How to improve our English | Common English idioms & expressions we need to know to speak like a native

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, “I find no pleasure in them” Ecclesiastes 12:1

Common English idioms & expressions we need to know to speak like a native 

Remember 

verb

Have in or be able to bring to one's mind an awareness of (someone or something from the past).

• "I remember the screech of the horn as the car came towards me"

To remember is to recollect, or to call upon your memory. 

• Remember that time you fell out of your tree house and bonked your head? No? Go figure.

There are many shades of meaning of remember, but at its core it refers to the act of recalling or thinking back. 

• “I can't remember saying any such thing”
• “can you remember her phone number?”
• “Do you remember that he once loved you?”

To be able to bring back a piece of information into your mind, or to keep a piece of information in your memory:

• "Where did you park the car?" "I can't remember."
• I can remember people's faces, but not their names.
• She suddenly remembered (that) her keys were in her other bag.

To give a present or money to someone you love or who has provided good service to you: 

• My Granny always remembers me (= sends me a present) on my birthday.
• My cousin remembered me in her will.

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YOUTH

noun

The period between childhood and adult age."he had been a keen sportsman in his youth
You can use the noun youth in several ways

• You might refer to a kid as a youth, describe the group of teenagers hanging out downtown as youth, 
•  Talk about the time in your life when you were young and carefree as your youth. 

The period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young:

• I was a fairly good football player in my youth.
• He looks like a man who's found the secret to eternal youth (= staying young).
• You may not have played tennis as often as him, but at least you've got youth on your side(= you are young).

Synonyms: immaturity, adolescence, early life, young days  

Trouble

Trouble is anything that causes difficulty, worry, and inconvenience, or that prevents you from doing something. 

•  Whether you have trouble finding your shoes, you're in trouble with your teacher, 

When you use trouble as a verb, it tells who or what is making life hard for you, like a headache that troubles you or childhood memories of encounters with scary clowns that probably trouble you even more deeply.     

Problems or difficulties:

• The tax forms were complicated and I had a lot of trouble with them.
• Their problems seem to be over for the moment, but there could be more trouble ahead.
• The trouble started/began when my father came to live with us.

A situation in which you experience problems, usually because of something you have done wrong or badly:

• He's never been in trouble with his teachers before.
• She'll be in big trouble if she scratches Sam's car.
• I hope you won't get into trouble because of what I said to your dad.

Approach

To approach is to get near something. An airplane is cleared for a final approach just as the wheels approach the landing strip.

•  You can physically approach something, like a waiter going to a table.
•  Or, you can approach a subject, usually one you're a little nervous about — like a new employee might approach her boss about getting a raise.

To come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or amount:

• We could just see the train approaching in the distance.
• If you look out of the window on the left, you'll see that we're now approaching the Eiffel Tower.
• I see it's approaching lunchtime, so let's take a break.

To speak to, write to, or visit someone in order to do something such as make a request or business agreement:

• We've just approached the bank for/about a loan.
• She's been approached by a modelling agency.

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