In this lesson, you can learn some essential English phrases to help you understand native speakers and sound more natural when you speak English. Improve your comprehension by speaking with a certified English teacher. Learn more: http://bit.ly/ooe-teachers.
When you’re talking to a native English speaker, do you sometimes find they use phrases and questions which you haven’t heard before?
If you’ve learned English in classrooms, there are probably many simple but important phrases that you aren’t familiar with.
We’ll show you a few of these useful phrases to help you understand and speak to native English speakers.

You can see the full version of this lesson here: https://www.oxfordonlineenglish.com/essential-phrases.

Phrases:
1. What have you been up to? 0:54
2. Dunno 2:18
3. Hold on 3:20
4. Might as well 4:57
5. What do you reckon? 6:38
6. In a bit 8:11
7. How come? 9:41
8. How did you find it? 10:56

This lesson will help you:

- Understand common English questions people might ask instead of 'How are you?'.
- Know different ways to answer these questions.
- Learn about essential English phrases like 'dunno' and how to use it.
- Understand how to give your opinion and ask someone else about theirs with an essential phrase.
- Learn about essential English phrases that are more like idioms to understand conversational English.

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