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Hello, this is Jack from To 
Fluency. 

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Now in this English lesson, 
you're going to learn 30 phrases

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all about emotions, some of 
these emotions are happy and 

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exciting, some express sadness. 
While others talk about fear and

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even relief, and this is a super
useful lesson because, often in 

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English, we talk about our 
emotions and how we're feeling, 

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and a lot of learners don't know
how to do this properly. 

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So I'm going to break this down 
for you. 

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I'm gonna explain these phrases 
and also talk about if they're 

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used in the UK or the USA, 
because as you're going to see 

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with the first one, this is very
USA specific. 

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But before we get started, know 
that I have left all of these 

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phrases in the description for 
you so that you can read the 

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different phrases and see the 
different examples. 

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And while you're down there, 
also check out the resources 

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that I've left to help you 
improve your English. 

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Let's start in a happy space by 
talking about phrases you can 

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use to express happiness and 
excitement. 

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Like I said before, the first 
one is very American. 

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And I'm gonna try my American 
accent here. 

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And it's this. 
That's awesome. 

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That's awesome. 
After 15 years of living in 

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America, my American accent 
still needs a bit of work. 

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But I'm sure you've heard the 
word awesome before and it's 

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used all the time here. 
People use it, maybe even 

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overuse it. 
Now, a British equivalent is 

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brilliant. 
That's brilliant. 

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And this is something that I 
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So we can use it to describe 
something that we're really 

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enjoying or that we really like.
For example, this restaurant is 

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awesome. 
Or responding to somebody who 

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might say, by the way, I just 
got a new job. 

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You can say, that's awesome. 
That's awesome. 

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It is a little bit more 
informal, so responding to 

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formal types of news or use it 
in a work environment doesn't 

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work as well. 
But again, you're gonna hear 

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this all the time. 
The next one is often used when 

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someone shares some good news 
and you want to respond to that.

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Let's say it might be. 
An engagement, pregnancy or 

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somebody got a new job. 
And it's this, I'm so happy for 

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you. 
I'm so happy for you. 

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So you are explaining that you 
have this positive emotion 

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because of somebody else's good 
news. 

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And it's often used with a 
little hug or something like 

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that, especially between close 
friends. 

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So someone might say. 
We are gonna have a baby in a 

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few months. 
You can say, oh, I'm so happy 

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for you. 
That is great news. 

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I'm so happy for you. 
The next one is used when you 

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want to say how something has 
affected you. 

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So let's say you are at home and
somebody knocks at your door and

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you think, okay, who's this 
right now who is knocking at my 

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door? 
You go to answer the door and 

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you open it and a neighbor has 
brought around some cookies and 

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you think, oh, this is amazing. 
This is exactly what I want 

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right now. 
This has made my day. 

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This has made my day. 
So this is used for something 

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that brightens your mood and 
makes you feel better. 

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It could be like the last one as
well, for example, that news has

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really made my day. 
That news has made my day. 

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Now the next one is all about 
showing happiness in a physical 

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way because often after good 
news or some type of special 

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event, you have a smile on your 
face, you smile. 

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And a phrase to be used here is,
I can't stop smiling. 

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I can't stop smiling. 
Or if you're talking to somebody

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else, you might say, You seem so
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You can't stop smiling. 
And let's talk about something 

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in the past here, you might say,
I couldn't stop smiling after 

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hearing the news. 
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hearing the news. 
The next one is an idiom, and 

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this is before we move on to the
next set of emotions from what I

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know, I think this is British. 
It's very British, in fact. 

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And it means to be extremely 
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And it's this to be over the 
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To be over the moon. 
So this is a very strong phrase 

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to say that you are extremely 
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So it could be I'm over the moon
about my new job. 

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I'm over the moon about my new 
job. 

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Or she was over the moon when 
she found out she got the house.

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She was over the moon. the next 
set of phrases are all about 

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surprise and shock. 
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about something, and they're 
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But you can also use these 
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intonation, if something is 
shocking in a negative way. 

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But let's look at the first one.
Which is used for surprise, and 

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it's this No way. 
No way. 

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It's often said loudly, and you 
might have seen this in movies 

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as well, so people Responding to
some surprising news will say, 

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no way. 
I can't believe that. 

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No way. 
The next one is very American. 

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And it's used when something 
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this. 
You're kidding. 

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You are kidding. 
And to kid means to joke but if 

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you use your kidding, this is 
slightly stronger than you're 

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joking, because you'll also hear
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you're joking. 
So if you're on the phone to a 

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friend and they say, I met 
Taylor Swift last night at a 

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restaurant you can respond with.
You are kidding. 

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Really? 
You are kidding. 

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So that's quite a strong way to 
react to something that sounds 

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unbelievable. 
The next one is a little bit 

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more neutral and not as strong. 
And it can be used for both 

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positive and negative surprises,
and it's a simple one. 

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I wasn't expecting that. 
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So this is a very neutral way to
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or some type of situation. 
For example, let's say you 

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didn't think you did well on a 
test, but the test results come 

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back and it says that you did 
really well and you passed the 

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test. 
You might say, oh, I wasn't 

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expecting that. 
I thought I was going to fail. 

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I wasn't expecting to pass. 
The next one is used for 

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emotional or genuine surprise. 
And it's more a matter of 

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statement rather than being 
really emotional and using 

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strong intonation. 
A little bit like the last one. 

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And I'll just give you an 
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The ending of that movie really 
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The ending of that movie really 
took me by surprise. 

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But if you wanna make it 
stronger, you can use the next 

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one, which is to be blown away 
by something to be blown away by

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something. 
So this is used for being amazed

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or deeply impressed by 
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Let's say you go to a restaurant
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you might say something like, I 
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restaurant. 
I was blown away by that 

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restaurant, meaning that you 
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So it's used a lot to talk about
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by. 
Before we move on to sadness and

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disappointment, just a reminder,
all these phrases are in the 

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description for you. 
And be sure to follow me on 

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YouTube, on Spotify or Apple, 
iTunes, wherever you are taking 

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this lesson. 
So let's now start with 

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disappointment and sadness and 
start with a British example, 

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and it is this. 
That's such a shame. 

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That is such a shame. 
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to know that your tone and your 
intonation makes a big 

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difference because you might 
sound sarcastic or you might 

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sound like you don't really 
care, which can be used in a fun

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way with friends and people you 
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But tone really matters here, 
especially if you want to 

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express disappointment. 
For example, it's such a shame 

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they can't make the party. 
It's such a shame that they 

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can't make the party an American
alternative here is to say, 

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that's too bad. 
It's too bad you can't make the 

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party. 
Now, this next one is very 

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common to talk about the way 
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sad. 
Or if you're not feeling very 

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energetic and it's this, I'm 
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I'm feeling a bit down today, 
and it's very common to use bit 

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here as well. 
Instead of, I'm feeling down 

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today, I'm feeling a bit down 
today. 

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An example here is that everyone
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the holidays, especially in 
January when the weather is 

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terrible and the holidays have 
finished. 

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Everybody's back to work. 
The weather's terrible. 

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It's gray. 
It's common to feel a little bit

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down at this time of the year. 
The next one is a lot stronger 

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to express sadness and 
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So think about this for using 
deep sadness when you're really 

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down about something or 
something makes you feel really 

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sad or disappointed, and it's 
this, it broke my heart. 

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It broke my heart, for example, 
it broke my heart to see him 

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leave. 
This might be a really close 

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friend who has moved away from 
where you currently live, and 

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you're saying it broke my heart 
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This is very common in love 
songs and movies as well, 

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because you can talk about it in
a way as somebody broke your 

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heart in a relationship, let's 
say it might be after she left 

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him, she broke his heart. 
Now, before we talked about how 

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food blew you away at a 
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Now we're gonna look at an 
example of when food isn't up to

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standards when you don't like 
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A good way to think about this 
one is when something doesn't 

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meet your expectations, and you 
can say this, I was a bit 

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disappointed with the food at 
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I was a bit disappointed with 
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Now we can also use disappointed
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people, you might hear a teacher
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I'm disappointed in you 
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I'm disappointed in you 
recently, which means that you 

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are not meeting the expectations
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But another example we're 
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weather. 
So you might say while you're on

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vacation. 
I'm really disappointed with the

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weather while we're here. 
I'm really disappointed with the

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weather. 
And the last one in this 

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category is British slang. 
You might have heard this 

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before. 
I use this quite a lot and it's 

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to be gutted. 
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This means to be very upset or 
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Let's use a sports example now, 
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loses again. 
I'm gutted we lost today. 

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I'm gutted we lost today. 
Or he was gutted he didn't get 

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into that university. 
He was gutted he didn't get into

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that university. 
So we've done sadness and 

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disappointment. 
Let's go into frustration and 

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anger now. 
Frustration and anger. 

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And let's start with a strong 
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When you are saying that you 
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longer, and this is a good one 
with teachers and parents, you 

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might hear them say, I've had 
enough. 

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I've had enough of you. 
I've had enough. 

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And this can be quite serious, 
and the tone shows a level of 

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anger that someone is showing. 
For example, a bus driver in the

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US might say, I've had enough of
this noise. 

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I've had enough of this noise. 
It has to stop. 

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But you can also use it in a 
playful way, like, I've had 

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enough of this weather. 
We need to go somewhere. 

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I've had enough of this weather.
A very common one that I'm sure 

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you've heard before. 
But we've got a good example of 

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using it with a conditional is 
annoy used for mild irritation 

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or repeated habits. 
So you might say this to someone

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like this example, you're really
annoying me. 

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Or what you are doing is really 
annoying me. 

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This is quite direct and telling
someone that what they're doing 

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is irritating you. 
But we can use it with 

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conditionals like I mentioned. 
An example is it really annoys 

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me when people are late, it 
really annoys me when people are

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late. 
The next one is common in the 

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UK. 
I've also got an American 

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version for you as well. 
We can use this for frustration.

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Or sometimes boredom too. 
And it's to be fed up with 

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something. 
I often use this if I have to 

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wait too long for something, I 
might say, I'm fed up of 

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waiting. 
I'm fed up of waiting, , or I'm 

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fed up of always having to wait 
here. 

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I am fed up of always having to 
wait here in the US You might 

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hear sick of, to be sick of 
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I'm sick of waiting. 
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time. 
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want to think back on something.
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this one is useful for when 
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completely lost it when he found
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He completely lost it when he 
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Over your emotions, especially 
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like, oh, I completely lost it 
when my phone broke. 

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I completely lost it when my 
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And the last one in this 
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feeling too overwhelmed or too 
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So it's not just used in terms 
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and I'm gonna share a little 
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Americans use here, but the 
phrase is this. 

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I can't deal with this right 
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I can't deal with this right 
now. 

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I've heard parents use this 
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If the parents have a lot of 
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are coming to them and saying, 
can you do this? 

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Can you do this? 
Can you help? 

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They're arguing. 
They're arguing. 

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You'll hear parents say, I can't
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Stop what you're doing. 
I can't deal with this right 

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now. 
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that you might hear in movies 
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can't. 
I just can't. 

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Or in American English, I just 
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I just can't. 
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we have 10 more to go. 
And the last one is one of my 

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favorites, although it is 
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But the next set are all about 
fear and nervousness when you're

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nervous about something. 
So imagine you have an upcoming 

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event, maybe a speech at a 
wedding, or a speech at your 

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school, and you're given a 
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To express how you're feeling. 
You can simply say, I'm a bit 

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nervous about it. 
I'm a bit nervous about it. 

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Now, you've seen bit used before
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just softens this a little bit. 
I'm a bit nervous about the 

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speech. 
I'm a bit nervous about the 

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presentation. 
Or talking about it in the past,

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I was really nervous about the 
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Lemme know in the comment 
section if you get nervous about

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public speeches. 
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you're feeling fear and nerves 
about speeches, you can use a 

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phrase that describes a physical
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Because oftentimes when you have
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your heart beats fast, and you 
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My heart was racing before the 
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It can be used for both fear and
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Imagine you are opening a letter

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and it's an important letter. 
You might say, whew, my heart is

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racing a little, my heart is 
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Now the next one I've only heard
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getting married. 
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She almost canceled the wedding 
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She almost canceled the wedding 
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something that you nearly cancel
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actually cancel it. 
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we're moving on to embarrassment
and awkwardness, and this last 

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word awkward is used all the 
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English. 
So it's a really important one 

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to learn. 
And the phrase is, that was so 

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awkward, or this is so awkward. 
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feels uncomfortable or socially 
strange, socially weird. 

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An example might be, he forgot 
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When he was introducing her to 
his friends, it was so awkward. 

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It was so awkward, so everyone 
felt uncomfortable because he 

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couldn't remember his 
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Another one is the silence after
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It was so awkward. 
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To be embarrassed. 
A great example is that parents 

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often embarrass their kids. 
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something, maybe singing, 
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too many questions, the child 
might say, you're embarrassing 

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dad. 
Dad, you're so embarrassing. 

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So it's like a feeling of 
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good feeling. 
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For example, let's say you're in
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up to go to the bathroom, but as
you stand up, you knock your 

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drink over, it smashes on the 
floor, and everybody looks at 

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you. 
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and you feel or you probably 
feel embarrassed about doing 

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this, and you can say, it was so
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Everyone was watching. 
It was so embarrassing. 

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The next one is used in 
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humiliating moments. 
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soccer commentary. 
When somebody makes a mistake on

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the field, let's say a 
goalkeeper lets the ball go in 

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very easily, you might hear the 
commentator say. 

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He looks like he wants the 
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This is when you feel so 
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awkward about something. 
You want the ground to swallow 

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you up so then nobody can look 
at you anymore. 

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For example, when I called him 
by the wrong name, I wanted the 

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ground to swallow me up. 
We've got four more to go and 

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you might be thinking, what a 
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What a relief. 
And this is said after stress or

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worry ends. 
When something stops being 

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stressful or stops being 
worrying, it is often said with 

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a sigh or an exhale light. 
Oh, what a relief. 

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What a relief. 
So you might be worried about 

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some news coming up. 
Let's say again, going back to a

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test or an exam about not 
passing. 

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So you are in fear. 
You have all this worry for 

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days. 
And then you open the letter and

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it says that you passed. 
You can say, oh, what a relief. 

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What a relief. something similar
is this phrase: That's a weight 

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of my shoulders. 
That's a weight of my shoulders.

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It's like you are carrying this 
weight on your shoulders that is

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emotional. 
For example, I finally did my 

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taxes. 
That's a weight off my 

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shoulders. 
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responsibility is finally gone 
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The last two are about neutral 
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So the first one of these two 
is, I am not sure how I feel 

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about it. 
I'm not sure how I feel about 

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it. 
So this is explained that you 

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have mixed emotions, you're 
unsure about your feelings 

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towards something. 
And it's good for honesty, 

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polite, honesty in uncertain 
situations. 

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For example, I'm not sure how I 
feel about moving abroad. 

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You might be planning this trip 
to move abroad. 

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But you have mixed feelings 
about it because there are 

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pluses and minuses for doing 
this. 

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I'm not sure how I feel about 
moving abroad. 

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And then finally, it is what it 
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It is what it is. 
You hear sports people say this 

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a lot. 
And it's used to accept 

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something that you can't change 
or to talk about something 

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without really describing what 
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So a boxer might get interviewed
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How'd you feel about it? 
They say, it is what it is. 

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I can't change it. 
I have to deal with it now. 

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So what to do now is to go 
through the description and 

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ensure that you've understood 
all of these different phrases 

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and then you can copy and paste 
them into your notebook to 

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practice over the long term. 
Or if you want to learn through 

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space repetition software, then 
check out the resources in the 

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description to learn how to do 
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Be sure to follow me on the 
platform that you are taking 

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this lesson on. 
My name is Jack from To Fluency 

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and I'll speak you soon. 
Bye for now.