Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including business attire and school-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… |
| 1. necktie |
| A necktie is an accessory. Usually, it's worn by men but women can wear them, too. A necktie is something that's worn around the neck and we tie it, so the name matches the actual object. |
| Which necktie matches this shirt? |
| 2. suit |
| So a suit is typically regarded as professional attire, something that we wear when we want to go to an important business meeting, for example. |
| Never wear a suit and a pair of sport shoes together. |
| 3. sneaker |
| A sneaker is a type of shoe. It’s typically regarded as a very casual shoe, it’s easy to wear and it's easy to walk around in. |
| My sneakers are very comfortable. |
| 4. twenty-one |
| Twenty-one is the number after Twenty. |
| Twenty-one is a special age in the United States because this is the age at which people are legally allowed to drink alcohol. |
| The building has twenty-one storeys. |
| 5. twenty-two |
| Twenty-two is the number after twenty-one. |
| Twenty-two is her favorite number. |
| 6. thirty-three |
| Thirty-three is the number after thirty-two. |
| This book has thirty-three pages. |
| 7. forty-four |
| So forty-four is the number after forty-three. |
| I'll have forty-four exams this year. |
| 8. fifty-five |
| Fifty-four is the number after fifty-four. |
| Make sure to clearly pronounce the fifty so that you don't make a mistake; it might sound like fifteen if you don't pronounce fifty clearly. |
| My TV has fifty-five channels. |
| 9. student |
| So a student is a person who attends the school or who attends lessons of some kind. |
| She is a good student. |
| 10. watch |
| So a watch can be a noun, it refers to something we use to keep time we wear on our wrist. |
| Or we can use it as a verb, it means to focus our attention on something, like a movie or a TV show, or maybe a sporting event. |
| I want to watch a movie. |
| 11. classroom |
| A classroom is a place usually in a school but it's a location where someone can teach a lesson. |
| She was alone in the classroom. |
| 12. school |
| A school is a place where lessons are taught. So there are elementary schools, primary schools, there are junior high schools, that are high schools, there are also universities and colleges, these are all considered schools. |
| Many schools don't offer art classes anymore. |
| 13. school chair |
| So a school chair is a specific chair in which you sit when you attend school. This is very common for, like, primary school students. |
| I bought a cushion for my school chair. |
| 14. school desk |
| So a school desk is the desk that a student has in their classroom. |
| The chair is attached to the school desk. |
| 15. surf the Internet |
| So to surf the Internet means just to look at things on the Internet. Usually, we don't have, like, a goal and there's not really an aim, but we're just checking things out, we're looking around. |
| I surf the Internet every night before bed. |
| 16. north |
| North is the opposite of South. When you look at a map, north is the direction going up. |
| The north wind is cold. |
| 17. return |
| So return can have a couple different meanings; it can mean to bring an object back to a store to get your money back, and you can also use it to talk about going back to a place yourself. |
| When must I return it? |
| 18. bathe |
| So to bathe means to wash. We usually use the verb bathe to talk about washing our bodies. |
| I like to bathe in the evening just after work. |
| 19. sleep |
| Sleep can be used as a noun and as a verb. As a verb, it means to go to your bed and to close your eyes, and to lose consciously, it’s a good thing. As a noun, it refers to just the act of not being awake. |
| You should sleep early. |
| 20. south |
| So south is the opposite of North. When you look in a map, south is the direction that's going down. |
| The birds are flying to the south. |
| 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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