Cambly Flashcards
Cambly Classes
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accountable
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I tried to fit this word to describe my pattern of not being aware of the danger of revealing the password for him. Better to say: He didnt account for it.
Its sounds this guy is quite accountable. He always says what he is doing, keeps you informed. Hes been accountable with his time
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accountant
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The person who deals with accounting is an accountant. I didnt know how to say, only account.
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accounting
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I didnt know how to say the process of analyzing my finances to pay taxes. The person would be the accounter
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accurate
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English Standard Version, is a good translation. It is understandable. It is still accurate.
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achievable
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It is completely achievable for me. it is the same as doable.
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acupuncture
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My wife is going to the acupuncture every week. It is very good very medicinal.
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add up
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It doesnt add up. It is an expression if something is not going it doesnt add up.
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address
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So you would, you could also say it’s good to address the situation. To address it is one and confront a person is another way.
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adhesive
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After taking the vaccine you can get an adhesive to stick on the area you got the puncture.
Laura grated her knee and she wanted to cover it using a band-aid or adhesive. You can stick anywhere, wall or wardrobe.
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adulthood
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When a person is grown up, an adult, reaching maturity. Here in Brazil after completing 18 years old you are considered legally an adult.
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advantageous
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It is quite advantageous for the companies to put their employees to work permanently from home
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advert
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It is short for advertisement. I was just designing adverts, math adverts.
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advice
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I used to give some advice, but the advice is uncountable, this word doesnt permit plural.
The constructor worker advised us that something was missing. He let us know.
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advocate
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You are a good person to advocate that because Ive seen you do it with your English studies.
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aesthetics
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The aesthetics are very nice. Word difficult to pronounce
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agitated
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I used this word to mean I was busy but it means you are frustrated or nervous. But you can use this word to refer to a physical thing, moving too fast. It is quite negative.
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agronomist
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A person who works on the land, analyzing the soil, he studies agronomy
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airtime
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Airtime is the time you buy your cellphone. It is an expression, he just needs some airtime to think and to share his thoughts. We were talking about my new coworker who was having a problem with his previous manager.
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alimentation
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Referring to food, alimentation, a nourishing. It is not fancy but it is not an upper class just a fancy word.
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allegedly
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Brazilians company allegedly complained Wise of defrauding clients
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altruistic
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He is very altruistic by doing good things. Difficult to pronounce.
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amend
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I want to amend it. Using in a context that you want to do something to correct your own mistake.
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anesthetics
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They took some time to wake up from the anesthetics. Childrens surgery.
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anguish
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A similar word to distress, anxious, upset, etc. Severe mental or physical pain is a strong word comparable to distress.
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apprentice
They are still learning and working for a fixed period of time and low wages.
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arise
South Africa, the most unique property about is the all the different cultures and languages but then thats also where a lot of problems arise.
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assingment
The word to explain that you have to write an essay to the University for certain research that the teacher asked to do.
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assumption
I used the word making suppositions but assumptions sounded better.
It is an assumption, it is a good word meaning something is already established.
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atmosphere
It created a different atmosphere by putting a music to my children to dance.
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backfire
Sometimes you try to help someone to see something they are missing out but they became angry at you, this is a backfire where you get an opposite effect
It can backfire on you. When explaining grammar, it could have a different effect if I say it to you.
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backyard
People from other countries think that we have lions in our backyard, it is because of movies like that.
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baffled
I dont think scientists are baffled about South Africa. They are perplexed, surprised, and confused.
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bandwagon
Do you feel like he kind of jumped on the bandwagon? Expression to join in something that is becoming good. Referring to my pattern jumping on the company.
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barista
Someone who makes coffee using a professional machine. The coffee youtube man used to be a barista in Japan
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beanie
When my little nieace saw the baby, she saw that he doesnt have his beanie on. They call a tuk in Canada.
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bedside table
I have to bedside tables in the room. Arthur hid in between the table and the bed when someone knocked on the door.
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beneficient
Here in my city, there are beneficent parties to raise money to the church, people donate cows and cattle and they make an auction.
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beverage
Any kind of drink except water. Could be a soda, like fizzy drinks or a fruit juice, whatever.
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blood cots
Incorrect order, I said cot blood. AstraZeneca vaccines are causing blood cot problems.
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bloom
After the winter it comes the season when the flowers start to open up? Not the correct term is the flowers start to bloom
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blown
The light was blown, which means that the light is not working anymore and you have to change it.
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blury
The part that becomes a bit blurry is can you have your friends over? It is not clear what we are allowed to do.
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boardroom
We were just a small group of people in a boardroom. A room in which of the meeting is held.
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boast
It is to help a bit of the beginning or to show off a bit
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borrow
A borrowed land which my father in lay has to plant sugarcane and pay back some amount to the landlord.
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bracer
An alcoholic drink taken to steady the nerves. George Cloney advertises bracer
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brunch
A brunch would be a combination of breakfast and lunch. Instead of having breakfast lunch and dinner, two big meals.
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brush up
I had to recover from backup and it was good because I could brush up on my skills.
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bullet points
Important things that I want to talk about during the class, it is helpful to not forget things I want to cover.
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call out
If you call someone out that means you saw someone cheating in an exam you call them out.
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captivate
The story is very captivating then it is hard to put it down. If the story is not captivating it is hard to pick it back up again.
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cardboard
It is thick paper, cardboard. Something harder than cardboard could be plywood.
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caretaker
Someone who stays at the building, looking after the maintenance of the building.
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carport
So carport is like a structure with a roof that you park your car and at least its that I just want to make sure its not for me South African.
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castle
In India, they have a big divide between the rich and the poor. They have castles, different social divisions.
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catch-22
It is an expression to explain you are in a situation with no exit. It is a dilemma because you can exit because of conflicts, like a race-dead condition.
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cavity
A problem in your tooth leading you to see the dentist to fix it. Short story: The umbrella man
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charades
There is a game you need to act out. You give a hint: it is a movie, a song, etc. Other people need to guess what it is.
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charcoal
A black substance used in barbecues to burn and produce heat
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cheat
It is easy to commit fraud or to cheat someone with a check. Checks are easier to fraud.
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chilled
He is more chilled now he ended his partnership with Yoga.
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chip in
Sometimes there was a delay, it easier to see the person. You know they have stopped talking and you can chip in.
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clanky
When I hear of something that is making a little bit of noise.
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clarity
I said I would speak to my parents yesterday. I did speak to them but I didnt get any clarity. Ive got a few strategic friends to help me to decide.
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clean up
If I removing unnecessary files from my computer just say clean up, on clean could mean you are wiping your computer down.
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clench
I was trying to find a word to describe how the spider man sticks his hands on the wall to climb it. Clench is more like holding on using your hands.
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clip in
Arthur was trying to assemble his transformer, he pulled out all the arms and legs and he didnt know how to put it back in.
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commendable
I think being honest is actually quite commendable. Deep conversation about having peace of mind by helping people.
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commotion
It stayed off the whole day. So it was a bit of a commotion. Basically, our electricity box in the neighbors garden.
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compensate
The vaccine compensates for the benefits you get from the virus in the future. Another way to rephrase it: The benefits outweigh the risk of taking the vaccine.
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compromise
I used it in the wrong context. I was trying to say he is very committed to his work. Unless, you say he doesnt compromise his work, like not spoil. He is diligent, hard work.
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compromised
Maybe you dont want to do something but then you decided to do it. The word is very different from Portuguese which means you are committed to doing something.
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compulsory
It is not compulsory to return to the office, they can keep working from home. It is not established yet.
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concierge
Someone who takes care of a building, checking the people coming in and coming out.
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conciliator
Someone that tries to ease things, solving the problems it might occur.
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contain
The same as to restrain, to contain something, hold back. I was not sure if I can use this word with this meaning. According to the dictionary to keep your feeling under control.
It could mean two things: one contains another thing or restrains something. Goodwill contained them to act badly.
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container
A roll-out dumpster or container is very common in construction to deposit debris or garbage while you are renovating the house.
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contaminated
Not sure it is an English word because it is similar to Portuguese, Jody just validated, verb contaminates.
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contemplate
The children were contemplating the sky. Maybe a better word would be staring because contemplating requires more thoughts, like reflecting about your life.
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contradictory
I thought word controversy but it is contradictory. Things that dont align, lack of agreement.
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convicted
I am not necessary facing my fear of building something big. I think that is where I am convicted. Like guilty
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cotton buds
In the past, it was called earbuds but now it changed probably because earbuds are to listen to music. My children used cotton buds to do activities for the school.
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cringing
I dont feel like cringing. I used cringe which is a verb.
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critic
Someone who is responsible for judge a movie, food, etc. Splanguish movie where the main character got a critical note in the newspaper about his food.
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crook
He is a crook. I dont need to say crooked man or whatever. It is a dishonest person.
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crouch
He crouched in between the table and the bed and waited for a few minutes until I get there.
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crude
You are talking about more dirty jokes, more crude jokes. Here mean offensive jokes.
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cuddle
They gave a big hug that you want to cuddle them
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cuisine
The Japanese cuisine is better than Japanese culinary skills. the cuisine is a noun and culinary is an adjective.
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dabbing
Christian used in his presentation, I man in a dabbing position.
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debriefing
I was just doing some debriefing on 2020. Like what was good, what was bad.
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decay
I thought about using the word decay to inform that sugarcane production will decrease over the years but decay is more like start to die.
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deceptive
My coworker is being deceptive working at home, he fakes the status pretending he is online but in fact, he is away from the computer.
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decor
Is it a different place? No, I put some decor.
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decoy
It is a type of decoy. Red herring, guinea pig. Act of attracting something or someone.
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decrease
The production will decrease over the years. I used the word drop which also can be used.
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decree
It is something imposed by law or government, during the pandemic you cant go out after a certain time, it is not in that way here in Brazil, dough.
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deed
If you do something good like a good deed than it gives you more peace of mind
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deficiencies
The plural form of this word is quite hard to pronounce correctly.
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deficiency
It is my deficiency now, I dont know how to manage my coworkers and I have to learn it myself.
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demoted
The opposite of promoted. It is a concept of the Duolingo App where you can go up or down in the leagues.
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dent
My kindle device has a dent on the back of the device to help you grasp it like a book. It helps to hold it.
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depleted
After seven years the sugarcane sprouts were depleted and the production is not good enough.
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depreciation
The machinery depreciates over time, you have taken it into consideration to measure your profits.
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derogatory
It is not good to call Japanese descendants by just saying: hey Japanese boy , instead of their real name
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desert
Do not confuse the word desert to dessert when pronouncing it. If it deserts with very small trees.
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desirable
Where are the goodies, something that is attractive or desirable you could call goodies?
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despicable
Something very unpleasant or evil. There is a movie for children called Despicable me.
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dice
Dice used in board games. Dice is singular and plural in British English. American English uses die.
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diligence
It is about being a lot more diligent and organized. She takes a lot of care in her studying.
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diminish
This verb is good to use to describe that the holes in my brain where I dont know to say in English is reducing in quantity. Diminish is reduce in size.
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discipline
An error in using this word, I said I tried to disciplinate Arthur, influenced by my mother tongue.
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discrete
I tried to find a word to describe my new peer who is working with infrastructure at the company.
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disposal
Something is at your disposal (is available). I thought about the word disposable which is an adjective. disposal is a noun and I couldnt remember the expression.
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distort
Watching a video at a higher speed could distort the rhythm of a speech.
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distorted
There are many weird people in the world to do weird things. That is so distorted, the world.
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distractive
If something is going on you can say it is very distractive whereas I am very distracted today (adjective).
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distress
The situation is very distressing (distressful) or stressful. Distressing is stronger than stress.
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dived
The past tense of dive could be dive or dove (North-American). A bit confusing.
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diverge
He just diverged from the topic. Pronunciation error the i long sound.
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dizzy
Last night I felt very dizzy. I felt very blurry.
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doctrine
He has played a role in some Christian doctrine. I was not sure how to pronounce this word.
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dodgy
Everything just seemed dodgy because they asked my PayPal account to send money for buying my dress
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downsizing
Companies in Brazil are permanently allowing their employees to work from home, they are returning some floors of the building and downsizing the company
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draw up
How to say I am going to draw up graphics about the lessons (I said make graphics)
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dreadful
It is very dreadful not being able to speak any word.
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duck out
They would duck out the way or jump out. The word is similar to dodge.
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dust
If the water is not pure it contains dust. (I said dusty, in that case, dusty is something covered with dust)
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dustpan
A device to collect dust from the ground with a broom.
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dwell
When you dwell on something, you dont like to move forward staying in one place, a bit negative.
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eatery
A place that servers food. It could be a cafe or a restaurant.
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edge
It is a double-edged sword. There are two sides to a sword. You can escape from one thing but the other side can catch you.
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edible
Something you can eat, the same as eatable
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energized
I am very energized with my busy life. Sounds exciting this week, a lot of changes at work.
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every
The server kept rebooting every fifteen minutes. I said each or each and every fifteen minutes.
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expel
The portable air conditioner expels air out cooling the people in front of it. It takes the air out.
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expel
We tried to expel the rat out. Expel is quite formal, we could say: we tried to get the rat out our, or we chased him out.
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favorable
It is more of a favorable approach. You have to speak a lot if you want to become good at it.
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feet
If you have money, you can do amazing things, you can help people to get on their feet.
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fence
He is sitting on the fence. In Portuguese would be you are up on the wall
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fiddle
You could say\> dont fiddle with my stuff. Just leave everything where it is.
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flatter
He is not trying to flatter you, to say something only to make you feel important. His compliment is genuine.
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flip
I can hear him flipping the pages looking for his notes. He is very organized.
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flurry
Similar to hustle and rustle, where there is a lot of activities going on all at the same time. Maybe my life is in a flurry
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footprint
Jody got help to clean the house but they left a thick layer of water and footprints everywhere, she also organized her cupboards.
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fracture
If a glass is fractured, it got a little line in it, like a crack fracture.
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frantic
A similar word to hectic. A frantic activity.
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frantically
I only work frenetically all day long. I could use it frantically.
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free up
Jody was glad that with my new employee things will become easier and I will have more time
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front loader
Referring to washing machines, two types: top loader and front loader that you can see the clothes tumbling, tumbling.
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frostbite
When it is too cold you can get frostbite on your fingers, your toes. It is the same for trees and plants when there is severe cold and it frostbites the plants the next day and you could lose the crops.
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function
A graduation ceremony. Jodys friend just graduated after ten years of studying and she had to cancel our first class to attend the ceremony.
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gague
Check out the pronunciation, it is geidi. Like to measure.
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genre
A different genre. That is such a difficult word to pronounce
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gibberish
If you dont know the language the words would sound gibberish.
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ginormous
I am busy packing my tent feels huge because I have to carry it It feels ginormous. Extremely large.
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give away
pay attention: not give out
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gloat
Somebody who is very smug probably smug all the time. Bloat you are happy for your own success and other peoples failures.
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gossiper
A gossiper is someone who likes to gossip. My wifes cousin called her father a gossiper which was not fun.
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grate
She grated her knees. Maybe a little bit of skin comes off.
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grimace
It is ugly or a twisted expression, feeling pain. If they are trying to be funny, making funny faces you could say they are pulling faces.
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grind
I mispronounced the word. It grinds the sugarcane, not short i sound.
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grueling
It is very difficult, cycling sometimes could be grueling because it demands a lot of time and effort to ride great distances.
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hallucinate
It is a little bit scary to see your children hallucinating
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hand over
Jody asked what I am going to do when I hand over my task to the new coworker.
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harbor
We harbor our emotions, or fears, or anger. We use it metaphorically to say our emotions are at the harbor and it doesnt go out.
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height
Your company achieve great heights.
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hindsight
Conditional help: In hindsight, if you had known the situation now you wouldnt have started the renovation.
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hose
We just playing with the hose to spray water on each other. Pay attention to pronunciation hose and rose.
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hospitable
Synonymous for receptive. Check out the pronunciation could be hard.
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humility
It takes a lot of humility to own a mistake.
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hunch
You might have a guess or a feeling, you have a hunch but if you give him a hint you give him a heads up.
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hunchback
A hunchback is a person who leans over because he has something on his back, his spine is not working properly probably.
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ideation
Ideation is one of my strongest gifts. I come up with many ideas.
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idolize
Idolatry is a noun and the verb is idolize. People idolize him a lot.
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import
I was not sure I could use the word import referring to computers (import a file) because it is associated with import products from a different country. I could use
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indecisive
She is indecisive, difficult to make decisions. Pay attention to the pronunciation of long vowel.
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indestructible
Something or Someone that cant be destroyed. Super heroes could be indestructible.
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inflation
I was describing a promotion and an increase in salary to compensates the inflation
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inquisitive
Arthur is more inquisitive, we asks a lot of question which is good for getting knowledge
He is inquisitive, he asks a lot of questions. Talking about Arthur.
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insight
Maybe Christian can give me some insight, into the course.
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instinctivily
I would think instinctively. What a difficult word to pronounce.
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integrity
The has integrity means that it is not corrupted, it is unique. Data integrity is necessary for the database works without an error.
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intervene
A word very similar to Portuguese, meaning the server intervening substituting the faulty server.
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inventory
The process of checking all the companys equipment taking note of everything. He takes an inventory or he writes down an inventory.
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invoice
We send an invoice to our clients every month, they know how much they owe us.
I was explaining how my software works, after clients agreeing to pay the software generates a slip/invoice that people can use to pay. Invoice is not the proper word I think.
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irritated
My eyes are getting irritated. It can be used to show you are angry or annoyed
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italics
Not sure if I was the exact word to describe a specific type of computer letter, it is sorted of highlighted
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itinerary
It is like an agenda in a meeting, things you have to discuss
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jam
I have been experimenting with making jam, tomato jam. It is sweet, with a lot of fruit and sugar.
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jersey
The one black jersey is new. I am wearing the jersey because it is new but the shirts I am not sure.
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junk
Your junk might be somebody elses treasure. Jody referring that some of your stuff could be useful for other people.
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kilometer zero
Kilometer zero is different from a new brand car, kilometer zero is a new car that has already been registered by the manufacturer or dealer
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knock over
It is dangerous to give a glass cup to a child because they can knock it over off their hand.
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labor
It is labor, It takes time to do, when you doing something manually.
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laborious
It also could be labourious. Not sure which one to use, I think laborious is more common and it is present in the dictionary. Check pronunciation: l??b??ri?s
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labourious
A good word to describe a task hard to accomplish. Check the pronunciation Jody was different from the dictionary.
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last night
Instead of saying yesterday night you could just simply it to last night
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lead
Pay attention to how to pronounce this word it is liid and the past tense led when is been used as a verb to guide something.
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ledge
Jodys niece was running from the couch to the ledge, we have a ledge by the fireplace onto the sofa.
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legacy
This could be used in computers to mean you have a program that has been around for a long time and it is still useful. You also could say someone left a legacy.
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legit
It is authentic, this doesnt seem a scam or a fraud.
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lenient
I miss using this word, I tried to say that you need to take care of your money by being careful, lenient is just the opposite.
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liability
Normally in business, an asset will generate money and liability will take the money.
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limiting
I miss pronounced the word, I said imitating. When you are shy to speak even knowing the language it is very limiting for them
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literate
She is very well-read or literate which means she studies a lot through books or academically.
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litter
Japanese are very educated people, they dont throw litter on the street.
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loadshedding
Our country has started the load shedding again where they cut the electricity.
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loan
You can take a loan, get a loan or take a loan out.
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loophole
It is a really good idea, they have just got a loophole in the system
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loosen up
They need to loosen up. They need to relax a little bit.
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loss
I keep forgetting the opposite of profit. How they dont have a loss by selling the car.
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luxurious
It is so restful and luxurious this place where I am now.
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malfunction
The reboot happened because a malfunction in the server
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markers
The markers on the sea are to help swimmers to follow a pathway in their competition, go straight into the sea, and go back after reaching a turning point.
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mat
It is not shiny, she helped me to describe the kindle surface that is not as shiny as a cellphone, good for reading books for a long time.
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mechanic
I said It is mechanical to deal with servers now. Correction: It is a mechanic to manage servers now.
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mechanized
The harvesting is mechanized now. Another good word is automated.
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menial
It is a menial task, boring repetitive, etc. Maybe bureaucratic you need to do because of the rules.
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merchandise
A type of advertisement. Youtube has a lot of merchandise.
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methodology
They have to prove that their methodology works, the refold methodology
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midlife
If you are in your mid-life, you have a midlife crisis. Sometimes you overthink your life.
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minimalism
I didnt know how to pronounce this difficult word
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mischievous
Checking the pronunciation there are two different ways: mischievous and mischievous. The first one is more common nowadays
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mislead
Checking the pronunciation: /?m?s?li?d/. I was talking about Queens gambit main character who is Spanish but grew up in the UK, she doesnt have an accent in Spanish but it doesnt mean that she can speak perfectly.
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module
I have been studying it again, just module four-module over
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multinational
A company that the headquarters is from another company. I could also say an international company.
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mundane
I am terrible at doing mundane things. I got bored of being an engineer.
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myriad
You have a myriad of options and you have to select the best one
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narcissistic
Word to describe Megan Markles behavior toward the royal family.
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narrator
He is the narrator of the story. The second a is a long sound.
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nostalgia
Going to visit the past again. I feeling you remember the past you feel nostalgic.
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obliged
It is similar to obligated but obliged is more like a passive, just receiving the action as I won. You receiving you can use both but it is someone else you must use obligated.
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olden days
Expression:, before the pandemic Stuff we did in the olden days when we go to school
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on-premisse
Jody didnt understand because I said onpremaise instead of /?prem?s/
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operate
It is really nice to see she is not operating on her own. She is not working alone on her youtube channel.
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optimistic
Pay attention to the pronunciation, I missed the last syllables
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overload
I dont want to overload the company with my job, burden the company. It is my responsibility.
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parent
Using parent here as a verb. In language learning is good to choose someone to parent you. You can learn from them
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pasture
A place where the cows and cattle eat grass. Check the pronunciation out too.
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pavement
A pavement area or a cemented area. Just explaining that in this rented house almost everything outside is cemented.
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pay up front
I didnt know how to say that I paid for the grammar course all at once, not installment.
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peak
Laura, she came to a peak, to see what was going on there.
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peel
I said: I peeled off the potato but the correct is to drop off, just: I peeled the potato. I tried to help my mother-in-law to make a potato salad.
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pencil in
You write down something that needs to be confirmed because when you use a pencil you can erase it afterward.
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perceive
He is very good at perceiving thing or even discerning.
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perfect
He is just kind of working hard to perfect his pitch accent. Perfect when used as a verb has a different pronunciation comparing to when is used as an adjective.
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pestcide
A poison that kills bugs and insects. It is heavy used in agriculture to keep the crops healthy.
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pesticide
The product that kills the bugs on the plant. I confused about fertilizers which make the soil stronger with nutrients.
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pharmaceutical
Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company.
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phlegm
A really good story that Jody told about a family struggling with COVID. Phlegm is a thick substance produced by our body when we have a cold.
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pinned
He was pinned against the wall or pushed into a corner.
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pinponting
Well done for asking the questions and actually pinpointing its disappointments
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pitch up
Im not sure whether my student is pitching up but I do have one. (like arriving)
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plaster
A plaster or a band-aid to cover the wound. They put on the stitches to seal it off.
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plot
I bought a plot to build his house with the money we paid for his salary and extra hours.
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plow
The device you attached to the tractor to prepare the land
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pluck
He plucked out all the weeds. Instead of using pulled-out, pluck is more specific.
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portfolio
I was trying to explain a document that every worker has to keep track of the companies they worked for. Jody suggested a portfolio or record.
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poverty
In poor countries any money counts a lot, they are a lot of poverty all over the place there in India.
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powdered milk
I didnt know how to say an substance to make their milk that my children still drink
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praise
I can just proud of him (Arthur). He can be proud but I can just praise him because he organized the room by himself.
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preventative
They are preventative vaccines, they will stop you from getting the virus but they are not a cure.
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pride
There is a bit of pride of helping people. I used proud.
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problem solver
Cleaver way to name Arthur, he wants to ease when a stressful situation occurs.
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proofread
Using Grammarly is good because you can proofread your writing to see if it is accurate.
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pump up
I went cycling and I had to pump up the two tires, they were flat. They had to be pumped up.
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puncture
I have got a puncture.
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pursue
They are chasing them. Pursuing is a little different, maybe a guy is pursuing trying to win a lady.
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questioning
They are questioning if it is fair that she won the competition having a lot of subscribers who voted on her.
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questionnaire
It is a survey or a questionnaire. It is like a feedback, you can ask your audience what they want, giving them some choices.
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rack
A piece of equipment to store servers/computers inside. Check the pronunciation
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rags
They keep away from people dressing in rags, not even offering help.
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rambling
You see the thunder and then you hear the rambling. The sound produced by a storm.
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raspy
A grating noise or harsh, a deep voice.
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read up
How to say I read a book up until page X. I could say I read up to page 200.
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realistic
Bill Gates is been realistic for saying the word is not prepared, not a realist.
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reasoning
I was tried to describe someone that likes to think ahead, curious, and apply logic in his thoughts. Basically, I was trying to describe Arthurs behavior.
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recap
I have got a track record of what we do, I keep note of what we do and we can recap next time.
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receptive
If they are receptive they are welcoming. You will be very well treated by those people.
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reconcile
I have to reconcile different tasks to study English and fit everything into my life.
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recruitment
The process of find new employees to your company.
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redeem
I used the word redemption, my second experience on Iltaki was much better. Correct: It was a redeeming experience now that I am speaking English better.
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refine
We are refining what we are talking about. I thought an expression trimming the edges but it is not right. It is more like to eliminating the differences.
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relieve
I have felt just relieved now.
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request
Trying to find a word stronger than remind to indicate that I charged the Altitude Software guy to answer quickly the questions. Possible choices are follow up, check up on them.
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resenting
Youre going to be resenting it.
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resilient
Children were quite resilient to wear masks.
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retreat
A place you go to rest, you can worship and stay in peace
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reunite
We can reunite my wifes family or we can gather also, both words are good.
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revenue service
The name of the government that collects taxes in a city or country
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revolutionize
Christian from Canguru English is trying to revolutionize the way they teach English.
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rhetoric
A rhetorical question, you dont need an answer. You ask something but actually, you dont really need an answer.
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ride
Check the pronunciation I sad hide instead of ride
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rigid
Your routine, your studies. They dont need to be rigid.
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rinsing
The process that the washing machine is washing the clothes only with water without soap.
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ripe
It is ripe meaning, your business is already developed and now you can grow it. From the movie: I care a lot.
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rise
I said the numbers are going to raise again. Correct is the number is going to rise again. (the number is going to rise by itself there is no object after rising).
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rising
Check the pronunciation the number of cases is raizing, not raising
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rolled up
Newborns need to be rolled up tight, they cant lose heat off their bodies.
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ruined
Check the pronunciation, Arthur spoiled/ruined my keyboard by taking out some of the keys.
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runner up
A second place in a competition. The first place is the winner.
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sanctuary
A movie about South Africa and caned hunting. There are places called Wildlife Sanctuary where animals are protected.
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save up
Do you save up? Was it better to save up? You can spend your whole life saving up money.
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scarce
Holidays in Japan are very scarce. / ske?s /
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seep
Laura held her pee for so long and she finally peed on her diapers, it seeps out on the mattress.
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self catering
It is a self-catering place. You have everything in your apartment and you have to make your own meal.
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self-reflection
I tried to find a word to describe when you think too much about how you are doing things to see if it has been doing correctly.
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sensationalism
Youtuber can do anything to attract more viewers. They can post sensationalist videos.
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sensitive
Dealing with servers sometimes could be very sensitive, you have to take a lot of care.
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sequel
A word difficult to pronounce meaning a sequence of a book or movie
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servant
A public servant works for the government.
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service the bike
How to say the place you can go to let your bike to be fixed or under a maintenance
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settlement
South Africa has also slums, we just call them townships and they are very neat. A better way to refer them is to young people living in informal settlements.
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shade
I didnt know how to say the ceiling shade
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shake up
The email spoke him up and made he think about his youtube channel
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shallow
It is shallow enough to stand in the swimming pool.
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shin
She was sitting on her shins. It is the front line of her legs, between your knee and your foot.
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shoot
How to say the part of sugarcane that you plant. The shoot of sugarcane. Young branch, springing from the main stock. It could be also stemmed.
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shredded
The sugarcane is shredded by the machine. shredded are big pieces and grind is normally a little bit like a powder.
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sideline
I just want to do something on the sideline. Besides what I am currently doing.
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sigh
When he is angry or stressed he snores, or he sighs is a better word.
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sightseeing
Describing the movie Emily in Paris, she went to Paris and went sightseeing in the first days.
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skeptical
Jody was very skeptical that booking an appointment on a website to the revenue service would work.
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sketch
It described as a rough drawing. It gives an idea of your project.
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skim
I just skim the magazine during my launch break while I was in Japan
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sling
a cloth that helps you to support you arm in case you broke your collarbone
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slug out
It is like walking through snow, it is difficult to walk. Now Froome can slug out eating chocolates, he has been sarcastic because now he is on vacation and can enjoy time doing he wouldnt do when he is training for the Tour France.
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slum
I wouldnt describe poor areas in South Africa as slums, we just call them townships, they are very organized.
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socket
You can insert a plug into the socket, it is also called a power point.
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soft
I used high and low to refer to when you speak like whispering, but low is for pitch accent, you need to use soft. I spoke softly.
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soften
Not sure how to say that the restrictions are soften or lighten now
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soil
How to say a surface on the ground that is not covered by cement, with only soil powder.
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sought
How to pronounce the past tense of seek. Check: /s??t/
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speakerphone
You put your phone to speak out loud so everybody can listen to the conversation.
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spospontaneity
I think they are going to loose their spontaneity
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spreadsheet
A file you can create to take note, like a list of something, you can use special software or tool called Excell.
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steam
The ice turns into water and water turns into steam. My children were playing with ice, melting putting on the stove plate, or exposed to the sunlight
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stem
Stem is the part between the handlebar (in the middle) that connects to the frame
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steward
She has even learned those principles of saying no and being a good steward of your finances.
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sting
The children were afraid to get stung by the bees. I used the word bit which is not correct.
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strand
He has five strands of hair. They call him little onion, a child character here in Brazil
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stroke
I stroke his head and tried to wake him up in the restroom, the nurses were worry because he was taking so much to wake up.
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sturdy
A ladder when is solidly grounded is sturdy, not move and it is not dangerous to climb up.
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stutter
I am not a good speaker, even in my native language, I stutter words sometimes.
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summit
Summit Web is a conference for startups. A summit is the top of the mountain, the highest point.
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supervise
I was not sure if I can use this word to refer I was supervising my coworkers if they were doing the job correctly.
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susceptible
They are more susceptible to get corona-virus.
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swerve
If you driving a car and something appears in front of you you can swerve to the other side
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swipe
If they bring the machine you can swipe your credit card.
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tassel
A bunch of threads tied together that is used in the curtain to hold them closed. They hang at the extremity of the curtain
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telepathy
The power of communicating using your head without even speaking.
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tempting
It is tempting to buy something when they knock at your door
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testimony
She is going to give her testimony that she was beaten up.
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thoroughly
You know that he thinks more thoroughly in the beginning. Talking about my new coworker who almost was fired.
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thrilled
She is thrilled about having a newborn. Jodys sister had a second baby.
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thriving
It is good to see your business thriving at this time. A good word to put emphasis on achievement.
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tidy up
I tidy up the floor removing all the toys and putting them back in the box. I used the verb tie which is different.
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tidy up
My children dont tidy up their stuff. They play and dont put things back to the original place.
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tier
I always pronounced this word with a long vowel ai sound. It is not.
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toolbox
It is good to fill up your toolbox, to have knowledge about something. I thought about baggage when you have baggage but baggage in English is quite negative, like your emotional wreck from a previous relationship could be baggage to the new one.
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torch
We ran with a torch on our head because it was night and we needed to see the pathway.
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torn
I am so torn, which means that you are confused or divided by two different ideas. You dont know what to think because you see the two sides of a coin.
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torsion
She twisted her wrist while chasing the rat out. It caused a torsion which is a technical word for describing this.
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tranquil
I could say: My travelling would be more tranquil having someone else to back me up
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transcriber
Someone whose job is to transcribe a text. We are talking about the otter and how good it is. Jody said it could help her friend who transcribes texts.
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transport
Tomorrow we need to transport our furniture out to a new place.
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travelators
The vertical one is an elevator. And the stair of it it is an escalator, and the flat ones normally in airports are the travelators.
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tremendously
A very good word to emphasize something that has a huge impact.
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trilogy
Not sure if it is the short or the long i sound. It is a short vowel.
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trim
I just trimmed the edges of my hair. I didnt go to a hairdresser. I did it myself.
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trimming
Chopping down or trimming the trees. Jody had a shortage of energy they were actually trimming the tree, not chopping down which is more like cutting the trees.
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truthful
It is just lying. It is not being truthful. Truth is a noun you can turn it into an adjective by adding ful.
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tune
It is good to tune the server to work better.
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turning point
A point in time where things start to change is like a mark when you feel things will change. I have some of that marks in my journey of learning English when I feel things just changed for good.
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twitch
I involuntary movement that you can do with your body. Sometimes I do something with my neck, It is like pitches that I have had since I was a teenager.
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ultimetly
You have to ultimately decide what you want to give.
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undo
You have to undo your own modifications if something wrong happens.
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unemployment
State of not being employed. After getting fired the government helps you paying an extra salary for six months called: unemployment insurance fund.
The money you receive when you got fired is called an unemployment fund. The government pays you six months of a fixed wage.
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unforseen
I do know that sometimes unforeseen circumstances just happen.
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upgrade
Can I use upgrade to refer to a big update? It refers to when you are upgrading from a pro to business account or you are buying a bigger car.
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uproot
A storm came through our city and the winds are so strong that they uprooted some trees.
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use up
It is crazy how Youtube uses up all your time, you can get spend hours without realizing it.
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vague
I didnt how to pronounce this word vaguely. I had a vague idea of the book I read when I was a teenager.
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vaguely
I do remember very vaguely, the gingerbread man story. It is a nursery story.
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vanity
She was vain. Vanity is the noun
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vehicle
The car, the vehicle.
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venue
We went to church and our venue was changed. They gave us notice to move up to the venue.
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volunteer
Jodys aunt volunteered at her house and the company installed solar panels for her.
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wash away
If one hair was out of place I would cry. That all got totally washed away when I realized the love of God for me.
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weigh up
You have to weigh up inside if is worth the time spending in English. You need to decide to what extent it is worth spending so much time on.
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wetsuit
One of the girls is going to bring me a wetsuit because I hate cold water.
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whispering
I had difficulties to explain when my children were mumbling, kind of planning something to do behind my back or to trick me
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wicked
Witches are normally described as wicked. If a friend plays a joke on someone else, you could say that is wicked.
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widget
I have seen those widgets to sell. It tis like a wedge pillow you can use to lean against it.
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withdrawn
They are upset, quiet, and dont want to talk. If they are unhappy and quiet you could use sulky.
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woodcutter
The woodcutter is someone who cut trees. I made a story involving a woodcutter working on the florets cutting trees.
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worn
The shoes are very worn
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worship
Worship can be toward God but you can worship a person or concept that you love or have a strong admiration
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wreck
If somebody is wrecked, they are either extremely tired or extremely worried, you like a wreck.
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wrist guard
Something tho hold your wrist tight, immobilizing it. for the ankle is an ankle guard.
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aerodynamic
Time trial race uses a different type of bike, they are more aerodynamic.
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affectionate
He is very affectionate.
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agnostic
Agnostic in terms of religion means in terms of God, I am open to the idea that there is a God, but I also I am not sure. In computing, it seems to be software or hardware that is compatible with many different platforms or operating systems.
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allowance
There will be a specific amount and every month your parents will give you this amount. It is normally a specific amount and it comes at a specific time.
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amnesia
That is one type of memory loss. It could be permanent or temporary. It could be from hitting your head but it could also be from alcohol or drugs or emotional shock.
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anesthesiologist
The doctor who studies the use of anesthetics
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arbitrator
Normally you bring in an arbitrator to kind of listen to both sides of the story and then they judge it and help to settle it.
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articulate
He is very articulated, they articulate themselves very clearly. Someone speaks very well. Arthur used to show how he is skilled in changing the position of his body like a robot.
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aspiring
She gives free classes for aspiring singers
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audacious
He is very audacious by asking for money to the company to help his political campaign.
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auditorium
I am in the auditorium again. It is just a different place, the signals a little bit better in here at the moment.
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autograph
She is just a very good player, everyone whats her to autograph a paper or a ball.
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badge
Lok how many badges he has, every time a child earns a war, they put it on their blazer
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bang
I can hear someone banging. So did they come and look yesterday and then today they fixing it? It's gonna take the box and put in a new one.
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bare
When you're not wearing clothes, you're bare. So I think he's he's bearing his elbows or he's made up to his elbows not wearing any clothes up to his elbows. Very, it's basically saying he rolled up his sleeves. baring his arms
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beneficiary
A beneficiary would be if you buy something, then your beneficiaries get the result.
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better off
It is more advantageous to you. It is more to your advantage if you do this or that. It is better off to know which university to choose.
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bizarre
That is bizarre because it doesn't feel like that. You are living your daily life.
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blackmail
Blackmail is normally when you get information about someone or something. If you don't pay with me, I am gonna show the world what you did.
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blank out
I blanked out. I had a blank, I didn't remember what to say.
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blindfolded
He solved the Rubik's cube blindfolded.
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blow up
She blows up, it is just a moment of exploding, Laura sometimes could blow up and scream out loud.
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blunder
Ash was afraid of making a blunder on her first day at work as a receptionist.
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blunt
Blunt is just a straight boy, he is not trying to impress. He just speaks honestly.
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boom barrier
A boon barrier or boom gate, if it goes up it is like a pole that goes up and down. We call boom for short, it goes up like a boom.
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boredom
Boredom can also be a driving force. You're just so bored. You know that there's something more inside of you.
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bossy
I went to England, the people there thought that we were being very bossy.
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boulder
We had some cheese and wine on top of one of the boulders last night to watch the sunset. And then coffee and we call rusks in South Africa, they are very dry like biscuits and we dip them into the coffee.
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bound
The word link is would be the best word to describe that link to your account. linked. Up can't use bound as well. You could say bound sounds more restrictive
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bump
I bumped into a lady at the Shopping Mall the other day. She had her credit card stolen.
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bursary
I had to get a job because I had to pay my bursary because I have to do this and had to do that. So I didn't take a lot of responsibility for my own choices and decisions.
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call out
If you want to ‘summon someone, you can call out to them. For example, I tried to call out to him from the window
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canister
So this is this would be a guest cylinder. And I see they also they use the word so either cylinder or canister. Those are the two words that come to my mind. gas canister or gas cylinder
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carriageway
It is a single carriageway (road), or a double carriageway with an island in the middle of the two roads.
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cat-eye
I hit a cat-eye, I just didn't see it coming and I need to get by with it I think it was also my back wheel and I fell and a bicycle rode straight over me.
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caveat
It is a limiting factor. The other word is a bottleneck, something that limits us to do something, to be efficient. It is like something tricky we have to find out how to solve it.
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cavity
Cavities are also called carries or tooth decay. Jody just hasn't heard the name carries.
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chastening
I am connecting to the word humble. If you think you are going to win a race and then you lose, you could say, well, that was a chastening experience.
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childish
That is also a childish reaction, that it is not an adult reaction.
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clip
A part of a movie could be a clip. A scene is to change scenes. So either like you changing room, you may be the next scene is there in the car, then the next scene in a restaurant.
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colloquial
It is a colloquial language. It is words used in conversation but not in formal speech or writing
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commentator
A person who describes an event while it is happening. If you watching a game the commentator explains what is happening and who is winning.
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commission
Normally if you sell a house to someone you get a commission so for every product that you sell, you get a commission.
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companionship
Companionship would be someone giving you a company or something.
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composure
he's calm. composure, keep his composure.
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condolences
Just sending my condolences, another word is very sad.
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conjure
I have faith in the next live, I am just can be at peace because of that. I am not sure if I could conjure up peace and happiness apart from my life.
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contradictory
There are such big movements for freedom of speech and there are big movements against it. So it is quite contradictory
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contributing
When you are contributing to something you feel part of it. Like helping in a project.
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correlation
I think it would be a correlation between the two. The two ideas.
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cosmopolitan
London is one of the most cosmopolitan cities I've ever seen in all my life. There are just so many different ethnicities.
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cram
My videos have been too long. they are normally one hour but they need to be 30 minutes, I have to just cram everything in.
They squashed everyone into the room. It could be also crammed
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crease
The paper just got that crease after folding and unfolding. That is the idea of the name Refold for the project.
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crib
My friend sent a photo of a crib, the crib he got to his baby who is coming. I confused about crab, a crab is a crustacean that walks sideways.
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crude
He was hosting an award. I think it was the Golden Globes and he was so crude, like dry humor.
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crumbling
There was an earthquake in Turkey, I saw a video of a building crumbling. The building crumbled.
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A very heavy fall of rain, a lot of something.
deluge
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descent
Someone who has Japanese descent can go to Japan and work there. My inheritance is from Japan as my grandparents are Japanese.
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deserted
So a desert is a more very hot, very dry land with sand. That's the desert. And a deserted area is there's nobody else around.
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dilute
So moisture is more something that is a little bit weight. So dilute would mean it is not 100% concentrated. It is diluted. It is got water added to it.
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dishonest
His behavior was dishonest.
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disperse
The crowds, as soon as they heard the police they dispersed quickly. As soon as the authorities come, people, they will just disappear in every direction, which is dispersed.
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disposable
We're supposed to throw them away. We have been hanging out outside. So I have three. And I only I normally wear the material ones. And then in the house, because we were wearing them all the time.
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double speed
It took me half the time, I listened at double speed. I am watching the human grammar classes at double speed because the classes are too long.
466
dribbling
Saliva was coming out the cops mouth.
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drill
They have done a call like a practice. Emergency. They would call it a drill. They have done a drill. A fire drill or an earthquake drill.
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drizzle
Drizzle doesn't necessarily mean the length of time, it just means a light rain a very light rain.
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drizzling
I woke up and it was raining, I wait and after a few minutes It was still drizzling and I could go out and cycle without problem
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drop
I would just use drop instead of drop out. I am going to drop a lesson.
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drop off
Do you go and drop off the activity book every week or once a month? I need to go to the school to hand out their textbooks and fetch new textbooks for the next period.
The teacher came and dropped off a bed, and they came again and dropped off some couches.
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drop out
I could drop out Friday's of our lessons classes
473
dwell
Dwell is your living, you are staying but you are also staying in your thoughts, you are staying in your word.
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emblem
Every school has an emblem, every sometimes in Scotland, the family tribes have an emblem. Or if it's referring to her family badge.
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endorphins
I did it when I just exercised or something and I was just I had all those endorphins, they have got a lot of energy.
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establishment
It could be a business you need to establish something, it's almost like you need to make something from the beginning. Yeah, how's it could be a business.
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evade
I'm not passionate about engineering at all. So this is my life. But I evade like, it's not like that anymore
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extra mile
It is a common phrase that we use just to say that he does more than what is expected of him.
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flap
The dinosaur cage flaps up and down and the dinosaur can come out.
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flapping
Flapping is a movement. They're going up and down
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flip
He flipped his hands facing up. This would be facing up and facing down.
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flour
A fine white powder you use to make or cook bread, it usually made of wheat.
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flown
The time has flown by because I remember you talking about last year and the birthday preparations. This year is going to be a feast, load sugar.
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foam
Mask that is a piece of foam, you light a candle, if you can blow out a candle then it won't work.
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focusing
I am just focusing in review all my cards now. This word is difficult to pronounce.
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fragile
Life is so fragile, so precious.
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frightened
We had to tell Arthur that the dinosaur came and he frightened us
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frizzy
My hair is very frizzy, now is short it is going to be more frizzy. So even though there are no curls, it just stands out.
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fungus
I don't know if you have seen there is like a fungus in India. There is a black, white, and yellow fungus.
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fussy
If you are fussy then you are hard to please. I don't eat that type of cheese. I don't eat these vegetables.
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gear
I was thinking more of clothing. The word could mean for the equipment but I was thinking of clothing resting. I needed to get some new winter gear.
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give way
She gives it away. Laura reveals where Arthur is hiding. It means she lets you know that she is not really supposed to. She gives the secret away.
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glare
Okay, so the glare of the sun that's looking directly at the sun. Yeah, I think I think glare is longer than gleam is more reflected. glare is a lot stronger. But then I'm not sure why we use glare quite often for reflecting against a computer. Because that that it's very common to use that.
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go off
I only notice because my one screen went off otherwise I wouldn't notice. The electricity went off or the power went off.
495
governor
The governor of our state wants to be the next president of Brazil, so he does a lot of merchandise for himself.
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graze
My housemates are all serious road bikers now and they have had a lot of accidents. They always come back with cuts and grazes all over their legs from falling.
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groundwork
It is good that you can switch now because you have done a lot of groundwork you have done a lot of hard work.
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hedgehog
A hedgehog does have a spiky back. It is also black, brown and white. The short ones are the hedgehog and the long long ones are the porcupine.
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heritage
Japanese heritage. That's perfect
500
hijacked
We have an amazing place in my city to cycle up and down some hills. And it's just an open road. But it's apparently become very dangerous. So it used to be my favorite cycling spot. But they said it's a lots of cyclists are getting hijacked
501
hostile
She was hostile toward them, Laura was upset with them and didn't treat them welcomely.
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hotel
I always mispronounce this word, making it an R sound, it is not. Think about Santa Claus and the hohoho.
503
hover
A helicopter can hover in one place. So it's just above the ground kind of staying there that would be hovering is as I'm just trying to get the picture of exactly what you were doing with her.
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hustle
A hustle and bustle, a lot of movement, a lot of energy. A hustle could be used also to refer to a business. I am just trying to do something here to get money.
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hygiene
The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.
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imprisoned
We have been a little bit imprisoned in our houses because of the pandemic.
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indestructible
Superman is indestructible unless they use crypto against him, it causes him to lose his superpowers.
508
inflammation
I think inflammation is fine. I normally think of something that is red and hot.
509
instrumental
Instrumental is basically, it was a big part of it's trusting that God has something for me has been a big part of my healing process. Yeah, it plays a huge role. There's an active role that this thing plays in our life. It's instrumental.
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intact
I was looking for a word to say I wanted to keep my text the same, not spoiling them by copying and pasting to another place.
511
intend
Sometimes a text message can come across differently to how you intended
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intercom
He can organize the packages before we press the intercom button or they ring or call the intercom. It is the delivery guy who wasted my time during class by not being very organized.
513
introductory
But lots of people have commented on my introductory videos since I change it, which is quite cool.
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irreparable
The glass broke, the glass is irreparable. Nice way to say that he screwed up something and now it is too late to fix it.
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irritating
It is especially irritating when the government made this you don't necessarily agree if the government made a good decision.
516
jinx
She is at the top of the mountain the day couldn't have been better. If you say that then you could be jinxing yourself which means there is a disaster going downhill.
517
jot down
It is instead of saying write id down quickly, you could just jot it down. Jot it down implies taking notes quickly.
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knack
It will say that I am an extrovert and a socialite but they also say that I have a knack for maths. I am skilled in maths.
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knotted
Her hair got knotted or tangled by slime. I have done it before with chewing gum, terrible. That is impossible to remove.
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lamb
Lamb is a young sheep. Mutton is a fully grown sheep. A slaughter could just kill a lot and a butcher is someone that cut it up.
521
lather
It is a leather chair, I heard you saying a ladder which is a different word.
522
laundry powder
She buys all the cleaning products and toilet paper, our own food and our own laundry powder.
523
limelight
Limelight is that all the attention is on you. So Oh, wow, they are in the limelight or I want to be in the limelight, I want to be the focus of attention. And to covered in something that doesn't belong to you.
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logarithmic
It could be exponential or logarithmic. It is steep at the beginning and then it smooth along the line.
525
lookout
They have really beautiful lookout points where you can see sunrise and sunset very beautifully.
526
looming
Your native language is always looming in the background. It is a similar word that haunting.
527
loophole
There is an area where they can get into break into the system or the rule or some loophole breaches. Great word as well. That's the perfect word actually.
528
lopsided
It is like leaning towards one side. It could be a boat, one side lower than the other.
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lose out
By the end of the day, the employee loses out. It is nice to hire someone as a company because you don't have to pay them the benefits but it is not nice for the employees.
530
magnifying glass
She is legally blind but she can use a magnifying glass to read. A woman who had died of cancer and wrote a book about her life.
531
mark out
I went mountain biking yesterday. It is a venue, you have to pay to go and ride there. There are also trails that you can walk and everything is marked out.
532
medium
Every single time I have ever met him. He is always medium. How are you doing on medium? Every day, every hour.
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mesmerizing
Have you ever sat and watched a fire? You just sit around a fire and you just look at the fire forever, and it is mesmerizing.
534
missile
Ironman can throw missiles against his opponent. Arthur likes this character very much.
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moist
It is weird though because the air is not dry. The air is moist but we are needing some rain at the moment.
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mountainous
I am living in a mountainous area, so it is colder here than in Pretoria.
537
mutually
It is mutually beneficial. It is good for me and it is good for him. Both sides win.
538
nerve-wracking
It is nerve-wracking, something that makes you very nervous. Another correct name is nerve-racking.
539
neutered
The male cow is usually called a bull. However, this only applies to adult males who will not be neutered. young male cows are called calves.
540
newbie
It is like nobody wants to be the newbie. It is a bit derogative. I would say a new guy, it is not derogative.
541
oblige
I'm not obligated, but I feel obliged. So there's a difference. I don't have to do it. But I feel like I need to do it. Be happy to oblige. I do think they're very closely connected. I feel just off the top of my head is obliged is a feeling it feels like it comes from me and obligated. It feels like it's imposed on me.
542
operation
Cirurgy and operation can be used interchangeably. An operation is an act of surgery performed on a patient.
543
outcast
I am an outcast who would just be someone who doesn't really fit in anywhere. They a little bit rejected by other people. They are an outcast.
544
overgrown
The path was completely overgrown because of the plants that have been allowed to grown wild
545
overlap
I did think of telling you that the app on the computer is really nice because the adverts don't actually overlap what you are trying to do they just popped up on the side.
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overreact
Laura always overreacts the situation, sometimes is not hurting too much but she cries out loud.
547
patriarchal
It is a patriarchal family, the business goes from generation to generation.
548
phenomenon
A specific weather phenomenon, that brings it up just a lot of cold weather.
549
picking
Picking something up is a verb, but when it's a noun, it's a profit or gain that's made effortlessly or dishonestly.
550
pixelated
I can't see it. I think the signal is just too pixelated today.
551
plaque
The guy had a subscribe plaque in the background because he is a YouTuber. I mispronounced the word.
552
plunge
You plunged into the pool. It is similar to dive or jump. Dive is more specific you head goes first, plunge your feet goes first
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pompous
I would be quite connected to proud, he is very prideful. It is like putting your nose up, and posh is more like an attitude.
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pothole
There are a lot of potholes on the road, I went a bit slowly.
555
pound
My head was pounding at some point, Olly explaining his experience talking a lot. It would have been his heart pulse going. And you can also say pound like with a hammer.
556
praise
Did you feel like you were very kind or did you feel like you were very like you gave him a lot of praise?
557
rampant
The fire went rampant through the forest. It is like uncontrolled spreading quickly
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rattling
The windows are rattling because of the wind, almost like shaking it.
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recollection
It is good that you had some sort of recollection while studying Japanese.
560
recurrence
She suffered a recurrence, her cancer came back again. Her cancer recurred.
561
red herring
I was talking about my new laptop. And then I said, I'll probably leave my old one lying around my room. And it's so my father was just joking yet leave it as a red herring is a kind of what he said. So sometimes it sounds so terrible. But sometimes people break into your house
562
referral
It is a referral code. If you can get a tutor to refer them they pay you $10 if you can get someone to sign up but they haven't accepted most of my friends.
563
reslient
It doesn't break, you can pull it and push it but it always goes back to its original shape. If you are resilient you are able to recover.
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rigid
They prefer not to have rigid rules.
565
rip off
That would be a ripoff Or sometimes they say pirating. Especially for ease.
566
rivalry
They are rivals or there is a lot of right rivalry.
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round off
It sounds like Matt rounded it off well. Even if people make mistakes, you can apologize, you can continue. Just depends on how you do it.
568
scent
The scent of the flowers is really good. The pronunciation is the same that the past tense of send sent.
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scorching
It is scorching hot. That's also carbon. Obviously, it is not really burning but that is what we say. It is really hot.
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scout
I will go scouting for more signal or something where there is some animals as well.
571
scractch
My throat is scratching, it is aching. I couldn't stop coughing.
572
seamless
That is very hard for a foreign learner to reach that level, where they speak seamlessly without any stops.
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seats apart
I was actually shocked at how there is no social distancing, no masks, no seats apart.
574
selflessness
You practice selflessness by forgetting your life and come to help your friend when she needed.
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shaver
It is a shaver to shave my hair, a razor would be more for a beard.
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shrubs
A large plant that is smaller than a tree and that has several stems of wood coming from the ground. I was trying to find a word to describe vegetation that is not already a forest.
577
shuffle
You can also drag your feet. So that's shuffling if you just drag your feet without picking them up.
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sink in
If you win a million-dollar, sometimes it doesn't feel real, It hasn't sunk in yet.
579
skeptical
We are very trusting but we also very skeptical like we are very clued up with scam where I find sometimes my friends in England and Europe they are not aware of it as much.
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skirt
A new project needs a lot of energy at the beginning. She has been skirting on the edge of burnout. Definition: to be or go around the edge of something
581
slap
She slapped him on his face. The pronunciation was similar to slept past tense of sleep.
582
slat
I have slept in a hiking hut before where there are slats and they will gap between the slats and then the freezing cold air comes right through your room. Slats definition: one of a series of thin flat pieces of wood, metal, or plastic, used in furniture, fences.
583
sloppy
It gets sloppy. He goes on a sidetrack, horse trail, or something. People ask things not related to the class.
584
snap
I almost fainted once when I broke my arm. I heard it snap and then all of a sudden my hearing disappeared.
585
snatch
Arthur snatches the cellphone out of Laura's hands. I use the verb snap which is different more associated with the movement and noise of moving something quickly.
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snigger
Muttley a cartoon dog laughing best sounding I could say that snigger a good example. Yeah, so it's a little bit like you don't want to laugh out loud. So you trying to keep it in a little bit, but it is funny.
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snuggle
You can cuddle your child. Snuggle is if it is a cold day outside you just want to snuggle into your warm bed.
588
solicitous
He is more concerned, caring, and solicitous. He promptly does what you asked him.
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solidarity
You showed your solidarity by helping your pregnant friend until she gets the baby.
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spade
A spade or a shovel to throw sand. Shavel is a big and deep tool.
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speck
If you know that is is dust you would say dust in my eye otherwise you could call speck. Take the speck out of his eye, a tiny spot.
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sprawled
His arms and legs was sprawled out on the ground.
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spread out
The accommodations are individual houses, it is a very open area, the houses are spread out.
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spurt
A tap broke and there was water spraying all over the place like a fountain of water coming into the house. The water spurted out.
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squash
So I'll do it slowly. But it makes sense that I would squish it into the mornings.
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stiff
I am actually stiff from walking. Jody tried a competition after recovering from COVID.
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stifling
It has been very stifling today because is very hot and humid here now.
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storey
First, second, third floor. A building can be two-story, etc. Outside it is ground
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stretch
If you have to reach something very high, you have to stretch to get it. Start a job by the end of the year is going to be a little bit of a stretch.
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striped
When the line is not continuous, it is striped, cross over that dotted line.
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stumble
stumble doesn't necessarily mean that there is something that you're tripping over. So you you may be you stumble because your knees suddenly doesn't work or something like that. Stumble is really the action of falling
602
subconscious
She told me that the process of acquiring language is subconscious.
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sulk
If someone sulks they don't want to talk to anyone else.
604
sunburn
You can easily get sunburned. If you work in a tractor that doesn't have a booth.
605
swap
Do you think we could maybe swap the long days again so that maybe do another long one tomorrow?
606
tame
I would really love you to see some animals though because they are very tame.
607
termination
It sounds like you should have a memorial afterward. Yeah. It's not dying, but it's terminating the job position. So he knows that he was going to be terminated.
608
thigh
Arthur hit Laura on her thigh. She screamed a lot and Arthur only said sorry to fix the situation but it didn't work.
609
timetable
Laura has a different timetable. The schedule makes the most sense in the sentence. You could use either of them but timetables a little bit more formal, more official.
610
tint
You could say you tint hour hair. Maybe tint is changing the color, you could say tint the wall if you are changing the color, although paint is more common to say.
611
toiletry
Toiletry bag, they asked us to bring him some toiletry. So we put letters into the bag.
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trail
It was an hour. It was a trail race. It was off road not on the road.
613
tremendously
I think any reading will help you tremendously with the language but I agree it might not be speaking specifically.
614
trilogy
It such a great series. It is divergent and the insurgent and allegiant. It is a trilogy.
615
trip over
if your feet hit something accidentally and you fall that would be true
616
underlying
We are vaccinating people with underlying problems first.
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uninvolved
If you do free yourself up it's not a bad thing because it doesn't mean you have to be uninvolved, you can still know what's happening in the company.
618
unsettle
Yeah, I even I can see a few friends lining up who it could work with just people ready for something or unsettled so I have an expectation by but I just don't know yet.
619
uproar
It did cause a lot of uproars, you want to put it that way amongst the wheelchair society.
620
variable
Sometimes I have a good day fully booked, sometimes not. It is so variable.
621
video
I think it gets in the beginning as a tutor. It is very terrifying to know that you are videoed or recorded.
622
volatile
It is very volatile. So volatile means it evaporates really quickly, really easily.
623
wage
It talks in the Bible about how your body wages war against your spirit.
624
wheelbarrow
A container with two wheels that you use to carry things inside of it, normally sand or cement used in a construction area. You can carry sand to put in a sandpit.
625
worn out
So so worn out would be Oh, I'm so worn out I'm tired. I need to go sleep I feel worn out. And then wearing off I had a headache but it's wearing off I actually feel better
626
wrap up
We stuck to one hour. I said our time is running out, we need to wrap up.
627
wrestling
I have been wrestling with this, Cambly is good because it is stable but then I often find myself quite tired after working the whole morning.
It is a bit different from fighting, it means you can decide what to do you just wrestle between different options. I am wrestling with this decision.
628
curative
Curative just means it's able to cure something. So it's not as it doesn't specifically mean a bandaid. That's why I wasn't sure I was Are you talking about bottles of medicine? What are you talking about? What are you talking about when you say curative?
629
adhesive
I think so a sticker would normally be an isolated thing. It's a sticker of a princess or a sticker of a star. Or like specific pretty things normally children like to collect stickers. But it's the same and it's sticky at the back it feels if you touch i
630
adoptive
So it's an adoptive parent and they adopt a child.
631
animated
You can also say a word to describe that is you could say she was very animated. Yeah, so animated is like big moves and body gestures.
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anticipate
I've that's the only way I've ever used it. So we are anticipating that we will win the elections or so we are expecting it. Or I anticipated that the soccer team would win. So I kind of guessed beforehand.
633
antigravity
They went to space to have that feeling to float without gravity.
634
applicants
we are waiting for new applicants to the position
635
assemble
One of the teachers was talking about an assembly. So at a school, what normally happens is everyone gets together in the morning for assembly. And then after assembly, they go to class.
636
assertive
So I would say she's very confident. She's very assertive. assertive, maybe not even confident
637
assumption
They make assumptions. Yeah, I think this is one of the biggest problems in the world actually, is just false assumptions.
638
bag
A little bag. Yeah, I believe that you could buy tea leaves or you could buy the bags. So this one is from a bag.
639
ballroom
I used to do ballroom dancing. So we I did the tango and the one I think you told me and then Foxtrot and Quickstep and then we used to do competitions.
640
bare
I'm pretty much packing up my house. So it's interesting. I'm just cleaning and packing. So it looks very bare at the moment.
641
bargain
The fridge is new. But the couches are secondhand. Yeah, so I went and made a bargain with some of the people at the secondhand store. And then you pay luckily gave me a good deal.
642
bark
Okay, it's normally the trunk of the tree. The outside is bark. Okay, so some trees have very smooth trunks. So they don't really have bark. Other trees have chunky bits that you can pull off. Sometimes you can pull off from the tree, and you can burn the
643
barrel
They would be called barrels. barrels. They put the beverage in a big barrel
644
basket
The only thing with the hot air balloon, I thought a hot air balloon. If this is the basket, I thought that the basket came and landed nicely on the ground. But it didn't we literally landed so we all had to get into the basket with our heads down. And th
645
bitter
I harbor bitterness. I'm now offended or bitter. And then it stays in the hall bear with me. Maybe that's powers bitness.
646
blatantly
It talks about how every person knows deep inside that there is a God. But they blatantly ignore him. And they do their own world. So it talks about how people know, but they choose not to believe. until he's further and further and further away from them
647
blushed
She just she felt very ashamed or she just her Her face she blushed.
648
borehole
So borehole normally you drill down to get water and then it's pumped up and yeah, it's just pumped up what is the ground is a borehole.
649
bottomless
Yeah, it's a learning curve in general because I think my heart is I want to go rescue the world. But I'm limited and it's just it's just a reality check. It's a bottomless pit and I can do what I can do on my own but actually, you know, we need the help
650
bounce
I don't I understand the ranking because it just it felt like it was stuck for a year on one rating. And then suddenly dropped. So I don't know why it dropped. And then now it's bounced up.
651
bounced
So he got a message saying money has been put in your bank, but then it bounced. And I don't know how they got that right.
652
breakout
Have you ever been into a breakout room on zoom? No. So zoom has a function where they can split the class into different rooms. And then you go to a different room, and then you talk to your partner. And then you come back into the main room? Yeah. It's
653
burgle
Is it common for people to get burgled on a farm? Is it common to have burglaries in the city as well? Or is it more just on the farms?
654
burp
Do you put them down and you don't know. Did they burp? Did they not burp? Will they keep breathing? Will they stop breathing? It's terrifying.
655
bursary
I needed money to pay rent for one month when I was a student because my bursary paid up until November. So I had nothing for December. I was going to work in January, February. So the month of December, I didn't know how I was going to pay my rent. And t
656
buzzing
Sometimes after drinking coffee on the road the word that I would use to describe that sometimes is you feel like you're buzzing. I don't know. So, if you drink too much coffee, or if you drink those energy drinks, you can start buzzing. that's definitely
657
call off
I knew I think I knew deep inside something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what. And thank goodness. I I called it off a little bit. Close to the wedding. But yeah, that's so it's a it's a big thing for me
658
candour
Thanks for your candour. the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly
659
caravan
A caravan is something that you pull at the back of your car. And then and there are beds inside.
660
carsick
I'm looking down, I get very, very caustic all the time I get carsick. If I read with the book above me, like the horizontal line, then I don't get carsick. So I either have to hold the book up high. Or if there's space to lie down, like in on the backsea
661
cashew
I don't know a lot about cashew trees. So there is a fruit and at the bottom of the fruit is the nut. Yeah. So can you eat the fruit? Or just the nuts?
662
cater
I think that's a very I know in Canada and America and UK, they every place caters for gluten free
663
chop
I think the British people, definitely chop off their words. So they only say half of the word. That's quite common, I think.
664
chuck
I was gonna tell a story of some young adults, so they were playing a prank. So they chucked a frog into the window of a girl's room. Which obviously everyone was screaming. And we picked up I picked up the frog to chuck it outside. And it peed all over m
665
cinematograpy
That will be interesting to see because I'm sure the cinematography has improved over the years.
666
cliffhanger
Did they end on a cliffhanger? The episode, meaning that they let something on the air. There is something interesting in the next episode.
667
colander
If you talking about the noodle one it's a calendar. If you're talking about something that you can also put flour through like much smaller things like flour in that is a sip. Yeah, but the noodle one with bigger gaps is a colander.
668
compartmentalize
You have to compartmentalize the language, to make a room only for it.
669
compulsory
You can say compulsory or mandatory Yeah. Yeah, it seems like it's pretty strict that I saw that you're not allowed to drive in a car with more than one person when you go to the shop, you have to show them what you want to buy you can't just break up and
670
confrontation
That's confrontation. One on One is you just ignore the person or more like avoiding conversate confrontation.
If there is something obvious happening Do you normally keep quiet? Or do you normally speak up? And I normally keep quiet.
671
corrode
I would almost say so acid corrodes.
672
corrugated
You so some of them are some of them. Some of them are buildings, just small buildings, and others are made of corrugated iron. Do you know that word correctly? Yeah, it's like the roof. The corrugated means it goes up and down like a wave. That's corruga
673
courageous
Yeah, you're brave, brave, or courageous? Yeah. Yes, it was a bit scary.
I am not so courageous
674
cozy
If I think of the word cozy, I would think of being inside on a cold day by a fire a nice warm fire with some blankets and some good hot soup or food or something. Yeah, so cozy food? I would say. I think you can. Is that what you mean? So it's like mud w
675
crawl
My sister's little baby is actually at the moment she's starting to learn to crawl. But she's, she's not there yet. But she's learning how to roll. She's learning how to sit. Yeah. So I just when I see little children like, like your children, I think of
676
crayon
Yeah, the coloring pencils or sometimes. I'm sure we call them to pencil crayons. Basis grill. pencil crayons. Now giving lots of words. Yeah. Let me just double-check. pencil crayons. Yeah, we also call them that sometimes. Yeah, coloring pencils open fo
677
cricket
Crickets are those bugs? That they brought the legs together and they make such a noise?
678
crispy
I don't know the difference. I don't know why we describe pizza as crispy instead of crunchy. But I think in my mind crispy is a lot thinner. And crunchy is something bigger and chewy and it makes a noise. Yeah. Crunchy. Yeah. I googled crispy or crunchy
679
cylinder
Normally at the house, I used to know that they would have the cylinder outside the house, and then it comes through a pipe through the wall to the stove.
680
debatable
So the debatable issue is whether you actually start speaking or not.
681
declutter
They think they would enjoy helping, even if it's a game. Yeah. I will hopefully do a little bit of decluttering every day. I still need to unpack my room. So there are boxes in my room, but I need to do that and I need to I like the idea of decluttering.
682
deliberately
I can practice pronunciation deliberately
683
descent
So descent is almost like so a descendant is an individual person is of Japanese descent is like he comes from the line talking about necessarily. So but a descendant is a person that does definitely work. refer to a person of Japanese descent. Sounds mor
684
dictation
They know you the questions, and then you hear the story again, normally. And then dictation is you have to write down exactly what you hear
685
diligence
I really commend my friend for her diligence and working hard and I can see how years and years of sticking to something, she's building something. guess. I've been to more places. I've learned more things. I've had more experience, but she's more rooted
686
dilute
So that's kind of diluted my accent a little bit made it a bit easier to understand for most people.
687
discrepancies
I just wanted to say the word scenery we put the emphasis on the first yes scenery. scenery. Yeah, that's that's good. What were what was some of the discrepancies between the film and the book?
688
disdain
It's a very old expression in English to express disdain for someone afraid of the rain
689
disrupted
I do feel like my routine was a bit disrupted since I had COVID. So I haven't been I haven't gone back to my morning runs. And I haven't been back to the gym. I haven't done anything. So yeah, it was a relaxed weekend.
690
distort
I agree with you, I think God's heart is so much more. There's so much more grace, there's so much more love. There's so much more freedom. And I think sometimes people distort the image of God. Yeah, so I do believe in God, definitely, definitely.
691
drawer
So the drawer normally slides out and the cupboards open up. Oh, and if you're in America, they closets
692
dreadful
The last movies were dreadful, but that's why I'm not sure if my opinion is completely correct or not. So I would love to just hear from you.
693
drill
I was with a student the other day and they started drilling holes in the wall. Because they putting in why they're putting fiber in the all the apartments. So this is just this drilling, but I couldn't go anywhere in the moment. Oh, my goodness. But anyw
694
drought
We've had lots of droughts. So I think Did I tell you that the dust in my house is really terrible?
695
dusk
Dusk is the darker part of Twilight. So when it's a little bit dark, it's dusk
696
dye
So if you put color in your hair, then you dye your hair. And if you take the color out sometimes people take the color out and it makes it very white. Or blonde. Then we say you bleach your hair.
697
earring
There is one of the girls that I live with has amazing earrings. So I just go and I choose a pair every day
698
economize
It technically is sort of economizing. To save it or to spread it out or it actually helps them not to have a big win the supply is basically there's not always enough supply as the demand. So they need to reduce the demand. Yeah. Yeah. Sure, so it feels
699
equality
I don't know, I have lots of hope why country, but it is something that we really need to figure out in our hearts that that there is equality, because I think we talk about equality
700
eulogy
I remember he said his eulogy, didn't he? Or he got her to say her eulogy. Number the stars.
701
experience
If you say experiment, then you would say experiment with new things or experience new things
702
extinguish
You can extinguish a fire. Yeah, extinguish or you could put out the fire. Oh, yeah. But oh, even sometimes they just kill the fire. That's a common one. Who's gonna kill the fire
703
fallout
If two people have a fight, then they have a fallout face definitely she's granted that makes a lot of sense. Or she's passed out maybe. Okay, that I couldn't think of the word but that is it. Yeah, for that is normal if I fight with someone I would say,
704
fiddle
I'm delaying. I always play with something. I fiddle. So I was playing with this car thing. on here it says, Dad. I just thought that was so cool as I'm it's the first time I'm really playing with this one.
705
fire brigade
And when I was finished teaching, I tried to go out of my house. And I had locked my gate. And when I put my key in my log, I realized he stuck something in the law. Yeah. So I, I've tried to get it in, get it in and eventually I shove the key in. So I've
706
fist pump
We do that. We now do an elbow. Okay, watch elbows because a fist pump is still it's still your hand.
707
flabby
It won't build your muscles, but it will give them shape. It will just make it look less flabby.
708
flip
I could hear her flipping the page. Yeah flipping on flicking through or flipping skimming is going quickly through a book like quickly.
709
flipper
I swam with flippers all the time, and they not only use the paddle once or twice. And then today, I was practicing breathing.
710
711
floodlight
At night they put on some floodlights on one of the slopes. So you so it's a much smaller area and you can just go up and down one slope. So I did that. I think, you know, four times, and then then I went slow to try a snowboard with my dad, my dad's on t
712
forecast
You would say so normally with weather they use the word forecast. So the forecast on Monday, it's going to be the coldest on Monday. But what they are doing is they are predicting. Yeah, so but then yeah, so we normally talk about a weather forecast. Whi
713
fragrance
The detergent has different fragrance
714
freckles
All those dots that you get, I have lots of wrinkles. I don't know if you can see them on the camera. But it's those dots on your skin. Like dark spots. And normally when you go into the sun depends on your skin pigmentation, but I get lots when I go into
715
fright
I got the fright of my life when someone did that. Yeah. And I've also had I've had some students call me and pretend that they're part of the Cambly team. They protect the supervisor and they want to test my ability. It was terrible
716
frostbite
I'm just double-checking but I'm sure you can use frostbite because you can use frostbite for people as well if they are people who get in a snowstorm their fingers and their toes can get frostbite. But I'm pretty sure we use the same word for plans. So i
717
fundie
I looked up the word that I used. So I said, you will find out who the real grammar fundies are. You can tell who's the real grammar nerds.
718
furnace
they have a furnace so it's not oil. I don't know exactly how it works. I'll check it out as well. So it blows hot air through. So it's not an oil heater. But I don't know what's happening in the furnace.
719
gardening
It's kind of like that. But we don't have a place in our garden to plant anything. So I'm just planting things in potted plants. It also can be vegetables
720
geyser
I just, I don't need to use a lot of electricity actually. The most that it uses is the Giza so and I turned my geyser off most days and then I put it on when I needed. But I sometimes shower at the gym if I have time. So then I don't put my geyser on whe
721
glare
I just noticed there's a really strong glare coming off my window
722
glow
I used to have elastics that were glow in the dark. So this was when I was a teenager so I used to sit inside my closet with a torch a flashlight. And then make them shine. And then look in the mirror. The mirror on the inside of the closet. You can just
723
grind
Sometimes they grind their teeth while they are sleeping because they are stressed with something. It is good to use braces
724
ground
The powder instead of saying powder we normally talk about coffee grounds.
725
hammering
At the moment, they find, but they said they're gonna start hammering later. So if it's too loud, then I'll just ask them to come back tomorrow
726
hatch
I'm trying to work out is if we say the egg hatches or if we say the bird hatches. I'm trying to work out which one gets the verb but I think it might be both a bird hatches the egg hatches.
727
homemade
You could say either one hand made? Yeah, you make it with your hands homemade. You made it at home.
728
hooked
You have one more week to read the book. As soon as I get hooked, then I know that it's over.
729
humidity
It depends on the humidity how our winter is dry or not
730
humility
And it's humility. I think that's the biggest difference is just being humble, apologizing, changing. Instead of just pretending like you would do it again
731
hypertension
It's another name for high blood pressure
732
idealistic
I think my mind is also very idealistic. My life is I've always thought very big, big, amazing dreams. Wow, I'm going to change the world.
733
impromptu
It's could be a good way for you to practice impromptu conversations.
It's nice to have practice with impromptu topics.
734
incentivize
I was perfectly into the word incentive is a perfectly good noun. Okay, yeah, well, incentivize. Not “incentivate” which is not a word.
735
inflammable
I just wrote that flammable means it can catch fire and then inflammable means it can't catch fire, or it doesn't catch fly easily.
736
inflate
When the tire is a little bit flat. It's not fully inflated. We also sometimes talk about it's not pumped. hard enough. Like it's not actually hard enough.
737
innate
And then innate. Where is where it comes naturally. You're born with it.
738
insulated
They have very good indoor heating systems. And insulation. The windows are all insulated. Where I think Brazil and South Africa design the houses to get the heat out.
739
intricate
she's now opened an entire cake business up making wedding cakes, where she designs the flowers and all these really intricate details. But it's almost like she I want to say she stumbled across it.
740
intrigued
The book keep you interested. Keep you intrigued.
741
intrinsic
I'm not sure if this is exactly the word I'm looking for. Because this is more like something that you're born with. Yeah. So it's, that's not what I mean. But what I mean is it comes from, it's got to come from inside. As opposed to just a teacher tellin
742
ironed
They're not normally as colorful as this. And they still need to be ironed and neatly packed. That's lots of fun
743
jeopardy
I think there are many people whose income is now in jeopardy.
744
jerk
Have you heard of that? No. So for something is extremely emotional. It's tear-jerking. So jerk is like if you stop a car suddenly, so I just think of tears coming out all over the place. Tear-jerking, mind-numbing, heartbreaking. Soul-crushing
745
juvenile
The word one of the words is juvenile so juvenile means youth? there's one a juvenile delinquent.
746
kettle
I think the noise that the kettle makes is made my white noise.
747
kickboard
You hold on to the board and then you kick with your feet while you are learning how to swim
748
lid
So it's a plastic mug and it has a lid on it. It can have a lid. But he put the lid on and he took one sip. it's a special mug because it can stir itself. You just push a button and it stirs. And he said it tasted so disgusting. So he was running around with his tongue out. Like, like running and then he went to the bathroom to wash his tongue
749
lucky draw
Yeah, if they put all of the things in a hat and they pull them out. It's called a lucky draw
750
manicure
Sometimes I don't normally go for manicures, but I normally just go and get my nails done. Get them painted or put on some gels or something. So, yeah, I don't know. Yeah. manicure is just a general term for your hands
751
manipulative
So I, because you want to comfort them when it's not manipulative when it's real. But if it's manipulative, you want to teach them. So? Yeah, it's, it's quite something. I just realized how easy it is for children to also pick up the wrong messages sometimes
752
mind bending
It's almost like it's really difficult to understand what this person is saying or doing. It's mind-bending to understand how the politicians run our countries like, like you.
753
murmur
it's a little bit I guess a little bit like mumbling. murmuring. The sound you can hear the heart through an ultrasound. Arthur got examined and they found a murmur
754
naughty
I really enjoy him. He's naughty. Very sweet.
755
neatly
Yeah, in Europe, I found that you can leave your car unlocked. Leave your drop something some way. The next day, you will find it in the same place. But somebody probably picked it up and just put it neatly on the side. And then you can go and fetch it.
756
negotiable
They don't put their price so it's they call they only say that negotiable
757
numb
So every person actually knows right and wrong. Yeah. And but the more you ignore it, the more the more you become numb. And the more you justify, and the more you don't care.
758
optometrist
So in South Africa, you are allowed to go to your optometrist. And then they taste your eyes and they give you a certificate to show the driving license department that it's fine. And instead of doing it at the driver's license department, but both are po
759
orchand
I think of crops like corn. Sorry corn or wheat. Those are also crops and orchards or if it's fruit orchards would be for trees. If it's fruit orchard is for fruit
760
outing
Sometimes they have outings, so they'll go to the mall, or they'll go to a game farm. Which sounds amazing. The students from the English school
761
overtake
If you driving in a car and you overtake someone, you go ahead of them. It's the same word. overtake
762
overthrown
Find a few options to say overthrown the dictatorship, overrule or break down
763
parallel
In parallel it's a little tiny sleep so in parallel reminds me of electricity it's connected in parallel which is correct but I think simultaneously might be a better word
764
passionate
I am still very passionate to learn English or I still have passion.
765
pavement
It's just bricks. It's just pavement so I think I wish that was different. I love the grass. Yeah. And then in our complex we have a number of houses in one property it's possible to walk there there's not a lot of grass it's just paved areas
766
peckish
I feel peckish all the time. I want to eat cookies and cake and chocolate. And an infamous normally if I've done lots of exercise, then I say oh, I'm famished.
767
peel
If you open up the pot, there are just these whole crabs in the pot, like quite a few of them. And then we had to eat them. So you have to take them and peel them and eat them. It was the strangest experience for new meeting new people. I thought it was r
768
perk
perks are good things, like benefits. Good things. So the perks of living in Canada is you get nine months' leave. If you have a baby.
769
pickpocketing
I mean, my dad also had I think three or four little kids came up to him and just started pickpocketing him like they just walked straight up to him and started taking things from him. But my dad is very strong but he looks very old. So he was fighting in
770
pod
So you can get peas in a pod. You can get a pod of tadpoles or dolphins that's like it's like a collection or tadpoles I think are in a pod.
771
pot
So I don't know why people are selling pot plants in pots that don't have holes. That doesn't make any sense to me. But anyway, I only realized it like two days ago.
772
power steering
We definitely just say power steering. I just want to see. Okay, this site is not helping me. Yeah, cool. Okay, so I don't know if it's electric or hydraulic? I have no idea. I just know that it's gives you extra power to steer
773
precarious
Precarious is probably a good word for that. Like it could fall apart
774
promissing
Things were promising. So Linda says that it's the vaccine is very likely to be successful. So the word is promising
775
prosecution
They would have a sign that says average speed prosecution. So they will process prosecute you or give you a fine if your average speed is higher than it should be.
776
provoke
Normally means to cause someone or to cause something to react in a way provokes them. And the virus could provoke more feelings of fear in a person. And the surgery could also provoke it more. That's how I understand it, but I am not sure if it's a bit d
777
pull leg
I'm just pulling your leg. And that means I'm just joking. I'm just joking with you. I'm just joking with you. Yeah. I'm just pulling your leg. That's what we say in English. And we use it quite often.
778
pump up
Normally what I would do, I would pump it up, take the tube out and then pump it up a little bit. And then you can normally the hole. So you either put it by your ear and then you can hear it leak. Or if you put it by your mouth, you know? Yeah. So I just move the tube around and then keep my mouth open over it. And it's quite easy to find.
779
quote
you would ask for you would ask a company, please. Could you give me a quote on fixing my car or fixing my bicycle?
780
rabies
I think that's why I asked you what shot because I would say I had to have a flu shot on Friday. Or I had to had a rabies shot because I got bitten by a dog.
781
rebellious
The noun is a rebel. She is a rebel. And a rebel is very rebellious. That's how you would rebel.
I think you just have to keep reading if you want to find her becoming rebellious
782
reception
So normally in a hotel, you will get the reception area where you go to, but also with a wedding. You normally have two parts. Part one is the ceremony and pontoons there. I don't know why we call it that. So yeah. So sometimes in South Africa, some people are invited to the ceremony, but not the reception.
783
recreation
Yeah, it is a recreational room, a place where people can rest or eat.
784
redneck
But it's a way of saying if someone is very unsophisticated, they don't have good English, they're not from a good class of people. Okay, make sense? Maybe they hang in there hang around the streets a lot and do drugs or something I don't actually know. A bit rural, white American in the southern United States
785
resign
You know you got yourself into this place. Because you, you weren't honest with who you are. So I just remember sitting there, then I just started crying to speak to my bosses. And that's when I resigned just tell them I, you know, I'm not being honest wi
786
rhino
I haven't seen any rhinos.
787
riot
It's extremely I wouldn't even say it's protest. It's just crime. Yeah. It's just a reason for riots. Yeah, so a protest would be very peaceful. Normally, normally, protests are peaceful. And people have these signs and their boards and their march. Riots are very violent. They burn Burn things down and destroy things. Yeah. It's more like, riots. Yeah, it's riots. And then they also say riots and looting.
788
roadworthy
So my car did a test a roadworthy test. And it failed. So I had to fix the tires.
789
robbed
We have the same problem in South Africa. So it's either if you're alone, you could easily get robbed. And if you driving in the traffic, you can easily get hit.
790
rollercoaster
It is a rollercoaster with a lot of ups and downs. Pronunciation sounded holy instead of roller
791
saucer
I think a saucer is meant to catch things that dropped like catch tripping things. I would normally you would use a saucer for tea but old fashioned tea and a saucer or like soup. You can have soup in a bowl with this also underneath. And then the pots we
792
scam
A Scam can be it's like a layer of dirt on top of a liquid so all the scum is at the top. So normally, it's really a really dirty layer on top may be of a dam or a lake. But you can also use it for really ugly people or I don't know how to say it. But the example that they give you is drug dealers. Drug dealers are the scum of the earth.
793
scared
They are scared.
794
schnapps
He invited us to the restaurant for some drinks. Well, first to the restaurant, and then later, he invited us to his house for drinks. So we thought we would have hot chocolate and meet the children. We ended up going downstairs through a little cellar, and he gave us a little schnapps. such strong stuff. But I was young.
795
scrub
You could say either one hand made? Yeah, you make it with your hands homemade. You made it at home.
796
seedless
Grapes without seed, Yeah, we call them seedless grapes.
797
set price
So normally you will pay a set price. And then you go and take any food that you want. That's already good. But then you pay a set price. And then in supermarkets, you sometimes get cooked food that you buy and way, but I've never seen a restaurant like that in South Africa.
798
set rate
if it's tutor works for a set rate, then the group classes will be much more worth it. So if the tutor works for a specific rate, like, it doesn't matter how many people are in the class, paid $10 or something, then group classes are much nicer for Lingoda
799
800
shade
Shadows are like the top thing and then a subcategory of the shadow is shade is the shade. Yeah. And you would normally talk about shade in terms of let's go stand in the shade or let's park the car in the shade. Or you would say we need to plant the flow
801
shovel
They shoveled the snow out the way so we could get our car out. And maybe Okay, this is the snow that they had to shovel out the way so from the driveway. It's just a huge, huge, huge pile of snow. Because there's so much and there's nowhere else to put i
802
sideline
I honestly have not packed a thing yet. Because this the past few days in the morning, I have been I went to a coffee shop. And I've been doing barista training. So yes, it's just been really interesting and fun on the sideline. And then in the afternoons
803
sketch
This is a drawing done by charcoal drawings. Can you see it more clearly? Yeah. So it's not the greatest drawing. I tried to draw my friend but her chin and her forehead or not in proportion
804
skirt
He is skirting around the issue? Like he is avoiding something
805
slacking
Like, I always thought I would aim for eight hours, but it's really intense because they only pay you per minute. Yeah. So you have to actually talk for eight hours. So I normally do five hours, sometimes six. Yeah. But I'm slacking, I'm slacking a bit.
806
sleepover
I was in Swaziland with the friends that we had, so they had like a sleepover with a few boys and obviously, you I just walked into the room and walk straight out again because they were just farting. Yeah, their friends and them, and I was like, Okay, I'
807
slight
I can feel my nose hasn't been good I've been sneezing a lot which is a bit different so there's something that's not 100% correct. But very very slight. It's so slight actually that it would easily be missed.
808
slope
There's a hill but the hill could be up or down. an incline is definitely uphill. There's an incline, incline. A slope. The slope is can also be up or down. It's the slope just means the angle of the hill
809
sloppy
Stiff means hard. stuffy. Okay. And flop means sloppy. So that's why I think that's why I'm anyway it doesn't matter. I think the big ones that can move off a floppy
810
smack
Sometimes it's easier just to get one smack and then it's done. Yeah. Yeah, I just find it interesting. I wasn't I don't know what I would do. One day when I have children. I have no idea. Yeah. It's very good. Yeah, Time went by so quickly.
811
snacks
Next, to be honest, snacks are anything other than a proper meal. So it could be chips. It could be popcorn. It could be chocolate or sweets. And it could also be some vegetables cut up awesome cheeses. So anything that you can kind of walk around and tak
812
sniffing
I was gonna say now they're learning how to manipulate. Yeah. Yeah. When I was at my friend's in Swaziland with the two boys. They also did the same thing. Or the one who was sick. And then the other one suddenly started sniffing like, but then he ended u
813
soap
soap is what you clean with and soup is what you eat. When you normally if it's cold.
814
soggy
I was also thinking of the rice you said was very wet. Yeah, you could also use the word moist. It's very moist. And sometimes if it's really like quite a like bread can get quite soggy if it's wet. Rice doesn't really get soggy but the idea is similar.
815
sour
if you eat something that sour it normally makes all of your water plans like it. Your saliva glands spit water into your mouth. Do you know what I mean? Your mouth becomes filled with water if you eat something sour and bitter normally leaves your mouth
816
sprinkle
But we normally have different flavors that you sprinkle on.
817
sprinkler
Okay, cool. we sprayed it. When I was young, we used to run through the sprinkler. Okay, yeah. grass, the grass sprinkler? Yeah. So they would take the hose pipe and attach a sprinkler at the end and then it comes out.
818
squeling
It's very high pitched like, like so if it's the very high pitch we would say squealing Yeah. I just thought of that when you mentioned you know, as Laura saw the injection I don't know what she did.
819
steady
you could use for that if you need very steady hands. You need very steady hands. Yeah, so they're not moving and shaking.
820
steam up
So it's monsoon so the weather is quite humid. I'll tell you, if I go outside now my glasses will steam up
821
step
So I don't have an incredible story I just walked and I was going down and stay and my foot twisted and I stepped on it. So it broke
822
stingy
I was just gonna say there's also more specific words like frugal or stingy is if you can afford I think for frugal better to explain that.
823
stock
I actually I haven't advertised because I don't more stock I don't have enough stock Well, I did it was only friends it's not new people that advertise Yeah, so I will then now.
824
strainer
I think you ordering tea leaves? If I'm not mistaken. Yeah. Okay, because normally a powder would be like instant coffee. So it dissolves into your drink. So if you order tea these then you need a tea strainer to strainer. Now the word I was looking for is a strainer. Yeah, I think the strainer we use is the small step.
825
streak
Yeah, that's exactly I would also have that's a good way to describe it as streak you could just take some And make a streak. And it might be a little bit skewed. And a stripe, it feels like it would be more detailed. And there's a pattern. Yeah.
826
stumble
This is not an expected thing. It's not something I planned. It's just something I've fallen stumbled over.
827
stunned
So you can say stunned. So it's like, and as opposed to doing it? It's stunning
828
swipe
And in South Africa, you can swipe or you can pay cash. It means using a card so it's a credit card or debit card? Any card? Yeah, you swipe it through the machine.
829
switchboard
It's why it's the place where all of the electricity so you open up like a box and then you've got your main electricity switch. And you've got lights and plugs and an oven and the water heater or the Giza so what I do is I just turn off the water heater.
830
syrup
it was just peanut butter sandwiches, peanut butter, and syrup. And that's it. And some oranges slices of orange and then we went to the glass factory. We looked around. We put the blanket out and we ate peanut butter sandwiches. And oranges
831
take apart
Okay, that's really funny. Is it easy to take apart? So will Arthur if he plays with it? Will he take it apart? Or will it stay together?
832
take out
When someone is angry with something? Does she just transfer it to another person? You could say she takes it out. She took it out. So she took it out on me or she took it out on the wall.
833
talkative
was his son very talkative at one point, and then he changed, or what has he always been quiet?
834
tangible
Tangible is something that you can touch in tangible.
835
tense up
If you tense up your arm before getting the shot you will probably get a achy arm the next day
836
tickle
It is necessary to tickle Laura to make her wake up
837
tonsils
I'm not sure if this is what it was though. It's this specific with two things at the back of your throat that they can take out.
838
trait
Would you say that's a personality thing? Or would you say that's a general trait of men?
839
trenches
They are laying the trenches, they digging the holes to put the fiber cables in. So I hope that I will have fiber, probably halfway through September.
840
ulterior
Mongi came to help clean my house today. But actually, he saw yesterday that I carried some ice creams into my house. So he came to clean with me. And yeah, and I was in the room cleaning and he comes in, he's like, Oh, my God, you have so many ice creams
841
understaffed
It makes logical sense that if the pandemic and you're understaffed and whatever, and on the other hand, I think it's those subconscious thoughts of like, Oh my goodness, we failing or whatever.
842
unison
I live next to a river at the moment. And there are so many frogs just outside so sometimes you can hear them all and in a choir. And when they are singing in unison
843
unpredictable
it's a it's an unpredictable I think nobody really knows what lies ahead at the moment
844
unscramble
it's so difficult for her to understand that she needs to put things in the right order or unscramble the letters. But I have such a heart for her.
845
vases
So the clay spins it the clay spins, and then you can shape like mugs and vases and things like that. Yeah, quickly. Sure you heard Yeah. So up until this point, we've only molded things just with our own hands. But now you can. We're going to learn how y
846
veranda
It has to be in the front it's normally a veranda is normally in the front but a porch and a patio are all the same things and they can be on the side or at the back anyway
847
vessel
It's more it's more common to say a ship I would say that but a vessel is perfectly correct
848
vindicate
This looking up indicates usually someone of blame or suspicion. Someone is maybe they seem to be guilty if you vindicate them. you prove them not to be guilty.
849
wedge
Potatoes, fried potato chips, in general, would also be the hot long stick ones. Yeah, as far as I know. And potato wedges are a little thicker. If you cut a potato into, quarters or eighths. Then it they become a little bit more triangular
850
wedlock
He conceived her outside the marriage with his mistress. It's another way of saying it's out of wedlock
851
white collar
it could be more blue-collar workers instead of white-collar workers. Do you know that those terms? No blue-collar worker? Yeah, blue-collar workers are normally people who don't have degrees. And they work a lot with their hands. So manual labor. white-c
852
wholesaler
It's something that I get from a wholesaler and then destroys. Yeah, so it's actually leggings. Like really colorful ones. Nice. Yeah, so I'm the system is not in place at the moment. I'm figuring it all out. But it's really fun. This is since last week.
853
willpower
I don't like the I don't like willpower so much. And I'm not sure why. But for us, building up our own strength on willpower. I know that it fails every time every time we try and do things out of our own willpower. It always fails.
854
wind down
It's been a it's been a busy week. It's been a very, very busy week. So I'm just happy that it's just some time to just wind down and just relax.
855
windshield
South Africa. They used to clean the windshield, but I think most Africans getting very angry if you do that, so I don't think they do it anymore.
