English Phrases, proverbs, and expressions are an important part of everyday English. They come up all the time in both written and spoken English. Because Phrases don’t always make sense literally, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with the meaning and usage of each idiom. That may seem like a lot of work, but learning Phrases is fun, especially when you compare English Phrases to the Phrases in your own language.
Here’s a list of “Communication Difficulties Phrases” in English:
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Am I pronouncing it correctly?
Meaning: Am I pronouncing it correctly?
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Can you do me a favor?
Meaning: Can you do me a favor?
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Can you help me?
Meaning: Can you help me?
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Can you please say that again?
Meaning: Can you please say that again?
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Can you show me?
Meaning: Can you show me?
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Can you throw that away for me?
Meaning: Can you throw that away for me?
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Does anyone here speak English?
Meaning: Does anyone here speak English?
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Don’t do that.
Meaning: Don’t do that.
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Do you believe that?
Meaning: Do you believe that?
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Do you have a pencil?
Meaning: Do you have a pencil?
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Do you smoke?
Meaning: Do you smoke?
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Do you speak English?
Meaning: Do you speak English?
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Excuse me, what did you say?
Meaning: Excuse me, what did you say?
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Forget it.
Meaning: Forget it.
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How do you pronounce that?
Meaning: How do you pronounce that?
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How do you say it in English?
Meaning: How do you say it in English?
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How do you spell it?
Meaning: How do you spell it?
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How do you spell the word ‘Seattle?’
Meaning: How do you spell the word ‘Seattle?’
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I can swim.
Meaning: I can swim.
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I can’t hear you clearly.
Meaning: I can’t hear you clearly.
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I don’t mind.
Meaning: I don’t mind.
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I don’t speak English very well.
Meaning: I don’t speak English very well.
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I don’t think so.
Meaning: I don’t think so.
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I don’t understand what your saying.
Meaning: I don’t understand what your saying.
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Is there air conditioning in the room?
Meaning: Is there air conditioning in the room?
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I think you have too many clothes.
Meaning: I think you have too many clothes.
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I trust you.
Meaning: I trust you.
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I understand now.
Meaning: I understand now.
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Let’s meet in front of the hotel.
Meaning: Let’s meet in front of the hotel.
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Please sit down.
Meaning: Please sit down.
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Please speak English.
Meaning: Please speak English.
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Please speak more slowly.
Meaning: Please speak more slowly.
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Sorry, I didn’t hear clearly.
Meaning: Sorry, I didn’t hear clearly.
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That means friend.
Meaning: That means friend.
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That’s wrong.
Meaning: That’s wrong.
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Try to say it.
Meaning: Try to say it.
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What does this mean?
Meaning: What does this mean?
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What does this say?
Meaning: What does this say?
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What does this word mean?
Meaning: What does this word mean?
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What’s the exchange rate?
Meaning: What’s the exchange rate?
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Whose book is that?
Meaning: Whose book is that?
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Why aren’t you going?
Meaning: Why aren’t you going?
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Why are you laughing?
Meaning: Why are you laughing?
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Why did you do that?
Meaning: Why did you do that?