LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 27

It's day 27. We're getting close  to the end of our magnificent  

30-Day English Vocabulary Challenge. We're  learning 105 words from the academic word list  

with real life examples, quizzes, words that will  help you have sophisticated English conversations,  

and words you need to know if you're preparing for  the IELTS or TOEFL exam. 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.

The first word today is PRIMARY.

As an adjective, it means most important, basic,  

or essential. Also happening, or coming  first. Your safety is our primary concern.  

The most important concern. Let's look  again up close and in slow motion.  

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

But the primary responsibility is really to manage  the retirement benefits for public employees. 

The primary responsibility. The most important  thing this person or organization does. 

But the primary responsibility is really to manage  the retirement benefits for public employees. 

Here's another example. But they're prescribed by primary care doctors who  

don't have the kind of follow-up that you have. Primary care doctors in the US. This is what we  

call your main doctor, and you can think of  it as the one you see first. Some insurance  

plans require that you first see this doctor  before seeing a specialist. Your primary care  

doctor should know everything about your health  and recommend you see specialists as needed. 

But they're prescribed by primary care doctors who  don't have the kind of follow-up that you have. 

Here's another example. It was very much a concern. A very,  

very primary concern. A very important concern. 

It was very much a concern.  A very, very primary concern. 

Another example. It's based on, you know, you know, the, uh,  

primary documents, in many cases, primary sources. Primary documents, and primary sources. Let's  

explain these terms with secondary sources. Let's  say you're doing a research paper on Beethoven  

and you're researching what his diet was, what  he ate. A primary source would be something that  

he wrote, letters, for example, where he mentions  what he ate for breakfast or maybe in his papers,  

you find a menu for a dinner party he gave. Also  a primary source. A secondary source could be  

a book written on Beethoven where the author has  written a paragraph about Beethoven's favorite  

foods. That author is not Beethoven, maybe the  book wasn't even written when Beethoven was alive.

So that's a secondary source. In your research, in  the paper you're writing. You may cite or quote  

both primary and secondary sources. It's based on, you know, you know, the primary  

documents, in many cases primary sources. Our last example. 

Primary education is now free in the US.  It's a tremendously variable quality, right? 

Primary education. The first  education someone receives.

In the US this refers to elementary school. Kids  can go to free public school when they're five. 

Primary education is now free in the US.  It's a tremendously variable quality, right?

Our next word is STRATEGIES.

Notice our second T is a flap T. Strategies.  

A plural noun, careful plans or methods  for achieving a particular goal,  

usually over a long period of time. Rachel's  English Academy has a ton of awesome strategies  

to help you speak better English. Why not make  up a sample sentence about my academy? We have  

a method, steps to follow, in other words, a plan  for achieving the specific goal of understanding  

American English better, and communicating  more clearly and confidently in spoken English.  

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

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

So the best strategies are going  to vary between individuals.  

The best strategies, the best way to reach a  goal will be different for different people.  

So the best strategies are going  to vary between individuals. 

Here's another example. And these are absolutely  

powerful marketing strategies. Marketing strategy. The plan a  

business makes to spread the word about who they  are, what they do, and why someone would want to  

buy their products or services. And these are absolutely  

powerful marketing strategies. Here's another example. 

We're innovating around new  strategies that can help kids learn. 

New strategies. New methods and  ideas to help students learn. 

We're innovating around new  strategies that can help kids learn. 

Another example. And then there are domestic groups, and I think  

so often the strategies that we employ to fight  poverty overseas have equal application here. 

The ‘strategies that we employ’ this  means the plans we make and use,  

the different ways we try to do something. In  this case, the way we try to fight poverty. 

And then there are domestic groups and I think  so often the strategies that we employ to fight  

poverty overseas have equal application here. Our last example. 

Ideas, tips, strategies that  you used that have worked. 

You may have tried various different  strategies for learning English. 

Used different teachers, different programs,  some have worked well for you, and others not. 

Ideas tips strategies that  you used that have worked. 

Our last word today is RESOURCES. Resources. This  is a plural noun. As a noun, it means something  

that a country has and can use to increase its  wealth. Oil is their only major resource. It  

also means a supply of something, such as money,  that someone has and can use when it is needed.  

I don't have the resources.  I need to start a business.  

This could mean you don't have the money you  need, or you don't have the time in your schedule,  

or maybe you have both of those things, but  you can't find the right people, you can't hire  

the employees that have the skills you need.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion. 

And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples. And we will need to grow significantly more food  

using significantly less land and resources. Less land and resources, like water. How to  

grow more food with less resources. We'll have  to come up with some good strategies for that. 

And we will need to grow significantly more food  using significantly less land and resources. 

Here's another example. So groups who have more middle  

to upper class members tend to just simply have  more computers and skills and general resources. 

More general resources. In addition to computers  and skills, resources can be things like time,  

and access to things. For example, let's say  you need to record a video for an online class,  

well, lots of people have smartphones, so  that's very easy to do, but some students  

lack that resource. They don't have a smartphone,  or they lack the resource of reliable internet.  

Maybe they lack the resource of time, they're  working two jobs in addition to taking that class.  

These are things that will make it harder to  get that video posted to the online classroom. 

So groups who have more middle to upper class  members tended to just simply have more computers  

and skills and general resources. Here's another example. 

But that is money and resources that can  be reallocated to mental health services,  

to drug treatment programs, to  education money, and resources. 

So money and something else that could  be used for mental health services.  

What is another resource besides money? It could  mean staff, shifting some employees from other  

departments to mental health services, it could  mean a building, giving that department more space  

so they can help more people at once. But that is money and resources that  

can be reallocated to mental health  services, to drug treatment programs,  

to education money, and resources. Another example. 

Frankly, we're running out of  resources to continue to extract. 

She's talking about linear consumption. We extract  a resource, say we make something out of plastic,  

we use it, we throw it away, the world can't  handle using our resources that way forever.  

She says we need a circular model instead. We  have a resource, a supply of something, we use it  

again and again in various different ways. Frankly, we're running out of resources to  

continue to extract. Our last example. 

Lots of great information and resources there. Lots of resources there. On a website,  

this can be information on this  topic, and links to other websites,  

other resources with relevant information. Lots of great information and resources there. 

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've posted so far. Our next video comes out tomorrow  

at 10AM Philadelphia time, come back to learn  four more vocabulary words. In the meantime,  

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