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to cook I'm going to cook dinner tonight
to cook is to prepare a meal using heat
tonight I'm going to cook chicken
marsala I'm going to cook beef stew to
fry two fry I don't want to fry the
chicken because it's too unhealthy to
fry something is to cook something in
hot fat or oil french fries are fried
and fried things are unhealthy so when
you eat fried foods you want to eat in
moderation I don't because fried stuff
is delicious but you should to add to
add before you eat you should taste the
food and add salt if necessary to add in
this context means to add something else
onto a dish to put more of something
onto a dish so you might add salt to a
dish or add some paprika to the chicken
to cut to cut could you please cut up
that beef to cut is to use a knife to
cut food to make it into smaller pieces
usually so you can bite it or so you can
mix it more easily I cut my steak so I
can eat it you make food smaller into
more bite-sized pieces by cutting to mix
to mix mix all of the spices in a bowl
before putting them in your dish to mix
is to combine so you might combine or
mix all of your ingredients together
before cooking or doing something else
with them you might mix ingredients
together to create a dish breast feed
alright the first word is breastfeed
breastfeed means feeding a baby
using the milk from the mother so
there's like baby formula which you can
give to babies or there's just natural
milk in the mother's milk which is
breast milk or what the verb that we use
is to breast feed a baby so in a
sentence many mothers choose to
breastfeed their children in this
sentence you're not supposed to drink
alcohol while breastfeeding change a
diaper the next expression is change a
diaper change a diaper so diapers are
the pieces of cloth or like the
disposable things that babies wear
because babies of course don't have the
ability to use the bathroom like a grown
human or like even like children can so
babies need diapers so to change a
diaper means to take off a used diaper
and put a new clean diaper on a baby in
a sentence I had hoped that I'd never
have to change a diaper in my life put
on a bib the next expression is to put
on a bib so a bib is any is like a
protective cloth that goes right here so
actually at some restaurants even for
adults like where there's a like a lot
of oil or even like rib restaurants I
think sometimes they'll give you like
customers a bib but for babies who are
very messy eaters you can put a bib on
the baby to protect the baby's clothes
while they eat so in a sentence put on
his bib and give him some mashed carrots
change clothes the next expression is
change clothes again of course you can
use this for yourself or for adults this
is not an only baby only phrase this is
not a baby only phrase so to change
clothes if the baby's clothes are dirty
or it's just time to I don't know you
just need to change the baby's clothes
you can say let's see like let's change
the baby's clothes so in a sentence
after her accident she had to change her
clothes
that's a weird out of context sentence
sing a lullaby the next expression is
singing a lullaby sing a lullaby lullaby
is a song that is especially to help a
child go to sleep so they're usually
really like
quiet soft songs they have like a nice
like soothing sound to them so singing a
lullaby is like a classic way to calm an
upset child down so for example it
seemed when I was little my mother used
to sing me a lullaby before going to
sleep that's true she's saying the
Edelweiss from The Sound of Music
my mom used to sing me lullabies that
she'd made up on the spot that's that if
I ever become a mom that's gonna be me
like I'm just making up a lullaby oh
maybe like go to sleep I'm really tired
I hope you go to sleep now I think you
should the first expression is I think
you should bla bla bla I think you
should is a very neutral not so strong
not so weak way to give advice I think
you should get a different haircut
I think you should find a new job I
think you should give me all your money
can't hurt I think you should is a very
typical way to give advice or just I
think it's okay or you should is okay
too in this sentence I think you should
find a new apartment
why don't you the second expression is
why don't you bla bla bla so it uses the
negative why don't you so that means
it's a bit softer it's a bit more of a
weak way to give advice so why don't you
take a day off or why don't you help me
with my homework that's sort of a sneaky
way to give advice and ask for help at
the same time why don't you um I don't
know find a new hobby for example so
these are kind of weak ways to give
advice in this sentence why don't you
get a bit have you thought about have
you thought about bla bla bla so have
you thought about it sounds it's you're
giving your advice but this is a
question for the listener so have you
thought about bla bla bla it's at your
you're sharing your opinion but you're
kind of making it sound like maybe it
was the listeners
idea or maybe the listener has thought
of this thing before so this is also a
fairly soft way to give advice so like
have you thought about going to a
different city have you thought about
moving in with your friends something
like that
so these these are probably going to be
questions that are a little bit more
serious like I don't feel like we would
use this for really casual or really
light questions but maybe for something
a little more serious and a softer way
to give advice in the sentence have you
thought about looking for a new job I
don't know if is a good idea so this is
kind of a negative way to give advice or
to share your opinion it's I don't know
if while blah blah is a good idea so
you're you're giving someone advice not
to do something so for example I don't
know if getting a pet is a good idea or
I don't know if starting a new project
is a good idea these are different ways
that you can say you don't think or you
think that the other person should not
do something but this is a soft way to
express it in this sentence I don't know
if taking a year off work is a good idea
maybe you should try the next one is a
suggestion to try something so this is a
soft but kind of encouraging expression
maybe you should try blah blah blah
maybe you should try Bova so you are
encouraging someone to attempt something
to try something maybe not forever
but just for a short period of time so
maybe you should try volleyball maybe
you should try playing sports maybe you
should try
spicy food maybe you should try
something so it's encouragement to do
something new this is kind of positive
but it's a fairly soft way to give your
advice here maybe you should try
studying a new skill a table for three
please a table for three please you tell
them the number of people that you are
total so that the host can bring you to
an appropriate table a table for two
please a table for five please could I
please see a menu could I please see a
menu
usually menus are given to you as soon
as you sit down at your table but if
that's not the case and you need to ask
this is a polite way to do it could I
please see a menu I'd like to try this
dish I'd like to try this dish when
looking at a menu hopefully you'll find
something you want to eat I'd like to
try this dish could you leave out the
onions could you leave out the onions if
there's an ingredient in the dish that
you're ordering that you don't want you
can always ask the waiter if it could be
prepared without that ingredient so for
example I might say can I get the burger
but with no cheese could you pass the
salt could you pass the salt when you're
at a restaurant especially if you're at
a big table with a lot of people you
might not always be able to reach things
so you would ask could you pass me the
salt could you pass me the ketchup
could you pass me another napkin sing
along to a favorite song all right so
the first tip for improving your
pronunciation is to sing along to a
favorite song so if you I should add
though this favorite song should be in
your target language so if you're
studying English pick a favorite English
song and sing along to that song or try
to sing to the song just from memory too
so singing along to your favorite song
can help you with pronunciation can help
you with the rhythm sometimes of the
language you're trying to learn so it
can be really fun and it can be a good
way to practice your pronunciation in a
sentence I like singing along to my
favorite songs read out loud
the next tip for your pronunciation is
to read out loud so reading out loud you
can choose something that's interesting
for you and your in English if english
is the language you're studying so pick
something maybe it's a news article or
maybe it's a book you're interested in
maybe there's an author you're
interested in find something in your
target language in English and try
reading it out loud so don't just read
in your mind but read the words out loud
speak them so that you can get
comfortable pronouncing those words and
you can try reading the same passage or
the same sentence multiple times to make
it smoother so this can be a really good
tip for and I think it also improves
your natural ability to pick up grammar
too because if you're reading something
like in a book for example you can kind
of pick up the natural rhythm of grammar
and you also slowly get a feeling for
the correct ways that words should
connect together so this I think is a
really good tip in a sentence I
sometimes read out loud to practice
pronunciation that's true
repeat lines you hear in TV shows the
next tip is to repeat lines you hear or
the words you hear in TV shows or movies
things like that so this means not only
words don't only repeat single
vocabulary words yes maybe you find a
vocabulary word that is really
interesting or it sounds funny or
something like that but by repeating a
full sentence or a full line in a TV
show or in a movie you're putting the
words together so not just one word but
making a whole sentence so feeling kind
of the flow of your language that you're
studying so this can be a better way to
actually practice making sentences and
repeating sentences instead of just
words so you can repeat after characters
and TV shows I sometimes do this when
I'm like watching Japanese TV oh and
then I try and spit it back out it's
hard to do sometimes when it's like the
first time you've heard a word or the
first time you've heard a grammar point
but you can still understand that so
it's interesting so try to say it and
it's kind of fun actually in a sentence
try repeating lines from TV shows to
practice practice speaking in phrases
not single vocabulary words the next tip
this is very similar to my TV show tip
is to practice speaking in phrases not
in vocabulary words not just single
vocabulary words even if you're not
repeating lines from TV shows when you
practice speaking don't just speak in
noun so sometimes for example I'll hear
people just use noun like they'll use a
noun and maybe a verb like I tomorrow
Beach something like that and yes we can
probably guess based on that how like
the the meaning the speaker's meaning
but you need to practice making a whole
sentence so yes you know those words I
tomorrow in beach and the listener can
probably guess what you mean but you
need to practice all those little words
in the middle like like I'm going to the
beach tomorrow
so make a full sentence practice making
full sentences don't only practice
single vocabulary words make the whole
line it's really good
sometimes I think my students get
irritated like they'll like I force them
to practice full sentences like so I'll
say like have you ever been to Germany
and they'll say yes I'm like okay for
the purposes of practice can you make a
full sentence and they'll say I have
been to Germany like that's an extreme
example but like I try to push that you
know making the full sentence it's it's
silly sometimes but just trying to do
that okay so in a sentence speaking in
entire phrases is helpful for practicing
the rhythm of a new language speak a lot
with your teacher and ask them to be
strict with you on words okay so the
next tip is to speak a lot with your
teacher and ask them to be strict with
you so this is kind of two tips in 1 1
speak with your teacher so if you have a
teacher make sure you're speaking in
their class if you if if we're ever
well sometimes I'll have students join
my class and maybe they feel shy or
whatever and they don't speak very much
but please speak with your teacher so
that your teacher can correct you your
teacher can give you at least if they're
a native speaker or maybe even if they
aren't a native speaker your teacher can
give you corrections and if you don't
speak your teacher cannot help you in
most cases so please speak with your
teacher and if you like you can tell
them please be strict about my
pronunciation so sometimes people will
say please help me with my pronunciation
specifically and then I can stop them
every time they make a mistake and we
practice that sound especially 80h
sounds like that like using using your
mouth a little bit differently can be
really uncomfortable for some people but
if you're a teacher can point out those
things like th sounds the this that B's
those those th sounds ending ER sound
practicing those with your teacher can
be a really good way to work on your
pronunciation so in a sentence speak a
lot with your teacher they can correct
you and help you improve concert the
first word for talking about music is
concert concert is a live show
concert is yeah the performance is
happening in front of your eyes so
concerts are really popular worldwide I
think depending on where you live you
might hear them called live shows but
usually in American English we just say
concert a concert so in a sentence I'm
going to a concert this weekend to see
in concert the next expression is the
verb we use for a live show so the next
expression is to see in a concert or to
see in concert so we use the artists
name along with this phrase so for
example I'm going to see Coldplay in
concert I'm going to see Adele in
concert so you use I'm going to see
artist name in concert or
in a concert where's the in concert or
in a concert both are okay so in a
different sentence I'm going to see my
favorite band in concert meaning live
who do I want to see you in concert I
want to see Michael Jackson in concert
yeah I would have loved to see him in
concert he's my favorite to listen to
music to listen to artist the next word
or the next phrase is to listen to Plus
music or to listen to an artist so you
can use this verb with the type of music
or with the specific artist or band or
group that you like so I like to listen
to rock music I like to listen to pop
music whatever another sentence is I
like listening to Beyonce I like yeah so
you can use to listen to or listening to
both are fine here I like listening to
funk it's fine I like listening to funky
artists is fine I like listening to
Queens of the Stone Age it's fine all of
these are great who do you listen to I
listen to to write a song to write music
the next expression is to write a song
or to write music so if you want to make
music yourself you can say write a song
which just means one song maybe three or
four minutes usually in popular music or
to write music in general so you can use
both of these expressions song is more
specific music is more general so in a
sentence my friends started writing
songs recently or in a different
sentence writing music is really fun
track the next expression is track track
so we can use song yes but for example
when you look at an album like on iTunes
or maybe like a CD for example each each
song is assigned a number that's the
track number so we can say I like track
number three or track three we use track
to talk about a song so you can say this
is a good song or this is a good track
both are
okay to use song and track are both fine
so in a sentence I really like that
track from his album want to speed up
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