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Well, hello and welcome to this English lesson about every day English phrases
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These are phrases that I use every day as a native English speaker and the first two phrases
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I want to teach you are phrases we would use when talking about the grocery store
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I would probably say to someone I need to get groceries or I need to pick up a few things
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The second one is actually quite common if I was at work and someone said what are you doing after work?
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I could say oh, I need to go to the grocery store because I need to get groceries or I'm going to go to the grocery store
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Because I need to pick up a few things. So those are two common everyday English phrases that I use
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Well, at least on the days when I go to the grocery store before we continue with the lesson though
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So behind me is a coffee shop and there are a couple of phrases that you would use when talking about a coffee shop
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And you would mostly use these two phrases in the morning
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People do usually go to a coffee shop on their way to work or on their way to school
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So these two phrases work best in the morning
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You might say to someone I'm going to grab a coffee
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In English for some reason we use the verb grab for a variety of things
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But that is the correct way to say it
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I'm going to grab a coffee at the coffee shop
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Or because it's morning and maybe you didn't eat at home
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You might say I'm going to get breakfast
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And there's a couple other phrases I'm going to teach you
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You could say I'm going to go through the drive-thru
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So you're going to use your car to go through the drive-thru
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Or you might just say to someone I'm going to go in
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Which means you're going to get out of your car and go in
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So a few phrases to use at the coffee shop
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I'm going to grab a coffee
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I'm going to get breakfast
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I'm going to go through the drive-thru or I'm going to go in
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So behind me we have a gas station
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When you go to the gas station
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There's a few phrases that you would use to talk about that
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You would say I'm going to the gas station to fill up my car
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I'm going to the gas station to get gas
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By the way, when you say you're going to fill up your car
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It's just understood that you're getting gasoline
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That you're getting gas
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You might go to the gas station to pump up your tires
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So we have a little air pump here
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You might go to the gas station to pump up your tires
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And some people when they're at the gas station
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They decide to check their oil
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So they open the hood of their car and they pull out the dipstick
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And they check to make sure it has enough oil in it
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So when you go to the gas station you might go to get gas
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You might go to fill up
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You might go to check your oil
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Or you might go to pump up your tires
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Now there are a couple of phrases you would use when talking about a bank
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And there's a couple of variations of each phrase
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You might go to a bank to withdraw money
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Or to make a withdrawal
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We use both phrases pretty much interchangeably
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You might also go to the bank to deposit money
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Or to make a deposit
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Sorry, I was trying to make sure I said them in the same order
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So two phrases, actually four phrases
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That you can use when talking about the bank
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You might go to the bank to deposit money
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Or to make a deposit
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You might go to the bank to withdraw money
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Or to make a withdrawal
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So behind me there's a post office
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And there are a couple of phrases that you would use
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When talking about a post office
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You might go to the post office to send a letter
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You might have written a letter to someone
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And you go to the post office to send that letter to someone
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Or you might go to the post office to get your mail
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Or to pick up your mail
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I have a post office box in the post office
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So sometimes I go to the post office to get my mail
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Or to pick up my mail
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So two phrases you can use at the post office
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You can go there to send a letter
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Wait, is that actually three phrases?
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Yes, that's three phrases
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You can go there to send a letter
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You can go there to get your mail
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Or you can go there to pick up your mail
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Now, of course, you can only get your mail or pick up your mail
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If you have a post office box in the post office
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Some people get their mail delivered straight to their house. That's much handier.
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tutor there to help you with what you need. So I'm standing in a parking lot and one of the
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things you will most likely do if you're visiting any of the places I'm talking about today is you're
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going to find a parking spot and then you are going to park your car. So those are two phrases you
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would use when talking about a parking lot. When you arrive at a place like this, when you're going
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to the pharmacy or you're going to the coffee shop, the very first thing you will most likely need to
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do if you're driving a car is you need to find a parking spot and then you need to park your car.
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Then you can go and do all of your errands and visit the places you need to go to and then when
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you come back, your car will be safely in the parking spot where you put it. So two phrases
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for a parking lot, you need to find a parking spot and then you need to park your car. So the
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next phrase I want to teach you is a phrase you'll use when talking about a drugstore or pharmacy.
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If you go to the doctor and if you're sick and the doctor decides you need medicine,
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you will get a prescription. A prescription is permission for the pharmacy or drugstore
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to give you that medicine and so the phrase you'll use is that you go to the drugstore to pick up
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a prescription. The drugstore gets the information from the doctor, they put the medicine in a bottle
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and you go to the drugstore to pick up a prescription. So if you're talking about a drugstore, you might
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say to someone, I have to go to the pharmacy or I have to go to the drugstore to pick up a prescription.
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Another type of place you might go to once a week or even every day is a place called a convenient
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store or we sometimes call it a variety store. This is a place where you go to buy something
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because you're in a hurry and the phrase we often use is to grab something quick. I'm going to go
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to the convenience store and grab something quick because I'm in a hurry and I want to buy something
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very very quickly. I don't want to go to a big grocery store and walk all over the place. I just
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want a bottle of pop and a chocolate bar. I'm going to go to the convenience store and grab
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something quick. So that's the phrase I would use when talking about a convenience store. I'm going
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to go to the convenience store and grab something quick because I'm in a hurry. So there are two
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phrases that you might use when you're talking about a park. The first phrase you might use is
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actually two phrases together. You might say, I'm going to go to the park to sit and relax. So you
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might go to the park to sit on a park bench and to relax. Maybe at lunch you leave work and you go
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to the park to sit and relax during your lunch break. And then the second phrase that I can think
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of is to walk your dog. If you are someone that owns a dog, you might come to the park to walk
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your dog. It's a big open green space as long as your dog's on a leash, you're allowed usually to
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walk your dog at a park. So two phrases you can use when talking about a park. You might come here
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to sit and relax or you might come here to walk your dog. Maybe you're someone who likes to work
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out. Maybe you like to stay in shape. You like to be fit. And in that case, you would go to the gym.
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And there's a few phrases we use when talking about the gym. You might say, I'm going to go work out.
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That means you're going to go to the gym and do a whole bunch of different exercises. If you are
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really into building muscle, you might say, I'm going to go lift weights. I'm going to go to the
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gym. I'm going to work out. I'm going to go lift weights. And maybe you go to the gym to take a
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class. Maybe you're taking a fitness class at the gym. So three different phrases. I think
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there's actually a fourth one in there somewhere. You might go to the gym to work out. You might go
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to the gym to take a class. You might go to the gym to lift weights. So behind me is our local
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library. And there are three phrases you can use when talking about the library. By the way, the
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library is the place where there's lots of books. And you can go to the library to check out a book
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or to borrow a book or to return a book. So when you check out a book or borrow a book, it means the
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library lends you the book. It lets you have the book for a little while. And then when you're done,
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you need to return the book. So three phrases you can use to talk about the library. You can go to
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the library to check out a book, to borrow a book, or maybe you're done reading the book and you need
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to return the book. Well, thank you so much for watching this English lesson where I hope you
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were able to learn some new everyday English phrases that you can use in your next English
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conversation. And maybe that conversation will be with a tutor from Preply. Again, I highly recommend
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And I'm sure you'll find a tutor there that can help you improve your English in the way you want
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And I'll see you next week with another English lesson. Bye.