2025-07-28
16 分钟Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.
My name is Shayna, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.
Make sure to visit the website, EspressoEnglish.net, where you can get online courses and e-books that will help you learn English even faster.
Let's get started with today's lesson.
Stop saying basic phrases and try using these more advanced ones to sound more fluent in English.
Instead of saying I'm tired, say I'm running on empty.
Instead of that's not true, try that doesn't hold water.
In this video, you'll learn a hundred advanced English phrases to express yourself in a variety of situations—at work, in casual conversations, and everywhere in between.
You can download everything from this lesson and more by clicking on the link in the video description to get my ebook, 500 Real English Phrases, which also comes with audio so you can hear and practice the pronunciation.
Click on the link, enter your email address, and you'll receive that free ebook.
Okay, now get ready to boost your speaking skills by learning these phrases.
We'll start with the tricky situation.
Ten ways to avoid answering a question.
No comment.
I'm not at liberty to say.
That means I don't have permission to give the information.
Wait and see.
That means you will discover the answer later.
Let me get back to you.
That means I will give you the answer later.