The 3 (everyday) words you should try to AVOID

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- Hello everyone, and welcome back to English With Lucy.
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Today, I've got an important lesson for you
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about the three words you should never, ever say
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or use in English.
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This lesson is going to help you improve all apects
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of your English, but in particular,
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your vocabulary and your writing.
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But it will also help
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with speaking, listening, and storytelling as well.
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It's also going to be especially useful
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if you want to sound more professional.
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But more about that later.
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Before we get started, I'd like
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The first word that you should never,
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ever say or write in English is,
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dare I even say it?
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It's very.
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Now, I've spoken about this horrible little word before.
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But I think it's essential that you
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understand why you should never use it.
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Especially when writing, and God forbid,
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in essays and exams.
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Very is a very weak word.
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See what I did there.
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It doesn't communicate enough information,
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and in my opinion it's one
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of the most useless words in the English language.
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All it does is magnify another word.
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So how can you avoid using it,
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and what should you say instead, if anything.
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I'm going to give you some options,
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and I'm going to give you loads
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of vocabulary that you can use
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that will make you sound like a total pro,
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short for professional.
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First I'm going to ask you a question.
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Which of these sounds better?
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The audience were very scared by the very loud noise.
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Or the audience were very scared by the deafening noise.
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I mean,
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I think the second one sounds better.
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What have I done?
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I have replaced very and the adjective, very loud,
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with one powerful adjective that serves very's purpose.
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What about the audience, where they very scared?
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Can we think of something better?
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How about, petrified?
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The audience were petrified by the deafening noise.
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So much better, and we've used less words,
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which is much better for essay writing
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because you have word limits.
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Here are some examples of words that you can use
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instead of very plus adjective.
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Very bad, atrocious.
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Very poor, destitute.
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Very risky, perilous.
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Very tired, exhausted.
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Very hungry, ravenous.
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That is one of my favourite words I think.
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What a fantastic word, ravenous.
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And very clean, spotless.
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I actually think finding these more powerful adjectives
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is loads of fun, and it makes your writing
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and your speech so much more descriptive.
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Plus, you automatically sound
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like you know so much more English
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because you've got all these words
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that sometimes even natives don't know.
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I think this calls for some homework.
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Yes, even in free YouTube videos you do get homework.
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I want you to comment below
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with at least three alternatives for very plus an adjective.
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Let's see how many we can get under the video
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and make sure to check out everyone else's responses,
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so we have this huge resource for everyone to use.
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Go, go, go.
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Comment three.
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Right.
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The next one.
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Oh, what a terrible word.
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Said.
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Said.
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It's such a boring word, it doesn't tell me anything.
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Now, the word replacements I'm
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going to tell you are more geared towards writing,
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but it will help you with your speaking,
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and definitely your storytelling
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when you're recounting a lot of dialogue.
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So why shouldn't you say said?
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Because it's bloody boring, that's why.
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Read this.
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I'm leaving you forever, she said.
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No, he said.
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How dull is that?
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Let's try again, but changing up the dialogue words.
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I'm leaving you forever, she announced.
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No, he cried.
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See, so much better, right?
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We could take it one step further with adverbs as well,
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but be careful with these,
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'cause sometimes it can make the writing a little bit busy.
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Scatter them in every now and again.
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I'm leaving you forever, she announced powerfully.
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No, he cried pathetically.
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See, so jazzy now, isn't it?
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Now I am a very generous teacher,
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and I have curated a list of amazing dialogue words
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that you can use in your writing
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and in your speech, but a quick Google search
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will leave you with hundreds of alternatives,
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so make sure you do your revision.
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I've organised mine into sections.
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Anger, bellowed, snapped, cautioned.
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Affection, consoled, comforted, soothed.
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Excitement, babbled, gushed, exclaimed.
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Fear, stammered, gasped, screamed.
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Determination, declared, insisted, commanded.
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Can you tell I'm really enjoying this lesson?
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Happiness, sighed, gushed, laughed.
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Sadness, sobbed, moaned, lamented.
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Show conflict, sneered, scolded, glowered.
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To show amusement, teased, chortled, guffawed.
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And for storytelling, recounted, recalled, resumed.
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I hope those are really useful for you.
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As I said before, a quick Google search,
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and you'll have pages and pages of alternatives to said.
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Are you ready for the last word
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that you should never, ever use?
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It is,
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thing.
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Yeah, I know.
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Awful isn't it?
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Isn't it just the most awful word?
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The most frustrating and annoying word in the world.
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My boyfriend always shouts to me,
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Luce, where did you put the thing?
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And I reply, what thing?
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And then he says, you know, the thing.
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It's infuriating.
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Words like thing, and stuff, are convenient placeholders.
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When we can't remember the name of something
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or we get distracted, we use them instead.
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It's actually really hard
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to kick this habit in conversation,
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so I'm not so strict with that.
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But it is so important that we don't use them in writing.
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That's just lazy.
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There is always a better word.
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For example, I looked at all of the things.
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I felt sad.
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You don't know anything about what's making me feel sad.
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How 'bout if I say it like this?
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I looked at all of my mother's
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childhood teddies and possessions.
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I felt sad.
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There, I tell you loads of information about the situation,
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and you understand why I feel so sad.
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Seems obvious, but it's amazing how many people
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use thing in their writing.
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In conclusion, stop saying these three things.
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I've said it before, but it's very important.
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(laughs) Ah, I did a funny.
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I made a joke.
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Mwah!
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(beeping) All aspects of your English,
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but in particular your vocabulary.
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There's my finger. (laughing)
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Okay. (beeping)
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So how can you avoid using it,
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and what should you say instead?
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Bluh.
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(beeping)
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(playful music)
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(beeping) Scrap that,
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scrap that, Connor. (laughs)
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(beeping)
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No!
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(laughing)
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(beeping) I have curated a list
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of some fantastic dialogue,
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bluh.
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(beeping) Bluh.
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(beeping) Show amusement, bloop.
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(beeping) Babbled, gushed, what.
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(beeping) Stop saying
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these three things. (blows raspberry)
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(beeping) Places are limited,
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so make sure you sign up soother
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rather, (laughs) soother.
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(beeping) If you have
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any questions about the mara, the therp.
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(beeping) (laughing)
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(upbeat music)
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