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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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