10 phrases in English that will help you pass for an American

Only the lazy do not know that school and university English are very different from the real language spoken in the USA or Britain.

Every English-speaking country has colloquial expressions that distinguish native speakers from visitors.

We have collected a number of phrases and phrases that are almost never taught in English courses, but at the same time Americans themselves use them all the time.

Add them to your vocabulary and when speaking you will be able to pass for yourself, if not as an American, then at least as someone who speaks confident English. Go.

What's up?

Remember the phrase “How do you do?”
So, none of the natives use it. In a more formal setting they say “How are you?”, but among acquaintances, friends and colleagues, “What’s up” is quite enough. In this case, the phrase is most often shortened to “Wassup” or even to “'Sup”.

What’s interesting is that although the phrase is pronounced in a questioning tone, it does not require an answer. The only correct answer to "Wassup" is "Wassup".

By the way, many Russian speakers were first introduced to this phrase through the movie “Scary movie” (2000).
And very few people know that in fact this scene is a parody of the 1999 Budweiser beer advertisement, which was actively shown in the United States.

Even the phrases are almost identical.

"Having some 'Bud'" from the original and "Smoking some bud" from the parody. The thing is that “bud” is slang for “weed, marijuana.”

So if you meet a good friend, greeting him with the phrase “What's up” is exactly what you need.

In

The meaning of the word “in” is actually much more than just the preposition “in”.
Let's omit the banal “I'm in heaven” or the even more banal “I'm in love”. Let's take meanings that are rarely studied, but their speakers use them relatively often.

- We're gonna have some beer. Are you in? - Sure, I'm in. — We're going to have a beer. Are you with us? - Certainly.

"I'm in" in this context means "I'm in business." A good answer to a question or a suggestion to do something.

- So, what's in at the moment?
— Seriously Dad? — Yeah, come on I wanna know what's cool and what's not! — So what’s trending now? - Seriously, dad? “Of course, I want to know what’s cool now and what’s not.”

In this context, the phrase "it's in" means "in trend." If something is possible or popular, you can simply say “it's in”, simply emphasizing the “in” with intonation.

Top best quotes with meaning (300 quotes)

Quotes about the meaning of life are a great opportunity to look at your own life through the prism of great people. In all centuries, outstanding representatives of humanity have thought about what life is for, what its purpose is and what is the meaning of human existence. This section presents the top best quotes with meaning. They will be able to help you form your own vision of the meaning of life.

If it's hard for you, it means you're going uphill. If it's easy for you, then you're flying into the abyss.

Think about what can make you happy. Do what you like. Be with people who make you feel good. Go where they are waiting for you.

Everything in life is temporary. If everything goes well, enjoy it, it won't last forever. Well, if everything is lousy, don’t be sour, it won’t last forever either.

Have you ever felt like you were missing someone you've never met?

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

The only rule in life that you need to live by is to remain human in all situations.

People are divided into two halves. Some, upon entering the room, exclaim: “Oh, who do I see!”; others: “Here I am!”

There are two ways to command a woman, but no one knows them.

There's nothing worse than missing out on a chance that could change your life. Follow your path and let people say whatever they want.

The one who runs falls. He who crawls does not fall.

God created us in his image and likeness. But where is the confidence that he worked in a realistic manner?

Time will pass, and life will show that everything was only for the better.

When you have been betrayed, and you, no matter what, want to communicate with this person and wish him only happiness, then you are either a saint or a fool.

In fact, life is simple, but we persistently complicate it.

And those who don’t see that Life is Beautiful just need to jump higher!

Thousands of candles can be lit from one single candle, and its life will not be shortened. Happiness does not decrease when you share it.

It always seems that we are loved because we are good. But we don’t realize that they love us because those who love us are good.

Alcohol is an anesthesia with which we undergo such a complex operation as life.

Take care of the person in you.

True love is like a ghost: everyone talks about it, but few have seen it.

Without movement, life is just a lethargic sleep.

Remember: no one owes you anything. And you shouldn't. Don't make plans for other people, don't hope for anything. Because everyone disappoints... So my wishes to each of you: pull yourself together and take care only of yourself.

A woman is like tea leaves. You will never know its strength until it boils.

Life without illusions is fruitless.

In anticipation, character grows stronger, hope weakens, and love dies...

If a woman can't decide what she should wear, it's a sure sign that a man is involved.

A useless life is much more to be feared than death.

People may forget what you said. They may forget what you did. But they will never forget how you made them feel...

The heart has no wrinkles, it only has scars.

The blessing is not in having a long life, but in how to manage it: it can happen, and it often happens, that someone who lives a long time lives short.

What difference does it make who is stronger, who is smarter, who is more beautiful, who is richer? After all, in the end, the only thing that matters is whether you are a happy person or not.

Women, of course, are smarter. Have you ever heard of a woman who would lose her head just because a man has beautiful legs?

Wealth is not what kind of fur coat you wear, what kind of car you drive, or what cool phone you have in your hands. Wealth means living parents, healthy children, reliable friends and the strong shoulder of a loved one!

Time slips through the fingers of lowered hands.

Women believe that they dress up for the sake of men or for their own pleasure; but in truth, they dress up for each other.

Most see a puddle, and a few see the reflection of the Moon in it.

There is a right by which we can take away a person's life, but there is no right by which we can take away his death.

It is human to sympathize with grief; making it easier is divine.

We should not be afraid of death, but of empty life.

To have the whole world in our hands, we just need to stop clenching our fists and open our palms.

Silent diamonds often have a stronger effect on the female mind than any eloquence.

If you sit in one place and think about the meaning of life, nothing will happen.

Calmness is stronger than emotions. Silence is louder than a scream. Indifference is worse than war.

In a sea of ​​love, a woman feels like a fish in water.

Be sure of what you want to get from life, and be twice sure of what you can give in return.

I have never been one of those who patiently collect the broken pieces, glue them together, and then tell myself that the repaired thing is no worse than the new one. What is broken is broken. And I’d rather remember how it looked when it was whole than glue it together, and then see the cracks for the rest of my life.

Every woman who loves is a queen.

Be self-taught, don't wait for life to teach you.

One of the most serious losses is loss of time.

He who loves for high moral virtues remains faithful all his life, because he becomes attached to something permanent.

You learn the fastest in three cases - before the age of 7, during trainings, and when life has driven you into a corner.

With a new person you need to start life again. There is no past.

Life will forever remain an unsurpassed school for people. Look back at the path you've traveled, take a closer look at it and see that it always contained enough events and things you needed for...

In a dialogue with life, it is not its question that is important, but our answer.

Make life around you beautiful. And let every person feel that meeting you is a gift.

Knowing Russian means opening your eyes to the world.

Everything in life is rewarded according to its deserts. The good ones get a good job, the bad ones get a sponsor, the smart ones have their own business, and the smart ones have everything.

“We always have to choose who to let into our little world.” You are also imperfect. This girl you met is also imperfect. The main thing is whether you are perfect for each other.

A friend is one soul living in two things.

Everything in life is relative, and you cannot experience only the ups, without the downs. Everyone is born at the right time and in the right place. The only problem is recognizing an opportunity when it comes into view and before it disappears.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, dream or kiss? Because we don’t see the most beautiful things in life, but feel them with our hearts...

The best moment of love is when you go up the stairs to your beloved.

There is only one happiness in life - to love and be loved.

True love helps you endure all hardships.

Sitting down in front of the mirror in the morning, a woman arranges a trial for herself, and every day the judge in her soul becomes more and more watchful, but the lawyer becomes more and more sophisticated.

There should be nothing superfluous in life, only what is needed for happiness.

The one who called women the fair sex perhaps wanted to say something flattering to them, but in fact he expressed something more.

Civil society in Russia is doomed to the role of no one’s grandmother on the mezzanine...

There are no hopeless situations in life, there are only unmade decisions.

Humor is difficult to define, because only the absence of humor can explain attempts to define it.

When you don't take your eyes off a woman, she becomes prettier before your eyes.

There is no other meaning in life except what a person himself gives to it, revealing his strength, living fruitfully...

Always being right, always going ahead, without doubting anything - it is with the help of these qualities that stupidity rules the world.

Decoration - something that can emphasize beauty, but not add what is missing.

There is nothing better in life than your own experience.

He who knows little of the world is ready to kneel before it and adore it; those who know him well despise him most of all.

Let's not be too picky. It is better to have old used diamonds than not to have any.

It is impossible to make up for anything in life - everyone should learn this truth as early as possible.

…love never speaks in full voice; but is there such an insensitive female ear in the world that it would not catch the most indistinct whisper if it comes from the lips of a lover?

A woman is wrong until she cries.

You should set two goals for yourself in life. The first goal is to achieve what you have been striving for. The second goal is the ability to enjoy what has been achieved. Only the wisest representatives of humanity are capable of achieving the second goal.

Atlas could not hold the world if he thought about its size.

Only a woman in a stunning hat can rebel against high heels.

In life, at first everything is good, then very good, and then so good that it can be bad.

The government should be such that people do not have to fear each other.

A woman always hates the one who loves her and loves the one who hates her.

In life, like in the rain, one day there comes a moment when it just doesn’t matter anymore.

Knowledge is a double-edged weapon that only burdens and can injure its owner if the hand that holds it is weak and does not know how to use it well.

A bad friend is like a shadow: run on a sunny day and you won’t run away; on a cloudy day, look and you won’t find him.

No matter what life circumstances you find yourself in, you shouldn’t blame the people around you for it, much less be discouraged.

It is important to understand not why, but why you find yourself in this particular situation, and it will certainly serve you to your advantage.

With extra money you can only buy extra things. And of what the soul needs, nothing can be bought for money.

When a woman gives herself, she imagines that she has given for eternity, and the man thinks that he has received a minute of pleasure.

After all, a person is given only one life - why not live it properly?

Marriage is such a serious and responsible step that only the most frivolous, reckless and fickle people dare to take it.

Knowing that we are going to die turns our life into a joke.

One day you will find that you have only one problem left - yourself.

What satisfaction does a person experience when, looking into his own heart, he is convinced that his heart is fair?

Life is an art, the mastery of which requires knowledge, knowledge of the goal to strive for.

At some point, you invariably realize that everything in this life must come to an end.

The biggest mistake is the fear of making a mistake.

You must judge a person before you love him, because once you have loved, you no longer judge.

In nature, everything is wisely thought out and arranged, everyone should mind their own business, and in this wisdom lies the highest justice of life.

Love those who love you.

Something evil lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and table conversation. Such people are either seriously ill or secretly hate those around them. True, exceptions are possible.

In family life, while maintaining your dignity, you must be able to give in to each other.

The magnitude of any misfortune is measured not by its essence, but by how it affects a person.

Clever thoughts expressed by men are always suggested to these men by women.

At the school of life, unsuccessful students are not allowed to repeat the course.

Tacitus is the most cruel master of satire precisely because he felt more deeply than others the greatness of Rome and the insignificance of people.

When an animal is beaten, its eyes take on a human expression. How much a person had to suffer before he became a man.

In this world you can look for everything except love and death... They themselves will find you when the time comes.

A man remembers three women: the first, the last and the one.

Compassion is the highest form of human existence.

There must be pauses in life. Such pauses when nothing happens to you, when you just sit and look at the world, and the world looks at you.

It is not necessary to live, but it is necessary to live happily.

Men are like dogs: those who are not kept on a leash are the most attached.

The moment you think there is no way out, remember that you are the producer of your life.

Envy is destructive.

Opinions do not become correct just because many people agree with them.

It's important to have big enough dreams that you don't lose sight of them when you're chasing them.

Most men love flattery because they have a low opinion of themselves, most women for the opposite reason.

When a good thing goes bad, it becomes especially bad.

Your time is limited, don't waste it living another life.

Most men love flattery because they have a low opinion of themselves, most women for the opposite reason.

A great civilization cannot be conquered from without until it destroys itself from within.

The great science of living happily is to live only in the present.

Backbiting is the sincerity of vipers.

Those who love either doubt nothing or doubt everything.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

The young may die, the old must.

If a man begins to confess to a woman, it means that he either drank, or he needs this woman. And most often it’s both…

The greatest happiness in life is the confidence that we are loved, loved for who we are, or despite the fact that we are who we are.

When there is no trust, and there is no need for honors.

Man is some kind of fictitious toy of God. This is what must be followed; you have to live playing.

The greatest flaw in life is its eternal incompleteness due to our habit of postponing from day to day. He who finishes his life's work every evening does not need time.

Seeking variety in love is a sign of powerlessness.

The best speaker is the one who is able to say the least possible in the most words.

Women's jewelry flaunts men's vanity.

You can’t stop living a fun life, but you can make it so that you don’t want to laugh.

A woman is an exemplary product of the Universe.

For women, the best stimulant is words, and the main erogenous zone is the ears.

To take everything from life is to give yourself entirely to it.

Never give advice to someone who only asks you for money.

Happiness is the only thing you can give to someone else without taking anything away from yourself.

Instead of wondering where to go on your next vacation, build your life in such a way that you won't want to run away from it.

Delve into yourself, turn your gaze away from everything that surrounds you, and direct it inside yourself - this is the first requirement that philosophy sets to its student.

Since we do not know what death is, it is illogical to be afraid of it.

Instead of wiping the tears from your face, erase the people who made you cry from your life.

Clean air, moderate work, simple food, regular sleep and good thoughts will heal you from any disease, clear your memories of pain and sorrow and bring you only good.

All men are the same, only their salaries are different.

I wish I could meet the one who is writing the script of my life and ask: do you have a conscience?!

Love itself, with its melancholy and suffering, worsens well-being, but being loved, finding reciprocity in love, possessing a loved object - all this in turn improves well-being.

The heart is a fortress that is easier to conquer than to keep.

This is truly the irony of life: what we strive for turns out to be better when it is not fully achieved.

Neurosis is characterized by the fact that it puts mental reality above factual reality and reacts to people's thoughts as seriously as normal people react to reality.

Unrequited love is also not love. This is a very strong feeling, but not love. With unrequited love, you love not the person himself, but his image...

Time is the most precious thing in the world. Because time is life. The only thing that will never come back to you.

Words are elastic forms that cover completely dissimilar ideas with the same garment.

The strongest love is between a spider and a fly. True, unrequited...

Time makes love weaker and friendship stronger.

When skepticism and longing combine, mysticism arises.

Narrow-minded people usually condemn everything that goes beyond their understanding.

Time can heal absolutely everything, just give it time.

We know who we are, but we don't know who we can be.

Love is heard in the voice before it is guessed in the look.

Everything can be survived in this life as long as there is something to live for, someone to love, someone to care about and someone to trust.

People of genius have in society the meaning of his mind, and people of character have the meaning of his conscience; we are surprised by the first, but follow the second.

Women, as a rule, choose a nightgown for themselves much more carefully than a husband.

Everything pleasant in this world is either harmful, immoral, or leads to obesity.

I love the brave; but it’s not enough to be a chopper - you also need to know who to chop!

A consumer is a buyer who complains about something.

All joys are sent to us in order to show how wonderful life is when we are on the right path.

Think slowly but act decisively, yield generously and resist firmly.

I see a beard, but I don’t see a sage.

Everyone is making plans for the distant future and no one knows whether he will live until the evening.

If you have had a good upbringing, do not fraternize with ill-bred people: rough surfaces will scratch the gloss.

When there is no love in life, there is no life in it.

Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change themselves.

The secret of the human soul lies in the mental dramas of childhood. Get to the bottom of these dramas and healing will come.

A woman who does not like her man's shortcomings does not love him either.

Everyone who achieves something in life is a dreamer. But not all dreamers achieve something in life!

Love has its own honor. Once you lose her, love ends.

The joy of completion is experienced only by those who do not bear any responsibility for the result of the work.

Everything that changes our lives is not an accident. It is within us and awaits only an external reason for expression through action.

A clear conscience is the best pillow.

It doesn’t matter how fast you move towards your goal, the main thing is not to stop.

Anything that unexpectedly changes our lives is not an accident.

Time is the fabric of which life is made

A friend to everyone is a friend to no one.

Everything that happens to us leaves one mark or another in our lives. Everything is involved in making us who we are.

You are what you believe in.

He who is incapable of repentance is incurable.

Always, at every minute of your life, even when you are absolutely happy, have one attitude towards the people around you: In any case, I will do what I want, with or without you.

Nudity awakens uncontrollable emotions. Chaste clothes moderate them.

Friendship is the golden mean between the desire to please and rudeness.

All our lives we try to accumulate funds for a “happy” old age, but if we still can’t do this, we should probably postpone old age and stay young.

The heart of a pliable woman is like a rose, from which each lover carries away a petal; the husband is left with only thorns.

A man in love with himself has no rivals.

All my life I have been searching for the truth, the meaning of life. And the only thing I regret is wasting the time to finally understand... The truth is that there is no truth... Live and enjoy life without asking questions!

The consequences of our actions grab us by the hair, completely disregarding the fact that we have “corrected” in the meantime.

Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are.

Your whole life depends 90% on yourself and only 10% on circumstances, which 99% depend on you.

Interest in the inner essence and contempt for outward appearances - such should be the relationship between a reasonable person and his books.

Love is a picture of virtues within a relationship. When a priceless painting is stolen, advisers suggest not to worry and place any daub in the same frame.

You must find time to relax, because there is always work, but life tends to end.

Laughter is epidemic, as is yawning.

If you want to know what a woman really thinks, look at her, but don't listen.

You will never be happy if you try to understand what happiness is. And you will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

Listening is a courtesy that a smart person often extends to a fool, but which the latter never returns in kind.

A woman is the most powerful being in the world, and it is up to her to guide a man where the Lord God wants to lead him.

You think too much about how to find the right person and not enough about how to become the right person.

Why do people drink? Because after drinking everything is filled with meaning, everything reaches its highest intensity. Conclusion: people drink out of helplessness or as a sign of protest.

Men live much better than women: firstly, they get married later, and secondly, they die earlier.

You need to cross people out of your life with a black marker, not a simple pencil, hoping that at any moment you can find an eraser...

Let us not underestimate the significance of the fact: someday the flower of truth will bloom on it.

Relationships are like air: to ruin it, you only need to fail to restrain yourself once.

The main thing is to understand that life should not be comfortable.

The only happiness in life is constant striving forward.

By sympathizing, we move into the mental state of another person; we seem to be evicted from ourselves in order to settle in the soul of another.

The main thing is not to find your place in life, but to find it on time so that it is not busy.

Your enemy and your friend work together to hit you in the heart: one says nasty things about you, the other passes his words to you.

The heart can add intelligence, but the mind cannot add heart.

The main thing in this world is not where we stand, but in which direction we are moving.

Friendship is one of life's greatest joys; One of the greatest joys of friendship is having someone you can trust with a secret.

A person who takes his work to heart may not worry about it.

The main thing that life teaches a person is not that there is suffering in the world, but that it depends on him whether he will turn suffering to his benefit, whether he will turn it into joy.

It is not because something is just that it is legal; on the contrary: only that which is fair should be legal.

A woman has a garden of beautiful flowers, and a man is a gardener.

It’s stupid to make plans for your whole life without even being a master of tomorrow.

A murderer kills a person, a suicide kills humanity.

Life is a game in which everyone thinks that he is the trump card

A gram of your own experience is worth more than a ton of other people’s instructions!

If you can't overcome your weaknesses, accept them, but don't forget where your strength lies.

The most interesting thing is not what a woman tells you, but what she keeps silent about.

Even life without pleasure has a certain meaning.

The meaning of the tombstone: “I’m sorry that during your life we ​​did not give you bread, but after your death we gave you a stone.”

And the chicken has wings like an eagle, but what of that?

Even after 100 unsuccessful attempts, don’t despair, because 101 can change your life.

People belonging to good society are interesting only for the masks that each of them wears, and not at all for what is hidden behind these masks.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a single day in your life.

Do today what others do not want, tomorrow you will live in a way that others cannot.

After feeding a snake, you can be Bitten by it for extending its days.

Who came up with this idea - to spend a hard-won life waiting for death to come so easily!

A day is a small life, and you have to live it as if you were supposed to die now, and you were unexpectedly given another day.

Everything, including lies, serves the truth. The shadows don't extinguish the sun.

The more brilliant your plan, the fewer people will agree with it.

You make rules for others, exceptions for yourself.

Poetry transforms life.

The more brilliant your plan, the fewer people will agree with it.

A day is never too long for a busy person! Let's extend our lives! After all, both its meaning and its main sign are activity.

If a person’s language is sluggish, heavy, confused, powerless, vague, uneducated, then this is probably the mind of this person, for he thinks only through the medium of language.

Where there is dirt, life teems. Where the water is clear, there are no fish.

In order to change the world, it is enough not to allow the world to change you.

The world always looks a little brighter if we do something for each other, and not for ourselves...

Overcoming everything vulgar is where human greatness lies.

As long as you act as you usually do, you will get the same result that you usually get. If you are not happy with this, you need to change your lifestyle.

The old sin forces us to experience a new, true fear when there is a danger that the matter may come out.

In misfortune a friend is recognized and an enemy is exposed.

Trust is like nerve cells and, like them, cannot be restored.

Happiness does not lie in any kind of pleasure, but only in the honest and noble.

When a man with money meets a man with experience, the man with experience leaves with money, and the man with money leaves with experience.

The road leading to success is ever renewed. Success is a forward movement, not a point that can be reached.

Fresh air and entertainment are the most delightful remedies that medicine knows.

Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, study the truth, speak the truth, adhere to the truth, defend the truth even in the face of death; for the truth will deliver you from sin, the devil, spiritual...

You just need to understand that you live in the future, and you will immediately find yourself there.

True friendship matures slowly and blossoms where people have truly proven it to each other.

It only takes a moment to become a hero, but it takes a lifetime to become a worthy person.

It is believed that the love of money is the root of all ills. The same can be said about lack of money.

Moderation in life is similar to abstinence in food: I would eat more, but I’m afraid of getting sick.

The only true happiness in life is living for others.

Every aspiration is blind when there is no knowledge.

Life needs to be interrupted more often so that it doesn’t turn sour.

The only happiness in life is constant striving forward.

If you give in, do it right away, and they will call you generous. But if you give in after reflection, they will decide that you are weak.

There are only two real tragedies in life: one is when you don’t get what you want, and the second is when you do get it.

The only moment in life when a person tells himself the truth is the moment before death.

Every day the world gets better, then in the evening it gets worse again.

Life is a tragedy when you see it close up, and a comedy when you look at it from afar.

The only way to change your life is to go where you are not expected.

The malice of the world, before which one’s own malice gives in, becomes meaningless.

The only unnatural sexual act is that you cannot perform.

If people spent a little more energy searching and discovering what unites them, rather than multiplying what divides them, perhaps we could live in peace.

What you like in others, others will like in you.

Compassion is a natural feeling which, by moderating the effect of selfishness in each individual, contributes to the mutual preservation of the entire race.

If happiness happens in our life, all the remaining days we live in its moments.

Women are ravens at home, peacocks in company, and doves when alone with a friend of the heart.

In the world of feelings there is only one law - to create the happiness of the one you love.

If you have helped a friend at least once in your life, you have already lived your life not in vain.

Love is a veil between lovers.

Life is a short walk before eternal sleep.

If you conduct a dialogue with life, it is not the questions that are important, but the answers.

Almost every person, if you take him at his word, holds beliefs that are completely different from those that guide him in life.

No matter how well you speak, if you talk too much, you will end up saying stupid things.

If you don't try to change yourself, you won't be able to change the world.

Don't argue with a fool! Stupidity is invincible.

If we are talking about getting more and working less, then we are all members of the same union.

If you are able to see, walk, talk, love and get out of bed every morning - you are a fabulously rich person! Don't forget to be grateful for it.

Desperate to become happy and powerful and to torment others, we invent a conscience and torment ourselves.

Composing aphorisms, as a rule, is a favorite pastime of lazy people.

If you feel the need to judge me for my past, don't be surprised if I feel the need to leave you there.
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Shut up!

Almost students who learn English as a second language know only one meaning of this phrase - “Shut your mouth!”
But there is a second one, and in the USA it is much more popular. “Shut up” in meaning almost completely repeats the Russian “Come on!” They are even pronounced with the same intonation.

Just watch how Melanie Brown, one of the judges on America's Got Talent, reacts. When the illusionist performed a trick, she exclaims “Shut up!” It's unlikely that she wanted the magician to just shut up.

It is important to understand that in this case the meaning of the phrase will depend entirely on the intonation. Without a surprised tone of “Come on!” will turn into “Shut your mouth”, and this can lead to misunderstandings and resentment on the part of natives.

To table something

The word “table” is taught in the very first English lessons.
But many people only learn at the Upper-Intermediate or Advanced level that “table” is also used as a verb. In the literal sense, it means “to place or put on the table,” but in a work environment you can hear the phrase “We can table this” much more often. It means "We'll discuss this later."

For example, it is relevant at a work meeting when an important issue is raised, but which is not on the agenda and there is simply no time to discuss it. Then you need to “discuss it later.”

Interestingly, in British English the phrase means exactly the opposite - “Let's talk about it now.” One of those cases where two nations are divided by one language.

You know

One of the most popular parasitic phrases in the USA. Formally, “you know” should be used if a person wants to emphasize information that the interlocutor already knows.

We stayed at that hotel, you know, the one down the street from Times Square. We stayed at that hotel, you know, down the street from Times Square.

But in fact, “you know” has long become a parasitic phrase like our “type”.
Now it can be used anytime and anywhere. In the vast majority of cases, you can simply throw it away - the meaning of the sentence will not suffer from this. However, many Americans actively use “you know” and other fillers in their speech. Even too active.

This is what English sounds like if it has too many filler words. It's not very pleasant to hear this.

We recommend not to overdo it - fillers are only good in moderation. It's good if you know them and know how to use them correctly. Just don't cram them into every sentence.

Not a big fan

Saying “I don't like something” is too rude and direct for an American.
US citizens directly and actively express their enthusiasm for something, but they speak very reservedly about what they don’t like. Instead of "I don't like" they say "I'm not a big fan."

For example, an American is more likely to say “I’m not a big fan of soccer.” Everyone understands what this means, but saying so is much more polite than the direct “I don’t like soccer” - “I don’t like football.”

Results of the political work of democrats in Bulgaria during the transition period and current politicians

Top 10 catchphrases or B.B., (Boyko Borisov) is simply on a roll in the fight for a bright future for Bulgaria and freedom from the European Union!
But for now, there are still individual Bulgarians who do not fit into the general democratic (specific project), the portrait looks pompously smart, they think a lot, this burdens the prestige of Bulgaria in the European Union, where they do not really like smart and thinking people.

Top 10 catchphrases. Where can a poor and unhappy Bulgarian man look for the truth?

Also, citizens in Bulgaria make little manual effort for the growth of democracy, eat little lean food, buy everything, do not feed hungry journalists, do not make friends with Zambians, pegmies and others, and also ignore little green men, do not listen to the symphonies of Zlatya Boyadzhiev, and they don’t expect the Swedes to come soon at the tables from Ikea, and the chips are completely outdated, because you can’t achieve much with the old OP, especially with a smart look. Sadness, sadness and more sadness, comrades! That is, excuse me, gentlemen democrats. What a mess!..

Whatever

The main meanings are “whatever” or “anything”.
This is what students study. For example, “Let him order whatever he wants” - “Let him order whatever he wants.” But in conversation this word is much more often used in two other senses. When they give you a choice and you answer, “Whatever.”

— What do you want: Coca Cola or Pepsi? - Whatever. - What do you want: Coca Cola or Pepsi? - It doesn’t matter.

If you are bored with a conversation or argument, and you want to show that you do not intend to continue it further.

— Star Wars is the best saga I've ever seen! - Ah, whatever. — “Star Wars” is the best saga I have ever seen. - Oh, I don’t care.

Ways to express agreement or disagreement

There are many shades between “yes”, “no” and “maybe”. If you want to avoid direct refusal or, on the contrary, express your enthusiasm, these expressions will help you:

For real

The phrase is simply translated - “really” or “seriously.” And it is even used in the sense in which it is spoken in Russian.

— Honey, I won the lottery.
- How much? - Ten millions. —Are you for real? - Honey, I won the lottery. - How many? - Ten millions. - Are you serious?

“Are you for real” in the USA is used almost as often as the phrases “Are you serious?”
and “Is it true?” But in Britain and other English-speaking countries it is much less popular. For example, in the track OutKast - Ms. Jackson can clearly hear exactly how “for real” is used.

Top 10 catchphrases or the basis of Bulgarian democracy

Top 10 catch phrases - pearls of politicians or the basis of Bulgarian democracy
After democracy came to Bulgaria about 20 years ago, after many years of socialism, some phrases of prominent politicians remained. These phrases, which have become part of the memory, still burn in the hearts of ordinary Bulgarian people.

Top 10 catchphrases - all democrats and politicians catch fish in one place

See you later

A completely standard farewell from Americans, which for some reason is practically not used by those who learn English as a second language.
In informal settings it is often shortened to "See ya".

By the way, in Russian there is an almost identical farewell - “See you.”

“See you later” is only suitable for Americans. In Britain, the classic “Bye” or “Good bye” is more popular, and the vast majority of English learners also use it.

By the way, you shouldn’t take “See you later” literally. This is not a promise to see you later, but an ordinary goodbye. After all, when you say “Goodbye”, it’s not at all necessary to agree on the next meeting, right? This is just a common phrase, a formality.

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Student English is a common problem among students learning English as a foreign language. After all, the language is constantly changing and you need to improve it in practice. To do this, it is worth surrounding yourself with the current linguistic context.

If you are planning a move or a trip to the USA, it is worth understanding a little about the phrases and idioms that are popular there in order to understand Americans better.

Polite phrases

It is always pleasant to communicate with a polite person in any language. Rest assured, your interlocutor will appreciate knowing these phrases, whether it be a thank you, an apology, or just a simple courtesy.

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