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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. "country" |
| The word country has a few different uses. So you probably know about country as in the place where you were born, you know there are many different countries in the world; this use of country, however, refers to a place outside the city. You might know the word "countryside" to refer to some place out in nature; we often use country to make that word a little shorter in everyday conversation. |
| "They have a big house in the country." |
| 2. "village" |
| A village is like a very very small town. There are not so many people and not so many buildings, it's a very small community of people. |
| "My grandfather lives in a small village." |
| 3. "town" |
| A town is a little bit larger than a village. There are more people, maybe there are more stores, restaurants, perhaps more activities, more things to do. |
| "Excuse me, where is the nearest town?" |
| 4. "suburb" |
| A suburb is an area just outside a big city. So if you imagine a big city as being at the core of a circle, the suburb area is the area a little bit outside of that core city area. So the suburbs are generally considered good places to raise families because you have access to the big city but there's a little more nature and they're generally safer places. |
| "I moved to the suburbs last year." |
| 5. "room" |
| So a room is a space inside a house or an apartment or other kind of living situation. We usually use the word "room" to talk about the place where you sleep. You may also see room at the end of other words to talk about the function of that room like living room or dining room or bathroom. |
| "My room is small." |
| 6. "burn" |
| A burn is a type of injury. When we have a burn, it's usually very very painful; kind of stings a little bit, it turns red and it can hurt to touch. A burn is caused by something very hot, like fire or perhaps touching a hot stove. |
| "My burn hurts a lot." |
| 7. "chess" |
| Chess is a very well-known board game. It's played between two people; each player has a lot of pieces and the goal of the game is to use your pieces to move into a position so that you're ready to take your opponent's king. |
| "Chess is a game of strategy and concentration." |
| 8. "language" |
| Language refers to vocabulary, words, grammar, rules, idioms, and so on. All of the things that work together that allow you to communicate with another person. |
| "Think in the language you want to learn." |
| 9. "blow-dry" |
| So to blow-dry refers to using a drying machine of some kind, usually for hair, to cause something to become dry. |
| "I blow-dry my hair every morning." |
| 10. "martial arts" |
| Martial arts refers to methods of combat; so fighting with other people and self-defense. So protecting yourself from attackers in today's world, they can be used for fighting and for self-defense, but they are widely commonly practiced as sports. |
| "Do you like martial arts?" |
| 11. "satisfied" |
| Satisfied is used to talk about being happy with the outcome of something. You can use this after a meal, after purchasing a product, after you have some kind of experience; you can describe a pleasant reaction to the experience with satisfied. |
| "I'm satisfied with the result." |
| 12. "calm" |
| Calm is an adjective we can use to talk about people and that we can use to talk about environments like the weather or nature. So when something is calm or when a person is calm, it is undisturbed; so someone who is calm doesn't get angry or upset easily. When we want to describe an environment that is calm, it's the same idea; so it's not turbulent, there are not lots of waves or not lots of wind, everything is very still. |
| "The ocean is calm." |
| 13. "comb" |
| Comb can be used as a noun or as a verb. As a verb, it means the action of using a comb to remove something from hair or to straighten hair. |
| "I comb my dog every day." |
| 14. "gargle" |
| So gargle this is a verb, we use it to describe the health practice of taking water or another liquid into your mouth and kind of using your throat muscles to mix that around in your mouth, maybe to clear out bacteria or to clear out germs. So typically, we do not swallow or take that liquid into our body, we usually spit it out, this is called gargling. |
| "I gargle several times a day." |
| 15. "dissatisfied" |
| Dissatisfied is used to describe an unhappy feeling at the outcome of something. So after a meal that's not good or if we buy a product that's not very good, we can describe our feelings our unhappy feelings with the word dissatisfied. |
| "The man is dissatisfied with the product." |
| 16. "five thousand" |
| Five thousand refers to five thousands of something. Remember, when you use the word "thousand" as a counter word, simply put the basic form of the number before the word "thousand"; you don't need to make any changes to that number word. |
| "Five thousand people were protesting on the square." |
| 17. "three thousand" |
| So three thousand refers to three thousands of something. Again, before using the word "thousand," simply use the basic number word. |
| "In Peru, more than three thousand types of potatoes exist." |
| 18. "six thousand" |
| Six thousand refers to six one thousands of something. |
| "There are around six thousand islands in Greece." |
| 19. "seven thousand" |
| Seven thousand refers to seven one thousands of something. |
| "She sold seven thousand albums." |
| 20. "nine thousand" |
| Nine thousand refers to nine one thousands of something. |
| "Nine thousand troops withdrew from the country." |
| 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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