4 Hours of English Vocabulary - ALL YOU NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH

today I have a 4-Hour Advanced English vocabulary master class for you and by the end of this master class you're going to have all the vocabulary that you need to express your ideas fluently and confidently welcome back to Jr English of course I'm Jennifer now let's get started we're going to start this master class with phrasal verse because native speakers love using phrasal verbs so knowing them will help you sound more fluent more natural and they'll help you understand native speakers as well so in this section you're going to learn a group of phrasal verbs and then you'll complete a quiz and then you'll move on and learn another group of phrasal verbs so let's get started with your first group number one to come around to an opinion or an idea and this means to change your opinion or to see a new point to view now notice the sentence structure because we have two prepositions around and two and then after two we need something we need a noun an opinion or an idea for example I came around to the new job after I heard about the benefits package so remember this means you changed your opinion so previously you didn't want the new job but now you've come around to it so you've changed your opinion now you want the new job because you heard about the benefits package we commonly use this without the preposition to and without specifying the something when the something has already been mentioned for example at first I didn't want to move to Boston but I came around after I visited so notice I didn't say I came around to something because the something had already been mentioned so I came around to the idea after I visited number two to get across a point or a message and this is when you clearly and effectively communicate a point or a message for example make sure you get across that the project is over budget so if you're having a meeting with a client and your boss has this very particular message or idea the project is over budget and your boss wants you to communicate that in a clear effective way your boss wants to make sure you get that across now we also use this when you're talking your talking you're talking and the ideas aren't really coming out very well and after a while you stop and you say what I'm trying to get across is and then you state your point what I'm trying to get across is the project is over budget number three to show off this is when you deliberately display your skills or abilities in a way to impress other people now this is frequently used in the negative don't show off don't show off but there's definitely a time and a place when you want to show off for example when you're going to a job interview you shouldn't be modest you should show off your skills and abilities you should talk about all your Awards your accomplishments your degrees the compliments you've received you want to show off all of your experience to the interviewer so an interview is the perfect time to show off also if you're going for your IELTS exam you don't want to be modest with your knowledge of the English language you want to show off your abilities by using a range of grammatical structures and a range range of phrasal verbs and idioms and expressions you want to show off to the interviewer number four to count on now this is exactly the same as to rely on or to depend on so you have three different phrasal verbs all with on that mean the exact same thing and this is of course when you trust someone or something to complete a specific t ask or objective for example I can always count on Selma to stay late so you can trust Zelma to complete the specific task or objective which is to stay late and remember you could replace this with rely on I can always rely on Selma or depend on I can always depend on Selma now we frequently use this in a question response for example can I count on you can I count on you to close the deal and then you can reply back and say absolutely You Can Count On Me number five to come between now this is when something disturbs a relationship and that relationship can be a professional relationship a social relationship romantic family relationship it can be any kind kind of relationship for example Jacob and Marcus were best friends until Sylvie came between them so that's the image you could have they were close Jacob and Marcus but then Sylvie came between them and now they're divided Sylvie Disturbed their relationship now it's very common for a girl or a guy to come between a relationship but it doesn't have to be a person it could be that Jacob and Marcus were very close but the promotion came between them the new job came between them their family came between them their politics came between them their religion came between them it could be anything came between them money is a good one as well that comes between people in relationships and remember remember you can use this in any type of relationship number six to put up with something or someone and notice this is a two preposition phrasal verb put up with put up with and we use this to say that you tolerate bad behavior or unwanted Behavior to put up with for example I don't know how you put up with your boss I don't know how you tolerate your boss now of course we can be more specific and specify the action that the boss does I don't know how you put up with your boss's constant criticism for example or your boss's distasteful jokes for example I don't know how you tolerate it now we commonly use this to say I'm not going to put up with and then the behavior I'm not going to put up with your constant criticism any longer number seven to bounce back now to bounce back this is when you recover or recuperate now you can use this when you recover from a negative situation in a business context like for example a bad sales quarter or a bad product launch for example but it can also be when you recover or recuperate from an illness so you can use it in both those situations for example in a workplace situation you could say I don't know how we'll bounce back from our loss in Q2 so I don't know how we'll recover and then you could have a discussion how can we bounce back does anyone have any ideas on how we can bounce back now in terms of recovering or recuperating from an illness you could say it took me a while to bounce back after my surgery so it took me a while to recover recuperate number eight to act up this means to behave badly or strangely this is very commonly used with parents describing the actions of their young children or even their older children my son keeps acting up behaving badly but we can also use this with devices and objects for example my computer keeps acting up behaving strangely my computer keeps acting up I hope it doesn't break number nine to make it up to someone this is quite a long one so pay attention to this sentence structure to make it up to someone now we use this when you try to compensate for a wrongdoing for example let's say it's your best friend's birthday and you can't go for whatever reason so this is the wrongdoing not going to your best friend's birthday party now if you want to compensate for that wrongdoing you could say I'm so sorry I can't make your birthday party I promise I'll make it up to you I'll make it up to you by taking you out for a nice dinner I'll make it up to you by going to the movies with you I'll I'll make it up to you by buying you a really nice present so those are the ways you're going to compensate now you might be wondering what is this it the make it up to someone we use it with it because what you're trying to compensate for has already been explained so you don't have to say it again now you can use this in a business context let's say you went over budget on a client's project and you might say to your team how are we going to make it up to the client how are we going to compensate for our wrongdoing the wrongdoing is you went over budget and then maybe someone would suggest we can make it up to them by offering a discount or offering a free product offering an extra service so those are how you're going to compensate for the wrongdoing to make it up to someone number 10 to barge in when you barge in you enter a place a location unexpectedly and you interrupt whatever's taking place for example I was in my office working and this kid just barged in and handed me his CV but later I hired him so by saying the kid barged in it implies that he didn't have an appointment he wasn't expected he just barged in unexpectedly and he interrupted whatever I was working on but in this case it was successful because he got the job so now you have the first group so let's complete your quiz here are the questions for the quiz you need to complete each sentence using the correct phrasal verb so go ahead and hit hit pause now and complete the quiz here are the correct answers go ahead and hit pause and see how well you did so make sure you share your score in the comments and now let's continue with your second group of phrasal [Music] verbs number one to abide by this is more of a formal phrasal verb because it's used when when you accept or follow a rule or regulation so we use it mainly with government rules coure rules even business rules as well for example as a tourist you have to abide by the rules of the country you're visiting so if you see a sign that says no parking you have to abide by that rule you have to follow that rule now remember when we also use this to say you simply accept you accept but then you follow it for example let's say you go to court because of a dispute and the court doesn't rule in your favor you still have to abide by that decision you have to accept it and then follow it so this is a more formal phrasal verb but it's very useful because we all have to abide by many different rules regulations and policies number two to Dawn on this is an excellent phrasal verb to add to your daily vocabulary to Dawn on is when you finally realize or understand something for example one day it just dawned on me that I need to change careers so one day I just realized I need to change career so you can absolutely say realize we're just using the phrasal verb Dawn on and it's extremely common now notice the sentence structure here it dawned on me something Dawns on someone so the it is the realization it dawned on me that I need to change careers so just keep that in mind because the sentence structure is commonly used with it Dawns on and then someone number three to pull off this is also a mustow phrasal verb when you pull something off you're able to do something that is difficult or unlikely to do for example let's say you're a wedding planner and a couple comes to you and tells you they want to have this huge 300 person wedding in in three weeks and they want you to plan everything that's really difficult and it might even be unlikely that you're able to plan a 300 person wedding in 3 weeks so you could say I don't know if I can pull that off I don't know if I can do that because it's very difficult I don't know if I can pull that off the that being planning the 300 person wedding now let's say you do successfully plan the wedding after you could say I can't believe I pulled that off I can't believe I pulled off planning a 300 person wedding in only 3 weeks number four to back out of this is an excellent business phrasal verb it's used when you fail to keep a commitment or a promise now in a business context a commitment could be something you agree to or arrange to it can be formal and you have a contract in place or it could be more informal and you just agree to it verbally so if you don't keep that commitment then you back out of it for example I can't believe the client backed out at the last minute now notice here I just said backed out I didn't use the of we only use the of when you specify the noun the something I can't believe the client backed out of the agreement the project the plan the proposal at the last minute number five to clam up this is an excellent phrasal verb for all of you or anyone that does public speech speak in because when you clam up you're unable to speak usually because of fear or nervousness but this can also be used if you simply refuse to speak for whatever reason for example I always clam up when I'm public speaking when I'm public speaking I become unable to get the words out you clam up now my advice to you is if you feel like you're going to clam up just take a deep breath number six to mul over when you mul something over you think about it or you consider it and the something you're mulling over is simply an idea an idea a proposal a suggestion and you mul it over you think about it you consider it so let's say you're in a meeting and a client or colleague suggests a new tool to use and you need to think about it so you could say give me a few days to mull it over and I'll get back to you to mull it over the it being using the tool purchasing the tool whatever you're going to do give me a few days to mull it over now you can also specify the noun and you can say I need to mle the deal over before I commit number seven to pan out this is an extremely common phrasal verb to pan out Simply talks about how a situation develops for example I'm not sure how this merger will pan out so the situation here is the merger and we're talking about well how's the merger going to go how's it going to develop will it be positive will it be negative will there be challenges or difficulties benefits that's how the situation develops so here I'm saying I'm not sure I'm not sure how the merger will pan out now let's say the merger had some difficulties or challenges you could say the merger didn't pan out didn't develop the merger didn't pan out as we had expected number eight to ramble on this is an excellent one for all you public speakers because when you Ramble On you talk at length without getting to the point so let's say I rambled on for five minutes trying to explain the definition of ramble on and at the end you didn't understand it at all and you're confused you're a little annoyed because I wasted your time I rambled on so this is used as a negative and it's used when you're communicating an idea so we generally use this as a complaint the speaker rambled on for 20 minutes number nine to nod off this is when you fall asleep but is when you fall asleep usually for a very short period of time and usually when you're not supposed to so this isn't when you go to bed at the end of the night okay so let's say you're in a meeting at work and your colleague is rambling on and the topic is very boring and you start doing this that is nodding off and this motion of your head what I'm doing this is the verb to nod nod your head so when you fall asleep what do you do you nod your head so that's where this phrasal verb to nod off comes from and remember we use this for short periods of time usually when you're not supposed to fall asleep for example when you're driving so I might say I always listen to loud music when I'm driving at night so I don't nod off and number 10 I love this phrasal verb to lock out when you lock out you're very lucky in a specific situation so let's say there's this major sale on the new iPhone model and they're selling for 50% off and you go to the store and you get the very last one you could say I can't believe I locked out and got the new iPhone for 50% off you lucked out you were very lucky in this specific situation or let's say you're driving during rush hour and you're going to an appointment and you get a parking spot right in front of the office in Rush Hour downtown you can say I can't believe I lucked out and got such an amazing parking spot or if you're telling that story to a friend I got this parking spot right in front of the building downtown during rush hour they could say wow you really lucked out you really lucked out by getting that parking spot are you ready for your next Quiz here are the question questions hit pause and complete the quiz now here are the answers hit pause and compare your answers to the correct answers so how'd you do share your score and let's continue on with your next group of phrasal verbs number one to rip off we use this when someone is selling something or buying something and the buyer feels that the price is too high compared to the value of whatever they're buying for example I can't believe I paid $200 for that she ripped me off now notice the sentence structure you rip someone off she ripped me off another example she told every everyone that I ripped her off but it was a fair price so just because someone claims you rip them off it doesn't necessarily mean it's true number two to wear out we use this when something is damaged or weakened because of age it's old or because of use you've used it a lot for example I wore out my tennis shoes last summer if someone said that to me I would assume they played a lot of tennis last summer they played so much tennis that they wore out their shoes they became damaged from use from continually playing tennis we also use this in an adjective form to be worn out so it would be very common to say I need to buy new tennis shoes because myom line are worn out so of course are because shoes is plural and we need the plural form of the verb to be mine my tennis shoes are worn out so both forms are very common number three to draw up we use this when you need to prepare paperwork and generally that paperwork is for a contract an agreement a proposal generally something that two people need to sign or agree on to make it official for example I asked my lawyer to draw up the papers whenever you're dealing with a lawyer the papers are going to be official so this is a perfect time to use to draw up or you could say we're waiting for our bank to draw up the mortgage agreement so that's another very official document that you need to sign and you can use the phrasal verb to draw up number four to burn out this is a phrasal verb that has gotten a lot of attention recently especially with the pandemic because to burn out this is when you feel exhausted mentally or physically from prolonged stress stress of work stress of a situation like a pandemic stress of a family situation like a divorce or an illness something like that but a prolonged period you can be stressed out for a day but when you burn out it means you've had that stress for a long period of time several weeks several months or even several years for example I burned out at my last job so perhaps I was working so much that I went through this period of prolonged stress I burned out out another example I burned out after caring for my aging parents so caregivers often experience burnout so you can use this in a work situation or you can use it in a personal situation as well number five to look up to someone so notice we have two prepositions look up to and then someone we use this when you admire some someone or you respect someone so I could say I looked up to him like a father so of course I admire and respect my father and I'm comparing the situation to someone else I looked up to him I admired him like a father another example I really look up to my boss so you admire your boss you respect your boss you hold your boss CR in high regard so you can use this in a work situation you can look up to people and you can use this in a social situation a family situation you can have many different people in your life that you look up to for different reasons number six to step up now that's the phrasal verb but we most commonly use it in the expression to step it up notice that it it's very important to step it up to step it up this simply means to work harder or to try harder now you can say we need to step it up if we're going to meet the deadline so you have this deadline you need to work harder so it's the same as saying we need to work harder if we're going to meet the deadline Step It Up Now what is this it in the expression well the it would represent work or effort we need to step up our work we need to step up our effort step it up I encourage you to use it that way step it up because you'll sound like a native speaker we have a really common expression with this step it up and then you add the two words a notch step it up a notch if you look at a dial a notch is one move on the dial so it represents a little bit a small amount step it up a notch it's just like saying step it up a little bit so that's just a common expression you need to step it up a notch if you want to meet the deadline so you can use it with a notch it's very common or you can use it without number seven to hone in on this is another two preposition phrasal verb we have hone in on hone in on something and this means to really focus on something to put all your attention on something specific for example if we want to get more customers we should really hone in on small business owners so maybe right now you're not being very specific and you're looking at all customers but you want to hone in in on one specific segment of the population small business owners so you're going to focus on them you're going to hone in on them another example for the presentation we should really hone in on South America so maybe you're a global company and you have branches all over the world but for this specific presentation you're going to hone in on one specific part of the world so South America number eight this is a must know phrasal verb to bring up and this is when you begin a discussion on a specific topic for example if you're in a staff meeting it would be very common for the boss or whoever's leading the meeting to say before we end the meeting does anyone have anything to bring up does anyone have a specific topic they want to discuss does anyone have anything to bring up or after the meeting you might tell another colleague I didn't have a chance to bring up the marketing proposal so you didn't have a chance to discuss this specific topic the marketing proposal maybe you ran out of time number nine to talk into and the sentence structure is to talk someone into something and this means to convince someone to do something for example she talked me into helping her move she convinced me to help her move so when someone uses this oh she talked me into helping her move it gives you the impression that the person didn't really want to do the activity but somebody convinced them but please I really need your help I'll buy pizza or maybe you could say my te team talked me into bringing up the bonus at the staff meeting so notice I use bring up discuss a specific topic the bonus my team talked me into bringing up the bonus now because maybe discussing the bonus is a little bit of a sensitive issue and nobody wants to do it but your team convinced you lucky you so they talked you into it and number 10 to stick around this is a mustus phrasal verb you can use it in a social setting or a professional setting to stick around means to stay in a location for a period of time so let's say you're at this beautiful park with a friend and after an hour or so your friend has to leave and they say do you want to share an Uber and you say no I'm going to stick around a little bit longer so you're going to stay in a specific location the park for a period of time it's unknown how long you'll stay that doesn't really matter it's just the fact you're going to stay I'm going to stick around a little bit longer it's such a beautiful day I'm going to stick around now you can also use this in the negative I can't stick around very long because I have a meeting although it's a beautiful day I can't stick around very long I have a meeting to get back to are you ready for your next Quiz here are the questions hit pause now complete the quiz and whenever you're ready hit play and I'll share the answers so go ahead and hit pause now here are the answers so hit pause review the answers and whenever you're ready hit play and come back to the video so of course share your score and let's continue on number one to take up this means to occupy or to fill now we use this specifically with two different nouns you can take up time and you can take up space and they're both very commonly used for example I could say this meeting took up my whole morning so it occupied or filled the amount of time now we can also use this with space for example I need a new couch because my couch takes up too much space so it occupies or fills space so remember you can use this with both t time and space and they're both very commonly used number two to Branch out now this means to expand and we use this specifically in a business context so let's say you're in a meeting and you're discussing how to increase your profits you might suggest branching out into new markets so if you only sell in North America you can Branch out expand and sell in Europe or in Asia Africa for example we need to Branch out into new markets number three this is a fun one to jot down now you would probably understand this from Context in the meeting I jotted down a few notes I jotted down a few notes so it's the exact same thing as write down I wrote down a few notes but it's very commonly used so someone might ask you maybe your boss or a colleague even might say hey can you jot this down and then they might give you a number or a date or a location and you write it down now of course not many people use pen and paper anymore right we take electronic notes but if your colleague asks you to jot something down you can absolutely take out your phone and make a note in your phone jot it down in your phone write it down in your phone so this still applies even though we don't really use pen and paper much number four to carry out this means to perform or to conduct and we use this specifically in a business context for example next week we're carrying out our custom customer surveys our student surveys we're carrying out our surveys we're conducting them we're performing them so I'm just going to do the survey that's the simplest way to say it next week we're doing the surveys we're carrying out the surveys number five this is an important one so make sure you jot it down number five to keep up with something this means to make sufficient progress on let's say that you have this many orders and it's your job to fulfill those orders if you fulfill this many you've kept up with the orders you've made sufficient progress but if you fulfill this many or this many or this many or anything less than the total number of Ord ERS then you haven't kept up with the orders you haven't made sufficient progress on now of course you can use this with many things other than orders you can use it with your studies your reading list your chores your performance reports your filing your scheduling you can use it with many many many other tasks number six to fill fill out or to fill in a form now this is one that confuses a lot of students and they ask me do I fill out a form do I fill in the form what's the difference the reality is there is no difference specifically when we're talking about a form now when you have to fill out an application you could also fill in an application fill out your passport renewal you can fill in your passport renewal in this specific context there's no difference number seven to drop in this is a great phrasal verb because you can use it both in a business context or a social context now to drop in simply means to visit so if you're talking to a friend and you're planning to visit that friend you can say how how about I drop in Saturday morning how about I visit Saturday morning now in a business context you might have a client that wants to drop in that wants to visit or you might drop in on a client just to say hello and to keep that relationship going so you can use this in both a social and a business context number eight to push back this means to delay or postpone in the context of a scheduled event so a scheduled event like a meeting let's say the meeting was scheduled for Monday but everyone is really busy on Monday well then push the meeting back until Wednesday postpone it until Wednesday now you can use this in a social context so you might be planning your wedding anniversary and it's your 10year wedding anniversary and the actual date is March 30th but everyone is busy so you might push it back until the middle of April so more people can attend well everyone's busy so let's push back the party until next week until two weeks from now so you can push back a scheduled event which means to delay or postpone number nine to call off now this means to cancel a scheduled event so remember in our last one to push back you delay or postpone but the other alternative is simply to cancel it but generally when you call something off it's because there were some problems or issues associated with it but the problem or issue could be a scheduling conflict and just people couldn't attend so let's say you were planning a conference for the summer but nobody registered because everyone's really busy in the summer so you might discuss it with your team and say let's call off the conference attendance is too low so let's call it off let's cancel it now you can also use this in a social context you might call off your wedding but but if you cancel your wedding then most likely there was a problem an issue a big one right so in that context in a social event most people will wonder what happened why did they call off their wedding why did they call off their anniversary they're going to assume that something is wrong and number 10 to sort out this means to organize or to fix if there's a problem for example I need to sort out my travel plans so it could mean I just need to organize them so I need to decide when I'm going to travel what airline I'm going to use what hotel I'm going to use I need to sort out my travel plans but I can also use it if there's some sort of problem and I need to fix it for example my flight was cancelled so I need to sort out my travel plans I need to fix this problem with my plans so to sort something out you can organize it or you can fix it if there's a problem are you ready for your next Quiz so here are the questions hit pause and complete the quiz now so here are the answers so now let's review your final group of phrasal verbs number one to tune out this is a very useful phrasal verb because is used to say you stop listening to someone you stop paying attention to them because you don't like what they're saying basically so you tune someone out this is something that kids do all the time with their parents right if your parent is giving you advice and you don't want to hear it you just tune them out so your parent is talking but you're just not really listening so you might say I always tune out my mom when she gives me relationship advice now this can also happen a lot in a workplace situation let's say the coworker that sits beside you is just a very negative person and complains a lot you might just simply tune them out so you stop listening to them because you don't want to hear all that negativity and complaining so you just tune them out they're talking but you're not listening number two to tick off this is a useful one because it means to annoy to anger or to irritate now we use this in two very specific sentence structur it takes someone off it takes me off when my coworker doesn't help so it ticks someone off and then you explain the situation that causes the anger the frustration or the irritation now the other sentence structure is just to say someone or something ticks me off John really ticks me off he's so negative John really irritates me frustrates me annoys me John really ticks me off he's so negative but I just tune him out number three to talk up and you talk someone or something up and that means you speak in a way that makes that someone or something sound really beneficial really positive really amazing maybe even more so than the reality so let's say you're in sales and you're trying to sell this piece of software to a company well you're going to talk up that software you're going to talk about that software in a way that really highlights all of its positive features and you probably won't mention any negative features you're going to talk it up or let's say that your really close friend applied for a a job in your company well you're probably going to talk up your friend you're going to speak about your friend very enthusiastically very positively because you want your friend to get the job you're going to talk up your friend number four to pile up this means simply to increase in amount and we generally use this with work so in general you could say work is really piling up work is increasing in amount you can use this with specific work so you might say my expense reports are piling up or even with household chores you might say the laundry is piling up the dirty dishes are piling up they're increasing in amount number five to mope around to mope around this is when someone moves from one one location to another but they do it in a very unhappy way a lazy way a disappointed way and it's generally because something is wrong something specific is wrong so maybe they just lost their job or they just broke up with their girlfriend so they mope around the house all day they go from the couch to the kitchen back to the couch but they look really upset set and lazy and no energy so this isn't really a positive thing we generally say stop moping around you need to stop moping around and start looking for a job if that's the reason why you're moping around because you lost your job stop moping around and look for a job number six to loosen up this is a great one it means to be more relaxed more comfortable or less serious so you might say she was very shy at first but then she loosened up so she became more relaxed more comfortable now we often use this as advice to someone if someone is just being too serious you might say loosen up loosen up it's similar to saying relax a little relax a little loosen up you need to loosen up oh just loosen up number seven to kick off this is a great one because when you kick something off it means you start but we use this in the context of a sports event a meeting a conference or even a party so some sort of event with with people so in sports it's very common to say the game the match kicks off at and then you say the time the match kicks off at 3: the game kicks off at 7 and that's just when the game starts now you could also say let's kick off the meeting by and then you can explain how you're going to start the meeting let's kick off the meeting by introducing the new CFO or let's kick off the meeting by sharing the good news number eight this is a fun one to horse around when you horse around you behave in a silly or noisy way so basically what children do all the time they horse around but you might say the kids were horsing around and they broke my favorite vase now although this is commonly used in children it can of course be used for adults as well because adults act in silly and noisy ways all the time right even in workplace context so you might be talking about how your team is constantly horsing around and as a bonus you can also say goof around it's an alternative but they're both very commonly used so horse around or goof around number nine to get by this is when you have just enough money to live on but not very much extra so you can basically pay all your bills and that's about it so you might say since our Twins were born it's been more difficult to get by you have two new babies in the house well first congratulations but of course that's very expensive ensive so now you only have enough money to pay your bills to buy the food buy the diapers buy the groceries pay your mortgage things like that we're getting by we're getting by you're just surviving so if someone knows you're going through a tough time financially maybe you lost your job and they ask you how's it going is everything okay you could say well I'm getting by I'm getting by which lets them know you're surviving you have enough to pay all your core expenses and finally number 10 to flip out now this can mean to become very excited but it can also mean to become very angry or agitated so it's when you have a very strong emotion but that emotion can be positive excitement or it can be negative anger and it will be a obvious based on context so if you just won a competition or a prize or the lottery you might flip out and become very very excited right the sports team flipped out when they won the gold medal or the team flipped out when they lost the game the team became very angry so you can use it in both situations and for this expression you can also say freak out freak out flip out they mean the same and again positive excitement or negative anger are you ready for your final quiz so here are the questions of course hit pause take as much time as you need and when you're ready hit play and I'll share the answers so you can go ahead and hit pause now here are the answers go ahead and hit pause and figure out how you did amazing job with those phrasal verbs but like I said native speakers we love using phrasal verbs and there's a lot more than 50 in our vocabulary so let's keep going and let's keep learning 50 more phrasal verbs so we'll do the same thing you'll learn a group of phrasal verbs and you'll complete a quiz and you'll move on so let's get started with the first group number one to ache for to ache for this is a very nice romantic phrasal verb now we really use this in the context of a romantic relationship so make sure you use that appropriately and to ache for something or someone is when you really really want that something or someone for example he was lonely and aching for love so this is perhaps a little more of a poetic phrasal verb you will probably hear it in novels stories movies TV he was aching for love so maybe you won't use that in your vocabulary but you'll likely hear it in romance movies or Romance novels now you may be more likely to use egg for someone let's say your husband is overseas on a business trip and he'll be gone for two or 3 weeks you might say I'm aching for my husband so if you're talking to your friends your family even your colleagues you could say oh I'm really aching for my husband he's been gone for 2 weeks already number two to beef up this is this is a fun one when you beef something up you make it stronger or more important now we do use this in the context of bodybuilders and they can beef themselves up become more muscular so you can use that in a fitness context but we also use this in more of a business context perhaps surprisingly because you might say I need to beef up my resume I I need to make my resume stronger or more important I need to beef up my communication skills for example number three to make up and in this context we're talking about to make up with someone with someone to make up with someone is when you forgive someone after an argument or a dispute in a family context young kids are argue a lot right and older kids too but you might say to your son your daughter you need to make up with your sister you need to make up with your brother you need to make up with your cousin or a friend and you list a specific person which means you need to forgive that person stop being angry at that person stop fighting with that person so we definitely use this in a a social context a family context but you can absolutely use this in a professional context co-workers fight as well there are disagreements in companies so you might say to one cooworker Sally you need to make up with Mark you work on the same team you have to get along you need to make up with each other number four to nail down this is when you you understand the exact details of something or you get a firm decision on something so let's say you're planning a conference and you have a general idea of the conference it will take place in summer it will be on this General topic or theme but when are the exact dates what specific topics who specifically will be the keynote speaker who specifically will be presenting who will you hire to cater the conference you need to nail down those details so you need to either understand the exact details or you need to make a firm decision on who's going to cater when the conference will exactly take place so that's a very useful phrasal verb and you can use it in a business context or a social context number number five to open up when you open up to someone you talk very freely about your feelings or your emotions things that make you quite vulnerable things you probably don't share with everybody for example after years she finally opened up about his death so for many years there was this tragic death perhaps and she didn't really talk about it she didn't talk about her feelings about the death but then after years she opened up she started talking freely about how she felt the circumstances how she's dealing with it those types of things her inner feelings and emotions now notice I didn't use to someone I could say she opened up to her family about his death so you have about and then the specific topic and two and the specific people you'll commonly hear people say I've never opened up to anybody like this before if someone says that to you they're basically saying they feel very comfortable around you they feel like they can share their inner thoughts feelings emotions and that's a very positive thing it shows you have a very close relationship number six to slip into something now this is when you quickly put on a piece of clothing so this is a very specific phrasal verb it's only used with clothing now for example this shirt is quite pretty isn't it but let's be honest it's not the most comfortable shirt so after I'm done recording this video I'm going to slip into a t-shirt I'm going to put on a t-shirt or if it's first thing in the morning and you're in your house coat but then you hear your doorbell you might quickly slip into some sweatpants and answer the door so it's simply another way to say put on number seven to stand by something when you stand by something it's used to show that you still support or believe something so I might say we stand by our opinion that interest rates need to increase so that's my opinion that's my belief interest rates need to increase I stand by that I still support that I still believe that so you'll hear this a lot from people in power politicians Executives in business they'll have an opinion have a belief and then they'll State I stand by that to let you know they still believe that specific opinion opinion do you stand by that and if so why I stand by that uh yes I stand by that and the reason simply is now we also use this with stand by someone when you stand by someone it means that you support someone usually when something negative has happened so let's say that your coworker was accused of stealing from the company but you know your coworker didn't do it you might say I stand by her I stand by her which means you're going to support her in this difficult time number eight to wind down to wind down this is an excellent phrasal verb because it means to relax after a busy or stressful day so you might say I always read at the end of the day to whine down to help me whine down I always always read at the end of the day or I go for a walk after work to wind down so it just means to relax but is another way of saying it and it implies that you were very busy or stressed out to wind down number nine to zone out this is when you stop paying attention for a short period of time now we've all done this especially when we were kids in school and your teachers talking and you just zone out now generally people zone out because they don't have interest in a particular topic for example whenever people talk about sports I zone out I just stop listening and I start thinking about something else in my own head and I'm not listening to the conversation about sports I zone out I stop paying attention but then when the conversation changes I'll pay attention again so it's always for that short period of time number 10 to turn in this is a very useful phrasal verb because it simply means to go to bed it's another way of saying to go to bed and it's very common so of course you can say I'm tired I'm going to bed but you can also say I'm tired I'm going to turn in I'm going to turn in and it's extremely commonly used so I suggest you use it you can use it as a suggestion hey it's getting late and you have that job interview tomorrow you should turn in you should go to bed or you can use it in question form as well what time did you turn in what time did you go to bed are you ready for your first quiz so here are the questions of course hit pause take as much time as you need and when you're ready hit play and I'll share the answer answers so you can go ahead and hit pause now here are the answers go ahead and hit pause and figure out how you did how did you do on the quiz make sure you share your score in the comments below and let's continue on with the next group of phrasal verbs phrasal verb number one to act on this simply means to take action so to act but you act on specific information advice or recommendations that you've received for example the manager acted on the findings of the report so of course in this report there's lots of information and advice and if you act on that information the manager acted on the findings of the report or in a meeting you might suggest just to your co-workers we need to act on the recommendations we need to take action outside of the workplace you might say we need to act on the advice from our financial analyst so they gave you some advice you need to act on it number two to bargain for to bargain for this is when you expect something to happen but that something is usually negative so you expect something negative to happen now notice the sentence structure here because we most commonly use this phrasal verb in the negative form we hadn't bargained for such a high interest rate so it's saying we didn't expect or you could say we hadn't bargain for so many people at the conference so this is a great expression that you can use but I recommend using it in the negative number three to opt in when you opt into something it means you become a member of something so if you're a new employee at the company they might have certain things that are membership based such as the pension plan the health care plan or other insurance plans maybe even some committees and if you want to be a member you need to optt in for example as a new employee you need to opt into the insurance plan now the opposite of in is out so if you don't want to be a member you can opt out so for example new employees are automatically added to the insurance policy if you don't want to be a member you need need to opt out you need to opt out number four to play down this is a great phrasal verb it means to make something seem less important or less serious than it really is for example the Government tried to play Down the Scandal so they had the Scandal and they want to make it seem less important or less serious they tried to play it down or I could say the documentary played down his divorce so there's this documentary on this person who got divorced and they're trying to make it seem less serious or less important than it really was in reality and that's what you need to keep in mind in reality the situation was more serious but the documentary played it down ah it wasn't that big of a deal number five to drop out when you drop out this is specifically used when you quit a course or you quit an entire program a school program so if you're pursuing a degree and you quit then you drop out now interestingly Bill Gates dropped out of college to start Microsoft and we know how successful that was so although it might seem negative that you drop out you quick maybe not always the case Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook also dropped out of college to start Facebook I'm not encouraging you to drop out but it's not always a negative and you can also use this for a specific course for example I think I'm going to drop out a calculus it's too difficult I'm going to quit calculus number six to cut back this is when you spend less you do less or you use less of something this is very commonly used by governments or companies the government has announced plans to cut back on defense spending by 10% now notice I said on if you specify this something defense spending you need to use the preposition on cut back back on cut back on defense spending I could also just say the government announced plans to cut back in that sense is just reduce reduce spending spend less and then you have to clarify well cut back on what now we frequently use this as advice to someone let's say you told me Jennifer I drink 10 sodas a day I would say whoo you should cut back you you should consume less that's too much soda you should cut back number seven to sit in on this is a great business phrasal verb it's used specifically in the context of a meeting and when you sit in on a meeting it means you attend a meeting but you only attend that meeting as an observer so you're not going to participate you're not going to present you're not going to ask questions you're just going to attend as an observer so if there is a really interesting meeting at work but you not directly related to the subject matter you might ask the organizer is it okay if I sit in on the meeting today and which means you're just going to attend to listen to receive the information you're not going to participate or if you're planning a sales meeting you might say it would be useful to have someone from accounting sit in on the meeting so someone from accounting is just going to be there to absorb the information but you don't expect them to participate or present anything so very useful phrasal verb in a business context number eight this is a fun one to whip up to whip up this is very specific because it's used with food and is used when you make food quickly so you make yourself breakfast lunch dinner a snack it doesn't matter you make any type of food but you do it really quickly so you might say oh no I'm running late I need to whip up my breakfast I need to make my breakfast really quickly or let's say you have some guests come over unexpectedly and you want to serve them something you might say to your husband give me a few minutes to whip up some appetizers I'm going to make some appetizers really quickly so it's a great phrasal verb that you can add to your daily vocabulary number nine to dress up I love this phrasal verb to dress up is when you wear more professional or formal clothing usually for a specific occasion so if you're going out for a nice dinner maybe it's someone's birthday or an anniversary you would dress up you would wear more formal or professional clothing than you normally would or let's say you have some really important guests coming into your office some VIP guest well you might dress up if you normally wear just a t-shirt well you might put on a dress shirt maybe even a suit with a tie or if you're going to a wedding of course that's a great opportunity to dress up to wear more formal clothes clothing now we often use this in question form if you're invited to a dinner or a party you might ask do I need to dress up do I need to wear more formal clothing and they could reply back and say no it's informal there's no need to dress up and number 10 to get at to get at something when someone is getting at something they're trying to explain or Express something specific we commonly use this in question form let's say your coworker is talking to you and they're talking about a meeting that you have but you're not really sure what they're trying to express to you what they're trying to explain you could say I'm not sure what you're getting at I'm not sure what you mean I'm not sure what you're trying to explain I'm not sure what you're getting at now we also use this when we're trying to explain something and the explanation isn't going too well and then we can say what I'm trying to get at is we need to cut back what I'm trying to get at is and then you state what you mean what you're trying to explain are you ready for your second quiz here are the questions hit pause take as much time as you need and when you're ready you can hit play and see the answers here are the answers hit pause and you can compare your answers to see how well you did awesome job with that quiz share your score and let's keep going number one to bear on this means to be connected to or related to for example I don't see how that information Bears on this case so I don't see how that information is connected to or related to this case I don't see how it Bears on this case now we can also mean to bear on to mean influence or effect for example our relationship didn't bear on my decision so maybe you have a personal relationship with a contractor and you interviewed many contractors and you chose the one you have a personal relationship with but you want people to know that personal relationship didn't impact or affect it didn't bear on my decision this is a more professional or formal phrasal verb you'll hear it a lot in the news in reports and you can use it a lot in a business context number two to care for some something when you care for something not someone something it means that you like you have a preference for that something but we commonly use this in the negative so I could say I don't care for chocolate cake I don't care for chocolate cake it's just another way of saying I don't like chocolate cake I don't have a preference for chocolate cake I don't care for chocolate cake so it's another way if somebody offers you something you could decline it and simply say oh I don't care for chocolate cake or if your co-workers are discussing the latest reality TV show and they want to know what you think about it you could say I don't care for reality TV it's just letting them know you don't really like it it's not your personal preference number three to perk up to perk up means to feel better happier or more energized so think of first thing in the morning when you wake up you're still pretty sleepy right and what do a lot of people do they drink coffee so you could say coffee perks me up coffee makes me more energized or going for a walk perks me up we also use this when someone isn't feeling well because they're sick or because something negative happened like they lost their job and you might go over with some flowers with some chocolates or just with yourself to try to help perk up that other person to help make them feel better happier more energized so you might say well the flowers perked her up perked her up the flowers perked her up the flowers made her feel better happier more energized number four to sift through this is a great phrasal verb we use this when you have large amounts of information perhaps a lot of paperwork or files books and you need to examine that information to determine what's useful what's important for example after Juliano quit I had to sift through all his files so he has all these files a lot of information and you have to examine all of them to determine what you can delete and what's important and you need to keep or at home maybe you're going through your grandmother's photo albums and she has 20 30 different photo albums so you might ask your brother can you help me sift through these photo albums so you're going to examine them to determine what pictures you want to keep and what pictures you want to get rid of maybe you don't know who's in that photo or the quality is really bad number five to wrap up this is another way of saying to end to finish but it's very commonly used especially in a business context so if you're in a meeting and you're coming to the end of the meeting you could simply say all right everyone let's wrap up let's wrap up for today now we commonly add it let's wrap it up let's wrap it up for today it's getting late let's wrap it up the it is the meeting the meeting the conference the event whatever you're in that you want to finish or end or you could say how should we wrap up the conference how should we finish or end the conference you want to do it in a memorable way right how should we wrap up the conference and then you can have a discussion on that number six to flip through when you flip through a book a report a magazine it means you go through it really quickly so usually because you want to get a general idea of what that book is about or because you're looking for very specific information so if you have this report that's 130 pages but you're looking for a very specific specific piece of information you can just quickly flip through it to find that specific part of the report or you can do this when you're waiting for a friend to arrive waiting for a bus you might flip through a magazine just look through it but you're not really reading anything you're just flipping through it you're going through it quickly number seven to draw out when you draw something out you make it a lot longer than necessary or needed so is usually used in a more negative context for example he really Drew out his speech he made the speech a lot longer than it needed to be or that it should have been so it's more of a negative it's criticizing the speech or you could say they really Drew out the ending of the movie so maybe you were enjoying the movie but then the end was just really long way longer than it needed to be and you're wondering when is this movie going to end they really Drew out the end of the movie number eight to fall behind this is a great phrasal verb for both a professional context and a personal context when you fall behind it means you make less progam ress than wanted or needed let's say you were off sick from work for over a week well you're definitely going to fall behind you're going to make less progress than needed because you have a deadline or than just you simply wanted to make because you were gone for an entire week so often we can fall behind because we're sick or there's a competing dead line or competing project or something going on in your personal life but it could also simply be because we didn't work hard enough or fast enough and we fell behind so in a school context if you don't spend enough time reading or doing your homework your exercises you might fall behind and if you fall behind you might have to ask your professor for an extension on a specific assignment number nine to get around this is when you move from place to place within a specific location so let's say the location is your city and I'm visiting your city I could ask you what's the best way to get around what's the best method of transportation to go from place to place within your city so what would you say What's the best way to get around in your city and then you can say oh Jennifer you can easily get around on foot which means you can walk from location to location cuz your city is very small or you might say you definitely need a car to get around maybe your city is quite large and spaced out and it's not possible to walk so you need a car to get around to go from place to place so this is an extremely useful phrasal verb when you're a tourist because you should absolutely know how to get around in the city you're visiting and finally number 10 to put off when you put something off it means you delay it or postpone it now you could put off a meeting you could delay or postpone a meeting for a specific reason you might say let's put off the meeting until next week so let's delay the meeting until next week A lot of times people will put off things that are unpleasant things they don't want to do for example I've been putting off asking my boss for a raise I've been putting off asking my boss for a raise so notice the jiren verb I've been putting off asking I've been putting off cleaning my closet I've been putting off buying new tires so you need that jiren verb and why are you delaying it postponing because it's uncomfortable unpleasant are you ready for your third quiz here are the questions hit pause take as much time as you need and when you're ready you can hit play and see the answers here are the answers hit pause and you can compare your answers to see how well you did you're doing so awesome let's keep going share your score and let's get going number one to aim at and you aim at a Target and when you aim at a Target this means to intend to achieve that Target so you just try you try to achieve that Target for example they're aiming at reducing their cost by 10% so what's the Target in this sentence reducing their cost by 10% that entire Clause is the Target now notice we have a jiren verb so you can absolutely have a jiren verb you can aim at doing something so a jiren verb you can also use a noun for example his slingshot was aimed at his neighbor's garage so the Target in this example is the neighbor's garage and his slingshot was aimed at because that's the target he's attempting to achieve number two this is a great one to shrug off when you shrug something off you disregard it you don't consider it important so I could say his insult an insult is something negative you say to another person his insult was aimed at me to use our first phrasal verb his insult was aimed at me but I Shrugged it off I said me I don't care I'm not going to let it bother me I'm not going to let it hurt me it's not important I'm going to disregard it I'm going to shrug it off now notice what I'm doing with my shoulders because this is the verb shrug you can shrug your shoulders and we generally do that when we want to say me whatever we tend to shrug our shoulders so that's where this expression comes from number three to egg on that's right to egg on this is a fun one when you egg someone on you encourage them to do something but that something isn't in their best interest for example let's say a student is arguing with their teacher now that probably isn't in the students best interest to argue with the teacher but if the other students are saying yeah keep going you're doing great they're aing him on they're aing that student on they're encouraging that student to keep arguing even though arguing isn't in his best interest or let's say you're considering doing something a little risky like jumping off a high cliff when you don't know what's beneath you and maybe you're not really serious about it but the crowd eggs you on oh do it you can do it you should do it they're encouraging you even though it can have a really negative outcome the crowd egged them on to jump off the cliff now most likely you won't use this in your everyday vocabulary but you'll commonly hear this on TV in movies or when you're reading so I wanted to share it with you so you're not confused when you see this egg on and you have no idea what they're talking about now you do number four to turn down when you turn something down it means you reject that something and we use this in the context of an offer or an invitation for example they offered her the job but she turned it down she said no to the job so of course you can say she rejected but it's very common more common to say she turned it down so you can turn down something like a job offer you can also turn down an invitation from someone else a social invitation or a romantic invitation for example I asked Marissa out but she turned me down when you ask someone out it means you invite them to dinner or a coffee for romantic purposes I asked Marissa out but she turned me down she rejected my offer number five to zoom in or the opposite to zoom out if there are any photographers here you already know what this means because when you zoom in the object becomes closer and when you zoom out the object becomes farther away and I'm sharing this with you because everyone is meeting on video conference now when you're having a video conference you have a camera that's focusing on you and is really important you have the correct Zoom you don't want to be too close if you're too close to the camera you need to zoom out if you're too far you need to zoom in so you might ask a colleague hey I can't see you very well can you zoom in or a colleague might tell you your picture's all blurry you need to zoom out so now you know what that means for your next video call number six to wiggle out of this is a great one when you wiggle out of something you avoid a situation a task a chore a responsibility that you don't really want to do and you avoid it in a cunning way so let's say that tomorrow you're supposed to clean out the garage and you don't really want to but your wife or your husband your sister your brother whoever wants you to clean out the garage now tomorrow when you're supposed to clean out that garage maybe you get an urgent phone call just at the right moment and you have to go to work and finish something but you planned that phone call you plan that phone call to take place right as you needed to clean the garage so you did that in a cunning way so you try to wiggle out of cleaning the garage so basically when you're asked to do something and then you try to avoid it by creating a scenario where you have another responsibility or maybe a friend asks you to move but you tell them oh you have a back injury so you hurt your back and now you can't help them move so you try to wiggle out of it number seven to hold up this is a must no phrasal verb because we use it when you're delayed and you're delayed specifically while you're traveling this could be traveling on a flight or a train so a more long distance travel but it can also just be traveling from your office to another boardroom or from your house to the car so it can be a very short distance travel or a more longer travel as well for example my kids always hold me up when I'm trying to leave so you're trying to leave the house and then your kids mom mom I need this help me find that do this for me and they delay you they delay you when you're trying to leave you're trying to travel my kids always hold me up now we commonly use this in the passive form so you might have an appointment that you're trying to get to and you're late and when you get to that appointment you can say sorry I'm late I was held up to be held up I was held up by my kids oh I was held up number eight to hit it off this is a great one when you hit it off it means you have a very positive relationship with someone right from the first time you meet them so let's say you have a new coworker and the first conversation you have you realize you have a lot in common you really like the person they're nice they're funny they like you the conversation's going really well you can say wow we really hit it off hit it off that it is just our relationship we hit our relationship off but we always use it we really hit it off now notice how I also said we we almost always use this expression with the subject we my coworker and I or we my coworker and I hid it off I would not say I hit it off with my coworker that sounds unnatural we say we hit it off number nine to get through when you get through something it simply means you finish it but that something is usually a chore or an unpleasant task something that isn't enjoyable for example I have 10 reports I need to get get through by the end of the day I have 10 reports I need to finish by the end of the day but when I use the phrasal verb get through it implies there's going to be some effort some struggle I don't really enjoy the task number 10 to freshen up when you freshen up you quickly improve your appearance so before you go into a meeting or to a social event you can freshen up you can go into the bathroom and you can brush your hair you can put on fresh lipstick you can check your makeup now if you're a guy maybe you put on deodorant or cologne things like that so you quickly improve your appearance you freshen up so let's say you're going out for a nice dinner you might say oh just give me five minutes to freshen up are you ready for your fourth quiz here are the questions hit pause take as much time as you need and when you're ready hit play to see the answers here are your answers so hit pause take as much time as you need to review the answers this is your last group of phrasal verbs let's get started to take off this is used when a flight leaves the ground for example tomorrow my flight takes off at 700 a.m. or what time did your flight take off so this is another way of simply saying what time did your flight leave now we also use this phrasal verb to talk about a person leaving a location so you might be at a party and it's getting late you have an early meeting and you say thanks for the party I'm going to take off I'm going to leave or someone might ask you what time did you take off last night what time did you leave now takeoff is also used to remove an item of clothing so at night before you get into your pajamas you take off your clothes right before you get into the shower you take off your clothes I can also take off my makeup which means to remove or if it's really hot in the room you might say oh it's so hot in here I need to take off my sweater or when you come into the house and it's cold out you take off your jacket you take off your shoes you take off your hat you take off your gloves take off your sunglasses so you can take off an item of clothing but you can also take off accessories like Rings makeup glasses as well take off can also mean to become successful for example after I improved my English speaking skills my career really took off my career became successful my career took took off or I could say overnight my YouTube channel took off my YouTube channel became successful so many different phrasal verbs would take off but they're all commonly used so make sure you learn all these individual meanings to Take after someone when you take after someone you resemble them in either personality or appearance and this is most commonly used with family members for example it's very common for a son to take after his dad which means he looks like him they look very similar but you might also say Julie is so funny she really takes after Uncle Frank so maybe Uncle Frank is really funny he's always telling these hilarious jokes and then Julie is also really funny she takes after Uncle Frank so you can use this with personality or appearance to take apart when you take something apart you disassemble it so it goes from being whole one complete item and then you disassemble it into individual parts so if your car isn't working you might take apart the motor or take apart the engine to try to figure out what the problem is you might also take apart a desk or take apart a bed when you're getting rid of it when you're removing it from your home because it's easier to move when it's in individual Parts rather than one big structure to take back when you take something back it means that you return a purchased item them to the store for a refund so let's say you bought a pair of shoes at the store you come home and you realize they don't fit very well or you just don't really like them well you can take them back so you go to the store you return the shoes and you get your money back now we only use this when you physically go to the store so with online purchases we actually don't use the phrasal verb take back so if you order something from Amazon and you don't like it and you want a refund we simply say I returned the shoes I bought from Amazon or I sent back I sent back the shoes so just keep that in mind we only use take back when you physically go to the store you can also take someone back which means you reunite a previous romantic relationship so let's say that Rob and Julie were a couple last year but then they broke up they ended their relationship but then Rob he begs Julie please take me back please accept me again as your romantic partner please take me back but Julie's friend might say don't take Rob back why would you take Rob back you shouldn't take Rob back to take on when you take on a project or a task it simply means that you accept that project or task for example your boss might ask the team who has time to take this on who has time to take on this new project or this new client and you might say I can take it on I can take it on on so you accept that responsibility for that job you can also take over a responsibility a project a task which means that you assume responsibility from another person so let's say Julie took on the project but then Julie decided to go on a 3 week vacation so your boss might ask you to take over so the responsibility goes from Julie to you hey Maria can you take over this project while Julie's on vacation or it can be can you just take over this project so it can be permanent it becomes your project permanently or it can just be a temporary situation while someone is sick or on vacation to take someone out when you take someone out it means you invite them for an activity such as having a meal together or going to the movies together but you pay for that activity for example let's say it's your birthday well your husband your best friend your mother your sister might take you out for dinner which means they invite you for dinner and they also pay for dinner that's the important part or they might take you out for a nice night at the movies and you go to the movies together or maybe to the amusement park so you can do other activities but it's mainly used with meals so maybe your friend says why would you take Rob back why would you take Rob back he didn't even take you out for your birthday oh he didn't invite you out for dinner and then pay for that meal you can take up a new hobby or activity which means you start that new hobby or activity so you could tell your friends I decided to take up Karate which means you decided to start karate lessons as a new hobby or activity or your friend might say I didn't know you took up dancing I didn't know you started Ed dancing as a hobby or activity are you ready for your final quiz here are the questions so go ahead and hit pause complete the quiz take as much time as you need and when you're ready hit play to see the answers here are the answers so hit pause and review these answers to see how well you did awesome job expanding your vocabulary with so many phrasal verbs now let's help you add some more advanced adjectives to your vocabulary in this section you're going to learn 100 Advanced adjectives to describe personality let's get started first let's talk about sentence structure commonly you can use to be plus adjective Janice is nice of course you need to conjugate your verb according to the sub subject I am nice another common structure is to use adjective plus noun I met a nice person notice the adjective comes directly before the noun so it's article adjective noun I met a nice person pay attention to this sentence structure I'll also teach you more advanced sentence structures in the different examples now let's get started with our 100 Advanced adjectives starting from a all the way to Z adaptable adaptable this is when you're willing and able to change to suit different conditions so let's say 1 minute you're editing a report next you're leading a presentation next you're analyzing financial information so you're working and changing to do many different things I'm very adaptable adapt adapt you're adapt at something notice that preposition at when you're adapt at something it means you're skilled at something you're very good at something I'm very adapt at using sap adventurous adventurous this is when you're willing to try new or different things a job posting might say we're looking for someone who's adventurous because this position requires traveling all over the world so if you're adventurous you can apply affectionate affectionate this is showing feelings of liking or love she gave me an affectionate farewell so a very loving farewell I summarized all 100 adjectives into a free lesson PDF that includes the adjective the definition and an example sentence you can look in the description for the link to download the free lesson PDF ambitious ambitious this is when you have a strong desire to become successful in your career or in life I'm attracted to ambitious men does that describe you are you ambitious artistic artistic this is when you're able to create or enjoy art would you describe yourself as artistic assertive assertive when you're assertive it means you're confident saying what you mean or what you feel without fear I need to work on being more assertive I need to work on saying what I want saying what I feel without being afraid of what other people might think of me I need to work on being more assertive attentive attentive when you're attentive it means you're very helpful and you take care of others I try to be very attentive to my students which means I try to be very helpful authentic authentic this means that you're real you're true you're not pretending to be someone that you're not you're authentic sometimes being authentic around others is difficult sometimes being the real you is difficult because you're afraid that people might judge you approachable approachable this describes someone who is friendly and easy to talk to my goal goal is for all my students to describe me as approachable would you describe me as approachable friendly and easy to talk to if so put that in the comments Jennifer you're approachable balanced balanced this is when you consider all sides or opinions equally even though she's a Democrat she's very balance she considers other sides and opinions other than Democrat IC opinions bright bright this is another way of saying smart or intelligent or someone who learns quickly my students are all very bright I know you'll learn these adjectives very quickly because you're bright broadminded broadminded this is someone who is willing to accept different behaviors different opinions different Lifestyles being broadminded is important when you work with people from around the world candid candid when someone is candid it means that they're honest and they tell the truth about a situation to be candid I left my job because I didn't like my boss cheerful this is someone who is happy and positive cheerful I try to surround myself with cheerful people chill chill this is an informal adjective but commonly used and it describes someone who is relaxed who isn't worried isn't anxious who's very chill as I get older I become more and more chill more relaxed I don't stress as much I'm not as anxious or worried I'm chill are you chill put that in the comments if you are I'm chill clever clever this is this is another Advanced way of saying smart or intelligent someone who learns quickly she's a very clever student communicative communicative this describes someone who is willing to talk to others and who is willing to share information did you notice that Julie wasn't very communicative at the meeting today compassionate compassionate this is someone who is very sympathetic atic to others especially when others are in a difficult situation and they want to help that person they're very compassionate she's a compassionate reporter competitive competitive this describes someone who really wants to win and who enjoys competition I am very competitive sometimes I'm a little too competitive because I love winning what about you are you competitive charismatic charismatic this is someone who is well-liked and well admired and because of that they're able to influence others easily if you want to win the election you need to be more charismatic consider it consider it this is when you care about and respect others it was very considerate of of you to change the meeting because you knew I had an appointment constructive constructive this is usually information or advice that's meant to help someone or help someone improve their performance can I give you some constructive criticism can I criticize you but in a way that's meant to help you improve help you improve your performance can I give you some some constructive criticism Koi Koi when someone's koi they intentionally don't reveal information because they want to make that information more engaging or interesting she's being very koi about the party so she's not sharing a lot of details about the party but that makes you wonder about the party and want to know more so it makes you interested in the party she's being very Koy about the party Courageous Courageous someone who's courageous is able to control their fear or negative emotion in fearful or dangerous situations it was very courageous of you to quit your job and go back to school in your 40s creative creative this is someone who produces or use es unique or original ideas we're looking for someone who's creative curious curious this is someone who is interested in learning about the world around them being curious is a great quality when you're learning a language would you agree with that if you agree put I agree in the comments Dependable Dependable this is someone deserving of trust and confidence my assistant is very dependable determined determined when you're determined you want something really badly and you're not willing to let anything or anyone stop you from getting the thing that you want if you're determined you'll become fluent that's my promise to you but it takes determination you need to be determined direct direct when someone's direct it means they communicate in a way that says exactly what they mean in a very honest way without worrying about being judged or hurting someone's feelings I like how our CEO is very direct even when delivering bad news dynamic dynamic this is someone who has a lot of different ideas and who is very energetic and forceful has anyone ever told you that you're very Dynamic easygoing easygoing this describes someone who is relaxed and who doesn't easily get upset my new manager is way more easygoing than my last one eclectic eclectic when something is eclectic it consists of many different types methods or Styles I work with an Eclectic group of students in the finally fluent Academy so I work with many different types of students in the finely fluent Academy emotional emotional this is when you have and express strong feelings and emotions John became very emotional at his retirement party energetic energetic this is when you have a lot of energy even though she's almost 80 my grandmother is very energetic enthusiastic enthusiastic this is when you have an interest in a particular subject and you're very eager to want to be part of that subject I love how enthusiastic you are about our new plan extroverted extroverted this describes a person who enjoys being with other people and are very energetic when they're with other people although I'm not very extroverted I love working in sales exuberant exuberant this describes someone who is very energetic and simply happy to be alive she's an exuberant speaker Fearless Fearless of course this means you're free from Fear good negotiators need to be Fearless flexible flexible this is when you're able to change or be changed based on the situation my schedule is very flexible next week forgiving forgiving this describes someone who forgives easily I'm thankful I have a forgiving boss a boss who forgives easily fruitful fruitful this is something that produces good results he had a fruitful career as a lawyer so it's says he was very successful in his career he produced good results Frank Frank this describes someone who is honest and sincere thank you for being frank with me now remember that Frank is the name of a man so you could possibly say Frank is very Frank so a man whose name is Frank is very Frank which means he's very honest and sincere fun loving fun loving this is when you enjoy having fun and not being too serious although I'm the CEO of a Fortune 500 company I'm also very funloving gregarious gregarious this is someone who likes being with other people being gregarious is an important quality of a nurse because if you're a nurse you need to like being around other people and spending time with your patients genuine genuine this describes someone who is real and exactly what they appear to be her speech was genuine honorable honorable notice that silent h honorable this is someone who's honest silent AG honest and fair she's an honorable boss and I respect her decision humble humble this is someone who's modest who shows a low estimate of their own worth although she makes $2 million a year she's very humble so this means she doesn't act like she makes $2 million a year she drives a regular car lives in a regular house wears regular clothes she's humble handy handy someone who's handy means they're really skilled with using their hands especially when it comes to tools and repairing fixing or even making things I am not very handy which means I'm not very good at repairing or fixing things or making things using tools with my hands what about you would you describe yourself as handy are you handy imagine imaginative this is someone who can easily think of new creative original innovative ideas Kamal is an imaginative designer inquisitive inquisitive this describes someone who wants to know about a lot of different things usually someone who's inquisitive asks a lot of questions I love when my students are inquisitive about my lessons so I love when my students ask questions impeccable impeccable this is something that is perfect that has no mistakes no errors no flaws Sylvia gave an impeccable performance intuitive intuitive when someone's intuitive it means they can understand things but more based on emotions and feelings rather than facts or information I'm very intuitive when it comes to hiring which means when I hire someone I trust the feeling I get about that person rather than the facts on their resume so they might have this amazing resume but when I'm talking to them if I don't get a good feeling about that person I'm not going to hire them which means I'm very intuitive I trust my intuition I'm very intuitive ingenious ingenious this is very intelligent or skillful the way you handled that situation was ingenious inviting inviting someone who's inviting makes you feel very welcome in any new environment or situation the new HR manager is very inviting jubilant jubilant this is feeling and expressing great happiness usually because of a success the fans were jubilant after the game so they were very happy which means the team won the fans were jubilant Keen Keen this describes someone who is very willing and eager and wants something she's very keen she's already followed up with me so maybe we had an interview yesterday and she already sent me an email asking if I needed to know anything else about her she's very keen kindhearted kindhearted this is someone who really enjoys helping other people my doctor is very kind-hearted Lively Lively this is someone who's full of energy and enthusiasm my team is so Lively today logical logical this means reasonable based on good judgment you made a logical decision loyal loyal this is someone who provides support in any situation Kirk is our most loyal manager he's been with the company for 20 years laudable laudable this is something that deserves praise even though there was no success or little success your actions are laudable so even though you didn't succeed or get the result you wanted you still deserve praise most likely because you acted in a very responsible way mature mature when someone's mature it means they act in a way that's very welldeveloped emotionally although shurak is only an intern he's very mature so this suggests he acts in a way that makes him seem older because he's more well-developed emotionally compared to his age meticulous meticulous this means very careful with close attention to detail as a quality assurance professional I need to be meticulous marvelous marvelous this is another way of saying very good marvelous they did a marvelous job for the new client Nimble Nimble this is someone who is quick and exact with either their movements or their thoughts his Nimble hands are perfect for repairing antiques antiques are very delicate but he can move his hands in a very quick way his hands are very Nimble open-minded open-minded this describes someone who is willing to consider ideas or opinions that are different from their own doctors are becoming more and more open-minded optimistic optimistic this describes someone who is hopeful who sees the good parts of a situation or who believes that good will come from a situation I'm optimistic that I'll pass my oral exam I'm hopeful out of this world out of this world this is is something that's extraordinary superb Your Design skills are out of this world outgoing outgoing this is someone who is friendly and energetic and finds it easy and enjoyable being with other people now that I feel confident with my English I'm more outgoing at work this is something a lot of students want to have so definitely improve your English so you can be more outgo going pensive pensive when someone is pensive it means they're thinking and they're usually quite quiet they're thinking very seriously they're pensive Julie was very pensive during our presentation which means she was quite quiet during the presentation and she was just thinking proactive proactive this means that you take action to change something right rather than waiting for the situation to happen and then simply reacting to the situation one of my best qualities is that I'm proactive perceptive perceptive this means that you're very good at noticing details and information that other people may not notice we really appreciate your perceptive comments so you provided information that nobody else thought of but you were very perceptive we appreciate your perceptive comments persistent persistent this is when you continue doing something in a determined way even when you face difficulties or challenges when I'm solving a problem I'm very persistent punctual punctual this means you AR drive or you do something at the scheduled time so it means not late thankfully the contractors are very punctual they say they'll be here at 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. they're here they're very punctual qualified qualified this is when you have the skill the knowledge or the ability to do something specific Ronnie is the most qualified IED accountant I know riveting riveting this means extremely interesting the speakers at the conference were all riveting renowned renowned this means you're famous for something specific Maya Angelo is a renowned poet so she's famous but for something specific poetry she's a renowned poet ravishing ravishing this means means extremely beautiful you look ravishing in that dress or if you're a male you look ravishing in that suit reverent reverent this is showing great respect or admiration the Reverend crowd became silent when she appeared on stage so to show their respect and admiration the crowd became silent so we can say they're a reverent crowd self-reliant self-reliant this means that you rely on your own skills and abilities when you work remotely you need to be self-reliant sensible Sensible this means having and using good judgment I like working with Hamid he's very sensible Savvy Savi this means you have practical Knowledge and Skills she's very Savvy when it comes to marketing and I'm sure you're familiar with the term techsavvy which means you're very skilled and knowledgeable when it comes to technology techsavvy I'm very techsavvy what about you are you techsavvy put that in the comments I'm techsavvy I'm not techsavvy supportive supportive this is giving encouragement and approval as a teacher I try to be very supportive to all my students sincere sincere this means honest not false not invented her apology was sincere so she said I'm sorry and she said it in an honest way not I'm sorry where clearly she's not actually sorry I'm sorry her apology was sincere straightforward straightforward this means honest and not hiding one's opinions I love how straightforward surle is Sage Sage this means wise and we use it specifically with people who are wise because they're old and with their old age they gain wisdom they're very Sage the consultant has 20 years of experience so we can trust his Sage advice steadfast steadfast this means staying the same for a long time not changing not losing purpose Jose is a steadfast assistant tenacious tenacious this is when you're unwilling to accept defeat or unwilling to stop doing or having something Felicity is a tenacious student three thrilling thrilling this means very exciting Fabio's plan for the company is thrilling tender tender this means gentle loving or kind it's important to be tender when you're delivering bad news tactful tactful this is when you're careful not to say or do something that could upset others you self quit in a very impactful way upbeat upbeat this means positive with hope for the future Marie is very upbeat about the proposal unrelenting I like this one unrelenting this means extremely determined never weakening or ending I appreciate my parents unrelenting support their support never weakens it never ends it's unrelenting versatile versatile this is when you're able to change easily from one activity to another or when you can use one thing in many different ways Brad Pit is a versatile actor so he's one actor but you can use him in many different ways romance comedy action drama he's a versatile actor vibrant vibrant this means energetic exciting and full of enthusiasm I love how vibrant my work environment is witty witty when someone's witty it means they're funny but in a very intelligent way my pilot was very witty youthful youthful this means having qualities that are typical of young people her youthful enthusiasm makes coming to work more enjoyable so maybe she isn't youthful maybe she is 50 or 60 years old but her enthusiasm her energy is youthful which is a very positive thing so it's more enjoyable coming to work zealous zealous this means enthusiastic and eager I appreciate how zealous she is you are doing so awesome now native speakers we love using phrasal verbs we love using Advanced adjectives and we also love using idioms so now you're going to learn 150 common idioms that native speakers actually use now throughout this section you're going to see the idiom you're going to understand the meaning and you'll see an example sentence and you'll see a picture to really help you remember these idioms let's get started to play something by ear this is when you make a decision in the moment rather than planning in advance so let's say you're talking about your weekend and your husband or your friend says what do you want to do this weekend and you might say let's play it by ear let's decide as the weekend happens not in advance let's play it by ear to be all ear we use this to say that you're ready to listen and you're paying full attention so let's say you tell your boss you want to discuss something important about the project and your boss replies I'm all ears I'm all ears to wake up on the wrong side of the bed this is a great one we've all done this is when you wake up in a bad mood you wake up grumpy so so let's say you wake up you go in the kitchen and your wife your husband says oh hi honey how are you would you like some coffee what do you want for breakfast and you're grumpy uh I don't care where's my phone and you're being grumpy well then your wife your husband can say well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed and that's just to let you know you're being grumpy to Wing something when you Wing something you perform a speech or presentation without planning in advance so you definitely don't want to Wing your I El exam right to make a mountain out of a mole hill a mole hill is really small a mountain is really big so it's when you take a minor problem or issue and you make it seem really serious or severe so let's say you got one question wrong on a test and you acting like it's extremely serious someone could say don't make a mountain out of a mole hill they're letting you know it's really not that bad to be at a Crossroads this is when you have to make a really important decision that could impact your life let's say you've been a graphic designer for 10 years but you're considering going back to school and changing careers and becoming a lawyer or a teacher so you might say I'm not sure if I want to be a graphic designer anymore I'm at a Crossroads because that decision will impact your life to rain cats and dogs this is when it rains heavily so let's say your friend in a different city asks you oh did it rain last night and it did it rained heavily you can say yeah it rained cats and dogs to be on top of the world this is when you're really really happy so let's say you got a new promotion you can say I'm on top of the world to give someone the cold shoulder this is when you ignore someone and you ignore someone on purpose usually because you're mad at them annoyed with them they did something wrong or something to irritate you so let's say your husband or your wife is ignoring you you might say why are you giving me the cold shoulder it's another way of asking why are you mad at me what did I do wrong why are you giving me the cold shoulder to sit on the fence this is when you delay making a decision usually because that decision is difficult and you don't want to make it for example I asked my boss for a promotion but he's sitting on the fence so he won't answer me he won't say yes he won't say no he keeps just saying oh I need to think about it I'll get back to you he's sitting on the fence to hit the nail on the head this is when you accurately explain a problem problem or a situation for example you hit the nail on the head when you said we needed to reduce our cost so you explain the situation accurately to be as fit as a fiddle this simply means you feel great you have good health you're in good shape so maybe you could say since I changed my diet and I'm eating more fruits and vegetables I feel as fit as a fiddle this is a great one to get something out of your system this is when you do something or you try something simply so you can move on for example let's say you've been talking about going skydiving for years and years you research it you look at different websites you talk to people about it but you've never actually done it someone might say just go skydiving so you can get it out of your system so once you do it you can stop researching it stop looking it up and just move on already I like this one speak of the devil speak of the devil this sounds negative because of devil but it's not at all this is used when you're talking about someone and they appear exactly as you're talking about them this has happened right let's say you're talking to a friend about your mutual friend Bob and you're talking about Bob oh is Bob going to come to the party oh I'm not sure I haven't talked to Bob and then your phone rings and guess what it's Bob and then you can say speak of the devil to give someone the benefit of the doubt this is when you trust someone when they tell you something so if a coworker's late and they call you and they say I'm stuck in traffic let's give him the benefit of the doubt let's trust that he's actually stuck in traffic no pain no gain this is a classic one this is used to say that if you want results real results you have to be willing to work hard and get uncomfortable so I might say if you want to improve your public speaking skills no pain no gain you have to be willing to get uncomfortable hang in there this is a great one it simply means don't give up I know learning a language is hard but hang in there a penny for your thoughts this is used to ask someone what they're thinking so let's say your friend is just staring out the window and you probably are wondering what are they thinking about you can turn to your friend and say a penny for your thoughts it's not rocket science rocket science is complicated right but if we say it's not rocket science this means it's not complicated so I could say becoming a confident English speaker is not rocket science it's not complicated you just have to practice speaking to let someone off the hook this is a great one because it means that you don't punish someone for a mistake or a wrongdoing so your boss could say I know you came in late today but I'm going to let you off the hook I'm not going to punish you to make a long story short this is when you take a long and you usually complicated story and you make it very simple by sharing it briefly so you could say long story short we missed our flight so there's a long story about why you missed your flight but you don't explain those details you just say long story short we missed our flight Easy Does It Easy Does It This is a way of saying slow down so if your friend is at the gym and they're trying to do too many exercises with too much weight you might say easy does it slow down to go back to the drawing board this is when you need to start over and create a new plan or strategy because the first one failed so let's say you were trying to solve a computer problem you came up with a strategy it didn't work work and then you can say to your team well let's go back to the drawing board and try again once in a blue moon this is an event that happens infrequently for example I only see Cara once in a blue moon not very often at the drop of a hat this is a great one because it means without hesitation or instantly for example call me if you need anything and I'll be there at the drop of a hat it means I'll come instantly if you need anything so it's a really nice reassuring thing to say to someone to add insult to injury this is when you take a bad situation and it becomes even worse so let's say you're going out on a first date and your date date showed up late that's already a bad situation but then to add insult to injury your date forgot his wallet and you had to pay for both of you to hit the sack this means to go to bed for example I'm really tired I'm going to hit the sack the balls in your court this is used when you need to make the next decision or the next Next Step so I might say we offered her a great promotion so now the balls in her court so it's up to her to decide if she's going to accept the promotion or look for another job or do something else to be or to go barking up the wrong tree this is when you look in the wrong place or you accuse the wrong person for example if you think I lost your ring you're barking up the wrong tree you're accusing the wrong person to get or to have your ducks in a row this is when you're well prepared or well organized for something specific so you might say the conference was supposed to start 10 minutes ago they should have gotten their ducks in a row they should have been organized or prepared to get or have The Best of Both Worlds this is when you enjoy the advantages of two very different things at the same time she works in the city but she lives in the country she gets the best of both worlds the lion share this is the largest part or most of something so you might complain I did The Lion Share of of work on this project to be on the ball this is when you're performing really well wow you completed all those reports already you're on the ball to pull someone's leg this is when you're joking with someone so we usually use this to reassure someone you're only joking don't get upset I'm just pulling your leg to pull yourself to together this is when you need to calm down you regain your composure after being really upset or agitated angry annoyed and then you calm down so I might say pull yourself together it was a false alarm so the alarm made you really agitated and I'm telling you to calm down so far so good this is how you reply when you want to let someone know that everything is okay until now how's the project going so far so good to be the last straw this is when you have no patience left for someone's errors or mistakes so I might say this is her fifth time being late this month that's the last straw no more patience for her mistakes time flies when you're having fun fun this is used to say that you don't notice how long something takes because it's enjoyable so you might look at your watch and say oh wow it's 1:00 a.m. already and then someone could reply and say yeah time flies when you're having fun to be bent out of shape this is used to say you're upset you're angry for example Janice is bent out of shape because she has to work late tonight to make matters worse matters in this sense means problems to make problems worse so I might say I have to work tonight and to make matters worse to make that situation even worse I have an early appointment tomorrow don't judge a book by its cover you've probably heard this one it means that you shouldn't judge someone or something on appearance for example let's say I'm hiring people and I say I'm not going to hire him look at his hair and then my colleague would say well don't judge a book by his cover look at his resume to fall between two stools this is when something fails to achieve two separate objectives so let's say you plan to watch a romantic comedy movie that movie is supposed to be romantic and funny at the same time a romantic comedy two objectives so you could say that movie fell between two stools it wasn't romantic and it wasn't funny to cost an arm and a leg this is when something is exceptionally expensive now airline tickets are usually expensive but exceptionally expensive even more expensive than usual I might say my flight cost an arm and a leg to cross a bridge when you come to it this is used to remind someone that you only need to deal with a situ when it happens so your friend might be concerned what if I forget all my words during my ielt speaking exam and then you tell that friend cross that bridge when you come to it worry about that problem when it happens to cry over spilled milk this is used when someone complains about a problem or a l boss from the past so let's say I had a party weeks ago and now I'm complaining I can't believe John didn't come to my party well my friend can say don't cry over spilled milk it was 3 weeks ago why are you still talking about it curiosity killed the cat this is used to say that being inquisitive or asking a lot of questions can lead to to an unpleasant situation so let's say your husband or wife is planning you a surprise birthday party and you try to ask a lot of questions what are we doing where are we going who's coming then your husband or wife can say curiosity killed the cat just to remind you don't ask so many questions to miss the boat this is when you lose an opportunity because you were too slow to take action for example the application deadline was last week I missed the boat to be on fire this is to perform really well wow your presentation was amazing you were on fire to Spill the Beans this is when you reveal a secret when you shouldn't have revealed a secret so let's say you're planning a surprise party for someone and then you tell everyone Don't Spill the Beans don't reveal the secret to be under the weather this is when you feel unwell when you feel sick oh I'm a little under the weather today a blessing in disguise this is when something a situation seems bad or unlucky at first but it results in something positive at a later date so let's say you get fired from your job obviously that seems bad maybe even unlucky but later on you get a job 10 times better it pays better you have a better boss better co-workers the location is better everything about this job is better you can say getting fired was a bless in in Disguise my new job is so much better a dime a dozen this is used to describe something that is common and not special so you can say Tech startups in Silicon Valley are a dime a dozen they're very common they're everywhere and they're not very special everyone's a tech startup in Silicon Valley a dime a dozen to beat around the bush this is when you avoid saying what you mean because it's uncomfortable or awkward so let's say you want to end your romantic relationship with your partner your friend could tell you don't beat around the bush be direct and tell that person you want to break up better late than never so let's say you've been working with a company for 10 years and you finally got your first promotion after 10 years and you're telling your friend this and you're a little annoyed because you've been there for 10 years but your friend could say better late than never to remind you that yes it took 10 years but it's better than no not having a promotion better late than never to bite the bullet I love this idiom this is when you force yourself to do something difficult or unpleasant because it's necessary or inevitable inevitable means eventually you have to do it so why not bite the bullet and do it now for example just bite the bullet and ask your boss for a promotion break a leg this is a very common idiom that we use to say good luck good luck break a leg but we especially use this before someone gives a performance most commonly a theatrical performance but when you're going for a job interview you are in a sense performing or when you're doing your speaking exam for for your I Els you are performing so before your speaking exam your friend your partner could say break a leg which means good luck to call it a day when you call it a day it means you stop working for that day usually because time is up or because you've done enough work for that day and you're going to stop for example it's getting late let's call it a day let's call it a day so that means you can go home to cut somebody some slack so let's say there's this cooworker who has been showing up late to work every day and not doing a very good job at work they seem very distracted they're not working very hard they're not contributing but that person's dad just died so you might say let's cut him some slack his dad just died so you're not going to punish him as severely as you normally would to be glad to see the back of this means that you're happy that somebody has left because you don't like them so let's say it's Jane's Last Day at work she quit she has a new job but you didn't like Jane you can say I'm glad to see the back of Jane to be the best thing since sliced bread this is a compliment use to say that something usually technology or an invention is extremely useful excellent or high quality so you could give me a compliment and say this YouTube channel is the best thing since slic bread if you think that's true then put it in the comments there are plenty of fish in the sea so let's say your friend went on a date and she says Pierre hasn't called me back and it's been 3 weeks you can encourage your friend by saying don't Hur there are plenty of fish in the sea come rain or shine this is used to say that an event will take place despite external circumstances so let's say tomorrow is a vacation day for you but there's a big project deadline tomorrow but you might say I'm taking the day off tomorrow come rain or shine to cut Corners this is when you do something in the cheapest easiest or fastest way but by omitting something or by not following rules so you might say we felt pressured to cut Corners because of the tight deadline to get your act together so your parents might say to you or your sibling or someone you know you're 30 and you still live at home and you don't have a job you need to get your act together you need to organize yourself so you can live in in an effective and efficient way get your act together to break the ice this is such an important one because this is used to help people who don't know each other to feel more comfortable around each other especially when they're meeting for the first time let's break the ice by introducing ourselves and sharing something interesting about ourselves clear as mud this is used to say that something is very difficult to understand so if somebody gave you instructions but their instructions didn't make any sense at all and they ask you so is everything okay do you understand you can say clear as mud which tells the person you do not understand at all crystal clear something is very clear and easy to understand his instructions were crystal clear to rock the boat this is when you do or say something that could upset people or cause problems Don't Rock the Boat until the negotiations are done so don't say anything that could upset someone or that could cause problems until we sign the deal and then you can cause problems if you want to to get out of hand this is another way of saying to get out of control which means you no longer have control over a situation you could say the party got out of hand which means you were no longer able to control it the party got out of hand and some valuables were broken a bad apple this is used to describe a bad or corrupt person within a group you could say there are a few bad apples in the company to cut to the chase this is when you only talk about the most important points of a subject or topic so if you are running out of time in the in a meeting you might say we're running out of time so I'll cut to the chase I'll only say the most important points to come in handy this is used when something is very useful for a specific purpose so if it's pouring rain outside you might say an umbrella would come in handy an umbrella would be very useful in this particular situation to reinvent the wheel this is when you waste time trying to recreate something that somebody else has already created so let's say you ask your boss should I create a presentation for the conference and your boss suggests using last last year's presentation it's already created and your boss can add don't reinvent the wheel so we often use this idiom in the negative to go with the flow when you go with the flow it means that you do what other people are doing or you agree with the opinion of others the majority so let's say you're having a company dinner and you originally wanted to have Burgers but the majority of people say they want pizza so you can go with the flow and have pizza instead of burgers because that's what the majority wants to be skating on thin ice this is when you do something that is dangerous or involves risk he's skating on thin ice by lying to his wife it involves risk it's dangerous don't do it a silver lining this is something positive that comes from something negative so the pandemic is negative right but is there anything positive a silver lining maybe we could say one silver lining of the pandemic is that it made us realize how important our relationships are with friends and family to have a sweet tooth this is somebody who likes eating sweet Foods especially chocolate so if people offer me dessert generally I'll say no because I don't like sweet food so I can say no thank you I don't have a sweet tooth which means I don't really like sweet food s to go dutch this is when you agree to share the cost of something especially a meal so let's say you're having dinner with a friend family member even a romantic partner and they say I'll pay for the meal you could say no no no let's go dutch which means you're going to divide the cost 5050 to make ends me this is when you have just enough money to pay for essential items you might say with food prices increasing we're barely making ends meat to ring a bell this is when something usually a person a place or information is familiar to you so let's say you're having a conversation with a coworker and they say oh have you met Fred from accounting and you're thinking Fred Fred Fred from accounting that doesn't ring a bell the tip of the iceberg this is used to describe a small part of a much bigger problem these small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg to blow off steam this is when you say or do something that helps you release strong feelings or strong energy strong emotion after our fight I went for a walk to blow off steam so when you were on that walk you were able to calm down to release that negative energy a piece of cake this is something that was extremely easy that exam was a piece of cake to be out of the woods this is when you no longer have a problem or difficulty our profits are increasing but we're not out of the woods yet to get over something this is when you recover from an illness it took me 2 weeks to get over that cold to not be one's cup of tea this is used to describe a type or category that you don't like thanks for the invite but camping isn't my cup of tea I don't like that category of activity to be loaded this means to be rich to have a lot of money I just found out my cousins loaded to nip something in the bud this is to stop something before it has an opportunity to become established we need to nip these rumors in the bud before the employees start worrying out of the blue when something happens out of the blue it happens suddenly and you weren't expecting it my boss gave me a promotion out of the blue you weren't expecting it how awesome is that to keep one's chin up this is to remain cheerful in a difficult situation because in difficult situations we tend to put our chin down but when we're happy we tend to keep our chin up for example I know the economy seems bad but keep your chin up to race against the clock this is when you try to finish a task quickly before a specific time I raced against the clock to finish the audit and meet the deadline to catch somebody off guard this is when you surprise somebody by doing something they weren't expecting or weren't prepared for the politician was caught off guard when asked about the Scandal to be on one's radar if something is on your radar it means you're considering it or thinking about it or aware of it you could say leaving the company isn't on my radar it's not even something I'm considering to stab someone in the back this is to betray someone to do something harmful to someone who trusted you she told the client she did all the work on the project I can't believe she stabbed me in the back like that to make a beine for something this is when you move quickly and directly towards something so let's say you're at a wedding or a conference and they're about to serve lunch the buffet lunch everyone made a beine for the food they went quickly and directly to the food to be in hot water this is when you're in a situation where you might be criticized or punished the politicians in hot water after his comments on gender quality to be dressed to the nines this is when you're dressed formally smartly or fashionably we dress to the nines for our wedding anniversary so you usually dress to the nines for a special occasion to be between a rock and a hard place this is when you're in a difficult situation or you have to make a difficult decision if I accept the promotion then I'll have to move abroad and I know Matt my partner won't come with me so I either accept the promotion that I really want but then I have to lose Matt or I stay with Matt and I don't get the promotion hm I'm between a rock and a hard place it's a difficult situation it's a difficult decision lo and behold this is an expression used to say that something surprising happened I was on vacation in Japan and lo and behold I saw my childhood sweetheart so it's very surprising that I see my childhood sweetart across the world in a foreign city lo and behold to let the cat out of the bag this is when you accidentally reveal a secret so let's say you're planning a surprise party for your wife or husband or friend and they know about it you might say you know about the party don't you who let the cat out of the bag who told you who revealed the secret who let the cat out of the bag to be on the same page this is used when all people agree on something and that something is generally a plan or how to approach something for example before we launch the product we need to get everybody on the same page so we need to make sure that all the different people agree on the plan to launch the product to sell like hot cakes I love this idiom this is used when something sells very quickly easily or in large quantities large amounts for example her new book sold like hot cakes so this is a very good idiom to fall through the cracks or to slip through the cracks this is used when something is not noticed or something does not have sufficient attention and remember you can use two different verbs fall or through and both have the same meaning and they're both very common for example I'm sorry I forgot to send you the report it slipped through the cracks it fell through the cracks so I just didn't notice it I didn't pay enough attention to it to be up in arms this is a great one as well because we use it when someone is grumpy or angry about something specific for example Julie is up in arms because we have to stay late tonight so Julie is angry or grumpy because of something specific we have to stay late tonight she's up in Arms Fair and Square this means honestly or according to the rules so let's say my team lost a competition but we deserve to lose the other team played better than us I can can say they beat us fair and square honestly according to the rules they won fair and square to be a black sheep this is when a member of a group is different from the other members and we often use this with family for example all my cousins are married and have kids except tom tom is the Black Sheep he's different from all the other members of the group in this case family by the skin of one's teeth this means barely or by a very slight margin we won by the skin of our teeth so we won by only by this much not very much to get under one's skin and this is to irritate or upset someone for example I don't know why but Jerry really gets under my skin Jerry really irritates me he upsets me to draw the line this is when you put a limit on what you will allow or what you will do for example I want to help my sister but I draw the line at lending her money so that is why I will not do I will not lend her money that is not allowed to give something a whirl this is a fun one it simply means to try something new for example you should give bowling a whirl it's really fun so if I know you've never gone bowling before I could say you should try it you should give it a whirl to be a fish out of water this is used to say that someone is in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable surrounding for example I feel like a fish out of water when I go to English meetings because you have to speak in English and that's unfamiliar and uncomfortable you feel like a fish out of water to go the extra mile this is when you make an extra attempt to achieve something or do something for example she's a great assistant she always goes the extra mile so she does more than she needs to to not see the forest from the trees this is a very popular one this is when you're so involved in the small Minor Details of something that you don't see the bigger picture you don't see the forest from the individual trees for example the project failed because we couldn't see the forest from the trees we lost track of the bigger picture straight from the horse's mouth this is when you get information directly from the source of that information I heard straight from the horse's mouth that we're not getting bonuses this year to cry wolf this is when you call for help but you don't actually need help so in the future nobody will assist you because you lied about needing help for example I'm not surprised nobody responded to her email she always cries wolf so she always asks for help when she doesn't need it but then one day she does need help but nobody will help help her because she cries wolf to have bigger fish to fry this is when you have other more important matters to deal with for example can you attend my meeting this afternoon I have bigger fish to fry so I have a meeting that's dealing with more important things than this other meeting to play Devil's Advocate this is when you argue against something even if you think the opposite simply to address all sides of a situation for example it would be great to get a promotion but to play Devil's Advocate it would mean longer hours so you actually want the promotion but you're going to examine the other side just to be complete to steal one's Thunder this is a very popular one this is to prevent someone from getting the recognition praise or success that they deserve and you do that by saying exactly what that person was going to say for example she announced her engagement at my engagement party she stole my thunder so I should have received the praise the congratulations at my engagement party but she announced her engagement so now everybody is congratulating her she stole my thunder to rain on one's parade this is to spoil someone's pleasure or special moment let's say my friend is very very happy because she got an A on the exam I could say I hate to rain on your parade but everyone got an A so I'm spoiling her pleasure by saying that everybody got the exact same grade to be a cakewalk a cakewalk this is when something is very easy or effortless for example learning English is a cakewalk right would you agree to take a rain check this is when you decline an invitation by suggesting you'll accept that invitation at a future time so not now but later let's say somebody invites me to lunch today but I'm very busy I could say I'd love to have lunch but I need to take a rain check which means not today but later to go on a wild goose chase or to be on a wild goose chase you can use either verbs go or be this is when you're looking for something specific but it's a complete waste of time because that something specific doesn't exist for example after hiking for 5 hours we realized we were on a wild goose chase because the waterfall doesn't exist so we were looking for a specific waterfall but on the trail we were on there is no waterfall the waterfall is at a completely different location so we were on a wild goose chase because we're looking for something that doesn't exist to twist someone's arm this is when you persuade someone to do something that they don't want to do for example I didn't want to go to the party but Sarah twisted my arm so Sarah persuaded me convinced me to go to the party to face the music this is when you accept criticism or punishment for something you did do for example I missed the deadline so now it's time to face the music now I have to meet with my boss we both know I missed the deadline it was wrong so I am going to be punished and I deserve it it's time to face the music to hit the books this means to study or do homework for example I can't go to the party tonight I need to hit the books to turn a deaf ear this is when you ignore someone when they complain or they ask for help for example I asked Maria to extend the deadline but she turned a deaf ear so when I asked her to extend the deadline I was asking her to help me but she ignored me she turned a deaf year to break the bank this means to cause Financial ruin for example this vacation costs $5,000 it's expensive but it won't break the bank it won't cause Financial ruin to jump the gun this is when you do something too soon without thinking about it carefully for example the company jumped the gun when they cancelled the conference so they made that decision too soon they should have thought about it more took more time and then decided to read between the lines this is when you try to understand somebody's real feelings or intentions based on what they said or they wrote for example she said she's happy but if you read between the lines it's obvious she's upset so you try to interpret what she's saying to really understand how she feels through thick and thin this is when you support someone or stay with someone even when there are problems or difficulties for example a true friend will be there through thick and thin if there are problems or difficulties a true friend will be there to go back to square one this is to start working on a plan from the beginning because your previous attempt failed for example the board didn't approve our plan so we have to go back to square one we have to start again from the beginning from scratch this is from the very beginning for example I started this YouTube channel for example my family started this business from scratch so when we started there was nothing we did everything ourselves from scratch to shoot oneself in the foot this is when you say or do something that could cause problems for you for example I shot myself in the foot when I agreed to stay late tonight so I said yes when my boss asked me to stay late but it's my cousin's birthday so now I can't go to their party or I'm going to be late and I'm going to be in trouble I shot myself in the foot right off the bat this means at the very beginning or immediately for example Le you can't expect to feel confident speaking right off the bat so immediately at the very beginning when you first start that's right off the bat you can't expect to feel confident right off the bat in the bag this is when something is certain to be one achieved or obtained for example Jane has the promotion in the bag so even though they haven't formally announced that Jane has the promotion it's certain that it's hers she has it in the bag hot air this is a great one this is when something is not sincere and will not have practical results for example the advertisement claimed I would lose 20 in 20 days but but it was hot air it was not true to follow in someone's footsteps this is when you do the same thing that someone else previously did and that someone else is usually a family member a friend or a mentor for example she followed in her Father's Footsteps and became an engineer this means that her father is also an engineer to call a spade a spade this is when you tell the truth about something even if the truth is not pleasant and not polite for example let's call a spade a spade this company discriminates against women so that's not a very polite thing to say but it's the truth to be in the same boat this is when you're in the same same situation as someone else and that situation is difficult for example we both lost money in the stock market we're in the same boat to pick someone's brain this is when someone has a lot of information on a subject or topic and you ask them to share that information or you ask them for their opinion you pick their brain for example I'd love to buy you coffee and pick your brain sometime which means I'd love to buy you coffee and find out what you know ask you questions about what you know or get your opinion on a specific topic based on your knowledge to bounce an idea off someone this is when you share an idea to get feedback on that idea for example can I bounce a few ideas ideas off you before the meeting today the devils in the details this is used when something seems simple but the details are complicated and could cause problems for example the contract is only one page which seems simple but the devil's in the details so in that one page there's a lot of complicated information that could cause problems the pot calling the kettle black this is used to say that someone shouldn't criticize someone else for a fault that they have in themselves let's say Jack is always late and I get to our meeting 5 minutes late and Jack gets mad at me for being late but he's always always late so I could say I can't believe Jack was mad because I was 5 minutes late talk about the pot calling the kettle black to take a back seat this is when you choose to not have responsibility in a organization or an activity for example my team is organizing a conference but I'm taking a back seat I'm not going to be responsible for the conference to be up for grabs this is a great one it's used when something is available and ready to be won or taken for example do you know if Sue's office is up for grabs so Sue's office is now empty maybe she left the company or she changed offices so is her office ready and available is it up for grabs to put something on ice this is when you delay something or you reserve something for future use let's put the conference on Ice until the summer to bite off more than you can chew this is when you try to do something that is too difficult for you for example we took on three projects this month I think we bid off more than we can shoot so three projects is is too difficult for us to throw caution to the wind this is when you do something without worrying about the risk or the negative consequences for example I wasn't happy at my job so I threw caution to the wind and I quit so I didn't think about the negative consequences when I made that decision I threw caution to the wind across to bear this is an unpleasant or painful situation or person that you have to accept even though it's very difficult for you to do so for example I lost our company's biggest client and that's my cross to bear so that's a very painful situation knowing that I was personally responsible for this loss but that's my cross to bear I have to accept it and deal with with that even though it is painful and finally to keep one's eye on something or someone this is when you watch something or you take care of something or someone for example will you keep an eye on the project while I'm at the conference will you take care of the project will you watch the project while I'm at the conference you doing such an amazing job think of everything you You' learned so far now I know that last section was a big one this one is smaller and you're going to learn the most common Advanced Medical vocabulary that you need because we all need to know medical vocabulary so let's get started with this section right now let's talk about a patient a patient is a person receiving medical care we will all be patients at some point in our life and I'm sure all of us have already been patients on numerous occasions now right now I'm not a patient even though I have a doctor I'm not a patient because currently I'm not receiving Medical Care this only applies when you're in the process of receiving Medical Care there are two types of patients you can be an inpatient which means you're admitted to the hospital to receive receive care if you're an inpatient you're going to be at the hospital for a night a week or even longer you have a hospital room and a hospital bed many inpatients are in an area of the hospital called the ICU this stands for the Intensive Care Unit the ICU and this is where inpatients go to receive a high level of care you can also be an outpatient which most of us usually are which means you receive care without being admitted to the hospital you are an outpatient when you go to the ER which is the emergency room you're there to receive care for a specific treatment or illness they treat you and then you leave you don't stay overnight at the hospital now let's talk about common medical professionals you need to know of course you already know doctor also known as a physician in North America it's more common to Simply say doctor but it means the same thing most of us have a GP which stands for a general practitioner this is a doctor who treats a wide range of issues so you can go to your GP because you have a pain in your back or because you have a cold or a throat infection or an eye issue a wide range of issues you can go to your GP a surgeon is of course a doctor who performs surgery there are also many specialists and this is a doctor who focuses on one specific medical area a cardiologist focuses on your heart a dermatologist focuses on your skin a pediatrician focuses on children and in North America whenever you go to a pediatrician at the end they always give you a sucker because kids are always scared of going to the pediatrician which is a doctor for children so they treat you with a sucker or a small treat after an optometrist focuses on your eyes if you wear glass is you frequently go to your optometrist a dentist of course focuses on oral health and your teeth an OBGYN I have no idea what this stands for I know it's a very long word but everyone just says OBGYN an OBGYN is a doctor specifically for women when you're pregnant or to discuss reproductive issues an anesthesiologist don't let this spelling confuse you native speakers have difficult with the pronunciation of this anesthesiologist anesthesiologist an anesthesiologist administers anesthesia which is what makes you go unconscious before surgery they also monitor you during surgery a radiologist does the x-rays CT scans and Mr eyes a psychiatrist focuses on your mind and mental disorders fun fact both of my neighbors are doctors one is a GP and the other is a psychiatrist so if I need any help both physically and me mentally I'm covered and an eent stands for ear nose and throat so that dog doctor and ENT focuses on those three things ear nose and throat there are more Specialists but these are the most common of course nurses are just as important as doctors you can be a registered nurse an RN this means you have a Nursing degree and you have a license in the specific area where you are a nurse you can also be a nurse practitioner an NP which means you have more advanced training and you can diagnose and treat specific medical conditions let's talk about a routine checkup this is something that all of us do hopefully every 6 months or one year and this is when you see your GP your general practitioner just to review your overall health so you don't have a specific medical issue is just a routine appointment we call that a checkup a routine checkup during that routine checkup your GP general practitioner is going to examine your vital signs your Vital Signs include your temperature your heart rate and your blood pressure now you can also discuss any specific medical issues that you're having with your GP during the routine checkup of course you can schedule an appointment at a separate time for a specific medical issue if you are discussing a specific medical concern or issue with your GP it's possible that they'll refer you to a specialist for example your GP could say I'm going to refer you to an ENT remember that's ear nose and throat that's what the doctor specializes in when you see The Specialist or even when you're with your GP you're going to talk about your symptoms a symptom is any feeling of illness that you're currently having or that you've had in the past that you want to discuss with your GP or The Specialist and when you're talking to the doctor one of the very first things they'll say is what are your symptoms what are your symptoms and then you simply tell the doctor what's wrong what you're feeling that isn't right for example I have a lot of back pain my left arm is sore my feet are numb which means you can't feel your feet if they're numb you can't feel them my vision is blurry which means you can't see very well or you could say I feel nauseous nauseous that's the feeling you get when you're on a roller coaster I feel nauseous those are just some symptoms you may be experiencing you can experience or have a symptom there are of course many many other symptoms that you could have and that you would discuss with your GP or specialist after listening to your symptoms the doctor might want to do some diagnostic tests these are tests or an exam to determine the existence or the absence of a specifical medical condition disease or illness common examples of diagnostic tests are an MRI an x-ray or a CT scan after these diagnostic test the doctor will have a diagnosis which is a judgment about what what the illness or medical problem is then you can discuss the treatment options these are the different courses of action that you can take to address the medical issue or the different treatments available if the treatment option includes medication well then the doctor will write you a prescription a prescription is a written order or in our modern world most likely an electronic order for a specific medical treatment like a drug or a specific pill you can take your prescription to a pharmacy because at the pharmacy of course there'll be a pharmacist and a pharmacist fills the prescription which just means they provide you with the medical treatment on the prescription it will tell you what the dosage is and this is information the pharmacist needs the dosage is the the amount or quantity of the medical treatment like a specific drug so how much of that drug are you getting and what is the quantity of the active drug in each pill that you get that's the dosage the pharmacist will also talk about any side effects so the side effects of a specific medical treatment those are the unintended consequences so if you take a pill it might cause headaches but is trying to treat your sore arm but then it causes a headache so that's the side effect of the pill any unintended consequences or adverse reactions those are the side effects and then later you can schedule a followup appointment with your GP or specialist to discuss if your symptoms have been relieved at all if the course of action the treatment m is working if there needs to be any changes to the dosage a different prescription you can discuss all of that with your GP or specialist at a followup appointment amazing job now let's get you prepared for your next job interview in this section you're going to learn all the vocabulary that you need to sound fluent sound professional and sound natural at your next job interview are you ready to add 50 plus Advanced Expressions to your vocabulary that you can use when you're attending a job interview in English let's get started with the first question that you're going to be asked tell me about yourself when you're ask this question you absolutely must use the Expression I have more than over or almost 10 years of experience and then you can add as a and your job title as a project manager as an accountant don't forget that article it's very important that it's there before your job title now you can also talk about your experience in a particular field I have almost 20 years of experience in the project management industry I have more than 15 years of experience in the it sector so you can use field industry or sector now notice you have more than or over that's when the number is greater than and then you have almost that's when the number is less than so if you actually have 13 or 14 years of experience well it sounds better to use a round number like 15 so you can say almost 15 years of experience if you have 13 or 14 now you can add to this and tell us more about your responsibilities in that role so you can say in this role which is your role as a financial analyst in this role you could also say in that role it doesn't matter in this that role I was responsible for or you can say I am responsible for was if you're viewing the role as complete and I am responsible for if you're currently doing that role I was responsible for now after this we need a jiren verb so you can use many many different verbs to talk about your experience these are the most common verbs you can use in this role I was responsible for managing overseeing leading coordinating creating developing reviewing improving streamlining and analyzing of course you can use other verbs but these are the most common now streamlining this means improving the efficiency or effectiveness so as a financial analyst you could say I have over 20 years of experience as a financial analyst in the IT industry in this role I'm responsible for overseeing a team of 15 people and I'm responsible for streamlining our operations now in a job interview you absolutely want to use more academic or formal adjectives you don't want want to say I have a lot of experience that doesn't sound very strong or convincing it sounds a lot more impressive if you say I have extensive experience I have significant experience so those are two must know adjectives that you should use in job interviews extensive and significant which simply is a more formal way of saying a lot lot of I have significant experience and again after this you need a Jaren verb you can use any of the verbs I've already shared and of course you'll have specific verbs for your industry and your specific job title I have extensive experience creating International marketing campaigns for a variety of Industries now after this expression I have significant extensive experience you could also use a noun I have significant project management experience I have significant financial analysis experience so you don't have to use a jiren verb you could also use a noun if you're asked about your education or your credentials you can simply say I have a bachelor of I have a Bachelor of Science a Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of engineering whatever that may be now you can end it there but you may also choose to identify the school and the year you graduated those aren't requirements but if you went to a prestigious or well-known school or you recently graduated those might be useful details to include I have a Bachelor of Science from Cornell I graduated in 2020 you could also use the verb BBS received or obtained which are more formal than have however it's extremely common to use the verb have I have a bachelor I have a master but you can absolutely use received or obtained to use the more formal version I received my master of education from Cornell in 2020 I obtained my master of engine engineering from MIT in 2019 if your credential is a certification you can use the verbs I received I completed or I obtained I completed my PMP in 2019 now notice here I use an acronym PMP if I'm applying for a job in the project management industry they know what a PMP is it's the most prestigious presious certification in the industry it stands for project management professional so there's no need to identify an acronym if that acronym is well known in your specific industry let's talk about your personal strengths the interviewer is likely going to ask you what are your strengths what would you say are your three best qualities so here you can use a transition word as for my strengths as as for my strengths that's just to introduce the point as for my strengths I'm extremely and then you can list the quality now notice here I use the adjective extremely this is a more convincing adjective than I'm really or very you want to avoid those common adjectives because they don't stand out and it's way more convincing to use a stronger adjective jective in a job interview like extremely I'm extremely hardworking which sounds stronger than I'm really hardworking let's review some common adjectives that you're going to use and for all of these adjectives you're going to use the verb to be and then list the adjective I'm extremely hardworking committed trustworthy honest focused methodical proactive a team player for a team player you can't use an adjective You're simply going to say I'm a team player you're not going to say I'm extremely team player that doesn't work I'm a team player now let's talk about some specific skills you should highlight in your interview now the following skills are rated as the top 10 skills that employers want of course the skills are specific to your industry but you can take this as a general list of skills that would be useful to highlight during the interview and to talk about these skills you can say I have and for an adjective you can say I have advanced I have Superior I have excellent and then you list the skill I have excellent time management skills I have Superior communication skills I have advanced adaptability skills the other top 10 skills are problem solving teamwork creativity leadership interpersonal skills attention to detail and work ethic for work ethic we have a very specific adjective and that's strong I have a strong work ethic so this is the specific expression for work ethic I have a strong work ethic so let's say you want to show off your communication skills I have Superior communication skills now let's say the interviewer wants to know why you're interested in this specific position you could say I'm looking for an opportunity to further or to develop my ex skills so your project management skills your teamwork skills your financial analysis skills whatever the specific skill is you could also say I'm looking for an opportunity to gain experience in and then you can talk about a specific field industry or sector in the IT industry in the project management field in the marketing sector you should absolutely have a conclusion don't just say thank you for your time you should leave them with a really strong impression of your skills and your ability to complete the job and be an asset to the organization so you can say I believe that I know that I'm confident that my extensive project management skills would make me a valuable asset to your company your team your organization and I look forward to the opportunity to contribute to your goals of course you should take this and adapt it to your specific industry or role but you absolutely want a strong conclusion statement to impress the interviewer you are doing such a great job and this is your last section but it's a very important section because in this section you're we going to learn over 50 transition words transition words are so helpful to sound advance in English but they're also helpful to take a simple idea expand on it and make it more complex so really pay attention to this section let's get started so what exactly are transition words well transition words are individual words or groups of words phrases is that you can use to organize your ideas and to show connection between your ideas they're commonly used in academic or formal writing but you shouldn't limit their use to just that because you can absolutely use them in your spoken English and you should use them in your spoken English to sound very Advanced and professional and if you watch to the end of this video I'm going to share how you can use transition words to expand your ideas and to take a really simple idea and be able to talk on that idea for longer using transition words so stay right to the end so let's get started you're going to learn over 50 transition words in this lesson don't feel overwhelmed just add them to your vocabulary as you go our first group of transition words are used to show cause and effect causation so here I have two separate ideas I spilled my coffee I changed my shirt now this is where we can use a transition word to combine these ideas together and to show the relationship between them I spilled my coffee as a result I changed my shirt cause and effect here are the transition words in this category and they're listed from most formal to least formal so you can take a screenshot of this consequently hence accordingly thus for that reason as a result therefore and so since because due to now the example I gave you I spilled my coffee as a result I changed my shirt this is a casual statement it might sound a little odd perhaps out of place to use a very formal transition word such as consequently in such a common everyday speech I spilled my coffee consequently I Chang my shirt you could absolutely say it it's grammatically correct but the choice of transition word is just a little too formal so do not think that formal is the best and you absolutely should use formal you should use formal when your ideas are more formal they're more academic they're more professional in a business context let's look at a business context the project is over budget we have to cut cost so again we'll show our cause and effect we use a transition word to combine these ideas and because it's a more formal context I can use a more formal transition word the project is over budget hence consequently thus we have to cut cost our next group of transition words is chronology this is how events are related based on when they occur so think of time here are three events I went to the store I worked out I made dinner now of course we can add first second third first next finally that's chronology and it instantly sounds more organized and more advanced when you add the transition words so let's review the transition words in this category first firstly to start to begin at the beginning at the start second secondly after afterwards next then subsequently later third thirdly after afterwards next then subsequently later finally lastly last but not least now notice that for the second and third events many of the transition words are the same you can use after after for the second and third event or you can use next next for the second and third and fourth and fifth event but you might want to avoid that so you don't sound repetitive using the same transition word again again and again so you can use next then then subsequently subsequently finally so you can use the different transition words just to show off your Advanced vocabulary our next category of transition words is to show contrast when you have two opposing ideas let me give you two ideas I love ice cream I'm lactose intolerant so can you see how these two ideas are in opposition I love ice cream is great it's a really positive thing but I'm lacto is intolerant that's negative and it also means that I can't eat ice cream so those ideas are an opposition so we can use our contrasting transition words however although though but I love ice cream but I'm Laing lactose intolerant same thing the transition words are listed from most formal to least formal again you could say I love ice cream however I'm lactose intolerant but again these ideas are quite simple so you probably want a more simple transition word our next category of transition words is addition of similar ideas I love ice cream I love cake it's adding a similar idea because they're both in the same category which is desserts or sweets the most common transition words from most formal to least formal in this category are furthermore moreover further additionally in addition also and I love ice cream and I love cake obviously you know that one so why not try to advance your vocabulary by using in addition I love ice cream in addition I love cake now let's talk about generality this is when things are true most of the time the most common transition words in this category are in general generally generally speaking by and large for the most part most of the time more often than not usually typically mostly so let's take an example our meetings are very productive now of course I'm sure there's one or two meetings that aren't very productive but most of the time in general generally speaking our meetings are very productive now let's look at the category of examples there are really only three main transition words for example as an example for instance this software has really helped us now it can make your point a lot stronger or help you expand on your idea by adding an example this software has really helped us for example as an example for instance it reduced our error rate by 40% our next category is emphasis this category is used to make a point Stronger by adding more supporting information let's take a simple example I love pi now what if I wanted to make this point stronger I could say it's my favorite dessert I love pie in fact it's my favorite dessert I love pie as a matter of fact is my favorite dessert these are the only two transition words that are commonly used to add emphasis and finally conclusion transition words notice I just used used a transition word and finally that is a conclusion transition word now of course in this category we use these transition words when we want to end what we're saying end our speech end our presentation here are the most common transition words listed from most formal to least formal in conclusion to conclude to summarize In Sum All Things Considered finally overall ultimately in the end to wrap up to sum up all in all so let's say I'm ending my presentation at work and I want my colleagues to remember one very important fact and that fact is if we want to remain competitive we have to invest in automation now to let my colleagues know that this is the last point I'm going to make my final point I'm going to add a conclusion transition word ultimately if we want to remain competitive we have to invest in automation so now you have 50 plus transition where is to help you communicate your ideas in a very professional and organized way before you go let me share a bonus tip with you you can use transition words to help you expand on your ideas so let's take one idea in general our meetings are very productive now I can pick any category of transition word to expand on this idea I could add a contrast however they usually run over time so this is an opposing idea now let me give an example of my last point to add emphasis and to expand even more for example today our meeting was schedule to end at 11: and it went until 11:17 so let's expand on this even more what was the effect of the meeting running over by 17 minutes as a result I was late for a meeting with a client hm were there any other effects if there were I could use an addition of a similar idea transition word additionally I had to work through lunch to catch up congratulations you did an amazing job think of all the vocabulary that you now have to express your ideas fluently confidently and naturally amazing job and as your reward you can download this free speaking guide where I share six tips on how to speak English fluently and confidently you can click here to download it or look for the link in the description and there's always something more to learn so why don't you keep improving your English with this lesson right now

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Length: 233min 35sec (14015 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 13 2023