Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including words for body parts and foods
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| In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in English. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. |
| Welcome to The 800 Core English Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in English. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| 1. "hopeful" |
| Hopeful describes the feeling that you have when you have a very positive expectation of something. |
| "I am hopeful that my next summer vacation will be very good." |
| 2. "deep" |
| Deep refers to something that is far below the surface of something else, like with water or maybe with caves as well. |
| "This pool is too deep for me." |
| 3. "shallow" |
| Shallow is the opposite of deep; it refers to something that's very close to the surface of something else. |
| "Don't worry; the water is very shallow here." |
| 4. "rich" |
| Rich refers to someone that has a lot of money. We can also use this to talk about food, something that has a lot of flavor. |
| "His father is a rich man." |
| 5. "poor" |
| Poor is the opposite of rich when talking about wealth, it refers to someone who does not have a lot of money. |
| We also use the word "poor" to refer to something that is not of good quality. |
| "The man is poor." |
| 6. "monitor" |
| A monitor is a screen that you use to look at information. If you have a computer at home, you probably have a monitor. |
| "This monitor is broken." |
| 7. "keyboard" |
| A keyboard is the device that you use to type letters, to type words in your computer. |
| "This computer doesn't have a keyboard." |
| 8. "headphones" |
| Headphones are the devices that you use to listen to music. You can put them on your ears or in your ears. |
| "The girl is listening to music with headphones." |
| 9. "hiccup" |
| A hiccup is something that happens in your body, it's like when air gets caught in your chest. |
| It often happens many times in a row and can be very uncomfortable. |
| "When you have to hiccup, it is hard to talk." |
| 10. "blueberry" |
| Blueberry is just as it sounds, it's a berry that is the color blue. They can be a little sweet or a little sour. |
| "Blueberries are round." |
| 11. "prune" |
| A prune is a dried fruit, it's a dried plum. |
| "Prunes are dried plums." |
| 12. "mango" |
| A mango is a tropical fruit. It's usually a bright orange or a yellowy orange and it's very sweet. |
| "How much is that mango?" |
| 13. "lemon" |
| A lemon is a bright yellow citrus fruit. It's used a lot in cooking and it has a very sharp flavor. |
| "I like tea with lemon." |
| 14. "buttocks" |
| So the buttocks refers to the part of the body that we sit on, this is often abbreviated to just "butt." |
| "She fell backwards landing hard on her buttocks." |
| 15. "shoulder" |
| The shoulder is this part of the body, it connects our arm to our torso. |
| "He broke his shoulder while playing football." |
| 16. "muscle" |
| Muscle is the part of the body that allows us to move. Muscles are all throughout the body and when we exercise, they become stronger. |
| "If you lift weights, you can build your muscles." |
| 17. "bone" |
| Bone is the hard part of the body inside the body that creates the structure of our body. |
| "I have strong bones." |
| 18. "beard" |
| A beard refers to hair grown on the face around the chin; some men really like to grow beards. |
| "Santa Claus has a long white beard." |
| 19. "sweet potato" |
| A sweet potato is as it sounds, it's a type of potato that is very sweet. You might eat these in cold weather in particular. |
| "Today, I had sweet potatoes for breakfast." |
| 20. "mushroom" |
| A mushroom is a fungus that you can eat. There are many different kinds of mushrooms and they lend interesting flavors to many dishes. |
| "I love eating mushrooms!" |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| Thanks so much for watching this series. We'll see you again in another video. Bye! |
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