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let's learn some incredibly useful B2
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phrases which it's more Upper
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Intermediate and I say these phrases are
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incredibly useful because they're very
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common now some of these phrases it's
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possible that you've been using them all
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along but I promise that you will learn
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something new so let's begin with a
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phrase that I just mentioned all along
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this means from the very beginning and
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it's a great phrase because you can use
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it in a variety of situations and really
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it's interchangeable with the meaning
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from the very beginning so when you use
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this phrase it just allows you to be
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more concise and use fewer words I could
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say
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I knew all along that their relationship
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had problems or maybe that was the plan
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all along so instead of saying from the
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very beginning I can just simplify it
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and say all along
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when pronouncing this phrase linking may
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occur and this is extremely common in
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spoken English this is when you link the
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final consonant sound of one word with
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the beginning vowel sound of the next
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word so we can link that final consonant
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sound in all with the beginning vowel
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sound in a long and it's almost like
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we're just moving that consonant sound
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over to the next word or syllable all
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along all along I want you to listen for
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it you're right all along Frank you had
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them all along
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it's been there all along now ever since
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you started learning English perhaps you
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have enjoyed building your vocabulary
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all along and if you really do enjoy
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the channel is interactive English it's
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all about trying to help you reach your
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fluency goals so the next phrase that I
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have for you I really want you to keep
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this in mind because I use it all the
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time and I'm talking about the phrase
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keep in mind you can use one of two
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verbs the verb keep keep in mind or the
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verb bear bear in mind they both have
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the same meaning which is to remember a
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piece of information when making a
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decision or just considering a matter
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and this is a phrase that as a teacher I
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use all the time I'm constantly telling
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Learners hey keep in mind and then I
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tell them the information I want them to
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remember as a way of emphasizing it so
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generally you're going to use this
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phrase at the beginning of a statement
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now to be perfectly honest I I think
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that I use the phrase keep in mind more
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often than I use bear in mind and I
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think others do as well you can see this
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using engram viewer which allows us to
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compare the frequency of different words
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and phrases so it's a bit more common
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for people to say Keep keep in mind and
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I want you to keep in mind that
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throughout the lesson I am going to
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teach you the meaning of these different
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phrases talk a little bit about how
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they're used in context and bear in mind
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I'm going to tell you how to pronounce
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them just like me so when pronouncing
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this phrase more linking may occur I
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told you it's very common in spoken
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English and we can link that final
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consonant sound in keep with the
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beginning vowel sound in in keep in keep
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in mind you can do the same with bear
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bear in mind keep in mind bear in mind
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now here's something I want you to keep
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in mind if you want to improve your
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overall fluency it's important that you
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like a native speaker now let's get back
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to our B2 phrases and the next one that
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I have for you is at your convenience
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this just means when you want and I
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could say I would like to schedule a
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meeting at your convenience and there's
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also a great collocation with this
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phrase these are words that are
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frequently used together and that
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collocation is at your earliest
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convenience so really I'm just
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emphasizing that this needs to happen
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soon I would like to schedule them
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meeting at your earliest convenience
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when you pronounce this phrase
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assimilation may occur this is part of
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connected speech it's when two sounds
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they blend together to create a new
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sound so in this case it's like the T
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and Y blend together and you get this CH
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sound and we can place that slight CH
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between the words at in your at your
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convenience now this is not something
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that's always going to happen you may
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hear someone say at your convenience but
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keep in mind assimilation may occur and
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you'll hear that slight CH sound at your
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convenience once again just listen for
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it you may transport aboard at your
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convenience please call me back at your
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earliest
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willing to meet you at your earliest
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convenience then we have the phrase to
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keep someone company this just means to
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stay with someone so that they're not
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alone and really this phrase is used in
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a positive way because if you tell
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someone to keep this person company it
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shows that you care you want to help
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this person you don't want them to be
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alone and I really appreciate you
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keeping me company as I teach these
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phrases I don't want you to leave
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because then I'll be alone and I'll just
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be talking to myself so if you are happy
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to keep me company you can let me know
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by hitting that like button when
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pronouncing this phrase elusion may
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occur and this is when sounds or
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syllables get removed so it may occur
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with the first letter of the possessive
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pronoun him or her it's like that H just
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gets muted and then we can link the
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consonant sound with the vowel sound so
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instead of keep her
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it's going to sound like keeper keeper
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company keeper company keeper company
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instead of keep him that H gets muted
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it's going to sound like keep him keep
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him company keep him company I volunteer
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to keep him company so then why don't
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you keep him company I really like this
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next phrase because it's something that
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I try to do and that is set an example
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this means to behave in a way that other
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people should copy so I try to set a
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good example for my daughter I think
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that's something that parents do
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teachers should try to set a good
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example bosses and managers should also
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try to set a good example and I keep
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saying the word good because this is a
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common collocation with this phrase to
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set a good example and you could also
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say to set a bad example but it's more
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commonly used with the adjective good
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and I think this is one of the few times
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in which a positive phrase is more often
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used than a Nega native phrase to set a
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good example but to help you better
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understand how this phrase is used in
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context I have some news headlines for
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you China can set an example for the
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asean no nuke treaty
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company Saks top performer to set an
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example for others and to sack someone
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this is an informal way of saying that
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someone got fired subsidized train
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tickets Germany and Spain set an example
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for pronunciation there's two things
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that I want to talk about the first one
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is that the final T in set I am going to
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pronounce this as a flap T this is very
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common with the American accent when the
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t comes between two vowel sounds I'm
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going to pronounce it as a flap T it's
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going to sound more like a soft D and
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then we can just link the entire phrase
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said an example set an example say with
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me set an example
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excellent then we have the phrase to
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have an eye for something this means to
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be good at noticing a particular type of
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thing so maybe you have an eye for
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beauty or perhaps you have an eye for
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fashion or you have an eye for details
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or you have an eye for a good bargain
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let's see what what else can you have an
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eye for quite an eye for the pretty
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girls
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you do have an eye for other people's
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mistakes we have never built a pattern
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before or a print because you have to
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really have an eye for print when
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pronouncing this phrase we can link the
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three words have an eye it's going to
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sound like heaven I and then the word
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for in spoken English it's common for it
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to get reduced and it's a weak sound and
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that vowel changes so instead of four
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it's going to sound more like fur to
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have an eye for something to have an eye
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for something at ease I'm telling you
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this because it's our next phrase and I
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also want you to relax I want you to
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feel free from worry so you may
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definitely hear this phrase being used
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in a military context it would be used
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as a command and in general a person of
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a higher authority would say this to
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someone of a lower rank who is standing
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in position and they'll say at ease and
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they're just telling this person to
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relax at ease at ease headies there are
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also some great collocations with this
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phrase someone may look at ease or feel
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at ease or seem at ease he really looked
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at ease during the job interview
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you could also put someone at ease when
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she texted me that she got home it
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really put me at ease
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or you could also put someone's mind at
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ease
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planning for the wedding has been so
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stressful I wish there were some way to
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put my mind at ease thanks but you
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should know we're a little concerned
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about this being used in weapons well
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let me put your mind at ease what we use
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it for is none of your business for
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pronunciation that final T and at
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because it comes between two vowel
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sounds once again I am going to
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pronounce this as a flap T and then we
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can link that flap t with the vowel
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sound in ease at ease at ease then we
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have the phrase in due course or in due
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time you can use either noun they have
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the same meaning which is at a suitable
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time in the future so typically you're
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going to use this phrase either at the
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beginning or end of a statement I could
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say we will announce the grand opening
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in due course
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or in due time we will announce the
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grand opening as far as usage goes both
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phrases are roughly equally used
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personally I prefer to say in due time
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but just looking at their usage over
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time it's really fascinating how
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language changes when pronouncing this
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phrase it's pretty simple and
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straightforward you're just going to say
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one word right after the other in due
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time in due course and then there's the
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phrase fair enough I really like this
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one probably because I use it quite
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often and it's used to say that
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something is reasonable or acceptable
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and typically you're going to use this
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phrase in a back and forth conversation
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well you just said you didn't care about
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the push-ups I changed my mind
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wasting your time old man the last thing
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I need is another Sensei fair enough I
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don't think as much I can teach you
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right now anyway for pronunciation
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there's more linking we can link the
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final consonant sound in Fair with the
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beginning vowel sound in enough fair
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enough fair enough and then we have to
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get on someone's nerves it means to
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annoy someone a lot this is an idiom
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that's used in casual conversation when
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something or someone is bothering you
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typically people use this when talking
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about themselves and they'll use the
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possessive adjective my so instead of
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saying that someone is annoying me I'll
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say that someone is getting on my nerves
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also you're likely to use this in either
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the past the present or the present
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continuous Wes got on my nerves at the
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party last night in the past or
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sometimes Wes gets on my nerves a
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general truth in the present
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or Wes is getting on my nerves it's
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happening right now the present
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continuous I really hope that I don't
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get on your nerves I suppose if I do you
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can hit the dislike button but I'd much
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rather you hit the like button at your
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convenience of course
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when pronouncing this phrase two things
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that I want to talk to you about that
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final T and get I'm going to pronounce
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this as a flap T and then we can link
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that flap t with the vowel sound in on
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get on to get on someone's nerves next
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is the phrase in that case which I
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really like because you're going to use
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this in a conversation it means because
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of a mentioned situation so it's a great
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phrase when you're having a conversation
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and you're referencing something that
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was mentioned and reacting to it let's
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say you tell me it's cold outside and I
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say in that case I'm gonna wear a coat
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or maybe you tell me you don't have
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anyone to hang out with it's a little
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lonely so I say in that case I'm going
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to keep you company here are some other
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examples I'll give Stella a lifetime of
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love over these next eight months in
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that case welcome to the family son I
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think she's out well in that case
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Eric I can't do that with her in here
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for pronunciation there's some
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co-articulation going on this is when
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you have overlapping sounds because the
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final consonant sound in in your tongue
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is roughly in the same position when
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you're pronouncing that voice th in that
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so it just allows us to smoothly move
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from one word to the next in that in
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that case otherwise it's pretty simple
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and straightforward but I keep talking
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to you about pronunciation because this
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is something you really need to practice
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and then practice some more and do it
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all over again which is the next phrase
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that I want to teach you all over again
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this means to start again from the very
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beginning and it's a great way to add
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emphasis instead of just saying again
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and there are also some useful
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collocations with this phrase you could
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do something all over again there was a
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mistake with the design so so we had to
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do it all over again you could also
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start something all over again people
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showed up late and interrupted my
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presentation so I had to start all over
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again from the very beginning for
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pronunciation we can link the entire
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phrase link those final consonant sounds
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with the beginning vowel sounds all over
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again all over again so I really want to
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stress just how common linking is
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because as you can see with many of
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these phrases it's likely to occur and
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now for a little review because as a
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teacher I want to set a good example
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because review is just going to help you
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remember these phrases and I want you to
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keep in mind that as you review and
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practice these phrases in due time
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they'll become a part of your active
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memory and in that case you'll be able
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to easily use them whenever you're
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having a conversation so I really
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appreciate you keeping me company
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throughout the lesson and I would
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encourage you to watch another video
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Lesson and you can even choose because I
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know that you have an eye for finding
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the right lesson for yourself
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and you know if you don't want to watch
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one right now I understand you can watch
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one at your earliest convenience fair
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enough
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so I'm going to wrap things up before I
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start to get on your nerves but I really
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hope you enjoyed the lesson and learned
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something new if you did you can let me
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know down in the comments thank you so
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much for watching and I will see you
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next time so long
