Learn English | 100 Essential Phrases & How to Talk on the Phone in English ☕

☕ Phone calls in English are scary. The 100 phrases that make them simple. Welcome back to English Tea — where the conversations are always fun, the English is always fresh, and the tea... always hot! Today Kiara walks Chase through every phone call situation Americans handle in a typical week — answering, calling businesses, leaving voicemails, dealing with customer service, scheduling appointments, and ending calls politely. 100 phrases for the most stressful skill in English. 📌 What you'll learn in this episode: ✅ How to answer the phone (and what NOT to say) ✅ How to introduce yourself and ask for someone ✅ Phrases for calling a business or customer service ✅ How to leave a clear, professional voicemail ✅ What to say when you don't understand what was said ✅ How to politely transfer, hold, or end a call ✅ Scheduling appointments over the phone ✅ Handling difficult customer service calls ⏱️ Episode breakdown: 0:30 — Why phone calls are the hardest English skill 2:00 — Phrases 1–25: Answering and starting calls 7:00 — Phrases 26–50: Business calls and customer service 12:00 — Phrases 51–75: Voicemails and missed calls 17:00 — Phrases 76–100: Asking for clarification and ending calls 22:00 — Fast recap 24:00 — The Tea Sippers Question 💬 The Tea Sippers Question: 👉 Do you avoid phone calls in English? What's the hardest part for you? Example answers: "I'd rather text someone 100 times than call them once in English!" "I never know what to say when they put me on hold and come back" "Voicemails kill me — I freeze and just hang up" We read every comment. Drop yours below. ☕ 🌟 New here? 🔹 Real American conversations for the real situations you face 🔹 Kiara coaches, Chase practices, you learn naturally 🔹 New episodes every week — 20 to 25 minutes of real phrases 🚀 Perfect For: ✅ Anyone who avoids phone calls in English ✅ Intermediate English learners ✅ Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and Hindi speakers ✅ Anyone who needs to handle customer service or business calls I hope you guys enjoyed your Tea today. Please like and subscribe — we love you — and we'll be back soon with another episode. Till then... keep sipping. ☕ 🎙️ English Tea — Sip. Listen. Learn. #learnenglish #englishconversation #englishtea #100phrases #americanenglish #englishpodcast #speakenglish #englishfluency #phoneEnglish #englishforspanishspeakers #aprenderingles #englishforarabicspeakers #تعلم_الانجليزية #englishforhindispeakers #englishspeaking