BOX SET: English In A Minute 23 – TEN English lessons in 10 minutes!

Let's learn four meanings of the noun  'position'. One: 'position' refers to  

where a person or thing is - their location. The  singer took a central position on the stage. Two:  

'position' can refer to how a thing or person is  placed, or to talk about the way a person's body  

is placed. When I first tried yoga, some of  the positions were very uncomfortable. Three:  

'position' can also mean 'situation'. It's often  used when talking about a situation which either  

limits or increases someone's opportunity to  do something. The company is in a difficult  

position after their latest product received  terrible reviews. Four: 'position' can be used  

to talk about a person's job or rank they hold.  She holds a managerial position in the team.

'Pretty' is a pretty useful word. As an adjective,  it means 'attractive' - especially when talking  

about girls or women. Margo always tells her  daughter that she's pretty. We can also use  

'pretty' to talk about things that are pleasant  to look at in a delicate or charming way. Again,  

this is often connected to females, but  it doesn't have to be. It can describe  

something like a view. There's a very pretty  view at the top of that hill. As an adverb,  

'pretty' can be an informal way of saying 'quite'  or 'rather'. The house was built recently,  

it's pretty new. And, it can be used to  give emphasis. We went to bed at 2 am,  

so we were pretty tired. Finally, if you see  'pretty' with the words 'much' or 'well', it means  

'almost'. I think we've mentioned pretty well  everything, so I guess we're pretty much finished.

'Subject' can be a noun, verb and adjective.  Let's start with the noun. In grammar,  

the subject is the person or thing that does the  action. George is the subject of the sentence.  

George baked a cake. At school, college or  university, a subject is something you study.  

My favourite subject at school was music.  A subject can also be the topic that is  

discussed or studied. She has written many  books on the subject of sleep. As a verb,  

to subject someone to something means  to make them experience it. It's usually  

something unpleasant. She subjected us  to her terrible singing. As an adjective,  

to be subject to something means to be affected  by it. These lessons are subject to a time limit.

Let's learn 'field'. As a noun, it's often a  place covered in grass with a fence or line  

around it. A field might be for animals and  crops or for playing sports on. The sheep are  

in this field. There are 22 players on the  field. A field can be the area or subject  

that someone works in. She's one of the experts  in her field. 'Field' is also a verb. If you  

field a ball in cricket or baseball, you catch  it and throw it to where it should be. At work,  

people field questions or calls. It's similar -  you're dealing with a problem. She's so good at  

fielding the ball. I've been fielding calls from  angry customers all day. So, a field is a place  

for animals, crops or sports, the area you work  in and it's a verb for dealing with problems.

Let's learn 'kind'. It's very common to use 'kind'  as an adjective. 'Kind' describes someone who's  

caring and helpful, and it can also describe  the actions that make them that way. He always  

helps me. He's really kind. That's such a kind  gesture. We also use this word as a noun to say  

what group something is in. Tigers are a kind of  cat. Be careful. We can use 'kind of' to suggest  

that something is only just that type of thing.  This colour - it's kind of blue, kind of green.  

It's somewhere in the middle. Okay, it's kind of  complicated, but we use 'kind' as an adjective  

for good acts and good people, and we use it  as a noun to talk about categories of things.

'This' is used to show what we are referring to.  It could be a person, object or idea. This is my  

friend, Jane. She's a surfer. This is the  book I recommended to you yesterday. We use  

'this' when the thing we're talking about is  very close to us - not far away. I bought this  

jumper last month. This is a microphone. I wear  it so you can hear me. 'This' also goes before  

words like 'afternoon', 'week' and 'year' to  refer to the present time. I was so tired this  

morning. I couldn't wake up. I'm meeting  two friends for dinner this week. Finally,  

we use 'this' when we want to show the degree  or level of something. My sister is about this  

tall. I'm starving. I've never been this hungry.  Why don't you share this video with a friend?

This is my head. On our head, we have our eyes,  nose, mouth and ears. She always tilts her head  

when she's thinking. I hit my head and now it  hurts. We also use 'head' as a noun to refer to  

our mind and how we think. I can't get that song  out of my head. Gemma has a good head for numbers.  

As an adjective or noun, we can use 'head' to mean  leading or being in charge of something. My sister  

is the head chef of a restaurant. My brother  is head of English at a school. In some phrasal  

verbs, 'head' means to leave or go in a particular  direction. I'm going to head off soon. The lesson  

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Let's learn 'for'. 'For' is usually a  preposition. One meaning is to talk about  

purpose and intention. We use 'for' to talk  about the intended use of something or the  

person intended to receive something. This pen  is for writing. This present is for you. 'For'  

can be used to talk about who you are helping  or representing. Yes, for you, I'll do anything.  

I play for my team every week. We can use 'for'  with measurements like time, distance or price.  

This road goes on for miles. This video only lasts  for one minute. Like most prepositions, 'for' has  

many meanings. For more, keep watching our videos.  We think it's the best place for learning English.

Let's learn 'great'. We use it as an adjective  to talk about something being very big, 

very important or very good. We've seen great  improvement in the last ten years. This is just  

a great video. We can use it with adjectives,  particularly those related to large quantities  

or sizes to emphasise them. I just caught a  great big fish. Sometimes we use it as a noun to  

talk about the people or things that we think are  particularly important or successful. As a singer,  

she’s one of the greats. He's one of the all time  greats of basketball. The word 'great' is used in  

different ways to talk about large, important  or good things. It's a great word to know!

You know what it means, but do you know how 'what'  can be used? Let's take a look. 'What' can be used  

in questions to ask for information. What time  do you usually wake up? We can also use 'what’  

in questions to show that we are surprised.  What? You wake up at noon? We can use 'what'  

on its own to ask someone to say something again.  I don't like chocolate. What? I don't really like  

chocolate. When not in a question, ‘what' can  introduce something you’re going to say. You’ll  

never guess what...Phil doesn't like chocolate!  ‘What' can introduce an opinion. What a cute  

puppy! And 'what' also means 'that which'.  What I love most about him, are his ears.