Using Small Talk Phrases in English - By Learn English with EnglishClass101.com
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| 00:0-1 | Hi everybody , my name is Alicia . Welcome back | |
| 00:02 | to top words in this lesson . We're gonna look | |
| 00:04 | at the top 20 useful phrases for small talk before | |
| 00:08 | we get started . A quick note , you can | |
| 00:10 | find for free from the link below this video . | |
| 00:13 | In the Youtube description , a bunch of pdf conversation | |
| 00:16 | and phrase cheat sheet . So if you want to | |
| 00:18 | work on building your vocabulary or building your everyday phrase | |
| 00:22 | knowledge , you should check these out . I think | |
| 00:24 | this survival phrases one is a pretty good one for | |
| 00:27 | today's lesson . You can use these expressions around your | |
| 00:30 | town throughout the day and of course , there are | |
| 00:32 | many other topics to look at too . So don't | |
| 00:35 | forget to check this out . You can find this | |
| 00:37 | from the link below the video on Youtube . Okay | |
| 00:40 | , let's get on with the video . You look | |
| 00:42 | great . You look great , so you look great | |
| 00:47 | , is a good way to great . Another person | |
| 00:49 | . You should use this when someone has had a | |
| 00:52 | new haircut or maybe they have a new shirt or | |
| 00:56 | something cool that they're wearing . You want to express | |
| 00:58 | that someone looks really nice , you can say you | |
| 01:00 | look great . Next is how are things ? How | |
| 01:05 | are things ? So how are things ? Is like | |
| 01:09 | a more casual way of saying , how are you | |
| 01:12 | ? How are things means like how are things in | |
| 01:15 | your life ? Things here means everything . Your job | |
| 01:19 | , your work , whatever , your school , your | |
| 01:21 | relationships , your family . How are things in general | |
| 01:25 | ? Okay , let's go to the next phrase . | |
| 01:28 | What a coincidence . What a coincidence . What a | |
| 01:34 | coincidence is . Used to express surprise . So this | |
| 01:37 | word is spelled kind of strangely , it's pronounced coincidence | |
| 01:41 | , coincidence . It means that two things , two | |
| 01:43 | or more things that you might not expect to happen | |
| 01:46 | at the same time or in the same way did | |
| 01:49 | happen . So , for example , if you meet | |
| 01:51 | a coworker unexpectedly when you're shopping or you go to | |
| 01:54 | a coffee shop and you see someone you know there | |
| 01:57 | , you might say , wow , what a coincidence | |
| 01:59 | . So you didn't expect this thing to happen , | |
| 02:01 | but here you are . So you can express your | |
| 02:03 | surprise with this expression , like , well , what | |
| 02:06 | a coincidence . I ran into you at the coffee | |
| 02:08 | shop , who'd a thought , Okay , let's get | |
| 02:11 | on to the next expression . That's great , That's | |
| 02:15 | great . Okay , so that's great . Is good | |
| 02:19 | to know . It's a super basic expression , but | |
| 02:21 | you can use it to respond to someone else's good | |
| 02:24 | news . Someone shares something positive , happy , good | |
| 02:27 | , whatever it is , just say that's great , | |
| 02:29 | you can change great out for awesome or super or | |
| 02:32 | whatever it is you feel like , but that's great | |
| 02:35 | , is a good basic phrase you can use just | |
| 02:37 | about anytime . Okay , let's get to the next | |
| 02:40 | expression . Next is good for you , good for | |
| 02:45 | you . Okay , so good for you is used | |
| 02:49 | to express like happiness for another person's good news . | |
| 02:53 | So this is different from that's great because good for | |
| 02:57 | you is like kind of noting that someone made an | |
| 03:00 | improvement in their life . Someone did something that was | |
| 03:04 | good for them specifically . So maybe someone started a | |
| 03:07 | new exercise habit and it's really positive or maybe they | |
| 03:11 | ended a bad relationship or they started a new job | |
| 03:14 | at a good place in those cases where someone has | |
| 03:17 | made some personal improvement , you can say good for | |
| 03:20 | you , good for you , Okay , onto the | |
| 03:22 | next expression , How are you ? How are you | |
| 03:28 | ? So how are you ? Is this super basic | |
| 03:30 | greeting ? You can use it with anybody in your | |
| 03:32 | life ? Really ? How are you ? Is generally | |
| 03:35 | not replied to seriously . We usually just say I'm | |
| 03:38 | good , I'm fine , I'm okay . How are | |
| 03:41 | you ? So you don't really need to take this | |
| 03:43 | expression too seriously ? But just say how are you | |
| 03:46 | to show your thinking of the other person ? Okay | |
| 03:49 | . On to the next expression next . Is is | |
| 03:53 | everything going fine ? Is everything going fine ? So | |
| 03:58 | this expression and one that I personally would use , | |
| 04:01 | I would probably say is everything going okay is used | |
| 04:05 | if maybe you think the other person might be struggling | |
| 04:09 | with something or they might have some kind of challenge | |
| 04:11 | or maybe some kind of problem . It's kind of | |
| 04:14 | used to say like do you want to talk about | |
| 04:16 | something or do you want to discuss something ? You | |
| 04:19 | could use it if you're concerned . You can also | |
| 04:21 | just use it as like an everyday greeting . Like | |
| 04:24 | hey , how are you ? Is everything going okay | |
| 04:26 | ? So just to show that you're thinking of the | |
| 04:28 | other person's life . But yeah , if you use | |
| 04:30 | a more concerned tone with this , like is everything | |
| 04:33 | going okay ? You can show that you've maybe noticed | |
| 04:36 | something about the other person to you might want to | |
| 04:39 | show it's okay to talk about it . So depending | |
| 04:42 | on your intonation , you can communicate some different ideas | |
| 04:45 | with this expression . All right onto the next one | |
| 04:47 | . Okay , you won't believe this , You won't | |
| 04:52 | believe this , Okay , You won't believe this is | |
| 04:55 | used before you share like some kind of surprising information | |
| 04:59 | or exciting information . You might also hear you're not | |
| 05:03 | gonna believe this , which is a reduced form of | |
| 05:06 | you are not going to believe this , You won't | |
| 05:08 | believe this , but is very common . So it's | |
| 05:11 | like saying I have something so surprising that you probably | |
| 05:15 | will not believe the information . But here it is | |
| 05:19 | . So you can share something surprising or exciting with | |
| 05:22 | this phrase . Okay , onward . Next is I | |
| 05:27 | haven't seen you for ages . I haven't seen you | |
| 05:30 | for ages . Okay , so use this expression instead | |
| 05:35 | of long time . No see or you can use | |
| 05:37 | them together like a long time . No , see | |
| 05:39 | I haven't seen you for ages . So an age | |
| 05:42 | is a very long time . The word age . | |
| 05:45 | So ages is therefore a very , very long time | |
| 05:49 | , multiple ages . So when you say I haven't | |
| 05:51 | seen you for ages , it means I haven't seen | |
| 05:54 | you in a very long time . You use this | |
| 05:56 | as a greeting as I said , Hey , long | |
| 05:58 | time . No , see I haven't seen you in | |
| 06:00 | ages . How have you been , for example ? | |
| 06:03 | Okay , next expression , the next expression is that's | |
| 06:07 | terrible . That's terrible . Okay , so when someone | |
| 06:12 | shares bad news , something bad that happened to them | |
| 06:15 | , you should respond with something that shows you understand | |
| 06:19 | their point of view say that's terrible or that's awful | |
| 06:22 | or that's too bad . So terrible means very bad | |
| 06:26 | . So if you want to sound like really caring | |
| 06:29 | about something bad that happened to another person , use | |
| 06:33 | this expression , you lost your job . That's terrible | |
| 06:36 | . I'm so sorry to hear that . Okay . | |
| 06:39 | On to the next expression , Okay . I'd better | |
| 06:42 | let you go . I'd better let you go . | |
| 06:47 | Okay . I better let you go . This is | |
| 06:49 | the reduced form of I had better let you go | |
| 06:53 | . We use this when we're talking to someone on | |
| 06:56 | the phone or maybe when we're having an in person | |
| 06:58 | conversation in the office to let someone go means like | |
| 07:03 | to release them from something in this case to release | |
| 07:06 | them from a conversation . So when you say I | |
| 07:09 | better let you go . It's showing , I think | |
| 07:12 | you're busy . It's showing the other person you understand | |
| 07:15 | they're busy and they have something to do . So | |
| 07:18 | if you're talking to a busy person and you realize | |
| 07:20 | , oh my gosh , we talked for so long | |
| 07:22 | . We've been talking for a long time . You | |
| 07:25 | can say sorry , I better let you go , | |
| 07:27 | meaning I recognize you're a busy person and you need | |
| 07:30 | to do other things . So use this to end | |
| 07:32 | the conversation quickly . Of course , you can also | |
| 07:35 | use this to escape a conversation you are ready to | |
| 07:37 | be finished with . Okay , let's go to the | |
| 07:39 | next expression . Next is did you catch the news | |
| 07:43 | today ? Did you catch the news today ? So | |
| 07:48 | use this as a greeting or as a way to | |
| 07:50 | start a conversation if you want to talk about current | |
| 07:53 | events . So did you catch the news today or | |
| 07:56 | did you see the news this morning is also okay | |
| 07:59 | . It just shows you want to talk about recent | |
| 08:01 | events with someone . So use this maybe with someone | |
| 08:05 | that you're okay to talk about . These kinds of | |
| 08:07 | topics with okay on to the next phrase , okay | |
| 08:11 | , nice day outside , isn't it ? Nice day | |
| 08:14 | outside , isn't it nice day outside ? Just refers | |
| 08:19 | to the weather so you can use any kind of | |
| 08:21 | weather and follow it with , isn't it ? You | |
| 08:23 | can use rainy today , isn't it ? Or windy | |
| 08:26 | today , isn't it ? So that isn't it shows | |
| 08:29 | you're looking for confirmation from the other person Nice day | |
| 08:32 | outside , isn't it ? And of course you can | |
| 08:34 | drop outside if you really want to . Of course | |
| 08:37 | the weather is outside , but this is just an | |
| 08:39 | expression that we use are Nice day today would also | |
| 08:43 | be okay . So you're just starting a conversation by | |
| 08:46 | talking about the weather and finding a small point you | |
| 08:48 | can both agree upon . Okay on to the next | |
| 08:51 | expression . Okay , next . Is have you been | |
| 08:55 | waiting long ? Have you been waiting long use ? | |
| 09:00 | Have you been waiting long when you are supposed to | |
| 09:03 | meet another person and maybe they arrived before you and | |
| 09:07 | you're worried that they waited a long time for you | |
| 09:11 | . So if you , for example , we're supposed | |
| 09:13 | to meet at one o'clock and you arrive at 1 | |
| 09:16 | 15 , you might say to the other person , | |
| 09:18 | have you been waiting long ? So you don't know | |
| 09:21 | how long that person has been waiting ? Maybe they | |
| 09:23 | got there 15 minutes early , you're showing that you | |
| 09:26 | have concern for their time with this expression . Have | |
| 09:29 | you been waiting long ? Sorry ? Okay . Next | |
| 09:32 | is it's good to have you here . It's good | |
| 09:36 | to have you here use this expression when you're hosting | |
| 09:41 | a party , hosting an event or maybe you have | |
| 09:44 | a guest in your office . Someone who's not usually | |
| 09:47 | around is in your circle for the day . You | |
| 09:50 | can say it's good to have you here or it's | |
| 09:52 | nice to have you here . That shows that you | |
| 09:55 | recognize that they are a new person , but you | |
| 09:57 | want them to feel welcome . It's good to have | |
| 09:59 | you here , you could use this at a house | |
| 10:01 | , party and dinner event and so on . Okay | |
| 10:04 | , next expression is what brings you here ? What | |
| 10:09 | brings you here ? Okay , so this question is | |
| 10:13 | a much softer way of saying why are you here | |
| 10:16 | ? So if you say why are you here ? | |
| 10:18 | It might sound a little too direct . Instead , | |
| 10:21 | say what brings you here ? You could say maybe | |
| 10:24 | why did you decide to come to this event if | |
| 10:27 | you want ? Or you could ask , what brings | |
| 10:29 | you here today specifically ? So these are always to | |
| 10:33 | say why did you come here ? But they sound | |
| 10:35 | much softer and less aggressive . Okay , on to | |
| 10:39 | the next expression . Do you mind me asking ? | |
| 10:44 | Do you mind me asking ? Okay , do you | |
| 10:48 | mind me asking is used before ? A topic Before | |
| 10:52 | ? A question that might be a little bit sensitive | |
| 10:56 | . So if you want to ask about a person's | |
| 10:58 | age maybe , or if you want to ask about | |
| 11:00 | maybe where a person works or maybe where they're from | |
| 11:04 | , it could be any kind of information that you | |
| 11:06 | feel is a little bit sensitive . You can use | |
| 11:09 | do you mind me asking before you ask that ? | |
| 11:11 | For example , you might say , do you mind | |
| 11:13 | me asking ? How old are you or do you | |
| 11:15 | mind me asking where are you from ? So it | |
| 11:18 | shows that you are concerned ? It might be a | |
| 11:20 | slightly sensitive question and it gives the other person the | |
| 11:24 | option to refuse . So do you mind me asking | |
| 11:28 | ? So you can use this in more sensitive topics | |
| 11:31 | ? I think . Okay , next expression , are | |
| 11:34 | you from around here ? Are you from around here | |
| 11:38 | ? Are you from around here is the first time | |
| 11:40 | greeting questions . So you've just met someone , You've | |
| 11:43 | exchanged names , you can say , are you from | |
| 11:46 | around here ? That means is your hometown or the | |
| 11:48 | place where you grew up near where we are now | |
| 11:51 | ? Are you from around this area specifically ? So | |
| 11:55 | this is maybe a more casual way of saying , | |
| 11:57 | where are you from ? Its suggesting that the other | |
| 12:00 | person might be from the local region . Are you | |
| 12:03 | from around you ? I just moved . Okay . | |
| 12:06 | Next expression is I need your help with this matter | |
| 12:11 | . I need your help with this matter . Okay | |
| 12:14 | , this is a rather formal expression . You would | |
| 12:16 | not use this with your friends or your family members | |
| 12:19 | . It sounds too formal . Use this at work | |
| 12:22 | or maybe in a study of professional , more professional | |
| 12:25 | , kind of polite study situation . I need your | |
| 12:27 | help with this matter or just I need your help | |
| 12:30 | with this . I probably would not say matter in | |
| 12:33 | this sentence , but you might see it or hear | |
| 12:35 | it from time to time . So use this when | |
| 12:37 | you need someone's assistance with something and you need to | |
| 12:40 | be polite about it . Like I need your help | |
| 12:43 | with this paper I'm writing . Could you please take | |
| 12:45 | a look at it so I need your help with | |
| 12:47 | this . So use that expression when you want to | |
| 12:49 | politely ask someone for help . Okay , let's get | |
| 12:52 | to the last expression . Have fun . Have fun | |
| 12:59 | . So you have fun when someone else is going | |
| 13:02 | to do something that seems fun . So you say | |
| 13:05 | goodbye to your family members before they leave for an | |
| 13:08 | exciting trip , you could say have fun or you | |
| 13:11 | see your co workers at the end of the day | |
| 13:14 | , they decided to go for drinks , but you're | |
| 13:15 | feeling tired but you want to wish them well , | |
| 13:18 | You can say have fun and say goodbye in that | |
| 13:20 | way , So have fun is a very positive happy | |
| 13:23 | expression . Some people will use it to sound a | |
| 13:26 | little bit sarcastic if they want to attend something , | |
| 13:29 | but they're not attending , but generally we use this | |
| 13:32 | in a very positive way to say goodbye . I | |
| 13:34 | hope you have a good time . Alright . That | |
| 13:37 | brings us to the end of the top 20 useful | |
| 13:39 | phrases for small talk . What did you think ? | |
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