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Common Direction Phrases in English: UPSIDE DOWN, INSIDE OUT…
I have put together a vocabulary lesson on five phrases of direction in English. I will teach you the meaning ofinside out, round and round, flip-flop, upside down, and tip top. Phrases of direction are useful because they express the direction of moving objects, but can also express the way in which abstract ideas change. For example, a fish will “flip-flop” on the ground, and you may flip-flop on choosing a restaurant for dinner. This means it is difficult for you to decide. I am here to help you make sense of this topsy-turvy topic. Watch all the way to the end because there will be two bonus phrases for you to learn that will help you sound like a native English speaker.
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09/10. ☺ Thanks James. I enjoyed a lot this lesson.
Hey! not just you everyone enjoys his lessons cuz they are very engaging :D
Thank you James! Your lessons are the great as usual!
Hello James, super lesson. In french, we also say « zig zag », it’s funny !
Thank you and have a beautiful day
that’s right for all languages
You right! Spanish is the same.
Yes, and Russian.
7-10.
Need practise! Thank you James!
practice :d
Thanks for your correct :)
we can practice together if you don`t mind.
sheers .
Hi James, Excellent lesson. Clear and direct.
Thank you. James! Excellent and fun!
Thank you very much, Mr. James. Your videos have helped me a lot. I got 8 ou of 10. See ya!
Thank you, teacher…..!!!
Thanks James!!
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Thank you so much Teacher James… you are the best and i got 9 out of 10
Thank you so much
Thank you very much. Im just a new member of your students haha
thank you teacher James … as always good
Thank you, James!
thanks you Jame.Excellent
I got 100 score. I enjoyed a lot this lesson. Thank you for giving easier examples :)
THX, very good class!))
I messed up just the ones for topsy-turvy answer, now I got it Thanks.
I am grateful to be able to take advantage of this great presentation about famous expressions!
I enjoyed
Thx))))) I like your lessons)) so useful:)
James, I hope I don’t have your terrible French accent when I speak English !!!?
Joyeux Noel man.
Love it, thanks
I only got 5 score from 10, i didn’t understand very well about the expression “Topsy-Turvy”
Hello, Thanks for this lesson. I just joined this website and hope to learn a lot.
we can practice English together and help each others to improve our English,if you don`t mind .
Many thanx James and BIG like for you
Not bad. I scored 9 from 10. Thanks a lot James ?
Flip flop in Brazil is “sandálias” that most famous brand is havaianas. Btw , thans for compliments about Brazil that you did on the lesson.
great!! i got more phrase today. thanks Jame
I`m in love with Engvid!
James, your classes are amazing! Good way to teach us!
Hey James, I am so sad that I can’t watch these videos in China.
Learning new things in English is very interesting and you made it very easy. Thank you sir.
Thanks James, I really like your explanations. You made my life so much easier to understand English :)
8/10…need improvement
by the way you are the great teacher.
Thank you very very much. I just finished your last lesson. It is fascinating. I like when you and M. E are in the lesson. All your lesson are faboulous. I learn a lot . Thanks a thousand times
Thank you very very much. I just finished your last lesson. I is fascinating I like when you and M. E. are in the lesson. All your lesson are faboulous. I learn a lot. Thanks a thousand times
9/10…..Thank you James.
Thank you. Very intresting lesson.
Hi James, thank you very much for your tiptop lessons, my life is not upside down now. ??
hi james , think,
very useful and practical . appreciate you
Outstanding class sir
Thank you James) You are the best teacher !!
Great lesson, Mr James. I loved it!
Hi there, need some help here. How can I find out my proficiency level?
Thank you
thnx
I love your lessons, everything is so clear!
Such a great lesson, Thanks a lot!
Thanks to you we have fun while we’re learning James ??
Could say something about going shopping and bargaining.
All right master
Astonishing class dear James very useful way to say when you got dressed badly anyway …..greetings from surco lima Peru
is it right the grammar of question number one : alex was caught? because cannot say Did you saw that? or did you ate?
Thank you James, it’s a good lesson.
I want to start a new job but they need a good English level, I have to improve mine level to reach that job.
It’s correct?
9/10 thanks james.
Tks. Very funny!
merci a vous
Sometimes, the life gets upside down, but it happens for you learning to see it of another way.
Thank you for excellent explanations!
Being your student is one of the luckiest possibilities in my student’s life, James.
Hii every one i am new student . i got 7 .Nowdays,my life is totally upside down . you always flip flop on your decision .that”s why i do not believe you come on directly what do want to say do not need to go round and round ..
i like this man
Thanks James for this lesson !
Thanks JAMES for this informative lesson!
Love it, thanks. Inside out in Poland is “on the left side” ?
Thanks JAMES
I miss one
thanks mr. James, you re good and funny teacher
Yes I got 10/10
Hello, Thanks for this lesson. I like this website and hope to learn English.
Thank you James, excellent as usual
Thanks. Mr. JAMES. My hobby is doing Yoga. To make yoga pose, my body is upside-down. It is tough. I always flip flop whether I continue or quit. But I try. So I am in tip-top shape.
Thanks James 100%
So good lesson, all was new for me but very useful. THANKS
this class it tip top!
James isn’t wearing his cool shirt inside out, he’s wearing it in a right way. Otherwise, it would be all topsy-turvy.
thanks James ?
James, you are tiptop in teaching english.
James, you are tiptop in teaching english.
Your zigzag walking is really noticeable and I’ll never forget it. Thanks James
My sentences about my imagenary friend…..
1) my friend hase a change of heart.she always flip flop her decisions.
2) I was shocked to know about her real personality,my world went upside down.
3) I’m in tip top mode to do my homework.
4) she avoided me everytime i met her.when i confronted her she lied and started to go around and around.she didn’t know that i knew inside out the case.I was spechless
Superb lesson dear James you are always so funny keep being like this.