10 Common English Expressions

What does your boss mean when she says "keep me posted"? What does your friend mean when he says "let it go"? Understand and learn to use 10 common English expressions today. They're easy to remember since they each only have three words! Start sounding more like a native speaker with these useful and practical English expressions for everyday life. Then take the quiz at https://www.engvid.com/10-common-english-expressions/ !

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TRANSCRIPT

Hi. I'm Rebecca from engVid. In this lesson, you're going to learn 10 lovely English expressions that you might be hearing all around you, every day. These are really common expressions, so I want to make sure that you know them so that you understand what people are saying; and also, once you're really sure of the meaning, you can also start to use them yourself. Okay? Now, the other thing is that they're really short; each of them... The ones I've chosen, here, only have three words, so they're also really short and easy to say. Okay? And there are no complicated, long words to pronounce or anything like that. Okay? So, let's get started.

Number one is the expression: "Good for you." So, the way that I said it, what do you think it means? Well, what it means is that somebody gives you some good news, like: "Oh, guess what? Rebecca, I passed my IELTS exam on the first try." So what would I say to that student? "Good for you. Wow, you did it. Amazing." Or someone tells you: "Hey, I got the job. I didn't... I can't believe it." And I was like: "Good for you. You know? You tried, you did it; you succeeded. Good for you." Okay? Really easy to say and very easy to understand, I hope. All right?

Next: "Keep me posted." All right, so what does: "Keep me posted" mean? You have the word "post" here, but don't worry about that; it has nothing to do with mailing letters or anything like that. "Keep me posted" means that there's a situation and you want someone to keep... Give you updates; to keep you updated on what the latest news is or what has happened. So, for example, let's suppose that someone is in the hospital and they're... The doctor is giving them news every few hours to tell them what's happening, so you are not there but you want to know. You care and you want to know what's happening, so you tell the person in the hospital: "Keep me posted." That means: "Let me know. Anything new that happens, let me know. Keep me updated." Okay? And you will hear this expression in regular situations, like the one I described, and very often at work. Okay? If there's a particular project going on and your manager wants you to update him or her whenever something important happens, they might say to you: "Keep me posted." Okay? So, that's another one for you.

Number three: "Sleep on it." Okay? "Sleep on it? Sleep on what?" Okay. So, what this means is: Don't decide something right away. Okay? Take some time to decide, take some time to maybe sleep at night and think about something quietly, and don't be in a rush to decide anything. Don't be in a rush; don't be in a hurry to make up your mind, or make an important decision or choice. Say: "I don't know. I have this job offer, I have that job offer; I've got to let them know. I don't know what to do." If somebody's in that situation, so you can say to them, what? "Why don't you sleep on it? Okay? I think you'll know better in the morning." Okay? Sometimes people get very anxious, but you can tell them... It's another way of saying: "Take some time to decide. Sleep on it." Okay? So: "Sleep on it" is actually, like, the decision, okay? On the decision. Okay.

Next: "Let it go." All right? This is a really nice expression. So let's say somebody's had a bad situation, okay? Something bad happened to them, they... Somebody spoke to them angrily and they're feeling very hurt, or somebody left them. Okay? Or they... They lost their job and the manager, you know, embarrassed them in front of other people and they're feeling really negative and they're feeling bad, so instead of... instead of... and the person is telling you about all these bad things that happened, so you want to tell them: "Why don't you just...? You know what? I understand, but let it go. Forget about it. Move forward." Okay? So you say: "Let it go", means don't keep all that negative feeling inside you. Okay? Or that negative energy inside you. Let it go. All right? Forget about it, move forward, and do something good. Okay? Say it after me: "Let it go."

Or: "Sleep on it." Okay? Say it after me: "Keep me posted." And: "Good for you." Okay? Don't forget the... Okay? This is important. I always do that. I always make a fist when I say: "Good for you." Okay? You can do it, if you want to. All right. […]