Why Your English Sounds Unnatural (And How to Fix It)

by TurcoEspanol
Americans do not always speak word by word.
They speak in chunks.
Have you ever understood every single word in
an English sentence and still felt like you
could never say it that naturally yourself?
That happens because fluent speakers do not always
build language word by word.
Very often, they speak in chunks.
So what is a chunk?
A chunk is a group of words that
native speakers use together again and again, so
often that the whole group starts behaving like
one unit.
For example, we don't just say, I understand.
We also say, I get it.
We do not always say, I'm leaving now.
We also say, I'm heading out.
We don't always say, wait a moment.
Sometimes we say, hang on.
We don't always say, what are you doing?
Sometimes we just say, what's going on?
These are chunks.
Today, I will teach you 36 advanced English
chunks.
They will up your vocabulary game in no
time, I promise.
All you've got to do is just sit
back, relax, and enjoy the ride with me.
They're not difficult.
Do not think that they're going to be
difficult and they're going to be 36, so
how will you remember?
Hold on.
They are not difficult.
They are slightly fancy, but not unnatural.
Alina, they will never bring you ordinary, right?
She wants to polish your skills.
You must stand out.
These 36 are extremely common, and that is