Name: Expressions with 🖐️ 'hand': Live English Class
Uploaded: 2025-11-27T17:06:33.000Z
Duration: 37 min 11 s
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Today we're going to learn lots of expressions with hand.

So as you're coming into the lesson, please say hello.

And also I have a little question for you.

When was the last time you bought something second hand?

So we've got a hand expression immediately.

Just so you know, second hand means something that is being used by someone else.

For example, the last thing that I bought second hand was a board game.

How about you let me know in the comments?

So let's have a look at a few of your comments.

We have message from Sharif from Pakistan.

Oh, Brian has used a hand expression immediately.

This is hands down the best learning English platform in the world.

We're going to learn come in handy a bit later on.

It's definitely the best learning English platform in the world.

So thank you very much, Brian, for your comment.

So as I mentioned at the beginning of the lesson, we're learning lots of expressions with hand and I want you to tell me when was the last time you bought something second hand?

So second hand means something that has been used by someone else.

Okay, let's have a look at some of your secondhand items.

Gab says, the last time I bought something secondhand was in Vienna in a flea market and it was an acoustic guitar.

This time I wasn't doing karaoke last night.

So that doesn't require me to use a lot of volume.

I've never bought something secondhand because we're talking about experiences.

Let's look at one more comment before we move on.

My Japanese phrasebook, blank, blank, blank, when we got lost in Kyoto.

Now, I'm going to play an audio file for you, so you need to listen carefully and fill in the gaps.

My Japanese phrasebook came in handy when we got lost in Kyoto.

I'm just going to raise my volume so I can hear it too.

Okay, we're going to listen to it one more time.

Japanese phrasebook came in handy when we got lost in Kyoto.

I can see lots of correct answers coming in.

So, of course, a phrasebook is a book of phrases, basic phrases that you can use to order things in a restaurant or, I don't know, buy train tickets, etc.

I bought my Japanese phrasebook and it became useful when I arrived in Kyoto and I got lost.

Okay, you could also say something is handy.

For example, I'm trying to look at some objects around me that could be handy.

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Expressions with 🖐️ 'hand': Live English Class

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