Name: British English Conversation Practice - Intermediate Level
Uploaded: 2026-02-07T10:03:56.000Z
Duration: 12 min 3 s
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This video will help you become fluent by taking part in a real life English conversation.

Adverbs of degree

First, just sit back, relax and listen to this everyday conversation.

This will really help improve your listening skills.

Don't worry if you don't understand every single word or phrase that's used.

Because in the next stage we're going to go through that conversation in detail, explaining what was said, how, how it was said and why we use those particular words and phrases.

This will really boost your English vocabulary.

Finally, it's your turn to take part in that same conversation.

And this really is the best way to become fluent in English.

I can't find my keys and I'm running late.

Well if I knew that I wouldn't have lost them, would I?

When do you last know for certain that you used them?

I definitely used them last night while I let myself in the front door.

OK then start from scratch and retrace your steps.

It was freezing so I had my thick coat on.

But I guess it won't hurt to check again.

Ok, take me through everything you did after you got home yesterday.

I went into the kitchen and popped the kettle on.

And then I nipped to the loo while it boiled.

Ok, lets go through that conversation in detail.

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I can't find my keys and I'm running late notice.

Can at the start is not actually pronounced can.

It's like the beginning of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

And the u loses its vowel sound and it's replaced with the little schwa sound.

You try CN ya to give someone A hand means to help them.

So you can ask for a hand, like in this example, or you can offer someone a hand like can I give you a hand to clean the car?

To run late means to be slower doing something than you should.

In this case, Terry was slower than she should have been leaving the house to go to work.

When you come in, put them on the hook by the door.

Is used when you're a little annoyed because you keep offering someone advice and they keep ignoring it.

To say this correctly, notice the do and the I are joined together with a little w sound.

You might hear a teacher say this to a student, what do I keep telling you?

Clever clogs the phrase hindsight is a wonderful thing means it's easy to make a good decision after something has happened.

And calling someone a clever clogs is a way of saying they're trying to be clever, but

The American equivalent is to call someone a smartass.

Later we heard, okay, then, start from scratch and retrace your steps.

Start from scratch is a very common expression, and it just means to start at the beginning.

If you were to rewind this video, you'd be starting from scratch.

And to retrace your steps means to go through the exact same actions that you did.

I'm asking Kerri to go through every action she did and after she came home, Kerry replied, I've already done that.

Unteen times means lots and lots of times.

For example, I've said umpteen times on this channel how important the schwa sound is to sound natural In English.

The expression I can't figure it out simply means you can't understand it.

And to be absent minded means to be forgetful.

When Kerry said it was freezing so I had my thick coat off, she just meant it was very cold.

This is a typical description of weather in the uk.

To sound like a native British speaker when you're talking about the weather, check out this video on the channel.

Then we heard, yes, it was the first place I looked, but

It won't hurt again is used here to suggest that it's a good idea and there's no good reason not to do it.