Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video:
- a thingamabob what do you call it um
- what’s her face you know the girl with really long hair
- it doesn’t matter whether you are native or a non-native speaker
- we need to find a way to fill that gap to remember the word to give us time to recall it
- speaking exams are notoriously scary
- keep talking without stopping
- placeholder names is going to come invery useful
- the thingymabob
- they are words that are used in replacement of a word or a person’s name when you can’t remember them
- thingamajig or thingamabob
- so when you can’t remember a thing or a person you can use thingamabob thingamajig or thingy
- do you have one of those thingies
- we say it quickly what’s his face what’s her face when you don’t remember a person’s name
- don’t use it in a business context or a formal situation
- what’s his name or what’s her name
- for things you can use whatchamacallit
- doodah and ujjumaflip doodah and usual flip can of course both be used for people or things
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