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[5 Common British Expression]

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Hi guys! It's me!

I'm here in sunny London.

That's British sarcasm there.

It's extremely cold today.

But, I wanted to talk to you about some of the common British expressions that I hear and use more or less every day.

So, let's get started!

So, the first one is 'All right?'

And this really means 'Hello, how are you?'

Some people get confused and think it means 'Is everything ok?'

Really, it's a very general question.

It's a nice way of greeting somebody.

So if you hear someone in the street say 'All right?' you can say 'Yeah, how are you?' as a response.

Ok, so the next one is 'I'm easy,' and this would be something you use when somebody asks you to make a decision and you don't really mind.

Would you prefer Italian or Chinese food tonight?

Mm... I'm easy.

It means 'I don't really mind.'

Ok, the next one is 'on about,' and this means 'talking about.'

Ok? So if I say 'What's he on about?', I'm really saying 'what's he talking about?'

Ok? It can be used quite negatively, so if someones talking too much, you could say 'what's he on about?'

So, my personal favourite of this list is 'Bob's your uncle!'

And this, if you're not familiar with the phrase, may sound ridiculous, and it is!

may sound ridiculous, and it is!

Err... we're a little bit crazy here in the UK.

But 'Bob's your uncle' is a phrase we use to conclude a set of instructions.

to conclude a set of instructions.

Like, for example, making a cup of tea!

You need to boil the water.

You need to add it to a cup.

You need to add a tea bag.

You need to let it brew.

You then need to take the teabag out,

and then add some milk

and sugar to taste,

and then...

Bob's your uncle! You've made a cup of tea!

Ok, so this last one 'easy peasy'

is something I used to say quite a lot when I was a child.

But I might still say it every now and again.

Now,

this mean's that something is really easy.

The full rhyme is 'easy peasy lemon squeezy.'

I don't recommend that you use this phrase in a job interview.

But, for general fun and general conversation,

it's absolutely fine.

So, how was the exam?

It was easy peasy!

And then if you really want to go for it..

It was easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

Thank you for watching this short and fun little lesson today.

Try and use these phrases that I've taught you at some point today

and see the kind of reactions that you'll get from your English teachers!

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