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Today, I thought I would help you learn 10 English phrases that start with the words

These are very common phrases in English, and the last one actually involves a little

Hi. Bob the Canadian here. In this English lesson, I thought I would help you learn 10 English phrases that start

You probably already know the first one because it's the one that you say the most when you're

learning a language like English, and that's, "I don't know."

This one is very, very common in a classroom.

When the teacher asks a student if they know the answer to a question, oftentimes the student

They say I don't know, to indicate that they do not know the answer.

Probably the simplest of the 10 that we're going to look at.

The second phrase we're going to look at is "I don't care" and the best way to understand

this phrase is for me to give you an example.

Maybe you have just gotten a haircut and someone says to you, "Your Mom told me that she doesn't

You could respond by saying "I don't care."

That means that you do not care about the opinion that your Mom has about your haircut.

You are not worried about the fact that your Mom doesn't like your haircut.

So you would say, "I don't care if someone told you that your Mom doesn't like your haircut."

It's not always the nicest thing to say, but it is something that we do say a lot in English

Our third phrase is "I don't understand," and you would use this phrase whenever you

are in a situation where you are having trouble comprehending what is happening.

A great example would be if you park your car in a place where you thought you were

allowed to park, and then you got a parking ticket, and you look around and there are

You could express how you're feeling by saying "I don't understand.

So you're in a situation where something has happened and you're having trouble comprehending,

you're having trouble understanding what has happened.

You can also use this phrase when you are learning a language like English.

If someone says something to you and you had difficulty comprehending what they are saying,

you could say "Just a minute, I don't understand," and then you could ask for clarification.

Our fourth phrase is "I don't want to," and the best way again to help you understand

Maybe a friend of yours has asked you if you want to go see a movie and you don't want

to, you would say to them, "I don't want to."

This would indicate to your friend that you have no desire to go see the movie that they

So your friend would say, "Would you like to go to a movie?"

And you would say, "Hmm, I don't want to."

Our fifth phrase is "I don't believe you."

So imagine a situation where someone has told you something, and you have trouble thinking

You would express that by saying "I don't believe you."

You could also say, "I don't believe it."

But if someone tells you a story, and you doubt that it is true or you doubt that it

really happened, you would say "I don't believe you."

When you say, "I don't believe you" to someone, it is similar to saying that you think they

are lying or it's almost the same as calling them a liar.

So it's important that you have a good relationship with someone before you say, "I don't believe

And the best example of this is if someone tells you a joke and you don't understand

So someone has told a joke, and maybe everyone else is laughing except you, you would say

This would indicate to the person who told the joke that maybe they need to explain the

Jokes aren't as funny though when someone has to explain it.

But if someone tells a joke and you don't understand the joke, you could say, "I don't

And a great example for this one would be maybe my kids are at school, and Jen and I

are at home and Jen says to me, "Could you go and get the kids?

I don't have time to drive to town to get them."

When you say "I don't mind," it means it's no problem.

It would mean in this situation that I had lots of time, maybe I like driving and I like

So I would easily say to Jen, "Oh yeah, I'll get the kids.

So "I don't mind" is a great way to agree with someone, even though it sounds like a

So you would say, "I don't mind," which is I guess similar to saying yes.

This is a phrase that as I get older, I say more and more.

Sometimes I lose my keys and Jen will say to me, 'Well, where did you use them last?"

And that would mean that in my memory, in my brain, there is no memory of where I used

my keys last and there is no memory of where I put them.

I hope that most of you are a lot younger than me and you have a really good memory.

As I get older, my memory is getting worse and I tend to say "I don't remember more often."

So this is a phrase where if someone asks you about something in the past that you don't

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