[Marina Mogilko] 50 COMMON ENGLISH PHRASES

Hey, guys. Welcome to my channel. In this video, I'm gonna give you top 50 English phrases that you can use in your everyday life. So if you are just about to embark on a journey to an English speaking country, you can totally use these phrases. If you have been learning English for a while and you wanna resume learning, this is the best video to start with. So let's go, 50 phrases in English in hopefully 10 minutes. Phrase number 1, this is another way to ask how are you, how is it going?

How's it going?

So you meet someone and you tell him how is it going? Phrase number 2, when you haven't seen somebody for a while, you tell him, long time, no see. So that means that you haven't seen this person maybe weeks or months. Long time no see. Phrase number 3, if you wanna ask him what have you been doing, you ask what have you been up to? So what was going on in your life? What have you been up to? Phrase number 4, if everything is going well, you can just answer can't complain. Everything is pretty cool. Can't complain. Next phrase, somebody tells you something and you haven't really mentioned it in the conversation, like they guess somehow that you have a new job and you ask them, how do you know? Where did you get the news? Like, how do you know? If somebody tells a cool joke, you can tell, that's a good one. That's a great joke.

So the phrase is, that's a good one. If you wanna thank somebody, you can say it's very kind of you. Thank you so much for doing that.

That's very kind of you.

It is very kind of you. If somebody was trying to help you but couldn't reach the result, you can say thank you anyway. It doesn't matter, but thank you anyway. Thank you for your

effort. No. Thank you anyway.

And another phrase that I use in my email, sometimes when I have an ask for a person, I ask, and then I say in the end, thank you in advance, which means that I really hope that you're gonna do it, so I'm thanking you in advance. Thank you in advance. If somebody made a mistake and he's really upset about it, you can just say no worries.

No worries.

No worries, which means don't worry about it. It's fine. No worries. Imagine you came home and there are all of your friends sitting on your couch, and you're like, what's going on in here? Like, what are you doing here? What is going on? If you didn't catch something or didn't understand the person, you can always ask, did I get you right? And then go ahead and explain what you got. Did I get you right? If you ask somebody not to be upset, not to cry, you can say, don't take it to heart.

Don't take it to heart.

Like, seriously, don't be so upset. Don't take it to heart. Another way to ask if you didn't catch a part of a phrase, you can say, I didn't catch the last word. I'm sorry, can you repeat it? Because I didn't catch the last word. If you want somebody to repeat the whole phrase again, you can say, sorry. I wasn't listening because maybe you were busy. Maybe you were talking on the phone and somebody was talking to you, and you're like, oh my god. Sorry.

I wasn't listening. Can you repeat it?

I'm sorry. I wasn't listening.

Another phrase that I use all the time, it doesn't matter. Like, don't worry. If you drop your coffee all over me, it's like, it doesn't matter. I'll be fine. I'm going to laundry anyway. It doesn't matter. If you want to wish somebody luck, and I always do that, you can say fingers crossed, and you cross the fingers like that. Fingers crossed.

Another phrase that Americans use is, oh, that. That explains it. And the situation is you didn't get something, and then you get an extra fact and you get it and you're like, oh, that. That explains it.

Well, that explains it.

Another way to tell a person to not be upset is you can say things happen. Like, it's okay. Things happen. Do not be upset. If you don't know the name of a person and you wanna talk to him, you can say, sorry to bother you. You know, you see somebody's busy. You can always say, sorry to bother you, and then you can go ahead and ask, sorry to bother you.

Excuse me, sorry to bother you. If you are

in the middle of something and somebody's asking you something, you can say, I'll I'll be if you're in the middle of something and somebody somebody's asking you to do something, you say, I'm sorry. I'll be with you in a minute. I'll be with you in a minute. And then you resume doing something and you say where were we? Like, when did we stop? Where were we? And you have to repeat it because w is the sound that somebody some people, mistake with b. So this is a great way to practice where, were, we. Again, if you're in the middle of a conversation and you didn't get what the other person was saying, you can say you were saying And with a question mark, which means which prompts the person to repeat once again. You were saying? If somebody got a job of his dreams or whatever, you can say lucky you. Or somebody got into the university of their dreams, you're like lucky you.

This is a way of congratulating a person. Lucky you. Or like, just emphasizing that he's lucky. Lucky you. Another way to say that you're really angry is to say I freaked out. Like I was so angry, I freaked out. This is super angry. Oh, this is, like, almost crazy.

I freaked out.

I am freaking out.

Another phrase that native speakers use is good for you, and this could be both positive and negative. When you say I got promoted, you they say good for you. Like, congratulations. And, sometimes if you say like I'm leaving this place, they're like good for you. It will be better without you. And this is a negative meaning. So really listen to the intonation. If something surprises you, you can also say, you gotta be kidding me.

Like, oh my god, I cannot believe it. You gotta be kidding me.

She's gotta be kidding

me. To tell somebody to smile and to be happy, you can always say cheer up. Cheer up. If you want somebody to start, like, crying and complaining about something that is not happening,

Dory. You can do it. Come on, Dory. You can do it.

Come on. You can do it. You can pass that TOEFL. You can pass the GMAT. You will get it. Come on. You can do it. If somebody is doing really well, you can tell them keep up the good work.

Keep up the good work.

Like, be as good as you are. Keep up the good work. Continue being great. Another phrase is colloquial, and this is what Americans say, that's lit, which means that's amazing.

Well lit.

Many Americans say it in California, oh, that's lit. And you probably heard it in songs. That's lit. If somebody is successful after failures, you can say, there you go. I told you you couldn't make it. There you go. If somebody's asking you if you're tired and you wanna say you're not tired at all, you can say not a bit. Uh-uh.

I wanna continue. I'm not tired. Not a bit. When somebody is asking you, are you sure and you're pretty sure, you can say there is no room for doubt. There is no room for doubt. In America, if you wanna SMS somebody or send them a message, you say text to text. So I'll text you means I will send you a message through WhatsApp or Telegram or Messenger or whatever you're using. I'll text you.

Just text me or I'll text you.

Again, to cheer somebody up, to tell them to not be upset, you can say it's not worth it. Like, why are you crying? It's not worth it. You're so much better than the problem you're crying about. It's not worth your tears. It's not worth it. I personally love the phrase you rock, which means you're amazing. Oh my god. You rock.

No. You you rock. No.

You've done an amazing job. You rock. If somebody's not working really well and you want them to work harder, you can say you should go an extra mile, which means like work harder. You should go an extra mile. Another way to say the very same thing, you can say step up your game. Like work harder, work better, step up your game. If somebody's crying and doesn't want to do things, you say pull yourself together. Like literally take yourself and pull yourself together.

Stop working. Stop crying. Pull yourself together.

Jay, calm down. Pull yourself together.

Another phrase that I love, you sold me. Because sometimes people describe their trip or somebody they bought and they describe it so well and they're like, I wanna buy the same thing and I tell them you sold it. You sold me. I wanna buy this.

Alright. You sold me.

If you're not interested in the conversation, you're, like, sitting, you can say, I could not care less. This is so boring. I'm not interested. I couldn't care less. If somebody's asking you something and this is a really easy decision for you, like somebody tells you, take my $1,000,000 and you say, this is a no brainer. I'll take it. This is a no brainer means it's a really easy decision for you. If you've done something wrong and you admit it, you can say I screwed up.

Yes, guys. I know. I'm sorry. I screwed up. This is my mistake. I screwed up.

I screwed it up.

If you want somebody to work instead of me, you can say, can you cover me? Like, can you work instead of me while I'm, I don't know, seeing my friend? Can you cover me? It's time to leave. And, guys, I'd better be going, which means I should go already. It's, you know, it's actually 9 PM right now. I'd better be going. Another way to say goodbye, I can say take care, which means take care of yourself. I'll see you later.

Take care.

I don't know what day is it when you're watching this video. But if it's Friday, for example, weekend, you can say, thank heavens it's Friday. Or thank heavens it's Saturday. Weekend is coming. I'm so happy. This was it, guys. Fifty phrases in English. Let me know if this was helpful by liking this video and commenting below.

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