Speak With Me: English Speaking Practice

That donut over there is really calling my name. Do you know what this means in English or would you be a bit confused if you heard an English speaker say this? In today's English lesson, I'll teach you 10 new phrases that you will actually hear in everyday English conversations, then we'll listen to a sample English conversation with these phrases so that you can get a bit more context for your learning, and today you are actually going to be speaking with me. In today's English lesson, I'll have a practice session at the end. Where you can read the words on screen to actually be interacting and having a conversation with me and you can practice it as many times as you want. It's low pressure and it's a good way to use the vocabulary that I'm going to teach you today. If you want to learn more English just like this make sure to visit englishwithkayla.com and you can take a look at my upgrade to native English conversation course with six practice conversations just like the one today. But probably a bit more detailed in the vocabulary. Now, let's get started with the lesson. Let's review some vocabulary. Have you ever heard an English speaker say that they slept like a baby? It just means that they slept very peacefully. Although I have to say as a mom, babies are not always the best sleepers. But this is the phrase that we most commonly use in English to say that someone has slept Very good and very peacefully. So maybe you went for a long hike and your friend says, hey, how'd you sleep last night? And you said, well, after that long hike, I slept like a baby. I was so tired. He's probably sleeping like a baby right now. A phrase that is the most common to say that a food is very tempting and it looks delicious is we say that it's calling our name. That donut is calling my name. This means it looks really good and I'm really tempted to eat it. If we're trying to eat healthy and we see a food that's like a cookie or a cake, you might say, oh that cake is calling my name. That just means it's very tempting. It's like it's you know it's trying to get you to eat the food but maybe you are resisting. It's calling my name but I'm on a diet. It's called my name. In English you definitely will hear people say help yourself. This could be confusing if you've never heard this phrase before. This phrase is just meaning that you are free to Get something. You're free to have something. If someone puts out a plate of cookies and says help yourself, this means they're not going to serve you the cookie, but you are so welcome to have one. It's an offer to have one, but it's not the person serving it or giving it out directly. Maybe if someone in your family gets home and you guys have already eaten dinner in the home, you might say, hey, there's some leftovers in the fridge. Help yourself. This means, you know, you're welcome to have those, although I'm not serving them to you. So this is really commonly used with food, but you can use it in other ways as well to mean that someone can use something or, you know, take something. Help yourself. So a really common way that you might hear English speakers respond to someone say, help yourself, or, you know, you can have one of these if you want, or would you like a cookie? You might say, don't mind if I do. This is just, you know, kind of a cheerful way of saying, oh yeah, of course, yes, I'm going to have one. And don't mind if I do. And this is just, I don't know where this phrase comes from, it's usually accepting something and of course the person has already offered so they wouldn't mind if you take it but it's just a very cheerful kind of playful way to say yeah of course I want that don't mind if I do. Don't mind if I do. In English a treat of course is something that is sweet or maybe we'll say you know I bought a pair of shoes and it was like a treat to me. It's something, you know, that is kind of a gift to yourself. Now we can also use treat to be a verb. Treat yourself. This phrase, treat yourself, is a common way to say, you know, give yourself something nice or indulge in something. Treat yourself. This means, you know. Take something and give it to yourself like a present. Feel good about it too. Or if you want to buy someone a dinner, you can say, it's my treat tonight. I'm treating you tonight. This means this is like a present. It's like a gift. I hope that you enjoy it. Hey it's okay to treat yourself. This next phrase is really important in English because it's used so frequently. When someone wants to say that they have no plans for their day and they're pretty happy about it they're just going to do whatever they want or whatever they need to get done it just is common to say I'm going to see where the day takes me. If you want to respond when you have no plans say I'm just going to see where the day takes me. This just means you know I'm going I'm going to do what I want to do. And I'm going to do what I need to do. And then see where the day takes us. Another phrase that's used in a very similar way to this one is to go with the flow. We describe a person who's very chill, very easygoing, and maybe even spontaneous, like they'll make plans at the last minute to do something very fun, as a person who goes with the flow. If you're going to just let things happen naturally, you're going to be very relaxed in a situation instead of saying, you know, I'm stressed out or. You know, I hope this works out okay. You're just going to say, hey, I'm just going to go with the flow. I'm going to see if it works out. I'm just going to do what someone wants me to do. Just go with the flow. Let things happen naturally. Go with the flow. The most common way that we say a food was very very good is we say the food hit the spot. If we say that something sweet hit the spot it means that we were really craving or wanting something that was a sweet and we got it we ate it it was delicious it met our expectations it hit the spot. On a hot day you might say you know what really hit the spot right now a cold glass of lemonade. So in a really casual, informal conversation, you won't hear someone say, oh, this is such a great experience. Instead, you might hear someone say, ah, nothing beats this, or nothing is better than this. So this phrase, nothing beats this, it just means it's a great experience. Nothing is better than this. But just more casually, more informally, we use this phrase, nothing beats. Nothing beats a toasty fire on a cold night. Or nothing beats a cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. It just means that it's a good thing, it's a good experience. Nothing beats a Geno's burger. Do you know what it means to spoil someone? It just means to treat someone very, very good. To give them everything that they desire. So sometimes spoiling someone is used in a negative way, especially when we're talking about children. Some people will say, you're spoiling your son or you're spoiling your daughter. This just means you're letting them have everything they want. There's no consequences if they do anything bad. And this is being very critical and it's a negative way to use this. But sometimes if you want to say, That someone is being treated very well. You can say, oh, they are getting spoiled right now. And it's just a way of, you know, politely saying, you know, they're treating them so nicely, so kindly. They're having a good time. If you say, I feel spoiled, it's kind of like thanking someone for their generosity and for the nice way that they're treating you. So now is the time in the English lesson where you get to hear all of these 10 phrases in. Context. Listen to the example conversation and then let's practice speaking together. At the end of this lesson there'll be some text on screen for you to practice reading as if you're actually in the conversation. Actually try to use the tone like the speakers did in the conversation so you can get used to using these phrases in an everyday conversation. So listen and then practice. Good morning. Did you sleep well? Good morning. I slept like a baby. I could smell the coffee from upstairs. It's calling my name. I made a fresh pot of coffee. Help yourself. Don't mind if I do. Is that a fresh box of donuts I see? Yep. Go ahead. Treat yourself. Any big plans for today? Not really. I might just see where the day takes me. Fair enough. Sometimes it's just nice to go with the flow. Exactly. This donut is hitting the spot. Glad you like it. Nothing beats coffee and donuts. Thanks for waking up early and getting those. I feel so spoiled. Cheers. Cheers. Good morning. Did you sleep well? I made a fresh pot of coffee. Help yourself. Yep. Go ahead. Treat yourself Any big plans for today? Fair enough. Sometimes it's just nice to go with the flow. Glad you like it. Nothing beats coffee and donuts. Cheers. Cheers. If you loved learning English like this, you love speaking out loud in a low stress environment, I have other lessons like this on YouTube and on podcast form or you can go to englishwithkayla.com to check out my upgrade to native conversation course. 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