British English Pronunciation in 50 Minutes - ALL 150 words you need (+ free Pronunciation Ebook)

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Today, we are going to work on your pronunciation.

I am going to help you improve

your British English pronunciation.

And by British English, I'm focusing on RP,

which is my accent.

I have some good news and I have some bad news.

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Pronunciation is really, really difficult.

It's hard, lots of students go straight into trying

to achieve a perfect RP accent,

and it's just not always achievable.

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I actually have two pieces of good news.

The first piece of good news

is that improving your pronunciation isn't so difficult.

You can make little tweaks very easily,

and I can help you to do that.

And I will help you in this video.

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Hello, and welcome back to "English with Lucy."

I've got a pronunciation video for you today,

and it's all about 10 words

that you might be pronouncing incorrectly.

So let's get started.

Okay, so the first word is this one.

How would you say it?

It's not fruit,

there are not two syllables there.

We actually pronounce this word fruit, fruit.

So many students make the mistake

of saying fruit or fruit or fruit, but no,

it's just fruit and fruit is my favourite food.

The next word we have is this one.

So many students actually pronounce this

how they would pronounce it in their own language.

Probably the Italians and the Spanish more than anything.

But we pronounce this not chaos, not cows,

but chaos, we almost add a ya-sound, chaos.

It was an absolute chaos.

The same with the adjective form, it was chaotic.

Okay, number three, we have.

Now I remember learning to spell this word

when I was at school and thinking, "Wow,

that's a crazy spelling

because it's so different to the pronunciation."

Now I've heard all different pronunciations for this word.

I've heard kwe-kwe, I've heard Q-U,

but really we just say queue, queue, one syllable.

And everyone knows that British people love queuing.

Queue, to queue, there is a queue.

It's the verb and the noun as well.

Now onto number four.

And this one always makes me laugh when people say this,

'cause it is really difficult to say.

It is this one.

Now I hear people say crips.

I used to work in a cafe with a lot of foreign workers

and they would always say, "Where are the crips?"

And I'm like, "Crips, are you talking about crepes?"

We say crisps.

This sps sound is very difficult for some people to say,

so you need to practise this in the mirror

before you brush your teeth every night, crisps.

Okay, number five is this one.

If you like cooking,

then you should have seen this word before.

And most people say recipes or receips,

but it should be recipe.

So it's very irregular this word.

Normally, when an E is on the end we don't pronounce it,

but in this case we do, recipe, three syllables.

Okay, number six, this one.

Okay, so many people pronounce this incorrectly.

They want to say every syllable,

so they say com-for-table,

but really it's comfortable, comfortable.

So it's not com-for-table, it's just comfortable.

Okay, so we actually lose a syllable there.

The same goes for number seven, which is not veg-e-table,

vegetable, not veg-e-table, vegetable, vegetable.

Similarly, we have number eight.

Okay, a very important word.

If you don't know this word then you're crazy,

'cause it's a big part of my life.

I hear many people saying chocolate or chocolate,

choco, choco, but we say chocolate, chocolate.

So it's just two syllables.

And I understand it's quite hard

for many people to pronounce,

but if you wanna speak English well

you've got to practise.

So chocolate, chocolate.

Okay, and my last two are days of the week.

So number nine, this one.

Not one of my favourite days of the week,

but it's very important to pronounce it correctly.

I always hear Tu-e-sday, Tu-e-sday,

when in reality it's Tuesday, choose,

like I want to choose

what I'm having for breakfast this morning.

Tuesday, not Tu-e-sday, Tuesday.

And then the last one,

another day of the week.

Not Wed-nes-day, Wednesday,

not Wet-nes-day, Wednesday.

So that's it for this pronunciation lesson.

I really hope it helped you.

And, hopefully, you can now pronounce these words

more confidently.

You will need to repeat and practise again and again

and again, but that's part of learning a language,

so get started now.

Hello, everyone,

and welcome back to "English with Lucy."

How are you all today?

I hope you're very well.

So I just want to make a quick video

responding to some of the comments

on my recent pronunciation video,

because I had a lot of people ask me

how to pronounce other words that they find difficult.

Disclaimer, my channel is dedicated

to teaching British English, that's what I do,

that's what this channel's for.

I'm not saying that American pronunciation is wrong.

So please, everyone, just calm down.

I'm not saying that this

is the only way to pronounce things,

but in British English, this is how we do it.

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Now the first one that was commented quite a few times

is this one.

Where am I looking?

Is this one, which is jewellery.

We say jewellery.

Now yes, you will hear some native people

saying jewellery, jewellery, but in general,

British people say jewellery, jewellery.

Okay, the next one is this one.

And ooh, I kind of feel guilty pronouncing this one,

because it's not our word, it's the Italian's.

I live with Italians and they get very upset

when I say this word wrong.

So now we pronounce it, pizza, pizza.

What do you want for dinner? Pizza, pizza.

I know it's not really meant to be pronounced like that.

We here in Britain say pizza.

So the third one is this one.

It's my own name.

Well, I do say it every video,

I feel like you should know it.

You pronounce my name, Lucy, Lucy.

But a lot of people call me Loose for short,

and my mum actually calls me Lolly,

but no one's allowed to call me Lolly apart from my mum.

Yeah, Lucy.

I often hear Luthy from the Spanish community

and Lassie, Rusie, as well from the Asian community.

They struggle with their Ls and Rs.

Really, I don't mind how you pronounce my name.

I love you ll the same,

but if you want to pronounce it correctly, it's Lucy.

The next one broccoli.

Now broccoli, so it's not broccoli.

Broccoli, emphasis on the first syllable.

Then we've got the schwa, broccoli.

The fifth one is this one, generally.

Now of course you might hear people saying generally,

generally speaking, but we normally say generally,

generally.

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to "English with Lucy."

You read the title,

today, I'm going to show you 10 fashion designer names

that you, yes you, are pronouncing incorrectly.

And I bet you've come here like, "Oh yeah, let's see.

Let's see what this British girl with missing fingernails

is gonna accuse me of."

Well, you might surprise yourself

because I surprised myself

whilst doing the research for these videos.

I'm by no means a fashion expert.

I am, however, extremely interested in pronunciation,

and I know a lot of you guys are as well,

and you want to sound like you know

what you're talking about.

So a lot of you will be here

because you want to improve your English speaking

and pronunciation and certainly

want to sound more professional

when talking about these brands.

Now the first one is this one,

(sighs) what a gorgeous brand.

I've always, always wanted one of their fancy belts.

I've never been able to justify one though.

This one I used to pronounce it Hermes.

But upon doing my research,

I found out that it should be pronounced Hermes.

Hermes, Hermes, and that's because

it's a French designer and the H is silent.

The next one, this one, oh my God,

I've heard so many variations

for the pronunciation of this brand.

I'll give you a clue.

The founder of the brand was called Adolf Dassler.

Adolf Dassler, and his nickname was Adi.

So the brand is an infusion of his nickname and his surname,

his nickname, Adi, and his surname, Das, Adidas.

I sometimes hear Adidas and Adidas or Adidas.

And, but yeah, it should be Adidas.

The next one, another French one,

one that I'm likely to butcher,

it is what I would originally call Balmain,

but it should actually be pronounced Balmain, Balmain.

See, the Frenchies don't like pronouncing

the N at the end of words.

Balmain, Balmain.

I think I need a French lesson.

Then we have this one.

Like many of you, I imagine,

I looked at this and I thought low.

I thought it was gonna be called low, but it's not.

It's a Spanish brand,

and that W is actually pronounced wh.

So it is Loewe, Loewe, Loewe, Loewe.

That's a sexy word.

The next one.

It isn't Moschino, it is not Moschino.

It is actually pronounced Moschino, Moschino,

which is because it's an Italian brand

and anything with S-C-H-I is ski, ski, Moschino.

There's something on my floor.

It's Versace.

Actually, it's not Versace.

It's an Italian word,

so it should be Versace, Versace.

The next one.

It's not Nike.

It is Nike, Nike.

The next one is less Thierry Mugler,

and it's more Thierry Mugler.

We also have, instead of Saint Laurent,

Saint Laurent, Saint Laurent.

Now the difficulty with this is the French re,

the French R sound, which is a re, re, from the back.

I find it very difficult to produce.

We also have one

that is really, really commonly mispronounced in the UK.

And the reason we know we mispronounce it

is because Rachel worked there in "Friends."

It should be Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren,

but we, for some reason pronounce it, Ralph Lauren.

Another difficult one is Givenchy, Givenchy.

Ooh, that one's a tongue twister.

Now the next one,

it's not a fashion brand, but it is a luxury item.

And this is, what we would call in the UK, Porsche,

but it should actually be pronounced with two syllables,

it should be Porsche.

And I checked with my boyfriend,

who's really into cars, and he said,

Porsche as well when it should be Porsche.

So yeah, really common mistake, but bear that one in mind.

Welcome back to "English with Lucy."

Today, I've got a pronunciation video for you.

I'm going to teach you how to pronounce

10 commonly mispronounced girl's names.

So I've got 10 of the most popular names in the UK

that are commonly mispronounced.

So if you have any of these names yourself,

you're going to have to say it a million times on the phone,

spell it out for people, correct people.

Sometimes you might get so bored of it

that you don't even bother correcting people anymore.

So let me know if you have this name

and how you deal with people mispronouncing it all the time.

Now some of these are mispronounced

because there are various different ways

of pronouncing them, so I will go through those.

And if I miss any out, comment down below.

Let's get started with the lesson.

The first one is this one.

So the official pronunciation of this name is Siobhan,

but obviously you can name your baby

whatever you want to name it,

so if you want to call it Siobhan, that is absolutely fine.

It's a lovely name as well.

I think I actually had more Siobhans

in my year at school than I did Siobhans,

but yeah, you can call it what you want,

but commonly mispronounced, so be careful.

The next one is a gorgeous name.

I absolutely love this name.

It is this one and the S is silent,

and this causes some confusion,

but it should be Isla, Isla.

I think I just love any name with like the I sound in it,

I think it's so beautiful, Isla.

Now the next one is actually a combination of two names

and this is mispronounced purely because people misread it.

So we've got Kristin and Kirstin,

Kristin, Kirstin, but yes,

a number of times I've emailed someone called Kristin

and I've greeted them as Kirstin

and it gets a bit embarrassing.

So yeah, be extra, extra careful over Kristin and Kirstin.

Number four, there is no right or wrong with this one.

You can say Eva, or you can say Eva,

the best thing to do is just ask.

Number five, much like Eva or Eva,

is Kyra or Kyra.

With this particular spelling,

it could be either or.

It could be either Kyra or Kyra,

but with other spellings, it can be a little bit more clear.

The next one, another one

where you really should just ask,

is it Mia, or is it Mia?

Who knows? Ask the poor person.

The next one is confusing purely because

it has three vowels in a row, oh my God.

It should be pronounced Gaia, Gaia,

but I'm pretty sure there will be someone in the world

that calls it Gaia.

Actually on that line of thought,

one of my school teachers was actually called Gay,

which comes from the meaning happy.

But yeah, a bit of a shame actually,

it's not a name that I hear so frequently nowadays.

Next one.

Anything containing Leigh spelled like this.

So it could be Leigh on its own,

or it could be Ashley.

People who have this in their name

frequently complain of being called Leigh

or Ashley, et cetera.

Next we have this one.

Now, obviously it depends on the parent.

This one should actually be Kaia like in Mia,

but some people might mispronounce it by saying Kaia.

And the last one is this one, again,

it depends on the parent,

it could be Layla or it could be Layla.

I personally prefer Layla

because it's got that I sound in it,

which I think is so beautiful.

Welcome back to "English with Lucy."

Today, I want to talk to you

about commonly mispronounced baby names

that are usually given to boys.

So the first name that I'd like to talk about

is actually a Hispanic name

and it is Joaquin, Joaquin,

like the "Walking Dead."

So in Spanish it should be Joaquin,

but speakers of English generally

tend to pronounce it as Joaquin, Joaquin.

So Joaquin Phoenix, for example, it doesn't feel right,

it doesn't roll off the tongue.

Number two, now, some of you are gonna laugh

at this one because you will know how to pronounce it.

But I honestly, for the majority of my childhood,

thought that this was pronounced as seen, seen.

So, you know the actor, Sean Bean,

I thought he was Seen Bean, but yes,

it should be pronounced Sean.

The next one.

Now this just depends on the parents.

It could be Stephen and it could be Steven,

it's up to them, so just ask with this one.

Now the next one is a little bit confusing

because it could be anything,

so you are likely to mispronounce it,

and that's why it's best just to ask the person

how they pronounce their name.

It could be Elias, it could be Elias

and it could be Elias.

Are those just all the variations there?

I guess you could say Elias as well, just ask.

The next one.

Anything beginning with an X is difficult.

This one is normally pronounced Xander, Xander.

Next one we have is actually pronounced with an X

and that is Xavier, Xavier,

but you could meet someone called Xavier as well.

What about this one?

Is it Noel? Like Christmas?

It could be, I have met somebody called Noel before,

but she was female, and normally

the male version of this name is Noel, Noel.

Now this one is just the Irish version of Owen.

Eoghan, and I remember,

does anyone remember Eoghan Quigg?

He was an "X-Factor" participant in like 2000 and something,

and I thought he was so handsome, but yeah,

I remember reading his name and thinking Eoghan,

but no Eoghan, apparently.

Now the next one, is it Louis or is it Louis?

You're going to have to ask the person

because it all depends

on what their parents decided to call them.

Sorry guys, that one's a bit of a cop out.

The last one we have is Jaden.

We know it now because of Jaden Smith,

but a few years back,

people were pretty confused

and we were hearing Jarden, Jadden,

but no, apparently it should be Jaden.

Welcome back to "English with Lucy."

Today, I have another pronunciation video for you.

I'm going to be going through all of the English place names

that are really hard to pronounce.

And I'm going to be letting you in on some secrets.

Yes, I'm going to be giving you some rules.

And if you take note and if you learn them,

hopefully pronouncing English place names

should be a lot easier.

And to make it a little bit more fun

and to allow you guys to laugh at yourselves,

I've made it a quiz.

So you can comment below with your score.

I'm basically going to give you a little bit of time

to guess the pronunciation before I tell you what it is.

Let's see how many you get wrong.

Oh, sorry, I should be more motivational.

Let's see how many you get right.

Now, I'm going to do it area by area.

And I'd like to start with southern England

simply because that's where I'm based, sort of.

Number one.

How do you pronounce this beautiful city?

(clock ticking)

It's pronounced Gloucester, Gloucester.

Number two.

How do you pronounce this Oxfordshire town?

If you do want to go, it has a great designer outlet.

We love going there.

(clock ticking)

It's Bicester, Bicester.

And I can assure you before that design outlet was built,

I was calling it Bicester, so you're not alone.

Number three, how do you pronounce this town,

that's just outside of London?

(clock ticking)

It's Slough, Slough.

Fun fact, I once had an iPhone stolen

and it appeared in Slough.

I never got it back.

And number four, the last one of this section,

how do you pronounce this town?

(clock ticking)

It's Reading, Reading,

and Reading Festival was the first festival

I ever went to, potentially the last, no,

I have been to one since.

Yeah, festivals aren't for me,

turns out someone jumped on my tent, not great.

Okay, let's move on to places in London.

The first one,

this has a tube stop in London

and it's where I went to university.

How do you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should be Marylebone, Marylebone,

but it's now so widely mispronounced that who knows.

I'm sure I'll have a couple of opinions on this video

about how to pronounce Marylebone.

Number two, a little town in the borough of Hillingdon.

How is this one pronounced?

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It should be Ruislip, Ruislip.

Number three, this is an area in central London.

It, again, has its own tube station.

How would you pronounce it?

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It should be pronounced Holborn, Holborn.

The next one is a borough of London.

It also has a tube station.

I used to live here and I started off mispronouncing it.

How would you pronounce this place?

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It should be Southwark, Southwark.

The next one.

This place has a football club, a very famous football team.

How would you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should be Tottenham, Tottenham.

Now I used a glottal stop there.

Okay, it should be pronounced Tottenham, Tottenham,

but everyone I hear says Tottenham, Tottenham Hot Spurs.

Next we have this place.

Lovely place, supposedly.

How would you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should be Chiswick, Chiswick,

with a Z sound, don't ask me why.

It's the way it is, next.

Where my brother-in-law-to-be lives.

How would you pronounce this place?

(clock ticking)

It should be Greenwich, Greenwich.

Okay, moving on to the Midlands.

Number one, there is a sauce named after this place.

How would you pronounce it?

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It should be Worcester, Worcester, just two syllables.

The next one, this one's quite similar.

How would you pronounce this city?

(clock ticking)

(Lucy grunts)

It should be Leicester, Leicester,

and the same goes for Leicester Square in London.

Okay, moving on to this one.

There is a fantastic university here

that's always really good at sport.

How would you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should be Loughborough, Loughborough,

again, only two syllables,

but you might hear some people saying Loughborough,

but it should be bra, bra.

And the last one, how would you pronounce this city?

(clock ticking)

It should be Derby, Derby.

Okay, the first one located in Yorkshire.

How would you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should just be Barugh, Barugh.

The next one, how would you pronounce this location?

(clock ticking)

It should be pronounced Keighley, Keighley.

And the last one, this Cumbrian town.

How would you pronounce it?

(clock ticking)

It should be Sedbergh, Sedbergh.

Okay, let me know in the comments below

how many you got right.

And please don't worry if your score is low,

the names are ridiculous.

It's almost like a gatekeeper.

Like if you can't say the places

we know you're not from here.

Now, I'm going to share a couple of rules with the you

about suffixes of place names.

In general, knowing these suffixes

will mean you will automatically know

how to pronounce a wide variety of place names.

Okay, first we have borough, borough.

For example, Loughborough, Loughborough.

Then we have bury, bury.

For example, Bibury, Bibury.

Then we have cester, cester.

For example, Bicester, Bicester.

Then we have combe, combe.

For example, Salcombe, Salcombe.

Then we have ham, ham,

like in Tottenham, Tottenham.

Then we have on, on.

This isn't a suffix, it's actually

in the first syllable of a word.

It's on as in London and Tonbridge.

Then we have shire or sheer, shire or sheer.

It depends, Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire,

you can choose whichever you like.

And the last one, we have mouth, mouth,

as in Bournemouth.

Right, that's it for today's lesson.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Don't forget to share your scores

and don't forget to contribute

any other really difficult to pronounce place names.

Hello, everyone, and welcome back to "English with Lucy."

I've got another pronunciation video for you today.

And it's one that's been highly requested.

I made a video.

I made a video a couple of months ago

about commonly mispronounced brand names.

And people seemed to really, really

want commonly mispronounced car names.

Now I'm not a car expert.

I only passed my driving test a year ago,

but I take great interest in pronunciation

and I've done my research,

and I'm here to help you guys out.

Let's start with the Italian ones.

The first one, this one,

a lot of people call it Alfa Romeo

because it sounds like Romeo and Juliet,

but it's an Italian brand,

so it should be Alfa Romeo.

So it's not Alfa Romeo,

it's Alfa Romeo or Alfa Romeo.

The next one, not such a common brand,

but I have heard it referred to as a Lancia

and it should be Lancia, Lancia.

Now the next one, number three,

is a very expensive car brand

and we tend to pronounce it incorrectly quite frequently.

A lot of people might say Lamborghini or Lamborghini.

It should be Lamborghini, Lamborghini,

so it's that bor sound.

I don't think we have to worry too much

about the rolled Rs because not everybody can do that,

but we should at least try bor, Lamborghini.

The next one, is it Maserati?

It should be Maserati.

I think you'll be forgiven if you say Maserati.

Okay, the next one, a German car name.

A lot of people might say Audi,

but if we're going to be like the Germans,

we need to say Audi, Audi.

The next one, another German car brand.

This one I did mention in my brand video.

In the UK, we always call this Porsche,

but it should have a schwa at the end,

it needs to be Porsche, Porsche.

The next one, another German one, this one, Volkswagen.

In Germany, they would say Volkswagen.

The V makes a F sound and the W makes a W sound.

Volkswagen, Volkswagen.

Okay, the next one is possibly

the most complicated one we have on this list today.

It's a Swedish car brand.

I don't even know what I would call this.

I would just give it a go, Koenigsegg, Koenigsegg.

Koenigsegg sounds beautiful.

It should be Koenigsegg, Koenigsegg.

Now the next, one we've got this one.

A lot of people would call it Chevrolet.

People get confused by that T on the end,

but it's not pronounced.

It is Chevrolet, Chevrolet.

And the final one,

and this is the one I'm going to struggle with most,

'cause it's got that French ugh sound.

It is this one.

It often gets mispronounced Citroen, Citroen,

or Citroen, but it should be pronounced Citroen,

but you could just say Citroen.

Citroen, man, I don't know

if I'll ever be able to master the French car brands,

but maybe I'll just buy Italian ones.

Welcome back to "English with Lucy."

Today, I've got my biggest pronunciation video yet.

It's been a long time in the making.

This video is going to show you 100 words

that are difficult to pronounce,

the definitions of the words

and also how to pronounce them in British English.

We're going along with the pronunciation advice

from the "Oxford Learner's Dictionary,"

the link of which I will put in the description box.

This video is going to be fabulous

for your pronunciation, for your relaxation,

because I feel like a lot of people come to my videos

just to have someone talking

in a soft voice in the background,

but it's also gonna be great for your listening,

because if you know how to pronounce certain words,

then you will be able to understand them

when people say them to you.

I'm also going to share the definition with you as well,

so you'll be able to improve your vocabulary.

So by the end of this video,

you should be able to understand 100 words,

use 100 advanced words in your vocabulary

and also pronounce 100 words perfectly.

Right, let's get started with the video.

One, albeit, albeit,

meaning although.

Two, almond, almond.

The flat, pale, sweet nut

of the almond tree used in cooking

and to make almond oil.

Three, anemone, anemone.

A small plant with red, white, blue, or purple flowers

that are shaped like cups and have dark centres.

Four, antarctic, antarctic.

Connected with the regions of the world

surrounding the South Pole.

Five, archipelago, archipelago.

A group of islands and the sea surrounding them.

Six, arctic, arctic.

Related to or happening in the regions

around the North Pole.

Seven, asterisk, asterisk.

To mark something with the little star symbol.

Eight, athlete, athlete.

A person who competes in sports.

Nine, bouquet, bouquet.

A bunch of flowers arranged in an attractive way.

Number 10, brewery, brewery.

A factory where beer is made or a company that makes beer.

Number 11, buoy, buoy.

An object which floats on water

to mark where is safe for boats to go.

12, bury, bury.

To hide something in the ground.

13, cache, cache.

A part of a computer's memory that stores copies of data

that is often needed whilst a programme is running.

14, candidate, candidate.

A person who is trying to be elected

or is applying for a job.

15, caramel, caramel.

Burnt sugar used for adding colour or flavour to food.

16, chaos, chaos.

A state of complete confusion and lack of order.

17, chauvinism, chauvinism.

An aggressive and unreasonable belief

that your country is better than all others.

18, clothes, clothes.

The things that you wear, such as trousers,

shirts and shorts.

19, cocoa, cocoa.

A dark brown powder made from the crushed seeds,

cocoa beans, of a tropical tree.

20, comfortable, comfortable.

Feeling relaxed in a pleasant way.

21, coup, coup.

A sudden change of government

that is illegal and often violent.

22, debris, debris.

Pieces of material that are left somewhere

and are not wanted.

23, debut, debut.

The first public appearance of a performer or sports player.

24, decrepit, decrepit.

Very old and not in good condition or health.

25, defibrillator, defibrillator.

A piece of equipment used to control

the movements of the heart muscles

by giving the heart a controlled electric shock.

26, dengue, dengue.

A disease caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes.

27, deteriorate, deteriorate.

To become worse.

28, dilate, dilate.

To become, or to make something larger,

wider, or more open.

29, elite, elite.

Of a group of people in a society, small in number,

but powerful and with a lot of influence

because they're rich or intelligent, et cetera.

30, epitome, epitome.

A perfect example of something.

31, espresso, espresso.

A strong black coffee made by forcing steam

or boiling water through ground coffee beans.

32, et cetera, et cetera.

Used after a list to show that there are other things

that you could have mentioned.

33, faux pas, faux pas.

An action or remark that causes embarrassment

because it's not socially correct.

34, February, February.

The second month of the year, between January and March.

35, film, film.

A series of moving pictures.

36, fiscal, fiscal.

Connected with government or public money, especially taxes.

37, foliage, foliage.

The leaves of a tree or a plant.

38, foyer, foyer.

A large open space inside the entrance of a theatre or hotel

where people can meet or wait.

39, genre, genre.

A particular type or style of film, art, music,

or literature that you recognise

because of its special features.

40, GIF, GIF.

The abbreviation for graphic interchange format.

41, gauge, gauge.

An instrument for measuring

the amount or level of something.

42, heinous, heinous.

Morally very bad.

43, heir, heir.

A person who has the legal right

to receive someone's money, property or title

when that person dies.

44, herb, herb.

A plant whose leaves, flowers or seeds

are used to flavour food, in medicines,

or for their pleasant smell.

45, hierarchy, hierarchy.

A system, especially in a society or organisation,

in which people are organised

into different levels of importance from highest to lowest.

46, hyperbole, hyperbole.

A way of writing or speaking

that makes something sound better, more exciting,

more dangerous, et cetera, than it really is.

47, infamous, infamous.

Well-known for being bad or evil.

48, ingenuity, ingenuity.

The ability to invent things or solve problems

in clever new ways.

49, interpret, interpret.

To explain the meaning of something.

50, itinerary, itinerary.

A plan of a journey, including the route

and the places that you visit.

51, jewellery, jewellery.

Objects, such as rings and necklaces

that people wear as decoration.

52, liable, liable.

Legally responsible for paying the cost.

53, library, library.

A building in which books, CDs, newspapers, et cetera,

are kept for people to read, study, or borrow.

54, lingerie, lingerie.

Women's underwear.

Note that it's very common

to pronounce this as lingerie.

55, mauve, mauve.

A pale purple colour.

56, mediaeval, mediaeval.

Connected with the middle ages.

57, meme, meme.

An image, video, et cetera,

that is quickly passed from one internet user to another,

often with slight changes that make it humorous.

58, miniature, miniature.

Very small or much smaller than usual.

59, mischievous, mischievous.

Enjoying playing tricks or annoying people.

60, monk, monk.

A member of a religious group of men

who live apart from each other in a monastery

and who do not marry or have personal belongings.

61, moot, moot.

Unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering.

62, niche, niche.

A comfortable or suitable job, role, way of life, et cetera.

63, nuclear, nuclear.

Using, producing, or resulting from nuclear energy.

64, onomatopoeia, onomatopoeia.

The fact of words containing sounds

similar to the noises they describe.

65, ordinance, ordinance.

An order, or a rule made by a government

or a person in a position of authority.

66, paradigm, paradigm.

A typical example, or pattern of something.

67, phenomenon, phenomenon.

A fact, or an event in nature or society,

especially one that is not fully understood.

68, picture, picture.

A painting, a drawing, et cetera,

that shows a person, scene or thing.

69, pizza, pizza.

An Italian dish consisting of a round flat bread base

with cheese, tomatoes, vegetables, meat, et cetera, on top.

70, plumber, plumber.

A person whose job it is to fix and repair things

such as toilets and water pipes.

71, prelude, prelude.

A short piece of music,

especially an introduction to a longer piece.

72, prerogative, prerogative.

A right, or an advantage

belonging to a particular person or group

because of their importance or social position.

73, prescription, prescription.

An official piece of paper on which a doctor writes,

which medicine you should have,

and which enables you to get it from a chemist or drugstore.

74, probably, probably.

Used to say that something

is likely to happen or to be true.

75, pronunciation, pronunciation.

The way in which a language

or particular word or sound is pronounced.

76, prostrate, prostrate.

Lying on the ground and facing downwards.

77, pseudonym, pseudonym.

A name used by somebody,

especially a writer, instead of their real name.

78, quay, quay.

A platform in a harbour where boats come in to load.

79, queue, queue.

A line of people, cars, et cetera, waiting for something,

or to do something.

80, quinoa, quinoa.

A South American plant grown for its seeds.

81, raspberry, raspberry.

A small, dark red, soft fruit grown on bushes.

82, regime, regime.

A method or system of managing or organising something.

83, rendezvous, rendezvous.

An arrangement to meet someone

at a particular place and time.

84, rural, rural.

Connected with, or like, the countryside.

85, salmon, salmon.

A large fish with silver skin and pink flesh

that is used for food.

86, schedule, schedule.

A plan that lists all the work that you need to do,

and when you need to do each thing.

87, silicon, silicon.

A chemical element which exists

as a brown powder or a grey solid

that is found in rocks and sand.

88, sixth, sixth.

Ordinal number, number six.

Note, most people just say sixth.

89, specific, specific.

Detailed and exact.

90, specifiable, specifiable.

Something that can be stated,

especially by giving an exact measurement,

time, date, weight, et cetera.

91, status, status.

The situation at a particular time during a process.

92, subtle, subtle.

Not very noticeable or obvious.

93, suite, suite.

A set of rooms, especially in a hotel.

94, temperature, temperature.

The measurement in degrees of how cold

or hot a place or thing is.

95, ticklish, ticklish.

Sensitive to being tickled.

96, triathlon, triathlon.

A sporting event in which people compete

in three different sports,

usually swimming, cycling and running.

97, valet, valet.

A man who is employed for cleaning, pressing, laundering,

et cetera, for patrons of a hotel.

98, vehicle, vehicle.

A thing that is used for transporting people

or goods from one place to another, such as a car or lorry.

99, wintry, wintry.

Typical of winter or cold.

100, yolk, yolk.

The round yellow part in the middle of an egg.

Right, that is it for today's lesson.

Don't forget to connect with me on all of my social media.

I've got my Facebook.

I've got my Instagram, my personal one,

Lucy, my English page, EnglishwithLucy.

I've also got my website englishwithlucy.co.uk.

And on there,

I have got an awesome interactive pronunciation tool.

So you can click on the phonemes

and hear me say those phonemes

and say words that contain those phonemes, it's awesome.

Finally, you can check out my personal channel,

Lucy Bella, where we vlog our lives here

in the English countryside.

And all of the vlogs are fully subtitled,

so you can use them for vocabulary practise

and to improve your listening skills.

I will see you soon for another lesson, bye, mwah.

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