Really good if you're
going to a new place,

744
00:14:36,540 --> 00:14:38,420
you're going to meet lots of new people

745
00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:40,050
or you're going to see lots of people

746
00:14:40,050 --> 00:14:42,010
that you haven't seen in a while.

747
00:14:42,010 --> 00:14:43,990
Don't forget to check out italki

748
00:14:43,990 --> 00:14:47,550
and remember that you can get
$10 worth of italki credits

749
00:14:47,550 --> 00:14:49,910
for free in your student wallet

750
00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:53,970
48 hours after making your
first purchase of any amount.

751
00:14:53,970 --> 00:14:55,210
And don't forget to connect with me

752
00:14:55,210 --> 00:14:56,480
on all of my social media.

753
00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,880
I've got my Facebook, my
Instagram, my Twitter,

754
00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,520
and you can now receive emails from me.

755
00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,810
My email list link is down below.

756
00:15:04,810 --> 00:15:06,360
That's very exciting.

757
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,440
And you can check out
my new personal channel

758
00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:09,840
which isn't that new anymore,

759
00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:12,240
I'm just really used to saying it.

760
00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:16,030
And that's where I upload
vlogs of my life on a farm.

761
00:15:16,030 --> 00:15:18,701
I will see you soon for another lesson.

762
00:15:18,701 --> 00:15:21,284
(upbeat music)