Learn 20 high-frequency expressions, including direction words and words for hygiene
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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. "outside" |
| Outside refers to something not in a building. |
| "It's getting cloudy outside." |
| 2. "inside" |
| The word "inside" refers to something within a building; it's the opposite of outside. |
| "We are inside the hotel." |
| 3. "left" |
| Left is the opposite of right. It refers to this side, or if you're watching in this video, this side, I suppose. |
| "It's on the left side." |
| 4. "right" |
| In terms of direction, "right" is the opposite of "left." |
| We can also use this word to mean "correct," but for this lesson, let's focus on meaning the opposite of "left." |
| "There's a park on the right side of the building." |
| 5. "first" |
| First refers to the number one of something. We use this word in competitions, in tournaments, and things to talk about the number one rank of something. |
| "They had their first child early." |
| 6. "second" |
| Second is what comes after "first," it refers to the number two rank of something. Again, we use this in tournaments, in races, and so on. |
| "My office is on the second floor." |
| 7. "third" |
| Third refers to the number three of something, while again we can use this word in tournaments and races, we can also use it to refer to the number three of something. |
| "My credit card bill is due on the third of every month." |
| 8. "soap" |
| Soap is what we use to wash our hands, to wash our clothes, to wash our dishes; we can refer to all of these as soap. |
| "Bathe with soap and water every day." |
| 9. "toothbrush" |
| A toothbrush is the thing that we use to clean our teeth. |
| So please keep in mind we do not say "teeth brush," no, we use "toothbrush," "toothbrush," here. |
| "Can you give me that toothbrush?" |
| 10. "toothpaste" |
| So we use toothpaste together with our toothbrush. |
| It's like the paste that we use to clean our teeth. |
| "We're out of toothpaste." |
| 11. "shampoo" |
| Shampoo refers to the kind of soap that we use to clean our hair. |
| "The woman is shampooing her hair." |
| 12. "information" |
| Information can refer to anything that we hear or that we read; it can refer to something written, it can refer to something that we hear in sound, many different things can be information. |
| "Can you send me the information?" |
| 13. "farmer" |
| A farmer is someone who grows food or they raise cattle. |
| Cattle, for example, is sheep, pigs, cows, and so on. |
| A farmer can be a man or a woman. |
| "The farmer is in the wheat field." |
| 14. "secretary" |
| A secretary is like an assistant; they usually work in an office and their responsibilities are schedules, answering phones, helping customers, and so on. |
| "The secretary is on the phone." |
| 15. "banker" |
| A banker is a person who works in a bank. They're someone that deals with money; they might help their clients but they work inside a bank. |
| "My brother is a banker." |
| 16. "writer" |
| A writer is someone who writes. This can be a person that writes books, maybe they write articles, maybe they write for a newspaper or a magazine; someone who writes. |
| "The writer is outlining a story on paper." |
| 17. "try" |
| To try something is like trying to test something; or rather we are aiming to test something, it's something maybe we don't know how to do yet or we're not good at doing yet but we want to. |
| "I'm trying to get up at 6 every day." |
| 18. "measure" |
| Measure is a verb and it refers to finding the length or finding the width of something. We can also use it to measure to find the weight of something. |
| "More or less is fine. You don't have to measure every millimeter." |
| 19. "keep" |
| So the verb "keep" can refer to holding something, often in your house, sometimes, for a long time. We can also use the word "keep" with another verb to mean continue. |
| "It's not so easy to keep creating new ideas." |
| 20. "wait" |
| The verb "wait" refers to stopping activity, usually for a short period of time, in order to do something else. Maybe you are going to meet another person, for example. |
| "Wait a minute!" |
| 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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