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Speaker 1: Hey there, it's Michael here, and welcome back to English

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Tips in a Minute from Happy English. I'm here every

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Saturday with a short, simple tip to help you speak

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English more naturally and confidently. Today, let's look at another

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really common conversational phrase, Here's the thing. We use here's

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the thing before giving a reason, an opinion, or sometimes

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even an excuse. Here's the thing is a perfect thing

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to say when you want to introduce a point or

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explain a situation clearly. Like imagine a friend asks you

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to go out on Friday night. You can say, I'd

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love to, but here's the thing. I have an early

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meeting on Saturday. Or if a friend asks you to

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go somewhere on the weekend, you could explain like this,

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here's the thing. I already promised my brother i'd help

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him move. Here's the thing. Also works when you want

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to disagree in an indirect way, like your coworker says, oh,

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this plan should work, right, You can disagree with ah,

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here's the thing. I'm not sure everyone will be able

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to do it. So here's the thing is like saying

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actually or in fact plus a reason. Let's practice write

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your example with here's the thing in the comments, and

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remember to follow or subscribe so you don't miss the

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next Happy English podcast and next week's English tips in

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a minute. Hey, thanks for listening, and until next time,

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keep learning and keep it cool. Yeah,