0475 Daily Easy English Expression PODCAST—I could use (something to drink/eat)
Daily Easy English Expression Podcast
Shane Peterson
4.7 • 812 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2015
⏱️ 6 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, my name is Coach Shane and welcome to easy English expressions. |
| 0:11.0 | You and me every day, come on, let's master English. |
| 0:31.4 | Hello everybody, welcome back to Daily Easy English Expression, The Podcast. |
| 0:34.0 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:36.5 | Thank you so much for your support. |
| 0:42.7 | I need to personally thank my new patrons and sponsors. |
| 0:43.4 | And I'll do that. |
| 0:45.3 | Not today, but I'll do that this week. |
| 0:50.2 | Indeed, thank you so much for allowing me to be a full-time English teacher. |
| 0:52.2 | Today's expression is really good. It is is I could use something to drink or something to |
| 0:58.0 | eat. So for example, today I went to my mom's house. It's Labor Day in America. Monday, |
| 1:06.7 | the first Monday of September is Labor Day in America. |
| 1:11.5 | And my mom made a very delicious meal, but I ate too much ketchup. |
| 1:18.6 | Yeah, it was goulash. |
| 1:19.8 | It was a delicious cassero, but I added too much ketchup. |
| 1:23.9 | And ketchup is a little bit salty. |
| 1:26.2 | And after the meal, my mom said, do you want anything? |
| 1:29.8 | And I said, I could use some water. I could use some water. And that just means I could, |
| 1:38.7 | I want some water to drink. Please give me some water. That's what it means. It's a great expression. |
| 1:43.8 | It doesn't mean you're going to use water to do something. Please give me some water. That's what it means. It's a great expression. |
| 1:48.1 | It doesn't mean you're going to use water to do something because usually when you use the verb use U.S.E, you use it to do something. |
| 1:58.4 | So let's say you are studying English. |
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