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  • My name is Alicia, and today we're gonna talk about 10 phrase a ll verbs for talking about vehicles.

  • Let's go.

  • The first phrase will verb first phrase over biz.

  • Pull in, pull in.

  • So pull in is used.

  • Usually when you're driving very slowly, we usually use it for a parking lot.

  • So we'll use it an expression like pull into that space or pull in over there in the sentence.

  • Pull into that space over there.

  • It means usually to slowly move your car into a space into a parking space or maybe into a garage.

  • You're going into something usually very slowly toe pull in over here, pulling over there, pull into that parking lot, pull into that driveway, for example, so slowly move into another place.

  • We use the phrase over.

  • Pull in for that.

  • The next phrase over is pull up.

  • Pull up in the sentence, I'll pull the car up in front of the hotel.

  • We usually use this when we want to slowly drive and then stop at a location.

  • So, for example, at a stoplight, we would say, Pull up to the stoplight, so it means to slowly drive to a place and then stop.

  • So pull up next to the mailbox or pull up next to my house.

  • Pull up over there means slowly drive, and then stop at that place is pulled up.

  • That's how we use pull up.

  • The next expression is back up, back up, so back means reverse.

  • To back up a car is to move a car slowly in reverse.

  • So usually in most cases we drive cars going forward.

  • But you sometimes need to move your car in the opposite direction.

  • Back up out of the driveway, for example, it means to go slowly in reverse to back up in the sentence.

  • The truck backed up until it touched the loading dock.

  • The next expression we talked about pull in.

  • Now we have back in back in.

  • So pull in means to drive forward into something back in means to slowly go backward into something usually a parking space or a garage or something.

  • So back in is going river in reverse, Pullen is going forward as usual.

  • So in a sentence back into the parking space, the next expression is rolled down.

  • Roll down.

  • This might be a little bit of an outdated expression at this point in time, but prior to the use of automatic windows, usually now I think most cars have a button and the window will automatically roll down.

  • But we used to have a manual, a hand crank in guards to roll down windows.

  • So this motion, which was used to move the window that was the that was also the verb we used.

  • We used roll, so this motion is like roll and then the window comes down.

  • So we combined the two to say, Roll down the window in a sentence, Roll down your window.

  • It's hot in here.

  • The next expression is head up and head down.

  • These are very common expressions.

  • When you are trying to navigate in a city, you don't have to use these on Lee in cars.

  • You can use them when you're walking or traveling on foot as well on bicycle.

  • Whatever you can use, head up and head down any time you are trying to go somewhere so heads up and head down.

  • Really just mean go.

  • So I could say, like, head up the street until you see a Starbucks and then turn right.

  • Generally, though, the difference between up and down here it has kind of like a north and South, at least in English.

  • It has a north South sort of feel.

  • So if, for example, I'm talking about, um well, the west coast of the U.

  • S.

  • A.

  • Seattle is in the north and Los Angeles is in the South.

  • I would say, I'm heading down.

  • I'm going to head down to Los Angeles from Seattle or I'm going to head up to Seattle from Los Angeles.

  • It sounds really strange if I say head up to Los Angeles because Los Angeles is south of Seattle.

  • So, uh, when you're thinking when you're speaking geographically, when you're speaking in terms of north and South for places, it's better to use head up or head down, depending on the location you're talking about coming from.

  • Let's see in this sentence, head down this street for a while.

  • The next expression is run over.

  • Run over.

  • This is a This is a word that we use Ah, went in a car.

  • Let's say you're driving your car and then an animal comes out in front of the car.

  • But you continue going.

  • We say you are going to run over.

  • So to run in this case is not a human running, but a car running.

  • So the car is running is going is continuing over something else.

  • So we can say, like, don't run over any animals or be careful not to run over your brother and the example sentence.

  • I think you ran over a squirrel.

  • True story.

  • My little brother once ran over me in a golf cart.

  • That is true.

  • My brother and I were playing one time and my grandparents had a golf cart and my brother and I were outside running around.

  • We're playing like a James Bond like kind of spy game, like we're like, Okay, I'm gonna drive the golf cart and you have to run alongside and jump in.

  • I was like, Okay, but I tried to jump.

  • I don't know, I got nervous, but it wasn't really going that fast, but like somehow things went wrong and I fell down.

  • Or maybe I tripped or something like that when I was running, I fell down and he just He ran over me in the golf cart, like, ran over my leg, just drove right over my leg, and I was, like, Way got big trouble.

  • I was fine.

  • Yeah, no, I died.

  • Ah, The next word is pull over.

  • So pull over means usually you're driving the car and you want to make a stop.

  • So usually we use this, like on the side of the road or in a place where you wouldn't usually stop or in kind of a strange, not necessarily strange, but maybe not a typical place to stop a car.

  • So, for example, if there's like a bee in the car and to you like, I need to get this be out of my car, you can pull over to the side of the road.

  • We usually use it like pull over to the side of the road and, you know, do what you need to do.

  • Or maybe you need to pull over at a rest stop, pull over at a bathroom.

  • Essentially.

  • Okay, so in a sentence, pull over at the next rest stop.

  • Yeah, so pull over is also used by the police as well as like a command.

  • It's a It's a temporary situation, so the police are going to stop you.

  • They say, Pull over to the side of the road and then you have to move your car to the side of the road where it's safe and they talk to you, and then you can continue down the road.

  • After you've finished speaking to them, police will use it as a command.

  • The next phrase over biz.

  • Pull out, pull out.

  • So, for example, when you are coming out of a parking space, for example, we can say, like pull out of this parking space in turn left.

  • It means like to exit something's slowly, so to pull out of a parking space or to pull out into traffic.

  • So turning from 11 lane to another may be busier lane, the images going kind of slowly and then picking up the pace somewhere else.

  • So to pull out into is another common expression.

  • Pull out into traffic or pull out of a space and turn left or pull out of the driveway, for example.

  • In this example sentence, a super slow truck pulled out in front of us on the mountain road.

  • The next expression is Get on, get on.

  • We use get on usually for large roads.

  • So highway or a major street.

  • Usually the traffic is moving very quickly.

  • We say get on the highway, get on the five.

  • So, like in the U.

  • S.

  • Lots of highways, major roads, air labeled with numbers.

  • So, like California want a big state highway is the number five highway the five.

  • So you could say, like get on the five at the next exit or get on the five at the street, for example.

  • So to get on means like to to join with your car, that major road and a sentence get on the highway here.

  • Okay, so that's the end.

  • Those are 10 Fraser verbs for talking about vehicles.

  • I hope that those were useful.

  • And some of these phrases verbs you can use in situation other than cars on automobiles.

  • Thanks very much for watching this episode of top boards.

  • And we'll see you again soon.

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  • English.

  • The interest in my outers are the hardest thing is gonna be the easiest everyone.

  • I'm pears from English Class 101 dot com, and this video will be talking about top 10 school subjects.

  • Well, let's begin bars.

  • Art aren't usually first to visual arts, such as painting a drawing, a sculpture, et cetera, but in general, are can also include things like music and movies.

  • For example, you can say I'm an art major history.

  • His story, this is a study of past events usually involves a lot of facts, but it also involves thinking about certain things that happened.

  • Here's a sample sentence.

  • You can learn a lot from history as things tend to repeat themselves.

  • History always put me to sleep, but it's very important.

  • Then we have geography, geography, geography is the study of the earth and involves things like the names of countries.

  • And we're certain places are, but also includes information about the physical characteristics of places such as mountains, rivers, oceans, etcetera, for example.

  • You can say he is a geography major with a minor in psychology.

  • I need to go back to school and learn my geography, biology, bi ology.

  • Some signs subjects deal with chemicals, for example, chemistry or space like astronomy, Biology is a scientific subject that deals with living things and how they work.

  • Here is a sample sentence.

  • Biology is the study of living organisms.

  • Biology was always really gross for me in school, so I loved it.

  • Next subject is chemistry.

  • Chemistry.

  • Chemistry is a very important science that focuses on non living materials and how the elements that everything is made of interact with one another.

  • For example, you can say the laboratory is a place to learn about chemistry.

  • I always try to learn that chemistry chart never could get it.

  • Never another common subject is physics, physics.

  • Physics is the scientific field that deals with matter and how it moves.

  • There's also a lot of attention paid to energy and how it affects its surrounding.

  • For example, you can say I know the basics of physics, and if you d'oh to me, your genius, math, math, this is the study of numbers and how they affect each other.

  • Here's a sample sentence.

  • My favorite subject in school is math.

  • You would never hear that out of me, and I'm so glad that my cell phone has a calculator.

  • Now the next subject is computer science COMPUTER SCIENCE Computer Science is the study of how computers work to perform tasks.

  • It could also be used more generally to talk about the basics of computers.

  • For example, you can say the field of computer science is relatively new.

  • Physical education, physical education.

  • Physical education usually involves studying human biology and exercise.

  • It is also sometimes called P E.

  • When referring to it as a class.

  • For example, my least favorite class is physical education.

  • However, that was my favorite dodgeball.

  • Tennis.

  • Who can hate physical education?

  • English, English English is a language, but it's also the study of English language literature.

  • Here the sample sentence.

  • An English class.

  • We have to read a lot of Shakespeare to be or not to be.

  • That's all I remember.

  • Hey, everyone, I'm pears from English Class one a one dot com.

  • In this video, we'll be talking about a top 10 life events you should be able to talk about in English.

  • Let's begin birth birth.

  • This is when a woman has a baby.

  • The actual verb is to give birth, and the event is just birth.

  • For example, you can say the birth of a child is a major event.

  • Get a job, get a job.

  • Getting a job is a long and often difficult process that requires interviews, resumes and searching for the right company, So there's a lot to talk about.

  • For example, he can say, I need to get a job after I finish school engagement, engagement When someone gets engaged, it means that they and their boyfriend or girlfriend have decided to get married in the near future.

  • Here is a sample sentence.

  • What a beautiful engagement ring.

  • Wedding wedding.

  • A wedding is a ceremony, often in a church where two people get married.

  • Usually there's a party after the actual ceremony.

  • This is called the reception.

  • For example, you can say, Did you get invited to her wedding?

  • I met my husband studying abroad in Australia.

  • Um, we were do the long distance thing.

  • He's from Italy.

  • I'm from New York.

  • We just did long distance for a while, and then we were together for four years and finally got engaged.

  • And now we've been married for two years.

  • Yeah, it's, um it's really interesting.

  • I mean, he speaks fluent Italian.

  • That's where he's from and my family's Jamaican, so it's quite the combination, but it's really cool, and now I can speak it, tell you, buy a house, buy a house.

  • Most people wait until they're married to buy a house.

  • Some people even wait until they have Children, depending on where you live.

  • This could be very expensive, so it's considered a major commitment.

  • For example, you can say you two have a lot of money to buy.

  • A house anniversary anniversary An anniversary is a celebration of an event usually counted by years like a five year anniversary.

  • For example, your birthday is an anniversary of the day you were born.

  • You can say silver is the traditional gift for the 25th wedding anniversary.

  • Retire, retire.

  • Once people reach a certain age, they usually stop working so that they can enjoy the last few years of their lives.

  • For example, you can say my parents don't work anymore.

  • They're retired.

  • Travel, travel.

  • Traveling is a really fun hobby For many people.

  • It's always exciting to see new places that you've never been to.

  • For example, he can say it's a lot of fun to travel there.

  • Have you been to Italy?

  • Funeral Funeral?

  • A funeral is a ceremony help for people after they die.

  • Usually, people talk about the deceased person and family and friends can see the person's body one last time before they are buried.

  • For example, you can say the funeral will be held this Sunday.

  • Promotion pro motion.

  • When you do very well at your job, you sometimes get a promotion.

  • This means that you moved to a higher position.

  • It usually means you have more responsibility and a higher salary.

  • Here's a sample sentence.

  • After three years, I finally got a promotion at work.

  • Hey, everyone, I'm Paris from English Class one a one dot com.

  • In this video, we'll be talking about 10 words you need to know at the airport.

  • Let's go Terminal Terminal.

  • A terminal is the place where plane stops to collect or drop off passengers.

  • For example, you can say the plan will pull into the terminal so we can exit or the terminal will get changed 10 times.

  • So you, Mr Flight luggage, pick up luggage.

  • Pick up.

  • This is the place at an airport where you get your luggage after your flight, for example, you can say the luggage pickup area is busy.

  • Sometimes it can also see baggage claim instead of luggage pickup.

  • Then we have a plane ticket plane ticket.

  • You need to keep your plane to get with you at all times.

  • When you're at the airport at the airport, this will be called a boarding pass.

  • For example, you can say I purchased my plane to get online seeing do not need that boarding pass anymore.

  • I don't want to see those boarding passes.

  • The next word is flight flight.

  • Ah, Flight is another name for a plane that goes to a certain destination.

  • For example, you might hear this flight goes to New York.

  • You can say the flight believe in one hour or you can say the flight will leave in 10 hours because it's been delayed.

  • Next word is bored.

  • Board.

  • This word means to get on a plane boat, etcetera, for example.

  • You can say we need to hurry to get on board on time.

  • Boarding gate boarding gate.

  • Ah, boarding gate is the place where you go to get on your flight.

  • Usually there's a gate number to help you find your gate.

  • For example, you can say I couldn't find my boarding gate or the boarding gate will be closing and they'll say Paris delayed laid.

  • If a flight or train is delayed, it means that it will need later than expected.

  • For example, you can say the train departure will be delayed for 20 minutes.

  • It's always the worst when your plane or train is delayed.

  • Take off.

  • Take off.

  • When something starts to fly, especially an airplane, we say that it's taking off.

  • For example, you can say the plane will take off in 20 minutes.

  • The next word is land land.

  • When something descends and touches the ground after flying, we say that it lands.

  • For example, you can say the plane will land at the airport at 10 o'clock.

  • The next word is reservation reservation.

  • A reservation is used when you made arrangements in advance or something such as a restaurant, hotel, a tour, etcetera, for example.

  • You can say, Do you have a reservation?

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  • That's all I hear.

  • Okay, guys, that's it for this lesson.

  • Which word do you like the most?

  • Leave us a comment letting me know.

  • See you next time, guys.

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  • I'm parece from English Class 101 dot com in this video, we'll be talking about making complaints of English.

  • So let's get started.

  • The first complaint is, I'm starting.

  • I'm starving.

  • This is an exaggeration you can use when you're hungry.

  • I am always starving, even right now.

  • The next complaint is It's noisy.

  • It's noisy.

  • This kind of complaint is one that you would make to a friend.

  • Telling the staff of a restaurant won't help, since I can't tell people to be quiet.

  • I hate when it's noisy.

  • Restaurants.

  • Save that for another time.

  • Then we have.

  • It's hot.

  • It's hot.

  • This could be used to talk about the weather or the temperature of a room.

  • You could add a request like, Can you turn on the air conditioner?

  • I am never hot, so I like that.

  • The next complaint is It's cold.

  • It's cold.

  • This could be used to talk about the weather or the temperature of the room.

  • He could add a request like, Can you turn on the heater?

  • I always make this request because it's always too cold.

  • Everywhere, everywhere.

  • It's too expenses.

  • It's too expensive.

  • Even if you have enough money to buy something, it may be more money than you want to spend.

  • It would probably be considered rude to say this to someone who works at a store, But I always think, Okay, I'm in Gucci.

  • It's way too expensive.

  • Another common complaint is I'm tired.

  • I'm tired.

  • Uses complaint to imply that you want to sit down, Relax, go home, take a break.

  • When I baby sit my five year old cousin, I leave thinking I'm tired.

  • The next complaint is I gained weight.

  • I gained weight.

  • This is a self criticism that implies that you want to lose weight.

  • Many people say I got so fat.

  • I'm always broke.

  • I'm always broke.

  • Use this.

  • Complain about never having enough money.

  • I am always broke because I always want more money.

  • The next complaint is my job is boring.

  • My job is boring.

  • This is a really common complaint used by people who don't think their jobs are very exciting.

  • Usually it means that you want to find a different, more fun job.

  • It's all right, teachers.

  • Your job isn't boring.

  • That person stinks.

  • That person stinks.

  • You can use stinks to talk about a literal physical smell or, in general insult, meaning that you don't like how someone smells.

  • I hate when people snow on the bus.

  • Not good.

  • Not okay.

  • The next complaint is there's too much traffic.

  • There's too much traffic.

  • This is a common complaint among people who commute to work by car.

  • Certain roads are especially bad during rush hour, which is the time in the morning or night.

  • Most people are going home or to work.

  • If I left at it was 7 p.m. I would be here in 10 minutes, but because it's daytime in L.

  • A.

  • It took me 30 minutes to get here and I drive really, really fast and it still took me 30 minutes.

  • The next complaint is the WiFi here is too slow.

  • The WiFi here is too slow.

  • This is just a general complaint you may have about the Internet speed.

  • If you're at a cafe or somewhere with WiFi, you can request that they reset their WiFi to improve the speed.

  • If you're having a party and you having friends over and your wife I is too slow, you might as well end that party now.

  • No WiFi, no party.

  • My boss is annoying.

  • My boss is annoying.

  • Annoying can be used to mean that someone does think that you don't like or they ask you to do things that you don't like.

  • Either way, an annoying boss is a bad experience.

  • I am very familiar with this.

  • Hey, pairs, grab a coffee.

  • Hey, Pairs, Check my e mails.

  • My boss is annoying, but don't tell him I said that the pay is too low.

  • The pay is too low.

  • You can use this to complain about how much you make or to reject a job offer because it doesn't pay enough.

  • I'm a surgeon.

  • The pay is too low.

  • I don't like it.

  • I don't like it.

  • This is a very general complaint that can be used for almost anything.

  • What don't I like posting 1000 selfies on Instagram?

  • I don't like it.

  • Okay, that's it for this lesson.

  • Which complaint do you like more?

  • Leave us a comment and let me know and we'll see you next time.

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  • Hi, everybody.

  • My name is Alicia.

  • Welcome back to top words.

  • Today we're gonna talk about 10 ways to stop translating in your head.

  • Let's get started.

  • Identify objects around you in English.

  • The first way to stop translating in your head is to identify the objects around you in your target language.

  • So if you're studying English, that means you look at the objects around the room.

  • Look at the things in your life.

  • Don't think of them in your native language.

  • First think of them in your target language first.

  • So if I look around the room, I see a computer.

  • I shouldn't think My native language word.

  • I should think my target language.

  • Words.

  • So start with the items and the situations in your everyday life.

  • If I say computer in English, maybe I should say Compute the in Japanese I should say not.

  • I don't know water in English, I should say Oh mi za in Japanese.

  • So start associating the words in your target language with your everyday life now.

  • So if you're studying English, that means start getting familiar with the things in your everyday life.

  • In English.

  • Repeat phrases you hear native speakers use Tip number two is to repeat.

  • The phrase is that you hear native speakers use, so if you're watching this channel, for example, or you're watching a TV show or a movie.

  • Uh, listen for the way that native speakers make those phrases.

  • If you hear a phrase you have never heard before or you hear an interesting combination of words, try to repeat them yourself.

  • Don't just listen.

  • Try to save them yourself.

  • If you're in a public space and it's difficult for you to do that, fine practice in a place where you feel more comfortable.

  • Maybe if you have some private space to practice, just repeat them.

  • Get your mouth used to saying the words the way that the speakers, the native speakers.

  • D'oh.

  • So if you never actually say words, if you're only taking in, if you're only listening and you're not actually producing the language, it's It's kind of hard thio to practice and to, um to really hone your pronunciation to improve your pronunciation.

  • So when you listen to native speakers, try to repeat after them.

  • So, for example, if you're studying English, you can try to repeat after this video.

  • You can repeat after the things I'm saying, because maybe I'm using an expression or I'm using ah certain Siri's of vocabulary words together the way and Native Speaker would.

  • And it's maybe a good idea to try to practice the ways that native speakers put their words together.

  • So try to repeat after native speakers, especially when you're looking at media.

  • And you can do this when you're reading books to, you can try to read out.

  • Um, read out loud, interesting lines of books that you find or something that maybe is difficult for you.

  • Very nice.

  • Practiced it.

  • Make a situation where you can't escape into your native language.

  • Make a situation where you can't escape into your native language.

  • Essentially means immerse yourself.

  • Of course, going to that country are going to a place where you can speak on Lee.

  • That language is very difficult for some of you, totally understand.

  • But if in your life you can create a situation in your library, in your room, in your house, somewhere for just a hour or I don't know, maybe a day.

  • I don't know what your schedule is like, but if you can create a situation or create an environment where you have no choice but to use that language and you cannot escape meaning you cannot go back to using your native language as a crutch.

  • You can't use the native language at all.

  • It forces you to use the language that you're studying.

  • So, of course, if you are lucky enough to live in the country or to live in a place where people speak the language, you're studying great.

  • But you have to go out and interact with people.

  • You have to put yourself in a place where you have new choice but to speak.

  • It's very hard and it's very scary, and it's very embarrassing at first.

  • But if you take time to find places and to make environments that air comfortable for you, where you feel comfortable making mistakes and asking questions, it's very valuable for your learning process.

  • This is actually something that I did totally.

  • I totally did this.

  • My Japanese wasn't very good for a long time.

  • But then I started making friends who could not speak English.

  • Uh, actually, I just did this through finding hobbies.

  • There was a hobby that I had.

  • I joined a group I joined actually a school to where I could learn how to do that.

  • Hoppy and everything was taught on Lee in Japanese, and the people in my class on Lee spoke Japanese mostly.

  • And then maybe we would go off for drinks and food late at night or on the weekends, and everybody spoke on Lee Japanese.

  • And if I couldn't communicate even simply in Japanese, I had no hope of keeping that friendship together.

  • So it forced me to study.

  • It forced me to think about the words they were using on and to try to learn those words, those patterns as well as how to produce them naturally myself.

  • So I was learning the vocabulary words the people around me were using and learning how to apply them on my own.

  • That was only possible because I had no escape in those situations.

  • So try to do that, even if you could do it yourself in your house.

  • It's super helpful, I think.

  • Watch TV and movies in your target language without subtitles.

  • Tip Number four is to watch TV and movies in your target language without subtitles without subtitles.

  • So I think that watching ah with subtitles can be very beneficial.

  • Um, so if I'm watching something, or if you want to watch something with subtitles on great, but I sometimes find it.

  • I can.

  • In my case, I I think too much about reading the subtitles and I forget to listen.

  • So maybe if you've seen a movie in your target language a few times, Um, with the subtitles on, Try turning the subtitles off and think about the characters, body language, the words they're using.

  • You can always look that up later.

  • Look up the You know the words you don't know in a dictionary, but try to do it where you're focusing completely on the way that people are using their words.

  • Try not to use the subtitle.

  • So, um, kind of play around with it a little bit?

  • If there's a word that's difficult for you to hear, you can actually turn on the subtitles in, like the in the native language of the movie as well.

  • That's something that I've done like if, uh, if I wanted to study Japanese, it's very useful when the actual words spoken in Japanese appear on the screen.

  • Sometimes it's easier for me to catch ah, word if I see it visually and I hear it at the same time.

  • So another way to kind of, um, explore how you can use TV and movies is to actually turn on the closed captions like the the words on the screen in the native language of the movie.

  • So, uh, so this is sort of two points in one, so one watch movies without subtitles, meaning subtitles in your native language in hint to is to watch movies.

  • Um, with closed captioning on.

  • But the closed captioning is in your target language.

  • Not in your native language.

  • So you can try those two things with TV and with movies.

  • Don't bring a dictionary to your lesson.

  • Tip number five is Don't bring a dictionary to your lesson.

  • Okay, so give me a second here.

  • So I understand the dictionaries, always especially Elektronik dictionaries we have them on our phones now are very, very convenient.

  • Um, of course, it's important to use them, and it's a great resource tohave.

  • However, one thing that really bothers me and that I think is detrimental.

  • It's not helpful for students is when students are in a lesson and they're practicing conversation, and they reach a point in the conversation where they don't know the word they want to use.

  • they know it in their native language, and they don't know how to say it in their target language.

  • They pull out their dictionary, they say to the person listening to them, their practice partner in their lesson, where they have a limited period of time, just a moment and then they look it up on the phone and it takes a few seconds.

  • The flow of the conversation stops, and then they say a word.

  • It's like, Wow, no, that's not You don't have that ability.

  • You don't have the ability to do that in a conversation with a native speaker.

  • Most people like if you go to a bank and try to open a bank account, are you really gonna pull out your dictionary and sit there and try to communicate?

  • You know, just a moment.

  • Just a moment.

  • As you look up each word, you don't know no.

  • Or if you do, that's not a real conversation.

  • So instead, try using a different strategy.

  • By that, I mean, if you find a word you don't know in conversation, explain the word to your conversation partner.

  • Maybe they know the word.

  • If you're speaking with a native speaker, this is a chance for them to teach you a word.

  • I find that when people take the time to teach me a word, I remember the word much betterthan just looking it up on my dictionary.

  • So try to resist.

  • Maybe you can bring a dictionary tear lesson, but don't use it or try not to use it in your conversation practice.

  • It's just it destroys the flow of a conversation.

  • So instead practice the skill of describing the vocabulary word you want to use and learn how to ask the meaning of a word or learn how to ask for, ah, vocabulary word from your partner so you can use an expression like, Ah, what's the word that means Bob a block.

  • Or, you know, it's this thing that does this in this in this.

  • So this is an opportunity for you to describe characteristics of something or find a different way.

  • You can use your body language.

  • You can use whatever you have a lot of tools, but try not to use a dictionary in a conversation because it's not realistic.

  • Train responses to common questions Number six is a quick one.

  • I think number 6/10 number six I have is just to train responses to common questions.

  • Train responses to common questions.

  • So, for example Ah, very common question in English is Hey, how are you?

  • You should know how to answer this question.

  • Just have a default response.

  • Hey, how are you?

  • I'm good if it takes you.

  • Ah, long time to answer the question.

  • Hey, how are you?

  • You need to practice.

  • I think that's a pretty good ah, pretty good indicator.

  • So, for example, sometimes I ask students a question like that.

  • They haven't quite gotten the idea of how to respond just yet.

  • They they're not so quick, it responding, I say, Ah, Hey, how are you?

  • And they say yes.

  • And then they think and they go, I'm Ah, I'm a good think.

  • That's a very common question.

  • So think about just a default response that you can spit out that you can quickly say, If it's how was your weekend or Hey, what's up?

  • Or what do you want to do for dinner tonight?

  • Think about like just a handful.

  • Meaning just a few responses to those questions and trained them quickly.

  • Just how are you?

  • I'm good.

  • How are you?

  • I'm okay.

  • How are you?

  • Not bad.

  • There's three.

  • So it's just training responses to those questions.

  • There's no reason to be surprised by a question like, How are you?

  • Like That's a very common question.

  • So for those common questions, train responses so that we've got a bunch of videos, especially beginner level videos for some example responses you can do so don't get stuck with the little questions.

  • Just train a few responses, practice a few responses till they feel natural to you.

  • It'll save you time, and it'll help the person asking the question to to move forward in the conversation.

  • Okay, study with materials that don't provide a translation.

  • The next step is to study with materials that don't provide a translation.

  • So by this, I mean, if you're using worksheets and or some kind of textbook or whatever, and it has your target language, the language you're studying and it has your native language next to it.

  • While this can be useful, I feel that if you can, studying your materials on Lee in your target language and then simplified explanations for more detailed points, also in your target language can be a little bit better, so I don't want to say like you should Onley study things in your target language and nothing from your native language.

  • Because, of course, it's It can be helpful sometimes to look up a word or two.

  • Understand a grammar point in your native language, but where possible.

  • If you can find something that provides simplified explanations in your target language, it can be really, really helpful, cause again, you're thinking you're learning to think on like a simpler on a more basic level about the language you're studying in the language that you're studying.

  • So this can be really, really good.

  • So finding some materials to use where there's no translation, maybe you can practice, of course, with with books and with written materials, but also with like video materials as well.

  • So there are a variety of different ways that you can, um, find materials in your target language.

  • Um, like in video and TV.

  • So some things to think about.

  • There are the level of vocabulary words people are using in the media content you're watching.

  • Who the media content is intended for Children, young adults, adults.

  • Ah, the speed at which the speaker is talking.

  • So like I have the ability to change the level of difficulty of videos based on the rate of speech, the vocabulary words that I use and how many like idioms and things I use So I could make a video very difficult.

  • We could make a like a very difficult video, Siri's, by leveling up our vocabulary.

  • You, sir, by speaking very quickly, Or as you might see in like our English and three minutes Siri's, um, we can also use very simple vocabulary and speak in a low rate of speech.

  • So maybe right now this is a very intermediate level video, so please think about that.

  • So not just for written materials, but also for your audio and visual materials.

  • Think about, um, who your audience is, the level of the material and so on.

  • It could be really fun.

  • Uh, and it can be helpful to think about your your target language in your target language.

  • All right, we're almost there.

  • Study phrases.

  • In addition to single vocabulary, the next tip is study phrases in addition to single vocabulary words.

  • So, yes, of course, vocabulary is important, but I find it personally very very useful to look at how a vocabulary word is used in a phrase, because sometimes using it in a phrase helps you understand the nuance of that vocabulary.

  • Word really, really well.

  • So if I like a word like crazy, for example in English, depending on the situation where the word crazy is used, it could mean something different.

  • It could mean like, ah, person who's mentally confused or mixed up.

  • It could also mean something really good.

  • It could mean something really bad.

  • So if we look on Lee at the word crazy, it's quite difficult to understand really the meaning of the word.

  • But if you look at the way the word is used in a phrase, you can get a lot more information.

  • So take a look at the way people use words in phrases, not just a single vocabulary.

  • Words.

  • You can learn a lot more that way, I think.

  • Do your daily activities in English where possible.

  • The next step is to do your daily activities in your target language s.

  • So if you're studying English, that means try to do some daily activities in English, if possible, so this can be very, very boring stuff, but just think about it when you're doing the activity.

  • So, like, right now, I'm filming a video for English class 11 dot com or I'm going to work.

  • I'm cooking breakfast.

  • I'm doing the laundry.

  • What do I have to do tomorrow?

  • So try thinking about your everyday life in English.

  • If you're studying English, try thinking about your everyday activities that people that you meet.

  • What are you doing?

  • So this is a way to help you practice your verbs.

  • So if you don't know if you're I don't know, you're doing something at work and you're like, Oh, my gosh, how do I explain the What's the verb for?

  • You know, a picture like I want to bubble, but a picture.

  • What's the word?

  • You can check a dictionary.

  • At that point, it's dry.

  • I need to use the verb draw for draw a picture so you can find these little gaps in your everyday life.

  • These little gaps in your knowledge if you think about your everyday activities in your target language, if you don't think about it in your target language, you might not realize you have vocabulary gaps or phrase gaps here in there.

  • So this is a really good and kind of funny actually.

  • Way to study.

  • Use a learner's dictionary for new words.

  • The last tip is to use a learner's dictionary for new words.

  • So in English, there are learners, dictionaries available in English.

  • So my favorite, my personal favorite, is Merriam Webster.

  • Merriam Webster is a fantastic dictionary resource.

  • They're so interesting, and they have Huns of, like, historical information.

  • I really do just sit in like Riebe things on the dictionary page lately.

  • It's true.

  • But, um, of course, there's a definition.

  • There's a meaning for words.

  • Their example sentences for words.

  • But Merriam Webster also has what's called a learner's dictionary.

  • If you find a word that you don't recognize, you can check it in a dictionary in a learner's dictionary, and it gives you a simplified a simple explanation in simple English off that word.

  • So instead of checking it in your native language, you can check it in your target language.

  • So again, this helps you to understand the word, um, that you are that you're focused on, but you understand it from the language you're studying, not from your native language.

  • So using a learner's dictionary can be really, really useful as well.

  • All right, so those are 10 tips those air 10 tips to help you stop translating in your head.

  • I know it's very difficult, but it's it takes time and it takes practice.

  • And I hope that these air a few strategies that can help you as you study any language.

  • Of course, this is an English language channel in English language Learning Channel, but I think these tips are pretty good for learning just about any language, Really?

  • So I hope those air useful for you if you have tried these strategies or if you have any other comments or other tips, please let us know in the comments section below this video.

  • Thanks very much for watching this episode of top boards.

  • And I will see you again soon.

  • Hi.

  • Hi, everybody.

  • My name is Alicia.

  • Welcome back to top words.

  • Today we're going to talk about 10 phrases for gossip.

  • Let's go.

  • Oh, my God.

  • So the first phrase is Oh, my God!

  • So so Oh, my God.

  • So is an introductory phrase you can use to start your topic with, like, a surprise factor.

  • So you say?

  • Oh, my God.

  • And then so is your transition phrase.

  • So, for example Oh, my God.

  • So I have to tell you about this movie I saw or Oh, my God.

  • So I saw my neighbor in the shopping mall this morning or Oh, my God.

  • So did you see a My new dog?

  • It's kind of weird, but usually it's about a person, not about a dog.

  • But who knows?

  • You won't believe what happened to me the other day.

  • The next expression is you won't believe what happened to me the other day.

  • You won't believe what happened to me the other day.

  • Meaning something happened to you.

  • And you think it's going to be a surprise to the person listening to you.

  • You won't believe what happened to me the other day, so it's a very fast phrase because it sounds like you want to share very quickly like you won't believe what happened to me.

  • You can drop the other day if you want.

  • Or you said you can say you won't believe what happened to me this morning.

  • You won't believe what happened to me last night.

  • You won't believe it happened to me this weekend.

  • You won't believe what happened me over my winter vacation so that you won't believe what happened to me gets very, very quick and short.

  • So examples uh, you won't believe what happened to me the other day.

  • I ran into my ex boss or you won't believe what happened to the other day.

  • I tripped and fell down a flight of stairs or ah, you won't believe what happened to me the other day.

  • I got a new parent.

  • Sure.

  • I don't know.

  • Maybe one of you can use that.

  • Guess what?

  • The next phrase is very short.

  • The next phrases like an exclamation.

  • So an excited statement and a question.

  • Guess what.

  • Guess what?

  • So guess what is inviting the listener to guess what happened to you.

  • Guess what the full question would be.

  • Guess what happened or guess what happened to me.

  • But we on Lee say, Guess what?

  • So guess what, and sometimes the listener guesses.

  • And sometimes the listener just says what?

  • Usually the listener just says, What ass So meaning you should continue the story.

  • So if you say, guess what?

  • I quit my job.

  • Or guess what?

  • I saw my best friend with a new guy I haven't seen before.

  • Uh, another example.

  • Uh, guess what?

  • I got a new car, something like that.

  • So some kind of shocking like, um, difficult to guess situation.

  • I haven't told you about this yet.

  • The next expression is I haven't told you about this yet.

  • I haven't told you about this yet, so has not becomes.

  • Haven't I Haven't told you about this yet.

  • So maybe you've told you have told other people.

  • But this specific person, maybe you have not told that person your news or some information yet, but this yet implies you were planning to or you want to tell them this.

  • So it's it's kind of creates a little suspense.

  • I haven't told you about this yet, so we could use this like I haven't told you about this yet.

  • I'm going to France next summer, or I haven't told you about this yet, But I broke up with my boyfriend last night or I haven't told you about this yet, but I'm throwing a big party for my co worker this weekend.

  • Can you come?

  • Other examples.

  • I haven't told you about this yet.

  • I saw my boss out for dinner with someone who's not his wife.

  • Oh.

  • Oh, I got this more true.

  • That's not true, O r.

  • I haven't told you about this yet.

  • I heard that the company is gonna go bankrupt.

  • Oh, also not true.

  • Okay, so those there is in pretty juicy, juicy gossip.

  • That's an expression we use.

  • We say juicy gossip is something that's, like, really, really interesting gossip or a really interesting story about people we say juicy gossip for that.

  • Have you heard about the next expression is have you heard about blah, blah, blah?

  • Have you heard about Can be followed with a noun phrase.

  • Have you heard about, Ah, a person you can use a person?

  • Or have you heard about a situation you can use Both. 00:47:47.080

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