Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including parts of the face and office supplies
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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… |
| helicopter |
| So a helicopter is similar to an airplane. It flies but there's one propeller on top of it. |
| The CEO travels to work by helicopter. |
| black |
| Black is a color or rather black is the absence of color. |
| It's the darkest color that we have. |
| I have a black cat. |
| brown |
| So brown is a very natural color. It's very common on hair color and an eye color. |
| My hair color is brown, for example. |
| My uncle has a new pair of brown shoes. |
| gray |
| So gray is a very neutral color, it's between white and black. |
| Gray is not a very flashy color. |
| rest |
| So rest is a verb that means to take a break. |
| You can use it anytime you need to stop what you're doing for a short period. "I'm just resting." |
| hear |
| So the verb hear is used for any time you need to use your ears to receive information. |
| So this means you're not focusing your attention but information can enter your ear. |
| I can barely hear you. |
| want |
| So the verb want is used to express a desire for something. |
| We use it to talk about the things we would like to receive. |
| I want to eat cherries. |
| disgusting |
| Disgusting is an adjective we'd use it to describe things that we think are really really terrible, especially food or maybe even comments things that we think are really unacceptable. |
| Cockroaches are disgusting. |
| eleven |
| Eleven is the number that comes after ten. |
| This department store has eleven floors. |
| twelve |
| So twelve is the number that comes after eleven. |
| Twelve can also be called a dozen; when we refer to a dozen of something, we mean twelve of something. |
| It's twelve o'clock. |
| thirteen |
| Thirteen is the number that comes after twelve. |
| For many people, thirteen is an unlucky number so you might hear people having suspicions around this number. |
| She is thirteen years old. |
| So email is a very common part of everyday life. Email comes from electronic and mail together. |
| What's your e-mail address? |
| cellular phone |
| So a cellular phone is a very common thing that many people have. |
| We often shorten this expression to cell phone. |
| With a cellular phone, you can make calls from almost anywhere. |
| text message |
| So a text message is any message that you send by writing text. |
| We commonly shorten this expression to just text. |
| She contacted me via text message. |
| mouth |
| So the mouth is part of the body. It's this part we use it for eating and for speaking. |
| You may also hear mouth used to talk about the part of the river that connects to the ocean. |
| Watch your mouth! |
| cheek |
| So the cheek or cheeks refers to this part of the body, this part of the face. So we have two cheeks, it's a countable noun. |
| Her cheeks are very red. |
| nose |
| So the nose is another part of the body, it's this part of the body right here, the nose. |
| My nose is stuffy. |
| notebook |
| So a notebook is usually a small book we carry around and we write notes in it, hence the name notebook. |
| I have a separate notebook for each class. |
| pencil |
| A pencil is something that we use to write. |
| This is a common analog tool that we use to write; lots of school children use these. |
| The pencil broke in half. |
| eraser |
| So an eraser is a tool that we use to remove pencil marks. |
| In some cases, you might find pens that also have erasers which can remove pen marks. |
| Can I use your eraser? |
| Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words. |
| See you next time! Bye-bye! |
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