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Today's expression, it's very useful, but it can be very scary. It is, I've been meaning to tell you. I've been meaning

to tell you. I have, I've been, B-E-E-N, the American pronunciation, typical pronunciation, Ben.

Now, I've been, if we say it really fast, sometimes you don't hear the V.

So it sounds like, I've been, I've been, that's possible.

I've been meaning to tell you, meaning M-E-A-N-I-N-G, I've been meaning to tell you. Listen to the pronunciation. I've been meaning to tell you.

I've been meaning to tell you. I've been meaning to tell you. I've been meaning to tell you.

What does this mean? This is a dangerous expression. It means that you want to tell the person something probably important.

And for the past several days or maybe even several weeks or maybe several hours, anyway, you've been thinking about it. So you've been thinking about it so you've been thinking about

something probably important for several hours several days maybe several weeks and you

wanted to tell this person but you haven't yet. Do you understand?

So, the dialogue is going to give you the best example, and you'll understand why sometimes this is a very scary situation, a very scary expression to hear.

All right?

Let's check out the dialogue.

Ah, Shane, I've been meaning to tell you something.

What's that, boss? I need you to come in tomorrow. Saturday? On the weekend?

I've been meaning to tell you since Monday.

I forgot.

But thanks a lot.

See you tomorrow.

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