LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 29

We're doing a 30 Day English Vocabulary Word  Challenge and oh my gosh, guys, we're getting  

close to the end! It's day 29, our second to  last day. That's also called penultimate. Our  

penultimate day. You are all totally crushing it  on learning 105 words from the academic word list  

with real examples, with quizzes. These are  words that will help you have sophisticated  

English conversations, words you need to know if  you're preparing for an exam like IELTS or TOEFL.  

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.

Our first word today is SITE.  

It's a noun, the place where something such  as a building is, was, or will be located, or will  

happen. It's also short for website. Amazon has  chosen a new site for its distribution center.  

Let's look up close and in slow motion.

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

I’m proud to say that they  are live on the site today. 

Here, she's talking about a website,  two important resources for veterans.  

Information on education benefits and disability  benefits are live on the website. When you go to  

vets.gov, you can see them there. I'm proud to say that they are  

live on the site today. Here's another example. 

Take a tour with a guide who will bring  this ultra historical site to life. 

Historical site. A place where  something important happened in history. 

Take a tour with a guide who will bring  this ultra historical site to life. 

Here's another example. And chaperones are on site,  

but the girls are completely in charge. Chaperones are on site. They're there in place,  

but the girls are in charge. The chaperones  are only present in case there's an emergency.  

A chaperone is a person who accompanies and  looks after another person or group of people.  

For example, when a few parents  go along on a school trip. 

And chaperones are on site, but  the girls are completely in charge. 

Another example. This site is a is a new site  

that was sort of discovered by a researcher named  Dr. Ryan Daly, it's up near the Mozambique border. 

A new site. A new place to go see these sharks. This site is a is a new site that was sort of  

discovered by a researcher named Dr. Ryan  Daly, it's up near the Mozambique border. 

Our last example. And the money goes right to the school site. 

The school site. Right to the school itself. And the money goes right to the school site. 

Our next word is INJURY.

A noun, harm or damage, or an act or event that causes someone  

or something to no longer be fully  healthy, or in good condition. She  

survived the accident without injury. Let's  look again up close and in slow motion.  

And now, we'll go to Youglish for five examples. They risk injury or death. 

Risk injury or death. This is physically  dangerous. One can get hurt or killed. 

They risk injury or death. Here's another example. 

So when you have a traumatic brain injury,  you don't feel like yourself anymore. 

When your brain is damaged,  for example, from a fall. 

So when you have a traumatic brain injury  you don't feel like yourself anymore. 

Here's another example. Had a recurring knee injury. 

Recurring. That means this is a pain that  keeps coming back. For example, you may have  

a back injury that comes back every once in a  while if you lift something that's too heavy. 

Had a recurring knee injury. Another example. 

I work primarily in the areas of  personal injury and criminal law. 

Personal injury. This is a common term in  law. Driving around the US, you might see  

a billboard for a law firm advertising  that they are personal injury attorneys.  

That means they handle cases where  someone is hurt physically. This is  

different from a case where someone's property  is damaged, for example, or the reputation.  

A reputation is something that can also  be injured. She injured my reputation when  

she started trashing my research  in conversation with colleagues. 

I work primarily in the areas of  personal injury and criminal law. 

Our last example. For older adults, the consequence  

of just one fall can cause permanent injury. Permanent injury. Harm, damage that will not heal. 

For older adults, the consequence of  just one fall can cause permanent injury. 

Our last word today has two pronunciations.  Transfer and transfer. Different stress.

As a verb, it can be either pronunciation.  First syllable stress or second. As a noun,  

it's transfer, with first syllable stress. As  a verb, this means to move someone or something  

from one place to another. We transferred  the baby's car seat to the other car.  

As a noun, it means an act or process of moving  someone or something from one place to another.  

My bank transferred the funds  in just under two minutes.  

Notice with this TR cluster, it's very common  to hear that as a CHR. This is true of all words  

with the TR cluster. So rather than hearing tr,  tr—transfer, you'll probably hear chr-- chr--  

transfer, with a light CH sound. Let's  look again up close and in slow motion. 

And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples. They can transfer the virus to their baby. 

Transfer the virus. This means the virus  can move from the parent to the baby,  

and the baby can also get sick. They can transfer the virus to their baby. 

Here's another example. To get their first two years  

and then transfer someplace else. Transfer someplace else. 

This is talking about a job. You  work somewhere for two years,  

then transfer to another  location within the company. 

To get their first two years and  then transfer someplace else. 

Here's another example. And that was the first time  

this peaceful transfer of power had ever happened. Transfer of power. This refers to the leaders  

of a government peacefully handing over control  to the newly elected leadership and stepping down. 

And that was the first time this peaceful  transfer of power had ever happened. 

Another example. But in many large  

scale wire transfers, it requires two  people to sign off on the wire transfer. 

Wire transfer. Sending money  from one bank account to another. 

But in many large scale wire transfers,  it requires two people to sign off on  

the wire transfer. Our last example. 

Emails lend themselves very  much to miscommunication.  

They're great for information transfer. Great for information transfer. For sending  

facts. But when it comes to things like tone, for  example, is this person angry about this? That can  

be misinterpreted, can lead to miscommunication.  For example, here, is tone done differently for  

the same phrase: I don't care or I don't care. Emails lend themselves very much to  

miscommunication. They're great  for information transfer.  

Seeing their 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 have posted so far. Our  next video comes out tomorrow at  

10AM Philadelphia time, come 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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