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0:00Well, hello and welcome to this English
0:02lesson about everyday English phrases.
0:04These are phrases that I use every
0:06day as a native English speaker.
0:08And the first two phrases I want
0:10to teach you are, phrases we would use
0:12when talking about the grocery store.
0:14I would probably say to someone,
0:16I need to get groceries
0:18or I need to pick up a few things.
0:20The second one is actually quite common.
0:22If I was at work and someone said,
0:24what are you doing after work?
0:25I could say, oh, I need to go to
0:27the grocery store because I need
0:29to get groceries, or I'm going
0:31to go to the grocery store
0:33because I need to pick up a few
0:34things.
0:35So those are two common everyday
0:37English phrases that I use...
0:39well, at least on the days when
0:40I go to the grocery store.
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1:00So behind me is a coffee shop,
1:02and there are a couple
1:03of phrases that you would use when
1:05talking about a coffee shop.
1:06And you would mostly use these
1:08two phrases in the morning.
1:10People do usually go to a coffee
1:12shop on their way to work or
1:13on their way to school.
1:14So these two phrases work
1:15best in the morning.
1:17You might say to someone,
1:18I'm going to grab a coffee.
1:20In English, for some reason, we use
1:22the verb grab for a variety of things,
1:24but that is the correct way to say it.
1:25I'm going to grab a coffee
1:27at the coffee shop.
1:28Or because it's morning and maybe
1:30you didn't eat at home, you might
1:31say, I'm going to get breakfast.
1:34And there's a couple other
1:35phrases I'm going to teach you.
1:36You could say, I'm going to go
1:38through the drive through,
1:39so you're going to use your car
1:41to go through the drive through.
1:42Or you might just say to someone, I'm
1:44going to go in, which means you're
1:46going to get out of your car and go in.
1:48So a few phrases to use
1:50at the coffee shop.
1:51I'm going to grab a coffee.
1:52I'm going to get breakfast.
1:54I'm going to go through the drive
1:56through, or I'm going to go in.
1:58So behind me we have a gas station.
2:01When you go to the gas station, there's
2:02a few phrases that you would use to
2:05talk about that. You would say I'm going
2:07to the gas station to fill up my car.
2:09I'm going to the gas station to get gas.
2:12By the way, when you say you're going
2:13to fill up your car, it's just
2:16understood that you're getting
2:17gasoline, that you're getting gas.
2:19You might go to the gas station
2:21to pump up your tires.
2:22So we have a little, air pump here.
2:25You might go to the gas station
2:26to pump up your tires.
2:28And some people, when they're
2:29at the gas station, they
2:30decide to check their oil.
2:32So they open the hood of their
2:33car and they pull out the dipstick,
2:35and they check to make
2:36sure it has enough oil in it.
2:38So when you go to the gas station,
2:39you might go to get gas,
2:41you might go to fill up, you might go
2:43to check your oil,
2:44or you might go to pump up your tires.
2:47Now, there are a couple of phrases
2:49you would use when talking
2:50about a bank, and there's a couple
2:52variations of each phrase.
2:54You might go to a bank to withdraw money
2:57or to make a withdrawal.
2:59We use both phrases pretty
3:00much interchangeably.
3:02You might also go to the bank to
3:04deposit money or to make a deposit.
3:07Sorry, I was trying to make sure
3:08I said them in the same order.
3:10So two phrases, actually four
3:11phrases that you can use
3:13when talking about the bank.
3:14You might go to the bank to deposit
3:16money or to make a deposit.
3:18You might go to the bank to withdraw
3:21money or to make a withdrawal.
3:23So behind me, there's a post office.
3:25And there are a couple
3:26of phrases that you would use when
3:28talking about a post office.
3:30You might go to the post
3:31office to send a letter.
3:33You might have written a letter to
3:35someone and you go to the post office
3:37to send that letter to someone.
3:39Or you might go to the post office to
3:41get your mail or to pick up your mail.
3:44I have a post office box
3:46in the post office, so sometimes I go
3:48to the post office to get my
3:50mail or to pick up my mail.
3:52So two phrases you can use
3:54at the post office.
3:55You can go there to send a letter.
3:56Wait, is that actually three phrases?
3:58Yes, that's three phrases.
4:00You can go there to send a letter, you
4:02can go there to get your mail, or
4:03you can go there to pick up your mail.
4:05Now, of course, you can only get your
4:07mail or pick up your mail if you have
4:09a post office box in the post office.
4:11Some people get their mail
4:13delivered straight to their house.
4:14That's much handier.
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5:22So I'm standing in a parking lot, and
5:24one of the things you will most
5:26likely do if you're visiting any of
5:28the places I'm talking about today
5:30is you're going to find a parking
5:32spot and then you are going to park
5:34your car.
5:35So those are two phrases you would
5:37use when talking about a parking lot.
5:39When you arrive at a place like this,
5:41when you're going to the pharmacy or
5:43you're going to the coffee shop, the
5:45very first thing you will most
5:46likely need to do if you're driving
5:48a car is you need to find a parking
5:50spot and then you need to park your
5:52car.
5:53Then you can go and do all
5:54of your errands and visit
5:55the places you need to go to.
5:57And then when you come back,
5:58your car will be safely
5:59in the parking spot where you put it.
6:01So two phrases for a parking lot.
6:03You need to find a parking spot
6:05and then you need to park your car.
6:07So the next phrase I want to teach
6:09you is a phrase you'll use when talking
6:10about a drugstore or pharmacy.
6:13If you go to the doctor, and if you're
6:15sick and the doctor decides you need
6:17medicine, you will get a prescription.
6:20A prescription is permission
6:22for the pharmacy or drugstore
6:24to give you that medicine.
6:26And so the phrase you'll use
6:28is that you go to the drugstore
6:29to pick up a Prescription.
6:31The drugstore gets the information
6:33from the doctor.
6:34They put the medicine in a bottle,
6:36and you go to the drugstore
6:37to pick up a prescription.
6:39So if you're talking about
6:40a drugstore, you might say to someone,
6:42I have to go to the pharmacy,
6:44or I have to go to the drugstore
6:45to pick up a prescription.
6:48Another type of place you might go
6:49to once a week or even every day is
6:52a place called a convenience store, or
6:54we sometimes call it a variety store.
6:57This is a place where you go to buy
6:59something because you're in a hurry.
7:01And the phrase we often use is
7:03to grab something quick.
7:04I'm going to go to the convenience
7:06store and grab something quick
7:08because I'm in a hurry and I want
7:09to buy something very, very quickly.
7:11I don't want to go to a big grocery
7:13store and walk all over the place.
7:14I just want a bottle
7:15of pop and a chocolate bar.
7:17I'm going to go to the convenience
7:19store and grab something quick.
7:21So that's the phrase I would use when
7:23talking about a convenience store.
7:24I'm going to go to the convenience
7:25store and grab something
7:26quick because I'm in a hurry.
7:29So there are two phrases that you might
7:30use when you're talking about a park.
7:33The first phrase you might use is
7:35actually two phrases together.
7:36You might say, I'm going to go
7:38to the park to sit and relax.
7:40So you might go to the park to sit
7:42on a park bench and to relax.
7:44Maybe at lunch, you leave work
7:46and you go to the park to sit
7:48and relax during your lunch break.
7:50And then the second phrase that I
7:51can think of is to walk your dog.
7:53If you are someone that owns
7:55a dog, you might come
7:56to the park to walk your dog.
7:58It's a big, open green space.
8:00As long as your dog's on a leash,
8:02you're allowed usually
8:03to walk your dog at a park.
8:05So two phrases you can use
8:07when talking about a park.
8:08You might come here to sit and relax, or
8:10you might come here to walk your dog.
8:13Maybe you're someone
8:14who likes to work out.
8:15Maybe you like to stay in shape.
8:18You like to be fit.
8:19And in that case, you
8:21would go to the gym.
8:22And there's a few phrases we use
8:24when talking about the gym.
8:26You might say, I'm going to go work out.
8:28That means you're going to go
8:29to the gym and do a whole bunch
8:31of different exercises.
8:32If you are really into
8:34building muscle, you might say,
8:36I'm going to go lift weights.
8:38I'm going to go to the gym,
8:39I'm going to work out.
8:40I'm going to go lift weights.
8:42And maybe you go to the gym
8:44to take a class.
8:45Maybe you're taking
8:46a fitness class at the gym.
8:48So three different phrases.
8:50I think there's actually a fourth one
8:51in there somewhere.
8:52You might go to the gym to work out, you
8:54might go to the gym to take a class.
8:56You might go to the gym to lift weights.
9:00So behind me is our local library.
9:02And there are three phrases you can use
9:05when talking about the library.
9:07By the way, the library is the place
9:08where there's lots of books.
9:10And you can go to the library
9:11to check out a book or to borrow
9:13a book or to return a book.
9:16So when you check out a book or borrow
9:18a book, it means the library, lends
9:21you the book, it lets you have the
9:22book for a little while, and then
9:24when you're done, you need to return
9:25the book.
9:26So, three phrases you can use
9:27to talk about the library.
9:29You can go to the library to check
9:30out a book, to borrow a book, or
9:32maybe you're done reading the book
9:34and you need to return the book.
9:37Well, thank you so much for watching
9:38this English lesson where I hope you
9:40were able to learn some new everyday
9:42English phrases that you can use
9:44in your next English conversation.
9:45And maybe that conversation will be
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