The English We Speak: Can-do attitude

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🗓️ 11 March 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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If you have a can-do attitude, you don't let anything stop you.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to the English We Speak, where we're explained phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too.
0:08.1	I'm Faye Faye and I'm feeling so good today.
0:11.3	Why is that?
0:12.2	Well, this morning I've been for a run, tidied my house, made a healthy lunch to bring in and done some language study.
0:19.6	I came into work and cleared my inbox.
0:22.2	I answered every single message. Wow, I woke up late, drank too much coffee and stumbled
0:29.2	into work somehow. Now I'm just worried how I'll get everything done. Oh, don't worry,
0:34.0	it's easy. You just have to have a can-do attitude. Tell yourself you can do it.
0:39.8	Keep smiling and get it done. Well, the first thing I'm going to do is point out that can-do
0:45.4	attitude is a great expression to learn. If you have a can-do attitude, you believe you can get
0:51.4	things done and do them enthusiastically.
0:57.5	Faye Faye, your can-do attitude today is quite impressive.
1:01.7	Yes, if problems don't worry you, you just work through them happily.
1:04.3	Then you have a can-do attitude. Listen to these examples of people using the expression, can-do attitude.
1:13.2	I've got guests coming over and I need to clean the whole house.
1:16.9	I just need a can-do attitude to get it all done.
1:20.1	I just hired someone new for the team.
1:22.5	She had a real can-do attitude.
1:24.5	The others were a bit lazy.
1:26.6	I'm trying to learn a new language and I guess I need a can-do attitude. The others were a bit lazy. I'm trying to learn a new language, and I guess I
1:29.4	need a can-do attitude to get me through the first two lessons. Can-do attitude is a common
1:39.0	expression, but it is also possible to use can-do as a compound adjective before other similar nouns.
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