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hi my name is Emma and today we are
going to be learning some new

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conversation expressions so I don't know
if you have seen my last video

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conversation expressions where we looked
at as I was saying

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speaking of and if you ask me

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this video is going to be similar

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we're going to learn three new
conversation expressions that are not

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really used in writing

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only in conversation so you will hear
these expressions quite often especially

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in movies & TV

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and another thing to that is important
to realize is that when you learn these

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expressions memorize them at a chunk

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so what that means is for example that
reminds me this

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remember it as a whole chunk of language

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ok so what expressions are we going to
be learning today

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well of course that reminds me

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the second one is if worst comes to
worst and the third one is bringing

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about

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so let's get started ok so that reminds
me

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when do we use that reminds me so again
this is in a conversation we use it when

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somebody says something in the
conversation and it makes me remember

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something else so it's kind of like
imagine a comic when that light bulb

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clicks or returns on I mean where when
you see the light bulb and you think

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about something else

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so it's has to do with your memory and
remembering things

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so for example i bought my boyfriend a
ps3 for his birthday

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maybe somebody tells you that that would
be a very nice thing to do

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now the second person in the
conversation so remember this is a

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conversation might say

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haha keyword birthday and they're
reminded their boyfriend is having a

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birthday soon

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so the conversation might look like this
i bought my boyfriend a ps3 for his

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birthday

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first person that second person might
say that reminds me

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my boyfriend's birthday is coming up to
our my boyfriend's birthday is soon i

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need to buy him a present as well

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so again we use this when what the first
person says reminds you of something and

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it's used at the beginning of what
you're saying

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so let's think of another example a
person one in the conversation might say

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I saw a great movie on TV last night

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the second person suddenly that light
bulb switches on

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oh that reminds me did you hear there is
a DVD sale at the mall today so maybe

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they saw the word movie they heard the
word movie and it reminded them that

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that there's a DVD sale at the mall

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so again it's when something brings to
mind something else are you going to the

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hockey game today

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oh yes yes I really want to go to the
hockey game

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that reminds me we should buy tickets
soon

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so it's where something previously said
reminds you of a different . so here we

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have our second expression if worst
comes to worst

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now there are two variations on this
expression

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some people say worst

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other people say worse and worse or
worst

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both are ok you know you will hear both
depending on who you speak to

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so what does this mean if worse comes to
worst well it means when we use we're

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talking about the future and we're
saying if the worst thing happens in the

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future and usually it's followed by a
solution

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so for example if you have to take a
test

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maybe the IELTS maybe toefl which a lot
of you probably will have to take maybe

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you will say something like I will study
hard

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I will find a teacher to help me and
practice

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I also total questions but if worse
comes to worst

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meaning if the worst thing happens which
would be failing the test maybe I can

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take the test again

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so here the worst is failing the IELTS
the solution

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so the future plan if that outcome
happens is taking the test again

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so here's another example

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hopefully this doesn't happen but if you
have a daughter my daughter is sick but

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we planned to go on a trip

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if worse comes to worst we'll cancel the
trip

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meaning if the worst outcome happens and
she doesn't get better she's still sick

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the solution is going to be will cancel
the trip so we use this for imagining

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what's the worst that can happen and
what will we do if that happens

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another example is if you're going for
your driver's license you you practice

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driving before you're a little nervous
about the test but you could say i'm

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going to give it my best

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i'm going to try to pass this test but
it worse comes to worse

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maybe I'll retake the test

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so again it's just potential outcomes
what's your solution if the worst thing

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happens

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finally our last expression for today to
ring a bell

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now when we say this we don't mean to
literally ring a bell

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we we mean when you're reminded of
something

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it's different though from the the first
expression we use that reminds me this

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is different and i'll explain how in a
second

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so to ring a bell it reminds you of
something sometimes not so clearly we

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often use ring about when we're talking
about somebody's name and trying to

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remember who they are

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so let's look at some examples number
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do you know the actor sam neill

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maybe some of you are thinking Oh Sam
Neill

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that name sounds familiar but you can't
quite place it

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it's a little unclear well this is when
we would use ring about his name rings a

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bell but i can't remember his face

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meaning I kind of remember his name I've
heard it before but i am still kind of

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unclear

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another example i gave you ten dollars
last night

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ring a bell do you remember mhm

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that's what this one means you can say
it to your friends if you ever loaned

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the money and you kind of want to ask
for it back you can say i give you this

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money last night

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ring a bell meaning do you remember

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so again like what i said with the other
expressions these expressions it's

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important to memorize them as a chunk
ring a bell

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so you can use it stand alone for
example here bring a valid like a

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question

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ring a bell or you can use it as a verb

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his name rings a bell but i don't
remember his face so I know a lot of you

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may be like me where you can't remember
names that well and somebody says oh you

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know so and so and you kind of remember
but not quite

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that's when you would be using ring
about ok so let's look at our third

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example does our site

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wwe.com ring a bell

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well if it doesn't you're still unclear
I suggest you check out this website and

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take our test that reminds me there are
a lot of other good sources on this

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website for you to use

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and if worse comes to worse you can
re-watch this video to get a better idea

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on how these expressions are used so
until next time take care