Learn English Vocabulary Daily #11.4 - British English Podcast

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Hello, welcome to The English Like a Native Podcast.
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My name's Anna and you're listening to Week 11, Day 4 of Your English
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Five a Day, a series that aims to increase your vocabulary by five
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pieces every day from Monday to Friday.
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So, let's kick off today's list.
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As we've done every day this week, we're starting with a noun and it is niche.
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Niche is spelled N I C H E.
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In American English, this is sometimes pronounced niche, niche, but in
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British English, this is niche.
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A niche refers to a job or a position that's very suitable for someone,
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especially one that they like.
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So, for example, my niche is content creation that's educational.
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Here's an example sentence.
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"You've really found a niche for yourself with your jewellery making, when is your
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new shop opening on the high street?"
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Next on the list is another noun and it is novelty, novelty.
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Novelty is spelled N O V E L T Y.
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Novelty.
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Novelty.
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Novelty is the quality of being new and unusual, something that has not been
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experienced before and is so interesting.
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Here's an example sentence.
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"Tourists are still a novelty on the remote island of Fogo in Canada."
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Personally, I would say that getting a lie-in these days, or even a good
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night's sleep — an undisturbed eight hours of sleep, that would be a
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novelty to me in my current situation.
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Moving on, we have a verb now and it is overshadow.
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To overshadow.
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This is spelled O V E R S H A D O W.
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Overshadow.
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To overshadow something is to cause someone or something to
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seem less important or less happy.
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So, some bad news might overshadow a joyous event.
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For example, if someone close to you dies the day before your wedding day, that
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death is going to overshadow your wedding.
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Here's an example sentence.
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"Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister."
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Next on the list, we have an idiom and it is compare notes, Compare notes.
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So, this is spelled C O M P A R E, compare.
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Notes, N O T E S.
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So, if two people are comparing notes, then they tell each other
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what they think about something that they've both done or experienced.
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So, for example, if I go for an audition to be in a West End show, and
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I hear that you have also auditioned with the same casting director for
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the same show, then I might say,
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"Oh, let's go for a coffee and compare notes."
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We haven't literally written anything down.
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There are no notes to look at, but we will discuss our experience and, you
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know, try to gain greater knowledge and insight by learning about the other
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person's experience of the same thing.
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Or, if you also get a Ninja, so I've got an air fryer called a Ninja.
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If you get a Ninja air fryer too, then I might say,
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"Oh, let's compare notes.
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What do you think?
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What have you been able to make with it?
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Was it a good purchase?
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Are you enjoying it?"
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Here's another example.
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"We had both been out with the same man at different points in our lives, so
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it was interesting to compare notes."
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Last on our list is an adjective and it is tailored, tailored.
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We spell this T A I L O R E D.
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Tailored.
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Tailored.
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If something is tailored, particularly clothing, or a course perhaps,
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then it's made or changed to suit a particular situation or purpose.
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So, a tailored suit is a suit that has been adjusted to fit a specific body.
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So, you wouldn't buy a tailored suit off the peg, you wouldn't walk into a shop
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and just buy one, you'd have to be fitted, and you'd have to see a tailor who would
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measure you and make the alterations and then try it on you and see if it
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works and make additional alterations if needed, so that your tailored suit
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is perfectly tailored to your body.
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A course that is tailored to you would be a course that's adjusted and changed
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in order to suit your learning needs.
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Here's another example.
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"This project clearly requires a tailored computer programme, we're going to have
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to hire someone to write it for us."
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Okay, so that's our five for today.
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Let's recap.
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We had the noun niche, which is a job or a position that's
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suitable, very suitable for someone, especially one that they like.
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Then we had the noun novelty where something is quite new and unusual or
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something that's not being experienced before, something very interesting.
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"Ooh, novelty!"
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Then we had the verb overshadow to cause someone or something to be
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less happy or to seem less important.
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Then we had the idiom compare notes, when two people who've experienced
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the same thing discuss their experiences and their thoughts.
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And we finished with the adjective tailored, where something is
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changed or made especially to suit a particular situation or purpose.
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Let's now do this for pronunciation purposes.
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Repeat after me.
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Niche.
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Niche.
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Novelty.
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Novelty.
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Overshadow.
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Overshadow.
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Compare notes.
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Compare notes.
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Tailored.
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Tailored.
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Fantastic.
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How would you describe a suit that has been made specifically to fit your body?
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A tailored suit.
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What verb would you use to describe something that makes
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something else seem less important?
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Overshadow.
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How about something that's quite new and unusual and really interesting?
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What noun would you use for that?
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A novelty, a novelty.
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And what about if you find a position that's very suitable for you?
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What noun would you use to describe that?
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A niche, a niche.
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Now we've both done the same thing in the same place.
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What idiom should we use to describe talking about our experiences?
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Compare notes.
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Compare notes.
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Fantastic.
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Let's bring all of those together in a little story.
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In the world of Wall Street, there are two brothers, Ryan and Kyle.
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They are both successful traders, but they have very different styles and strategies.
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Ryan is a risk-taker, so trading is really his niche.
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He likes to explore new and exciting markets.
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He's always looking for the next big thing, the novelty
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that will make him a fortune.
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Kyle is a conservative who likes to stick to the established and proven sectors.
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He tailors each investment to suit his client's exact needs and he's
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always looking for the safe and steady returns, the reliability
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that will secure his wealth.
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The brothers are constantly trying to outdo each other, to prove who
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is the smarter and better trader.
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They compare notes, they compare portfolios, they compare profits.
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They also compare lifestyles, cars, houses, and girlfriends.
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They are obsessed with each other, and are never satisfied.
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The rivalry between Ryan and Kyle is so intense that it often overshadows their
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other relationships and responsibilities.
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They have neglected their family, their friends, and their colleagues.
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They have also neglected their own health and happiness.
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They have become slaves to their egos and their ambitions.
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What will happen to Ryan and Kyle?
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Will they ever reconcile their differences and respect each other?
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Or will they continue to fight to be the better twin and trader?
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Will they ever find peace and balance in their lives?
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Or will they lose everything that actually matters?"
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And that brings us to the end of today's episode.
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As always, I hope you found it useful.
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Have a lovely day.
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Until next time, take care and goodbye.
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