Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including education and work-related words
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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… |
| superior |
| The word superior can refer to something that's better than something else; we can also use it to talk about the person above us in a work or school situation. |
| My superior is very calm. |
| company |
| So company refers to a place where you work. |
| What do you know about this company? |
| salary |
| So salary refers to the money you receive from doing a job. |
| What are your salary requirements? |
| radio |
| So a radio used to refer to a machine we use so that we could receive music and listen to music at home or in the car, |
| and we still have these today but we also have internet versions of this. |
| I like listening to the radio. |
| television |
| So a television is a machine that we use to receive images, we can use it to watch videos. |
| The family is watching television. |
| Internet |
| So the internet is something that we use to receive information on a computer or on our smartphones or on other devices. |
| I gather information from the Internet. |
| newspaper |
| A newspaper is something that we use to receive the news and it's on paper, so it's quite literal a news paper, a paper that we use to read the news. |
| I read the newspaper every morning. |
| news channel |
| So a news channel is one channel on TV, or perhaps on a web TV, that only plays the news so that's the only thing that is broadcast on that channel, the news. |
| I turn on the news channel in the evening. |
| musical instrument |
| A musical instrument is something that we use to create sounds to create music. |
| There are string instruments and there are wind instruments and there are percussion instruments. |
| Can you play a musical instrument? |
| painting |
| So a painting refers to a work of art that's done by using paint and a paint brush. |
| This painting is very artistic. |
| theater |
| A theater is a place where you can watch a movie or you can see a play or a musical. |
| Where is the theatre? |
| musical |
| So a musical is a type of live show; it's a live show where the actors and the actresses sing the story. |
| I got tickets to a musical. |
| opera |
| So an opera is different from a musical; a musical is generally kind of a more contemporary story, |
| operas are a bit more old-fashioned, I guess. And there's a specific type of singing that's known in the opera. |
| My grandparents love going to the opera. |
| relax |
| So to relax means to not worry so much. It means to relieve yourself of stress, to do something that you feel good about. |
| Relax, everything will be fine. |
| whiteboard |
| A white board is a specific type of board. It's usually white in color, we can write on it with markers and we can also erase it. |
| A whiteboard is a perfect means to demonstrate something visually. |
| blackboard |
| So a blackboard is a board that is black in color but we cannot use, like, markers to write on it, and erase, we have to use chalk. |
| The teacher writes on the blackboard. |
| test |
| Test can be used as both a noun and as a verb. |
| As a noun, it means an examination or some kind of written information used to check someone's knowledge; |
| as a verb, it means to check someone's knowledge. |
| The test is on next Tuesday. |
| textbook |
| So a textbook is something that you use to study a topic. |
| During the year, we will cover the entire textbook. |
| front |
| So front is the opposite of behind it's something that faces you. |
| He is in front of me. |
| job |
| So someone's job is the thing that they do for a living. That's the thing that they do to receive money to live their life. |
| I have a busy job. |
| 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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