Real, everyday American English — Small Talk, Backchannels and Getting Out of a Conversation (Part 2). You hear 40 phrases Americans actually use, each spoken clearly with a natural-speed repeat, the stressed syllable marked, and a short note on when to use it. Then take the matching quiz. Phrases in this episode (CAPITALS = the beat): That's wild. [thats WYLD.] Oh no. [oh NOH.] Wait, what? [WAYT, WUT?] Makes sense. [MAYKS SENS.] Got it. [GAH-dit.] Good for you. [GUUD fur YOO.] That's awesome. [thats AW-sum.] That makes two of us. [that MAYKS TOO uv UHS.] Oh, interesting. [oh, IN-truh-sting.] A hundred percent. [uh HUN-drid pur-SENT.] No kidding. [NOH KIH-ding.] Are you serious? [ahr yoo SEER-ee-us?] Aw, man. [AW, MAN.] Well, I'd say so. [WEL, eyed SAY soh.] So, how do you two know each other? [soh, HOW duh yoo TOO NOH EECH UH-thur?] I mean, it's fine. [eye MEEN, its FYN.] It's like, really far. [its LYK, REE-lee FAHR.] You know what I mean? [yoo NOH wut eye MEEN?] Anyway, yeah. [EH-nee-way, YEH.] Actually, I did. [AK-chuh-lee, eye DID.] Basically, we're done. [BAY-sik-lee, weer DUHN.] Honestly, I have no idea. [AH-nist-lee, eye hav NOH eye-DEE-uh.] Look, it's not a big deal. [LUUK, its NAHT uh BIG DEEL.] Well, anyway. [WEL, EH-nee-way.] To be honest, I forgot. [tuh bee AH-nist, eye fur-GAHT.] Here's the thing. [HEERZ thuh THING.] Like I said, I'm not sure. [lyk eye SED, eyem NAHT SHOOR.] Oh, by the way. [oh, by thuh WAY.] You know? [yoo NOH?] Well, that's the thing. [WEL, thats thuh THING.] Seriously though. [SEER-ee-us-lee THOH.] Speaking of which. [SPEE-king uv WICH.] That reminds me. [that ree-MYNDZ mee.] Long story short, we left. [LAWNG STOR-ee SHORT, wee LEFT.] Kind of. [KY-nuh.] Sort of. [SOR-duh.] I guess. [eye GES.] I'd say around eight. [eyed SAY uh-ROWND AYT.] It's kind of expensive. [its KY-nuh ik-SPEN-siv.] I'm not sure, but I think so. [eyem NAHT SHOOR, but eye THINGK soh.]