AVOID repeating 'SAID' - 50 best alternatives through STORY! (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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- Hello everyone and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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I'm right here in front of my favourite tree.
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A lot of you seemed to like it last time.
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So don't worry if not,
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I will bring back the white background when necessary.
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However, I have some very important news.
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Said is dead.
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Yes, that's right, the word said is dead now.
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We're not going to use it anymore.
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(chuckles)
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Obviously I'm joking.
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However, English is my mother tongue
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and I overuse said.
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I actually remember having lessons at school
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when I was a little girl, about alternatives for said.
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This really helped me with my writing and my vocabulary
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so now naturally, I'm going to pass that knowledge onto you.
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In this lesson, I am going to give you 50,
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I hope that's 50, (chuckles) who knows?
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50 alternatives for the word said,
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and these alternative will be conveniently grouped
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into 10 little categories.
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Now 50 might sound quite a lot,
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but I have included all 50 alternatives into one story.
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Yes, today, I'm going to be reading you a story
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that is also a vocab and listening lesson.
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And the best part is, it's a true story
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about my first job as a waitress.
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Now this is a lot of vocabulary,
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and the vocab lesson.
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Here is the first part of the story.
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As I've previously stated, I used to work as waitress.
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I've remarked on this and a couple of older videos.
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I am pleased to report that nobody was harmed
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during my time as a waitress,
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but I will add that some customers
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didn't receive what they ordered.
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Okay, so in that section of the story,
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we have four, that's three, four alternatives for said,
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and these are all grouped under the heading of
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no emotion or normal.
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You'll see going forward, that a lot of
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the other alternatives have emotion or feelings
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attached to them, or they're used for a specific purpose.
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So we have one, to state.
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To state.
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Two, to remark.
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To remark.
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Three, to report.
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To report.
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And four, to add.
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To add.
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Now onto the next group of alternatives,
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we have alternatives for when you're
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asking a question or replying.
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So this is how I got my first job.
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It's a conversation between me and my mum.
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"How can I get a job when I live in a tiny village
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"with no shops?" I asked.
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"Why don't you try the local pub?" answered my mum.
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"That's a very good idea," I acknowledged.
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So later that day, I walked into the pub.
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"Do you have any vacancies
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"for a weekend waitress?" I inquired.
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"We might be able to make some space for you!"
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replied the landlady, Linda.
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"Please make space for me!" I begged.
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"Can I see your CV?" she requested.
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"I can show you my exam grades
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"but I don't have any work experience," I explained.
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"Why would I care about your exam grades?
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"This is a pub.
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"You can start on Saturday!" she retorted.
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Okay, we finished the second part of the story.
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This is all based on my experience.
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I remember feeling so embarrassed
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when they didn't want to see my exam grades.
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Let's take a look at the alternatives for said,
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when you're asking questions.
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We have, to ask, pretty normal.
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We also have, to inquire, which means
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you want to receive information about something.
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To beg means you really want something.
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You're trying to persuade this person to do something.
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And we also have, to request,
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which is maybe a little more polite.
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Moving on to answers.
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We have, to answer, pretty simple.
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But an interesting one is, to acknowledge.
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This means you accept something's true,
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or you accept that something's good.
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You accept someone's idea.
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We also have, to reply, to explain.
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They're fairly simple as well.
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But a really good one is, to retort,
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which is to reply sharply, almost with a bit of attitude.
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Okay, let's move on to the next part of the story.
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And this includes alternatives for said
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that you can use to show happiness.
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When I got home to see my parents, Richard and Kim,
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I was so happy.
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"I got the job!" I rejoiced.
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"I knew that landlady was completely nuts!"
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joked my dad.
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"You can't say that, Richard!" laughed my mum.
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"Nuts or not, I'm officially employed!" I giggled.
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"You can start paying rent now!" smirked my dad.
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"Jokes aside, we are really proud of you," beamed my mum.
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I remember this so well.
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I felt so proud because I did just walk in there
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and come out with a job.
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I never in a million years expected that to happen.
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So let's look at those alternatives more closely.
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We have, to rejoice,
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which means you say something sort of whilst celebrating,
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you're so happy.
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We have, to joke, when you're making a joke.
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We have, to laugh, when someone is laughing
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whilst saying something.
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The same goes for giggle.
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A giggle is a cheekier laugh.
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If you smirk, it means you're smiling
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in a sort of silly or smug way.
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So my dad was pleased with his joke.
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And we also say, to beam, which means to be really smiling.
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Let's move on to the next category.
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We've got two here.
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We've got alternatives for saying things loudly
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and also alternatives for saying things
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in a scared or worried way.
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I nervously entered the pub the following Saturday.
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"What do you want?" shouted Emily,
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the other waitress who was hoovering the floor.
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"I'm the new waitress!" I yelled back in response.
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"John, the new waitress is here!" screamed Emily
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to the landlord, John.
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"Nice to meet you, John," I trembled.
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"How old are you?" boomed John, who clearly had a temper.
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"15," I stammered.
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"Why are you so young?" he exclaimed.
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"I, I was just born a little late," I stuttered.
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"Oh dear, John is not very happy," gulped Emily.
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Right, let's take a look at the vocab.
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Firstly, let's look at the loud alternatives.
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We have, to shout and to yell,
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which means you're using the top of your voice.
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You're speaking very loudly.
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We also have, to scream, which means even louder. (chuckles)
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To boom is a good one.
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This means you say something in a very imposing,
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low but loud voice.
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And we also have, to exclaim.
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This means, to say something loudly,
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but also showing a bit of surprise.
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And I'm not kidding, they did genuinely ask me
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why I was so young and I struggled
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to find an answer for that.
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You employed me.
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Moving on to the alternatives that you can use
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when you're scared.
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We have, to tremble, which means you're shaking,
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if you're trembling.
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We also have, to stammer and to stutter,
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which means you're struggling to say your words.
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S-s-sorry.
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That was me stammering or stuttering.
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The words aren't coming out smoothly.
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And we also have, to gulp.
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And this comes from when you go, (gulps)
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you know, when you're scared of something, you swallow.
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It's a good way to show that someone's worried
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about somebody's reaction or something that might happen.
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Okay, now we can move onto the next group of words, anger.
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This is a fun one.
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So John and Linda, the landlord and the landlady,
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were a very passionate couple.
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They fought like cats and dogs,
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but they loved each other very much.
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Here's an example of the first interaction
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that I heard between them on my first day.
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"Where have you left the bottle opener?" demanded John.
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"How should I know?" snapped Linda.
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"You were the last one to use it!" he thundered.
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"No I wasn't.
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"You had a drink after closing yesterday!" she fumed.
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"Well, you must have moved it!" he barked.
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"I swear I haven't touched it!" she hissed.
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"Whatever.
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"I've just found it," he grunted.
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"Every time!" she ranted.
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Oh, those were fun to do. (chuckles)
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So there are eight here.
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It turns out there are lots of ways to show
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anger and annoyance.
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So to demand is to ask, but in an angry or insistent way.
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To snap is to say something in a quick or hurried way,
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normally with a negative attitude.
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So Linda said, "How should I know?"
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really quickly and nastily.
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We have, to thunder.
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That's to say something very loudly and imposingly.
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To fume is to really show your anger
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whilst saying something.
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To bark, well it comes from the sound a dog makes.
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They bark.
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And it's to say something like that, very loudly
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and maybe a bit aggressively.
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To hiss.
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This is a good one.
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This is when you're trying to hold in your anger.
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"I said, I didn't do it."
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You maybe keep your mouth quite closed.
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To grunt.
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That's when you say something gruffly without much effort.
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"Whatever, I've found it."
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It comes from the sound of pig makes.
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You know, like (grunts).
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I can't believe I've just done that on camera.
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Similar to that, it's definitely a negative term.
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And then we have, to rant, which is like to nag.
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You've done this and this, you haven't done this.
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It's to moan at someone.
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Okay, onto the next one.
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I have combined saying things in a bossy way
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and saying things quietly.
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The waitress, Emily, made it quite obvious
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that she didn't want me to be there.
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She made me do all of the rubbish jobs
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so I was hardly able to leave the kitchen.
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It was quite ironic as she had a terrible attitude
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and most of the customers hated her,
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but she insisted on doing all of the serving work.
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I had to stay in the kitchen.
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"To start today, you need
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"to clean the toilet," she commanded.
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"Not a problem," I mumbled.
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"Then you can finish the washing up
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"that I didn't do last night," she ordered.
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"Okey dokey," I muttered.
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"After that, you have to polish all of the knives
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"in the cutlery drawer,
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"whilst I go and serve the customers," she dictated.
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"Shouldn't I learn
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"how to serve the customers too?" I whispered.
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"I'm the only person qualified
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"to talk to the customers," she insisted.
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Honestly, I don't have many negative things
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to say about people, but Emily,
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I've given everyone fake names,
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was the least pleasant person
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I may have ever met in my life.
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She was so rude to people, not just to me.
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I wasn't the only one here.
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So let's look at the bossy alternatives.
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We have, to command, to order, to dictate.
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These are all alternatives for telling someone what to do.
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We also have, to insist, and this is to really emphasise
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that you want someone to do something.
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And then we have the quiet alternatives.
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We have, to mumble, and to mumble is to say something
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not so clearly, quietly and clearly
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so that maybe the other person can't hear you so well.
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We also have, to mutter, which is to say something
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kind of intending that the other person doesn't hear it.
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And we also have, to whisper,
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which means to say things without using your voice.
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Okay, let's move on to the final part of the story.
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We have words that you can use to show that someone's sad
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or words that you can use to show
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that you are comforting someone.
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During my break, I called my mum to vent to her about Emily.
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To vent is to let everything out.
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Just let all of your emotions out.
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"Mum, I am having a terrible time!" I cried.
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"Oh no, what's gone wrong?" she groaned.
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"Emily is making it obvious
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"that she doesn't want me there!" I bawled.
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"Oh I can't stand that woman.
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"She is so unprofessional," reassured my mother.
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"She's making my time here very unpleasant!" I sobbed.
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"I'm sure the landlady will see her for who she is
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"very soon," she consoled.
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"I don't think she will.
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"She loves her!" I whined.
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Okay, so let's look at the ones expressing sadness.
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We've got three that show that you are crying.
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To cry, to bawl, which means really crying
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and to sob, which means that you're crying,
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but you're sort of struggling to catch your breath.
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(sobs) Like that. (chuckles)
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Then we have two that can be used for moaning.
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We have, to groan.
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To groan is to make the sound (groans) like that.
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So if you groan a sentence,
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(groans) "I don't want to," she groaned, for example.
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And we also have, to whine.
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To whine is to complain about something.
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So when I said that last sentence,
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"I don't think she will," I was whining.
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Then we have the last two, to comfort.
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To reassure and to console.
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Both of these are used to show that someone
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is saying something to try and make
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another person feel better.
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So we've had our 50 alternatives.
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What was the outcome for Emily?
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And what was the outcome for me?
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Well I was 15 then and I carried on working in that pub
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for, I was about to say 18 years, that's not true,
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for three years until I was 18
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and it was a fantastic weekend job
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and I have definitely dramatised the landlords a bit.
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They were lovely.
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Emily, however, I have not dramatised.
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She was horrible. (chuckles)
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And she actually got fired or did she walk out?
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I can't remember but there was a big argument
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and the workplace was much more pleasant
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when she wasn't there.
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I think she would be great at a job
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that doesn't involve people, potentially.
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Maybe she could be a dog walker.
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Right, that's it for this lesson.
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If you want more information on all of the vocabulary,
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you can download my free PDF.
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The link is in the description box.
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Also don't forget to sign up for, italki.
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You can claim your $10 worth of italki credits
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by clicking in the link in the description box as well.
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If you would like further listening practise,
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I also have a channel where I upload vlogs,
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subtitled vlogs of my daily life on an English farm.
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That was just a little snippet back there,
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but many people seem to like it, so maybe you will too.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.
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I've got my Facebook, my Instagram and my email list.
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I will see you soon for another lesson.
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(blows kiss)
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(upbeat music)
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