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hi i'm vanessa from speak english with

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vanessa calm goodbye she never just

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kidding let's talk about it I've heard

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many English learners say goodbye but oh

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boy this sounds so serious

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not every time that we say goodbye is

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serious we only use goodbyes when we're

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feeling angry and we want to slam the

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door goodbye or maybe if we're really

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sad goodbye and we might not see someone

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for a really long time but never fear I

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am here to help you say goodbye in a

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natural real way with style with class

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and also with a lot of laughs there are

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a lot of slang ways to say goodbye

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so brace yourself let's get started with

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the most basic bye but by itself by is a

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little bit lonely I might say oh I think

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my car is almost finished at the

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mechanic I need to go bye doesn't that

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seem a little abrupt maybe I need a

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little bit more you might notice that at

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the end of all my videos I say thanks so

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much for learning English with me I'll

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see you again next Friday

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for a new lesson here on my youtube

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channel what was that expression I used

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see you the next time or we could say

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see you next time

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this is similar to see you later talk to

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you later

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when we say talk to you later this is

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often on the phone or FaceTime or Skype

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when you're not physically in a room

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with someone you're just using some kind

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of a device to talk to them you might

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say talk to you later

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a common reduction for see you later is

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see ya later the word you changes to you

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see you later

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see ya later it sounds really natural

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did you notice my pronunciation for the

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word later does it sound like later or

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later

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sounds like a D here and this is common

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in American English that when you have a

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T with a vowel on both sides your T is

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going to change to

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see ya later later if you'd like to

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check out some more tips about how to

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sound like an American when you speak

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English you can check out this video up

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here and it goes in-depth to some of

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these ideas let's talk about a few fun

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ways that you can reduce see you later

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to be more casual you could just say see

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ya see ya notice this is the same

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reduction not see you but see ya see ya

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or if you want to have a little fun you

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can say see ya later alligator and then

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the other person says in a while

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crocodile

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just rhymes it's silly or you can make

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it really short and just say later or

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you might hear some people say laters

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with an S at the end this is just a

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silly way to say it or you could say

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catch you later

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catch you later here again we're

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reducing you to you catch you later

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it just means see you later or if you

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want to make this even more casual you

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could say catch you on the flip side

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flip side means technically tomorrow but

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it could just mean add another time

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catch you on the flip side if you want

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to be a little bit more formal you could

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say have a good day

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have a good morning have a good

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afternoon have a good evening

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depending on what time it is you could

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say this to the cashier at the grocery

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store to your mother-in-law on the phone

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to your boss this is a pretty common a

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little bit more formal expression that

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you might not want to use with your

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husband as you're saying goodbye to him

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because that's a more personal

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relationship it's common to use multiple

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expressions together like bye see you

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later have a good day really common what

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about have a good night we only use this

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when that person is going directly to

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bed so this is really common to say to

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your child have a good night bye have a

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good night sweet dreams

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or if someone you know is spending the

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night at your house you could say this

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because you know they're going directly

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to bed have a good night but if you are

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I mean dinner and drinks with your

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coworkers and you are trying to say

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goodbye to them and you're going home

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you probably wouldn't say have a good

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night you might say have a good evening

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or you might say have a good one

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have a good one this is generally have a

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good day but you can use this at any

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time during the day it's a little bit

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more casual but it's no problem to use

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with your boss or in other formal

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situations have a good one the next two

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expressions are take it easy

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take care I wouldn't use these on the

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phone with a client but if it's a Friday

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and the day is finishing you're

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finishing up your work and you want to

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say goodbye to your coworkers this is no

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problem you could say take care take it

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easy

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that's a great way to say goodbye to

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your coworkers you could say this to

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someone that you are a little bit closer

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to maybe a friend as your friends

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leaving your house you could say bye

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take care the rest of these expressions

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are all slang casual funny ways to say

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goodbye so I recommend do not do not use

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these at work but if someone uses this

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to you maybe you go to someone's house

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and they use this or if you hear it on a

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TV show you need to know the slight

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nuances the slight specific meanings for

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each of these expressions so that you

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know exactly what they mean when they

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say them even if you don't feel

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comfortable using them yourself maybe

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you feel like you're too old to use

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slang well it's important to know that

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so let's start peace

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peace out usually you make the peace

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sign when you say this it's just a

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casual way to say goodbye peace I'm out

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of here

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I'm out out if you've ever watched a

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baseball game you might see the referee

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use this gesture when one of the players

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is out so you don't have to use this

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thumb gesture out I'm out of here but

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it's pretty common you might see this

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toodaloo toodles this one is really

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silly kind of ditzy but I don't know for

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some reason I love using it doodles bye

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bye we only use this for children please

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do not use this with your boss unless

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you want to get fired if you have small

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children or if you interact with small

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children you might hear other people say

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bye-bye that's really common I think

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that we often repeat things two or three

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times in expressions with kids to help

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them remember it so when you say bye-bye

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it helps them to kind of remember that

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expression the next three expressions

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are in Spanish and French but we use

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them in really specific situations that

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might not be used in their original

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language the first one is hasta LaVista

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baby if you use this make sure you do

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that waving gesture hasta LaVista baby

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and you use that same tone of voice

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maybe it's just a silly way to say

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goodbye to your friends you don't need

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to use this with your girlfriend's

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specifically like your baby your love

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you could just say this to someone who

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is you're in a casual relationship with

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them your friends hasta LaVista baby or

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you might say adios amigos in Spanish if

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all of your friends are girls you should

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say amigas but in English we always say

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adios amigos I'm sorry Spanish speakers

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this is incorrect Spanish but that's how

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we use it so you can use this to

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casually say goodbye to your friends

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make sure you say it with a little bit

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of a laugh adios amigos and a little bit

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of a wave just a fun way to say goodbye

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au revoir I do can you tell from my tone

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of voice what I'm trying to show with

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this a great word to describe it is

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melodramatic you're just trying to be

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overdramatic you're pretending that you

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won't see your friends for a really long

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time but really you probably will so

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let's imagine that you're having a

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dinner party and it's time for you to go

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you might say au revoir ID you look so

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serious and make sure you have that

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serious tone of voice but it's just a

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joke you're just being overdramatic

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farewell this also has that same ello

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dramatic feel you're pretending that

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you're going off to war and you won't

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see your friends for a long time but

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really you're just going to your house

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so you can say

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farewell until next time until the next

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time we use this to have a fake formal

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feeling we don't use this in formal

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situations the only time we use this is

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to have a fake formal feeling so let's

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imagine that you're at that dinner party

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with your friends and you're leaving you

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might say until the next time kind of

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pretending that you just finished a

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serious business meeting and you're

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telling them continue the good work my

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friends until the next time wow that was

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a lot of ways to say goodbye without

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actually using the word goodbye and now

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I have a question for you in the

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comments let me know which one of these

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goodbye expressions was new for you

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thanks so much for letting English with

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me and I'll see you again next Friday

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for a new lesson here on my youtube

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channel bye peace farewell au voir see

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bye