Name: 5 English Expressions YOU NEED TO KNOW! - Advanced English Vocabulary
Uploaded: 2018-11-06T05:31:25.000Z
Duration: 10 min 35 s
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Future simple

Today we'll be looking at some advanced
English expressions

These are very commonly used in day-to-day English

and they're very very commonly misunderstood

creating examples - your own examples of these expressions

write them on a piece of paper or put them in the comments and I'll see them

okay for many many years people have
told me

"Oh my god, you haven't read Harry Potter but you've seen the movies?!

Don't you know there is so much in the books it's not in the movies

"Yeah I know, I'm just rubbish. One day I'll read them"

and for years I have had the intention of reading Harry Potter

finally today I'm happy to announce I bought the first book!

So when you have the intention of doing something and then you finally do it

I had the intention for a very long time to read Harry Potter

I will say "I'm finally getting round/around to reading Harry Potter"

notice the grammar "ReadING" so that verb

Is this always in present continuous? no
Do you need the "finally"? no

you know what I had some time last weekend

If you're like me, I buy a book and then
for months I don't read it

so maybe after a few
months someone asks me

"Oh my god have you finished the Harry Potter books yet?!

and the guy comes in and then deliver then-

"I haven't got around to starting it yet!
No spoilers! No!"

I haven't got round (or
"around", both are fine) to starting

remember to put the ING with the verb and you're good

when you're making your own examples of these expressions

if your example is funny, scary, or emotional in some way

when your friend comes to you and they're crying

"Oh my god I just broke up with my
boyfriend everything is terrible"

As a good friend you might ask this question

but together,
what do you think they mean?

of course it means "Why did that happen?
or "How did that happen?"

It's Friday night, it's about 10:30 you're out with your friends

and you're thinking "This is so boring I really want to go home"

So you tell your friends
"I'm going home"

"Oh my god it's 10:30, how come you're
leaving?"

"Because I'm sleepy, and drinks are expensive"

"How come" means How or Why did this happen?

it is super common for us to say it in this way:

so let's have a look at different examples

"I'm heading OFF"
to head off means to leave or go home usually

Where are you going?
To the shop, to the cinema, it doesn't matter

"I'm heading out to see a friend"
very common expression

guess the preposition you probably know it

so just remember, it's the verb head with a preposition

the preposition determines whether
you're entering a place

You're just going home or
you're leaving in general

when you have an opportunity to do something

or when you are finally able to do something

you've worked a lot this week you've
been super busy

but this weekend I have the opportunity to sleep

"I can sleep! I'm finally able to sleep!"

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5 English Expressions YOU NEED TO KNOW! - Advanced English Vocabulary

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