If you would like to truly master the English language and be truly fluent, you know that you need to learn common English expressions that are used on a daily basis.

In this video, I will teach you a lot of different expressions that contain the word, word, in them.

For this video, I decided to do it a little differently.

Normally, I explain the meanings of the expressions to you, but in this case, I decided I would ask a native speaker to teach them to you.

I thought it would be interesting to do it this way because then we can analyze how the native speaker is speaking and maybe they're going to use other expressions while they're teaching you the expression.

You have probably seen some of my previous videos with Drake.

I decided to contact Drake again to teach you these expressions because he's so good at explaining them.

He comes up with really good examples.

Drake and I decided to meet at Venice Beach.

We both live near Venice Beach in Los Angeles and I thought it would be interesting to film the video there.

The expressions that you will learn in this video are not slang expressions.

They're everyday expressions that you can use both in casual situations and professional situations.

First, I want to make sure you can pronounce the word, word, correctly.

It's a little bit difficult to pronounce.

Let's look at the letter O. Make sure you do not say, oh.

Don't round your lips.

It's er, er.

We're going to combine the W and the R and we're going to say it like this, wer, wer.

We're going to eliminate the O. Pretend the O doesn't exist, wer, wer, word, word.

Don't say ward.

And now, let's learn some common expressions with the word, word.

And I will also teach you some words and expressions that Drake is using that you might not be familiar with.

What does it mean if somebody says, I give you my word?

Giving someone your word usually means that you're promising them something.

You're telling them that your words are true.

That they can trust your word.

Can you give me an example of when you might use it?

Yeah.

If your mother wants you to wash the dishes and you say, I promise, I promise, I give you my word.

And she might be mad if you skip the dishes.

You go outside and said to play or do something else.

You come back and she says, I thought you were going to do the dishes.

You promised me, you gave me your word.

I give you my word.

I will pay you back next week.

Let's listen to how some other people use, I give you my word.

I give you my word.

I will not let you down.

He's a man of his word.

He's a man of his word.

He's a guy that when he says something, you can believe it.

If he says he's going to do something, he's going to get it done.

Are you a man of your word?

I try to be.

I try to be a man of my word.

You can trust him.

He's a man of his word.

Let's listen to how some other people use, he's a man of his word.

But John was a man of his word and his handshake was no casual commitment.

He is a man of his word.

Break one's word.

You broke your word.

When you break your word, it's like you didn't follow through on your word.

You broke a promise.

You broke your word means exactly that, that you didn't hold true to your promise.

You promised something and you didn't deliver on your word.

When Drake explained the meaning of, you broke your word, he used three different expressions to explain it.

He said, you didn't hold true to your promise.

You didn't follow through with it.

You didn't deliver on your word.

All three of those have the same meaning.

They all mean you broke your word.

So there are four ways that you can say that.

Break one's word.

You broke your word.

When you break your word, it's like you didn't follow through on your word.

You broke a promise.

You broke your word means exactly that, that you didn't hold true to your promise.

You promised something and you didn't deliver on your word.

And now you know four different ways to express that same meaning.

Instead of saying, you promised, but you didn't do what you said you were going to do, you can say, you broke your word.

You didn't hold true to your promise.

You didn't follow through with it.

You didn't deliver on your word.

Don't put words in my mouth.

Don't put words in my mouth is someone assuming that you said something that you didn't literally say.

They're making assumptions based on the words that you are saying that you mean something else.

And usually it's a negative connotation.

Okay.

Can you give me an example?

Yeah.

So a lot of times the politicians will say, don't put words in my mouth.

You know, if they're, if they're having a debate against each other, they may say something like, you know, I believe in this, this, and this.

And the other politician will say, oh, so, and he'll say something that, um, is maybe a little outlandish or crazy.

And the other guy will say, no, don't put words in my mouth.

You're, you're making assumptions.

You're putting words in my mouth.

I didn't really say that.

Right.

I didn't really say that.

Drake said negative connotation.

And usually it's a negative connotation.

That means negative idea or negative meaning or negative feeling.

It has a negative connotation.

Drake used the word outlandish.

Do you know what that means?

And he'll say something that, um, is maybe a little outlandish.

Outlandish is one of the words that I teach in my course, 400 Advanced English Words You

Must Know.

Here is the actual video from my course where I explain the meaning of the word outlandish.

And you will notice I give sample sentences.

And then I talk about the rules of pronunciation.

Next word is outlandish, outlandish.

And if something is outlandish, it looks or it sounds strange.

It's unusual.

Her outlandish appearance did not fit into the professional environment of the law office.

Let's pronounce law office correctly.

Both of those vowel sounds are big.

Law office.

Open your mouth.

Law office.

In addition to learning the 400 advanced words, you are also learning the American accent.

I talk a lot about American vowel sounds and rhythm and melody, which words we need to stress and how to connect the words together.

And I use them in several different sentences so that you can repeat.

I pause and you have a chance to repeat.

The course consists of many hours of video, but there is also a downloadable audio version.

So if you're not going to be watching the screen, you can just listen when you're driving or when you're just walking, you can listen and repeat.

And you can get the course if you go to AccurateEnglish.com.

Let's learn the next expression with word.

How about to have the last word?

To have the last word is to say the last thing in an argument, usually.

If two people are arguing, the last person to say something is the person who had the last word.

And is that good or bad in your mind?

I think it's a negative thing.

People that are stubborn usually want to have the last word.

When I used to tell my mom that I was going to clean my room and it would make an argument or, oh, you're going to do your homework and we would get into fights, I always wanted to have the last word.

My mom hated that.

When we have an argument, why do you always have to have the last word?

I'd like to have a word with you.

I'd like to have a word with you is usually negative.

If your boss is not pleased with something that you did or maybe not pleased with the numbers or something like that, they'll tell you, I'd like to have a word with you.

That basically means that they want to speak with you in private because there's a serious conversation that needs to be had.

So maybe you're in trouble.

You're probably in trouble if someone wants to have a word with you.

You can say, I'd like to have a word with you or can I have a word with you?

It's usually a short conversation, but a serious conversation.

So if someone says to you, I'd like to have a word with you, it might mean that it's something negative.

Maybe something bad has happened or you did something wrong.

Let's learn the next expression.

Put in a good word for me or I'll put in a good word for you.

Putting in a good word for someone, the first thing that comes to my mind with that is a job reference.

When I was working in clothing retail, I had friends that wanted a job there.

They said, hey, tell your boss I'm a good worker.

Put in a good word for me.

It's basically like speaking positively about someone to someone in power.

If you would like to get a job working for my company, I will put in a good word for you to my boss.

Drake said, when I was working in retail.

Do you know what retail means?

When I was working in retail, clothing retail, Drake said, clothing retail and clothing retail is a clothing store.

It's a place where they sell clothes.

A four-letter word.

So yeah, a four-letter word, if you hear someone say the expression, oh, he said the four-letter word, it's probably referencing a bad word, right?

A curse word.

It's a four-letter word.

It's a proper way to tell someone that someone used a naughty word.

You can say, the boy got in trouble at school because he used a four-letter word in class.

So a four-letter word is a bad word.

And Drake said, curse word.

And he also said, naughty word.

Curse word.

It's a four-letter word.

It's a proper way to tell someone that someone used a naughty word.

And those words mean the same thing.

They're bad words.

Sometimes we also say, dirty word.

Take my word for it.

Take my word for it means you can believe me.

Take my word for it.

If I'm telling you something, then you can guarantee that it's true.

You can take it to the bank.

That's a different expression.

That's a good one.

When Drake was explaining the meaning of, you can take my word for it, he was using another expression.

He used the expression, you can take it to the bank.

If I'm telling you something, then you can guarantee that it's true.

You can take it to the bank.

If you say, you can take it to the bank, it means it's real.

It's not counterfeit.

For example, if someone gives you a $100 bill, usually it's real, but sometimes it's not.

Because a lot of people make the fake money, right?

It's called counterfeit money.

And in that case, if you take it to the bank, the bank will not accept it because it's not real money.

So if you say, you can take it to the bank, it means it's real.

It's true.

I'm telling you the truth.

I'm a hundred percent positive.

You can take it to the bank.

Let's listen to how some other people used, you can take it to the bank.

You can take it to the bank.

He will carry you through these things.

You can go to my website, check the source and you can take it to the bank, I've never been wrong.

The guy said, you can go to my website, check the source and you can take it to the bank.

I've never been wrong.

Wow.

He's pretty confident.

You can go to my website, check the source and you can take it to the bank.

I've never been wrong.

If you study hard, your English will improve.

You can take that to the bank.

Let's listen to the way Drake used legit.

Let's take it to the bank.

You can take it to the bank means that it's legit.

What I say holds value.

You could take my word into the bank and they'll give you money for it, right?

It's like an expression, you know.

Legit is short for legitimate and it means real or truthful.

Take someone at their word.

To take someone at their word means to believe them based on what they're saying.

To take someone at their word.