🎓 5 Useful English Phrases for Today 🎓

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:03]I want to be left alone.

[00:00:06]If things start going south for you again, how am I even going to know? I'm fine. I promise.

[00:00:12]Yeah, I seriously, we're just happy to see you with a great guy finally.

[00:00:15]Between you and Leo, things are looking up. Don't say that. The moment somebody says that, everything always goes south.

[00:00:21]In a little room with a detective who acts like he's their best friend. Talk to me, he says. Help me clear this thing up. You don't need a lawyer. Only guilty people need lawyers. And boom, hey, that's when it all goes south.

[00:00:36]Go south.

[00:00:37]To go in the wrong direction. To become much worse.

[00:00:45]I just This squirrel and the rabbit, they're friends.

[00:00:47]>> Hey, babe, do not get concerned. He's probably just tired or hungry or getting jealous that I'm spending so much time with his best friend.

[00:00:54]As a matter of fact, I am tired and I am hungry, but the third thing is way off base.

[00:01:00]All right, Leo, I know how upset you are. And by know, I mean I literally know.

[00:01:05]But you're way off base here. Chris has been the model white lighter since you've been gone. He's done nothing but good. Yes, I overreacted. I think you can see how, even though I was somewhat off base, you were a little wrong, right?

[00:01:21]Be off base.

[00:01:23]To be wrong about something. To be completely wrong.

[00:01:31]Now, Bree did not want to fall for Carl Meyer.

[00:01:35]But she knew in her heart that she was starting to.

[00:01:40]I mean, it's nice that they found each other.

[00:01:44]Sometimes you fall for someone you'd never expect, but that doesn't make it wrong.

[00:01:48]Doesn't everyone deserve to be happy?

[00:01:51]Phone was plugged into the wall. No, I didn't kill him, and the cab driver had a beard and an earring. I'm sorry I didn't get his license number.

[00:01:58]Wow.

[00:02:00]>> [snorts] >> Very impressive. You didn't fall for my did you kill him gambit.

[00:02:04]>> No.

[00:02:08]Wow, that's a pretty sophisticated trap.

[00:02:11]You think the road runner's going to fall for it? Okay, we get it. You're skeptical, but Marshall and I, we're believers.

[00:02:19]To fall for.

[00:02:20]To suddenly have strong romantic feelings about someone.

[00:02:24]To be tricked into believing something that is not true.

[00:02:33]How are you this fine day?

[00:02:34]Who are these people? Old friends.

[00:02:37]Ex-con friends?

[00:02:39]Oh, aren't you jumping the gun until the homeowners association votes? You don't have approval for your project. Yeah, like when you proposed to me, hey, Bonnie, hand me that thing. That's my whole story.

[00:02:49]>> Hang on, that wasn't my fault. I had something big planned. You asking for the ring.

[00:02:53]>> asking for the remote. He jumped the gun. He was supposed to give me the ring later that night at the restaurant. I saw my high school sweetheart, and I think I might like him again. Is that crazy? No, I love this. You could end up with your high school boyfriend.

[00:03:11]>> Okay, let's not jump the gun.

[00:03:13]Jump the gun.

[00:03:15]To act before the proper or appropriate time.

[00:03:18]To do something too soon, especially without thinking carefully about it.

[00:03:27]What am I, a sucker for punishment?

[00:03:29]>> No. You see the good in people, and that's never wrong. Besides, the wrong guys are usually the most interesting.

[00:03:37]Until you get your hopes up and let your guard down and they reveal their true selves. So true.

[00:03:43]Because he is a man. You can't trust them, Jess, okay? The moment you let your guard down, they just walk all over you.

[00:03:50]>> Tonight is the night to beat them at their own game.

[00:03:53]Great sangria, Bird Man.

[00:03:55]>> NEVER LET YOUR GUARD OH, TAKEDOWN.

[00:03:58]>> NEVER LET YOUR GUARD down on a plane.

[00:04:02]Let your guard down.

[00:04:04]To stop being careful to avoid danger or difficulty.

[00:04:07]To allow yourself to be vulnerable.

[00:04:11]A quick quiz with phrases from the previous video.

[00:04:15]What does [music] the phrase be full of beans mean?

[00:04:24]And the correct answer is >> [music] >> to have a lot of energy and enthusiasm.

[00:04:30]What does the phrase as they come mean?

[00:04:39]And the correct answer is to be of the highest degree or most extreme example of something.

[00:04:46]What does the phrasal verb to ice out mean?

[00:04:56]And the correct answer is to intentionally [music] ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way.

[00:05:03]What does the phrase have balls [music] in the air mean?

[00:05:13]And the correct answer is to deal with many different things at the same time.

[00:05:19]What does the [music] phrase on short notice mean?

[00:05:29]And the correct answer is >> [music] >> immediately after one has been told about something.

[00:05:35]How many correct answers do you have?

[00:05:38]Let us [music] know in the comments.

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