want to speak real english from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at englishclass101.com in this video you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in english hi everybody my name is alicia welcome to the 800 core english words and phrases video series this series will teach you the 800 most common words and phrases in english but there's a twist with each new lesson in this series we'll include the previous lessons at the end so after you've learned the new words and phrases stick around and review what you learned in previous lessons reviewing is one of the most important parts of learning a language you can also get the full list right now at englishclass101.com click the link in the description to access more example sentences create your own flash card deck and finally master english okay let's get started first is hello hello hello hello is the most basic greeting that you can use you can use it with your friends with your family members with your coworkers any time of day is fine hello how have you been hello how have you been hello how have you been excuse me excuse me excuse me so excuse me is the expression you can use when you bump into somebody or when you need to interrupt somebody who's working on something it's a nice like apology expression to use excuse me how much is this excuse me how much is this excuse me how much is this i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry so we use i'm sorry in cases where we make a mistake so i did something wrong or i did something bad i use i'm sorry to apologize i'm sorry it was a typo i'm sorry it was a typo i'm sorry it was a typo good night good night good night so good night is the expression we use at the end of the day when we want to say goodbye to someone or when we want to wish our family members a good night of sleep good night grandma good night grandma good night grandma nice to meet you nice to meet you nice to meet you so nice to meet you is the expression we use the first time we meet someone we don't use this like the second or the third time we see someone only for the first time please come in nice to meet you please come in nice to meet you please come in nice to meet you how are you how are you how are you so how are you is used as a very general greeting when we see our co-worker for the first time or we see a classmate for the first time we ask how are you meaning what's your condition right now it's been a long time how are you it's been a long time how are you it's been a long time how are you yes yes yes so yes is the word we use to agree with something or to show we think something is good or correct you can use yes in any of those cases yes this one please yes this one please yes this one please no no no so no is the opposite of yes we use it when we want to disagree or show that we think something is not good or is maybe not the best option no i haven't eaten yet no i haven't eaten yet no i haven't eaten yet thank you thank you thank you so thank you is used to express your appreciation for something you can use this after you receive a gift or someone does something for you thank you very much for the invitation thank you very much for the invitation thank you very much for the invitation i'm i'm i'm so i'm is the reduced form of i and am becomes i'm make sure to clearly pronounce that m sound like when you're introducing yourself i'm john i'm john i'm john goodbye goodbye good bye so goodbye is one way to say like something at the end of the day usually to say bye to someone goodbye sounds a little bit more formal than just bi but you can use it to sound polite goodbye see you again goodbye see you again good bye see you again bad bad bad okay so bad is a word that means not good you can use it to describe something you don't like or that you think is inappropriate be careful of bad people be careful of bad people be careful of bad people good good good so good is the opposite of bad you can use it when you want to express that you like something or that you think something is positive my teacher is a good person my teacher is a good person my teacher is a good person pretty pretty pretty so pretty is used to describe someone or something's physical appearance something that we think is beautiful i have a pretty girlfriend i have a pretty girlfriend i have a pretty girlfriend ugly ugly ugly so ugly is the opposite of pretty we use this word to describe something that we think is not pleasing or is unpleasant ugly face ugly face ugly face easy easy easy so easy is used to talk about something that is not difficult it's maybe something that's simple to do easy exam easy exam easy exam difficult difficult de fe cult so difficult describe something that is hard or something that is challenging to do difficult problem difficult problem difficult problem near near near near is used to talk about something that is close to us it's something that we can go to quickly and easily i live near the university i live near the university i live near the university far far far so far is the opposite of near far means something that is at great distance from something else there's like a long way to get to something the station is far from here the station is far from here the station is far from here small small small so small is the opposite of big we use it to describe things that are little you can use it for concepts for objects or for people small mistake small mistake small mistake well done in this lesson you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words click the link in the description and sign up for free at englishclass101.com to get access to the full list of vocabulary you'll need for daily live conversations you'll also get example sentences custom flash card decks and more learning resources see you next time bye-bye want to speed up your language learning take your very first lesson with us you'll start speaking in minutes and master real conversations sign up for your free 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