15 LONG English Phrases You MUST Memorize (If you want to sound natural...).

In today's lesson, we are going to look at 15 long phrases I want you to memorize. Long phrases are not easy to remember, so today's lesson is going to help you feel more confident using them. I want you to use them without thinking about them. I want them to become natural. Do not translate today's lesson word for word. Do not think about the grammar. Think about each phrase as one piece of vocabulary. There's going to be a lot of information, so I want to give you a PDF summary with extra examples so you can really review everything after this lesson. Just click the link in the video description and it will be sent directly to your inbox. You can even leave me some example sentences in the comments. I love hearing from you. My name's Arnel. Let's start. Number one. If I were you, I'd. Definition. This is my advice for you. I am trying to help you. The D here is short for would. I would, I'd. What? Were? It must be I was, right? In this phrase, were is correct. Remember I said, do not think about the grammar. Your exam is on Monday. If I were you, I'd start studying. This is my advice. If I were you, I'd talk to your boss. If I were you, I'd wear a coat today. It's cold out. Notice that verb. We just used the simple base form of the verb. Here's a problem. My dog keeps peeing in the house. What advice do you have for me? If I were you, I'd. Give me your advice in the comments. Number two. Have you thought about? Definition. Did you think about this idea or solution? My skin has been itching a lot lately. I don't know why. The doctor gave me some cream, but it's not working. Have you thought about? Have you thought about changing your laundry detergent? That really helped me. Have you thought about taking an online course? Have you thought about a personal trainer? A personal trainer is someone who gives you private exercise lessons. Have you thought about plus verb-ing or noun? Perfect. Again, same problem with my dog. Give me some advice with this phrase. Would you mind-ing? Can you please? You are asking someone to do something. This is very polite. Would you mind closing the window? Would you mind turning your music down? Excuse me. Would you mind? Would you mind handing me that bag? Would you mind giving me that bag? Imagine a customer is in a coffee shop. Would you mind not? Would you mind not putting a lid on the coffee? The customer is trying to be polite. This is much nicer than saying, don't put a lid on my coffee. Number four. Do you mind if I? Again, memorize these phrases. Let's make it one piece of vocabulary. Do you mind if I? It has five syllables. Do you mind if I? Here are some other common five-syllable words. University. Pronunciation. Do you mind if I? It's one phrase. Definition. Can I please? You are asking someone if you can do this. This is polite. Let's compare. Would you mind closing the window? Do you mind if I close the window? Would you mind turning down your music? Do you mind if I turn up my music? Do you mind if I ask you a question? Here's a coffee shop again. Maybe the customer is an English teacher and she can ask, do you mind if I? Do you mind if I take a picture of your menu? I can show my students. As far as I'm concerned. This is my opinion. I think this. Is it formal? Yeah, it's formal, but it's common and it's polite. I want you to use it. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best restaurant in town. My opinion. As far as I'm concerned, phones should be banned in classrooms. As far as I'm concerned, everyone should learn English with Arnelle. Good example. Number six. I couldn't agree more. I 100% agree with you. Imagine this line is the maximum you could agree with someone. Some people agree a little bit. Some people don't agree, but you are here, maximum. I couldn't agree more means it's not possible to agree more. All children should be active every day. I couldn't agree more, 100%. People need to stop bringing egg salad sandwiches for lunch. I couldn't agree more. The city really needs to fix these potholes. I couldn't agree more. Seven. I can't remember the last time that I. That is optional. Yes, I did this, but I can't remember when. I can't remember the last time I saw Bill. I can't remember the last time that I got popcorn in a movie theater. Student, is a future perfect continuous tense common? Do you know? I can't remember the last time that I used the future perfect continuous. It's not common, but it's good to know. We've done seven examples so far. We are almost halfway there. If you wanna remember these phrases, if you really wanna make them stick, don't forget to download your review PDF after the lesson. Number eight. This is a long one. I've never been one too. This is not part of my personality. I don't enjoy doing this. Have you seen The Conjuring? It's one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. No, I've never been one to watch horror movies. I don't enjoy them. I've never been one to complain. I've never been one to stay up late and party. Not my personality. I've never been one to post personal pictures on social media. Believe it or not. Subject verb. Believe it or not. Definition. This information will surprise you. You can believe it or not believe it, but it is true. Believe it or not, my daughter cleaned her room without me asking her to. Believe it or not, my dad has never eaten at a McDonald's before. Believe it or not, the boss said I could have Friday. Did you know there's a popular book series called Ripley's Believe It or Not. Ripley is the name of the original author. And these books are full of strange and interesting facts that you may not believe, but they're true. Every year a new one is published. There are also lots of Ripley's Believe It or Not museums around the world. More often than not. Usually, normally, on my line I have always, never. And more often than not is about out there. More often than not. More often than not, the bus has free seats. More often than not, when I visit my grandparents, their Wi-Fi doesn't work. 11, we only have five more to go. There's a good chance that. Again, I have my line. 100% will happen on the other side. I have 0%, never will happen. There's a good chance that is about here. It's very likely. I think, I think it's gonna happen. There's a good chance that it'll rain this afternoon. If you ask Tom, there's a good chance he'll say no. Oh, there's a good chance that we'll finish early. There's a good chance that you will hear one of today's phrases very soon. There's a good chance that subject will. This structure is really common. Number 12, whether you like it or not. Whether you like it or not. Remember, believe it or not, was you can believe it is true or not believe it. But it is, but it is true. Here with this phrase, you can like it or not like it, but you still need to do it. Whether you like it or not, you have to pay taxes. Whether you like it or not, change is inevitable. Inevitable means it will happen. You cannot stop it. Like death, death is inevitable. We're leaving at seven in the morning, whether you like it or not. Every now and then, every now and then. Sometimes, every now and then, I see a fox in my neighborhood, if it's really early in the morning. Every now and then, I write my uncle an email. We go hiking every now and then. Think of your own examples. What's something you do sometimes? Every now and then, I. It's too bad that. It's too bad. Definition. This is a sad situation. I feel disappointed. And this seems really serious. It's not. The feeling with this phrase is more, oh man. It's too bad that Jack couldn't come to visit us. He's busy with work. It's too bad the library is closing down. Closed down means closed forever. It's the end of the business. It's too bad that you won't be able to join us for dinner. 15, yes, last one for today. There's no point in. Nothing will change the situation. This action has no purpose. There's no point in worrying about things you can't control. Worrying will not change the situation. There's no point in putting on sunblock today. Look, sunblock has no purpose. There is no point. Look, these scented candles are on sale. A scented candle has a nice smell like vanilla or cinnamon. We never light candles, but this is such a great deal. There's no point in buying something if we're not gonna use it. There you go. 15 long phrases you need to memorize. Can you give me some of your examples in the comments? Just pick one. Pick your favorite one and give me an example. Really think in English. Don't forget to get your PDF to review these. You know, I want you to watch this video, get your notes, review everything, and think of your own examples. That's how you really can make progress. Thank you so much for watching today's lesson. I hope you learned a few new phrases and I'll see you next time. Bye.