Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including business-related words
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| In this video, you'll learn ten of the most common words and phrases in English. |
| Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. |
| Welcome to The 2000 Core English Words and Phrases video series! |
| This series will teach you the 2000 most common words and phrases in English. |
| Each lesson will help you practice and review what you've learned. |
| Ok! Let's get started! First is… |
| allergy |
| This word is a noun. An “allergy” is a negative reaction that you have to something else. So, for example, people might have an allergy to a certain food, to a certain kind of plant, maybe to an animal, so this causes a reaction in the body. For example, maybe your eyes get really, really watery or you start to sneeze a lot. These are examples of allergies. |
| For example: |
| allergy to pollen |
| Next is… |
| boarding pass |
| Ok, a “boarding pass” is a piece of paper or a digital pass that you can show to airline staff when you need to get on a plane. So, a boarding pass includes your flight number, your seat number, probably the gate that your flight will take off from. So, a boarding pass is necessary to get on a plane. |
| For example: |
| boarding pass for the flight |
| Next is… |
| education |
| Ok, education is a noun. Education refers to the things that we learned usually in school or as well in our lifetime. So, when we talk about going to school, we talk about receiving education. So, that’s all the different kinds of knowledge and the different experiences that we have as kids becoming adults, and then after that, we have other forms of education, other forms of knowledge that we get from books, from our jobs, from our hobbies, and so on. So there are many different ways to receive education or to get education. |
| Here is an example phrase: |
| education and training |
| Next is… |
| English |
| Ok, so “English” is the language that you are learning right now with this video. So, English is a very interesting language. It pulls inspiration from many other languages and countries and cultures around the world. With English, we have kind of interesting spellings to think about, interesting ways to pronounce words. And there are many different dialects to consider in English as well. |
| Here is an example sentence: |
| Mr. Suzuki teaches English. |
| Next is… |
| law |
| So, “law” can refer to two different things. |
| “Law” can refer to a country or a city or a state’s rules. Their formal rules are called “laws.” |
| And when we go to school to study those things because we want to become lawyers, we also refer to the study of those things as “law.” |
| For example: |
| law school |
| Next is… |
| flute |
| So, a “flute” is a musical instrument. A flute is played in this position so we use our two hands next to our face to play the flute. It’s a long kind of tube-shaped instrument that makes a high-pitch sound. This is very, very common in orchestras and in symphonies and in maybe high school bands as well. |
| For example: |
| silver flute |
| Ok, next is… |
| IT department |
| Ok, an “IT department” is a very, very common section in many companies and many organizations. The IT here stands for “Information Technology.” So usually, the IT department is responsible for helping people with their computer problems, with other technology problems, media problems and so on. |
| For example: |
| Call the IT department. |
| Next is… |
| business trip |
| A “business trip” is a trip that you take specifically for business. So that means it’s different from a vacation. When you take a vacation, it’s just for fun. When you have a business trip, you have to go somewhere for work, and maybe you have some fun while you’re there also, but the main purpose of your travels is work or business. |
| For example: |
| go on a business trip |
| Next is… |
| marketing |
| “Marketing” is another very common and very important section of many companies and organizations. Marketing refers to the process of creating things that will help sell products or sell goods and services to other people. So that can mean creating advertisements, it can mean writing things on a company website, and so on. |
| For example: |
| marketing department |
| Next is… |
| popular |
| So, “popular” means something that many people like. So when something is popular, that means that a lot of people think that it’s really, really good. |
| Be careful not to confuse “popular” and “famous.” |
| When something is “famous,” it means many people know about it or maybe many people know about a person. When something is “popular,” it means lots of people know about it and lots of people like it. So, we can talk about people in this way, we can talk about places like restaurants, and we can also talk about things with the word “popular.” |
| For example: |
| popular man |
| Let's review. I’m going to describe a word or phrase in English. See if you can remember it. Then repeat after me, focusing on pronunciation. Ready? |
| Do you remember how to say the medical condition when your body has a negative reaction to something outside of you? For example, dust or pollen or a specific food or maybe an animal. This is a noun. |
| allergy |
| And how to say the piece of paper or the digital piece of paper you use to get on an airplane? |
| boarding pass |
| What about the word we use to talk about the process of gaining knowledge, usually in school but in work situations as well? |
| education |
| Do you remember how to say the name of the language I’m speaking right now? |
| English |
| Let’s try the word we use to talk about the rules and regulations in a country or in a city. |
| law |
| What about the word we use for the long musical instrument we play by holding it to this side of our bodies with this motion? |
| flute |
| Now, let’s see if you remember how to describe the department or the section of a company or a school that helps people with their technical problems, like computers. |
| IT department |
| Another one, what about the expression we use to talk about traveling somewhere for the purpose of a meeting or perhaps to give a presentation. |
| business trip |
| Do you remember how to say the department that deals with sharing information about a product or service in order to get people to buy that thing? |
| marketing |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the word that describes something that many, many people enjoy? |
| popular |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned ten new useful words. See you next time! Bye! |
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