Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 550

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  Hi there, this is Harry.

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  Welcome back to Advanced English Lessons with Harry,

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  where I try to help you to get a better understanding of the English language,

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  to help you with your conversational skills, your business English skills,

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  interview skills, whatever your goals are, we're here to help.

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  And for those of you and your friends or family who want one-to-one lessons,

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  well, you know what to do, just...

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  get in touch www.englishlessonviaskype.com and you can apply for a free trial lesson and we'd be very happy to hear from you and very happy to help you.

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  The lesson today is advanced English and it's...

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  idioms specific and really super idioms that you can use with speak and talk.

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  As usual, I have 10 in the list.

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  I'll go through them and outline them and then I'll give you some examples and then hopefully you'll get to understand how to use them,

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  practice them.

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  Okay, let's go.

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  To be on speaking terms with somebody or not to be on speaking terms with somebody.

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  What this really means is that if we are on speaking terms with somebody, we know them.

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  We know them to pick up the telephone or walk into their office or when we meet them on the street,

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  we can talk to them.

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  Yeah, I know the guy well.

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  I mean, he's not my best friend, but if you need a favour,

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