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✅ War & Military Vocabulary: Understand the news
Unfortunately, we live in a world at war. We read about it in newspapers. We see it on TV and hear about it over the radio. This lesson will provide you with some of the English vocabulary you need to understand what is reported in the media. Do you know what the difference is between the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Navy? Want to know how rockets, missiles, and mortars are different from each other? Watch this lesson, and then take the quiz to test your new knowledge.
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Unfortunately, we live in a world at war. We read about it in newspapers. We see it on TV and hear about it over the radio. This lesson will provide you with some of the English vocabulary you need to understand what is reported in the media. Do you know what the difference is between the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Navy? Want to know how rockets, missiles, and mortars are different from each other? Watch this lesson, and then take the quiz to test your new knowledge.
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✅ Writing – 6 ways to compare 㼀
One of the most common types of essays you will have to write at university as well as on the IELTS or TOEFL is a comparison essay. In this lesson, I will teach you some useful words that will help you to compare things. By the end of this video, you will be able to use terms such as alike, similar, in the same way, likewise, and more. Take my quiz at the end for more experience using these words.
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One of the most common types of essays you will have to write at university as well as on the IELTS or TOEFL is a comparison essay. In this lesson, I will teach you some useful words that will help you to compare things. By the end of this video, you will be able to use terms such as alike, similar, in the same way, likewise, and more. Take my quiz at the end for more experience using these words.
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✅ 12 IELTS Speaking Tips 👌
Learn 12 important ways to get a higher score on the IELTS Speaking section or any other oral English exam. Find out what to do and what NOT to do from an experienced IELTS trainer and understand how to increase your IELTS Speaking score, easily and immediately. You’re guaranteed to learn something new here – and that can make all the difference!
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Learn 12 important ways to get a higher score on the IELTS Speaking section or any other oral English exam. Find out what to do and what NOT to do from an experienced IELTS trainer and understand how to increase your IELTS Speaking score, easily and immediately. You’re guaranteed to learn something new here – and that can make all the difference!
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✅ Political vocabulary and expressions in English
Learn vocabulary and phrases so that you can talk about politics and understand the news! I’ll teach you new words and expressions to talk about government, elections, and policy. Is the candidate for president in your country promising to cut the crime rate? Is your president proud of the economic boom in your country? Like the video to vote for me, Benjamin!
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Learn vocabulary and phrases so that you can talk about politics and understand the news! I’ll teach you new words and expressions to talk about government, elections, and policy. Is the candidate for president in your country promising to cut the crime rate? Is your president proud of the economic boom in your country? Like the video to vote for me, Benjamin!
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✅ Learn English: Words with many meanings
English can be really confusing! Many words sound the same, but have different meanings. Some words are even spelled exactly the same way and sound the same way too, and they still have different meanings! Today, I’m going to teach you all about these kinds of words in English, and I’ll give you many examples. You’ll learn about homonyms, homographs, and homophones. You’ll learn a little bit of grammar and some new vocabulary. Learning this stuff will definitely help you to become a better reader and writer of English. Think you know it all? Take the quiz at www.engvid.com, where you can also find many more free English lessons.
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English can be really confusing! Many words sound the same, but have different meanings. Some words are even spelled exactly the same way and sound the same way too, and they still have different meanings! Today, I’m going to teach you all about these kinds of words in English, and I’ll give you many examples. You’ll learn about homonyms, homographs, and homophones. You’ll learn a little bit of grammar and some new vocabulary. Learning this stuff will definitely help you to become a better reader and writer of English. Think you know it all? Take the quiz at www.engvid.com, where you can also find many more free English lessons.
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✅ Welcome to London – Tour around Covent Garden
Welcome to Covent Garden, London. I’m going to show you around and tell you what I know about this famous neighbourhood. Covent Garden is a popular place for tourists to visit in London, so I thought you’d like to see it. Native Londoners (like me) also go to Covent Garden just to walk around and to soak up the atmosphere. Join me as we learn about how this area was in the old days. I will tell you a little bit about the history of London—how Covent Garden once used to be a very poor area and was considered to be a slum. You can now see how different it is—there are many theatres and expensive shops. I wonder what it would have been like to be a flower seller in Victorian London. I had fun making this video for you—hope you enjoy it!
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Welcome to Covent Garden, London. I’m going to show you around and tell you what I know about this famous neighbourhood. Covent Garden is a popular place for tourists to visit in London, so I thought you’d like to see it. Native Londoners (like me) also go to Covent Garden just to walk around and to soak up the atmosphere. Join me as we learn about how this area was in the old days. I will tell you a little bit about the history of London—how Covent Garden once used to be a very poor area and was considered to be a slum. You can now see how different it is—there are many theatres and expensive shops. I wonder what it would have been like to be a flower seller in Victorian London. I had fun making this video for you—hope you enjoy it!
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📅 Word of the day
✴️ raft
[noun]
[count]
1 : a flat structure that is used for floating or sailing on water
2 : a plastic or rubber boat that you have to fill with air in order to use
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✴️ raft
[noun]
[count]
1 : a flat structure that is used for floating or sailing on water
2 : a plastic or rubber boat that you have to fill with air in order to use
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10 uncountable nouns
✍🏻Here are 10 uncountable nouns for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. We’ve chosen words which learners often think are countable.
1. advice
2. news
3. information
4. equipment
5. luggage
6. experience
7. progress
8. traffic
9. trouble
10. accommodation
✍🏻Before uncountable nouns we often use some or any:
▪️ I need some advice.
▪️ We don’t have any news.
▪️ He doesn’t have much experience.
✍🏻We can also use a lot of, a little, very little and much:
▪️ There is a lot of information.
▪️ They only have a little equipment.
▪️ They don’t have much luggage.
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✍🏻Here are 10 uncountable nouns for pre-intermediate and intermediate learners. We’ve chosen words which learners often think are countable.
1. advice
2. news
3. information
4. equipment
5. luggage
6. experience
7. progress
8. traffic
9. trouble
10. accommodation
✍🏻Before uncountable nouns we often use some or any:
▪️ I need some advice.
▪️ We don’t have any news.
▪️ He doesn’t have much experience.
✍🏻We can also use a lot of, a little, very little and much:
▪️ There is a lot of information.
▪️ They only have a little equipment.
▪️ They don’t have much luggage.
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Jennifer Aniston and Ellen's Picture-Perfect Kiss
Jennifer Aniston asked Ellen about her recent on-air kiss with Howard Stern, and it led to a smooch between the two longtime friends that's perfect for Jennifer's new Instagram account.
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Jennifer Aniston and Ellen's Picture-Perfect Kiss
Jennifer Aniston asked Ellen about her recent on-air kiss with Howard Stern, and it led to a smooch between the two longtime friends that's perfect for Jennifer's new Instagram account.
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🎞Learn English with Movies
❗️How to Understand Sarcasm in English with The Big Bang Theory
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❗️How to Understand Sarcasm in English with The Big Bang Theory
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🎧Encroachment
Adria and Shiloh talk about how animals and humans must live side-by-side.
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Adria and Shiloh talk about how animals and humans must live side-by-side.
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🇺🇸Adria: So you said you're kind of a wilderness boy. What are your thoughts on encroachment? Is it a problem where you live?
🇺🇸Shiloh: Yeah, I live up in the mountains, Adria. My home is above 3,000 meters, so I live at a very high altitude. It's--I live in the Rocky Mountains, so it's very rugged. There aren't very many people. There's still tons of animals. And wild animal encroachment is a big problem, especially in my area of the Rocky Mountains, because we have many black bears. Black bears aren't as dangerous as brown bears, like there are at north. They're not aggressive, but they're a huge nuisance, and they cause a lot of damage.
For instance, I've spent a lot of time in a cabin up in the mountains. This particular cabin has been broken into by bears. Last year, in about six months, we had four different bears come in through the cabin, and they'll knock down the front door, they'll destroy the inside of the house. The refrigerator's knocked over, food everywhere. They'll break through windows. They stink; they go to the bathroom. It's a terrible mess that I had to clean up, and I had to do this.
And it's interesting because in these situations, we didn't do anything to attract the bear. We live in a very rural area. There's nobody around for kilometers. This was up, you know, remote cabin. There's no reason for the bear to be there, other than curiosity. There was no food in the cabin at the time. I think that bears' encroaching on civilian, on more urban populations, is becoming increasingly a problem, partly because they're losing their territory. People are encroaching--people are actually encroaching upon the bears. The bears aren't encroaching upon the people. It's the other way around. And we have to expect that they are going to be curious and be hungry, because they have no food. So we can't really blame them when it happens. But we have to figure out a way to fix it, because it is a problem and people still do get hurt, especially with mountain lions, which is a big deal.
Adria: So, have you had any personal experience, or anybody you know that's been like physically harmed by one of these animals?
Shiloh: Well, mountain lions, not, no, because although we have a lot of mountain lions, they are cats and you never see them. They kill a lot of animals. Mountain lions, especially, will kill a lot of sheep and baby calves, which we have many where I live, so in that sense, it's a problem. They cause a lot of monetary damage, because a cow costs $500, and they're killing cows. But as far as people go, cats don't really hurt people.
Bears, on the other hand, do. Up in the northern states of United States, brown bears are very dangerous. They're aggressive. They'll actually come after humans. Where I live, we have brown bears, and they're a little less aggressive. But I still am familiar with one of my friends (he's not really a friend but an acquaintance) who was camping, and it was partly his mistake because he had food inside his tent with him, instead of like in an ice chest outside close. The bear came through the tent and, while trying to grab the food, accidentally grabbed my friend's arm, and he had a huge gash on his arm. He had to have two surgeries to fix it, lots of stitches. It was a mess.
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🇺🇸Shiloh: Yeah, I live up in the mountains, Adria. My home is above 3,000 meters, so I live at a very high altitude. It's--I live in the Rocky Mountains, so it's very rugged. There aren't very many people. There's still tons of animals. And wild animal encroachment is a big problem, especially in my area of the Rocky Mountains, because we have many black bears. Black bears aren't as dangerous as brown bears, like there are at north. They're not aggressive, but they're a huge nuisance, and they cause a lot of damage.
For instance, I've spent a lot of time in a cabin up in the mountains. This particular cabin has been broken into by bears. Last year, in about six months, we had four different bears come in through the cabin, and they'll knock down the front door, they'll destroy the inside of the house. The refrigerator's knocked over, food everywhere. They'll break through windows. They stink; they go to the bathroom. It's a terrible mess that I had to clean up, and I had to do this.
And it's interesting because in these situations, we didn't do anything to attract the bear. We live in a very rural area. There's nobody around for kilometers. This was up, you know, remote cabin. There's no reason for the bear to be there, other than curiosity. There was no food in the cabin at the time. I think that bears' encroaching on civilian, on more urban populations, is becoming increasingly a problem, partly because they're losing their territory. People are encroaching--people are actually encroaching upon the bears. The bears aren't encroaching upon the people. It's the other way around. And we have to expect that they are going to be curious and be hungry, because they have no food. So we can't really blame them when it happens. But we have to figure out a way to fix it, because it is a problem and people still do get hurt, especially with mountain lions, which is a big deal.
Adria: So, have you had any personal experience, or anybody you know that's been like physically harmed by one of these animals?
Shiloh: Well, mountain lions, not, no, because although we have a lot of mountain lions, they are cats and you never see them. They kill a lot of animals. Mountain lions, especially, will kill a lot of sheep and baby calves, which we have many where I live, so in that sense, it's a problem. They cause a lot of monetary damage, because a cow costs $500, and they're killing cows. But as far as people go, cats don't really hurt people.
Bears, on the other hand, do. Up in the northern states of United States, brown bears are very dangerous. They're aggressive. They'll actually come after humans. Where I live, we have brown bears, and they're a little less aggressive. But I still am familiar with one of my friends (he's not really a friend but an acquaintance) who was camping, and it was partly his mistake because he had food inside his tent with him, instead of like in an ice chest outside close. The bear came through the tent and, while trying to grab the food, accidentally grabbed my friend's arm, and he had a huge gash on his arm. He had to have two surgeries to fix it, lots of stitches. It was a mess.
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🔍Learn Vocabulary from the Lesson!
▪️Rugged
It's very rugged.
High rugged mountains are very difficult to travel over. Notice the following:
▫️The rugged mountains made travel slow and dangerous.
▫️The Himalayas is home to the world's most rugged mountains.
▪️Huge nuisance
Black bears are a huge nuisance.
Someone or something that is a nuisance makes us a little angry. Notice the following:
▫️Traffic jams are a huge nuisance.
▫️Mosquitoes are a huge nuisance in the summer.
▪️Encroach
Bears encroaching on civilians is a problem.
Here, to encroach means to slowly take away someone's land or ability to live there as they have in the past. Notice the following:
▫️Encroachment is a growing problem in the jungles of Indonesia.
▫️India's wild tiger population has seriously decreased due to encroachment.
▪️The other way around
It's the other way around.
We use the phrase 'the other way around' to show that the opposite is true. Notice the following:
▫️I didn't hit him first; it's the other way around.
▫️Actually, she's not shy. It's the other way around.
▪️Gash
My friend had a gash.
A gash is a serious wound. Notice the following:
▫️He has a small gash on his forehead, but he'll be OK.
▫️The doctor quickly closed the gash.
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▪️Rugged
It's very rugged.
High rugged mountains are very difficult to travel over. Notice the following:
▫️The rugged mountains made travel slow and dangerous.
▫️The Himalayas is home to the world's most rugged mountains.
▪️Huge nuisance
Black bears are a huge nuisance.
Someone or something that is a nuisance makes us a little angry. Notice the following:
▫️Traffic jams are a huge nuisance.
▫️Mosquitoes are a huge nuisance in the summer.
▪️Encroach
Bears encroaching on civilians is a problem.
Here, to encroach means to slowly take away someone's land or ability to live there as they have in the past. Notice the following:
▫️Encroachment is a growing problem in the jungles of Indonesia.
▫️India's wild tiger population has seriously decreased due to encroachment.
▪️The other way around
It's the other way around.
We use the phrase 'the other way around' to show that the opposite is true. Notice the following:
▫️I didn't hit him first; it's the other way around.
▫️Actually, she's not shy. It's the other way around.
▪️Gash
My friend had a gash.
A gash is a serious wound. Notice the following:
▫️He has a small gash on his forehead, but he'll be OK.
▫️The doctor quickly closed the gash.
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📅 Idiom of the Day
📚 the ball's in your court
✏️ Meaning:
📝 For example:
➕We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.
➕They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.
🌀Origin: Metaphorical, from sports such as tennis and badminton in which players take turns to hit a ball over a net into each other's end of the court.
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📚 the ball's in your court
✏️ Meaning:
If someone you're negotiating with says "the ball's in your court", they think it's your turn to make a move or make an offer.📝 For example:
➕We've offered him ten thousand dollars a month, so the ball's in his court now.
➕They know our position, so the ball's in their court. If they want to pursue the matter, they'll have to make the next move.
🌀Origin: Metaphorical, from sports such as tennis and badminton in which players take turns to hit a ball over a net into each other's end of the court.
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📅 word of the day
✴️ hang out
1 informal : to be or stay somewhere for a period of time without doing much
🔺The gang hangs out at the corner store.
🔺Our dog spends all his time hanging out [=hanging around ] on the front porch.
2 hang out with (someone) informal : to spend time relaxing, talking, or doing something with (someone) : to hang around with (someone)
🔺He spent a couple of days hanging out with his old friends.
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✴️ hang out
1 informal : to be or stay somewhere for a period of time without doing much
🔺The gang hangs out at the corner store.
🔺Our dog spends all his time hanging out [=hanging around ] on the front porch.
2 hang out with (someone) informal : to spend time relaxing, talking, or doing something with (someone) : to hang around with (someone)
🔺He spent a couple of days hanging out with his old friends.
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📅 Idiom of the Day
✴️ mumbo jumbo
📚 Meaning:
🔺If you describe what someone says or writes as mumbo jumbo, you think it doesn't make sense or it's not clear because it's too complex.
✍ For example:
🔺The good thing about Steven's book on physics is that he tries to avoid all that scientific mumbo jumbo that most people can't understand.
🔺Have you ever heard the sort of mumbo jumbo that lawyers speak when they're discussing a case?
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✴️ mumbo jumbo
📚 Meaning:
🔺If you describe what someone says or writes as mumbo jumbo, you think it doesn't make sense or it's not clear because it's too complex.
✍ For example:
🔺The good thing about Steven's book on physics is that he tries to avoid all that scientific mumbo jumbo that most people can't understand.
🔺Have you ever heard the sort of mumbo jumbo that lawyers speak when they're discussing a case?
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🏷 #Idiom
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Halsey Gets Distracted by Her Boyfriend During a Scare
Halsey couldn't decide what was scarier – having to talk about her new boyfriend Evan Peters in public, or getting a box scare from "Cher."
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Halsey Gets Distracted by Her Boyfriend During a Scare
Halsey couldn't decide what was scarier – having to talk about her new boyfriend Evan Peters in public, or getting a box scare from "Cher."
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✅ IELTS Success – Studying Academic English at a School
What’s it like to study for IELTS at a school? I’ll take you to a top language school in London and show you real IELTS classes, as well as speak to students and staff at the school. You might be surprised to learn, as I was, that it’s not just about studying for the IELTS itself. More general academic English skills and classes on how to live and interact in an English-speaking country are also extremely important.
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What’s it like to study for IELTS at a school? I’ll take you to a top language school in London and show you real IELTS classes, as well as speak to students and staff at the school. You might be surprised to learn, as I was, that it’s not just about studying for the IELTS itself. More general academic English skills and classes on how to live and interact in an English-speaking country are also extremely important.
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✅ Basic English: Learn the difference between BECAUSE and SO
Do you know what the difference is between so and because? In this lesson, you will learn what they mean and how to use them perfectly. The words “so” and “because” can be hard to learn, but after this class you won’t be confused anymore. Watch the video, and do the quiz BECAUSE it will make learning English SO much easier for you!
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Do you know what the difference is between so and because? In this lesson, you will learn what they mean and how to use them perfectly. The words “so” and “because” can be hard to learn, but after this class you won’t be confused anymore. Watch the video, and do the quiz BECAUSE it will make learning English SO much easier for you!
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