I use these words every day: Daily English Vocabulary
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stop dragging your feet come on if I
said this to you would you know what I
was talking about well never fear in
today's lesson you are going to learn 10
common everyday English phrases that I
use and you can to hi I'm Vanessa from
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worksheet with all of today's important
Expressions definitions sample sentence
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can answer Vanessa's challenge question
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of today's important everyday phrases
are about chores do you know what chores
are chores are the activities that you
do usually to make your house a clean
and tidy place these are necessary but
not always fun right but it's a
necessary part of life so we're going to
talk about 10 of those today and two
bonus phrases usually I don't add bonus
phrases to these lessons but today you
have two bonus phrases all right let's
get started the first phrase that I use
every day is this to make the bed after
I wake up I try really hard to make the
bed do you make the bed I think this is
a typical thing that parents tell their
children don't forget to make your bed
at least that's how it is culturally in
the US I don't always make my bed but
let me tell you when I make my
bed my bedroom feels clean it feels
ready to go on to the next step the rest
of my day let me know in the comments if
you make your bed every day the second
phrase I use every day is to get dressed
every day I choose what I wear and then
I get dressed this usually depends on
the weather what activities I'm doing
that day and what I have
clean if there is a pile of dirty
laundry well I don't have many choices
for what I'm going to wear so I need to
get dressed with the clothes that I have
available phrase number three is to pack
a lunch every morning my husband packs
my son his lunch is this something
that's common in your country in the US
at school there are two options you can
eat the school lunch the lunch that the
school provides or you can bring your
own lunch and if you bring your own
lunch you first need to pack your lunch
this is similar to the phrase to pack a
suitcase when you go on a trip what do
you do you need to pack a suitcase well
same for a lunch you need to pack a
lunch if you're not going to get the
lunch that the school provides and this
is pretty common in the US that a lot of
kids will pack a lunch and bring it to
school to eat you might even do this at
the office in fact a lot of people do
this at the office it's expensive to go
out to eat every day for lunch so or
maybe you don't even have enough time to
do that so a lot of people who are going
into work will pack a lunch so that they
can eat it during their lunch break
phrase number four is to throw clothes
in the washer now are we really throwing
clothes like a baseball not really this
verb just implies that we're doing it
quickly without much thought so close
washing is my job it is my job to wash
the clothes in our house and it is my
husband's job to do the dishes we'll
talk about that later this is a pretty
good split because they are both big
tasks that need done all the time so
when it is time for the clothes to get
washed what do I do I put everything in
the laundry basket and I throw the
clothes in the washer just a little note
you can say washing machine I'm going to
throw them in the washing machine this
is absolutely acceptable and we just
have two options the washer or the
washing machine phrase number five that
I use every day and it might apply to
your country or it might not it is to
move clothes to the dryer a lot of
countries don't use a dryer instead you
hang up your clothes but in the US it is
most common to have a dryer so this is
one of the tasks of doing laundry you
need to throw the clothes in the washer
and then when the washer is done you
need to move the clothes to the dryer
unfortunately this is something that I
often forget so overnight the clothes
are sitting wet in the washer and when I
go to bed and I'm laying in bed I
sometimes remember I forgot to move the
clothes to the dryer and I Scurry out of
bed and put the clothes in the dryer
because they might get moldy or stinky
it's just not good for the clothes right
you need to dry them quickly after you
wash them and after you have washed the
clothes dried the clothes now it's time
to fold and put away the clothes I want
you to notice the pronunciation of this
word that I have said a lot over the
last few minutes
clothes clothes do you hear clothes
nope in American English when we're
speaking quickly that th is really cut
out completely it sounds exactly like
close the door close the door I'm
putting on my clothes exact same
pronunciation when we're speaking
quickly in American English I think this
is good news right because clothes with
the th is really hard to say so in this
instance you have an easy pronunciation
that is actually accurate it's how we
pronounce it so back to our phrase after
you dry the clothes you need to fold
them and put them away in the closet in
a drawer somewhere where they go you
need to fold them and put them away the
seventh vocabulary phrase that I use
every day and you can too is to tidy up
this is a lovely phrasal verb that is
something you probably should do a
little bit every day we could say at the
end of the day my whole family helps to
tidy up the house there are probably
books on the couch food on the table I
don't know what else my kids leave
laying around blanket stuffed animals
Toys backpacks we all help together to
tidy up the house this is not washing
and scrubbing and actually making
something clean instead this is getting
all the items away where they belong you
are putting things back in this the
place where they go you are tidying up
the house and in my opinion this is
something important to do as a whole
family it's not just the adults job to
tidy up the house it's a good habit
teach your kids to tidy up at the end of
the day it's not always fun it usually
takes double or triple the length of
time but it's an important skill to
learn the next two phrases have to do
with a job that is not mine thank
goodness the first one is to do the
dishes notice that we use the verb do
with dishes do the dishes every night at
the end of the night Dan does the dishes
and I'm so grateful and he's grateful
when I do the laundry so here we're
going to talk about washing the dishes
which you can also say but usually we
just use this General verb to do the
dishes it encompasses scraping the food
off off the plates rinsing the dishes
making sure that they're acceptable
maybe you even do the next phrase if
you're lucky phrase number nine is to
load the dishwasher I know that not
everyone has a dishwasher some countries
have one and they just don't even use it
culturally it's not a thing but in the
US it is extremely common to have a
dishwasher so when you are using your
dishwasher you would say I am loading
the dishes into to the dishwasher or I
need to load the dishwasher this is
something that happens at the end of the
day for us while I'm giving my kids a
bath Dan is doing the dishes and loading
the dishwasher that way after the kids
have gone to bed all of our chores are
done such a wonderful feeling our final
10th phrase before we talk about our two
bonus phrases is not a specific chore
it's something that un fortunately
happens often doing chores is not really
the most fun activity right so you might
drag your feet H this means not
literally dragging your feet instead
this means that you're just delaying and
delaying you're
procrastinating doing chores I do this
all the time you probably do this all
the time too isn't it amazing that when
you have a chore that it has to be done
all of a sudden other things look so
much more exciting oh I could be doing
all these things instead of this chore I
don't want to do so don't drag your feet
just do that chore get it done and
you'll feel so much better are you ready
for our two bonus phrases I love these
the first bonus phrase that I use every
day in my life and you can too is to
pitch in we often use this verb pitch
when talking about baseball there is a
pitcher who throws the ball or he
pitches the ball and it's kind of a
similar idea if you pitch in you are
participating and the pitcher in
baseball is throwing the ball and it
begins the game right so in this
expression with this expression you can
use this in Daily Life by saying
something like this when everyone
pitches in it just is so much easier to
get chores done or I try to encourage my
children to pitch in every day to tidy
up the house it's necessary it's
something that has to be done so if
everyone pitches in it's easier and the
second bonus phrase is kind of similar
it is to pull your own weight my weight
pulling my weight what do you think this
means take a look at this sample
sentence and I want you to guess what
you think it means everyone in this
family needs to pull their own
weight this is a phrase I might say if
my kids complain about doing chores Mom
I don't want to do this no we're playing
no I don't want to do that nope I could
say everyone in this family needs to
pull their own weight and this simply
means you're doing your share of the
responsibilities your fair share this is
probably not divided equally because
children can't do an equal amount that
adults do but you are doing your fair
share you need to pull your weight so
this kind of means according to your
abilities your weight it's not your
physical weight but your capabilities my
children are capable of tidying up their
toys they're capable of putting the
dishes in the dishwasher loading the
dishwasher they are capable of putting
their clothes in the laundry basket
they're capable of some chores so they
should pull their own weight now you can
also use this if someone is not pulling
their own weight so let's imagine that
in your relationship the person that you
are living with is not doing the same
amount of chores as you and you think
something is not working here you could
approach them and say hey I really feel
like you're not pulling your own weight
I'm feeling stressed I have too many
responsibilities can you work with me to
figure out how you can pull your own
weight so that I can feel more relieved
well great what a wonderful conversation
hopefully they will be open to that and
able to relieve you of some chores so
that you can all contribute fairly to
all of the chores well great work you
just learned 10 important phrases that I
use every day about chores plus two
bonus phrases which are fun ones and I
want you to be able to use these in
daily life so in the comments tell me
does everyone in your house pitch in and
do chores together or do they all pitch
in and at least do some chores and if
not maybe it's time to rework some
things so that everyone is pulling their
own weight let me know in the comments
and don't forget to download today's
free pdf worksheet I make these
worksheets for you every week and they
include all of today's chore Expressions
definitions multiple sample sentences
including ones that I don't mention in
this video but they are available in the
worksheet and at the bottom of the
worksheet is Vanessa's challenge
question so that you can never forget
what you're learning and you can review
and practice these phrases that is the
goal so that you never forget them you
can click on the link in the description
to download this free pdf worksheet
today it is my gift to you well thank
you so much for learning English with me
and I'll see you again next Friday for a
new lesson here on my YouTube channel
bye but wait do you want more I
recommend watching this video next where
you will learn some important everyday
phrases for the end of the day
including I just love to kick back what
does that mean am I a soccer player who
likes to kick nope well you can watch
that video and find out what it means
and I'll see you there
