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Would you like to use real life English

phrases that real people use every day,

not that old textbook stuff? If the

answer is yes, you're in the right

place. Hi, I'm Vanessa from

speakenglishwithvanessa.com.

And here on my YouTube channel, you will

learn real life English, the way that

real people speak in the real world.

Today you are going to learn 10 common

phrases that I use every day in my daily

life and you can too. But before we

learn these 10 phrases, you need to know

something. You can listen and watch

vocabulary lessons all day in English

and you will never remember it unless

you use it yourself. So today I have

something special for you. Like usual, I

have created a free PDF worksheet for

you that includes all of today's

important vocabulary, but I want you to

be able to use today's vocabulary

yourself. So, hidden inside that free

PDF worksheet, there is a link. This is

a free link. You could just click on it

and you will be able to download an

audio where you can speak out loud with

me. We will be repeating these sentences

that you hear today in this lesson out

loud together. You will be able to use

your own voice in English repeating my

pronunciation, repeating my sentence

structure, and that way you can use it

yourself. The key to never forgetting.

So, how can you get this free PDF

worksheet plus bonus speaking practice?

Just click on the link in the

description, enter your name and email

address, and voila, just like that, it

will land in your email inbox. And do

you want to know something cool? You

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send them to you every single Friday in

your email inbox. You just sign up once

and you never need to sign up again. So,

click on the link in the description to

get today's free PDF worksheet, plus

bonus speaking practice. and it will be

my gift to you. Let's get started with

our 10 important phrases that I use

every day. Plus, there is a bonus phrase

at the end that includes a very

important difference between American

English and British English. I made this

mistake with British English many years

ago, and I don't want you to make that

mistake. So, wait till the end of this

lesson, and I will tell you exactly how

to avoid the mistake that I made.

Everyday English phrase number one is

inside out. This shirt that you have

probably seen me wear in my English

lessons is inside out. This is a fixed

phrase and you will never hear it any

other way. So, it is a great one to

memorize. This shirt is inside out. Now,

this was a phrase that I used in my

recent video where I was showing you the

laundry and folding clothes. So, what

we're going to do is you're going to see

the original clip from that conversation

and how I used it. This is another way

that will help you remember it because

you are seeing it in various contexts.

And then, of course, I hope you will be

repeating these sentences with me in the

free downloadable audio as well. So,

let's see the original clip so that you

can see how inside out was used. Let's

watch. First, if a shirt is inside out,

like this one was, I have to turn it

right side out. Isn't that kind of a

strange expression? Everyday expression

number two is, what do I do now? I need

to turn this shirt right side out. Right

side out. Both of these phrases use the

word out inside out and right side out.

This is a great fixed phrase to use. And

you can turn any piece of clothing right

side out. You can even turn a pillowcase

right side out. When I make my bed, I

turn the pillowcase right side out

before putting it on my pillow. All

right, let's watch how that was used in

the original context. Usually for my

kids, because they're small, they're

young,

they can turn their clothes right side

out,

but I think if I do it while I'm doing

the laundry, it kind of saves some

hassle. English phrase that I use every

day. Number three is comfy. Comfy. This

sweater is so comfy. I wear it almost

every day in the fall. It's true. I was

wearing it before I filmed this lesson.

And what does the word comfy mean? You

can probably guess. It is a shortened

version of the word comfortable.

Notice the pronunciation of this full

word. Comfortable.

Comfortable.

But good news, we often shorten this

word and just say comfy. Comfy. So, lots

of things can be comfy. Clothes can be

comfy. Maybe even a house can be comfy.

If it is a comfortable place to relax

and spend time, oh, what a comfy house

you have. This is simply a shortened way

to say comfortable. All right, let's see

how I used it in that original context.

These are really comfortable pants, and

my oldest son refuses to wear anything

else except for sweatpants. Whatever. I

don't really care. It's comfy. English

phrase that I use every day. Number four

is to clean up a mess. I use this one

probably 10 times a day. And here we're

talking about when something is spilled

on the ground. What do you need to do?

Well, you need to clean up a mess. And

for me as a mother, I need to clean up a

lot of messes, but I also need to teach

my children to clean up their own

messes. When they spill something, they

need to learn to clean up their own

messes. So, you see there's a little bit

of grammatical flexibility here. We

could say clean up a mess or I need to

clean up my mess. You need to clean up

your own mess. It's true. All right,

let's see how this was used in the

original context. Uh, I use it sometimes

to dry dishes or clean up messes.

I have a lot of messes around my house.

Someone is always spilling something.

Important everyday English phrase number

five is father figure. Now, when I

talked about this in the original

context, it was in a little bit of a

joke. But when we use this in everyday

life, we're talking about an important

man who was a role model for you. This

is not your real father. This is someone

who is like a father to you. You looked

up to them. So for a lot of people, it

might be your basketball coach, your

baseball coach, or maybe a teacher in

your life. Um uh there is not a specific

father figure in my life beside my real

father, but I want to give you an

example about my current life. My

husband Dan is like a father figure for

some of his students. Some of his

students don't have a father who is

present in their life. So my husband Dan

is an important male role model for

them. Whether or not they realize it at

the moment, he is someone who they look

up to and someone who is an important

man in their life. He is a father figure

to many of his students. All right,

let's see how this was used in the

original context. And I used it a bit

like a joke. It's on a t-shirt. So, if

you want to get the full context for

that, you're welcome to watch the

original video where I folded the

laundry and talked about it along the

way. All right, let's watch. Oh, you

have to see this shirt. This is one of

Dan's t-shirts that I got him. It says,

"It's not a dad, bod, it's a father

figure."

Important everyday English phrase number

six is in charge of. I love learning

phrases like this because when you learn

them together, it's easier than

remembering grammatical rules like when

do I use of prepositions? What are the

rules? No, you just remember the full

phrase. In charge of. I am in charge of

folding the laundry in my house. Next

week, my children will be in charge of

checking my neighbors mail because my

neighbors will be on vacation. It is

their job to check her mail. So, they

are in charge of the mail. All right,

let's see how this was originally used

in the context of doing chores at home.

and we'll see. Let's watch. Now, Dan, my

husband, he is in charge of dishes. So,

he does dishes every night and I do

laundry, I don't know, every couple

days. Important everyday English phrase

number seven is kind of a long one, so

stick with me. It is to get in the habit

of doing something. to get in the habit

of doing something for you. You are

learning English and I want you to get

in the habit of learning English every

day. What does that mean? It means you

need to have the habit. You need to have

the daily routine of waking up and

listening to English music. Listening to

an English podcast while you're driving

to work. watching my English lessons

while you're having a coffee break. This

is the routine of English. And notice

the grammatical structure here. When you

get in the habit of learning English,

that last part needs to have an ing

word. Learning English. I want to get

into the habit of walking every day

after dinner. I want to get in the habit

of learning English every day. Make sure

that you have that final part

grammatically correct. All right, let's

watch how this was used in the original

context. I know it's not good for

energy and for the environment, but we

use them all the time. And I think when

you get in the habit of using a dryer,

it's hard to break that habit, right?

Important everyday phrase number eight

is to look back fondly. The key word

here is fondly. This means with some

happiness, maybe some nostalgia. It's a

little bit bittersweet because we're

thinking about a good time in the past.

We are looking back fondly on something

that happened. So, let me give you a

little situation of something that often

happens in my house. when my

mother-in-law comes to visit my house

and my kids are making a mess as I

talked about before and maybe it is the

third or fourth mess that they have made

that day. I might be a little

frustrated. Uh now I have to clean up

another mess. Uh what can I do? And she

says,

I remember when my kids did that. Let me

help you. So, here she is looking back

fondly on something that was probably

difficult at the moment. It's difficult

to constantly be cleaning up messes for

children. But when you are a

grandparent, you can think about the

past in kind of a more happy way

possibly. It's not that it's not a happy

life at the moment, but sometimes those

difficult times don't seem too happy,

right? So, my mother-in-law can look

back fondly on all of the things that

she had to do in order to raise her

kids. And we can do that as well. We can

look back fondly on our childhood. And

in the future, maybe we'll look back

fondly on today. Who knows? All right,

let's see how this was used in the

original context. Sometimes kids find

the strangest things to have fun with,

so I leave it. And I'm sure someday when

my kids are grown, I'll look back fondly

on those silly things.

All right, what have we got left? All

right, we're almost at our bonus word.

It is coming soon. But first, let's get

to number nine. The ninth important

daily life English expression that we

use all the time and that is ideally.

So here we have the root word ideal.

This is almost talking about perfection.

Is perfection possible?

Absolutely not. But when we are making

plans or dreams, we sometimes think

about perfection. This is what I would

love to have happen. So for me, in my

house, ideally, I will have dinner

prepared before my children come home

from school. This way when they're at

home, I can just spend time with them

and I don't need to think about cooking.

Do you think this really happens?

Not very often. That's a lot of prep

work. It's a lot of organization and

sometimes I just don't feel like it. So,

I use the word ideally. In my dream

world, this would happen. Ideally, I

would be totally prepared when my

children come home and I could just

spend time with them. I wouldn't need to

be cooking. But this is kind of in a

dream world, an ideal world, this

perfect world that we don't live in.

It's just an ideal. All right, let's see

how this phrase was used in the original

context. And I want to remind you that

you can use every single one of these

words in the bonus audio. You'll be

repeating sentences with me so that

you'll not only hear me and see that

original context, but you'll be able to

speak out loud and solidify these words

in your mind so that you can use them

when you're speaking and having an

English conversation. So, make sure that

you download that PDF worksheet plus the

bonus audio so that you never forget

these words. Ideally, you will never

forget them. All right, let's watch the

original context. Uh, this is my

husband's colored shirt. So, I would

call that a short sleeve colored shirt

and it gets hung up

in the closet ideally.

So, I will put it on the couch. Our 10th

important daily life everyday English

expression is to do chores.

What is doing chores? Well, this simply

means that you are doing those mundane,

not fun, usually tasks that help keep

your life going. It might be cooking a

meal. It might mean doing the dishes. It

might mean going to the post office. It

might mean mowing the lawn. These are

things that are necessary. They are kind

of the structure of our lives usually

because they happen every day. And these

are the things that are necessary but

not always fun. Over the summer, we

recently implemented a deep cleaning

Saturday with my whole family and we

tried to trick our children into

thinking that chores are fun. So, we

gave everyone a chore to do and we all

do the chores together. This is a way of

keeping motivated but also making it

feel like we are a team. We are working

together. Kids can do chores. Adults

have to do chores, but sometimes it's

more fun when we just do chores

together. So, let's see how this was

used in the original context. And I hope

you will feel a little more motivated to

do chores in your own life. Let's watch.

And I think in general, just helping

kids learn chores is good. But if you

are a parent and you have ever tried to

teach children how to do chores,

you will know that it is 10 times the

amount of effort. Oh, I have so many

unmatched socks.

Are you ready for our bonus important

everyday phrase? It is the word fancy.

Now in American English and in British

English, this means something elegant or

expensive.

I have a fancy necklace that I like to

wear when I go to a nice restaurant.

Okay, that's a fancy necklace. Or maybe

you could say, I only want to go to

fancy restaurants when I go on a date. I

will never go to a simple, inexpensive

restaurant on a date. Well, that's a

little bit difficult maybe, but here

we're talking about something that's

expensive. This is the same in the UK

and in the US, but I want you to pay

attention and do not make this mistake

because in British English, if you are

in the UK, let's say you go to London

and you're visiting some friends in

London and they invite you to a fancy

dress party. What do you think that

means? I thought it meant you wear a

really nice expensive dress. You get to

wear sparkly earrings.

Nope. This means that it is a costume

party, almost like a Halloween party.

Can you imagine how embarrassed I was

when I showed up at the party dressed in

a really nice dress, my hair all fancy,

and everyone else was dressed like a

bear, like a clown? What? Vanessa, what

are you dressed as? A princess.

So, don't make this mistake. In the UK,

in England, a fancy dress party is not

related to the word fancy like we were

talking about a fancy restaurant.

Instead, it's a costume party. This term

doesn't really exist in the US. we would

just say a costume party or maybe a

Halloween party if it's around October

31st. So now you know. All right, let's

see how the word fancy was used in the

original context so that you never

forget it. Let's watch. In the end, I

would rather

save the time. I don't have fancy

clothes. Maybe that's it. If I had fancy

clothes, then I would take more care to

separate them, but I don't. Well,

congratulations. You just learned 10

plus one bonus important everyday

English expressions in context. What's

the next step? Well, the next step is to

download the free PDF worksheet and

you'll get that bonus downloadable

audio, this speaking practice that will

help you to never forget these phrases

ever again. You will shadow with my

voice, speak out loud, so that when you

go into a real English conversation, you

will be absolutely prepared to express

yourself wonderfully. To get the free

PDF worksheet, just click on the link in

the description, enter your name and

email address, and voila, just like

that, the PDF worksheet will land in

your email inbox. It is my gift to you.

And now I have a question for you. In

the comments, I want to know, in your

ideal life, would you wear comfy clothes

or fancy clothes every day? Let me know

in the comments. I can't wait to see

what you have to say. And thank you so

much for learning English with me. I'll

see you again next Friday for a new

lesson here on my YouTube channel. Bye.

But wait, do you want more? I recommend

watching this video next. This is the

original video that included over 50

important daily life English expressions

that you will learn while I am simply

folding the laundry. You're invited to

my house. Go watch that video and find

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
phrase /freɪz/ B1	noun - a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together
worksheet /ˈwɜːrkˌʃiːt/ B1	noun - a piece of paper with exercises for students
pronunciation /prəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ B1	noun - the way a word is spoken
context /ˈkɒn.tɛkst/ B2	noun - the situation or information around something to help understand its meaning
lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ A1	noun - a period of teaching or learning
laundry /ˈlɔːn.dri/ B1	noun - clothes that need washing or have just been washed
mess /mɛs/ A2	noun - a condition of disorder or untidiness
habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/ A2	noun - something you do regularly, often without thinking
fondly /ˈfɒnd.li/ B2	adverb - with affection or happiness
ideally /aɪˈdiː.ə.li/ B2	adverb - in the best possible way
structure /ˈstrʌk.tʃər/ B1	noun - the arrangement or organization of parts
routine /ruːˈtiːn/ B1	noun - a regular way of doing things
expression /ɪkˈspreʃ.ən/ B2	noun - a word or phrase that people use
comfy /ˈkʌm.fi/ B1	adjective - pleasant and comfortable
fancy /ˈfæn.si/ B2	adjective - elaborate and expensive
difference /ˈdɪf.ər.əns/ A2	noun - the way in which things are not the same
model /ˈmɒd.əl/ B1	noun - a person or thing to be copied as an example

Key Grammar Structures

• You could just click on it and you will be able to download an audio where you can speak out loud with me.

  ➔ Modal verb *could* for polite suggestion + future ability with *will be able to*

  ➔ The word "could" is used to make a polite suggestion, and "will be able to" expresses future capability.

• I want you to get in the habit of learning English every day.

  ➔ Verb + infinitive after *want* + gerund after *habit of*

  ➔ "want" is followed by the infinitive "to get", while the phrase "habit of" is followed by the gerund "learning".

• I am in charge of folding the laundry.

  ➔ Prepositional phrase *in charge of* + gerund

  ➔ "in charge of" is a fixed phrase meaning ‘responsible for’, and it is followed by the gerund "folding".

• This shirt is inside out.

  ➔ Adjective phrase *inside out* used as complement

  ➔ "inside out" describes the condition of the shirt and functions as a subject complement after the verb "is".

• If you are in the UK, let's say you go to London and they invite you to a fancy dress party.

  ➔ First‑type conditional *if* + present simple

  ➔ "If" introduces a real possibility, and the verb "are" is in the present simple because the condition refers to the present.

• I thought it meant you wear a really nice expensive dress.

  ➔ Reported speech with past simple

  ➔ "thought" reports a previous belief; the verb "meant" stays in past simple because the reporting verb is in the past.

• Ideally, I would be totally prepared when my children come home.

  ➔ Modal *would* for hypothetical situation + adverb *ideally*

  ➔ "Ideally" sets the speaker’s ideal scenario, and "would be" expresses a condition that is not real at the moment.

• I don't have fancy clothes.

  ➔ Negative present simple with auxiliary *do*

  ➔ "don't" is the contracted form of "do not", used with the base verb "have" to make a negative statement.