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Three useful speaking expressions

hello to the pointers thank you for joining me again just a quick short video today because i want to explain three expressions that you can use to help you out of a sticky situ...

Course: Confidence in Cambridge speakingSection: Handling awkward expressionsSubtitles: en

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hello to the pointers thank you for

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joining me again

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just a quick short video today because i

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want to explain

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three expressions that you can use to

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help you out of a sticky situation

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so to speak so those moments when you

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put your foot in it as it were and i

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think these expressions are really going

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to blow your mind

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if you will so yes i've just used

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the three expressions that i'm going to

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teach you so to speak

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as it were and if you will

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now these are expressions that we use in

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normal everyday english

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to emphasize that what we have just said

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is figurative

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it's not meant to be taken literally

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so often we use them with idiomatic

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expressions as i just have

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with a sticky situation put your foot in

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it

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and blow your mind but when you're in an

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exam

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situation in the

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