COMMON ENGLISH PHRASES

PHRASE MEANING
1 How is it going? How are you?
2 Long time no see! When you haven´t seen somebody por a while
3 What have you been up to? What was going on in your life
4 Can’t complain If everything is going well
5 How do you know? Where did you get the news?
6 That’s a good one If somebody tells a cool joke
7 It’s very kind of you If you want to thank somebody
8 Thank you anyway If somebody was trying to help you, but couldn’t reach the result
9 Thank you in advance I really hope you´re gonna do it some
10 No worries If somebody make a mistake and he’s really upset about it
11 What’s going on? What are you doing here?
12 Did I get you right? If you didn’t catch something or it didn’t understand the person
13 Don’t take it to heart If you ask somebody not to be upset not to cry. Don’t be so upset
14 I didn’t catch the last word Another way to ask if you didn’t catch a part of a prhase
15 Sorry, I wasn’t listening If you want somebody to repeat the whole phrase again
16 It doesn’t matter Don’t worry if you did or didn’t something
17 Fingers crossed If you want to wish somebody luck
Situation: you didn’t get something and then you get an extra effect, and
18 Oh, that. That explains it.
you get it
19 Things happen Another way to tell the person to not be upset. It’s okay.
20 Sorry to bother you If somebody is busy and you want to ask or say something
If you’re in the middle of something and somebody is asking you to do
21 I’ll be with you in a minute
something
22 Where were we? If you resume doing something and you want to ask when did we stop
23 I’m sorry, I didn’t catch you Which prompts the person to repeat once again
24 Lucky you This is a way of congratulating the person
25 I freaked out A way to say is super angry, like almost crazy.
(positive and negative) in a positive way is like congratulations. In a
26 Good for you
negative way means it would be better without you
27 You’ve got to be kidding me! If something surprises you. I cannot believe it
28 Cheer up! To tell somebody to smile and to be happy
29 Come on, you can do it! You will get it.
30 It’s not the end of the world
31 Keep up the good work! If somebody is doing really well, you can tell them keep up the good work
32 That’s lit! That’s amazing
33 There you go If somebody is successful after failures, I told you you’re gonna make it
34 Not a bit If somebody is asking if you’re tired and you want to say I’m not tired
35 There is no room for doubt If somebody is asking if you are sure about something
36 I’ll text you I will send you a message
37 It’s not worth it To cheer somebody up to tell them to not be upset
38 You rock! You’re amazing You’ve done an amazing job
39 You should go the extra mile If somebody is not working really well, and you want them to work harder
40 Step up your game Work harder, work better
If somebody is crying and doesn’t want it. Like literally take yourself and
41 Pull yourself together
pull yourself together. Stop crying.
Sometime people describe a thing to buy and they describe it so well. I
42 You sold me
wanna buy this
If you’re not interested in the conversation. You’re sitting you can say this
43 Couldn’t care less
to espress “this is so boring”.
44 This is a no-brainer If it’s a really easy decision
45 I screwed up If you’ve done something wrong and you admit it. This is my mistake
46 You are driving me nuts You make me very annoyed
47 Can you cover me? If you ant somebody to work instead of you
48 I’d better be going Its time to leave. I should go already
49 Take care Take care of yourself. I’ll see you later
50 Thank heavens it’s Friday!
Were you up to
SLANGS
PHRASE MEANING
Leaving abruptly (repentinamente)
1 Bail
- Hey guys I’m sorry, I’m gonna bail.
2 Feeling blue, have the blues Feel sad
American dollar
3 Buck
- This costs 200 bucks
By the skin of (my/your/his/her) Just barely. To emphasize that is not a lot
4
teeth - I hurt myself just by the skin of my teeth
It’s a really weird, unpleasant and strange person who is acting in a weird
5 Creep
way.
6 Stalker Somebody who is following you, who is trying to get your attention
This is a person sits in the sofa and does nothing all day.
7 Couch potato
- I’ll couch potato for a while
Fall asleep really fast
8 Crash
- I was so tired after work, I crashed on the sofa.
You can call a person “down to earth” when he is really simple, he doesn’t
9 Down to earth
try to show off
Honestly. Saying or doing something seriously, not just practicing or
10 For real
pretending.
You are ignoring them on purpose. Somebody is trying to reach out to you
11 The cold shoulder
and you give them a cold shoulder
This is a very political thing. Means I would not testify against myself. I
12 Plead the fifth
won’t tell anything because this information can be used against me
Means make a mistake.
13 Screw up
- I’m sorry, I screwed up
14 sweet Instead saying wow and beautiful all the time. Means nice
Can be used when you’re talking about competition really intense. Good,
great, exceptional.
15 Tight
- That show was so tight.
- I get tight if someone is making fun of me
Means to destroy something-
16 Trash
- He trashed his car
To finish something
17 Wrap (something) up
- Let´s wrap up = Let’s finish
You can use when you’re relating to your friends and you’re inviting them
to come over. Let’s do something together.
18 To hang out Another use is to describe that you’re not actually visit with anything.
- I’m just hanging out = I’m just spending time at home doing
nothing serious
19 Wheels You can use the word wheels instead of using the word car
 - I have my own wheels today = Means today I’m driving, I’m not
taking uber or a taxi
Is not really polite. The person who is calling you babe find you attractive
20 Babe
and really hot
To be caught for doing something illegal or something you were not
21 Busted
supposed to do
Means o be really entertained, to have a really good time, to really enjoy
22 To have a blast
doing something
Complete disaster
23 Epic fail
- That was a pretty epic fail
When someone does something really well.
To kill it
- Man, Chris Brown KILLED the Chicken Noodle Soup!