๐ 5 Words That Make You Sound Native โ Phone & Video-Call Phrases
Today's EnglishDrops video teaches five real spoken-English chunks for calls and video meetings.
The 5 Words:
- you're breaking up (phrasal verb) โ your audio keeps cutting in and out. "Sorry, you're breaking up โ can you say that again?" โ ๏ธ Don't say "you're broken" โ it's the signal, not the person.
- on mute (collocation) โ your mic is off. "You're on mute!" โ ๏ธ Always "on mute", never "in mute".
- hop on a call (idiom) โ quickly join a call. "Let's hop on a quick call." โ ๏ธ Casual only โ use "join" in formal emails.
- got cut off (expression) โ the call dropped. "We got cut off!" โ ๏ธ It's "cut off", not "cut out".
- Zoom fatigue (slang) โ tiredness from too many video calls. "Major Zoom fatigue." โ ๏ธ Use it for any app.
โจ Magic Sentence:
"I've got Zoom fatigue from calls where you're breaking up, I'm on mute, and we get cut off โ let's hop on a call tomorrow."
๐ฃ๏ธ Real-Life Dialogue:
- A: Hey! Can you hear me? I think you're on mute.
- B: Barely โ you're breaking up. Move closer to the router.
- A: Better? Honestly, I've got major Zoom fatigue after today.
- B: Tell me about it. Let's just hop on a quick call tomorrow.
- A: Deal. And if we get cut off, I'll call you right back.
๐ Translations:
| English |
ไธญๆ |
ๆฅๆฌ่ช |
Franรงais |
Espaรฑol |
| you're breaking up |
ไฝ ้ฃ่พนไฟกๅทไธๅฅฝ |
ๅฃฐใ้ๅใใฆใ |
tu coupes |
se te corta |
| on mute |
้้ณ |
ใใฅใผใไธญ |
en sourdine |
en silencio |
| hop on a call |
ๆไธช็ต่ฏ่่ |
้ป่ฉฑใง่ฉฑใใ |
on s'appelle |
llamemos |
| got cut off |
็ต่ฏๆญไบ |
้ป่ฉฑใๅใใ |
on a รฉtรฉ coupรฉs |
se cortรณ la llamada |
| Zoom fatigue |
่ง้ขไผ่ฎฎ็ฒๅณ |
ใบใผใ ็ฒใ |
fatigue Zoom |
fatiga de Zoom |
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