Learn 10 high-frequency expressions, including words for health issues and office supplies
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| Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. |
| Welcome to the 2000 core English words and phrases video series. |
| Each lesson will help you learn new words, practice, and review what you've learned. |
| Okay, let's get started. |
| First is... |
| keyboard |
| A keyboard is a musical instrument. It looks like a piano but a keyboard is digital. You play it by pressing your fingers on the black and white keys. |
| Here's an example: play the keyboard |
| rash |
| A rash is a medical condition. A rash is usually a part of the skin that turns red in color and often is very painful or maybe it feels itchy. |
| Here's an example: itchy rash |
| nausea |
| Nausea is a very interesting word with an interesting spelling. Nausea is the pronunciation. Nausea refers to a medical condition, a feeling in your body. When you feel nausea, you feel your stomach is not happy and like the inside of your stomach might come out of your body. |
| Here's an example: nausea and vomiting |
| vacancy |
| Ok, vacancy is a noun. This word vacancy means an open spot somewhere, some kind of available place. We see vacancy used a lot in hotels which means there is an open room. |
| Here's another example: This parking lot has no vacancy. |
| ping pong |
| Ping pong is a very popular game. It's played with a paddle and a small ball, and there's a table with a net across the top. You play the game by hitting the ball across the net at your opponent. |
| Here's an example: play ping pong |
| running |
| Running is a very popular sport. Running refers to simply going outside or in the gym and going for a jog or sometimes going quickly which is referred to as sprinting. So running can be done almost anywhere. |
| Here's an example sentence: The woman is running on the beach. |
| DVD |
| A DVD is a now kind of old way to watch a movie. A DVD is a movie on a CD disc, so you can play a DVD with a DVD movie player or by putting the DVD disc inside your computer. |
| Here's an example sentence: I love to watch this DVD with my friends. |
| staple |
| Staple is used as both a noun and a verb. As a verb, to staple means to use a stapler, an object, a machine you have in your office or your home to connect two or more pieces of paper. The two pieces of paper are connected with the noun form of this word, a staple. A staple is a small piece of metal that goes through the papers and is connected on the other side. |
| Here's an example that uses the noun form: box of staples |
| stapler |
| As I just described, a stapler is a machine you use to connect two or more pieces of paper. These are very, very common in offices and other schools and workplaces and situations in which people need to connect documents all the time. |
| Here's an example: return my stapler |
| marry |
| Okay, this verb means to join together for life, as in a partnership for life. So when two people decide they want to have a partnership for life, they decide to get married. And the verb form of this is "marry." |
| For example: I want to marry you. |
| 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 musical instrument that's digital, that you play by pushing black and white keys? |
| keyboard |
| And how to say the medical condition that makes your skin turn a red color and that may be itchy? |
| rash |
| What about the medical condition where your stomach feels upset, like the inside of your stomach might come out of your body? |
| nausea |
| Do you remember how to say the word that means an open place or an open spot, especially at hotels? |
| vacancy |
| Let's try the sport you play with paddles and a table that has a net on the top. |
| ping pong |
| What about the sport you play by going for a jog somewhere? |
| running |
| Now, let's see if you remember how to say the movie that you can watch by putting a disc inside a player or inside your computer. |
| DVD |
| Another one, what about the noun that means a piece of metal you can use to connect two documents together? |
| staple |
| Do you remember how to say the machine that you use to connect two documents together? |
| stapler |
| And finally, do you remember how to say the verb that you use when you want someone to be your partner for life? |
| marry |
| Well done! See you next time. Bye! |
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