Advanced Phrases for Highly Proficient Speakers | Build Your Vocabulary
Let's learn some advanced phrases for highly proficient speakers of English. These phrases and idioms are even a little more challenging than vocabulary at a C2 level.
I'll teach you the meaning, tell you how the nouns are used, as well as go over the pronunciation of each noun so you can say them just like a native speaker.
If you would like to review, here are the phrases from the lesson.
1. drag your feet
2. go to bat for (someone)
3. run-of-the-mill
4. to err on the side of caution
5. pull (some/a few) strings
6. chime in
7. cut (someone) some slack
8. one-up (someone)
9. at my wits' end
10. second-guess
11. heads up
12. foot the bill
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///LESSON CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro to Advanced Phrases
0:30 drag your feet
2:01 go to bat for (someone)
3:41 run-of-the-mill
4:54 to err on the side of caution
6:00 pull (some/a few) strings
7:14 chime in
8:35 cut (someone) some slack
9:46 one-up (someone)
10:41 at my wits' end
11:56 second-guess
13:27 heads up
14:44 foot the bill
16:12 Review of Advanced Phrases
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Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed the lesson and learned something new. 🤗 ***CORRECTION: I just want to note that there was a typo about halfway through the lesson. The phrase is to 'ONE-UP (SOMEONE).' 👍
You're not the average, run-of-mill teacher. You're excellent.
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I am not dragging my feet when it comes to watching another of your video lessons, teacher Wes. Thanks a bunch!
Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you learned some new phrases. 👍
This is not a run-of-the-mill lesson , it’s very informative 🎉
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Hello, Wes. Thank you for the lesson. You explanation was totally comprehensive. I feel my English level’s getting up thanks to you) And I don’t wanna be at my wits’ end with these expressions. So, in further these expressions require some time in brushing up on them. And yep, this wasn’t a run-of-the-mill lesson, and you know, your advanced ones go to bat for me in learning English, indeed. Waiting for the next advanced lessons)
The summary in the form of a small talk is truly a nice touch. 🎉😊❤
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Thank you for another fascinating English lesson!
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Excellent intro: using the idioms meaningfully. Love your style.😊🎉
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Really advanced and useful course provided! Thank You Mr. Wes.
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Great lesson, thank you! God bless you!
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Teacher Wes, you are not my run of the mill teacher. Thank you for helping me to improve my English.
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Sure. All these advanced phrases are new for me so they need to be watched and listened to at least more than one time, hoping that I could use them effectively. Teacher Wes thank you so much indeed!
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even though you may consider yourself 'run of the mill' your dedication and skill make you stand out as the best teacher to us Wes i cannot thank you enough. with all the love your student Rihan.❤❤
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Many tks for your video that I found very informative with clear explanations. Have a nice the rest of the day.
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Thanks for this amazing and useful lesson. ❤👌☺ Greetings from CDMX. 👌
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Excellent lesson, Wes !! I learned many new frases , thank you 🙏🏻🌷✨🙏🏻
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I appreciate your proactive/enthusiastic program every time. Your lesson isn't only mere run-of-the-mill lesson but also one-up other's lesson. What I would like to point out is Wes is dedicated to us as well as to his family. Thanks. 1:03, jiren → gerund.
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Quite enriching. Thanks a lot!
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Thank you so very much for your excellent lessons! They are really very helpful and enjoyable.
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I can't express my feelings. The content you're providing, sir is really appreciated. What I love in you is that you support Free Education. Everyone should get a chance to learn. You've been exerting a lot of efforts to make perfect videos, help us get the best education, and make progress. Sir, I really appreciate you and hope to meet you one day to thank you for everything you've been doing for us. Lemme send you a perfect hello from Egypt ❤
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Thank you for the great lesson! Have a great week.
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Thank you so much respectful teacher for teaching us something.❤❤❤
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@@InteractiveEng God bless you! Teacher I have got a problem in English with vocabulary.
I'm quite new here, but need to say this is fantastic Wes!! Thanks so much!!
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Thank you soooo muuuuch west for all these leasons, we really appreciate it ❤
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Interesting lesson, I've just heard a few of them, Then, listening to it was time well spent. Thanks a lot.
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Thank you for another amazing lesson!
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thank you Wess for always giving us heads up of your lessons.
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Million thks Wes for sharing this excellent lesson For non native speaker this lesson is very important for improving English languange Highly respect for Interactive Engliah Keep up the great work 👍👍👍
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Before embarking on watching your interactive learning class,I was used to live a run of mill life thanks to you for revitalizing interest in me towards learning
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Great lesson! It’s not your average give run-of-the-mill lessons!
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Thank you, these are really nuanced and useful phrases. I only got to know some of them after I came to Canada, language learning is really a long journey~
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Great lesson. Thank you, Wes
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The best male English teacher by far. 👍👍👍👍
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Thank you very much indeed!
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Thank you so much.
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Thanks for the lesson
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Thank you teacher Wess.
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Thank you so much ❤
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Finally! This is exactly how I always wished I was taught English. Thank you! No overthinking on my part, you have a new subscriber. 👍🏻
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Amazing phrases thank you
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Thank you.
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Tnx a lot, bro... They were all useful. I really needed these phrases.
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I am eternally grateful for such even run-of-the-moil but irreplaceable videoses. I am not going to drag my feet and I intend to try pull strings to overcome my inaction. I am second-guess myself that It’s needles to chime in, to be one-up everybody else. Thanks for you to go to bar for us. We will never let you be vet some slack by mads
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thanks very much, I hop you will continue regurlarly to publish this kind of content
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Great jo, please make more video of this type🎉
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Excellent
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Teacher dea thank you.
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After I watched this video, I second-guessed myself, and did a double take. All this time I've been dragging my feet on my English lessons and cut myself too much slack, and as a result my English is still run-of-the-mill. I'm kind of at my wit's end, until you chimed in and gave me a heads up on how I should one-up myself. My father pulled some strings and foot the bill for my English education, so I should not disappoint him. And I will go to bat for my son too in his language studies. ... I hope I got them right😅
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Yes 👍🏻
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Awesome video, Wes.
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well done
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You are a legend.
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Hi Wes, another brilliant lesson! I belive there's a misprint in the phrase one-up. Check it pls
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'Err on the side of caution ' is new for me😊
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Thank you very mụch❤❤❤❤. When you teach an advanced word or phrases in a sentence, could you please rewrite the sentence in different levels so that we can absorb easily? E.g in advanced, in C, in B, in A, in business English, in daily English...❤❤❤
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This is a great lesson. I like how you teach. Just wanted to point out there is a typo on one-up. No biggie.
Glad you enjoyed the lesson. I appreciate that heads up. That typo is one that gets to me. I may re-upload the video but haven't decided yet. 😊
@@InteractiveEng no worries. You offer great material. Wish I had found you years ago when I was really struggling. Still one never stops learning, so I subscribed.
Is it “on up” or “one up”? Thanks for a useful lesson! 😀
It is one-up. That was a typo. 😊
Hi Sir, do you have any video about English creative writing (which is one GCSE English question)?
I have a popular lesson on improving your academic writing. I'll link it here in case you want to check it out. kzhead.info/sun/orCRZ9OxkXRrgZ8/bejne.html 👍
AWESOME LESSON.Pity we can't print a PDF of it.Thank you anyway.
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Could you please share how do you find scenes from movies with the certain expressions?
I use a site called YARN. www.getyarn.io/ Thanks for commenting & checking out the lesson. 😊
hi, con You make a New clip with a list of english Songs for advanced Learners? ( C1-C2) Level? Thanks
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Teacher Wes, I have had that up to here!
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nice video! Some people say: Cut me some break!
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Hi Teacher please topic "Lies with" "Lies in" and other related to this
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I wanna to know if you could post about how to order food in English ,like when we go to stores ,or for instance when we buy things ,like clothes or candies 🍬 🍭 I want some help with that 😅❤
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We need things to help us on the IBT test please
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Thank you so much! In One up (someone) part, I think you have a typo 😊
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Which one is correct? I appreciate he / him / his taking the responsibility.
Good morning Wess and chat
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I love your videos, please don't cut me any slack...
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You need to change on-up to one-up at the introductory part of this expression.
Thanks for the heads up. Unfortunately, I can't change it. However, I may take the video down and re-upload it. 👍
Guess, these are used in our daily conversation
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Wes ,could you pull your strings because i want to travel to New York. among red tapes, visas, inquiries....it is a nightmare.
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🎯My wife's father owns a lakeside cabin in Michigan. 🎯My wife's father owns a lakeside cabin out in Michigan. ❓Does adding 'out' change the meaning of the sentence??
No, it doesn't really change the meaning. But it's always good to be more concise and eliminate unnecessary words. I'd go with the first sentence. 😊
@@InteractiveEng It was a dictionary entry sentence. It made me confused. Thank you for the quick reply.👍
One - up is the most suitable expression I can use for my cousins 😂
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Drag your feet Go to bat for someone Run-of-the mill We should err in the side of caution Pull some strings Chime in Cut someone some slack On-up At my wits'end Give a Heads up
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I wonder the cartoon called "Regular Show" being written by linguistics, they would name it as " Run-of-the-mill show"
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9:48 It's "to one-up sb." and not "to on-up sb." The letter e is missing.
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18.3.2024
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What does "foot (someone) the bill" mean? Does it mean to make someone else pay for something?
In this case, it means someone is going to make someone else pay for something. (e.g. The city is going to foot you with the bill. -- the city will make you pay for something). 👍
The pronunciation of both words 'err' and 'air' are utterly the same. It would be plausible for GT to err in hearing 'err' as 'air'. So in the caption/transcription system of this video, the word 'air' should be (replaced)interpreted 'err'.
Please pull some strings Wes. I'm at my wit's end.
Will do. Thanks for your comment. 😉
If I am dragging my feet, then asking me stop dragging my feet makes the situation worse. Isn’t it?
That's a possibility. It depends on how frustrated you are. 😅
2:12 You must have some interesting people following you. These phrases are from around 3rd grade.
C u next time
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Hurry up, do not drag your feet.
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@@InteractiveEng I will go on it for the sake of myself.
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