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Stop overusing 'I think...' - say THIS instead - 21 more advanced alternative phrases
Stop overusing 'I think...' - say THIS instead - 21 more advanced alternative phrases
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hello everyone and welcome back to english with Lucy today I am going to
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give you 21 advanced
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alternatives for I think I
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think that I think
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is very boring overused
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and it's just repetitive
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in debates in English
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classes in conversation we
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are always asked to give our opinion
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and more often than not I hear my students saying I think I
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think that I don't think they were a rough if you really want to
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show that you have an incredible
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and profound and advanced
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vocabulary then you need to find some other ways of saying I think so
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I have got 21
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advanced alternatives ranging from formal
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to informal so this video is really going to help you with your vocabulary
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but if you want to improve your listening skills and your pronunciation skills
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even further then I highly recommend the
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read in English or a book that you would like to read in English
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I've got loads of recommendations
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down below in the description box and
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read it whilst listening
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to the audiobook version on
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audible so as you are reading the words you are also hearing
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the words reading alone will not help you with your pronunciation
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English is not a strictly
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phonetic language the way a word is spelt or written in English might not
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give you any indication
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as to how it is pronounced
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if you listen to a word as you read it your brain will start
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making connections and the next time you see that word you'll know exactly how
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it's meant to sound how it's pronounced
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and the next time you hear that word you'll
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let's get started with the lesson number
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one is an informal
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one it's I'm not going to lie or I'm
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not gonna lie I've got a video on water and gunner it's
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very helpful well actually I'm not gonna lie
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sometimes just shorten down to not gonna lie or abbreviated
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to n GL so
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if we're texting ng
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L and then our opinion
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an example I'm not going to lie I was pretty insulted
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to not be invited to my ex-boyfriends
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wedding I'm not going to lie I was pretty insulted to
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not be invited to my ex-boyfriends
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wedding number two is in
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all honesty in all
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honesty this is very
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commonly used to and I
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would say it's leaning
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towards informal an example
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in all honesty I had every
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right to be there in all
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honesty I had every
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right to be there
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number three is in my
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view in my view and
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this one is slightly more
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formal actually another example
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in my view I should
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have been invited so it was totally
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fair for me to turn up on the day in
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my view I should have been invited so it was totally fair
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for me to turn up on the day a lot
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of these examples will use should
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have would have and could have I've
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recently made a video about shoulda woulda coulda
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so I've shared that link in the description box and up
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here on a card
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number four is if you ask me if you
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ask me an example
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if you ask me the church service
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was wonderful but it was a shame I had to stand at the back
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if you ask me the church service
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was wonderful but it was a shame I had to stand at the back
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number five is as
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far as I can tell as
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far as I can tell these past two have been fairly neutral neither
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informal nor formal as far as I can tell an example
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as far as I can tell the bride wasn't
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really expecting me as
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far as I can tell the bride wasn't
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really expecting me number
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six is to my mind to
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my mind and this just means to me but we're talking about our brain
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rather our selves and it is more
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formal an example to
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my mind she should have been happier
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to see me and receive my support to
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my mind she should have been happier
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to see me and receive my support number
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again slightly more formal as far
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as I'm concerned as
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far as I'm concerned
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an example as far as I'm concerned she totally
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overreacted and shouldn't have cried as
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far as I'm concerned
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she totally overreacted and shouldn't
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have cried again more
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info on should have would have and could have in
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the description box it's a really important
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lesson number eight the
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way I see things or
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the way I see it you can use either or an
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example the way I see things
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I made the family photographs
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a lot more interesting
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the way I see things
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I made the family photographs
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a lot more interesting
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an alternative as I
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see things or as I see it an example
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as I see it they
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obviously didn't take me into consideration
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when drawing up the seating plans as
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I see it they obviously didn't
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take me into consideration when
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drawing up seating plans
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now you might have noticed there's a bit of a story going on through
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the examples which I think is quite fun
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and but you might need a little bit more explanation
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about British weddings we always have a seating plan so
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we'll have a list of all the table names for
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the meal and it's
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called the seating plan and everyone is put in a certain spot and we
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have our name on the table and we use drawing
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up because of the phrasal verb to draw up normally
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a plan or a document
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it means to write and prepare a document or plan now
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number 10 is it seems to me that it
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seems to me that
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quite a neutral one may be leaning on formal
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an example it seems to me that everyone
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overreacted when I tried to sit at the top table it
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seems to me that everyone
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overreacted when I tried to sit at the top table
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now another bit of info for you on British weddings there
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is often a top table
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most weddings have round tables
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and all the guests will sit on round tables but
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there is a big long
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table a bit higher up overlooking
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all of the other guests
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where the bride the
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groom two people getting married and their families
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sit so it's the most
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important people and the bride's men and the
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groomsmen as well number
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11 I believe I
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believe this is just a really good alternative for
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I think if you're in
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a pinch and you want to say I think and you don't know what
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else to say just say I believe
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an example I believe
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they should have just made space for me in the first place I believe
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that they should have just made space for me in the first place number
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12 is I would say or shortened
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down to I'd say
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I'd say an example
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I'd say the food was very good but
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it was a shame I had to share it with my neighbor I'd
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say the food was very good but
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it was a shame I had to share it with my neighbor now
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you might know the word neighbor as someone who lives next to you if
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you are sitting at a table then
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you might also say
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the word neighbor your
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teacher might say it when you're sitting at a desk swap
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your answers with your neighbor swap
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your answers with the person next to you number
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13 I consider I
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consider normally followed by something then to be I consider
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something to be an example
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I consider it to be very rude that I was forced to sit down
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when I stood up to make a speech I consider
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it to be very rude that I was forced to sit down when
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I stood up to make a speech
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number 14 is to
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me to me just
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another way of saying in my opinion
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an example to me no
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one knows my ex better than I do so I should have been able
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to tell all of his funny stories
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to me no one knows my ex better than I do so I should
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have been able to tell all of his funny stories
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my god can you imagine can
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you imagine if this happened at your wedding my
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weddings coming up I'm a-thinkin
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I don't think we have any crazy exes
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yet what do I mean by yet
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carry on this carry
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on number 15 is from
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my point of view from
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my point of view this
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again is slightly more formal but can be used in both informal
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and formal situations an example
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from my point of view the
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first dance was cringeworthy so
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I did everyone a favor by joining in from
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my point of view the first dance was cringeworthy so I did everyone
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a favor by joining in part
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of our wedding culture
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is to have a first
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dance together and everyone watches and then after that everyone
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can join in but
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after they have finished or if they
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have said come in you do not button
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the first number 16 is it is my view that or
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it is my belief that both
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are more or less the same an example
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it is my view that the open bar made everything
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worse it is my view that the
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open bar made everything worse
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now a bit of extra info an open
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bar is something that you really hope
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is that a wedding that
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you're attending its when the bar is already paid for you don't have to
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pay anything at that bar I'd
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say it's probably thirty
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seventy at weddings in
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the UK you're most
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likely to have an open bar but it just depends on the couple's financial
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situation it's typical for the parents
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of the bride of the lady getting married to
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pay for the wedding but if
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they're not in a good financial situation
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or maybe the bride and groom are funding it themselves they might not be
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in a position to offer an open bar number
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17 is a very slang
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one it's I reckon
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I reckon and I think that this is a very British word if any
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Americans are watching can you let me do you use reckon
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I reckon I think in your
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dialect an example I reckon
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the 6th gin and tonic tipped
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me over the edge I reckon
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the 6th gin and tonic tipped me over the edge to
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tip someone over the edge is to make someone
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either really sad or a bit
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crazy or to lose the plot to be crazy so
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I might have been you
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know tipsy well merry up until the 6th a gin and tonic and then
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it was that sixth one that tipped me and made me downright
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CRAZY number 18 is
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I honestly believe that I honestly believe
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that an example I honestly
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believe that if I hadn't
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started cutting the cake no one would have I honestly
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believe that if I hadn't
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started cutting the cake no
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one would have in
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your culture does the bride and groom have the first cut of the wedding
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cake together quite an important part of the day 19
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is honestly speaking honestly
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speaking and this one is informal
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an example honestly speaking I
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probably shouldn't have thrown my slice at the bride honestly
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speaking I probably shouldn't
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have thrown my slice at the bride number
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20 is I feel
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that I feel and that's another good one word alternative for
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think just like believe I feel I think I believe an example
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I feel that my ex could have found a more welcoming bride with
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a better sense of humor I feel
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that my ex could have found a more welcoming
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bride with a better sense of humor and number
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21 the last one this is again
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quite neutral it's personally
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speaking personally speaking an example
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personally speaking calling the police was a bit OTT
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personally speaking calling the police was a bit OTT
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OTT means over-the-top too
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much over-the-top we often shorten it down to
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OTT right that is it for today's lesson
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this is a new format it just came to me whilst I was looking
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at all of these words and phrases and
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I just thought it would be really really fun if we could follow a
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ridiculous story through all of the examples did you enjoy it did
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it make you stay to the end well if you're watching this did let
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me know your feedback in the description box I'd happily do it again because
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I had a lot of fun writing
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it especially though that my weddings coming up this year don't
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forget to check out audible
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channel Lucy Bella Elle where I talk about everything that isn't related to
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