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Daily Actions & Routines

  • Store it in the rooftop storage room. / Put it away in the storage room upstairs.

  • I taught that class.

  • Do you want to go for a drive tomorrow?

  • Write down lots of notes. / Take lots of notes.

  • I’m packing my luggage. (standard) / I’m packing my bags. (more casual)

  • I go to work on foot.

  • I brought my lunch today.

  • Move to another meeting room. / Switch/change jobs.

  • Turn the music up. / Turn the music down.

Feelings, Motivation & Growth

  • No matter what, I got through it.

  • I need a little warm-up before jumping into a new topic.

  • It takes years and years of training to become perfect.

  • I make the most of my downtime.

  • I fill my idle moments with productive things.

  • Watching them grow makes me happy.

  • Even a small step can lead to big success.

  • Life is all about experience.

  • Don’t be hard on yourself. / Don’t wrong yourself.

  • Don’t sell yourself short.

  • Show some understanding. / Have a little empathy.

  • Be patient with yourself.

  • I totally get you.

Work & Productivity

  • Mark the block as bad because it entered the RECC flow.

  • Document the issues.

  • Set up the test environment.

  • Scanning the ID resulted in errors.

  • A decoding flow count was added to the decoding flow.

  • The code fails here. / This is the point of failure.

  • Without code changes / Without changing the code.

  • I stand on my own feet. / By myself = myself (subtle emphasis).

Social Interactions & Communication

  • You might be thinking…

  • Don’t stereotype me. / Don’t put a label on me.

  • I see it differently.

  • Whatever you say. (neutral / indifferent)

  • If you say so. (polite disagreement)

  • I’ll let you off this time.

  • Patch things up with them. / Fix their relationship.

  • Open to any topics.

Questions & Curiosity

  • What’s the maximum load it can carry?

  • What do you do for a living?

  • What makes you special? / What makes you different?

  • How’s it different? / What’s the difference between A and B?

  • Is it as good as it looked on the internet?

  • What are your plans for the weekend? / What are you up to this weekend?

Expressions / Idioms

  • Go with the flow.

  • Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

  • Handle it with ease.

  • I rely on my gut feelings / instincts.

  • It comes at a cost.

  • Take advantage of others.

  • Don’t beat around the bush.

  • Show some mercy.

  • It pays off.

Behavior / Attitude

  • He only talks about what benefits him.

  • He only pays attention to what concerns him.

  • He is a self-righteous/arrogant person.

  • He is an assertive person.

  • He underestimated his opponent and gave away points.

  • I stand on my own feet.

Describing People

  • She is my crush. / I have a crush on her.

  • He is not easy to get along with. / He is hard to be around.

  • She has a strong sense of self-esteem.

  • You are very charming / attractive.

  • You are so driven / motivated.

  • I am not a demanding person / My desires are simple.

  • Everyone is different / People are all different.

Situations & Problems

  • A sticky situation.

  • Our house has been burglarized while I went shopping.

  • Things will only get worse.

  • Time is running out. It’s urgent.

  • No pressure on this.

  • Everything goes wrong when you have bad luck.

  • I have bad luck today.

Travel / Locations

  • The cars here are parked pretty loosely; maybe we can squeeze in a spot.

  • I parked in the basement of the city hall.

  • Nobody has been up here for years.

Health / Body

  • My leg is asleep. / My leg goes numb.

  • I feel nauseous.

  • I fell off my bike and scraped my knee.

  • I hope he won’t ruin my haircut. I have two white hairs.

Objects / Shopping

  • A watch is just for telling time.

  • I don’t have any change / coins.

  • A limited time offer / a flash sale.

  • I often hang around on Shopee.

  • This hasn’t expired yet / It’s still good.

  • This is about to expire / It’s almost expired.

  • This is expired / It’s already expired.

Learning English

  • I’ve been working really hard on my English, and I want to get good at it.

  • I’m putting in a lot of time to get better at English.

  • At first, I struggled with basic sentences, but after consistent practice, I’ve gotten much better.

  • You cannot maintain English fluency without practice.

Miscellaneous / Daily Expressions

  • Take a selfie.

  • Skip class.

  • You stay where you are.

  • Don’t restrict / limit / strain me.

  • I prefer not to. / I’d rather not.

  • I have a lot on my plate. / I’ve got a lot to do.

  • Everything is here. / This is pretty much everything.

  • While you’re at it…

  • Right on! (good / ready / affirmative)

  • I haven’t been seen for two days, and a rumor reports that I am dead.

  • I haven’t changed at all. / You look just the same.