Advanced Verbs (C2) to Build Your Vocabulary

I'm sure you relish learning new vocabulary and in today's lesson I want to teach you some Advanced C2 verbs and because I just mentioned it let's begin with the verb to relish what this means is to like or enjoy something and really you're just adding a bit of emphasis so as I just said I'm sure you relish learning new vocabulary you enjoy it and and you know that you're enjoying it and you can follow this verb with either a gerund or a noun so to give you a couple of examples with gerunds I could say I relish traveling to Exotic locations or I relish eating ice cream on a hot summer day and then if you're gonna follow it with a noun there are some common collocations and these are words that are frequently used together so you may relish the thought thought Prospect or idea of doing something or you may relish the chance or the opportunity to do something and those are some useful collocations when it comes to pronouncing the verb it has two syllables the stress is on that first syllable relish she won't survive I don't relish hurting anyone Stephen well Victoria relishes her status is Queen B right pathologically and if you are someone who relishes learning new vocabulary Please Subscribe turn on notifications that way I can become your teacher my name is Wes the channel is interactive English it's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals and as we go through the lesson and I talk to you about these different Advanced verbs I'm going to talk to you a little bit about the pronunciation as well because I tried to choose words that that may be a little tricky to pronounce like this next verb coincide so this verb has two meanings the first one is to happen at or near the same time and often you're going to follow the verb with the preposition with so you would say that something coincides with something else and you're not really talking about everyday activities like going to the coffee shop coincides with this you're talking talking about events that may not occur regularly so I could say look I'm sorry I can't go to your birthday party because it coincides with a business trip that I have to take it's happening at the same time it also means to be the same or similar so I could say if our schedules coincide then we can plan to travel together we'll we'll take the train if our schedules coincide and they're the same for pronunciation the verb has three syllables the stress is on that third syllable coincide and just keep in mind the c-o-i-n it's not pronounced as coin two different syllables Co win coincide to coincide with something and then we have the verb squander I like this verb even though it it has a negative connotation because it means to waste money or supplies or to waste opportunities by not taking advantage of so in the United States which is where I am from I could say many people feel that the government squanders taxpayer money and they just waste that money you may also hear people use this in a statement and say hey don't squander this opportunity that is a collocation to squander an opportunity for pronunciation the verb has two syllables the stress is on that first syllable squander and keep in mind that squa has that sound to squander something screw you wanted your gift I honored my gift made 68 albums did I want to be made manager sure a great opportunity squandered absolutely a crushing blow yes right now I want to take a moment to thank the sponsor of today's lesson which is Elsa speak and there are many Learners who relish using Elsa speak to fine-tune their pronunciation so if you are unfamiliar with it then let me show you how it works you just download the app create an account and there's so much that you can do practice daily lessons improve pronunciation let's say that we want to study by topic and there are a variety of different topics to choose from so I would like to practice small talk and as you can see there are many different lessons to help you practice and improve 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wondering see two what does that mean well this is just cambridge's highest level and really means that you are a proficient speaker of English and the next C2 verb that I have for you is commemorate and this means to remember officially and give respect to a great person or event especially by some public ceremony or by by making a statue or a special building and I thought that I would show you some different news headlines so that you can see how this verb is used in context events to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr or Tulane to host campus celebration to commemorate historic Cotton Bowl win that's talking about American football Museum to commemorate 70th anniversary of 1953 floods Democrats commemorate January 6 attack with tears in silence at U.S Capitol so these are just some random news headlines that I found on the day that I created this lesson and it's just using the verb in context so hopefully that gives you a better understanding when pronouncing this verb it has four syllables the stress is on that second syllable commemorate commemorate and just keep in mind that first and third syllable have that schwa sound that unstressed vowel sound which sounds like commemorate commemorate and the next verb that's that's your hint what verb is that oh and the verb that I'm talking about is gasp gasp and it has two different meanings and it's really a difference between talking about well one breath or many breaths so the first meaning is to take a short quick breath through the mouth because of shock pain or surprise it's just that one breath oh gasp and people may use this as an interjection and saying something surprising like and he never returned home and saw his family again gasp or it's used in storytelling with those dialogue tags to describe speaking help me he gasped it also means to breathe loudly and with difficulty really trying to get more air and in this case it's several breaths and often people may end up using it in the continuous tense gasping I could say that the wave knocked me over and I was gasping for air that is a common collocation with this verb to say that someone is gasping for air when it comes to pronunciation I think the most challenging thing about this verb would be saying it in the past tense gasp it's a regular verb so in the past it's going to end with Ed and because that final sound is voiceless the Ed is going to take on a t sound so we have the sound followed by the T sound which can be a little difficult it's going to sound like gasped gasped give it a try gasped excellent the next verb is intervene and this means to intentionally become involved in a situation in order to improve it or just prevent it from getting worse so if there is an argument or a fight someone may intervene I could say that the referee intervened to stop the fight they just did not want it to get worse I could also say the Federal Reserve has intervened in financial markets in order to stop inflation and they're getting involved in the situation to try to improve it now for pronunciation the verb has three syllables the stress is on that third syllable intervene one thing I want to point out when it comes to the American accent because I'm from the United States is when the T follows an n Sound especially in unstressed syllables it may allide and people may drop bit so instead of intervene you may hear someone say intervene so just keep that in mind in the United States you may hear both pronunciations one with the teeth intervene go ahead go ahead and intervene I'm just afraid you might be interfering while we're intervening and one without I want to say something terrible to someone I love I got [Music] there's two label this refers to a word or phrase that's used to describe the characteristics or qualities of a person event or thing and really in a way that's unfair so you may label someone as something that is a common phrase to label someone as something in my lifetime I have been labeled as a troublemaker uh at school when I was younger I've also been labeled as a slacker which is a noun that means someone who does not work very hard and of course I would disagree with this but it happens if we get the wrong impression of someone or something and we may label them as this thing which is usually negative now for pronunciation the word has two syllables the stress is on that first syllable label the other thing I'd like to point out is the second syllable it ends with that dark L which is that all sound and then if we're following it with the word as I told you that's a common phrase well then we can link that dark L with the beginning vowel sound in as label as label as they impose struggle in hachipanus the label this as criminals for pushing back the mortgage officer had messed up Miranda's application they had inadvertently labeled her as separated the next verb is imply and this is a very useful verb it means to communicate an idea or feeling without directly saying it and because you're not directly saying it people may use this verb when asking a question and they would ask what are you implying so I'm going to give you an example I'm going to imply something without directly saying it and I just want you to think about what it is that I'm implying so if I said gosh I really hope that you like this video Lesson and when I say like I'm talking about enjoy that you relish learning new vocabulary and if only there were some way for you to commemorate this lesson so that it gets labeled as a great vocabulary lesson and now I'm using it in a positive way it gets labeled as a great lesson if there was just something that that you could do to commemorate this video and I'm just pointing to that thumbs up because I'm implying that you should hit the like button and I think that you were probably able to guess that so when it comes to pronouncing this verb it has two syllables the stress is on the second syllable imply now I don't think the pronunciation is too challenging what I think is difficult about this verb is that it's sometimes confused with another verb which is infer and that's the next C2 verb that I want to talk to you about to infer something this means to form an opinion or guess that something is true based on the information that you have so if you see me and I'm just soaking wet what might you infer about the weather I imagine that you would infer that it's raining outside or maybe you see me and I'm really happy and I'm smiling grinning from ear to ear what might you infer I really don't know you can you can let me know down in the comments the verb it has two syllables and once again the stress is on the second syllable infer and I don't think the pronunciation is too challenging just try not to confuse those two verbs to imply to infer if by me you are inferring that I have BL Michael he wasn't inferring he was implying was I I see you guys are inferring that I'm stupid that's correct we were implying it you then inferred it the next verb is to speculate and I think this is a very useful verb because it's pretty common people do this all the time to speculate it means to guess possible answers to a question when when we don't have enough information to be certain so we do this quite often because well I think people just like speculating about different things when trying to explain something that happened and we don't have all the answers and we may speculate or we're trying to guess what will happen in the future and we can only speculate to give you an example I could say journalists are speculating what the president may say in his upcoming announcement and I think in general it's well it's not always good to speculate or at least we should tell people that that is what we're doing because sometimes people will speculate and then others will just take that as the truth and it can cause some problems now the verb has three syllables the stress is on that first syllable speculate and I really think this verb is well pronounced the way it's spelled it's pretty straightforward to speculate succumb so to succumb has two different meanings and once again I'll show you some news headlines so that you can see how this verb is used in context so the first meaning is to lose the determination to oppose something and really you're just accepting defeat visit these popular tourist traps before they succumb to climate change this is how Israel's economy could succumb to populism Samsung is first to succumb to a slowing economy that is crushing semiconductors the next meaning is to die or suffer badly from an illness or injury battling Morocco eventually succumbed to injuries and in this case they're talking about their football team two succumb to injuries sustained after falling from mobile Tower when pronouncing this verb it has two syllables and the stress is on that second syllable succumb and just keep in mind there is a silent B at the end of the verb to succumb and then there's the verb trudge to trudge means to walk slowly with a lot of effort especially over a difficult surface or when carrying something heavy and often you may follow this verb with a preposition trudge up trudge down trudge over trudge through maybe you had to trudge up a mountain or perhaps you had to trudge through the snow and in both situations you're walking slowly with a lot of effort for pronunciation it's just one syllable that d g has that J sound similar to the word judge these are rhyming words trudge judge the other other thing I'd point out is that if the verb is followed by a preposition that begins with a vowel sound then linking may occur trudge up trajover right something to keep in mind let's do a little review now I am not going to speculate as to whether or not you will watch another video Lesson I'm sure that you relish building your vocabulary and because you're still here right now then I'm just going to infer that you will watch another video Lesson because I don't think you want to squander this amazing opportunity to continue improving your overall English fluency and I really don't want you to succumb to any feelings of inadequacy when it comes to your language abilities I want you to stay positive I want you to stay motivated and I want you to continue learning new things all right that's a little review using these verbs in context if you enjoyed the lesson 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: 19min 16sec (1156 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 25 2023