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hi everybody welcome back to top words
my name is Alisha and in this episode
we're going to talk about ten words and
expressions for talking about thoughts
and ideas so let's get started I have an
idea the first expression is I have an
idea
I have an idea this is a really general
expression you can use to introduce a
new idea this is pretty casual but you
can use it in slightly more formal
situations as well I have an idea let's
get Thai food for lunch
or I have an idea let's go to the beach
this weekend I have an idea
let's take a nap in this example
sentence I have an idea let's start a
company I've been thinking the next
expression is I've been thinking I've
been thinking you can use this to say
I've been thinking that the thought and
then begin an idea or you can say I've
been thinking about topic I've been
thinking about topic so I've been
thinking about finding a new job or I've
been thinking what do you want to do for
summer vacation so you can use it in a
couple of different ways I've been
thinking about or I've been thinking
both are okay so in this sentence I've
been thinking about baking a cake all
day here's a thought the next word is
here's a thought here's a thought so
again this is a word you can use to
introduce an idea here is a thought in
other words here is an idea a thought
from my mind here you are here's a
thought so you can use this to introduce
an idea you have had here's a thought
why don't you get a haircut
in this example sentence here's a
thought why don't you take tomorrow off
what do you think the next expression is
what do you think what do you think very
common way to ask for someone's opinion
what do you think we
next the words do and you quite closely
in this expression what do you think
what do you think sounds much more
natural than what do you think so try to
use what do you think so this is this is
just a general way to ask for someone
else's opinion about anything really
in a sentence I kinda want to eat
something spicy for lunch what do you
think you want to know what I think the
next expression is you want to know what
I think so this is sort of like a
challenge
almost like it's asking the other person
do you want to know my opinion do you
want to know what I think
cuz I'll tell you only if you want to
know so you want to know what I think or
you can drop wanna and say you know what
I think so that you becomes yeah you
know what I think you know becomes you
know so you know what I think or you
want to know what I think so it's a
little bit of a challenge a little bit
of an introduction before you actually
share your opinion in a sentence you
want to know what I think it's a
terrible idea I've thought about this a
lot the next expression is I've thought
about this a lot I've thought about this
a lot in this expression we're actually
using the present perfect tense I've
thought I've thought so that's I have
thought about this meaning I started
thinking about this in the past and my
thinking has continued to the present
I've thought about this a lot so this
implies this tells the listener it's
something that has been on your mind for
a while I've thought about this a lot so
your opinion is based on all of this
past thinking so something you have been
thinking about for a long time in a
sentence I've thought about this a lot
and I really think you should quit the
company
I have no idea I have no idea I have no
idea means I don't know but I have no
idea means zero I have no information no
ideas I can't think of anything
absolutely nothing no idea I have no
idea so this is typically used in
response to a question for information
like where's your brother I have no idea
what did you do with the keys I have no
idea
so some things like you just you have no
information absolutely no information
you can say I have no idea I don't know
please note though that the idea part of
the sentence is in the singular form I
have no idea we'll talk about why in
just a moment but I have no idea to
refer to having no information about
something in another sentence the best
hotel in the city I have no idea I have
no ideas the next expression is I have
no ideas I have no ideas so here
different from I have no idea we're
using the plural form ideas ideas
meaning someone is asking you for a
proposal someone is asking you'd like to
create something to make something
perhaps so they're asking for a
suggestion and if you don't have any
suggestions nothing to propose you can
say I have no ideas I have no idea so
what do you want to do this weekend I
have no ideas or what do you want to eat
for lunch I have no ideas really so if
you don't have any ideas nothing to
propose you can use this with an S at
the end of ideas in another sentence
something to do this weekend I have no
ideas I don't know the next expression
is I don't know I don't know so Michael
and I talked about this in an episode of
English topics many years ago but I
don't know is I don't know the casual
contracted version of I don't know I
don't know I don't know I don't know so
we use this when we don't know the
answer to something I
don't know or when we just want to kind
of like relieve pressure or when we're
when when we're out of things to say as
well I don't know so when we're like not
feeling sure not feeling confident as
well we can use this phrase in a
sentence why are you asking me I don't
know I knew it the last expression is I
knew it I knew it so here we're using
the past tense of know the verb to know
something meaning to understand or to
comprehend we're using the past tense
knew I knew it so we use this expression
when we guessed correctly about
something or when something we thought
was true is proven to be correct so I
knew it I knew it so this is typically
said with a positive positive voice you
hear this a lot in movies as well I
think our rate in a sentence you had my
keys I knew it
so those are 10 words and expressions
that you can use for talking about your
thoughts and ideas so I hope that's
helpful if you like you can try to make
an expression with one of these in the
comment section below the video let us
know if you have any other ideas as well
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