If you watch TV and movies in English, you'll probably see a lot of new words and expressions that might not come up in your regular English study. Sometimes it's hard to understand what certain phrases mean, so students write to me and ask for clarification. In today's lesson, I'll explain ten phrases from TV shows and movies that students have asked me about recently.

If you ever come across a phrase that you can't figure out, feel free to e-mail me and ask me what it means, and I'll do my best to explain it! Informal spoken English – like the kind you hear in movies and native speakers' conversations – is full of expressions that English textbooks often don't teach So how can you learn these expressions WITHOUT getting confused and lost? One way is to join my Everyday English Speaking Course - Level 2! This course teaches you informal phrases, idioms, and slang in the context of conversations. It's a great way to improve your comprehension and learn a lot of surprising new expressions. Speaking Level 2 is geared towards upper-intermediate and advanced students, so I suggest you take the free sample lesson before joining, to see if it will be a good fit for your English level.