Name: 20 Essential English Phrases for Daily Conversation
Uploaded: 2021-07-12T15:30:18.000Z
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I'm Vanessa from SpeakEnglishWithVanessa.com.

What do native English speakers really say in daily conversation?

Vanessa: Recently, during daily conversation, I've noticed that a lot of the same phrases

And I think that even in different cultures these same situations happen in conversation.

I want to help you use the best, most natural phrases so today we're going to talk about

20 phrases that are essential for daily conversation.

These phrases fit into five different categories: someone tells you about changing plans, someone

tells you something surprising, someone invites you somewhere, you want to tell or ask someone

something briefly, or you want to wish someone well.

Vanessa: So let's start with the first category, which is what can you say when someone tells

Recently, our babysitter told us that she had already scheduled something on the same

day that she told us she could come to our house and watch our two-year-old.

Thankfully, I didn't really have something planned for that time that she was going to

So what could I have told her in that situation?

She's changing our plans, and she feels kind of bad.

I forgot that I already had this other thing scheduled.

I could have said all five of these, in fact.

Vanessa: I used don't worry about it because she was pretty apologetic that she had to

I don't want her to worry about causing us any discomfort.

Those are pretty casual expressions that are common in daily conversation.

And it's human to double-book sometimes, to forget you had other plans.

Vanessa: Another common expression is things come up.

But this wouldn't have been appropriate in the situation with the babysitter because

things come up means that some situations happen unexpectedly.

Maybe your mom's car breaks down and you have to take her to work so you can't come and

But for the babysitter, she just forgot that she double-booked.

But if there is some unexpected situation, you can say, "Things come up.

Vanessa: Let's go on to the next category.

What can you say when someone tells you something surprising?

A couple years ago, my brother-in-law was searching for a job as an actuary.

He'd been searching for a job for a year all over the US, and I knew that it was a big

It was something that he really wanted to do, but it was tough to find a job, especially

But, one day he got two job offers in the same day.

One job offer was in Richmond, Virginia and one was in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where

my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law are both originally from.

What could I have said in that situation when he surprisingly got a job offer and a second

All four of these sentences, it's key to have a positive tone of voice when you're using

If I said it with that negative tone, it can have a completely different meaning.

You could say, "No way," with a smile on your face.

But if you want to say this in a negative way, no way.

Do you see how that really changes the tone and the feel of this sentence?

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20 Essential English Phrases for Daily Conversation

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