
Learning English Conversations
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Sitting pretty
Learn a phrase to describe a good situation.

Feast your eyes
Sometimes you can be amazed at what you see. Learn an expression for these moments.

Put the brakes on
Learn a phrase about stopping or slowing down an activity.

Second-guess
If you don't know what's going to happen next, you have to guess.

Ins and outs
Learn about a new expression and why Feifei gets a shock!

Yes and no
Not all answers in life are 'yes' or 'no'. Learn why with this phrase.

Eat your words
Learn a phrase about being wrong.

Bug someone
Sometimes people or things just annoy you. Learn a phrase about this.

Willy-nilly
Learn an informal expression about doing things without planning.

Willy-nilly
A random phrase

Gnarly
Do you find something disgusting? Use this word to describe it.

Smash it
Learn a phrase to give encouragement

A doddle
Is this phrase easy to learn?

It’s now or never
Learn how to use ‘it’s now or never’

Happy days
Learn a phrase to use when you hear good news.

Double down
Learn a phrase about extra effort.

Game face
Learn an expression about determination.

Bitten by the bug
Learn a phrase about becoming interested and excited in doing something.

It escapes me
A phrase about forgetting something

Onboarding
Starting a new job means becoming familiar with new duties!

Thereby hangs a tale
When there is more to say....

The royal treatment
Are you ready to feel like a king or a queen?

Tell me about it
Sometimes people say something that you can’t help but agree with. Learn a new phrase.

Creatively bankrupt
Do you ever feel like your creativity just vanishes? Here's a phrase for that situation.

As if
A phrase to use when someone says something that is ridiculous or blatantly untrue.

Bad hair day
How are you looking today? Could you be having a bad hair day?

'Ish' - The English We Speak
Make the English you speak sound more natural

Promises, promises
Learn a new expression about not believing someone’s promises.

Not see hide nor hair
Sometimes it’s impossible to find someone. Here's a phrase to use in this situation.

A curate's egg
Learn an odd expression which means something is a little good but mainly bad

That'll be the day
Learn a phrase about things that are unlikely to happen.

Gathering dust
What’s gathering dust in your house?

Easier said than done
Talking about doing things can be easy, but doing them can be a bit more complicated.

The plot thickens
A phrase for when a situation becomes more mysterious.

All at sea
Discover more about this nautical phrase in The English We Speak.

Don't mind me
If you want tell someone to ignore what you’re doing, what can you say?

Cramp my style
Who’s cramping your style?

You couldn't make it up
Learn an expression for unbelievable events.

Cool cat
Do you know someone who is really hip and trendy?

There's nothing to it
Sometimes we do things that are simple. Learn an 'easy' phrase to describe this.

As sick as a parrot
Learn a phrase about disappointment.

Eke out
We have the perfect phrase to describe making the most of what you’ve got left.

Say no more
Learn a phrase about understanding someone.

Scrub up well
Learn a phrase about making a special effort to dress smartly.

You shouldn't have
Learn a phrase to show surprise when receiving a gift

Not looking too clever
If someone’s 'not looking too clever', are we doubting their intelligence?

Not like the sound of something
Don't like what you hear? Say it with this expression!

I'll give you that
Learn what to say when you agree with someone about some or all of what they said.

Another string to your bow
Learn a phrase about having an additional skill.

Clap back
When someone criticises something you’ve done, what do you do?