Communication

slow yourself down

make yourself calmer

To slow yourself down means to make yourself speak or act at a calmer pace.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

You are speaking very quickly.

I know. I need to slow myself down.

Play the conversation

I need to slow myself down when I get excited about a topic.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I need to slow myself ‸ when I get nervous.

Say: I need to slow myself down when I get nervous.

Keep the particle 'down' in the fixed phrase 'slow yourself down'.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

slow yourself down; have to slow yourself down

Your turn: say it out loud

I need to slow myself down when I get excited about a topic.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

slow yourself down

make yourself calmer

“I need to slow myself down when I get excited about a topic.”

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