50 COMMON ENGLISH PHRASES TO USE IN CONVERSATION

and everyone and welcome back lipstick lipstick lipstick lipstick hello everyone and welcome back to english with Lucy today I have got fifty phrases for you that you can use in conversation before we get started I would just like to thank the sponsor of today's video it's lingo de lingo de is an online language school where students can study English business English Spanish French and German you can take classes 24 hours a day 7 days a week in their virtual classrooms from anywhere in the world with native qualified teachers prices start from just 8 euros per

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discuss some common phrases for asking how somebody is firstly we have what's up what's up this is quite informal and you're likely to receive an informal answer number two is what's new what's new is asking for an update on what's been happening since you last saw that person number three how's it going how's it going you might be wondering what it refers to it refers to everything which brings me on to my next one how's everything how's everything you can also ask how are things this is very casual and very vague in general or how

is life how's life a slightly more formal one is how's life treating you how's life treating you or what have you been up to recently now let's talk about common phrases to respond to all of these to say how you are the most common one I'm fine thanks how are you if you are okay not amazing then you can say something like pretty good yeah pretty good or number eleven if nothing's changed everything is just the same as usual you can say same old really if things aren't going well then you can use number twelve

not so great really not very good or number thirteen could be better could be better or number fourteen if everything's going very well but you don't want to show off you can say something that's very popular now which is can't complain I can't complain meaning others have it much worse than me so I'm not going to say anything negative about my own life now let's talk about some phrases that you can use to say thank you number fifteen we have I really appreciate that or I really appreciate it depending on the context this is quite

heartfelt it's slightly more formal another formal one number sixteen I'm really grateful I'm really ever so grateful that's even more formal number seventeen if someone has shown you an act of kindness you can say that's so kind of you or if you want to imply that you are also going to return the favor then you can use number eighteen which is I owe you one or I owe you big time now let's talk about some common ways to respond to thank you now I have got a whole video on this which I'll link in the

description box but just a couple to get you started number 19 you're most welcome I much prefer this to your welcome which i think is so overused but I talked about that in the video number 20 very casual no worries no worries 21 another favorite of mine my pleasure which can also be shortened down to pleasure which is very very casual and number 22 any time any time now let's talk about some common phrases that you can use to ask for information you can say do you have any clue or do you have any idea

those are interchangeable do you have any clue where the supermarket is or do you have any idea about the homework this evening or number 24 this one's lovely you wouldn't happen to know X would you so you wouldn't happen to know about geometry would you or you wouldn't happen to know William would you or number 25 I don't suppose you'd know something for example I don't suppose you'd know where the taxi rank is and if people ask you for information and you don't know how to respond you need to know ways to say I don't

know so here are some common ways of saying that you don't know something 26 very easy I have no idea or I haven't got any idea number 27 very similar is I haven't got a clue and you will also hear British people say I haven't a clue sorry I haven't a clue it's even the name of a radio program I think 28 sorry I can't help you there or sorry I can't be any help number 29 oh I'm not really sure I'm not so sure and number 30 actually I've been wondering the same thing or

I've been wondering too now let's talk about some common phrases for agreeing with people you can have number 31 which is exactly exactly or number 32 which is absolutely absolutely I love this one I use it far too much I think number 33 usually said with a an agreeing finger that's so true that is so true or an alternative 34 is so right you're so right number 35 if you completely agree with something someone says I agree 100% sometimes shortened down - i 100% agree a hundred percent agree that's very slang that's only in spoken

English we wouldn't write that thirty six this is very British I'm sure it's used in American English but it's something we say a lot couldn't agree more I couldn't agree more sometimes we get rid of that first I couldn't agree with you more Oh number thirty-seven very informal tell me about it tell me about it totally agree it's funny because we're not asking you to tell us about anything but it's a common way of saying oh yes I feel the same way now naturally we need some phrases for disagreeing with people and we usually like

to do this in quite a polite way so these are some polite common phrases of disagreement we have number 38 which is oh I'm not so sure about that I'm not so sure about that so there is very important or 39 that's not how I see it I don't quite see it like that or number 40 we normally stretch this one out not necessarily not necessarily that's a great one Oh number 41 I can't really agree with you they're like no I can't agree with you there now one of the most difficult things that we

have in English this is a huge problem for British people is ending a conversation because normally the other person wants to continue it and it's very hard to convey that you want to leave well I have three lovely phrases to help you with leaving and ending a conversation in a polite way number 42 a great one to say is well it was lovely chatting to you well it was nice chatting to you normally started with well well it was lovely to talk to you or 43 a word we always use is right and then followed

by I'd better be going or I need to get going or number 44 right I must be off I must be off normally looking at your watch and it's a bit awkward now that we have phones because we often duck our wrist uh-oh look at the time I must go no watch it and now let's talk about some common phrases for saying goodbye you've ended the conversation now you need to go number 45 is speak to you soon or speak soon number 46 if you know their family or their partner or somebody they live with

you can say Oh send my love to your family or send my love to Margaret that's a really nice one we don't actually expect them to go and say oh so-and-so sends his love well we might but it's just a nice sentiment a nice gesture number 47 very basic bye bye or bye that's probably the most common way that we say goodbye to people goodbye really isn't that commonly used I've made a video about this topic as well with loads and loads of options for you for saying goodbye again links down below 48 a very

American one but we're starting to use it more and more is you take care now you take care now probably in Britain were more likely to say take care and the you and now isn't so necessary 49 this one has exploded in popularity it's have a good one what is the one no one will ever know but you make sure it's a good one and number 50 is talk to you later talk to you later and it can be made as an acronym which is ttyl talk to you later to deliver know you dope to

say like that just they talk to you later right that's it for today's lesson I hope you enjoyed it I hope you enjoyed learning your 50 common phrases that you can use in conversation don't forget to check out lingo des you can get twenty five euros off your first month by clicking on the link in the description box and signing up using my code Luci 12 and don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media I've got my facebook my Instagram and my Twitter and my personal Lucy Bella L channel where I

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