10 Casual Phrases Every English Learner Needs To Know

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  Hi and welcome to the Espresso English podcast where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.

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  My name is Shayna and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.

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  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.

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  Let's get started with today's lesson.

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  Are those expressions that aren't in textbooks, but real people use them all the time?

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  Today I'm sharing 10 casual English expressions I actually used this week in real conversations.

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  These are phrases native English speakers use without thinking,

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  and they'll help your English sound more natural, friendly, and fluent.

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  So grab a coffee and let's look at how English is really spoken in my everyday life.

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  By the way,

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  you can download today's lesson guide and it includes a bonus quiz to test yourself on these informal expressions.

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  All right, the first interesting expression I used this week was, can we just drop it?

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  My friend and I were debating an issue we had different opinions on.

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  The issue wasn't really that important and I didn't want to spend the whole time talking about only that topic.

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  So I said, can we just drop it?

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  To drop a topic of conversation means to stop talking about it.

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  Number two, that's beside the point.

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  I was discussing politics with my dad and he mentioned something that wasn't related to the main topic,

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  so I commented, that's beside the point.

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