Learn English with Steve Ford - Learning English TV Lesson 8 - Advanced Grammar-Vocabulary

Idioms

Janauary went by "in the wink of an eye": passed quickly@ 39 sec
'crying your eyes out': to be crying non-stop
'to be in a flood of tears': to cry intensely

ways to say I love you in English:

I am in live with you@ 1 min. 45 sec
I am head over heels for you @ 1 min 47 sec
I am mad about @ 1 min 48 sec
I am crazy about you@ 1 min 49 sec
baby!@ 1 min 50 sec



vocabulary from video

hilarious: very funny
terms of endearment: a way to call someone you love
get 'caught up in' our day-to-day lives: get intensely involved
we need something to 'hold on to': to support ourselves emotionally
'love at first sight': falling in love with someone meeting for the first time by sight only
'pay a complimnet' to someobody: to compliment someone
'heartbroken': extremely emotionally hurt
'crushed': emotionally hurt
'shattered': devastated
'down': depressed
'break up': to discontinue a love relationship


present perfect questions

Have you ever fallen in love? Grammar Intermediate

'ever'

Commonly found in questions, it means at any given time
possible answers are from list of frequency adverbs: never( not+ever), rarely/seldom, sometimes, often/frequently, always

'just' and actionas that have happened in the recent past

present perfect may be used to talk about the very recent past, 'just'is a common adverbial we use with it
I have 'just' seen the most beautiful woman

irregular past participles: fall/fell/fallen break/broke/broken feel/felt/felt Advanced


Has someone ever broken your heart VS Did someone ever break your heart when you were dating someone?


* essentially the difference is that one specifies the past(simple past) and one is a non-specific time reference(present perfect)

American variations of the present perfect

I just had dinner(US)
I have just had dinner(US/UK)
I already saw that film(US)
I have already seen that film((US/UK)
Did you finish your test yet?(US)
Have you already finished your test(UK/US)

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[nelinhotube]

first... I loved your video! LOL , it's very helpfull to me! thank you very much! I'm brazilian and like to watch your videos on my job. hahaha.

I have to noticed at 10:20, the word "that" was typed : Thta

Thta is no problem to me, but feel free to fix it

more one time, Thank youuuuuuuuuu, by yours great lessons! sorry about my english if i typed something wrong, i am learning yet.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@nelinhotube Hello x 3! Thanks for the comment! i am happy that you loved the lesson and that you will be able to use it to improve your English for your work. I will check the typo you mentioned and have a great day!

Warmly,

Steve

[MsDallia91]

You forgott I love you in kurdish.

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

@MsDallia91 OK, just type it for me, and I will copy it into the video!

[PrivateEnglishPortal]

Hello! Hello! Hello Everybody! I am happy that you loved my video!

I loved making it!

All the best!

Steve

[TheMissSonrisa]

awww!! Steve you are a genious!!! i love all of your lesson and songs and this song you made for your wife made me remind the time when i fell in love with my husband :) he is norwegian and im peruvian and the english helped us to meet and get to know each other, the song is just beautiful ^^ you beloved Leda must be very happy for sure :)

thank you VERY much to help us<3 keep up for us and never leave us :)

greet your wife by me :)

Love from norway <3

[Miriamfrompeppyclub]

Fabulous, Steve! As always, I love your lesson and your song.... and I love butterflies too - to me they represent good changes and persistence to achieve our goals. Thanks for present us with your beautiful and lovely song and a very happy Valentaine's day to you and Leda.

[MsDallia91]

@PrivateEnglishPortal Oh, I'm sorry I forgott to type it. It's: xoshm aweit

[MsDallia91]

@trqish What is that for language? I'm sry don't understand

[trqish]

@MsDallia91 onuda sen soyle

[rerisonchelsea]

hello, hello , hello steve!

[EdersinhoMckey]

GOOD GOOD VIDEO

[thulyly]

i guess that. you can make videos of different fiels in soceity. i have heard some of my friends, who got toelf ibt degree, to get high score about it in writing learner need to use many idioms in it? is it corret? help me answer about it? thanks again from vietnam

justina

[thulyly]

hello teacher!

i have learning english through all of your videos, i think idioms lesson, which are very useful for me because of me studying toelf ibt i will have an exam next year. the lesson about idioms just stop in lesson 5. why dont you upload more videos about it? thanks from vietnam

justina!

[inbox5016]

yes!! They say machanically 'repeat after me' ! haha wow...it's a little thing that you can make me luagh.