Advanced (C1) Verbs to Level Up Your Vocabulary

let's learn some Advanced C1 verbs to help you build your vocabulary and this may seem challenging because some words are rather similar and sometimes it can be difficult to differentiate between two words but that's why I'm here I want to teach you some of the slight nuances to help you be more precise and easily differentiate between different words and phrases so let's begin with a verb that I have mentioned twice already differentiate this means to show or find the difference between two things that are compared so it may be difficult to differentiate between American and British English software and Hardware facts and opinions and you're often going to follow this verb with the preposition between to differentiate between two things transporter cannot differentiate between Dr McCoy and the torpedo Michael I cannot differentiate between the hostages and the gods a program that could differentiate between foreign and domestic when pronouncing this verb there are five syllables and the stress is on that third syllable differentiate differentiate keep in mind that the t-i-a-t-e at the end of the word has a Shiite sound so this is when the spelling and pronunciation don't really match differentiate and if you are someone who would like to be able to differentiate between words and phrases that are similar then let me help you develop your vocabulary Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interact active English which is all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals and throughout the lesson I am going to tell you the meaning of these different verbs I'll talk a little bit about how they're used in context and we'll go over the pronunciation so that you can say them clearly and naturally the next verb is broaden this means to increase the range of something and there are some great collocations with this verb these are words that are frequently used together so you can broaden your horizons this is an idiom that means you're increasing the range of things you know about or your experiences you can also broaden your mind in this case you're increasing the knowledge that you have about something you can broaden the scope of something and if we were talking about politicians they may need to broaden their support let me show you some news headlines so you can see how this verb is used in context local historian or largest town to broaden Horizons when it comes to school names does travel broaden the mind not according to new research U.S and China agreed abroad in talks in bid to ease tensions when pronouncing this verb there are two syllables the stress is on that first syllable broaden now one thing I want you to be aware of is that you may hear people pronounce this with a glottal stop so listen to the difference between broaden and broaden the The Sounds coming from the throat down here broaden broaden it's something that you may hear and hopefully it's easy for you to differentiate between the two pronunciations of this verb but generally you can just stick with broaden to broaden your horizons and if you would like to broaden your horizons when it comes to pronunciation then I think it's very important that you practice and that's why I want to talk to you about the sponsor of today's lesson Elsa speak this is a great app to help you fine tune your pronunciation and practice your speaking skills and right now I want to show you some of the cool features when you join Elsa premium because there are so many ways to improve your pronunciation and you can have a back and forth conversation using their AI feature I can even create my own scenario welcome to Elsa AI what kind of scenario would you like to role play I want to have a conversation at the airport with another passenger who is asking me about things to do once we arrive in New York City sure I will play the role of a fellow passenger who strikes up a conversation with you let's start hi there 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grasping something weak like a straw and because of that it's not likely to save you I tried going back to work like you honestly I'm just grasping at straws and Cooper was one of those draws Mr President it doesn't matter where we debrief this man the fact is we're grasping at straws here the other meaning of this verb is to understand something especially something difficult I could tell you the child was able to grasp the main idea of the story or if I am able to explain these verbs well then you will be able to easily grasp the meaning of these verbs and know how to use them correctly when pronouncing this verb I think it's pretty simple and straightforward grasp but just say it with me grasp excellent then we have the verb diminish this means to reduce or be reduced in size or importance so you can diminish something as we get older our muscle strength tends to diminish at least that's what's happening to me but you could also diminish someone and this has a little bit more of a negative connotation I could say his careless mistakes diminished him in the eyes of management so in this case the mistakes reduced his importance it just makes them seem small is them you must prepare for life and whatever it will throw at you the opportunities will diminish I am shocked sir I I like how you are you want to diminish me diminish you letting the groundwork for a challenge in 2016. for pronunciation the verb has three syllables and the stress is on that second syllable diminish diminish to diminish something or to diminish someone fall flat this is an idiom but we're going to use it as a verb to fall flat this is said when a joke suggestion or idea does not have the intended effect now most of the time you're going to use this when talking about jokes so right now I'm going to tell you a couple of jokes and you can let me know in the comments if they fall flat if I am what I eat then I'm fast cheap and easy [Music] a little ridiculous here's another one you know what they say never go to bed angry stay up and fight so I suppose one or both of those jokes fell flat it did not have the intended effect of laughter but you can let me know for pronunciation I don't think it's that difficult fall flat the only thing I want to point out is that there is alliteration and alliteration is the repetition of the initial consonant sound in two words that are next to each other or close to each other fall flat I hope that my jokes did not fall flat for your attempts at mockery full flat let's call it a joke that fell flat and leave it at that Robert and Sarah's textures fell flat a huge performance tomorrow where a man's joke is going to fall flat next is the verb contradict and it also has two meanings it really depends if we're talking about people or statements but if we're talking about people it just means that someone is saying something that is the opposite of what someone else said and people can contradict each other this happens all the time her testimony contradicted the policeman's story you could also contradict yourself and often you may follow this verb with that reflexive pronoun if I were to say I can tell you everything that you need to know but I don't know anything about that I just contradicted myself in saying the opposite when using this verb to talk about a statement or a fact it just means that some statement or fact is so different than another statement or fact that one of them must be wrong I could say new evidence contradicts the established theories on this subject they're so different that yeah one of them must be wrong just keep in mind that when someone or something contradicts someone or something else it's not really telling us which one is right or correct it's just saying that they're either opposites or different to give you a little more context with this verb here are some more news headlines video evidence appears to contradict Lauren bobert's denial that she was vaping at Beetlejuice show OPEC figures contradict Iran's oil production claims opinion liberal climate policies are fine on their own but contradict each other when together when pronouncing this verb it has three syllables and the stresses on that third syllable contradict I will try not to contradict myself then I have another idiom for you which we'll use as a verb and that is to set foot in someplace this means to go to a place or to enter a place and you're really going to use this idiom when you want to add emphasis and there's some emotion involved I could say I'm afraid to set foot in my hometown because it's no longer peaceful and quiet and I'm just afraid to go to this place or I'm so angry at my brother I refuse to set foot in his home and I refuse to enter his home so hopefully you can sense that emotion I haven't set a foot in a bar in years if you set foot in this door ever again that'll bring out unless Cersei grants as an audience and is somehow convinced not to murder as the moment we set foot in the capital when pronouncing this idiom it's pretty easy to say the individual words but I want you to say it as a phrase so I want you to think about that final T in foot I'm from the United States so I am going to pronounce this as a flap T it's going to sound like a soft D this is very common with the American accent when the t comes between two vowel sounds and then we can link that final consonant sound that flap t with the beginning vowel sound in in and it's going to sound like foot in to set foot in just listen for it I refuse to set foot in there then we have the verb allocate and this means to distribute something for a particular purpose and there are some great collocations with this verb you can allocate resources or allocate money or allocate funds or even allocate blame I could say the city allocated money for disaster relief or the company's profits were allocated to its shareholders and in these sentences I want to point out that this verb May often be followed with the preposition four or two to allocate for something or to allocate to someone for every 100 we allocate to research we spend nearly thirty thousand on care in response to your repeated inquiries it has allocated the enclosed funds for your library project for pronunciation the verb has three syllables the stress is on the first syllable and that second syllable has that unstressed schwa sound a la Kate allocate then we have the verb collaborate I like this verb it's a great one when talking about work because it means to work with someone else for a special purpose and often you may follow this verb with the prepositions with on to or in I collaborated with my friend collaborate with someone we collaborated on a project collaborate on something we collaborated to create new guidelines for the company collaborate to do something we collaborated in implementing the guidelines company-wide collaborate in doing something for pronunciation the verb has four syllables and the stress is on that second syllable the first and third syllable have that unstressed schwa sound that uh sound collaborate collaborate I'm sure that at work we have all collaborated with someone do you want to collaborate on something I collaborated with my designer it was a match made in heaven the aliens are thinking as we are to collaborate in producing explosion next is the verb generalize this means to make a statement that something is true in all cases based on what is true in some cases I think we can all relate to this verb because people often generalize when talking about groups so I'm generalizing when I say salespeople often lie to make more money or dogs are more affectionate than cats or politicians are okay I'm generalizing and I'm joking but perhaps that joke didn't fall flat let's look at some more news headlines to see how this verb is used in context let's not generalize about the kids these days don't generalize the lgbtq community smart Brands won't generalize when it comes to gen Z for pronunciation there are four syllables the stress is on that first syllable generalize generalize one one thing I'll say is that you may hear people say the word without that schwa sound and that schwa sound will allide and it's going to sound more like it has three syllables generalize generalize keep that in mind then I have another phrase for you which is also an idiom and that is lose your head this means to lose control and not act calmly because you're upset you're angry and often you're going to use this idiom when talking about troubling situations I could say it's a stressful situation and now's not the time to lose our heads or when my car broke down I lost my head and didn't know what to do now this idiom may sound similar to another idiom lose your mind but that has a slightly different meaning if you lose your mind you become mentally ill you become crazy so I want you to be able to differentiate between those two idioms lose your head lose your mind but let's just stick with lose your head when pronouncing this idiom once again I would like you to say it as a phrase and when you say it assimilation may occur this is when two sounds blend together to create a new sound so the final consonant sound in lose May blend with the beginning consonant sound in your and you get this slight je sound it's like we're gonna put it right between the words and that allows us to connect them together it's not something you have to force if you say these words one right after the other it's just going to occur naturally lose your head hopefully you can hear that slight je sound just listen for it do be careful my dear children don't lose your heads okay why did you did you fall in love with her well you know you lose your head sometimes and then you know what you're not for a loop and you're completely lose your head and then we have the verb facilitate this means to make something possible or easier and there are some great collocations with this verb you can facilitate growth or facilitate learning or facilitate access or even facilitate communication I create these lessons to facilitate learning and your engagement when you like and comment on these videos well that is going to facilitate the Channel's growth so please do that for pronunciation the verb has four syllables the stresses on that second syllable facilitate and just keep in mind that the C has more of an s that s sound facilitate I hope that you help facilitate the Channel's growth now for a little review I hope that I was able to broaden your horizons and teach you some new verbs and I truly believe that if you are able to allocate more time to building your vocabulary learn new words review old ones that's going to help you more easily grasp the meaning of different words and phrases and it will help you facilitate clear communication because let's be honest as we get older our brains our memory it starts to diminish and the next thing you know you won't be able to differentiate between the mafia and government but I'll tell you one of them is organized that was supposed to be a joke I don't know perhaps it fell flat so I I need to get going I'm going to wrap things up please don't lose your head you are welcome to watch another video Lesson and continue building your vocabulary if you enjoyed this lesson and learn something new please hit that like button as always thank you so much for watching and I will see you next time so long

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Length: 20min 45sec (1245 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 04 2023