LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 20

It's day 20! We're two-thirds of the way done  with our 30-Day English Vocabulary Challenge.  

One video a day, every day, for 30 days. We're  learning 105 words from the academic word list.  

Words that will help you have  sophisticated English conversations,  

words you need to know if you're preparing for  the IELTS or TOEFL exams. I've been watching the  

posts you've been making about this challenge,  it's incredible, inspiring. Make up a sentence  

to a word you learn and post it on social. Don't  forget to like and subscribe, and don't forget to  

download the study guide that goes with this 30  day challenge. You can do that by clicking here  

or the link in the video description. Learn  the words, ace the quizzes, you've got this.

Today, we start with CHAPTER. Chapter. The  T in a PT cluster is very weak, it's not  

pt—but pt— Chapter. Chapter. It can almost sound  like a D. Chapter. Chapter. There's not as much  

air in it as a regular true T. It's a noun,  it means one of the main sections of a book.  

Please read the first two chapters  of your textbook for our next class.  

Or it means a period of time that is very  different from the period of time before it.  

That was a difficult chapter in my life.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion. 

And now, we'll go to Youglish for five examples. You can read this in the first chapter or  

second chapter of my book. This example and the next  

one uses chapters as a section of a book. You can read this in the first chapter or  

second chapter of my book. Here's another example. 

It's not something that she's  covering in every single chapter. 

Not covering throughout the book. It's not something that she's covering  

in every single chapter. Here's another example. 

This chapter in our life has  ended, so how do we turn the page? 

Now here, the word is being used to talk about  a period of time, a chapter in your life can be  

defined by a big change, like the chapter when you  were single and the chapter when you were married,  

or the chapter when you were in graduate school,  and the chapter when you got your first job. 

This chapter in our life has  ended, so how do we turn the page? 

Another example. I wanna, I wanna read a section from, um, chapter  

five, uh, which is where we focus on culture. Again, talking about a section of a book. 

I wanna, I wanna read a section from, um, chapter  five, uh, which is where we focus on culture. 

Our last example. I mean, they have  

just seen chapter and verse over the last five  years of really bad behavior by these banks. 

Chapter and verse. This is an idiom that  means full and precise information. She  

says they've seen chapter and verse, they've  seen very precisely, the bad behavior of banks. 

I mean, they have just seen chapter  and verse over the last five years  

of really bad behavior by these banks. Our next word is JOURNAL.  

Journal. It's a noun, a book in which you write  down your personal experiences and thoughts. I  

write down my dreams in a journal. It can also be  a newspaper or magazine that reports on things of  

special interest. My mom subscribes to The Wall  Street Journal. This is also a verb and it means  

to write down personal experiences and thoughts.  I journal about the meaning of my dreams.  

Let's look again up close and in slow motion.

And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples. 

My own perspective, however, follows an  argument made by Jill Fields in a 2012  

article in Frontier's women's studies journal. In a particular journal, a publication that  

reports on this specialized subject. My own perspective, however,  

follows an argument made by Jill Fields in a 2012  article in Frontier's women's studies journal. 

Here's another example. A couple of weeks ago, I assigned  

my college students a one-page journal entry. The students were supposed to write out  

personal experiences and thoughts  likely on a particular topic. 

A couple of weeks ago I assigned my  college students a one-page journal entry. 

Here's another example. Oprah likes to keep a  

gratitude journal and says it's the single  most important thing she's ever done. 

Gratitude journal. A place to write down  your thoughts on what you're thankful for,  

what you feel lucky to have. Oprah likes to keep a gratitude  

journal and says it's the single  most important thing she's ever done. 

Another example. So I do regularly journal. 

Here, it's being used as a verb, to write  down personal experiences and thoughts. 

So I do regularly journal. Our last example. 

Francis is published in every  journal you can imagine. 

Every journal, every newspaper  and magazine you can think of. 

Francis is published in every  journal you can imagine. 

Our last word today is TEXT. Text. All three of  our words today relate to writing, don't they?  

This is a noun, the original words of a  piece of writing or speech. You can find  

the full text of his speech on his website. As  a verb, it means to send someone a text message.  

We texted for an hour last night. Let's  look again up close and in slow motion.  

Notice that to make that true T at the  beginning, the teeth have to come together. 

And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples. Someone breaking up with you via text message,  

that's like a different emotion. Breaking up with you, ending your  

relationship via text message. That's harsh. I’d  much rather have that conversation in person. 

Someone breaking up with you via text  message, that's like a different emotion. 

Here's another example. We would read some text in feminist  

theory and have a conversation about it. Some text, some original piece of writing. 

We would read some text in feminist  theory and have a conversation about it. 

Here's another example. Please use footnotes for your in-text citations. 

In-text citation. When you're writing a book or  article, and you quote someone or use information  

or ideas developed by someone else, you need to  cite that, you need to say who the original source  

was. So an in-text citation is where you put  that citation right there in your paper. This  

is different from a citation that happens  at the end of a paper or article. This  

is an example of an in-text citation that I  got from the web, it has two in-text citations. 

Please use footnotes for your in-text citations. Another example. 

The evidence from the text  and artifact tell a new story. 

Evidence from the text, from  the original piece of writing. 

The evidence from the text  and artifact tell a new story. 

Our last example. And you go to text one of your friends  

and they don't text back right away. You text a friend, pull out your phone, send a  

message. We all know what texting is, don't we? And you go to text one of your friends  

and they don't text back right away. Seeing all the real-life examples can really help  

you understand how to use these words, can’t it?  I have a challenge for you now. Make up a sentence  

with one of these words. Make a short video of  your sentence, and post it to social media. Tag me  

and use the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge Don’t be shy. You can do this. I love seeing  

what you’ve posted so far. Our next  video comes out tomorrow, at 10 AM  

Philadelphia time. Come on back to learn  three more vocabulary words. In the meantime,  

keep your studies going with this video, and check  out my online courses at Rachel’s English Academy.  

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I love being your English teacher. That’s it  and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.