let's learn some incredibly useful B2 phrases which it's more Upper Intermediate and I say these phrases are incredibly useful because they're very common now some of these phrases it's possible that you've been using them all along but I promise that you will learn something new so let's begin with a phrase that I just mentioned all along this means from the very beginning and it's a great phrase because you can use it in a variety of situations and really it's interchangeable with the meaning from the very beginning so when you use this phrase it just allows you to be more concise and use fewer words I could say I knew all along that their relationship had problems or maybe that was the plan all along so instead of saying from the very beginning I can just simplify it and say all along when pronouncing this phrase linking may occur and this is extremely common in spoken English this is when you link the final consonant sound of one word with the beginning vowel sound of the next word so we can link that final consonant sound in all with the beginning vowel sound in a long and it's almost like we're just moving that consonant sound over to the next word or syllable all along all along I want you to listen for it you're right all along Frank you had them all along it's been there all along now ever since you started learning English perhaps you have enjoyed building your vocabulary all along and if you really do enjoy building your vocabulary Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interactive English it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals so the next phrase that I have for you I really want you to keep this in mind because I use it all the time and I'm talking about the phrase keep in mind you can use one of two verbs the verb keep keep in mind or the verb bear bear in mind they both have the same meaning which is to remember a piece of information when making a decision or just considering a matter and this is a phrase that as a teacher I use all the time I'm constantly telling Learners hey keep in mind and then I tell them the information I want them to remember as a way of emphasizing it so generally you're going to use this phrase at the beginning of a statement now to be perfectly honest I I think that I use the phrase keep in mind more often than I use bear in mind and I think others do as well you can see this using engram viewer which allows us to compare the frequency of different words and phrases so it's a bit more common for people to say Keep keep in mind and I want you to keep in mind that throughout the lesson I am going to teach you the meaning of these different phrases talk a little bit about how they're used in context and bear in mind I'm going to tell you how to pronounce them just like me so when pronouncing this phrase more linking may occur I told you it's very common in spoken English and we can link that final consonant sound in keep with the beginning vowel sound in in keep in keep in mind you can do the same with bear bear in mind keep in mind bear in mind now here's something I want you to keep in mind if you want to improve your overall fluency it's important that you develop your pronunciation for Clear communication and that's why I want to talk to you about the sponsor of today's lesson which is Elsa speak this is a great app to help you fine-tune your pronunciation and if you're unfamiliar with it let me show you how it works you just download the app create an account and there's so much that you can do practice daily lessons improve pronunciation study by topic let's say you're going to take an exam like the IELTS and you've been studying all along but you want more practice well Elsa has these great study sets to help you with that so we can practice well daily routines and start saying some of these very common collocations do exercise daily routine have breakfast but I think one of the coolest features 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before you know it you'll sound just like a native speaker now let's get back to our B2 phrases and the next one that I have for you is at your convenience this just means when you want and I could say I would like to schedule a meeting at your convenience and there's also a great collocation with this phrase these are words that are frequently used together and that collocation is at your earliest convenience so really I'm just emphasizing that this needs to happen soon I would like to schedule them meeting at your earliest convenience when you pronounce this phrase assimilation may occur this is part of connected speech it's when two sounds they blend together to create a new sound so in this case it's like the T and Y blend together and you get this CH sound and we can place that slight CH between the words at in your at your convenience now this is not something that's always going to happen you may hear someone say at your convenience but keep in mind assimilation may occur and you'll hear that slight CH sound at your convenience once again just listen for it you may transport aboard at your convenience please call me back at your earliest willing to meet you at your earliest convenience then we have the phrase to keep someone company this just means to stay with someone so that they're not alone and really this phrase is used in a positive way because if you tell someone to keep this person company it shows that you care you want to help this person you don't want them to be alone and I really appreciate you keeping me company as I teach these phrases I don't want you to leave because then I'll be alone and I'll just be talking to myself so if you are happy to keep me company you can let me know by hitting that like button when pronouncing this phrase elusion may occur and this is when sounds or syllables get removed so it may occur with the first letter of the possessive pronoun him or her it's like that H just gets muted and then we can link the consonant sound with the vowel sound so instead of keep her it's going to sound like keeper keeper company keeper company keeper company instead of keep him that H gets muted it's going to sound like keep him keep him company keep him company I volunteer to keep him company so then why don't you keep him company I really like this next phrase because it's something that I try to do and that is set an example this means to behave in a way that other people should copy so I try to set a good example for my daughter I think that's something that parents do teachers should try to set a good example bosses and managers should also try to set a good example and I keep saying the word good because this is a common collocation with this phrase to set a good example and you could also say to set a bad example but it's more commonly used with the adjective good and I think this is one of the few times in which a positive phrase is more often used than a Nega native phrase to set a good example but to help you better understand how this phrase is used in context I have some news headlines for you China can set an example for the asean no nuke treaty company Saks top performer to set an example for others and to sack someone this is an informal way of saying that someone got fired subsidized train tickets Germany and Spain set an example for pronunciation there's two things that I want to talk about the first one is that the final T in set I am going to pronounce this as a flap T this is very common with the American accent when the t comes between two vowel sounds I'm going to pronounce it as a flap T it's going to sound more like a soft D and then we can just link the entire phrase said an example set an example say with me set an example excellent then we have the phrase to have an eye for something this means to be good at noticing a particular type of thing so maybe you have an eye for beauty or perhaps you have an eye for fashion or you have an eye for details or you have an eye for a good bargain let's see what what else can you have an eye for quite an eye for the pretty girls you do have an eye for other people's mistakes we have never built a pattern before or a print because you have to really have an eye for print when pronouncing this phrase we can link the three words have an eye it's going to sound like heaven I and then the word for in spoken English it's common for it to get reduced and it's a weak sound and that vowel changes so instead of four it's going to sound more like fur to have an eye for something to have an eye for something at ease I'm telling you this because it's our next phrase and I also want you to relax I want you to feel free from worry so you may definitely hear this phrase being used in a military context it would be used as a command and in general a person of a higher authority would say this to someone of a lower rank who is standing in position and they'll say at ease and they're just telling this person to relax at ease at ease headies there are also some great collocations with this phrase someone may look at ease or feel at ease or seem at ease he really looked at ease during the job interview you could also put someone at ease when she texted me that she got home it really put me at ease or you could also put someone's mind at ease planning for the wedding has been so stressful I wish there were some way to put my mind at ease thanks but you should know we're a little concerned about this being used in weapons well let me put your mind at ease what we use it for is none of your business for pronunciation that final T and at because it comes between two vowel sounds once again I am going to pronounce this as a flap T and then we can link that flap t with the vowel sound in ease at ease at ease then we have the phrase in due course or in due time you can use either noun they have the same meaning which is at a suitable time in the future so typically you're going to use this phrase either at the beginning or end of a statement I could say we will announce the grand opening in due course or in due time we will announce the grand opening as far as usage goes both phrases are roughly equally used personally I prefer to say in due time but just looking at their usage over time it's really fascinating how language changes when pronouncing this phrase it's pretty simple and straightforward you're just going to say one word right after the other in due time in due course and then there's the phrase fair enough I really like this one probably because I use it quite often and it's used to say that something is reasonable or acceptable and typically you're going to use this phrase in a back and forth conversation well you just said you didn't care about the push-ups I changed my mind wasting your time old man the last thing I need is another Sensei fair enough I don't think as much I can teach you right now anyway for pronunciation there's more linking we can link the final consonant sound in Fair with the beginning vowel sound in enough fair enough fair enough and then we have to get on someone's nerves it means to annoy someone a lot this is an idiom that's used in casual conversation when something or someone is bothering you typically people use this when talking about themselves and they'll use the possessive adjective my so instead of saying that someone is annoying me I'll say that someone is getting on my nerves also you're likely to use this in either the past the present or the present continuous Wes got on my nerves at the party last night in the past or sometimes Wes gets on my nerves a general truth in the present or Wes is getting on my nerves it's happening right now the present continuous I really hope that I don't get on your nerves I suppose if I do you can hit the dislike button but I'd much rather you hit the like button at your convenience of course when pronouncing this phrase two things that I want to talk to you about that final T and get I'm going to pronounce this as a flap T and then we can link that flap t with the vowel sound in on get on to get on someone's nerves next is the phrase in that case which I really like because you're going to use this in a conversation it means because of a mentioned situation so it's a great phrase when you're having a conversation and you're referencing something that was mentioned and reacting to it let's say you tell me it's cold outside and I say in that case I'm gonna wear a coat or maybe you tell me you don't have anyone to hang out with it's a little lonely so I say in that case I'm going to keep you company here are some other examples I'll give Stella a lifetime of love over these next eight months in that case welcome to the family son I think she's out well in that case Eric I can't do that with her in here for pronunciation there's some co-articulation going on this is when you have overlapping sounds because the final consonant sound in in your tongue is roughly in the same position when you're pronouncing that voice th in that so it just allows us to smoothly move from one word to the next in that in that case otherwise it's pretty simple and straightforward but I keep talking to you about pronunciation because this is something you really need to practice and then practice some more and do it all over again which is the next phrase that I want to teach you all over again this means to start again from the very beginning and it's a great way to add emphasis instead of just saying again and there are also some useful collocations with this phrase you could do something all over again there was a mistake with the design so so we had to do it all over again you could also start something all over again people showed up late and interrupted my presentation so I had to start all over again from the very beginning for pronunciation we can link the entire phrase link those final consonant sounds with the beginning vowel sounds all over again all over again so I really want to stress just how common linking is because as you can see with many of these phrases it's likely to occur and now for a little review because as a teacher I want to set a good example because review is just going to help you remember these phrases and I want you to keep in mind that as you review and practice these phrases in due time they'll become a part of your active memory and in that case you'll be able to easily use them whenever you're having a conversation so I really appreciate you keeping me company throughout the lesson and I would encourage you to watch another video Lesson and you can even choose because I know that you have an eye for finding the right lesson for yourself and you know if you don't want to watch one right now I understand you can watch one at your earliest convenience fair enough so I'm going to wrap things up before I start to get on your nerves but I really hope you enjoyed the lesson and learned something new if you did you can let me know down in the comments thank you so much for watching and I will see you next time so long