Pronounce the 100 Most Common English Words PERFECTLY | British English Pronunciation
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- Hello and welcome back
to English with Lucy.
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I've got a new microphone.
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Very exciting.
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A lot of you have been
commenting on my audio quality,
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so I'm going to try and
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I've also ordered another
one for voiceovers
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so hopefully my audio quality from now on
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will be wonderful.
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One thing I am having
trouble with at the moment
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is my focus so please bear with me
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with this lesson because
I know that my focus
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isn't great.
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It's something I'm working on.
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So today's lesson is going
to be a pronunciation lesson.
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Oxford did a study of
over one billion words
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and they chose the 100 most used words
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in the English language.
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So I've taken those 100 words
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and I'm going to pronounce them for you.
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Now, in my opinion,
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the absolute best way to sound
more like a native speaker
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is to imitate other native speakers.
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So, I want you to imitate or to copy me.
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So, I'll say the word and then you repeat.
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I'll say it again.
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And then you repeat.
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And then we move on to the next one.
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Now remember that I am
speaking British English.
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So my pronunciation will be different
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to an American speakers pronunciation.
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American English can be quite different.
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But just as beautiful.
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Now these words might seem quite easy
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to you cause they're words
that we use all the time,
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but really concentrate on the vowel sounds
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because in many languages like Spanish,
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you have five vowel sounds.
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And in British English
we have 12 vowel sounds
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as well diphthongs.
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Now, I do have the
complete list of the words
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in the description box
so if you are looking
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for the pronunciation of a specific word,
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then you can check that and
click on the right timing.
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Okay? Let's begin.
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The.
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The.
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Be.
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Be.
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To.
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To.
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Of.
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And.
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And.
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Ah.
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Or A.
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Ah.
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A.
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In.
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In.
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Have.
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I.
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It.
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For.
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On.
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On.
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With.
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As.
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As.
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His.
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They.
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We.
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Say.
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Say.
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She.
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She.
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Or.
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Or.
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An.
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An.
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Will.
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Will.
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My.
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My.
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One.
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One.
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All.
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All.
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Would.
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Would.
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There.
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There.
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And the same again.
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It's a homophone.
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Their.
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Their.
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What.
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So.
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So.
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Up.
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About.
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About.
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Who.
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Who.
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Get.
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Which.
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Which.
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Me.
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When.
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When.
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Make.
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Make.
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Can.
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Can.
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Like.
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Time.
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Just.
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Him.
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Him.
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Know.
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Know.
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Remember that one is the same as no.
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Know and no are the same.
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Take.
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Take.
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People.
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People.
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Into.
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Into.
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Year.
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Year.
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Your.
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Your.
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Good.
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Good.
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Some.
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Some.
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Could.
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Could.
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Them.
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Them.
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See.
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Other.
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Other.
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Than.
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Then.
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Then.
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Now.
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Now.
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Look.
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Look.
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Only.
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Only.
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Come.
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Come.
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Its.
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Its.
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Over.
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Over.
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Think.
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Think.
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Also.
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Also.
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Back.
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Back.
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After.
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After.
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Use.
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Use.
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Or also, use.
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Use.
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Two.
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Two.
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How.
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How.
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Our.
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Our.
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Work.
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Work.
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First.
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First.
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Well.
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Well.
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Way.
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Way.
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Even.
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Even.
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New.
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New.
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Want.
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Want.
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Because.
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Because.
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Any.
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Any.
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These.
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These.
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Give.
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Give.
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Day.
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Day.
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Most.
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Most.
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And the last one, us.
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Us.
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Alright, so those were
the 100 most used words
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in the English language.
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I hope you learnt something
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and I hope you improved
your pronunciation.
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Don't forget to connect with me on all
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of my social media which
is here over my face.
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And I'll see you for another
class very, very soon.
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