Learn English in 90 minutes - ALL the Advanced Vocabulary You Need! (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

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English with Lucy


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hello lovely students and welcome back to english  with lucy i have got a huge vocabulary lesson for  
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today i've got a slightly longer video lesson  for you we're going to be talking about  
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vocabulary and more specifically how to describe  people's appearances now this is a really really  
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important topic it's normally one of the first  things that you learn when you start to learn  
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english but i want to go a bit more in depth  normally people are able to describe basic  
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appearances i want to teach you slightly more  advanced vocabulary so that you can really give  
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an accurate description of people's appearances  if you find understanding me slightly difficult  
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you can switch on subtitles and so you'll be able  to see the words at the bottom of the screen so  
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firstly we're going to talk about people's bodies  and i think i'm going to start by talking about  
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height how tall somebody is so you might already  know these basic terms short and tall short and  
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tall but what about if somebody is a normal  height well there are a couple of ways that  
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you can express this you can say they are of  average height they are of medium height if  
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you want to be more precise and say their actual  height in centimeters or feet and inches you can  
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say around so i would say i am around five foot  six i'm actually at five foot five and a half but  
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sometimes i say i'm five foot six um other words  that you can include are very or quite so he is  
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very tall or she is quite short next we have body  type and weight now you have to be a little bit  
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careful when describing somebody's body type  or their weight because you can hurt their  
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feelings so firstly i'm going to give you some  positive adjectives to describe somebody's weight  
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and then afterwards i'll give you the  more negative ones so that you can  
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understand when or when not to use them but i  will warn you weight in the uk especially and  
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many other places in the world is a very sensitive  subject so if you think you might insult somebody  
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it's often best not to say anything at all um but  that's not my role here i'm teaching you words  
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so let's get started so we have thin and fat these  are generally considered to be negative words  
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so let's talk about some positive alternatives  for thin you can describe somebody as slender  
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or slim they are really nice words if somebody  called me slender or slim i'd be flattered another  
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word is lean and this means that they're  just skin and muscle it's a positive word  
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because it means they're in shape they're  muscly there's no fat on them they're lean  
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you can also call somebody petite and this is  when somebody has a small build it's normally  
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used to describe females who have small shoulders  they're quite short they're just like a woman only  
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smaller they're petite if somebody is very thin  you can call them slight they're very slight and  
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another one is lanky this means that somebody is  tall and very thin it means they've got long limbs  
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lanky if somebody has got a bit of meat on them  you don't want to call them fat but some nice  
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words you can use are curvy this means that woman  has curves curvaceous as well womanly voluptuous  
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this means normally that they've got quite a big  bum and big boobs they're normally flattering  
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when used in a non-creepy way for a man stocky  well-built musty okay now to touch on the negative  
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words some quite soft ones for somebody who is  larger are plump chubby round this doesn't mean  
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fat or big it just means that they've got a little  bit extra on them you can also say overweight  
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large big heavy and if somebody is very thin you  can call them underweight skinny bony if you can  
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see their bones one word that's often used to  describe very thin people that shouldn't really  
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be used is anorexic it's a medical term it's  not actually an adjective to describe somebody's  
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physical appearance so try to avoid that one  okay let's move on to hair now there are two  
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ways in which you can talk about somebody's hair  color you can say to have adjective hair or to be  
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adjective dash head for example i have blonde hair  i am blonde haired the second one's a bit of a  
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mouthful actually to be blonde haired i am blonde  head you can also just say i am blonde but that's  
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better to use for colors that are very specific  to hair colors like blonde and ginger and brunette  
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so i am blonde i am ginger i am brunette that's  fine but if you say i am white or i am black  
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it could be confused with skin color so it's  best to say i am black haired i have white hair  
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so we've got a huge spectrum of colors that  you can be i'm going to talk about the most  
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common ones but they are quite specific and  you might not have heard of them all before  
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so let's start with the lightest and move to  the darkest so we have white then we have gray  
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then we have platinum blonde and this is white  blonde hair it's normally not a natural color  
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but some people are lucky enough to have  naturally white blonde or platinum hair it's  
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a really interesting color then we have blonde  if it's a bit darker it could be called golden  
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and then if it's a bit darker than blonde there  are two ways you can describe it if it's blonde  
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almost brown you can say dirty blonde if it's  blonde almost ginger you can say strawberry blonde  
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then we have ginger which is more orange and red  which is like a darker red color obviously after  
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that you have mousey brown which is a light brown  color then brown then brunette as well which is  
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another way of saying brown hair it's normally a  bit darker then dark brown and then black now if  
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you don't want to specify a color of hair or skin  or eyes and you just want to say light or dark you  
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can say fair for light or dark for the darker  colors so i am fair i have fair eyes fair hair  
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and fair skin this means i'm just light somebody  else might have dark hair dark eyes dark skin  
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so we normally use fair or dark so what  about hair length well if you have no hair  
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then you are bald i am bald in a video that i did  on ali's channel papa teach me english i was bald  
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if you would like to see me with no hair and well  no feminine makeup different makeup then you can  
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click up there see if you recognize me i look  slightly different um then you have short hair  
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long hair but then in between you can have a  bob i have a bob haircut in my first videos  
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i had very short hair and a bob haircut i  didn't ask for that haircut it was a surprise  
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shoulder length hair medium length hair long  hair if you want to say how long your hair is you  
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can say my hair goes down to my so my hair goes  down to my armpit my hair goes down to my waist  
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as far as hair texture you can have  straight hair wavy hair curly hair  
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afro hair which is really really dense curls  the quality of your hair can also be described  
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if your hair is very soft it can be silky or shiny  if it's not soft if it's quite damaged you can say  
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you have dry hair or you can say it's straw like  so let's move on to the subject of skin this again  
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is a more difficult one so we have the spectrum  of white and black but different people like to  
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be called different things so i would call myself  white i have a lot of friends with darker skin  
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who are often called black but they would actually  prefer to be called brown um i would say when in  
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doubt use fair or dark to describe somebody's skin  tone now in the middle we have tanned and this  
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means that you've been blessed by the sun you've  caught a suntan you've gone brown in the sun  
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and in british english we say tanned and in  american english they say tan if you're not tanned  
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then you are pale and that is what i am all of the  time i am always pale even when i go on holiday  
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now let's move on to eye color again you  can use fair or dark fair eyes light eyes  
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dark eyes so you can say to have adjective eyes or  to be adjective dash eyed so i have gray eyes i am  
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gray eyed i am dark eyed most of the  colors are pretty simple blue brown green  
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black gray brown i've said brown haven't i  but one color that's used quite frequently is  
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hazel if you have a sort of brownie green eye  it can be called hazel so they have hazel eyes  
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now lips you can have thin lips but if  you want to talk about somebody with  
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big lips you can say they have full lips  so if somebody has big kissy pouty lips you  
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can say they have very full lips if somebody has  really sticky out lips that and speaks like this  
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you can call them pouty lips but yes full or  thin really next you can talk about noses so  
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big or small obviously are the basics if somebody  has a bend in their nose it can be called a  
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crooked nose a crooked nose if they haven't got  a bend in their nose it can be a straight nose  
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if somebody has a small nose you can call it a  button nose if they've got a hook a hooked nose  
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if somebody's nose is like this it's a  turned up nose or an upturned nose face shape  
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i looked online and apparently there are nine  different face shapes but we're going to talk  
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about four today you have oval round heart shaped  which ends in a point and square somebody has a  
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square jaw what about general appearance i  did do a video with anna from english like a  
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native about compliments and we discussed some  of the ways in which you can complement people  
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so that's the positive adjectives i will cover  them in this lesson but if you'd like to see that  
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you can click up there but it's quite  good to separate them into male and female  
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because one adjective that might be really really  flattering and positive for a male might actually  
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be quite insulting for a female adjectives that  can be used for both the positive ones attractive  
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beautiful stunning which means somebody is  just amazingly beautiful but then just for men  
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there's handsome and just for women there is  pretty now if you described a woman as handsome  
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you might be insinuating that she has manly  features um in the same way that if you described  
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a woman in the same way that if you described a  man as pretty you might be saying he has quite  
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feminine features which is not always something  that somebody wants negative ones you can have  
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ugly or plain other ways of describing people  you can describe them as masculine or feminine  
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boyish manly girly womanly right your homework is  to describe yourself in as much detail as possible  
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put it in the comments and i can't wait to see  your descriptions also if you can add any more  
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vocabulary then definitely include that in your  description as well today i'm going to talk to you  
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about how to describe the weather in english we're  going to start off quite basic and move up to more  
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advanced vocabulary i'm going to guide you through  seasonal weather hot weather cold weather wet  
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weather windy weather and i'm going to give you  verbs nouns adjectives and idiomatic expressions  
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idioms we're also going to do a little bit of  basic grammar at the beginning but very very  
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easy don't worry you may know that british people  are famous for always talking about the weather  
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and this is because we are lucky enough to have  four strong seasons winter which is really cold  
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spring which is sunny and wet at the same time  summer which is normally hot and sunny and autumn  
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which is colder and with lots of wind and when all  the trees lose their leaves i'm going to talk to  
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you today about different weather vocabulary that  you can find in each of the four seasons but first  
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let's discuss how to talk about the weather  from a grammar point of view this grammar is  
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fairly basic so if you're looking for advanced  vocabulary click to the time shown on screen
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if you want to use an adjective for example warm  you could say the weather is warm the weather is  
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adjective you could also say it is warm it  is adjective but it only really makes sense  
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if the adjective is related to the weather if you  say it is good i might wonder what what's good but  
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if you say it is warm i know that you're talking  about the weather you can also say it's a warm  
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day it's a adjective day but what if you want  to use a verb for example rain the verb to rain  
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you would say it is raining it is verb plus ing  that's if you want to talk about the weather  
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right now if you want to talk about yesterday  or the past you would say yesterday it rained  
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yesterday it verb plus ed apart from the  irregular verbs which have their own conjugation  
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if you want to talk about tomorrow or the  future you can say it will rain tomorrow it will  
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verb tomorrow or it's going to rain tomorrow it's  going to verb tomorrow if you want to talk about  
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a noun you would say there is there was or there  will be that's present past future plus the noun  
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there is a storm there was a storm there will  be a storm right so now that's out of the way  
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first let's talk about winter the month that  i am in now in england i'm going to start off  
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with adjectives and i warn you there are a lot of  adjectives associated with winter you can say cold  
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cold bitter bitter that's very very cold it's  just a step further than cold you could even  
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put them together and say it's bitterly cold  it's bitterly cold you can say it's chilly which  
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is slightly cold or chilling that's a little bit  more crisp crisp normally means it's cold and dry  
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or maybe it's icy icy you can say it's freezing or  it's frosty you can also say it is severe or it is  
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wintry that means it's a very wintry day it feels  like winter and it is winter if it's winter and  
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the weather conditions are very bad the skies are  gray you can say it's gloomy or it's bleak or if  
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there's a lot of very aggressive weather you can  say it's harsh we often talk about a harsh winter  
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now let's talk about some verbs you can say to  snow which is obviously white fluffy stuff falling  
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from the sky to sleet sleet is partly frozen  rain so it's like very wet snow or very very cold  
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almost frozen rain it's normally very unpleasant  if it's sleeting i go inside you can also say  
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to hail if it's hailing it means that little hail  stones little tiny balls of ice or normally tiny  
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but there are big ones a falling from the sky  it's completely frozen rain you can also say  
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to freeze or to freeze over and to freeze over  means covered with a layer of ice so i might say  
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my pond has frozen over my pond is covered with  ice now some nouns you might use to describe  
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winter so we've got sleet hail snow frost as i've  mentioned before you also have blizzard which is a  
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windy snowstorm and for some idioms you can have a  cold snap which is a short period of cold weather  
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or you can be frozen to death or frozen to the  bone which means you are completely frozen through  
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right let's talk about spring spring is known  for being sunny and rainy it's warm and it's wet  
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and it's when all of the plants start to grow  adjectives you can use are cool it means it's  
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not cold it's not unpleasant nor is it warm mild  is the same thing mild fresh as well it's a very  
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fresh day you can say it's bright the sun is  out you can say breezy which means a light wind  
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it's normally very pleasant and welcomed when  you're talking about clouds you can say cloudy  
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or slightly more advanced is overcast where there  is some sunlight but there are also some clouds  
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meaning that you don't have a completely sunny  day it's overcast you hear the meteorologists on  
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weather stations talking about an overcast  day quite a lot one that's not so positive  
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is muggy this is if the air is very very humid it  can be cold or hot you can have a muggy summer's  
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day as well but it means there's high humidity  in the air another word you can say is simply wet  
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it's a wet day it's been raining a lot time for  some verbs well talking about rain you can say to  
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drizzle it's drizzling this means it's a constant  but gentle flow of rain to shower pretty much the  
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same that means it's more sporadic or occasional  meteorologists normally say you can expect showers  
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throughout the day which means occasional patches  of rain you can say to poor which is where it  
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rains really really heavily moving on to the nouns  you've got rain which is uncountable you've got a  
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shower which is a light patch of rain you can  also have a downpour which is a really heavy  
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patch of rain or even a flood where the ground  becomes inundated and can't absorb any more water  
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idioms you can say to chuck it down which means  a heavy downpour you can say it's raining cats  
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and dogs although in reality we don't actually use  that idiom that much but it seems to be the first  
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idiom that anyone ever learns you can also say to  buck it down if it's bucketing down with rain it's  
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raining really hard and you can also be soaked  through this is where it's rained on you and you  
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are really really wet oh my god i'm soaked through  right let's talk about summer and adjectives that  
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can be used to describe summer weather firstly  of course we have hot other words that can  
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be used to describe hot weather are scorching  sweltering boiling sunny you could also say dry  
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if there's not been any rain and there's no  humidity you can say it's a clear day if there  
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are no clouds in the sky or you could say it's  very humid if the air is very wet you can also  
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say it's blistering a blistering sun verbs you  can say to shine the sun is shining you can also  
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say the sun is burning if it's especially hot and  you can also say to scorch just like the adjective  
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nouns the only extras really to add are sunshine  which we like to say a lot and to talk about the  
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heat now there are a couple of idioms relating to  our reactions to the sun you can say to catch some  
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rays which means to absorb some of the sunshine  and maybe get a tan you can also say to go brown  
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which again refers to tanning you can also soak  up the sun which means the same thing again and  
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when talking about sweating you can sweat like a  pig oh my god i'm sweating like a pig which means  
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i'm sweating a lot finally let's talk about autumn  or as they say in america fall in british english  
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we say autumn but we do understand what fall  means because we see it on the tv and in movies  
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in america they say fall some adjectives relating  to autumn my favorite and the most descriptive  
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is autumnal autumnal it's a very autumnal day it  tends to be windier in autumn so you can say windy  
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another lovely one is blustery it's a blustery  day and it can also be misty or foggy which is  
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when there is cold moisture in the air normally  in the mornings some verbs specifically relating  
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to wind it can be howling with wind to howl or  to blow as well the wind is blowing nouns a gale  
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a strong wind a hurricane a very very strong  wind a tornado that's when wind goes around in  
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a vortex and you've also got mist and fog which i  mentioned before which is cold moisture in the air  
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right that's it for today's lesson your homework  is to write in the comments about the weather  
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from where you are today and please mention where  you are because i love seeing where you come from  
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welcome back to english with lucy today i'm going  to talk to you about how to describe personality  
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and character in english and i'm going to help  you with your pronunciation by the end of this  
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lesson you will know 72 adjectives that can  be used to describe personality and character  
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i've divided them into positive or approving  adjectives and also negative or disapproving  
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adjectives for each adjective i've included the  ipa transcription so you can really focus on the  
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pronunciation and also the definition let's  start with personality category number one  
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the adjectives within this first group describe  how willing you are to communicate with others  
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so we have extroverted extroverted someone  who is extroverted is lively and confident  
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and enjoys being around other people the opposite  or the antonym for this adjective is introverted  
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introverted so this describes somebody who is  more interested in their own thoughts and feelings  
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than they are in spending time with other  people we also have talkative talkative  
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this describes somebody who likes to talk  a lot then on the other hand we have quiet  
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quiet which means tending not to  talk a lot next confident confident  
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this means feeling sure about your ability to do  something and be successful and the antonym for  
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this is shy shy someone who is shy is nervous  about meeting people or speaking to people  
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right our second category talks about how  you make others feel firstly we have warm  
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warm someone who's warm shows enthusiasm and  affection and is friendly on the other hand we  
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have cold cold be careful with that oh vowel sound  i do actually have a video on that which i will  
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link down below someone who is cold is without  emotion and unfriendly next we have kind kind  
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this means caring about others gentle and friendly  on the opposite side we have unkind unkind this  
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means unpleasant unfriendly maybe even slightly  cruel and then we have sweet sweet someone who  
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is sweet shows a kind character the opposite is  nasty nasty a nasty person is an unkind person  
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the third category is how you treat the feelings  of others first we have considerate considerate  
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if you're considerate you are always thinking of  the feelings of others if you're not considerate  
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then you might be inconsiderate inconsiderate  this means not giving enough thought about other  
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people's feelings or needs we also have thoughtful  thoughtful if you are thoughtful then you show  
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that you care and consider other people's feelings  and needs the opposite is thoughtless thoughtless  
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this means that you don't care about the possible  negative effects of your actions or words then  
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we have tactful tactful this means that you're  careful not to say or do anything that might upset  
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or anger other people and the antonym for that  is tactless tactless that's quite a hard one to  
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say with the cut combination tact tactless this  means that you say or do things that might upset  
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or anger other people our next category discusses  how much people might be able to trust you  
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first up we have trustworthy trustworthy we use  a voiced v sound i often hear it mispronounced as  
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trustworthy but it should be worthy your voice  should be constant it shouldn't cut out at any  
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point if someone's trustworthy then it means you  can rely on them to be good and honest on the  
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other hand we have untrustworthy untrustworthy  this is somebody who cannot be trusted  
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we also have reliable reliable if someone is  reliable then you can trust them to do something  
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well on the other hand we have unreliable  unreliable meaning that you cannot trust them  
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to do something well you can't depend on them then  we have loyal loyal this means remaining faithful  
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and supportive then we have disloyal disloyal this  means not loyal or faithful next we're going to  
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discuss adjectives that describe how honest  you are with others we have sincere sincere  
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this means that you show what you really think  or feel on the other hand we have insincere  
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insincere if someone is insincere they say  or do things that they don't really mean  
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next we have frank frank which can actually  sometimes be negative or disapproving as well as  
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approving so it all depends on the tone of voice  or the context if someone is frank it means they  
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are honest or direct and are sometimes at risk of  hurting other people's feelings because of this  
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on the other side we have secretive secretive if  you're secretive you like to hide your thoughts  
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feelings and actions and keep them private then  we have direct direct and sometimes much like  
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frank this can also be negative or disapproving  depending on tone of voice and context if you're  
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direct it means you say exactly what you  mean and no one can pretend they haven't  
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understood because it's very very clear then  we have not an exact antonym but sneaky sneaky  
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this means behaving in a  secretive or dishonest way  
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the next category is how open you are to  the views and cultures of others we'll start  
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with tolerant tolerant if you're tolerant it  means you're able to accept what other people  
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say or do even if you don't agree with them on  the other hand we have intolerant intolerant this  
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means that you are not willing to accept behaviors  or ideas that do not correspond with your beliefs  
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we have open-minded open-minded if you're  open-minded it means you are willing to listen to  
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accept and think about other ideas on  the other hand we have narrow-minded  
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narrow-minded this means you are unwilling to  listen to new ideas or the opinions of others  
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and we have unbiased unbiased this means  that you're fair and not influenced by your  
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own opinions or someone else's opinions  on the other hand we have biased biased  
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this means you make unfair judgments and have  a tendency to favor a certain group of people
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now we're going to talk about the  adjectives associated with how  
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motivated you are we have strong-willed  
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strong-willed if you're strong-willed it means  you are determined to do what you want to do  
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regardless of what other people say on the other  hand we have weak-willed weak-willed this means  
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you lack the ability to resist the influence of  others and you can't control your own impulses  
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we also have determined determined this means that  you make firm decisions to do things and you don't  
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let anyone dissuade you on the other hand we  have a resolute a resolute this means that you  
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are simply not able to decide what to do then we  have driven driven this means you are determined  
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to succeed and are working very hard to do so  on the other hand we have apathetic apathetic  
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which means you show no interest or enthusiasm the  next category discusses your attitude towards work  
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we have industrious industrious this means  hard working or busy on the other hand we have  
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idle idle if you are idle you are not  working hard we also have ambitious ambitious  
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if you're ambitious you're determined  to be rich powerful and or successful  
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we also have unambitious unambitious this means  that you are uninterested in becoming rich  
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powerful or successful we also have hard-working  hard-working which means you are willing to work  
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very hard or we have lazy lazy which means  that you are unwilling to work or be active  
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now let's discuss adjectives associated with how  good you are at learning and understanding we have  
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bright bright which means intelligent or quick  to learn we also have foolish foolish which means  
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not showing good judgment or sense there's clever  clever this is very common in british english it  
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means you're quick at learning and understanding  things on the other hand we have stupid stupid  
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which means showing a lack of thought or good  judgment then we have intelligent intelligent  
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which means you are good at learning and  understanding and on the other hand we have  
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unintelligent unintelligent which means you  are bad at learning and understanding things  
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now let's discuss adjectives that describe  how you treat money we have generous  
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generous which means that you are willing to  give freely on the other hand we have miserly  
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miserly if you're miserly then  you hate to spend money we have  
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giving giving which again means you are willing  to give freely and on the other hand we have mean  
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mean which means you are unwilling to give  or to share we also have frugal frugal  
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and if you're frugal it means you only use as  much food or money as necessary on the other  
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hand we have extravagant extravagant which means  that you spend a lot more than you can afford  
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now let's discuss adjectives which describe your  attitude around other people we have humble humble  
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if you're humble you show that you don't  think you are as important as other people  
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on the opposite side we have arrogant arrogant  which means that you behave in a proud  
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or unpleasant way and think you are better than  others we also have modest modest if you're modest  
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then you don't talk much about your own abilities  and achievements on the other hand we have vain  
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vein which means you are overly proud of  your own appearance abilities or achievements  
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the next one submissive submissive is both  approving or positive and disapproving negative  
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probably leaning more onto the negative side but  it means you are too willing to accept authority  
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you're willing to obey them without question  on the other side again it's normally negative  
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but it can be positive sometimes bossy bossy this  means that you're always telling people what to do  
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finally let's talk about adjectives that can  describe how relaxed you are as a person we have  
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chilled chilled and this is slightly more slang it  is derived from the phrasal verb to chill out you  
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are chilled out you are chilled and this means you  are very relaxed on the other hand we have tense  
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tense this means you are nervous or worried and  unable to relax we also have laid back laid back  
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this means you're calm and relaxed and never seem  to worry about anything on the other hand we have  
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up tight up tight which means you are anxious  or upset about something we also have optimistic  
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optimistic which means you are positive and expect  good things to happen we also have pessimistic
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which means you expect bad things to happen  right your homework for today is to include  
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five of these adjectives in a comment down below  and use them to describe yourself so i want maybe  
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three to four sentences about yourself using some  of the adjectives that we've learned today and if  
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you can include any others that would be really  really good today oh today i'm so excited about  
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this lesson i've been excited since i wrote  this lesson a couple of days ago today i am  
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going to teach you 16 spiffing old-fashioned  british idioms that are going to make you sound  
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oh so fancy i think they make you sound really  intelligent educated and well-read when you say  
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them so learning them and saying them is no bad  thing you'll also be able to understand them more  
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when you hear them in old-fashioned movies or  tv series that are set in the past number one  
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is a little birdie told me or should be a little  bird told me but my grandad always says a little  
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birdie told me so that's what i say too and i  think you should also a little birdie told me  
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means a secret informant has told me someone  has told me something but i don't want to say  
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who that person is i'm protecting their identity  this phrase is thought to originate from the bible  
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an example a little birdie told me that you  went for afternoon tea with a mystery suitor  
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number two oh this is a gorgeous one i  love this one a fly in the ointment a  
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fly in the ointment it's so expressive  a fly in the ointment is a single thing  
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or a person that is spoiling something that  could have been very positive or enjoyable  
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for example i'm looking forward to tomorrow  the only fly in the ointment being that i'll  
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have to sit next to my dreadful brother-in-law  disclaimer both of my brother-in-laws to be are  
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lovely and i would happily sit next to them  tomorrow if there were an event number three  
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oh i know i'm saying everyone is great but  they are all really great because i pick them  
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number three is as keen as mustard as keen as  mustard if you are as keen as mustard it means you  
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are very eager or very enthusiastic and interested  in something for example she is as keen as mustard  
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to get her hands on that tea set her mother  promised her number four is to eat humble pie  
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to eat humble pie this means to admit that you are  wrong and apologize especially in situations where  
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this is very embarrassing or humiliating for you  for example i had to eat humble pie and publicly  
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apologize for spreading vicious rumors about her  gap year i made that up i don't spread rumors very  
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often number five is pardon my french pardon my  french this means oh please forgive my swearing  
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basically the person who said a swear word is  attempting to pass it off as french for example  
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oh pardon my french i don't know what came  over me number six another personal favorite  
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of mine it is hanky panky hanky-panky this is  unethical behaviour deceit or illicit relations  
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make of that what you will for example i am  certain that a bit of hanky-panky went on  
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at the wedding reception number seven this is a  phrase i've used quite frequently actually it is  
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to see a man about a dog this is a phrase that is  used to apologize for one's imminent departure or  
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absence especially if you're trying to conceal  where you are going or what you're going to do  
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for example i'm so sorry that i'm going to  miss the rest of this delightful christening  
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i have to go and see a man about a dog this would  be me expressing to my friend that i cannot spend  
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another minute at this dreadful event and i must  go and go for a drink or go out somewhere number  
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eight is neither here nor there neither here  nor there this means that's not relevant to the  
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point or it doesn't matter for example yes it was  our first date but that's neither here nor there  
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number nine this is a phrase used by my grandma  a lot not because she sleeps loads just it's  
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something she's always said to go for 14 winks is  to go for a short sleep or a nap without actually  
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saying it because we're british and we don't like  to say things directly for example i'm just going  
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to retire to the sitting room and go for 40 wings  it's not a sleep it's 40 weeks number 10 is to  
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turn a blind eye to turn a blind eye this means to  pretend not to have noticed something for example  
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i saw her take the last scone but i decided to  turn a blind eye also yes i pronounced it as  
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scone if you think it's scone you can go nuts in  the comments section i'm not willing to have an  
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argument on this it's scone in my family number  11 is pot calling the kettle black pot calling  
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the kettle black this means hypocrite this has  been used since the 1600s and back in those days  
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pots and kettles were both made out of iron and  they were both covered in soot and they were  
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always black so if a pot that is black is also  calling a kettle black it's quite hypocritical  
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for example you think i'm stuck up pot calling  kettle black you're stuck up too number 12  
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i can't do something to save my life i can't do it  to save my life this is a hyperbolic way of saying  
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that you are incredibly inept at something you are  unable to do it well it's often used to express  
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reluctancy and unwillingness to do something  and it's used in a self-deprecating way very  
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typically british for example if somebody asked me  to make a victoria sponge which happens to me most  
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frequently but i didn't want to make it i might  say i can't make victoria sponges to save my life  
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maybe your mum could make one done i don't have  to make a victoria sponge they think i can't make  
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them to save my life number 13 is to get someone's  goat to get someone's goat this means to irritate  
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someone and the origins of this phrase are quite  interesting they're to do with horse racing  
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in the 19th century supposedly nervous racehorses  would be calmed down by placing a goat in their  
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stable with them but rivals would take or steal or  get the goat thus making the horse nervous again  
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and then hopefully the rival's horse would win the  race for example you know who really gets my goat  
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actually i'm trying to think of who i can say gets  my goat on here really i'm perpetually scared of  
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offending people there are so many people  who get my goat but none of them are worth  
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drama number 14 is to kick the bucket to kick the  bucket this means to die in britain we don't like  
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saying that someone has died we like to say they  have passed away or they have popped their clogs  
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or they have kicked the bucket for example  unfortunately my great uncle arthur kicked  
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the bucket last year number 15 is the apple of my  eye the apple of my eye this is one you may have  
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heard before it's very commonly used in america  the apple of one's eye is something that one  
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cherishes above all others the phrase was used in  a midsummer's night dream and it refers to a time  
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when people thought that the pupil of the  eye was a solid object the actual apple  
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of your eye for example my william is the apple  of my eye oh that's so romantic i wonder if he'll  
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see this he claims to watch all of my videos  i don't ask him to he claims to but um  
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let's see if he notices apple in my eye or you  might not be after this number 16 i've saved the  
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best till last and yes i have mentioned this in  a video before but it was a very long time ago  
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three years ago i'm so old uh it is bob's your  uncle bob's your uncle and this means as simple  
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as that i'll use it all the time as simple as  that well bob's your uncle there you have it  
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easy as that for example boil the kettle place  a tea bag in the cup fill it up with water  
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let it rest for 2.5 minutes maybe three but no  longer take it out dash of skimmed milk bob's your  
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uncle cup of tea right that's it for my spiffingly  fancy video today i hope you enjoyed it i hope you  
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learned something if you would like to learn about  more old-fashioned phrases i was thinking about  
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doing one on old-fashioned insults but um you  know maybe that's not something you'd like to see  
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you can always recommend what you'd like to see in  the description box no not in the description box  
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you don't touch that i touch that in the comment  section down below today i am going to teach you  
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50 advanced verbs that are going to make you sound  more intelligent when you speak and they're going  
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to dramatically increase your vocabulary please  note that lots of these verbs have multiple  
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meanings i'm focusing on one meaning per verb  and i'm using them in a more advanced context  
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number one is to alter to alter this means to  make somebody or something different for example  
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you shouldn't feel the need to alter  your appearance number two is to amend  
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to amend this means to change a law document  or statement slightly in order to correct a  
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mistake or to improve it for example would  you mind amending those documents i sent you  
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number three is to amplify to amplify this  means to add details to a story or a statement  
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for example she refused to amplify further  she refused to tell us any more details  
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number four is to balloon to balloon this means  to suddenly swell out or to get bigger for example  
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employment rates ballooned to 90 percent number  five is to blab to blab this means to tell someone  
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information that should be kept secret for  example someone must have blabbed to the police  
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number six is to brief to brief this means  to give someone information about something  
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so that they are prepared to deal with it for  example the officer briefed her on what to expect  
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number seven is to capture to capture this means  to film record or paint somebody or something this  
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is usually used in the passive form for example  the robbery was captured on film by the security  
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cameras number eight is to clasp to clasp this  means to hold something tightly in your hand  
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for example she clasped her hands together as she  waited number nine is to clutch to clutch this  
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means to hold somebody or something tightly for  example i clutched onto his shoulder for support  
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number nine is to collide to collide this  means to disagree strongly for example my  
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partner and i often collide over political  differences number 11 is to command to command  
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this means to tell somebody what to do for  example she commanded the release of the prisoners  
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number 12 is takawa takawa this means to bend low  and or move backwards because you're frightened  
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for example the dog whimpered  and cowered at his feet  
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number 13 is to crave to crave this means  to have a very strong desire for something  
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for example i've always craved  excitement number 14 is to dash to dash  
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this means to go somewhere very quickly for  example a mustache it was lovely to see you  
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it's a good one to use if you're trying to escape  an unwanted conversation number 15 is to detect  
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to detect this is to discover or notice something  especially if that something isn't easy to see or  
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hear for example the tests are designed to detect  the disease this is impossible i need to include  
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this in a tongue twister video for example  the tests are designed to detect bacteria
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number 16 is to deviate to deviate this is to do  something in a different way from what is usual  
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or expected or to be different from something for  example let's not deviate from the original idea  
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number 17 is to discern to discern this is to  see or hear something usually with difficulty  
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for example i quickly discerned that something was  wrong number 18 is to dismantle to dismantle this  
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is to take something apart usually a machine  or a structure so that it's in separate pieces  
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for example i had to dismantle the printer in  order to repair it number 19 this is a lovely  
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one it's to eavesdrop to eavesdrop this means to  listen secretly to what other people are saying  
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for example we caught her eavesdropping outside  the window number 20 is to escort to escort  
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this is to go with somebody either to protect them  or to show them the way for example let me escort  
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you to your room number 21 is to expose to expose  this is to tell the true facts about a person  
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or a situation and show it or them to be illegal  or immoral for example she was exposed as a liar  
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and a fraud number 22 is to glare to glare this is  to look at somebody or something in an angry way  
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for example she didn't shout she just glared  at me number 23 is to gravitate to gravitate  
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this is to move towards something or someone  that you are attracted to for example  
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many young people gravitate towards london in  search of work number 24 is to gush to gush  
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this is to express so much praise for someone or  something that it doesn't seem sincere for example  
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rachel is always gushing about how much she values  peru's friendship number 25 is tobble to hobble  
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this means to walk with difficulty especially  because your legs or your feet hurt  
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for example she was hobbling  around on crutches yesterday  
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number 26 is to hover to hover this means  to wait somewhere especially near someone  
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in an uncertain or shy manner for example  he hovered over her waiting for an answer  
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number 27 is to ignite to ignite this means to  start to burn or to make something start to burn  
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for example tempers ignited when the redundancy  packages were announced number 28 is to intertwine  
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to intertwine this means to become very closely  connected with somebody or something for example  
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their political careers became very closely  intertwined number 29 is to lurk to lurk  
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this means to wait somewhere secretly especially  because you're going to do something illegal or  
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bad for example she saw someone lurking in  the doorway and decided to leave immediately  
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number 30 is to mimic to mimic this means to  look or behave like someone or something else  
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for example his behavior mimicked that  of his mother number 31 is to oppress  
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to oppress this means to make someone only  able to think about worrying or sad things  
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for example he was beginning to feel oppressed  by his surroundings number 32 is to peer to peer  
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this is to look closely at something  especially if you can't see it properly  
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for example he peered closely at the  photograph number 33 is to pinpoint  
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to pinpoint this means to be able to give the  exact reason for something or to be able to  
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describe something exactly for example the report  pinpointed the areas most in need of development  
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number 34 is to prune to prune this means  to make something smaller by removing parts  
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for example please could you go through the  report and prune out any unnecessary details  
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number 35 is to recoil to recoil this means to  move your body quickly away from something or  
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someone because you find it or them frightening  or unpleasant for example she recoiled in horror  
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after he tried to kiss her number  36 is to reverberate to reverberate  
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this means to have a strong effect on  people for a long time or over a large area  
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for example repercussions of the case continue to  reverberate through the financial world number 37  
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is to saunter to saunter this means to walk in  a slow relaxed way for example she's sauntered  
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down the corridor looking as if she had all  the time in the world 38 is to seize to seize  
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this means to take someone or something suddenly  using force for example he seized hold of my hand  
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and led me to the exit number 39 is to shatter to  shatter this means to destroy something completely  
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especially someone's hopes dreams or expectations  for example he shattered her confidence when he  
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told her how he really felt about her singing  voice number 40 is to shrivel to shrivel i love  
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saying that one to shrivel this means to make  something become dry and wrinkled as a result of  
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heat cold or being old for example the long bath  had shriveled my fingers and toes number 41 is to  
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slump to slump this means to fall in value price  or number suddenly by a large amount for example  
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profits have slumped by over 12 percent this  quarter number 42 is to struggle to struggle  
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this means to try very hard to do something when  it's very difficult or there are a lot of problems  
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for example i'm really struggling to pay all of my  bills on time number 43 is to stumble to stumble  
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this means to walk or move in an unsteady way for  example we stumbled around in the dark trying to  
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find the light switch number 44 is to trim to trim  this is to make something better smaller or neater  
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by cutting parts away from it for example  staff numbers have just been trimmed to 15.  
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number 45 is to upstage to upstage this is to say  or do something that makes people notice you more  
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than the person they should be interested in  for example how dare you upstage me at my own  
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wedding number 46 is to withdraw to withdraw  this is to stop giving or offering something to  
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someone for example unless you sign the contract  within seven days the offer will be withdrawn  
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number 47 is to wrestle to wrestle this means to  struggle to deal with something that is difficult  
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for example we wrestled for hours with the  problem of which task to start first number 48  
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is to yank to yank this means to pull  something or someone hard and suddenly  
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for example i yanked the door open and ran outside
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someone's dog's barking number 49 is to  yearn to yearn this means to want something  
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very much especially when it's  very difficult to get or achieve  
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for example i've always yearned to escape from  office life and number 50 is to zap to zap  
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this means to do something very quickly  it's often used to replace the word to read  
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for example i'll zap through this report  and i'll get back to you in the morning  
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right that was my lesson on 50 advanced verbs  that you can now use and impress people with  
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today i have a vocabulary lesson we are  going to talk about clothes vocabulary  
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but not just the basic clothes vocabulary we're  going to go into detail when you start learning  
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english one of the first things that you learn is  socks t-shirt shoes hat but there is so much more  
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than that there's so much more advanced vocabulary  what's the difference between a t-shirt bra  
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and a push-up bra or boxers and briefs what  would you call this neckline style on a t-shirt  
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i'm going to tell you all of this i think we  should start with underwear because hopefully  
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that's what you put on first now i am going to  be talking about menswear and women's wear but i  
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completely understand that you can wear whatever  you want regardless of gender we're just going  
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from a vocabulary standpoint here let's start with  men's underwear in british english we call men's  
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underwear pants now in american english pants is  what we call trousers so if someone from the u.s  
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says take off your pants it means take off your  trousers but if a british girl says take off your  
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pants she might be flirting with you now pants is  a very general term but we can be more specific  
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we have boxer shorts or boxers and these tend to  have an elastic waist and baggy legs baggy means  
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loose or not tight briefs which are also known  as y fronts are shorter and tighter they're often  
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referred to as snug which means tight and close  fitting we also have boxer briefs which have that  
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same elasticated waist and they have long legs  which are tight-fitting now let's talk about the  
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women's wear equivalent in american english they  call women's underwear panties now we don't tend  
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to say this in british english panties almost  sounds like something you'd say to a child it  
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sounds quite childish which obviously when you're  talking about underwear doesn't sit well with me  
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in british english we say pants or knickers so  that pants word is a really general unisex term  
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knickers is generally referring to women's wear  now we also have lots and lots of different types  
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of knickers we have briefs now these are  often rudely referred to as granny pants  
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because they're bigger and they're not deemed to  be attractive but i can think of many occasions  
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where having attractive underwear is not your  number one priority so briefs can be very very  
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comfortable and convenient these cover you well  they are triangular and they come up high and  
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they finish low if you want underwear that holds  you in and slims you and smooths your silhouette  
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then you have the option of control pants  or spanx which is actually a brand name but  
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because they were sort of the pioneers like the  hoover spanx they were the first in the market  
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so their brand name has actually become  something that we use for any brand  
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we also have boy shorts these are basically the  women's wear version of boxer shorts we also  
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have knickers with just a thin strip at the back  these have many names you can call them a g-string  
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i grew up playing the violin and i always  found it so funny when my g-string broke  
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tell everyone oh no i've broken my g-string you  can also call them thongs or brazilians thongs  
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seems to be a really thin strip at the back and  brazilians are slightly thicker at the back now  
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some important vocabulary vpl lots of women choose  to wear thongs and brazilians and g-strings to  
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avoid the vpl which means visible panty line this  is where the edge of your underwear can dig into  
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your skin and be visible through clothes i know i  much prefer a seamless look seamless means smooth  
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without any joins a seam in clothing is where  two pieces of fabric have been sewn together  
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that's the scene there let's also talk about bras  these are very very important or not so important  
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nowadays it seems to be quite in fashion to not  wear a bra bra is short for frazier but hardly  
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anyone says that anymore we just say bra there are  lots of different styles we have a triangle bra  
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which is of course in a triangle sort of more  of a bikini shape we have a t-shirt bra which  
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is a bra that's intended to be invisible  under your t-shirt a sports bra this has  
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lots of control so there's minimal movement when  doing exercise and running we have a strapless bra  
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with no straps straps other pieces of material  that go over your shoulder we have a push-up bra  
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sometimes referred to as a wonder bra but again  wonder bra is a brand but because they were one  
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of the early ones on the market lots of people  got used to saying wonder bra for every brand  
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the correct brandless term is a push-up bra and  this is where you have extra sponge or filling  
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to push up your cleavage and create a bustier  look one last one we have is a bandeau this is  
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a strapless piece of material normally without  too much structure there are two adjectives that  
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you need to know when it comes to bras padded and  underwired if a bra is padded it means it has an  
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extra layer of material this helps you have extra  shape if a bra is underwired it means it has some  
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wiring below the cup again to give extra shape  lots of women avoid under wiring for comfort  
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reasons let's move on to another underwear section  socks and tights the things you wear on your feet  
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and your legs let's start with socks we have  trainer socks and these are socks that finish  
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just below your ankles so technically they should  be invisible when you wear trainers we also have  
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pop socks and these just cover the outer part  of your feet so that they are invisible in most  
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shoes we also have ankle socks that come up  to the ankles mid calf over the calf knee high  
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over the knee and thigh high we also have  what are called tights in british english or  
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pantyhose in american english these are like  long socks that come all the way up to your waist  
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so they are joined together at the top like a pair  of leggings the thickness of these are determined  
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by the denier which describes the thickness of  the yarn or material used to make them 20 denier  
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pair of tights would be very thin and transparent  and 100 denier pair of tights would be very thick  
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and warm stockings are a sort of cross between a  pair of tights and socks that finish at your thigh  
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but they're normally in that tight nylon sort of  material lastly we have thermal underwear which  
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we wear under our clothes to keep us warm we have  long johns which are thermal trousers or leggings  
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an undershirt which is usually a long-sleeved  shirt vests are sleeveless thermal tops with  
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thin straps in general we would just refer to  any piece of clothing used to keep us warm as our  
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thermals oh i've got my thermals on oh i wish i'd  put my thermals on right we're done with underwear  
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let's move on to what goes on the top half of  your body in british english anything that goes  
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on the top half of your body is generally  called a top in american english generally  
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it's a shirt but a shirt in british english would  imply that it has a collar buttons and maybe cuffs  
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one word that you will hear a lot when talking  about tops is sleeves or sleeved the sleeves are  
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the part of the garment that cover your arms  if something is short sleeve and it has short  
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pieces of material on your arm long sleeves the  opposite we also mention collars which is the  
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material that can cover your neck and the neckline  which is essentially a hole for your head i think  
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neckline vocabulary is very important because  different necklines suit different people we have  
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the v-neck we have this this is a boat neck this  has got a thin kind of crescent shape a polo or  
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turtle neck we have a cowl neck which has some  extra material and we also have a crew neck  
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which would be considered the most normal style of  t-shirt neck a sweetheart neck forms the top shape  
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of a love heart this is considered to be very  feminine square neck scoop neck and a halter neck  
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where the sleeves come up and go around your neck  i love halter necks in the summer a top can be  
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sleeveless or strapless it can be strappy or  have straps i know my mum would say oh i love  
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your strappy dress meaning your dress with straps  really thin straps can be called spaghetti straps  
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because they look like a strand of spaghetti  we could have short sleeves half length sleeves  
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three quarter length sleeves or long sleeves now  in british english a top with straps is usually  
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called a vest in american english it's usually  called a tank although because here in britain we  
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consume a lot of american media we do now use the  word tank as well but when i was younger growing  
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up i would always say vest top but now i'm older  tank top seems to be just as common this could be  
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because brands are more international now so they  choose to use the american terminology something  
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that's very popular at the moment crop tops these  are short tops that finish under your torso and  
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they show your midriff or your stomach as i  said before shirts in british english refer to  
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tops with buttons down the front and a collar and  usually cuffs we also have blouses these are like  
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feminine shirts they're normally more loose  fitting they don't necessarily have the collar  
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and they're considered to be more smart and formal  cuffs are the end parts of shirts and to seal them  
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we i don't know why i pinched myself just there to  close them we use cufflinks cufflinks that's the  
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accessory that many men receive on their birthdays  let's talk about the tops that keep you warm  
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in british english we have jumpers  and in american english they call them  
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sweaters if you said to a british person can  i borrow a sweater i think we would understand  
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you but we might think maybe you're looking for  sportswear we do have sweatshirts which are like  
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hoodies but with no hood and generally no  pocket on the front they're normally cotton  
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with tight sleeves hoodies have a hood and a  pocket at the front we also have jumpers or  
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knitwear there's lots of different styles cable  knit or chunky knit my fiance will loves a cable  
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knit jumper we also have fair isle print which  have that christmassy design around the neck  
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striped or stripey and also cardigans which  are divided down the middle and are closed  
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with buttons now let's talk about some casual  jackets as well we have a biker or leather  
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jacket made out of leather denim jackets  bomber or military jackets and baseball or  
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varsity jackets and these are an american style  jacket but they became very popular in the uk  
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and they are what college students tend to wear we  also have formal jackets a blazer is a more casual  
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less tailored formal jacket we have a tailored  jacket which is very close fitting a dinner jacket  
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which has satin on the lapels they are the parts  that are folded back on a formal jacket we can  
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have jackets and coats that are single-breasted  with one row of buttons or double-breasted  
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with two rows of buttons we also have a morning  coat jacket which has long tails at the back  
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let's talk briefly about the different styles of  coats we have a trench coat often found in beige  
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usually tied at the waist very burberry duffel  coats which are closed using those special  
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wooden fasteners parker jackets and rain jackets  a ski jacket a very puffy one for cold weather  
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we also have a shooting coat which is used for  british country sports and an overcoat as well  
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on colder evenings women in particular may choose  to wear a poncho which is like a blanket that goes  
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all the way around it has no sleeves a shawl  a big scarf that you can wrap around or a wrap  
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as well those are alternatives to coats let's move  on to the bottom half of your body now we have  
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jeans and we have so many different types of jeans  we can have high-rise mid-rise or low-rise they  
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can also be called high-waisted jeans low-waisted  jeans we can have skinny jeans straight leg jeans  
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bootleg jeans which go out under the knee  flared jeans as well and mom jeans which are  
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very popular now you can also have jeggings  which are a cross between jeans and leggings  
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they normally have fake pockets and i'm really  glad that they're not that popular anymore because  
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i didn't like them we have leggings which can  be high-waisted or regular we have joggers in  
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british english or sweatpants in american english  they are meant to be for athletic wear but now  
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athletic wear is everyday wear and sometimes  formal wear athleisure i think they call it harem  
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pants which are very loose fitting they've got  a very low crotch which is the piece of material  
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between your legs wide leg trousers they're  becoming more and more fashionable we also have  
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corduroy trousers which are made of a specific  material corduroy cargo pants or cargo trousers  
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these are sort of military inspired they're  baggier chinos these are cotton trousers often  
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found in beige shorts which of course are shorter  trousers or if you want really tiny shorts you  
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can have short shorts in british english or hot  pants in american english we also have skirts  
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there are lots of different styles starting with  length we have mini midi maxi mini's really short  
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midi's at your knee maxi is down to the ground  skirts can be pleated meaning they have ironed  
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folds of material they can be skater skirts  which mean they go out like an ice skater  
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we also have tulip skirts which mean they come in  like a tulip trumpet skirts go out at the bottom  
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like a trumpet this is all very logical we have  tiered skirts also called rara skirts they've got  
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lots of different layers of material coming  off and my favorite a pencil skirt which is  
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just a figure-hugging skirt that normally goes  mid-thigh to the knee we have lots of different  
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types of dresses as well that go over your full  body but one thing i want to mention before  
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is a jumpsuit so this is a full body outfit  that has trousers as opposed to a skirt  
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these are usually full length if you want your  top attached your shorts this is normally called  
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a playsuit in british english or it's called a  romper in american english cute short very summery  
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floral dresses are called tea dresses in british  english or sundresses in american english but  
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there's a lot of crossover we have fit and flare  dresses which are tight at the top and then go out  
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for the skirt wrap dresses which are wrapped  around you and tied with a bow maxi dresses they  
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go all the way down to the floor ball gowns  these are very formal dresses usually worn  
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for evening events peplum dresses they were  a big fashion weren't they they are normally  
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tight but have a bit at the waist that flares out  bodycon dresses and pencil dresses are usually  
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very figure-hugging and tight let's move on to  shoes we normally talk about our flats or our  
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heels so obviously flat shoes have no heels  and heels elevate your heel off the ground  
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ballet flats are of course inspired by ballet  dancers kitten heels have a tiny little thin  
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heel tall version of that is called  stiletto heels that's with a really  
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thin pointy heel that is really difficult to  walk on platform heels have a thick platform  
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under the toes wedges have no individual heel it's  just all one block at the bottom and we also have  
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court shoes and pumps which are sort of lower  heels when we talk about flatter shoes we have  
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trainers in the uk or sneakers in american  english again there's lots of crossover now  
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boots these cover your entire foot sandals these  are strappy shoes that you wear in summer and  
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flip-flops these are also known as thongs  these are very minimal rubber shoes that  
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you can wear in the summer and normally at the  beach we have loafers we also have boat shoes  
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chelsea boots and brogues finally let's touch on  accessories of course we'd be nothing without our  
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sunglasses we can also call them sunnies for short  or shades we also wear watches scarves gloves  
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a handbag handbags or just bags in general i have  heard people refer to mail handbags as man bags  
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i'm not sure if that's really a thing why would  they not just call it a bag we can also carry  
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an umbrella and one important thing to note is  neckwear especially in menswear we can have a tie  
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or a cravat that's a different that's like sort  of a silk scarf that you wear in place of a tie if  
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you want a bow it's a bow tie we also have loads  and loads and loads of different types of hats  
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a hat with a peek is called a cap you can have  a visor which just goes around here there's  
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nothing at the top a beret is french inspired  of course a panama hat very nice for holidays  
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we also have fedoras i know there are very mixed  views on fedoras in the internet community top  
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hats which are very tall my fiance wears a top  hat once a year at the races and i can never  
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take him seriously when he's wearing it it looks  too ridiculous because he's already six foot six  
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which is nearly two meters it's 198. um and so  to have a top hat on as well it's just too much  
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when we go to weddings sometimes especially women  will wear a little decoration it's not quite a hat  
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but it's an accessory on their head we call this  a fascinator because it just fascinates everyone  
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we also have a beanie hat or a woolly hat which  is knitted and if it has a pom-pom on it we call  
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it a bobble hat so cute right that is it for  today's lesson i hope you learned something  
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i have thrown a lot of vocabulary at you if  you'd like to improve your listening skills  
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and your vocabulary skills even further then you  can try looking at my vlogging channel where i  
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vlog my life here in the english countryside  every vlog is fully subtitled so you can use  
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it as a language learning tool that is lucy  bella on youtube don't forget to connect with  
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me on my social media i've got my instagram lucy  and my website englishwithlucy.co.uk where i have  
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a handmade pronunciation tool where you can  click on any phoneme and hear me pronounce it  
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e no air it's a lot of fun and i had a lot of fun  making it i will see you soon for another lesson
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