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MIKE'S NATURAL ENGLISH
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TOPICSEXAMPLE VOCAB / PHRASESDONE √VOCAB / PHRASES TO WORK ON
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Category: Food & Drink
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It's coffee timego for a coffee / get a buzz
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Snacks & junk foodfeel peckish / go-to snack
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The taste of foodgive sth a taste / an acquired taste
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Light drinkingbe sober / get tipsy
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Drinking heavilyhave one too many / pass out
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Dinner timebe starving / get seconds
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Food & drink problemsbe off / feel bloated
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Category: Health & Fitness
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Diet & eating habitsgo on a diet / cut back on sth
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At the gymlift weights / wear yourself out
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Getting fitbe unfit / get into shape
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In painbe painful / ease the pain
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Feeling tiredstay awake / be out of it
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Being sickget sick / get rid of (a cold)
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Injuryinjure yourself / be swollen
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Category: Socializing
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Social eventsmingle with / hit it off with
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Having conversationshold a conversation / go on and on
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Getting to know someoneget to know / come across as
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Sense of humourcrack sb up / be hilarious
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Contacting peoplecall sb up / get a call from
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Making plansmake plans / play it by ear
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Birthdaysthrow a party / keep sth low-key
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Staying in contactbump into / keep in touch with
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Visitorsbe in town / put sb up
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Making decisionsdecide on / be a no-brainer
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Recommending things to dorecommend doing / not for everyone
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Category: Traveling
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Preparing for the trippack lightly / suss out
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The flighttake off / be in transit
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On holidayget around / mix with (the locals)
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Problems on holidaybe delayed / go missing
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Communicating in Englishlanguage barrier / keep up with
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Experiencing a new culturehave this image of / I like how...
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Category: Entertainment
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Sharing movie infocome out / get good reviews
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Music you likebe obsessed with / sing along to
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Music you don't likeget stuck in your head / grow out of
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Social mediapost about sth / scroll through
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The newsApparently... / be up to date with
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Category: Work
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Looking for workbe qualified for / apply for
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Starting a jobsettle into / observe
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Doing a jobthe money is good / knock off
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Working stylesget on top of sth / put sth off
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Busy at workdo overtime / pile up
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Good qualities for workerschallenge yourself / take pride in
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Working well with otherspull your weight / run sth by sb
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The end of a jobretire from / get laid off
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Category: Out and about
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Shoppingget 30% off / can't afford sth
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Restaurant experienceget sb's attention / go halves in
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Feelings about experiencesbe worth it / have a blast
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Pedestrian lifeget past sb / pedestrian zone
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Getting lostget lost / take a wrong turn
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Distancea 10-minute walk / around the corner
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Train etiquettebother sb / keep your voice down
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Category: Stages of relationships
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Before the relationshipcheck sb out / flirt with sb
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Starting a relationshiptake sb out / get together with
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Problems in a relationshipbreak up with / can't take it anymore
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Taking the next stepsettle down with / get engaged
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End of a marriage grow apart / cheat on sb
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Category: Self-improvement
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Studyingstudy sth on and off / go over sth
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Concentrationconcentrate on sth / zone out
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Making progressget sth done / get nowhere with sth
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Succeedingsucceed in doing / pay off
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Failurefail to do sth / let sb down
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Category: Abilities and mistakes
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Levels of abilitymake sth look easy / have sth down
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Lucktry your luck at / be a fluke
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Memorylook back on / bring back memories
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Making mistakesget sth wrong / be way off
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Solving problemsdo sth about it / figure sth out
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Confidencebelieve in sb / lose confidence
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Making the right choicethink twice / be a good move
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When things get damagedact up / get wrecked
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Everyday accidentsbang your head / burn yourself
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Messy accidentsknock sth over / go everywhere
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Losing thingsmisplace sth / look everywhere for
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Category: Home life - activities & things
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Moving housemove into / in terms of (location)
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DIYput sth up / take sth apart
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Possessionsaccumulate / give away
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Cookinglet sth defrost / turn out great
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Grocery shoppingbe out of (milk) / buy sth in bulk
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(Not) doing houseworkbe messy / clean up after yourself
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Category: Home life - family members
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Family lifelook like sb / get sth from sth
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Teenagers with attitudebe rebellious / sneak out
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Adolescencebe immature / grow out of sth
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Bad studentsmess around / get suspended
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Being pregnantget cravings / give birth to
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Keeping a dogjump up on / be good company