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  • Hi everyone, thanks for clicking, I am Niharika and in today's lesson we are gonna look at

  • phrases that mean, I don't know. Well there are many questions that are bombarded on us

  • and we have no answer to it. So each one of us, usually use the phrase, I don't know.

  • So since variety is the spice of life, why not some different phrases? And that's what

  • we are gonna learn in today's lesson.

  • So let's have a look at the very first phrase which is, I have no idea.so if someone comes

  • ad asks you a question and you have no answer to it and you can't even guess the answer.

  • Okay you have no information and you are unable to guess the answer, then a perfect phrase,

  • instead of just saying, I don't know, is I have no idea. So there are in fact three phrases

  • here that can be used in a similar situation where in you have no answer to a question

  • and you can't even guess. Okay so when you have no idea, when you do not know the answer

  • to a question that's been asked to you and you can't even guess. So that is when you

  • can use one of these three phrases, which are, I have no idea. The other one is, I have

  • no clue and then the third expression that I have for you is I haven't the foggiest idea.

  • So questions like, hey do you know if James is coming for the movie? You have no information

  • about James, you haven't talked to him. So a perfect answer that you can give to your

  • friend is I have no idea. I haven't spoken to James, right? The other one, let's think

  • of an example, hey do you know who broke this glass? I have no clue. Well you were not there.

  • So you have no information, who broke the glass? So you are gonna say, I have no clue

  • or you can say, I haven't the foggiest idea. So foggiest, as in you do not know it. Okay

  • the picture is absolutely blurred to you, the reason because you have no information.

  • So these are the three interesting phrases that you can use, alright?

  • Let’s have a look at another set of phrases. How should I know? Don’t ask me and the

  • third one is, search me. Now when can you use these phrases? You know there are times

  • when people ask you questions and you have no answer to it and you are really annoyed

  • and irritated, that why is this person asking me? yes, it happens, especially when you are

  • at your work place, someone, you are very busy and someone just comes up to you and

  • asks you, different types of questions and you're like, leave me alone. I don't know

  • the answer. Now you can't say this. So better words or better phrases that you can use when

  • you are annoyed and you want to kind of show it to that person that, yes it's quite an

  • annoying question because I have no answer to it. Then these are the phrases that you

  • can use. How should I know? For example, hey, do you know James has started dating Gina

  • and you're like, I don't care, like this is none of my business. So you can use the phrase,

  • how should I know? Okay so you don't have an answer, you have no clue, who is dating

  • whom? So use this. The second one, don't ask me. Now don't ask me is again when someone

  • asks you a question and you have no answer and you are annoyed, then you can say, don't

  • ask me. For example, do you know who stole money from my wallet? Youre like, why are

  • you asking me this question? So you can say, don't ask me, okay and the third one. The

  • third one is search me, which is again, said in a very sarcastic manner. So for example,

  • your boss comes and asks you, hey Niharika; do you know who helped him with this project?

  • Now you have no idea and you are kind of annoyed but then he is your boss, you can't be really

  • mean to him. So you can just be a little sarcastic and say that, search me. So which actually

  • means that you have no idea or you don't know who helped him with the project, okay.

  • Then the next one we have, is your guess is as good as mine. Now certain people will come

  • up to you and ask questions because they don't know the answer. Now even you don't know the

  • answer, so you'll are in the same position. Right, even he doesn't know, even you don't

  • know. So rather than just saying, I don't know, you can say, your guess is as good as

  • mine. So it means, that youll are thinking the same thing, which is I don't know. Okay

  • this is the way, you can use this expression.

  • Then we also have, it beats me. Now when do you use this expression? When you do not understand

  • certain things. Okay like for example, you are in your college and your professor is

  • giving a lecture on something and you are not able to understand him. It’s quite confusing.

  • Now your partner or your friend says that, hey, are you able to understand him? Or do

  • you understand what he is saying? Yes of course, you are confused, you don't know what he is

  • saying, you have no idea, what he is trying to explain? So rather than saying, I don't

  • know, you can say, it beats me. So which means that you do not understand something, right?

  • So when you don't understand things, you can use the phrase, it beats me. Right so when

  • you fail to understand something, say it beats me. Okay, the next one, not as far as I know.

  • Now there are certain things that people tell you or ask you, and probably it's true. But

  • according to your information, it's not or you have no idea. So if someone says, hey

  • you know what, Susan got married and the last time you met Susan, well she was not married.

  • Okay so now your friend comes and tells you that Susan’s got married. Did you know about

  • it? So youll be like, not as far as I know. So here, you are actually trying to say, that

  • yes may be she's married, may be this news is very much true. But then according to me,

  • it's not, okay. I do not have the information, I have no idea, right so that is how you will

  • use this expression, when the situation or that thing is true but not according to you.

  • Okay and then the last one is who knows? Now when do you use this expression? When there

  • is definitely no answer to a question like, nobody has an answer to it. So it's not just

  • because you are not smart but it's because nobody is smart, nobody has answer to a question.

  • Like for example, when will animals die? Wow, what kind of question is that? Nobody has

  • an answer to it, right? It’s just weird. If someone comes and asks you this question,

  • so you gonna be like who knows? So when you have no answer like an answer is impossible

  • to a question that is when you can say, who knows? Okay.

  • Alright, so here are the phrases that you can use, the net time someone asks you a question

  • and you have no idea, then please use one of these phrases, rather than just saying,

  • I don't know, right? I'll be back with a new lesson soon, till then, you take care.

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英語口語練習課 - ✋Stop Saying - I Don't Know ?♀️學習10個聰明的英語短語。 (English Speaking Practice Lesson - ✋Stop Saying - I Don’t Know ?‍♀️ Learn 10 Smart English Phrases)

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