Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including words for places around town
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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… |
| wallet |
| A wallet is something that you use to store money. You can keep bills, you can keep coins, receipts, credit cards and other things inside a wallet. |
| My wallet is full of receipts! |
| purse |
| So purse is used to refer to the bag that we use to carry around the things we need for the day. |
| We tend to use purse to refer to women's bags. |
| This is a big purse. |
| order |
| We use the verb order to talk about asking for food, usually food or drinks, at a restaurant at a cafe or a bar. |
| Confirm the order. |
| field |
| A field is a large open area of grass. This can be in nature but we also use this word to talk about sports fields, those are large open areas of grass for football or soccer or other sports. |
| The horse is running in the field. |
| desert |
| A desert is a very dry place. The image of a desert is a place that has a lot of sand and where it becomes very very hot. |
| The sun is heating the hot desert. |
| boss |
| So the word boss is used to refer to the person in charge at your workplace. Your boss is often your manager or the person above your manager. |
| Our boss allows us to leave earlier on Wednesdays. |
| office |
| So office refers to a place of work. You can use it to talk about the place that you go for work, you can also talk about places where other people work with this word. |
| The office opens at eight o'clock. |
| co-worker |
| Your co-worker, or your co-workers, are the people that you work together with; so these are the people that you share information with that you meet or communicate with every day. |
| I go out to eat with my co-worker every Thursday. |
| meeting |
| A meeting is a period of time for which you and perhaps your boss and some of your co-workers gather together to discuss some topic. |
| I forgot that the meeting was today. |
| police station |
| A police station is a place where lots and lots of police officers stay, it's kind of like an office but for the police. |
| The police cars are parked outside the police station. |
| pharmacy |
| A pharmacy is a place you go to receive medication. So if you've gotten medical treatment from a hospital or a clinic, you can go to a pharmacy to receive the medicine you need. |
| Is there a pharmacy nearby? |
| bakery |
| A bakery is a place that bakes fresh breads cookies and perhaps other kinds of sweets. |
| She goes to the bakery every Sunday with her kids. |
| movie theater |
| A movie theater is a place you can go to watch movies on a big screen. You might also hear this called a cinema. |
| This movie theater is so crowded. |
| negotiation |
| A negotiation is a discussion usually between two groups of people and they want different things, |
| so they discuss a topic and work together to find an agreement that process is called a negotiation. |
| After two years of negotiation, the two countries were finally able to come to an agreement. |
| contract |
| A contract is a written agreement. It's very common to sign a contract before getting something like a mobile phone or getting a loan for something from a bank or other things. |
| Could you come to our office to sign the contract? |
| business |
| So a business is a place of work. We also use the word business to talk generally about the professional world sometimes. |
| My dad owns a business. |
| deal |
| So deal is kind of like a more casual word for agreement. After you've negotiated or discussed something with another person or another group for a while, |
| you might reach an agreement and proclaim it or decide that it's a deal. |
| We have a deal. |
| busy |
| Busy is an adjective; it refers to having many things to do or not having very much free time. |
| I'm busy tonight. |
| serious |
| Serious can mean something that is not at all like a light topic. |
| So maybe there's some very heavy topics that are considered serious. |
| We can also use the word serious to talk about someone's personality, someone who is serious doesn't laugh or smile very much. |
| Depression is a very serious mental illness. |
| tired |
| Tired is an adjective; it means someone doesn't have a lot of energy, maybe they're ready to go to sleep or ready to just relax. |
| Thanks, but I'm really tired. |
| 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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