LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 23

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It's day 23 of your 30 Day English  Vocabulary Challenge. A video a day  
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every day for 30 days. Yes, this month we're  learning 105 words from the academic word list,  
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words that will help you have  sophisticated English conversations,  
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words you need to know if you're preparing for  an exam like IELTS or TOEFL. I've been watching  
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the posts you've been making about this challenge,  it's incredible, inspiring. Make up a sentence to  
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word you learn and post it on social. Don't  forget to like and subscribe, and don't forget  
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to download the study guide that goes with this 30  day challenge. You can do that by clicking here or  
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the link in the video description. Learn the  words, ace the quizzes, you've got this!
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Our first word today is NORMAL. Normal. In this  stressed syllable, we have the AW as in law vowel  
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followed by R. Now R makes it so this is  not a pure vowel. It's not law. aw-- no--  
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normal, but it's no-- or-- nor-- the lips around  more and the tongue pulls back a little bit more  
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because of that R. Nor— normal. It's an adjective,  it means usual or ordinary, not strange,  
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mentally and physically healthy. Our normal  business hours are from nine to five.  
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This is what they usually are, but on a holiday,  for example, new year's eve, maybe we close early.  
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It's also a noun, meaning the usual or  expected state, level, amount, and so  
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on. Your blood pressure is higher than normal.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
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And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples.
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I mean it's natural that people want to strive  
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to put a roof over their heads  and live a normal life, right?
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Live a normal life. Live a life like most people.  
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Have what most people have, in  this case, talking about a home.
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I mean it's natural that people want to strive  
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to put a roof over their heads  and live a normal life, right?
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Here's another example.
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This is the normal progression for an  average child that gets the measles.
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The normal progression. The way  measles usually progresses in a child.  
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This is not strange, but these are the symptoms  we can expect in a child that has the measles.
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This is the normal progression for an  average child that gets the measles.
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Here's another example.
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Is it also the way that like we do normal  things the way we tie our shoes, the way that  
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we drive a car or something like that.
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Normal things. Every day, ordinary things that  almost everyone does. Tie your shoes, drive a car.
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Is it also the way that like we do normal  things the way we tie our shoes, the way that  
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we drive a car, or something like that.
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Another example.
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Her blood sugar levels were  now normal all of the time.
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Now normal. Before, they were not at the expected  levels. They were not healthy. Now, they are.
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Her blood sugar levels were  now normal all of the time.
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Our last example.
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They found they learned 200  to 500 faster than normal.
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Wow, they learned two to five times faster  than normal. Faster than what's expected.  
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Faster than most people.
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They found they learned 200  to 500 faster than normal.
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Our next word is ASPECTS.
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Notice I'm dropping the T here, that's common or  
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normal when it comes between two other consonants.  Aspects. As a noun, it means a part of something.  
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Their religion affects nearly  all aspects of their lives,  
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it influences how they do almost everything.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
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And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples.
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We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.
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Different aspects of ourselves.  Different parts of ourselves.  
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Getting to know, thinking about  different parts of ourselves.
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We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.
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Here's another example.
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So we have to look at various different aspects in  
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order to figure out what's  going on with the disease.
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Various different aspects, parts,  sides. We can't just focus on one thing,  
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but we have to look at disease from many  different angles to try to understand it.
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So we have to look at various different aspects in  
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order to figure out what's  going on with the disease.
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Here's another example.
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Because it was a presidential visit so there were  people all over town covering all aspects of it.
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All aspects, what the president wore,  
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who the president met with, where  the president stayed, and so on.
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Because it was a presidential visit so there were  people all over town covering all aspects of it.
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Another example.
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What are the aspects we  want to improve and augment?
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What parts of something  bigger do we want to improve?  
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For example, let's say you run a grocery  store, you've got the products, the display  
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really dialed in, but the checkout process  isn't smooth. You want to improve that part.
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What are the aspects we  want to improve and augment?
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Our last example.
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We need to understand that it's the social and  
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the emotional aspects of language  learning that decide everything.
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The social and emotional  aspects of language learning.  
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Learning a language is made up of different parts.  It's the social part, socializing with others,  
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talking with them, connecting with them on an  emotional level that matters, it's not just  
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about being able to state a fact in another  language. It's about connecting with people.
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We need to understand that it's the social and  
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the emotional aspects of language  learning that decide everything.
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Our last word today is PERCEIVED.
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It's the past tense of the verb perceive, which  means to notice or become aware of something.  
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I perceived that she had been crying. Why would  you know that? Well, maybe her eyes are red. It  
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also means to interpret or look at someone  or something in a particular way to regard  
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as. He perceives himself as better than others.  Let's look again up close and in slow motion.
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And now we'll go to Youglish for five examples.
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In a traditional academic model, we  group students together usually by age,  
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and around middle school age,  and and perceived ability.
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Perceived ability. How good  do they think they are.  
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We watch them, maybe have them take a test, we  interpret their ability, we say, for example,  
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he's good at Math, and he's not good at Math,  and then we group the students based on that.
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In a traditional academic model, we group  
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students together usually by age and around  middle school age and and perceived ability.
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Here's another example.
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And don't worry about your perceived weaknesses.
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Don't worry about the weaknesses you think  you have. You look at them as weaknesses,  
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but someone else might not. The second  definition of this word, interpret or look  
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at someone or something in a particular way,  regard as, has to do with judgment. I look at this  
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and I interpret it that way. But  something you might think is a weakness,  
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someone else might see as a  strength, might judge it differently.
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And don't worry about your perceived weaknesses.
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Here's another example.
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Maybe you have good intentions,  you think you're doing a great job,  
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but it isn't being perceived in that way.
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So again, this is about judgment. You think you're  doing a great job, but someone else sees the same  
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thing and thinks differently. They regard it as  something different. They perceive it differently.
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Maybe you have good intentions,  you think you're doing a great job,  
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but it isn't being perceived in that way.
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Another example.
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And I didn't want to share  this with a lot of you because  
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I’m usually a happy person, and I didn't  want to be perceived in any other way.
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This person doesn't want other people to think  
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she's anything but happy. She wants other  people to regard her as a happy person.
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And I didn't want to share  this with a lot of you because  
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I’m usually a happy person, and I didn't  want to be perceived in any other way.
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Our last example.
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Maybe you know people have perceived me as  this guy that's built this big business.
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Perceived me, they interpret me as someone  who built a big business. They regard me as  
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someone who's successful but everyone has  many aspects to them. Oh, there's another  
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one of our vocabulary words for today. And even  someone who's successful has pain in their life.
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Maybe you know people have perceived me as  this guy that's built this big business.
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Seeing their real-life examples can really help  you understand how to use these words, can't it?  
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I have a challenge for you now. Make  up a sentence with one of these words,  
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make a short video of your sentence
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and post it to social media, tag me, and use  the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge
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Don't be shy, you can do this. I love seeing what you posted so far.
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Our next video comes out tomorrow  
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at 10AM Philadelphia time, come on back to learn  three more vocabulary words. In the meantime,  
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keep your studies going with this video, and check  out my online courses at Rachel's English Academy.
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You'll become a more confident English speaker.  And please do remember to subscribe. I love  
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being your English teacher. That's it and  thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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