10 Ways to Express Fear and Surprise

Learn 10 ways to express fear and surprise

Lesson Transcript
Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words!

My name is Alisha, and today, we're going to talk about 10 ways to express fear
and surprise.

Let's get started!

Yeah!

1. You scared me!

The first expression is, "You scared me!"

You scared me!

So, to scare is the verb here and we're using the past tense, "you scared me."
So you caused me to be frightened. You scared me! We use this when we feel
surprised or scared. So your friend suddenly jumps out from be-... You scared
me! I thought…

Huh!

I thought you tipped over a liquid onto the camera.

I scared myself.

So you scared me is like, "Yeah. Oh my gosh, you frightened me," in other

words. You caused me to be afraid.
In a sentence:

"Aaaah! You scared me!"

2. You scared the ____ out of me!

The next expression is, "You scared the (something) out of me!"

You scared the (blah, blah, blah) out of me!

In the (blah, blah, blah) here, in the "space," we can use a lot of different words.
Some of them are really, really rude words. You might have heard a few of this,
on like TV shows or in English-speaking movies. So, in this lesson, I'm going to
introduce, like some kind of not so rude words.

You can use, "You scared (like) the bejesus out of me!"

You scared the heck out of me!

You scared the hell out of me!

So, it's a more extreme version of "You scared me."

So, "You scared the (something) out of me," like the image is, I was so
frightened that something came out of my body, and it's usually like a negative or
like a rude word we use to emphasize how frightened we were.

"You scared the hell out of me! Oh my gosh!"

So, that's kind of a common expression.

So, in a sentence:

"Jeez! You scared the hell out of me!"

3. That really freaks me out.

The next expression is, "That really freaks me out."

That really freaks me out.

So, to freak someone out or like to freak out is like to cause a strong emotion
that's kind of a negative, nervous emotion or that's just, you feel like you're kind
of overflowing with either like nervousness or like excitement. To freak out has a
couple of different meanings, but when you say, "That really freaks me out," it's
kind of a negative, like, sort of scared emotion.

So, in a sentence:

"Ugh, cockroaches really freak me out."

So you feel, like, uncomfortable. It's kind of like this gross, like creepy, crawly
feeling about it. It's like, "Ugh, that freaks me out." So, that's when you use,
"Ugh, that really freaks me out."

4. I'm freaking out right now.

The next expression is, "I'm freaking out" or I'm freaking out right now."

So, in the last expression, we saw that really freaks me out. In this expression,
we say, "I'm freaking out," in the progressive tense. "I'm freaking out," which
means like I'm super, super, super excited or I'm like super, like I have so much
energy about something. So, freaking out sounds kind of like a nervous activity,
but we can use it for, like exciting things as well. I can say like, "Oh, my gosh, I
forgot my car keys. I'm freaking out right now. How am I going to get home?" We
can use it to express like nervousness or anxiety, but we can also say something
exciting, like:

"You got tickets to Beyonce?! I'm freaking out right now!"

Like we use it in a very positive way sometimes as well. So, you can kind of
choose, depending on your emotion. Are you afraid or are you excited?
Surprised? Both are okay.

5. That really creeped me out.

The next expression is, "That really creeped me out."

That really creeped me out.

So, "creepy" is a word we've talked about in the previous episode of Top Words
on the horror movie episode of Top Words. So, something that is creepy causes
nervous feelings or like we, we can't relax. It's kind of unsettling or strange. So
something that causes those feelings in us, we can describe with a phrase, "That
creeped me out." That caused creepy feelings in me. "Urgh, that thing creeped
me out." So like bugs creep me out, for example. More than creep me out. I just,
I hate bugs.

So, in another sentence:

"Yeah, I saw The Ring. It really creeped me out."

So, something that causes uneasy feelings in you.

6. I was so sketched out.

The next expression is, "I was so sketched out."

I was so sketched out.

So here, we are using the word "sketch" or "sketched" which doesn't actually
mean rough drawing here. This is sort of a slang phrase that has become
commonly used throughout different types of English.
"To be sketched out by (something)" means to have, like nervous feelings that
something is kind of dangerous. So creepy is just sort of unsettling, like difficult
to relax. Sketchy is like, is about a person, usually, or like a situation that seems
it could be dangerous. There could be something dangerous, actually. It's not
just that it's kind of scary, but there is maybe some danger there. So, sketchy,
sketchy like we don't know what's going to happen next.

In a sentence then:

"I think a car was following me today. I was so sketched out."

7. Holy ___!

The next expression is "Holy (something)!"

Holy (something)!

So we can say, "Holy cow!" or "Holy (other rude words)." You can check some
TV and movies for other words you can finish this sentence with, "Holy
(something)."

So, we use this as just an exclamation. So when we're surprised or when we're
afraid or when we're excited, we can say, "Holy cow!" or like "Holy…" I'm not
gonna say it, other words that people use coz this is a family channel. But "holy
(something)" can mean anything, depending on the situation and the sort of tone
and voice that you use with this word.

"Holy cow!" is a pretty common expression, but for surprise, usually. I would say,
the kind of rude expressions are more commonly used for fear.

8. Oh my God!

The next expression is, "Oh my God!"

Oh my God!

So, depending on your intonation, you can kind of change the meaning of this
word. You can express your surprise, like "Oh my God!" or you can express, like
fear like, "Oh my God!!!" So, depending on the way that you say this word, you
can kind of change the meaning, but you can use this in a lot of different
expressions. I'm sure you heard this expression before. Oh my god! Also, "Oh
my gosh" too if you don't like to use the word "God."

In an example sentence:

"Oh my God! There's a bee in the car!"

9. Whaaaaat?!

Okay. The next expression looked kind of funny on screen. It's just, "Whaaaat?"

Whaaaat?!

Whaaat?!

So we can use this as a very casual form of surprise.

Whaaaat?!

So, when someone surprises you, usually a friend, a good friend, and you're just
stunned, like you're so surprised and shocked, but you don't feel, like, excited.
You're just like, whoa! It's difficult for you to kind of say anything or do anything.
Some people react with "Whaaaat?!" like that kind of long A sound. So, it's
usually used for surprise, actually or something new that you just, oh my gosh, I
can't react to this. It's just whaaaat?! That's all. Just, that's a simple reaction. So,
you might hear this as well for surprise, generally.

In an example:
"A surprise party? Whaaaat?!"

10. You got me good!

The last expression is, "You got me good!"

You got me good!

This is an expression you can use when your friend or someone else you know
plays a joke on you. So, your friend tries to trick you or your friend tries to scare
you or whatever, tries to get a reaction from you, usually, by scaring you or
surprising you. If the trick or the joke was effective, you can say, "Haha, you got
me good! You got me good!" This is kind of like, ah, okay. I admit, like you got
me. You defeated me, in other words. You made me afraid or you surprised me.
So you can say you got me good. You got me good! So, that's the meaning of
this expression. "Ah, nice job!" in other words. You got me good.

In a sentence:

"Hahaha, you got me good."

10 Expressions for Receiving Things
Learn 10 expressions for receiving things

Lesson Transcript

Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha.

Welcome back to Top Words.

In this lesson, we're going to talk about 10 expressions for receiving things.

So, let's get started!

1. I got…

The first expression is "I got..."

I got…

This is a very basic expression you can use when you receive anything and you
want to report to someone else. "Got" is the past tense of "get," get. So, "I got"
followed by the item you received. So, I got a present. I got a bonus. I got a great
new job. Anything you receive, you can report about it with "got," "I got…"

In a sentence:

"I got a really nice present from my students!"

2. I received…

The next expression is "I received…"

I received…
So, "received" has really the same meaning as "got," but receive is more formal.
So we use "received," the past tense form of "receive" for more polite situations
or maybe, for more important things that we get. So "get" and "receive" have
roughly the same meaning, but "receive" has a higher level of formality about it.

In a sentence:

"I received a holiday bonus from my company."

3. My ____ gave me…

The next expression is "My (something, something) gave me…" where

(something, something) is a person, someone that you have a relationship with,
like a family member, a co-worker, a boss, neighbour, whatever. So like my
neighbour gave me a housewarming present, or my mother gave a bouquet of
flowers. My boyfriend gave chocolate, for example.

So, we use this expression when we want to mention the person who gave
something and we want to report who received that thing. So, we use past tense
give, "gave." My (something, something) gave me (blah, blah, blah) in this case.
So, we can change the people in the sentence to show, like the exchange of
objects, the exchange of items, the passing of items between different people.

In a sentence:

"My brother gave me a gift card."

4. Thank you so much!

The next expression is "Thank you so much!"

Thank you so much!

So, of course, if you receive something, it's good manners to say thank you for
that. So, when you receive a gift, it's good to say thank you or thank you so
much to express your appreciation. So please, don't forget this important phrase
when you receive something or when you are given something.

In a sentence:

"Thank you so much for the present!"

5. What is it?

The next expression is "What is it?"

What is it?

So, sometimes, you receive, like kind of a strangely shaped package or maybe
the item you received is not clear, you don't know what the object is. In that
case, you can simply ask, what is it? What is it?

So, try to do this in a happy way? If you say, "What is it?" you might have, like
kind of a problem with the person who gave the gift to you, so try to say, "Whoa,
what is it?" like to show that you're surprised, that you're interested. So please
be careful with your intonation with this expression.

What is it?

In a sentence:

"Whoa, a present! What is it?"

6. Can I open it?

The next expression is, "Can I open it?"

Can I open it?

So, if you get a present somewhere, and maybe you're not sure if it's the right
time to open the present, you can ask the person who gave you the present,
"Can I open it?" Is it okay to reveal the present? We use the verb "open" for
presents, to open a present.

In a sentence:

"Wow, thanks! Can I open it?"

7. You really shouldn't have!

The next expression is, "You really shouldn't have!"

You really shouldn't have!

This is kind of a nice expression to say, thank you so much, but you should not
have purchased this item for me. So, it's, it's kind of like a little bit of a self-
deprecation, like you're lowering yourself a little bit with this expression, like,
"Oh! Thank you, but you should not have purchased this." You shouldn't have
given me this gift. It's too much. It's too much. But we also use it to show
appreciation too. Uh, you shouldn't have. You really shouldn't have. But usually,
this expression is said with a smile, at the same time.

In a sentence:

"A present? For me? You really shouldn't have!"

"You really shouldn't have" can reflect like, oh gosh, you shouldn't have gone
through all that effort. You didn't need to take the time to buy me a gift, in other
words. So, nice expression, I think.

8. That's really nice of you!

Let's go on to the next one, which is "That's really nice of you!"

That's really nice of you!

So, again, this is an expression we can use to show appreciation. Wow, that's
really nice of you. So, that's really nice of you to do, in other words. So, thank
you for doing a nice thing, in other words. That's really nice of you. That's really
nice of you. So again, an appreciation expression.

In a sentence:

"Wow, that's really nice of you!"

9. I really appreciate it.

The next expression is, "I really appreciate it."

I really appreciate it.

So maybe, a step above thank you very much is "I really appreciate it." So, to
appreciate something is like to be grateful, to show your thanks for something. I
really appreciate it. So we use this in slightly more formal situations to express
our gratitude for something. Again, a very positive and appreciative expression, I
really appreciate it.

In a sentence:

"Thank you! I really appreciate it."

10. This is great!

The next expression is, "This is great!"

This is great!

So, make sure to use this kind of intonation. Make sure to use an upward
intonation when you say this. You get a present, you get something, you've
received something, and you want to say, you're happy with it! You can say,
"This is great!" Make sure to use that happy intonation. If you say, "This is great,"
it's like, oh no, it's not sincere at all, so try to make sure your voice sounds happy
when you use that.

In a sentence:

"A new sweater? This is great!"

10 Words and Expressions for Talking about
Thoughts and Ideas
Lesson Transcript

Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha and in this
episode, we're going to talk about 10 words and expressions for talking about
thoughts and ideas. So, let's get started!

1. I have an idea!

The first expression is…

"I have an idea."

This is a really general expression you can use to introduce a new idea. This is
pretty casual, but you can use it in slightly more formal situations as well. I have
an idea! Let's get Thai food for lunch, or I have an idea, let's go to the beach this
weekend. I have an idea, let's take a nap.

In this example sentence…

"I have an idea! Let's start a company!"

2. I've been thinking....

The next expression is…

"I've been thinking…"

You can use this to say "I've been thinking…" and then begin an idea or you can
say…
"I've been thinking about (topic)."

So I've been thinking about finding a new job or I've been thinking.... What do
you want to do for summer vacation? So, you can use in a couple of different
ways. I've been thinking about... or I've been thinking… both are okay.

So in this sentence…

"I've been thinking about baking a cake all day!"

3. Here's a thought.

The next word is…

"Here's a thought."

So again, this is a word you can use to introduce an idea. Here is a thought. In
other words, here is an idea, a thought from my mind. Here you are. Here is a
thought. So you can use this to introduce an idea you have had. Here is a
thought. Why don't you get a haircut?

In this example sentence…

"Here's a thought. Why don't you take tomorrow off?"

4. What do you think?

The next expression is…

"What do you think?"

Very common way to ask for someone's opinion, "What do you think?" We
connect the words do and you quite closely in this expression, "What do you
think? What do you think?" It sounds much more natural than, "What do you
think?" So try to use, "What do you think?" So this is… this is just a general way
to ask for someone else's opinion about anything, really.

In a sentence…

"I kinda wanna eat something spicy for lunch. What do you think?"

5. You (wanna) know what I think?

The next expression is…

"You (wanna) know what I think?"

So this is sort of like a challenge almost, like, it's asking the other person, "Do
you want to know my opinion?" Do you want to know what I think? Because I'll
tell you, only if you want to know. So, you wanna know what I think? Or you can
drop wanna and say, "You know what I think?" So that you becomes /ya/, "You
know what I think?" You know becomes you know. So, "You know what I think?"
or "You want to know what I think?" So it's a little bit of a challenge, a little bit of
an introduction before you actually share your opinion.

In a sentence…

"You wanna know what I think? It's a terrible idea!"

6. I've thought about this a lot.

The next expression is...

"I've thought about this a lot."

In this expression, we're actually using the present perfect tense, I've thought,
I've thought, so that's I have thought about this. Meaning, I started thinking about
this in the past and my thinking has continued to the present. I've thought about
this a lot. So this implies, this tells the listener, it's something that has been on
your mind for a while. I've thought about this a lot. So, your opinion is based on
all of this past thinking, so something you have been thinking about for a long
time.

In a sentence…

"I've thought about this a lot, and I really think you should quit the company."

7. I have no idea.

I have no idea. I have no idea means I don't know, but I have no idea means
zero, I have no information. No ideas, I can't think of anything. Absolutely
nothing, no idea, I have no idea. So this is typically used in response to a
question for information like…

"Where is your brother?"

"I have no idea."

"What did you do with the keys?"

"I have no idea."

So something like, you just don't… you have no information, absolutely no

information. You can say, "I have no idea. I don't know." Please note though that
the idea part of this sentence is in the singular form, "I have no idea." We'll talk
about why in just a moment, but I have no idea to refer to having no information
about something.

In another sentence…

"The best hotel in the city? I have no idea."

8. I have no ideas.

The next expression is…

"I have no ideas."

So here, different from I have no idea, we're using the plural form, ideas, ideas,
meaning, someone is asking you for a proposal. Someone is asking you like to
create something, to make something perhaps. So, they're asking for a
suggestion and if you don't have any suggestions, nothing to propose, you can
say, "I have no ideas. I have no ideas."

So…

"What do you want to want to do this weekend?"

"I have no ideas."

Or…

"What do you want to eat for lunch?"

"I have no ideas, really."

So, if you don't have any ideas, nothing to propose, you can use this, with an -S
at the end of ideas.

In another sentence…

"Something to do this weekend? I have no ideas."

9. I don't know.

The next expression is…

"I don't know."

So, Michael and I talked about this in an episode of English topics many years
ago, but I dunno is I don't know. The casual contracted version of I don't now, I
dunno, I dunno, I don't know. So, we use this when we don't know the answer to
something, I don't know, or when we just want to kind of like relieve pressure or
when we're… when we're out of things to say as well, I don't know. So, when
we're, like not feeling sure or not feeling confident as well, we can use this
phrase.

In a sentence…

"Why are you asking me? I dunno."

10. I knew it!

The last expression is…

"I knew it!"

So here, we're using the past tense of know, the verb, to know something,
meaning to understand or to comprehend. We're using the past tense, knew, "I
knew it!" So, we use this expression when we guessed correctly about
something or when something we thought was true is proven to be correct so, "I
knew it, I knew it!" So, this is typically said with a positive, a positive voice. You
hear this a lot in movies as well, I think.

All right, in a sentence…

"You had my keys! I knew it!"

So, those are 10 words and expressions that you can use for talking about your
thoughts and ideas, so I hope that's helpful. If you like, you can try to make an
expression with one of these in the comment section below the video. Let us
know if you have any other ideas as well. Thanks very much for watching this
episode of Top Words and I will see you again soon. Bye-bye!
10 Words for Injuries

Lesson Transcript
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha and in this
episode, we're going to talk about 10 words for injuries. So, let's get started!

1. break/fracture

The first word is break or fracture. So, these two verbs are used interchangeably,
actually. They both refer to a broken bone or a fractured bone. So, two pieces of
bone become separated or a bone becomes broken, so fractured. It comes
apart. So, to break a bone in present tense is I broke a bone in the past tense.
Fracture is a regular verb which means the past tense is fractured.

So, in a sentence…

"I broke my wrist when I fell snowboarding."

That's true. That's true, I broke my wrist when I fell snowboarding and that
inspired today's lesson.

2. sprain

The next word is sprain, sprain. To sprain something refers to a… refers to

hurting or to injuring a ligament. So, a ligament are this sort of like fibrous things
that kind of… they connect the parts of the body, inside your body, they connect
bones to muscles or bones to like organs. They hold the parts of the body
together inside. So, a sprain is damage to a ligament, a sprain. So we can say,
for example, to sprain a part of the body, a specific part of the body. Some
common examples come from sport's injuries like, "He sprained his ankle playing
basketball last week." Or, "I sprained my wrist working in the garden" or
something, I don't know. But, I think a sprain happens when you push the… like
the joint or you pushed that part of the body beyond the possible or the
reasonable range of motion.

So, my example sentence, I already said it, but…

"He sprained his ankle at the basketball game last week."

3. bruise

The next word is bruise, bruise. So a bruise refers to taking like a… taking an
impact, something that's not a sharp impact. It's usually like a blunt impact, I
suppose, I don't know. It kind of depends, but anyway, a bruise, we can use it as
a noun or as a verb, actually. To bruise something means you damaged, usually,
like a certain area of skin and blood collects under the skin creating like a black
or blue or maybe even like greenish color, purple maybe. To use it as a noun, we
can say that that spot is a bruise. We refer to that damaged area as a bruise. To
use it as a verb; however, we can say, I bruised my arm or I bruised my leg. So,
to bruise something means to cause damage, but it's like the under the skin, we
can see the color change because of the damage, the blood collecting there. So
that's to bruise something.

In a sentence…

"I bruised my arm when I ran into the door."

4. cut

The next word is cut, cut. So cut is done with a sharp object, a cut. A cut refers
to an injury which causes blood to emerge, usually, unless it's a very shallow cut.
Shallow is the opposite of deep. So, a cut is caused by a sharp object. So, a
knife is probably the most common thing that comes to mind when talking about
cuts. Though, another very common type of cut is called a paper cut as a noun.
So, if you ever tried to take a piece of paper and the piece of paper has kind of
made a small cut on your hand, that's called a paper cut, a paper cut. So, it's that
kind of sliced motion that injures the body is a cut.

All right, in a sentence…

"Be careful not to cut yourself when using a knife!"

5. wound

The next word is wound, wound. So a wound is just a place of injury on the body.
We have a couple of different words we can use to be specific about wounds.
They're like an open wound and a closed wound, I suppose you could say. But,
usually, people say things like don't touch open wounds. So an open wound is
usually like a fresh wound. So, something has been recently damaged on the
body, recently injured, and the wound is fresh. Maybe we can see blood or
maybe we can see into the body or something. That's considered an open
wound.

So, a close wound would be perhaps a wound which has been fixed by a doctor
or for small wounds, like maybe the body has created a new layer over the top of
the wound, that's called a scab, eww, eww, scabs, eww, but that's not an open
wound then, but we should still care for it. So, a wound is a place on the body
that is injured in some way, a wound. That's used as a noun. We can also use
wound as a verb which means to hurt something, like, "I wounded my arm." But,
wound is not so common, I think, in everyday speech. Instead, we use the verb,
hurt, "I hurt my arm," but I'll talk more about this later.

So, in a sentence…

"Don't touch open wounds!"

6. injure

The next word is injure, injure. So, I've been talking a little bit about the word
injure. To injure means to hurt a part of the body. So, to injure your arm, to injure
your head, to injure your neck, these mean to take damage on that part of the
body, to injure something. So, it's typically a bad thing to injure something. The
noun form of this word is injury, injury. So, "I have an injury."

We use this word more with a…. like, perhaps, sports. I guess military, yeah, I
guess so, but for every day, like small, I don't know, for small injuries, I suppose
like paper cuts, for example, or like maybe a cooking accident. I suppose we
don't really say injury. We will say, we'll use the verb hurt, actually. Again, I'll talk
about that word a little later. But injury, injury is damage, taking damage to a part
of the body.

In a sentence…

"She injured her shoulder this morning."

7. tear

The next word is tear, tear. Be careful, this word is spelled T-E-A-R. It looks like
tear, but used as a verb. It is tear, tear, to talk about an injury. So a tear, if you
can imagine like a piece of paper, when we want to separate it into two pieces,
we can tear the piece of paper. Now, imagine that same idea, but with a muscle
in the body. So a muscle tear refers to that kind of damage to the muscles so
quite painful, I think you can imagine. So, to tear muscle requires, yeah, some
serious recovery time, I imagine. I have never torn a muscle. Yeah, that's a good
point. The past participle form is torn, torn. Have you ever turn a muscle? Or, the
past tense, the past tense is tore. I tore my shoulder muscle last week. I don't
know, awful, awful.

Yeah.

In a sentence…

"Tearing a muscle is painful."

8. pull

Pull, pull. So we use pull, again, with muscles, but this is different from tear. So,
to tear a muscle refers to this kind of break motion. So to pull a motion means to
stretch a muscle too much, so the muscle is like just taken beyond its limits
essentially and so, it kind of causes some discomfort. There's kind of a bad
feeling in the muscle.

In a sentence…

"I think I pulled a muscle… ouch!"

9. dislocate

Dislocate, dislocate. So here, we see the word locate referring to location and
dis-, dis- which means not in other words. So, to dislocate something refers to
removing a part of the body from its correct position and shifting it slightly. So
this is something that you hear with joints. So, a joint is a part of the body where
two things come together. So, for example, a shoulder. We can talk about the
shoulder and dislocate together.

So, if we say a sentence like, "I think I dislocated my shoulder." maybe the
correct position of part of the shoulder is to fit into another bone like this, but
maybe dislocating the shoulder means like you move this way or I don't know
how to dislocate a shoulder. But either way, the correct position is here, the
dislocated position is maybe here or here, I don't know. So, the bone is not
broken. There's no crack. There's no break there. It's just a shift in position. So
the word we use is dislocate, to dislocate something.

In a sentence…

"He dislocated his shoulder and popped it back into place!"

Huh!
10. hurt

Hurt, to hurt something. I've talked about this verb a few times already in this
lesson, but to hurt means to injure or to wound. It's like the very general verb that
we can use to describe all damage to the body. So, hurt generally means, kind of
a small injury. Like, "Ahh… I hurt my finger. I slammed it in the door." Or, "I think
I hurt my arm playing tennis last week."

We usually use this, for kind of minor injuries, not such big injuries. So, in this
case for example, if I say, "I hurt my wrist," it sounds a little too minor actually.
This is probably a more severe injury. I would probably say, yeah, I broke my
wrist. I would use something very specific, instead of hurt. To refer more
generally to just small, everyday damage to the body, you can say hurt. We also
use this word to refer to pain in the body too, like ou...my arm hurts, ou...my wrist
hurts. Instead of saying painful, we use the verb hurts more often. So it's less
natural to say, "My wrist is so painful." Instead, we say, "My wrist hurts." It hurts
is better than painful. So try that out.

In a sentence…

"I hurt myself a lot… on accident."

So, those are 10 words you can use to talk about injuries. I hope that that's
helpful for you and now you have some specific vocabulary to talk about the
various ways we can damage our body. If you have any questions or comments
or if you want to share about the time you were injured, please let us know in the
comment section below this video. Thanks very much for watching this episode
of Top Words and I will see you again soon. Bye-bye!
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Trang: Hi everyone, it's Trang from eLight. And next to me is Alisha from English Class
101. This is our second video we are doing with Alisha and English Class 101.

Alisha: Hi, everybody. I'm Alisha from EnglishClass101.com. Thanks so much for having
me on eLight Channel. It's great to be a part of your video.

Trang: Oh, and what is the topic today?

Alisha: Today, we're going to talk about the top five mistakes that English learners
make.

Trang: Let's go. Let's start.

Alisha: The position of adjectives. So, the first mistake to talk about today is the position
of adjectives. What do you mean, like, the position of adjectives? Do your students
make mistakes with this?

Trang: Let me think. Very often I hear my students state that, "This is a house beautiful."
So, have you ever heard that before?

Alisha: Yeah, actually, my students are Japanese. They often make the same mistake.
Because the word order in Japanese uses the noun first, and then the adjective.
Trang: Oh, yeah. The same in Vietnamese, because people usually translate from our
mother language to English. So, in Vietnam, we have, "nhà o" means house and "đẹp"
means beautiful. And then, we translate it we have, "nhà đẹp" means house beautiful.
But actually, it is incorrect. Right?

Alisha: Right.

Trang: So, what is the right order, the right position of adjective?

Alisha: Yeah, so we should put the adjective before the noun. So, in this example
sentence, "beautiful house" is correct.

Trang: It should be, "This is a beautiful house," right? Can you explain that?

Alisha: Well, I mean, there are some phrases that are just, we just use the same kind of
patterns for them. So, using just a simple adjective and a noun together, whatever the
adjective, or maybe there are more adjectives we want to use. Like in this example of a
"beautiful house," I think you said, like a "red house." for example. We should put the
adjectives together before the noun always, like, "that's a beautiful red house."

Trang: Yeah. Normally, sometimes I hear some students say that "dress red long" when
you want to describe their dress. Actually, what is the correct one?

Alisha: Right. So, in the same, as we saw with the first example sentence, we should
put the adjectives before the noun. So, in this case, I think it was long and red. Yeah,
that's "a long red dress."

Trang: "A long red dress," it should be the correct one, right?

Alisha: That's correct. Yeah.

Trang: So, everyone, make sure to put the adjective in front of the noun.

Alisha: The order of personal pronouns. "You and I," or "I and you." Good, okay. So, the
next mistake to talk about is the order of personal pronoun. So, an example of this is like
"you and I" or "I and you."

Trang: Yeah, it's very funny for this, because many people just say, "I and somebody"
do something. Yeah, I heard that lot in Vietnam. So, have you heard that in Japan?

Alisha: I see. Yes, I have heard that. Like, "I and Trang are making a video." Like not
quite. Yeah, I heard that too.

Trang: So, it is not correct one, right?

Alisha: That's right. It's not the correct one. So, we should say "Trang and I are making
a video." That's the correct sentence here.

Trang: So, in your opinion, what could be the reason for this mistake?

Alisha: Oh, the reason for the mistake? Oh, that's a term--well, it depends on the
country. For your students, I would imagine it's perhaps a word order issue for
Vietnamese students

Trang: Yeah. Because in Vietnam, we usually say, "tôi và." It means "I and somebody."

Alisha: When you are in a situation where you're doing something with other people, it
does sound kind of strange to say, "I and you" or "I and Trang did something." So, as
you're saying, I think it's better to put "I" at the end.

Trang: Okay. So, when you want to put yourself in a list with the others, remember to
put yourself at last. For example, I will say "Alisha and I are making a video," is going to
be a perfect one.

Alisha: Exactly. Sounds good

Trang: Confusion over active and passive voice. And then, next mistake will be the
confusion over active and passive voice.

Alisha: This is a really common one, I think. Yeah. Do you have an example of how this
works?

Trang: Yes, of course, because it's very common mistake. For example, in Vietnam,
people sometimes say, "I was went out with my friends yesterday."

Alisha: That's a perfect example. Like, it's better to use just a simple active voice to
explain that. "I went out with my friends yesterday."

Trang: Yeah. It should be, "I went out with my friends yesterday." It's because, in this
case, it's the active voice and it's not passive. It's not passive, in this case.

Alisha: Exactly, exactly. Yeah. I've heard another example of it, like, something just as
simple action. Like, an everyday action. Like, in passive voice. "The door was opened
by my teacher," for example. It's like a sentence, like that, we can understand the
sentence, but it doesn't need to be in passive.

Trang: Yeah. It's not natural, right?

Alisha: That's right.

Trang: We should say that, "My teacher opened the door."

Alisha: Yeah.

Trang: It's natural, and it's easier to communicate.

Alisha: Exactly, exactly. So, if you're thinking like, "How do I know? When should I use
active voice? When should I use passive voice?" When you want to express like the
person doing the action is not so important or you don't know who did the action. Like,
for example, if your phone was stolen.

Trang: Yeah, yeah.

Alisha: But we don't know who stole the phone. So, you don't know, voice use passive
then. Yeah. Or if that person is not important, use passive voice.

Trang: Yeah. Yeah. And sometimes if you try to translate it from your mother language
into English, don't try to translate word by word.

Alisha: So, another daily life example could be, "My mother cooking dinner," for
example. So, I could say, "My mother cooked dinner" in the active voice, or "Dinner was
cooked by my mother." In that sentence, in the active sentence, it's clear who is the
person who cooked dinner. It's my mother. Like, she's the important part here. If I say,
"Dinner was cooked by my mother."

Trang: Dinner is more important than my mother.

Alisha: Exactly. So, it sounds not so nice. So, "Dinner was cooked by my mother."

Trang: I love my mother a lot so.

Alisha: Me too, me too. So, it's like we should say, "My mother cooked dinner." That's a
much better choice.

Trang: Yeah, Yeah. For daily we should use active voice.

Alisha: Active voice isn't very nice.

Trang: Incorrect use of present continuous. So, number four would be incorrect use of
present continuous.

Alisha: That's a very common problem I've heard. Absolutely, absolutely. So, using the
continuous with a verb that we probably should not use the continuous form with.

Trang: Yeah, for example, if I want to say that, "I love my boyfriend a lot." People will
say that "I am loving him," "I'm loving him." Normally, we just say, "I love him." We don't
need to put it in present continuous in this case.

Alisha: Or when people talk about the sports or their hobbies that they enjoy. They
might say, for example, "I am liking baseball," or "I am liking football," for example. But
in the same way, we should not use the continuous tense there. Let's just use the
simple present tense, "I like baseball," "I like football." So when you're using these, like
mental state, or emotion or feeling verbs, usually we use them in the simple present
tense. Of course, sometimes we use a word like "thinking."

Trang: Yeah, sometimes I still hear that people say, "I'm thinking about something."

Alisha: Right. Exactly. Exactly.

Trang: Why we use "think" in current present continuous, and in which case, we don't
use that in present continuous.

Alisha: Exactly. Well, in that case, that's a perfect example using the word, "think," in the
continuous tense. That's sort of like an action. Like at that moment, I'm thinking about
something, that's an action in my mind.

Trang: That's an action. Yeah.

Alisha: Exactly. So, in that case, it's okay to use it in the continuous, you can.

Trang: So, we have to clarify, the verb is an action or if the verb is current emotional
status, right?

Alisha: Exactly.

Trang: A status.

Alisha: Your example of, "I am loving my boyfriend" sounds a little like, hmm. That's a
little different but what are the other crazy examples can we think of? Oh, sometimes my
students say, "understanding." They say, "I am not understanding." Thank you. That's
very helpful for me. But you should say, "I don't understand," in the present tense.

Trang: Alisha, so can you give us some verbs that usually in simple present? Not in
present continuous?

Alisha: Yeah. So, we talked about, for example, "like," and "love," "know," and
"understand," "fear."

Trang: "Hate?"
Alisha: Yeah.

Trang: A lot.

Alisha: Exactly. Exactly. So, those very like emotion-related words. Those are definitely
good examples of this.

Trang: So, just make sure to think about your verb.

Alisha: Think. Are you thinking about your verbs? Answering the negative questions

Trang: And the next mistake and a very common mistake is answering the negative
question,

Alisha: Answering negative questions. So, for example, a question that begins with a
negative word, right?

Trang: Yeah, yeah, exactly. For example, I would take an example.

Alisha: Okay.

Trang: Yeah, for example, people will ask you, "Don't you want to learn English?"

Alisha: "Don't you? Don't you?" Yeah.

Trang: Yeah. "Don't you want to learn English?" People will say, "Yes, I don't." Or "No, I
don't," "Yes, I do," "No, I do." It gets very confusing.

Alisha: Right. Actually, the native speakers sometimes get confused with this point, too.
But it's good to discuss this. Yeah. Yeah. So, the correct answer to someone asking,
"Don't you want to learn English?" You can say "Yes, I do." Well, I hope you do. If you
want to learn English.

Trang: If you want to learn English. Yeah, you say, "Yes, I do." But if you hate English,
just say "No, I don't."

Alisha: I think people, especially native speakers, use the negative question to make the
question a little more polite or maybe to make the question a little softer. That's it. But
just like you said, just think of it like a simple yes-no question. "Don't you want to learn
English?" "Do you want to learn English?" We use them in the same way. They mean
the same thing.

Trang: So, can you keep us another example?

Alisha: Sure. Another example, maybe a daily life example. Let's see. "Didn't you go to
that party last weekend?" And then, you can answer with "Yes, I did." In this case, it's a
past tense, negative. "Didn't you go to that party?" So, you can answer "Yes, I did," or
"No, I didn't" in the same way that you would answer. "Did you go to that party last
weekend?" If you get confused, then just think of it as a simple yes or no question.
Replace it with "do." "Don't you want to learn English?" So, then, we're talking about
these examples of these problems but what do you think are some ways that students
can learn these good word choices? These more natural word choices?

Trang: Yeah, my advice would be, try to use a lot of authentic materials like TV series,
newspaper, songs, movies, a lot to see how native speaker choose a word.

Alisha: Do you have anything--is there a favorite TV show, or book, or something that
you really enjoyed that helped you?

Trang: I really enjoy "Friends." You know it?

Alisha: I know it. Many people love using "Friends" for study and it was such a popular
show among native speakers too. It's a great resource and it's funny. Check it out,
"Friends."

Both: Bye!

Alisha: Usually, the teacher's surname like Mr. Johnson or Ms. Smith. Didn't you go?
Didn't you go? Sounds a little suspicious, right? Maybe you're checking your friend.
Like, "Didn't you go to that party last weekend?"

Trang: No. Do you want to study with us?

Alisha: Or should I say it one more time a little less silly? Good one!

Both: Yeah.

Alisha: Now, you have a video of us fixing our hair.

10 Things to Do at the Office
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today, we're going
to talk about 10 things to do at the office. These are going to be 10 verbs or 10
expressions with verbs in them that you can use when you are at the office. Let's go!

1. check email

The first expression is check email. To check email means just to look and see if you
have new messages or you need to write a message or is there new information that
you need to be aware of. So just to check your email is to check the information that has
been sent to you.

In a sentence, "I check email throughout the day."

2. make copies

The next expression is make copies, make copies. So, to make a copy means to go to
the copy machine and put your document on the machine and then you duplicate it.
Anyway, make copies, to make copies of a document is to duplicate the document using
the copy machine, using the copy machine.

In a sentence, "Can you make four copies of this?"

3. schedule a meeting

Schedule a meeting, schedule a meeting, so to schedule a meeting means to create a

meeting and tell the other people about the meeting at that specific time, to schedule a
meeting, so to make a plan for a meeting, essentially. In a sentence, I'll schedule the
meeting for 11 tomorrow.

4. take / make a call

The next is actually a pair, you have take a call and make a call. So, to take a call
means to receive a call. So, a phone call comes to you. Make a call, however, means
the call comes from you, like I need to make a call to my mother today or I need to make
a call to the client later this afternoon. In the reverse, you can say, "Oh, I really need to
take this call."

Okay, in sentence, "I need to take this call."

5. write a report

The next expression is write a report, write a report. So, we do this after a task has
finished, something has been completed, we need to write about that task and the
results. So, we write a report about that thing.

In a sentence, "I've got a few reports to write by the end of the day."

6. attend a meeting

the next expression is attend a meeting, attend a meeting. So attend means go to or

attend means participate, essentially. So, attend a meeting means go to the meeting,
participate in the meeting.

In a sentence, "Please attend the staff meeting on Friday."

7. have a conference call

The next expression is have a conference call, have a conference call. A conference
call means a phone call with many participants. So, this can mean participants from
your company sharing like the phone in one room, many people using one phone on
speaker phone, so that everyone in the room can listen. So, there's that, but the person
on the end of the line, the person on the other end of the line in this case might be one
person or it might be another group of people or it might be several groups all speaking
on the same phone call. So a conference call means a phone call or perhaps a video
call with many different participants.

In a sentence, "We have a conference call scheduled for 3 today."

8. submit a timesheet

The next expression is submit a timesheet, submit a timesheet. So, to submit is like to
present, to give your boss or to give a manager a timesheet. A timesheet is a record of
your working hours. So, what time did you start work and what time did you finish work?
So, submitting that might be something you do at the end of the month.

In a sentence, "Please submit your timesheet by the end of the week."

9. clock in / clock out

The next expression is another pair of expressions. It's clock in and clock out. These are
the expressions we use when we start work and we record it in a time system and we
end work and we record the time. So when we clock in is when we come to the office
and we begin work. When we arrive at the office, we clock in, we register, we are at
work, we are at the office. We clock out when we leave the office at the end of the day.

In a sentence, "Don't forget to clock in and clock out every day."

10. Go to lunch

The next expression is go to lunch, go to lunch. So not...well, you can't say eat lunch,
but if you say go to lunch, it sounds a little bit more friendly, a little more casual. So, to
go to lunch means to take your lunch break. I'm going to go to lunch.

In a sentence, "We're gonna go to lunch. Wanna come?"

Those are 10 things to do at the office. Is there something else that you do at the office
or an expression you've heard at the office that you're confused about? Let us know in
the comments. Thank you very much for watching this episode of Top Words! I will see
you again soon. Bye-bye!
10 Words and Phrases for Driving
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Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha.

Welcome back to Top Words!

Today, we're going to talk about 10 words and phrases for driving.

Keep in mind, you'll see a lot of phrasal verbs in driving and in transportation in
general. We're going to talk about a few in this lesson. Let's go!

1. start

The first word is "start." To start is just to turn on the car. So, I don't know, old
cars, it was just turning the key and that would, you know, ignite the engine, get
the engine going. But now, you can just like, you can push a button to start cars
too, so depending on the type of car, I don't know. But essentially, to begin your
car experience, we need to first start the car, so start the car.

In a sentence…

"Start the car! It's freezing!"

2. pull out / pull in

The next one is actually a pair, so we have "pull out" and "pull in." So we use
these two words when we're leaving or when we're going into, for example, a
parking space. So when we are leaving a parking space in a car, we often say
"pull out of the parking space." When we are entering a parking space, we can
say, "pull in to the parking space." So just keep that in mind. So when you're
leaving, "pull out," pull out of a location. When you are entering something, "pull
in" to a location, so "pull in to the garage" or "pull in to a parking space."

In a sentence…

"Pull out of the garage and go left."

3. merge

The next word is "merge." So to merge means two or more things come
together as one. So you might hear this with like companies, like company A
and Company B merged. We use this in driving four lanes, so the lines on the
road show us the lanes for driving. Sometimes, these lanes merge together to
become one lane or to become one highway as well, we can see that too. So
merging just means that the roads or the lanes are going to come together. You
will see this on signs like merging lanes up ahead, for example.

In a sentence…

"The lanes merge up ahead."

4. change lanes

The next expression is "change lanes." So if you're on a road that has more than
one lane… So we use the word lane to mean those like the separate lines on
the highway that we can drive between. If you would like to move to the
neighboring one, the next lane, we use the expression "to change lanes" like
change lanes before the intersection, for example.

In a sentence…

"Look all around your car before you change lanes."

5. blinker

The next word is "blinker." Blinker is kind of a casual word for it because it's like
the, it's an onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia means like the sound that a word
makes. So "blinker" is many, many, many of these, kind of a tik, tik, tik sound as
they're on, so that they flash to show we're going to make a turn. So blinker is
kind of a casual word for this on the, on the back and the front light. But we…
we also use the word "turn signal." So these are the lights on the fronts and the
backs of cars that show a driver is turning. So a right turn signal, left turn signal,
front and back, so, but we also call them "blinkers."

So in a sentence…

"Use your blinker when making a turn."

6. windshield wipers

The next expression is "windshield wipers." So these are those objects on the
front. They're outside the car. They're in front of the glass that protects the driver
from the wind, so the windshield. So on rainy days or on days maybe with bad
weather, I don't know what's happening, but when there's something on the
windshield, we use the windshield wipers to wipe the shield clean. So windshield
wipers are these things, they do this. So a windshield wiper keeps the
windshield clear of maybe, like debris or like maybe leaves or something or rain
as well, so windshield wipers are important.

In a sentence…

"Windshield wipers are important on rainy days."

7. pass

The next word is "pass." As a verb, "to pass." So if you are behind a very slow-
moving vehicle like a really big truck that's transporting something, you want to
go around that vehicle. We use the verb "pass" to describe that. So if I'm
following a truck and I say oh so slow, I'm going to pass this truck and then that
means you wait for a passing lane in some cases to go around safely. So to
pass someone is to go beyond someone. So yeah, that's all it means.

In a sentence…

"You need to pass this guy. He's so slow."

8. fast lane

The next expression is "fast lane." Especially on highways, there might be one
lane that's used for the fastest driving cars, the cars that want to move at the
fastest speed, so we call that the "fast lane." There is also a slow lane. We can
say that, you know, actually on highways, on highways, typically, the outermost
lane is the slow lane and the innermost lane is the fast lane. Why? Because the
outermost lane is closest to the exits, so if there's an exit or an off-ramp for the
highway, the slow lane has the most direct access to that. The fast lane;
however, is cars that want to continue down the highway for a longer period of
time, so they don't have any need to stop for a while. So fast lane and there's a
slow lane.

In a sentence…

"Use the fast lane!"

9. break the speed limit

The next expression is "break the speed limit." So we use the verb "break" for
laws, for rules, to break a rule, to break the law. We use it in this case too. The
"speed limit" is a law, how fast you are allowed to go, the maximum speed, the
speed limit. So to "break the speed limit" means you are breaking the law. It's a
bad thing. So to break the speed limit, if you are caught by a police officer, you
may have to pay a fine or you may get a ticket or you may go to jail, I don't
know.

So in a sentence…

"You're breaking the speed limit. Slow down."

10. get pulled over

The next expression is "get pulled over." To get pulled over means, in your car,
the police stopped you. So, the police turned on their sirens and follow you in
their car and you have to pull your car over to the side of the road and speak to
the police officer because of some problem that you have. So maybe, you were
speeding, you broke the speed limit. We use the expression "speeding" for that.
Or maybe, you have a light, one of your blinkers is out, for example, or maybe
there's a problem with your license plate or the tags on your car. So the "tags"
refers to your car's registration. So maybe, there's some problem with your car
or maybe you had some kind of bad behavior, I don't know. But to get pulled
over is typically a bad thing. A police officer has identified you in your car as a
problem somehow, so to get pulled over means the police make you pull your
car off the road to speak to you.

In a sentence…

"I was speeding and got pulled over by the police."

So, those are 10 words and phrases for driving. I hope that those are useful for
you. If you have another phrase or another expression that you like to use a lot,
let us know in the comments. Thanks very much for watching this episode of
Top Words and I will see you again soon. Bye-bye!
10 Things to Do at a Bank
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Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today,
we're going to talk about 10 things to do at a bank. These are going to be some
phrases that include some key verbs and some key nouns we're using at the
bank. Let's go.

"Make a deposit."

Make a deposit, make a deposit. So, a deposit means putting money into the
bank. So, putting your money into your bank account. "To make a deposit." So,
deposit means put in. So, deposit your lunch in the bag. What? Deposit your
money in the bank account. So, put money into your bank account is "make a
deposit." In a sentence, "I'd like to make a deposit."

"Make a withdrawal."

The next word is "make a withdrawal." So, withdrawal is a hard word to say.
"Withdrawal," so the W sound in this word is softened a lot. A withdrawal. We
don't really say /withadrawal/ here. Make a withdrawal. It's sort of like a long
/awl/ sound, /awl/, withdrawal, make a withdrawal. So, to make a withdrawal is
the opposite of making a deposit. So, making a withdrawal is taking money out
of your bank account, to remove money from your bank account. That's to make
a withdrawal. In a sentence, "I need to make a withdrawal from my savings
account."

"Open/close an account."
7. The next verb is "go."

Go big or go home.

I am going to the beach, you should go to the beach.

You should go to the forest.

Go to a baseball game with me.

Past tense of go is "went," I went…. spelunking on my holiday.

8. The next word is "know."

This is an interesting word because no is actually not commonly used in the progressive
tense. Know is commonly used in present tense to refer to your mental state or your
emotional state. So we don't really say I am knowing really but we can say I know.

I know the answer.

What do you know about this issue?

He couldn't have possibly known the location of the treasure.

How many people do you know?

I knew it.
9. The next verb is "take."

Take a cake.

Take a break.

Take yourself to bed.

You should take a vacation.

Have you ever taken a bath.

10. And next word is "see."

We will see, I will see you later.

11. The next verb is "come."

Come is the next verb.

Please come to my house.

Come to a party.

I am going to come over to your place later.

12. The next word is "think."

Think. I think you are great.

He thinks pizza is the best food.

I am thinking about lunch. I am thinking about coffee.

What are you thinking about? I've been Thinking ‘Bout Somethin'. That's a Hanson
song.

Have you ever thought about the meaning of life.

13. "Look," look is the next verb.

Please look at the camera.

Look over there.

Look over here.

Look at dog,.

Look at your mom.

Oh my gosh, would you look at that!

Look at the time,.

Look! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's actually a bird, look at that.
Is it me you are looking for, hello.

14. Next word is "want."

Want, what do you want? I want food.

How many coffees have you ever wanted.

I wanted to go to the dry-cleaner this morning but I ran out of time, that's true.

15. The next verb is "give."

Give me a break.

I am going to give you a raise, Stevens.

I am giving you the X, Fired.

Gimme a break, Gimme a break, Break me off a piece o' that Kit Kat bar.

I have given you everything I have, go on to Mordor, Frodo.

I could have given you the world and instead I gave you a carpet.

16. "Use" is the next word, use.

Don't use a pen.

I like using chocolate when I make food.

Are you using me for my brain?

17. Next is "find."

We could have found buried treasure last weekend.

I am finding Nemo.

Find things on the internet with Google.

Find English words and phrases at englishclass101.com, yeah.

18. "Tell" is the next verb.

Tell me a story.

Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lie.

Tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I am told that you are an extremely good opera singer.

I am telling you to leave.

Tell lies every day.

Don't tell lies.

19. The next word is "ask," ask.

Please pronounce this correctly. It is not axe. Many native speakers make this
pronunciation mistake and it really bothers me, ask.

Ask me about my collection of rare donut recipes.

Ask your mom about her life.

Why don't you ask your boss to the party?

How about you ask your co-worker for some advice about this issue.

I should have asked for help but I didn't.

20. The next verb is "work."

Work is work.

I am working now.

21. "Seem," to seem.

The weather seems nice today.

He seemed a little angry this morning.

22. "Feel" is the next word.

Feel, I feel happy, feelings.

How does it feel, feel, feel, Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do.

23. "Try," oh my gosh!

Try is the next word. Hah

I am trying my best.

I try everyday to work very hard.

Have you ever tried Ramen?

I tried Ramen yesterday and it was really good.

Do you try to exercise every day?

I am trying to sleep, go away.

24. The next verb is "leave ," leave.

Leave me alone.

Leave your doors unlocked.

Don't leave your doors unlocked.

I have never left a hotter balloon without first taking the picture.

25. The next verb is "call."

Call is the next verb.

Give me a call.

Please call me later.

Call me maybe.

Call your mom on her birthday every year, she will be happy.

Call, call, there is a seagull.

Have you ever called the wrong number?

Have you ever called a dog by another dog's name?

And that's the end of the most fun episode I've ever done I think.

So those are 25 English verbs, some very, very common English verbs. Give them a try.
We've talked about a lot of different grammar forms and a lot of different ways, you can
use these verbs. So please practice them and if you like this video, please be sure to
comment. Please be sure to subscribe too. We will have a button around here
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Okay these are just a few.
Top 25 English Nouns

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha and today we are going to be talking about the top 25
English nouns. These are the top 25 most commonly used nouns in English. So let's get
started!

1. The first noun is the word "name."

Name of course is used in common questions like "What's your name?" "My name is…"
and so on.

My favorite actor's name is Harrison Ford or something like that.

Say my name, say my name.

2. The next word is "time."

Time is used of course to express the point in the day and it's used in questions like
"what time is it?," "can you tell me what time it is?"

"I don't have any time lately," if you are really busy.

Have you any time?

It's time for my favorite show House of Cards. Kevin Spacey is cool.
3. And the next noun is "man."

Please be careful, man is one of those words that has an irregular plural form. When
you need to use the plural of the word man, you should say men, do not say mans. It's
very funny but don't say it.

Who is that man or what's up man? You can use man with men or women interestingly
enough.

4. The next word is "woman"

And woman also has an irregular plural form. Please say women when referring to more
than one woman, not womens or womans. Even though the singular and the plural form
of women and woman have the same spelling at the beginning wom, the pronunciations
are different, woman, women. So watch out for that when you say this. Pretty woman!

5. The next word is "person."

You can use it to refer generally to either a man or a woman. Please be careful.
Person's plural form becomes people. When you want to talk about another culture for
example, you can say such and such country's people or the people in that country
speak blah blah blah language.

6. The next word is "thing."

Generally an inanimate object, something that just doesn't move like a water bottle or
you know sweater, a thing. You can use it when you don't know the word for something.
So thing is very, very useful.
What is this thing? I like many things, for example.

Where the Wild Things Are is a movie that's already out that I totally knew about.

7. The next word is "mother."

Mother is the person, the woman who gave birth to you. Isn't that exciting?

Mother is commonly shortened to mom or mama or mommy, ma, madre if you speak
Spanish, mamba if you are me, mamasita.

8. The next word is "day."

Of course day is used in all of the days of the week, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Time period when the sun is out, the day or the
day time. Have a nice day.

9. The next word is "world."

World just refers to the entire planet earth. Well I like to travel all around the world or I
like trying foods from all around the world. In the world of science, this is an upcoming
technology; or in the world of literature, he is one of the most famous authors. So world
can be used to refer just to kind of a more specific hobby or a specific interest or just a
specific person's life. War of Worlds.

10. "Father," father is your ‘dad'.

Other common words used for father are dad, papa, pop, daddy, pa, fasher. I use that
one with my dad.
While mother is used to refer to kind of like nurturing kind of, like you know, the earth or
things that like kind of give life to others. Father at least in my mind, there is kind of this
image of someone who is a little bit more strict in your life.

11. The next word is "sister."

A female sibling is your sister and you can also use sister for a female person that you
feel very, very close with. So I might call my female friend who is – I am very close to,
my sister. My brother likes to shorten it to sis. You might also hear sista as well if you
are silly. Sister, Whoopi Goldberg was in a famous movie called Sister Act.

12. The next word is "brother."

Brother is a male sibling. You can also use brother to refer to a close male friend,
common variations of brother are brother, bro, brah, broski depending on what kind of
person you are, you can choose to use any number of those like I might sarcastically
say to my friend, "cool story bro" like, if you just told me a story that's not very exciting.

In Mario for example, the name of the Mario game is actually Super Mario Brothers but
brothers is abbreviated as Bros, Super Mario Bros. Yeah just be careful about your use
of bro because it sounds a little bit like a college age boy. That's kind of a feeling of the
word bro.

O Brother Where Art Thou?

13. The next word is "daughter."

Daughter is a female child, daughter. Do you have a daughter, I have a daughter, I don't
have a daughter. Taken!
14. It's "son."

A male child is someone's son. Son is pronounced exactly the same as Sun.

What are you talking about, son?

15. The next word is "eye."

Your eye is the round thing that you use to see with. Eye is used in a lot of expressions
and idioms in English as in I've got my eye on you meaning I am watching you; or keep
your eye out for something, meaning please look for something, or please pay close
attention. I am waiting for something to happen.

16. The next word is "hand," body part.

Give me a hand, or can I give you a hand? It means please help me, or can I help you?
To give someone a hand.

17. "Head," this thing on the top of your body, your head.

We use head to refer to the top of things as in the head of a company, the head of a
group, the head of the line, so whoever is first in the line, whoever is top at the
company, they are the head. If you have a head, dance. If you have a head, then dance
uh!

18. The next word is "foot."

This is another word that has a weird plural form. One foot, two feet. Foot interestingly
enough, foot is used of course to refer to your body part. A foot also is a unit of
measurement if you are from America or I believe one other country in the world uses
this system. Sorry we are not on board with a metric thing in America but foot is 12
inches, about this long. So if head refers to the top of things, foot is used to refer to the
bottom of things. If you've written a paper on Microsoft word for example, at the very
bottom of the page, there will be a space called the footer meaning the bottom where
you can put little notes to your reader.

19. The next word is "place."

Place can be used to refer generally to a location commonly to refer to friends homes or
apartments.

Let's go to your place or can we have the party at your place?

It's a little bit more natural than I want to go to your house.

20. The next word is "work."

Be careful about using work as a noun and work as a verb. Your work refers to your job,
your responsibilities, your tasks at your office or your workplace. You can use it in a
phrase like "I have a lot of work to do" or "please help me with my work." I like to go to
work. It can be used to just refer to anything artistic in general. So it can mean, it can be
a painting, it can be a building, it can be a sculpture, it can be arrows, whatever.
Anything artsy can be referred to as work as in I really like that new work by that artist or
did you see so and so's new work?

Twerk?

21. The next word is "week."

Week refers to the 7-day period that we have decided is one week here in the modern
world. Commonly used in expressions relating to your activities as in I go to the gym
once a week or I see my friends twice a week or I have to work every day of the week.
Monday through Friday is referred to as weekdays. Saturday and Sunday weekend.

22. Next word is "month."

Month is, there are 12 months in a year.

My favorite month depending on which country I am in, I generally like autumn months
like October. I think I usually like the month of October. September-October is good
because it's not too hot and not too cold and Halloween is coming and that's my favorite
holiday. Hannah "Month"tana.

23. Next word is "year."

Year refers to the time period usually 365 days. There are leap years where there is an
extra day in the month of February.

"What year were you born?" or "I was born in the year of the rabbit" depending on which
calendar you like to use.

It can be used to introduce a story, as in many years ago, I went to blah, blah, blah.

Year of the platypus.

24. Next is the word "one."

The number one, the first number, one of something, to refer to somebody who you
loved and who left your life, you can say, oh he or she was the one that got away.
25. The next one is the "number."

but it can be used in a number of expressions, like, "what's your phone number?" or
"give me your number" or "here is my number." It means phone number but we don't
always say phone.

That's the end of the top 25 most common nouns in the English language. Maybe
you've used some of these. We probably have. Keep them in mind and have fun with
them. Thanks very much for watching this episode and we will see you again soon, bye.

Top 25 English Adjectives

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha and today we are going to be talking about the top 25
English adjectives. So these are the top 25 English adjectives in terms of how often they
are used. So let's get right into it.

1. Okay the first adjective is the word "good."

Good can be used to refer to anything that you think is good or great or positive. In the
comparative form, it is better. In the superlative form, it is best. So I think pizza is good. I
think that sleep is good. I really think that sleep is good. Baseball is good, playing sports
is good, video games are good.

2. The next word is "new."

Comparative form newer, superlative form newest. I have a new haircut, do you want a
new bike, I need to get a new job.

3. So next one is "first."

First just refers to the number one of something. Yeah the original of something. You
could say the first silent film or the first movie I ever watched or the first CD I ever
bought. The first CD I ever bought was Michael Jackson's band.

4. Next word is "last."

The final of something. We use last to refer to the most recent of something as well as
in the last time I went to the beach or the last time I went to the forest or the last time I
saw my friend. Have you ever eaten the last piece of pizza when you weren't supposed
to? What was the last word we talked about. It was first.

5. The next word is "long."

Long, anything that you feel is – lightsabers are long, subway sandwiches are long. I'm
sorry. I'm not supposed to laugh for long.

6. The next word is "great."

Great can be used to express any positive emotion. Somebody gives you new
information and you think it's good but you want to express that it's even better than
good, you can say it's great. Greater is the comparative form, greatest is the superlative
form. The greatest invention of all time was a light bulb for example.

What do you think is your greatest achievement? One of life's greatest pleasures is
finding people to be good friends with. It's great.

7. The next word is "little."

This is a very common word that gets used in an expression like when I was little for
referring to when you were a kid. So when I was little, I really like to play outside or
when I was little, I was really into Pokémon. I have said very little about the very little.

8. The next word is "near."

Near, nearer, nearest. You probably know the location of the nearest maybe a
supermarket to your house and the nearest post office. I live near a very fashionable
store.
9. The next word is "big."

Big is used for anything that is large in size or large conceptually. So for example, you
can say an elephant is a big animal or in terms of concept, you can say let's see, that
fashion is really big right now or that artist is really big right now and that refers to
popularity. Big movies are exciting to watch with friends. Do you have any bigger
sandwiches? I am really hungry.

10. Next word is "other." Other just refers to something else, something different from
what is currently happening, the other thing, the other person. My other friend is a DJ,
my other friend is a cook, my other friend is a dancer, my other friend – I have really
interesting friends. What other things have you done with your life?

11. The next word is "old," old.

It can be used to refer to people, it can be used to refer to animals, to art. Anything that
has a long history. So maybe I like old movies or I don't like old art or I think my grandpa
is really, really old. He has been getting old.

12. The next word is "right."

This can be used to refer to the direction, right as in the opposite of left or it can be used
to refer to something that is correct. So in a sentence like you are right, it means you are
correct. That is the correct answer. It can also be used to mean right as in make a right
turn but you will have to listen to the context to decide which meaning is the true
meaning. This is not right, it could mean something that's not fair or that you disagree
strongly with. This is not right.

13. The next word is "high."

High refers to something that is very tall, very – way up somewhere. So many people
might say like I have a fear of high buildings or I have a fear of high places. It can also in
the comparative form just refer to something higher or taller than something else.
Highest meaning the most high. I like high volume music.

14. The next word is "different."

not the same as something else is different. I think that having many different friends is
a lot of fun. Do you enjoy listening to different kinds of music?

15. The next word is "small."

Small, smaller and smallest. Small and little are extremely similar. I would pretty much
use them in the same way, however we don't say when I was a small kid, we say when I
was a little kid, or you can say when I was small.

16. The next word is "large."

Large and big are very much the same. I will say though that large is used on clothing
sizes. Big is not and when we talked about big, we talked about how big can be used to
refer to something that's very popular. Large is not used to refer to something that's
popular. Large is used for sizing I feel only. So like a house can be large but it's used to
refer to like the physical size of something. Large and in charge. large, larger, largest.
This is the largest hippopotamus in the zoo.

17. The next word is "easy."

Easy is the next word. Easy, easier, easiest. Now this is a good one that you can use
any time something seems very simple for you. For example, this test is easy or that
was the easiest thing I've ever done or I hope this test is easier than the last test. Don't
call person easy Alisha. Don't ever call a person easy, unless you are trying to be really
rude. My driving test was really easy or what's the easiest language you've ever
studied?

18. The next word is "difficult."

Difficult is something that seems hard to do. What is the most difficult thing you've ever
had to do? The most difficult thing I've ever had to do was move to a different country.

19. The next word is "young."

young, younger, youngest. Come on guys. Younger, younger generations have a lot of
new technologies to experiment with. Young –

20. The next word is "important."

Important, more important, most important. What is important to you? I think that
practicing another language is more important than playing a banjo. I don't have a
banjo. You can find something that's important to you and put your time into it. I think
drinking a lot of water every day is important, putting on your shoes before you leave the
house is very important. I have to go, it's very important that I go.

21. Next word is "interesting," interesting.

Anything that you think is cool, anything that you find that makes you go ooh is
something that's interesting. I think that this type of music is the most interesting type of
music. Your mom is interesting.

22. The next word is "short."

shorter, shortest. I am the shortest person in my class. I am the shortest person in the
room. Short just refers to something that is not long. So it can refer to a size or it can
also refer to a concept as in a length of time. So like I am going to travel abroad for a
short period of time.

23. "Bad"

You know I'm bad, I'm bad, you know it. Bad, something that is not good. Bad food will
give you bad feelings in your stomach. You are a bad dog. Who is a bad dog? You are a
bad dog.

24. The next one is "boring."

Something that is not interesting, something that does not make you go ooh but
something that makes you go hah! The most boring story I've ever heard was a story
about a tomato. If I don't do anything, this will be really boring.

25. "Far," referring to distance.

Something that is not near to you is far. How can I go farther? Far, the farthest I've ever
run is 7 kilometers. I am not a runner.

Okay that's the end of the top 25 English adjectives. You would probably use these if
you are studying English and if you haven't, try to experiment with them and see what
kind of interesting sentences that you can make up. Try to use the normal form and the
comparative form and the negative form and the superlative form. You can express a lot
with just these 25 words. So give them a try. Thanks very much for watching us in this
lesson and we will see you again soon, bye. Cows are delicious!

10 Favorite Words (Chosen by Fans)

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Today we are going to be talking about the top ten
favorite English words. We asked our fans on Facebook what their favorite English
words were and these are the top 10 that came out. So let's talk about them.

Come on, the first word or the first phrase is come on. Come on is a phrase that's used
to encourage other people like let's go to the party, come on or you could also use it
with downward intonation as in come on when you feel upset about something.
Someone has stopped in front of you on the middle of the street and you are trying to
walk but they just don't move, you can say come on though don't say that a lot maybe
because they might get upset with you. Come on over, come on over baby! That's a
good one. Yeah come on over to my house or come on over to the barbecue this
weekend, it's going to be a good time. So you can use it as part of a separate phrase as
well and not just by itself.

Believe, the next word is believe. Believe is used, a verb, it's a verb when you trust in
something or that you feel that you know that something exists or something is possible
or something is capable. Many people use it as in like I believe in you to show that they
think that the other person or the other group of people is capable of doing something or
people use it for their faith as well like I believe in god or I don't believe in God for
something that you have your faith in – in another person or in religion or whatever that
might be.

Consistency, consistency is a noun. The consistency of a liquid can be really thick or

kind of thin or you can also use consistency to talk about something that's important that
you need when you are studying a language for example. Consistency, so consistency
refers to doing the same thing the same way over and over and over again. Studying
every day or making a habit out of studying, creating consistency in your study patterns
will really help you in learning another language. We watch our videos every week, we
are consistent.
Friend, friend, that's good. I am glad that that was the word that was chosen from the
Facebook thing. Friend, yeah so someone that you feel close to or someone that you
get along really well with is your friend. In a sentence, I went out drinking with my friends
yesterday and that was a bad idea. Friend also can be used for the people who follow
you or the people who you are connected to on social media. So your Facebook friends,
maybe Twitter, you can have Twitter friends, maybe Instagram friends, people that you
haven't actually met but that you somehow have a connection with online. People are
now calling them your friends but whether or not they are true friends remains to be
seen. What is the true friend? A true friend is someone who you can tell all your things
to and they won't judge you for it.

Gatecrash, this, this. Gatecrash means to go to an event without having been invited to
the event. I've also heard I am just crashed. I haven't heard it with gate, but I just heard
crash as in to crash a party. So in a sentence, I once crashed a house party. Umm I
wasn't invited but someone – somehow we had a connection and we just showed up
and had a good time but usually gatecrashes are perceived as – they are very
unwelcome like you shouldn't be there.

Great, great is just a positive word. How are you? I am great. Oh, how was that movie?
It was great. Any time that you want to express some sort of positivity, you can use the
word great. Great! You are great Ilene. Pizza is pretty great. I haven't eaten pizza in a
while, pizza.

I don't know, I love the phrase, I don't know. I talked about this phrase in one of the
English topics videos that we did with Michael. Check that out if you haven't already. I
don't know of course is used when you do not know information. You don't know the
answer. Your teacher asks you a question in math class or something and you can say,
I don't know for – I have no idea. So you can use it in this way but I like to use I don't
know a lot to transition in my speech. When I don't have a good idea or when I am out of
things to say and I want to kind of pass the conversation to the next person, I go, I don't
know, I don't know. You can use this when you are trying to make a decision for
example and you kind of want to encourage the other person to like help make the
decision. So one person might say, what do you want to do and you can say, I don't
know. What do you want to do? I don't know what do you want to do and eventually
somebody has to make the decision but you can kind of pass back and forth with I don't
know, I don't know in the sort of soft way.

Never mind, yeah never mind means don't worry about it or maybe like stop thinking
about that. I don't need to think about that anymore. Never mind like you want to move
on in the conversation and you can say never mind or you make an embarrassing
comment, never mind. What is happening? There is like a cocky thing happening, never
mind. Oh I just used it, never mind. No that wasn't on purpose. So I just used never
mind. That was pretty good.

Passion, passion refers to something that you feel very strongly about positively usually.
So you can feel passion for your studies, you can feel passion for your hobby; you can
feel passion for your family or your friend. I think we use passion more so to talk about
like a love relationship, a romantic relationship. So you can say I have passion for my
wife, I have passion for my husband or like I have passion for this hobby that I do. It's a
really positive word. So in a sentence, let's see. I think a relationship should be full of
passion. I have a passion for music. I do, I have passion for music. I am constantly
listening to music. From the moment I wake up in the morning, I literally have
headphones in my bed and I am listening to my latest – the latest new things on my
SoundCloud stream, that's true.

Sparkler, why did you guys pick sparkler? Sparkler, a sparkler is a small firework like a
handheld firework that you can use like on 4th of July, you light one end of it and it kind
of goes pss….It makes that sound too, it goes pss…and it kind of burns and you can
write stuff and if you take a picture with like a long timer on the camera, that way you
can spell out boobs. One of my favorite things to do on the 4th of July in America is to
light sparklers with my family and friends.

And that's the end. So those are – let's see how many? 10, those were ten really cool
words that you guys chose from Facebook. Thanks a lot for participating and sending in
those words. It's interesting to see what you guys chose. Thanks again for watching
today and we will see you again next time. Bye. We are stirring the pot here at
englishclass101.com

10 Hardest Words to Pronounce

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Hi, everybody my name is Alisha and today we're going to be talking about ten of the
hardest words to pronounce according to you guys. So we collected some information
from you on Facebook, thanks very much for sending in your ideas, and these are the
top 10 most difficult words for you to pronounce. So let's get started!

Absolutely.

Absolutely might be tough to pronounce. Absolutely means 100%. Absolutely is an

agreement phrase. Are you going to that music event next week? Absolutely. Yes,
100%, definitely. Absolutely. lute like a lute, LUTE.

Begrime.

Begrime apparently means dirty, I've never heard nor use this word before, but perhaps
it's difficult to pronounce. Begrime. The door to my apartment was begrimed in the storm
last week.

Breakfast.

The next word is breakfast. Breakfast is hard to pronounce, but that is the meaning of
breakfast. You're breaking the fast, so fast is a period of time without eating, and to
break means to, well in this case, breaking something it doesn't refer to, like, crushing a
think, but stopping something, to break the fast of the night, in other word. So you're
fasting during the night, you're not eating, so you wake up in the morning you break the
fast. But we don't say "break fast," we say breakfast. In a sentence, this morning for
breakfast I ate a bowl of cereal with grapes, and I had a coffee too.

Colleague.
Yes, colleague, many of my students struggle with this, they say coLLEAgue, or they
say calleaGUE or something because the spelling of this world is really really strange,
there's that GUE at the end. Or more commonly I feel just co-worker, colleagues sounds
slightly more formal to me than co-worker. Somebody who you work with, or somebody
who you have a business relationship with, in some sense. Could be a person from
another company, could be somebody from your own company. Anyone who you do
business dealings with is your colleague, can be your colleague. In a sentence, I'm
going to a networking event with my colleagues next week.

Miscellaneous.

That MISC, miscellaneous, so it's just the spelling I think maybe it's confusing for this
word, miscellaneous. Miscellaneous just means other stuff, or just other uncategorized
stuff. I keep a lot of miscellaneous items in a drawer in my house. Maybe they don't
really fit into one category like it's not kitchen thing, it's not clothing, it's just sort of a
mixture of things, miscellaneous things.

Negotiation.

The next word is negotiation. Negotiation. yeah there are two T's in this, but neither T is
a hard T, they're both very soft that "sh-sh" sound, because they're followed by the "i"
and another vowel, the TIA, negotiation. Negotiation refers to a compromise between
two people, you're trying to make a decision and you negotiate. In this case, it's the
noun form, negotiation. Business negotiations continued for more than a month with this
important deal.

Realm.

I see why this one's hard, because of that REALM part, the of EALM, it's a weird word
isn't it did you talk about. Just like the kind of a fantasy world, a sort of the nuances of
this phrase the realm. In a sentence, let us go to the realm where the elves live and eat
their bread.

Unfortunately.

The next word is unfortunately. Unfortunately. Unfortunately just means too bad. you
can use this to to start bad news, for example, unfortunately I can't come to work today
because I'm sick. Or unfortunately I broke my arm at the basketball game last week. Or
unfortunately my haircut is bad.

Vocabulary.

Vocabulary just refers to the words in a language. My vocabulary in my second

language is really really low. I need a bigger vocabulary so that I can express myself
more clearly.

World.

Ah I see why this one's hard. World, world. Hard to pronounce that RLD, I think together
is tough, plus that W at the beginning as well. Such a short word but you have to say so
many weird things the same time. World, your tongue is going like this. In a sentence, I
have traveled all over the world and the best food is in... my stomach.

That's the end! So those are 10 hard to pronounce words. Give them a try slowly at first
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15 Questions You Should Know
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Why is the Jurassic Park theme song coming up? Hi, everybody my name is Alisha and
today we're gonna be talking about 15 questions that you should know. So these are 15
question that not necessarily you need to know how to ask them perhaps you know
some of the questions already but you will probably also hear these questions as well,
so we'll practice a few different answers to these questions, too. So let's get started!

1. Do you like American food?

The first question is "do you like American food?" you will probably be asked this
question do you like American food? you can either say yes, or a no, or you can give a
specific example. If someone says "do you like American food?" Yes, I love philly
cheese steaks. I would recommend saying yes, or a little, or you can just say "I don't
know, what do you recommend?"

2. Have you been to the United States?

The next question is "have you been to the united states?"

"Have you been to the United States?" So someone asks you "have you been to the
United States?" You should reply with either yes, I have; or no, I haven't; or maybe no, I
haven't yet, but I want to. When you want to ask someone this question you can say
"have you been to Japan?" "Have you been to Egypt?" "Have you been to china?"
Whatever, you can use your own country when you ask this question

3. How are you?

How are you? when someone asked "how are you?" don't say I'm fine, thank you, and
you. Please don't say that, please say something more natural like good, great, I'm
good, how are you? something like that is much better than I'm fine, thank you, and you.
Be a little more genuine in your reply. Also when you ask this question maybe you
wanna point out to sound a little more natural when you ask someone else don't, like, try
to say "how are ya?" "how are ya?" instead of "how are you?" or, and make make sure
your intonation is correct, I've had a few people ask me "how are you!" like a little too...
with this question I like HOW are you but "how ARE you" should be the intonation with
this. How are you? How are ya? It's a little bit more natural.

4. How long have you been studying English?

Great question to know the answer to, your answer should be I have been studying
English for blah blah blah years or blah blah blah months, or blah blah blah weeks. But
if that's too much for you, you can just use the time. "How long have you been studying
English?" "6 years." How long have you been studying English? "2 months." So just pick
the time if the whole sentence is quite long for you.

5. How old are you?

We don't really go around asking people how old they are, just the first time you meet
them necessarily, especially if they're older, much older than you, like in particular, it's
sometimes considered rude to ask, especially, women how old they are. So just be
careful with this question, but if you're about the same age group, you know, maybe,
you're an event, or a party or something, and you just wanna check how old the other
person is, you can use this phrase. When you reply to this, just say "I'm" plus the
number, to make a really simple response. "How old are you?" "I'm 15." "How old are
you?" "I'm 42." Whatever the answer is, just stick "I'm" in front of it, not "I," but "I'm,"
"IM." But use the contracted form to sound more natural "I'm (number)." if you want to
make a full sentence, you can say "I'm (number) years old." Don't forget that s in years.
I'm a million years old.

6. What did you say?

If you couldn't quite hear something that someone else said you can use this question to
confirm sorry, what did you say? it's a little nicer than just saying "what?" What did you
say? or what did you just say?" Sorry what did you say? I couldn't hear you.

7. What's this?

When you don't know what something is, "what's this?" when you're out for dinner,
you're out for lunch or something, and you find a new food or you're just curious just say
"what's this?" To reply to this question just say "it's blah blah blah."

8. What's your name?

Of course you should know how to ask this question and how to answer this question.
"What's your name" is a little more natural than "what is your name." Again, contracted
form will help you sound much more natural. So "what's your name?" someone asks
you, you can just give your name "Alisha." That's fine, you can say Alisha. Or you can
say "I'm Alisha" that's fine, too. you could say "my name is" or "my name's Alisha,"
either any of those are fine. In a more formal situation, business situation I would use
"my name is" blah blah blah, and shake hands or something.

9. What's your phone number?

The next one is "what's your phone number?" I would not ask this question right away
like, maybe, you've met the person a few times, but you'd like to contact them whether
it's because you're romantically interested in them, or because you want to be better
friends with them but just if you meet someone for the first time and you're like "what's
your phone number?" It's a little... a little too much. So use this question after you've met
the person a few times, and you know you want to become better friends. When you
want to give your phone number, just say "it's" and the number. That's fine just "it's..." or
"my phone number is ..." with the number 551 million 526.
10. When is your birthday?

So maybe you want to plan a birthday party, for example, or it's just another fun
question the first time you meet someone. When is your birthday? So when you want to
tell someone your birthday, just gives the month and the date. January 15. August 42nd.
It's a real day. If you want to make a full sentence, you can save "my birthday is (month,
date)."

11. Where are you from?

The next word, the next question is "where are you from?" This can refer to your
country, or your city, but I feel like probably it mostly refers to your country. So "where
are you from?" your answer should be "I'm from (place)." "I'm from China." "I'm from
Japan." "I'm from vietnam." I'm from America. Whatever, "I'm from..."

12. Where did you learn English?

The next question is "Where did you learn English?" If you're speaking great English
you can say I learned English at EnglishClass101.com! Coz you did, coz you're
watching now! Anywhere, "where did you learn English?" In this case, in the case of
these videos, "I learned English online." Or "I learned English from," and then the school
name or the program name. So I learned English from EnglishClass101.com, for
example. If he studied English at university, you can say "I learned English at university"
or "I learned English from my friends," perhaps.

13. Where do you live?

Depending on the situation where you're asked, this could mean your country, like "I live
in America." "I live in China." Sometimes it's about the place in the city where you live,
sometimes it's about the country where you live. So, you can kind of feel, I think, which
question which type of questions being asked.
14. Where do you work?

Where do you work is talking about your job. You can use the pattern "I work at
(company name )." or "I work for (company name )." Either is fine. I work at ABC
company, I work for ABC Company, either is ok. But, you know, if you have answered
with the wrong information, the other person will just ask you, like, "oh I mean where is
your office," or "oh I mean which company do you work for?" Use the Force for this one.

15. Where is the bathroom?

Very important question! Where is the bathroom. In American English "where is the
bathroom" or "where is the restroom" is more common than "where is the toilet" using
the word toilet is a little bit too direct in American English. So I recommend "bathroom"
or "restroom."

So those are 15 questions that you should definitely know. Know how to ask these
questions, and know how to answer these questions. They're very useful and very
important for everyday conversation. Thanks very much for joining us, thank you very
much for subscribing; if you haven't subscribed yet please be sure to do so, so that you
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10 lines you need for introducing yourself

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Hi everybody! My name is Alisha, and welcome back to Top Words. Today's topic is 10
lines you need for introducing yourself. So let's go!

Hello. It's nice to meet you.

Hello. It's nice to meet you. You can only use this the first time that you meet someone if
you say this to somebody after you have met them already, you're going to seem either
A) like you've completely forgotten meeting them or B) like you are a very strange
person for saying it's nice to meet you again. So when you use this the first time you can
shake hands with someone and say Hello. It's nice to meet you.

My name is...

The next phrase is my name is blah blah blah. my case my name is Alisha. You can use
this again when you're introducing yourself, or if you need to re-introduce yourself, you
can use this pattern when you meet somebody at a party, for example, you can say my
name is... My name is Barbara. My name is Stevens. You can shorten this you can say
my name's. My name's blah blah blah.

I'm from...

after you said your name after you shaking hands you can say, I'm from US. I'm from
Japan. I'm from Turkey. I'm from your mom's house. I'm from a cave in southern
Europe. I'm from your country, or I'm from your city. I'm from the future!

I live in...

I live in blah, blah, blah. You can use your city, you can use your country, you can use
even maybe if you live near a certain station you can use the name of the station, where
you live. So for example, I live in America, it's fine. I live in Los Angeles, is fine. I live in
New York, is fine. So your neighborhood is fine. If someone says where do you live and
you say I live in an apartment... What? So please use your, the region or the location
where you live, not the type of place where you live.

I'm a...

if you hear the question "what do you do?" It's asking about your job. In English people
don't say "what is your job," that's not the question that we asked. Instead the question
is "what do you do" and the correct response to that is I'm a... or I'm an... blah blah blah,
followed by your job title. So if someone says what do you do? you can say, I'm a
teacher. What do you do? I'm an engineer. What do you do? I'm a donut - shop - tester.

I'm ... years old.

When someone asks "how old are you?" You can say I'm blah blah blah years old. Don't
forget the S at the end of this. If you like, you can shorten this phrase to just "I'm (plus
your age)." So I'm 65. I'm 13. Whatever. I'm this many. Sometimes children will say that
"how old are you?" I'm this many! Kind of cute. First time you meet someone who might
not ask how old are you. If it's in a friendly case and a party after you've spoken to the
person a little bit, it's ok, but just trying to be sensitive to the context, try to be sensitive
to the people around you. And if you sense that maybe there's a very large age gap
between you, might be better not to ask the question at all.

I enjoy...

Many of my students say "what is your hobby?" but that's not something that native
speakers will say. No native speaker says what is your hobby? Instead, we ask what do
you like to do? or "what do you do in your free time?" It's a much more natural question
than "what's your hobby." The answer to this then is I enjoy or I like plus a noun phrase.
so for example "what do you like to do?" I like listening to music, or I enjoy listening to
music. "What do you do in your free time?" I like watching movies. "what do you do in
your free time?" I like baking cakes. "What do you do in your free time?" I enjoy tap
dancing. What do you do in your free time? I enjoy making new friends.

One of my hobbies is...

One of my hobbies is blah, blah, blah. With this one, it's probably better to use a short,
easily, easy-to-understand hobby. If you're explaining a hobby people are going to
expect that it's going to be something that they know about, like photography, or
cooking, or dancing, or swimming, or whatever. So try to pick something that will allow
you to continue the conversation. That's why movies, or cooking or books, or, you know,
sports, are good thing to share. One of my hobbies is snowboarding.

I've been learning English for...

If you are learning English, if you're studying English, you can use this expression. If
someone asks you "how long have you been studying English?" you can say, I've been
studying English for amount of time, or I've been learning english, or I've been practicing
English, or I've been speaking English for a certain amount of time. I've been studying
English since elementary school is also OK to use. I've been studying English since I
was in college just be careful "for" is used for a length of time, and "since" is used for a
specific point in time at which you started something. So you can try and mix it up and
use a few different expressions there. So, I've been learning English for a long time, I'm
still learning English, you shouldn't do that too. Ok! I'm learning English at
EnglishClass101.com This probably could be used in response to "where did you learn
English?" or "where are you studying English?" or "how are you studying English?" You
can respond with I'm learningEnglish at EnglishClass101.com, or I'm learning English at
my school, I'm learning English at my private teachers house, for example.

So a little bit of grammar in this sentence, why do we use the progressive tense I'm
learning English? If you say "I'm learning" it sounds like you're still continuing your
studies; if you say "I learned English" at EnglishClass101.com it sounds like you're
finished. I like you you're finished studying, there's nothing else for you to study, so
you're done. So it's much much more natural to actually use the progressive "I'm
learning" or "I'm studying" when you're talking about your studies when you're talking
about your hobbies, that is to say I learned or I studied and and and and.

So those are 10 lines that you need to introduce yourself and they help give the other
person a little bit of information and carry the conversation forward. So please try them,
go crazy with them, make them your own. Thanks very much for joining us for this
episode of Top Words We'll see you again soon. Bye!

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10 Phrases You Always Want to Hear

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Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha, and today we're going to be talking about 10 Phrases
That You Always Want to Hear. So let's begin!
1. You win!

The first phrase is you win, you win. If you hear the phrase you win, it means you have
won something. You are probably going to receive something for free! woohoo! That's a
very happy thing, right? You want to get free things.

Congratulations, you win a car! Yay!

Here are the keys to your new car. great, thank you, umm.

2. I brought you something special.

This is exciting to hear because it means this little something special. It's like oh I
thought only of you, so I brought you this. I brought you something special, really, thank
you.

3. I miss you

I miss you. I miss you is nice. You can use this with your friends, your family members,
your partner, whoever. I miss you shows that you want to meet the other person.
Probably you haven't seen them as much as you would like to. So you can say I miss
you, I miss you. Call your husband or wife or boyfriend or girlfriend, whoever on the
phone maybe. You haven't seen them for a long time, you can say I miss you. I miss
you too.

4. Take a break, I will do the cleaning today. Take a break, I will do the cleaning today.
This means someone else is going to clean up your house for you or clean up
something for you. I would be very happy to hear this phrase right now because my
apartment is a disaster because I am only there to sleep. So maybe you've had a long
day at work or a long day doing something and you come home and somebody else has
offered to do this for you. So take a break, I will do the cleaning today, and you can
reply, really, thank you so much! I am going to relax.

5. The budget is unlimited.

The next phrase that you always wanted to hear is, the budget is unlimited. The budget
is unlimited. This could be at work, this could be a budget, your personal budget,
maybe, but it just means there is no limit to the budget. You can spend as much money
as you want! Woohoo! Very exciting.

So let's see. In a business context, perhaps you have this new client who is going to
give you a lot of money to build a new house or something, maybe you are building
houses, that's your project. And your boss comes to you, the budget for this project is
unlimited. Really, let's go crazy!

6. There will be a bonus at the end of the month.

Yeah, this is a phrase that you probably are very excited to hear. It means you are going
to receive extra money from your job at the end of the month. Woohoo! Very exciting,
extra money. Maybe you will hear this from your boss, your manager or maybe your co-
worker at work or maybe see it in an email. There will be a bonus at the end of the
month. Really, I am going to use mine to buy a new car, really. I am going to use mine
to go out on a date, really. I am going to use mine to get a new fish.

7. You did a great job.

You did a great job. You did a great job is something you will probably hear from – Well
I don't know. You could hear this from pretty much anybody, anytime you've done a
good job, someone will congratulate you or tell you their opinion with this phrase. You
did a great job. You finished a project at work and your boss says, you did a great job.
Nice, thank you so much. It was really fun, or thank you. Just say thank you.
8. You look great today.

You look great today. The other person thinks that your physical appearance is nice
today. Don't think about the today part, you know. Just take the compliment. Oh really,
thank you so much.

You look great today. Oh thank you so much, I got a new haircut. Thank you so much, I
got to sleep, yeah.

9. You were right.

You were right. This means that something that you said in the past was correct. And
everybody likes to be correct, I think.

I saw that movie that you recommended. You were right, it was really good. Oh good, I
am glad you enjoyed it.

Don't be like, I know or yeah I knew I was right. Don't do that. Just say oh good, I am
glad.

10. You are an excellent cook.

You are an excellent cook. This is a nice compliment especially for someone who
enjoys cooking, if you say you are an excellent cook, it means you enjoy their food.

So let's see, at a dinner party for example, you are an excellent cook. This food is
delicious. Oh thank you so much. I am really glad you enjoyed it.

And that's the end. So those are things that you want to hear. So keep in mind, it's nice
for you to hear these things but other people also want to hear them too. So compliment
other people. Tell them that they are awesome if they are awesome. Tell them that they
have good skills in whatever it is that they like to do. People like to be complimented
and people want to be liked. So write them a message or say something nice to them.
Leave us a comment. We have a great team of people doing all these amazing things.
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10 Phrases You Never Want to Hear

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Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha and today we're going to be talking about 10 Phrases
that You Never Want to Hear. so let's get into it!

1. Have you gained weight recently?

The first phrase is "have you gained weight recently?" If someone is asking you this
question, it means you look bigger than you did before. So for most people, this is not a
good thing. Have you gained weight recently? Yeah, I have i've been eating too much
junk food or "I don't think so," or "no."

2. I don't have your money today.

So this phrase means maybe you were expecting money from someone and they don't
have it for you today. So if your boss says this, for example, you're probably going to be
really upset. I'm sorry but I don't have your money today. Really? I really needed it
today.

3. I told you so!

Kids might use this phrase, I told you so, this is kind of an overconfident phrase, I told
you so. If you say "I told you" it's a little bit lighter, but "I told you so," like, nobody wants
to hear that. Oh, I was wrong, or maybe this other person thinks, they were correct like
they're making it into, like, I somehow know more than you do, so in a situation, let's
see... "I shouldn't have gone out drinking last night, I should have gone home when you
went home."I told you so, drunk person!

4. It's not you, it's me.

This is a very common phrase for breakups, to show like you don't want to hurt the other
person's feelings, it's just some problem I have, but either way nobody, nobody, wants
to hear this phrase, it's not, you it's me. "Look, I'm really sorry but I think that it's better if
we end our relationship here, it's not you, it's me. it's not you, it's me, really, I'm so
sorry." "What? Oh! No! Please don't break up with me! No! I'll make you pie!"

5. Sorry! I forgot!

I'm guilty of using this phrase quite a lot, unfortunately. I am a terrible forgetful human. If
you're hearing this phrase, that means the other person was supposed to do something,
or was supposed to do something, and they did not do it, they forgot about it, they forgot
about it completely. Did you remember to let the dog out this morning? Oh! Sorry, I
forgot! "What? It's going to destroy the house! I can't believe you forgot!" I know, I was in
such a huge rush, i'm so sorry!

6. Thank you for your resume, however the position has been filled.

The next one is Thank you for your resume, however the position has been filled. This
might be the reply that you get, thank you for your resume, so we've seen your resume,
we've accepted it, we've looked at it, but the job is already taken, someone else is
already doing the job that you applied for. If it is on the phone, "thank you very much for
your resume, however the position has already been filled." "Oh, really? Ok, well, thank
you for the information."

7. We need to talk.

You need to talk to me, stomach. Someone will often say this with a very serious tone of
voice like "we need to talk." Of course you can use this with your friends, you know,
maybe some serious secret happen, and you really want to talk to your friend about
that, like we need to talk. But it's commonly used in romantic relationships when there's
a problem, and you need to discuss this problem. "We really need to talk." "Okay, what
do you want to talk about?" "I know that you went out with someone else last weekend.
""What? Yeah, I went out last weekend but it was nothing."

8. We should see other people.

The next phrase is "we should see other people." This is another common breakup
phrase, when somebody is decided they don't want to be in a relationship anymore, and
they will say we should see other people. See in this case means date other people, we
should, you know, be in a relationship with other people. "I'm really sorry to tell you this,
but I think we should see other people." "But, why? I've really enjoyed our relationship
so far." Yeah, I don't think it's working out for me.

9. You have a grey hair.

I find grey hair since I was 22. For a lot of people, finding grey hair means they're getting
older. Oh! you have a grey hair! Really? where? "That's, ah! Take it out! Take it out! Oh
really?! Another one! Dang!" Oh, really? Cool! I'm becoming a wizard!

10. You're fired.

You're fired means you've lost your job, meaning you no longer have a job, you stop
working here as of now, or in two weeks, or whatever. You don't want to hear this
phrase, it means you've made a big mistake probably, at work. "I'm really sorry to have
to tell you this but you're fired." "What? But I need this job! I have to support my family! I
need this money!"

That's the end of phrases that you really don't want to hear hopefully you don't have to
use these phrases, hopefully you don't have to hear these phrases, but if you do maybe
those are some ways that you can respond to them, or maybe the expected response to
some of those phrases. So thank you very much for joining us for this lesson! Please
please please do subscribe if you have not already. Next week we'll be back with some
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10 Phrases that Make You Look Like a Fool

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Here I go, here I go, here I go!

Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha, welcome back to Top Words. Today we're going to
be talking about 10 Phrases that Make You Look Like a Fool. Hopefully you never use
them, let's start!

1. I don't need to learn anything anymore.

If you say this, you sound like I know all the information ever, I'm done learning, i'm
done studying. Of course you need to learn, of course you need to study. please don't
say this phrase.

2. I don't need your advice.

You sound like you don't appreciate what they're saying, you sound like you don't want
to hear anything from them. "I really think that you need to be studying or I'm concerned
about your grades, Jeff." Who need your advice, mom?

3. I know everything.

This is awful! Nobody wants to hear you say this, because it's just not true! "Are you
ready for the test next week, Steve? ""Yeah, I'm good, I know everything.""" No, you
don't.

4. I'm not ready to learn English.

Hmm… You can study anything in any time, pretty much. "I really think that you should
start studying English before your trip to America next year." "mm... no I don't think I'm
ready to start learning English. See how stupid that" sounds!

5. I'm right and you're wrong.

You sound awful when you say this, nobody likes to hear that. They've made a mistake
and that you're happy about that, that's what the nuance of this phrase is. I'm right
you're wrong, don't say this phrase unless you're very very close with the other person,
and you know that it's okay to joke together. I'm right you're wrong, haha.

6. It's too hard, don't even try.

This sounds like you've given up before you've even started doing something, if you
don't try you never know, right? Don't even try, it's way too hard. "Oh really? You think
it's too hard? Hmm... okay i guess i won't. Don't do that!"

7. Just do what I say.

Parents might use this phrase a lot with their children actually, but if you say this to your
friends or to your colleagues, you're going to sound like a really mean or difficult-to-
work-with person. Just do what I say.

8. We can't do that.

The next phrase is "we can't do that." This could also be changed to "I can't do that."
Again, that sounds like you're giving up before you even try to do something. I can't do
that. You're just, you're not prepared, or you're not even willing to try. Ah no, i don't think
i can do that. No, that's not my job, that's not my responsibility.

9. You're not very smart.

That's not a nice thing to say! If someone makes a mistake and you say oh, you're not
very smart, that's so mean! It's so rude! Everybody makes mistakes from time to time,
don't tell them they're stupid, don't say you're not very smart, that's hurtful. An example
of what not to do: "I'm so so sorry about this mistake that I made in my report last week.
I'll fix it, I promise I'll fix it and i'll send it to you right away." "I can't believe you made
such a simple mistake, you're not very smart, are you?" Everybody makes mistakes.

10. You'll never succeed.

This is a phrase that shows you're not supporting the other person, and maybe you're
even trying to hold them back, how awful is that! Who would say that? Don't say that!
And I hope no one ever says this to you. going to succeed with that! Do you know how
hard those are? Have you even started training?" "Well, no, but I i think i can do it! I just
need a few months, and you know I need to take care of myself and work hard." "No
way!There's no way that you can do that, it's not possible." "Oh! You really think so? I
was so looking forward to it too..."

Thank goodness that's the end! Oh my gosh! Those were some sad phrases! I hope
that nobody says those phrases to you! But I hope also that you don't use these phrases
with other people, because they're hurtful, really! Try to be positive! So thanks very
much for joining us for this lesson, and we will see you again soon. Bye!

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10 Foods That Will Make You Live Longer

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It has mono saturated fatty acids? Great!

Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha and this is Top Words. Today's topic is 10 Foods to
Make You Live Longer. So let's talk about it!
1. Avocado

Avocado is delicious It's green, it's about this big, you cut it and you eat it, and it's
awesome. Avocados actually contain more potassium than bananas. You can use
avocado to make a guacamole, for example, which is a very popular dish, you can put it
in salads, which is something I like to do, check out JapanesePod101 to find Risa who
loves avocado!

2. Banana

You peel a banana from the top, you take the stem thing, just... I actually really truly, I
ate a banana in a smoothie this morning and it was delicious! That's a popular way to
eat bananas.

3. Blueberry

A berry, which is blue. blueberries are really really good at helping burn fat. You could
use them in a dessert as well, alternatively. I've seen recipes, or you bake blueberries
into things like muffins, for example. If you want to include blueberries in something
else, like I just talked about muffins, we say "baked into something something." So for
example, I'm going to bake blueberries into my muffins later.

4. Fish

I'm all about the fish! Let's talk about you and me and fish! So fish are high in omega-3
fatty acids, so it's a very very popular health food. They are rich in good fats. They also
have a lot of protein in them, and additionally, they're delicious!

5. Garlic
Oh, garlic is very important, if you're very worried about vampires. Haha! Vampires on
the medical site! Garlic is delicious, garlic is used in a lot of different foods, you can slice
garlic or you can make it even smaller which is "to mince garlic." So it's these tiny tiny
little pieces that are cut even further from a sliced piece, that's called to mince.

6. Green tea

Green tea is excellent! Green tea is so delicious, one of the effects of green tea is
supposedly to help protect cells in your body from damage, and thereby reducing the
effects of aging and breaking down in the body. It's a fairly healthy way to get caffeine if
you're a caffeine drinker.

7. Macadamia nut

Next is macadamia nut, macadamia nuts are delicious, I feel that they are often used in
Hawaiian cuisine a lot. We have the noun "a snack," something that you can eat just
between meals if you like, but we also can use it as a verb, to snack on... So I like to
snack on macadamia nuts after lunch, for example.

8. Oatmeal

Oatmeal is the next food on our list, there are a lot of different kinds of oatmeal, actually.
It's rich in fiber, fiber is known for helping food pass through the digestive system more
smoothly. So oatmeal can be beneficial for that. A lot of people like to eat oatmeal for
breakfast in the morning, you can eat it hot or you can eat it cold, whatever you like to
do. My boss also eats just plain oatmeal and water for lunch. Oatmeal is very popular
with raisins as well, the two seem to complement each other nicely.

9. Red wine

So the next word, the next drink on this list, is red wine. Yes, it's an alcohol, red wine is
said to be beneficial to your health because it is high in antioxidants. So antioxidants
protect the lining of blood vessels and your heart, so ingesting moderate amount of red
wine is said to be said to be good for you, or can have positive effects on the body. I
drink red wine when I'm out with my friends usually. Though maybe sometimes I have a
glass at home.

10. Tofu

It's a really popular source of protein for people who are vegetarians or vegans, and I'm,
like, super into tofu. Like the last week and a half I've been eating so much tofu. I'm
loving it! Usually, if you buy tofu it comes in it comes in the a package and there's water
inside it to keep the tofu moist until you're about to cook it. So you have to drain the
water from the tofu, and usually, i wrap mine in paper towels, and then put a heavy bowl
on top of it to squeeze out the excess moisture before I use it.

That's the end of 10 foods that will help you to live longer. Also, I hope that you picked
up a few new cooking vocabulary words, cooking and food-related vocabulary words. If
you have a favorite food that you think is really really good or if you know some other
foods that may be beneficial for your health, please share them in a comment. If you
enjoyed this video also please please please make sure to subscribe to our channels so
that you don't miss more information as it becomes available. Thanks very much for
watching this episode, and we will see you again soon. Bye!

I don't open avocados, open avocados. Wow. This and to open, to open your banana!
Why? Oh my god! It was so delicious so I made cream cheese with tofu Oh my god!
Becky! Look at her tofu! Like seriously!
10 Break-Up Lines
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're going
to be talking about 10 Break Up Lines. These are lines that you can use when you want
to end a romantic relationship. Let's go!
1. I need my space.

So if you feel the other person is maybe just always with you, always looking for time, or
just bothering you, whatever, it doesn't matter. You don't want to spend time with that
person anymore, you can say I need my space. Actually, I need my space.

2. I need to focus on my career.

So maybe you're really really busy with work, or you're just looking for an excuse to
break up with the person. To break up with someone you can say,I'm really sorry, but
right now I need to focus on my career.

3. I think we need a break.

This is after you've been seeing someone for some time, and you decide that maybe
they're not the right person for you. You can say, I think we need a break. Be careful
though, this phrase sounds like there's a chance you may get back together in the
future. If you don't feel that there's a chance you will be continuing to see this person,
maybe choose a different line to break up with them.

4. I think we're moving too fast.

This is an expression you might use towards the beginning of a relationship, maybe for
example, you meet someone and then you start dating them, and then a month later
they're, like, let's move in together! And then three months later it's like, oh let's get
married, or whatever. The pace of the relationship seems too fast, you can say "I think
we're moving too fast." So if you say this phrase maybe it doesn't mean that you want to
break up, but just this pace is too fast for me, let's slow down.

5. I'm just not ready for this kind of relationship.

This could have many different meanings, maybe the relationship is very serious and
you're not looking for a serious relationship. You can say "I'm not ready for this kind of
relationship," saying I'm not ready sounds like it's me, it's my problem. I'm not ready for
this kind of relationship.

6. It's not you, it's me.

There's no problem with you, rather I have a problem. Maybe they're just struggling with
some things that they're not... they don't want to bring into a relationship, or maybe
they're just trying to be polite, maybe it is you, maybe it is you, but the other person is
trying to be kind, so you can say "it's not you it's me."

7. Let's just be friends.

You've been in a relationship with someone for a while and you decide maybe it's better
if we don't date each other, but i still like this person so let's just be friends.

8. We need to talk.

Oh no! We need to talk. The dreaded "we need to talk." If someone says we need to talk
in that tone, we need to talk, or if you get like a text message that is we need to talk, it's
never "we need to talk, I want to get a puppy." It's never a happy thing! If you see, if you
hear "we need to talk" it's oh no something is bad at my relationship and i'm about to
hear about it. dun dun dun and so you can follow we need to talk with a an actual issue
that you need to discuss about your relationship, or it can mean the end of the
relationship. You want to talk about ending the relationship.

9. We should start seeing other people.

The next break up line is we should start seeing other people. Ouch! It means i don't
want to see you anymore. Ah! One point about this, when we are in a relationship with
someone, there are a couple of different verbs that we use. we use the verb seeing, to
see someone; and to date, to go out with, those are a few. So in this expression, we see
"we should start seeing other people" so it doesn't mean just like stand across the room
I see another person, I see you! Hi! No, it means date, it means be in a relationship with.
We use the verb "to see" for that, one of the things that is sad about this phrase is that if
someone uses the phrase "we should start seeing other people" there's a good chance
that person is already seeing someone else. Ouch! Ouch!

10. You deserve better.

The next phrase is "you deserve better." Oh! So if someone says to you, you deserve
better, like, I think we should end the relationship, you deserve better, it means that the
person feels they are not good enough, they're not enough for you. And so they think
you should find someone better than the person saying the phrase. Again this could be
a sincere expression or it could just be a very polite and kind way to end a relationship
with someone.

That's the end! Those are 10 phrases that you can use to break up or to discuss a
serious matter in a relationship. I hope that you don't need to use these words, and i
hope that you don't have to hear these words, but in case you do those are some of the
things that the other person might be trying to communicate. So thank you very much
for watching this episode of Top Words. Please please please be sure to subscribe, and
we will see you again next time for more fun stuff. Bye!

So depressing! So depressing! We should start seeing other people. If I say in a happy

voice and doesn't seem so sad.
10 Reasons to Learn a Language
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Hi everybody! Welcome back to Top Words my name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about 10 Reasons to Learn English. So these are some ways that you can
respond to the question "why are you learning English?" Let's go!
1. I love the culture and the people who speak the language.

Oh, why, thank you! Maybe choose or know which culture or which kind of English
you're the most interested in.

2. I love traveling.

You are the kind of person who wants to go too many different countries and you want
to be able to speak to the people in those countries, presumably english-speaking
countries, you can say I love traveling.

3. I want to open my mind and become more international.

If you live in a country where, you know, the culture there's maybe just your home
country's language, and just your home country's culture, and there's not a lot of mixing,
as there is, for example, in America. Maybe use this phrase with your co-worker, with
your family members to say I want to, maybe, change my mindset a little bit, i want to
explore things beyond this culture, beyond this language.

4. I want to understand my favorite songs, movies, and TV shows.

The next reason is I want to understand my favorite songs, movies, and TV shows. This
is a really really popular reason for learning another language. I think not just English
but if there's a TV show, a movie that you really really like, and you want to understand
it and enjoy it on another level, you can try to understand it in the language that the
movie is presented. In this case, in English. I think it's a really fun motivation for learning
another language.

5. The language is useful for my job.

If you're the kind of person or if you have the kind of job that requires you speak to
people from other countries, English might be really really useful for you. So you can
say the language is useful for my job, or I need English for my work, something like that.

6. I'm learning the language to impress someone.

This could have many different meanings, maybe it means you're interested
romantically in someone and you want to impress them, maybe that person is a native
speaker of English, and you think, oh I want to learn English to impress that guy, or
impress that girl. Fine! Great! Honestly that's a really good motivation for learning
another language is one thing to be able to speak fluently to that person in that
language great, like that being said, i don't know that i would say i'm learning the
language to impress someone.

7. I live next to a country speaking that language.

Maybe you share borders with an English-speaking country learning English could be
useful for you, or fun for you Okay!

8. I want to speak to my partner's family in their language.

So maybe you and your partner share a common language and you can communicate
together, but maybe your partner's family does not have that same common language.
you maybe decide i want to learn some of the language, so that i can communicate with
my partner's family. That might be a good reason to study!

9. It's part of my university studies.

If it's part of your university course, or if you're required to learn a language in your
university or high school, other school, you can say it's part of my university studies, or I
have to take a language. That's a phrase that we use, a phrase that we use in my
college, i think, i have to take a language. Don't forget that i have to take a language, or
I have to take english for two years, something like that.

10. I just love learning languages.

The next expression, very positive! It's just I love learning languages. I just love learning
languages, maybe you're the type of person who just really really is interested, and you
can say i just love learning languages, i think it's really interesting. That's a cool reason.

So those are 10 reasons that you can give if someone asks you why you're studying
English. I hope that you have a few reasons, it's probably good to have a few reasons,
but only one is ok. Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words. Please
make sure to subscribe to our channel, if you have not already. Thank you, thank you,
thank you so much in advance! Thanks for watching this episode, and we'll see you
again next time! Bye!

10 Foods That Will Kill You Faster

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Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome back to Top Words. Today we're going to
be talking about 10 foods that will kill you faster. Oh!!

1. bacon
Bacon is delicious, it's usually thin or maybe slightly thicker strips of pork meat that you
typically fry, or you can bake. Salt and fat. I eat bacon maybe once a month these days.

2. candy

Candy, sweets, all the manufactured sugary sweet stuff. All of it is called candy. Candy
is not good for you because it's just sugar; sugar and food coloring and spice, fructose,
corn syrup. In a sentence, I try not to eat any candy but every once in a while I give in.

3. energy drinks

Popular energy drinks are, let's see, Monster, Red Bull... Energy drinks are bad
because of the caffeine, for one. Large amounts of caffeine, large amounts of sugar,
often food coloring, and so on. Try to limit your consumption of energy drinks, too much
can be very damaging to your health.

4. frozen meals

It's an entire meal in a package and you can just put it in your oven, or put it in your
microwave, heat it up, and your dinner or lunch or whatever is ready. Those frozen
meals have a ton of salt, many many frozen meals use preservatives to keep whatever
is in the package from going bad, from becoming rotten. In a sentence, I don't like eating
frozen meals, i just don't think they taste good.

5. instant noodles

Cup ramen is a very very popular brand of instant noodles, all you need to do is pour
hot water over the dried noodles, and there's usually some kind of flavor pack, they're
very very cheap and it's filling. So in a sentence, when I was in college I ate instant
noodles every day, and I felt terrible. That's not true.

6. margarine

The next word on this list is margarine. Margarine is very very similar to butter, it's used
as a spread, a partially hydrogenated oil content of margarine is much higher than
butter. If memory serves me correctly, this actually builds up in the body, your body just
can't break it down, like, if you consume too much of this, it just hangs out in your body.
In a sentence, in my family we use margarine every day when I was growing up.

7. microwave popcorn

Microwave popcorn is popcorn that comes in a flat bag you just put it in the microwave
and turn it on, and it pop pop pop, and you have microwave popcorn usually butter-
flavored, maybe salt flavored, whatever, it's delicious. And you can eat it while you
watch a movie, great fun. This is bad for you because there's butter and salt and oils on
the inside of that bag and it has to be kept preserved, so there's a lot of salt content,
there are also preservatives in that, but all of those things are not so good for you. Let's
get some microwave popcorn at the supermarket for our movie later.

8. potato chips

I love potato chips i'm a chip junkie, I love potato chips, but they are terrible for you.
Carbs themselves are not bad, we need carbohydrates, of course, but potato chips are
just empty, meaning they are nothing but carbohydrates, also potato chips are fried,
which is so that's oil. There's also salt with potato chips, there might also be flavorings
added to potato chips, salt and vinegar, I think, or sour cream and onion chips, there're
barbecue chips, all these different flavorings are not natural, and you're eating them. I
love potato chips even though i know they're terrible for you.
9. processed meat

For example hotdogs, sandwich lunch meat, a lot of the meats that you see in the
supermarket in a package, maybe it's shaped in a circle, or a hot dog, for example,
wrapped in plastic like that. It's a combination of all of the leftover parts of an animal,
ground together and then put into a tube or some other shape. Of course processed
meat is often very convenient if you're busy or sometimes you just have a craving for a
hot dog, it's easy to buy, easy to cook easy, easy to use. In a sentence, I try not to buy
processed meat because when I eat it I feel bad.

10. soda

Soda also contains food coloring, sugar, high fructose, corn syrup, things which are
quite famous for breaking down teeth, so drinking a lot of soda can have a very very
negative impact on your body as a whole, on your digestive system as a whole. And it
can affect your skin, many people have sugar sensitive skin, so if someone who drinks a
lot of soda, for some people, they may have a lot of acne, as a result of their sugar
intake.

So that's the end of 10 foods that may kill you faster. Oh no! Some some of my favorite
foods like bacon were on that list, and potato chips. Oh no! but if you have a food that
you just love but that you know is terrible for you, share it with us, leave in the
comments. If you haven't already, please make sure to subscribe to our Channel and
we will see you again next time for some more fun stuff thanks very much for watching,
Bye!
10 New Year's Resolutions
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There's a comedian, a Vietnamese comedian named Dat Phan. There he is, Dat Phan!

Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about 10 phrases that are related to New Year's resolution. So a new year's
resolution, resolution is a special word for goal, the goals that we set for the new year,
what we want to achieve in one year. So if you set some goals for yourself in January,
maybe you can think about how you're progressing towards those goals now, as you
watch this video. So let's start!

1. Drink less

The first resolution is drink less. So maybe especially during the holiday season, maybe
you drink a lot of wine, you drink a lot of beer, you go to a lot of parties with your friends,
maybe one of your resolutions is to drink less. In a sentence, one of my new year's
resolutions is to drink less.

2. Eat healthy

Eat healthy is probably a resolution for many people, in connection with some related
goals, and you gain a lot of weight, or maybe your body doesn't feel so good, so you
decide I want to eat healthy this year.

3. Exercise regularly

The next one is exercised regularly. Exercise regularly is a huge one for many people
as a new year's resolution. Exercise regularly, again, especially following the holidays,
eating a lot, drinking a lot, maybe going to a lot of parties, you gain some weight and
you want to exercise. This is especially good in winter months if you live in a place
where it's cold and dark in January and February, it can be a way to help you feel
energetic and to keep up your energy levels throughout the winter months. So in a
sentence, I really want to exercise regularly this year.

4. Learn something new

So whether it's a language, like, English, maybe you decided to practice English this
year, or it's a new hobby, like cooking, or dance, or swimming, or sports, whatever,
photography, I don't know, you want to learn something new. If it were me, I would
probably specifically say I'm going to learn (bla), I'm going to learn (hobby) this year, or
maybe I would say I'm going to start taking lessons in this hobby this year, that would be
a way to kind of motivate myself to do that. I've been thinking about taking calligraphy
lessons, yeah, because my handwritten Kanji is very bad.

5. Lose weight

Ok, the next one, this is probably the biggest, most popular, most common new year's
resolution, it is lose weight. Lose weight, wanting to be a thinner, slimmer, trimmer,
sexier version of yourself. Part of losing weight is eating healthy, exercising regularly,
drinking less, and so on. So in a sentence, this year one of my resolutions is to lose
weight.

6. Quit smoking

This is a very clear goal that many people have, I think. Quit smoking many people
would like to stop a bad habit or to stop a vice, so they decide to, they want to quit
smoking in that year. My brother says he's going to quit smoking this year. It's one of his
new year's resolutions. My brother doesn't smoke.

7. Read more

The next resolution is to read more. I don't know, I suppose this could be different from
person to person, it could mean reading the news more, it could mean reading more
books, it could mean studying more, perhaps? But in general just getting new
knowledge, more often. So in a sentence, this year one of my resolutions is to read
more.

8. Save money
Everybody probably tries to do this as much as possible, it can be difficult, but save
money. So, for you know for your travels, for self-improvement, for whatever it is that
you'd like to save money for. A common resolution is to save money. So this year, let's
see, one of my resolutions is to save money so that I can travel this summer.

9. Spend more time with family

The next resolution is to spend more time with family. It can be easy to move away from
your family and not talk to them very much, maybe you lose touch over time, but one
common resolution is to spend more time with family, so maybe this means calling your
family more, meeting your family more, having a family reunion, there are a lot of
different ways that you can find time. So in a sentence, this year I'm going to spend
more time with my family, it's so important.

10. Study English with EnglishClass101.com. The next resolution is to study English at
EnglishClass101.com! Yes, so hopefully you're continuing your English Studies, I
suppose that's why you're watching this video, and watching this channel. But a
common resolution and is to study something more, so maybe for you studying English
or studying another language is a resolution, is a goal for you, for the new year. Give
yourself some time to review the material too.

So those are a few common new year's resolutions, I hope that you have some new
year's resolutions and that you're working towards your new year's resolutions. If you
have a resolution you would like to share, please leave it in a comment, and we can
compare. Thanks very much for watching this time, and we will see you again soon,
please be sure to subscribe if you have not already. Bye!
10 Ways to Remember Words

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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're going
to talk about 10 different ways to remember words. So these are actually some ways to
remember words that you have sent into us, so I'm really excited to see what your
recommendations are! I study other languages, so let's talk about it! Let's see.

1. I associate new words with words that sound similar in my native language.

If you're studying English, your native language might share some words. So, like, I'm
studying Japanese, and for example the word "chocolate" sounds very very similar in
Japanese. So in English the word is "chocolate," in Japanese the word is "chokoretto"
so it sounds similar. So that's an easy word for me to remember.

2. I learned about the roots of words and how different words are related to each other.

Many words in English have roots in very very old languages like Latin, so a word like
omniscient, for example, can be broken down into maybe two parts: the omni-, omni
meaning "all" or "everything"; and -scient, the "scient" part relates to "knowledge" or
"knowing." So together the word means "all knowing," omniscient. And maybe you can
guess the meaning even if it's the first time you've seen the word. Okay!

3. I listened to songs and memorize the lyrics.

This is also a common way to to help kids learn things, too, through songs. Opposite of
b, plus or minus the square root of b squared minus 4ac all over 2a. It's a quadratic
function equation; because of the song, it's still in my head! Thank you Mrs. Syme.

4. I often watch TV or YouTube videos that are designed for young children.

That's how children in the native language learn, so it's a great tool for you, don't be
embarrassed to do that, I do that! In English, we have Dora the Explorer, we have
Sesame Street, we have another channel that's made for children's content, but it could
be useful for you, it's called Kids VS Life. So please be sure to check that out.
5. I speak as often as possible with native speakers.

A native speaker can go, "ah! that's a strange thing that you're saying." So there are a
lot of small factors that you can't get unless you're speaking with a native speaker, so
this is a really really great tip. If you're interested in doing this with us, we have on
EnglishClass101.com a special subscription which is called the elite level of
subscription, where you get to actually study with one of our teachers here. So if you
don't have somebody that you can study with now, that might be a way to do it. Please
check that out if you're interested.

6. I tried to use the language routinely in the context of daily life.

When you're alone, just doing stuff at home, like, making breakfast or cooking, or doing
the laundry, if you use the language, just to say, like, now I'm going to, I don't know, cut
vegetables, or Oh! I need to do laundry later today, or thinking about your appointment,
whatever. Another good example is, really, I put my phone into my target language.
You're telling little stories when you're having conversations with people, so get used to
telling yourself the story.

7. I use repetition reading, writing, and speaking words over and over again.

Keep repeating in your studies, even if it feels like, you know, you're not making any
progress, you are just the act of doing that repetition can be helpful for you. If a football
player never throws a football, he's not going to be able to throw it very well, is he? You
have to repeat, repeat, repeat, and then when you're faced with the actual situation
where you need to throw the football, you need to use that vocabulary word, you're
ready, you already know how to say the word. So yes, repeat, it's good.

8. I try to think in English so it becomes natural to my thought process.

I do this, I think about what I need to do, I think about what I have done, I think about
what I'm going to do, and so in that way, you can practice past tense, future tense, and
present tense. Recently this has been happening to me, I've started dreaming in
Japanese from time to time, or I dream bilingually. It's exciting, I think.

9. I tried to use the word in a simple sentence.

So I learned whole phrases, not just individual words. Yes, this is a huge tip! So
vocabulary is important, of course. If you don't know a keyword you might miss the
meaning of something, but context is important, too. So there might be two words which
seemed very similar, like big and large, for example, but when should i use large? When
should i use big? Like, if you're clothes shopping and you say "do you have this in a big-
sized?" It might not be the correct way to use the word, instead, "do you have this in a
large size?" is the correct phrase. so learning how to use the correct vocabulary word at
the correct time is important, and you can do that through studying sentences and
phrases instead of just vocabulary. This is why reading is important, i think.

10.Reading as much as possible, especially the newspaper, helps me to remember

words.

When i was a kid, i just read everything I was so into reading, I loved it! And I think that
it helped, it actually helped my language skills improve even in my native language!
Again, at first it's really hard to do and you might have to use a dictionary a lot, but you'll
learn gradually more natural speaking patterns, more natural writing patterns, too, which
will help you to sound more natural when you speak, and maybe it can help your
listening skills, too. When you can listen for those patterns that you see in textbooks,
that you see in newspapers and novels, whatever. It's a great tool, reading.

And thank goodness! That's the end! So those are 10 tips that you can use to remember
new words and new phrases, try them out! I'm going to be doing my best with my target
language, i hope that you do, too. Thank you very much for watching, please, please,
please subscribe to our channel if you have not already, and we will see you again soon
for more exciting information. Bye!
20 Happy Words
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I'm very happy, yeah! I just... every time... ok.

Hi, everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome back to Top Words! Today we're going to
be talking about happy words. Very exciting! so let's go!

1. Happy

The first word is happy as you might have guessed happ is a happy word, when you feel
good, when you feel positive, when you are excited, you can say I'm happy! I was so
happy to see my friend the other day. What makes me happy? Food. I'm happy right
now.

2. Energetic

When you feel happy, perhaps you also feel energetic, you have that sort of, like,
uplifting feeling. This chair is squeaking every time I move up. I don't really describe my
friends or people as energetic, i might say a dog or a cat is energetic, like, wow! Your
dog is so energetic, what is she doing? She's running everywhere, is she okay? Maybe i
would say about myself, I'm very energetic today, if I've had a lot of coffee, like now.

3. Great!

You can use this to describe people, a situation, a food, anything that you think is good,
is positive, is cool, is groovy, is spectacular, is fantastic, I'm sure we're going to talk
about some of these other words later so i should stop saying them.

4. To like

Something that you are interested in, something that you think is great, is good, is cool,
is awesome. You can like anything, whatever it is, just say "I like..." followed by a noun
phrase, that's how you can share your hobbies, the things that make you happy. In a
question form, what do you like? What do you like to do? I like eating food, I like cooking
food, recently I like tofu.
5. To love

You can use it for very close friends, maybe in your language using the word love has a
very very strong meaning, but in English we tend to be a little more casual about that. If
you say to your, like, your romantic partner, I love you. That is a very deep meaning,
you can say it to your friends though, like, so and so, so I love you. That's fine, that's
fine, too. We use "love" and "like" to talk about how much we enjoy something. If you
say I love watching movies, it sounds like it's maybe one of your favorite activities, it's
one of your hobbies, It's something that you really really enjoy. So think about that when
you choose like or love. I love cooking, or I love, let's see, trying new beer.

6. Satisfied

The next word is satisfied, usually we use the word satisfied after something good has
happened to us. So for example, if you go out to a restaurant, and you have a nice
meal, you really enjoy the food, afterwards you can say oh I'm satisfied, that was really
good. if you've provided a service to somebody, you can say are you satisfied?

7. Proud

If you feel very good about an accomplishment, or someone else has accomplished
something and they're happy about it, we use the word proud to describe that feeling.
So maybe I studied for a few months and I passed a test that was really difficult for me, I
feel so proud. Or let's see, my students have been studying for a few years and their
conversation skills have improved so much that we can have fun conversations
together, I'm really proud of them. Yeah, if you're proud you can say I'm proud. Though
be careful if you say I'm so proud, I'm so proud of myself, I'm so proud of myself all the
time, you might sound self-centered.

8. Excited
The next word is excited, this is usually before you do something that you're very
interested in, that you're very happy about, like, I'm going to see a new movie today, I'm
so excited. Or I'm going to try a new restaurant, I'm so excited. It's to describe that,
maybe, that kind of upward yeah feeling that you have before you do something you're
very interested in. I'm excited! You can use this in the past tense too, like, I was so
excited to see that movie last week, it was great! What was the last thing I was excited
about? Coming here! I'm so excited to cook food today. Oh my god!

9. Funny

Something that makes you laugh is funny, I laugh a lot, i think way too many things are
funny. This is true, my favorite people are funny people. My friend told me a really funny
joke last week.

10. Hope

I hope I get to see my friends this weekend. I hope the food that I cook later is going to
be delicious. i hope that i can move to a new apartment next year. I hope that my mom
has a great birthday next month. Happy birthday, mom, in advance! This might be
around your birthday. So hope is a sense that things are going to improve, that things
are somehow going to be better than they are now, wanting improvement, believing in
improvement in the future is hope.

Those are ten happy word I hope that you use them regularly, and in particular the
difference between good and "great," and "like" and "love" can really help you to
distinguish how much you appreciate something, or maybe help you to explain your
feelings more clearly. So thank you very much for watching this episode of Top Words,
please subscribe if you have not already, and we will see you again soon, bye!

Why am I talking like this? so an important, just a bit a word for the future, the children,
the children of the world who... What am i doing? No!!!
10 American Foods
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words, my name is Alisha, and today we're going
to be talking about American food, so let's get started!
1. Apple pie

The first food is apple pie. Apple pie is a delicious and sweet American desert, it is, as it
sounds, it is a pie, so a bit of crust, and on the inside is apple, fresh apple, I hope. Large
feast often have an apple pie for dessert. In a sentence, my mom cooks an apple pie
every Thanksgiving.

2. Chocolate chip cookie

Next food is the chocolate chip cookie, this is a very popular cookie, it's a simple cookie,
just put chocolate chips into any cookie, into anything, and you can make a chocolate
chip cookie. If you eat it there's a very kind of nostalgic childhood feel about a chocolate
chip cookie. In a sentence, when I was a child I made chocolate chip cookies with my
mom and my brother. That's true.

3. Hamburger

The next food is probably the first food you thought of when I said we were talking about
American foods today. It is the hamburger, woohoo! A beef patty between two buns, two
buns or two pieces of bread, and depending on your preference you can put anything
you like on your hamburger. Many people like to use cheese, thereby making it a
cheeseburger, you can use lettuce, ketchup, tomato, onion, mustard, relish, whatever
go crazy! Bacon, avocado, anything really! I love trying new and interesting hamburger
combination!

4. Jellybeans

This is an interesting American food, thy are colorful, they usually come in a package
about this size, maybe this big. They are kind of a squishy jelly-like candy, very very
sugary, and they usually have some kind of fruit flavor. You can find the regular jelly
beans, which are sweet and delicious, or you can find jelly beans which are maybe a
mysterious mixture. In a sentence, when I was a kid I loved eating jelly beans. This is an
actual picture from one of the, from a supermarket, almost all of those are jelly beans, or
their candies to some degree. So you can see they're like pins to scoop the candy out
of, there is a bin to like pour candy from. This is amazing! American candy is just unreal,
there's so much!

5. Turkey

Ok the next food is turkey. Turkey is a weird big bird that we almost always eat at
Thanksgiving. That's right, turkeys, you're weird! In a sentence, every year my family
cooks a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

6. Boston baked beans

The next food is Boston baked beans, this is something i haven't had in a long time. As
you might have guessed, it's an East Coast style food from Boston, so Boston style
baked beans are typically sweetened with molasses or with maple syrup. In a sentence,
I'm going to make a chili later today with Boston baked beans.

7. Grits

This is a food that comes from the southern part of America, I didn't eat grits growing up
so I don't really know very well. From a video that we did a while back, we learned that
grits are commonly eaten at breakfast, you can eat them with butter. I eat grits every
day for breakfast.

8. Hush puppies

Here we are again! The next American food is hush puppies. Hush puppies from the
same video that we talked about grits, our friend Keith came in and told us about hush
puppies. It's just a ball of dough that is fried. That's it a very very simple food, very very
healthy, surely, ya know. In a sentence, I haven't had hush puppies yet, and i really
want to try them, but they don't seem very healthy, so it's not high on my to-do list.

9. Biscuits and gravy

Ok great, the next food is biscuits and gravy. It's a very simple dish as you can guess,
it's just a biscuit and gravy, the gravy is usually very very rich, very very fatty, very
fattening. This is a dish that is typically eaten for breakfast, a simple coffee shop or just
yeah local, a local simple restaurant might have biscuits and gravy on the menu. In a
sentence, I used to eat biscuits and gravy at my grandparents house in the winter.

10. Philly cheesesteaks

Oh my god! I'm getting so hungry for a very not healthy food. Ok the next food is Philly
cheesesteaks, a Philly cheesesteaks are so good. Philly is short for Philadelphia, the
city of Philadelphia. Philly cheesesteak is a sandwich from Philadelphia, the sandwich
has cheese and steak, oh my god, can you hear my stomach? Delicious! Delicious! It's
a very East Coast American sandwich. In a sentence, if you go to Philadelphia make
sure you try a Philly cheesesteak sandwich.

Alright! So those are 10 American foods. Have you tried any of these foods? What did
you think of them? This video has made me very hungry. Alright, thank you very much
for watching this episode of Top Words, please make sure to subscribe to our channel if
you have not already, and we will see you again soon for some more good information.
Bye!

Feed me!
10 Phrases for Bad Students
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This is why we do what we do, to make you a better person. Hi, everybody, welcome
back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're going to be talking about ten
phrases for bad students. So these are probably some things that you should not do,
let's get into it.

1. to bully

This is a common problem in schools.

To bully someone means to be mean to another person, this might also happen in the
workplace from time to time.

to bully someone is to put pressure on them unnecessarily, or to be violent towards

them, or to hit people. It's really not a good thing to do no matter what stage of life
you're in. Don't bully people, don't be mean to people.

In a sentence, bullying is a very common problem at school.

A bully is a person who bullies others, a bully is a person who is mean to other people
for no reason, that's called a bully.

2. to fail a class

Oh! The next expression is to fail a class.

To fail a class; if you don't do your homework, if you don't study for tests, if you don't do
the projects that you're assigned, if you don't come to class, you may fail. So meaning
you do not pass the class; you do not finish the class, you fail. Don't fail your classes,
please don't fail your classes! Do the work that you need to do.

In a sentence, I failed a class last semester, I can't believe it, my parents are going to be
so mad at me! I've never failed a class.

3. to procrastinate

To procrastinate, yes! I am a professional procrastinator!

Like bully, procrastinate can also be used as a noun as in procrastinator. A

procrastinator is someone who always puts things off.

In a sentence, I procrastinated last week, all last week, and now I don't have time to
study for my test. Ah!

4. to skip class

To skip class, don't skip class!

To skip class means to not go to class. To skip, so imagine like your class is a rock, and
you go, you skip. I'm not gonna do that, that's a weird thing that I just did. Okay, just,
skip class just means not to go. You have class, you have the opportunity to go to class
and you just don't go; you skip.

That's typically not a good thing to do because your teacher, in theory, is giving you
important information in your class, and you should probably be there to listen, to take
notes, ask questions about that information, so don't skip class.

In a sentence, want to skip class with me tomorrow? No, stay at school, kids!

I always went to class, especially in college, I was like, I'm paying for this, like, my family
is paying for this. I'm not going to skip class, like, if I skip class, I'm just throwing money
away.

5. to tease

the next verb is to tease.

To tease could be strongly related, I feel, to the word to bully. So bullying often has the
connotation, or bullying often has the nuance of maybe physical violence; to tease is to
hurt someone, or to to make fun of someone with your words. So maybe someone has
a questionable haircut, or someone smells bad, or maybe they don't, maybe you're just,
you just want to tease people. I will say though, that teasing is very common among
friends; if, you know, you want to make fun of your friend a little bit, it shows that you
have a close relationship, and that's fine. Or maybe you tease your family members or
your siblings. Typically it's not good to just to go around just teasing people or making
fun of them.

Stop teasing all the students in class, Stevens, you jerk.

6. plagiarism

Oh yeah! The next word is plagiarism.

Plagiarism. I like to give lectures about plagiarism, that is true.

Plagiarism refers to taking someone else's work, someone else's image, someone
else's text, someone else's words, and using it as your own, don't do it. It is so much
trouble for you and the people around you. Oh my gosh, stop! Just stop doing it! It's so
stupid. I think that this happens because students procrastinate, students don't take
enough time to research and to properly document their notes, and to find their own
materials or to develop their own materials, and so they use someone else's data in
their paper. They get caught and they get in trouble; in some cases, this can result in
fines, it can result in getting suspended or expelled from school. If you're publishing an
academic paper it could be revoked, you could have a degree revoked, you could be
removed from your institution, you could lose your job. Oh wow! Why would you ever do
this? It's just silly.

In a sentence, plagiarism is much more trouble than it's worth.

Please don't plagiarize other authors.

7. to start a fight

To start a fight. So we talked about the word bully before, or to bully or even to tease,
but if the bullying or the teasing continues, it might start a fight, a physical fight, or a
verbal fight, as well. We use the same word fight both for verbal and for physical
arguments or confrontations.

So in a sentence, Timmy was bullying Billy at school, and it started a fight.

8. truant

Truant is a noun; it's used for people who do not do the things that they are responsible
for doing. So if you skip class, or you skip school, you can be called a truant. The
administration is cracking down on truancy in the school.

Truant can be used as an adjective which means again not doing the things that you're
supposed to do.

Jimmy was suspended from school for being truant.

9. to cheat on a test
Okay, the next expression is to cheat on a test.

To cheat on a test means either to look at someone else's test and copy their answers;
it can mean to maybe have your own answers written on, I don't know, your hat, or your
arm, or maybe you're using your phone during the test to check the answers, I don't
know. In some way, you are not doing your own work, you're not using your own brain to
complete the test, and this is called cheating on a test.

Why would you cheat on a test? You're trying to test your own knowledge, if you don't
do something well, then the test results will show you that, and you can improve on it,
like, duh!

My teacher caught some students who were cheating on the test last week.

10. detention

Detention is, in school anyway, it's the place where you are sent if you are a bad
student; if you bully, if you tease, if you're late, if you are truant, if you cheat on a test, if
you do... if you commit plagiarism, perhaps; if you have bad behavior at school you may
be sent to detention.

So detention is typically held in a classroom, for example, after school. You have to stay
late after school with the other bad students, and you just have to sit there, or you have
to, maybe in some cases, do some studying, or you have to do some extra work. It's a
punishment for being a bad student, so you don't want to go to detention.

I got sent to detention last week because I threw a paper airplane at my teacher.
So that's the end! Those are ten phrases for bad students, I hope that you never need to
use these phrases, but you might need to use them to describe the people around you.
Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words, and we'll see you again
soon. Bye bye!

The more you know, the less you will mess up.

Dare to be different. We're on a basic instructs, we're in a race for allies, we've got a
run, but again it's a race that we're gonna win. Yeah oh yeah!

What Adjective Describes Your Personality

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Let's begin the discussion of the personality adjective.

Hi, everybody, and welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and in today's
episode we're going to be talking about what adjective describes your personality best.
So let's go!

1. Charismatic.

Someone who is charismatic is perhaps a good leader, people are drawn to them,
people want to follow them, want to come to them. Charismatic doesn't necessarily
mean that that person is a good person or a bad person, just that they are very good at
drawing people to them. People tell me that I'm very charismatic.

2. Boring.

Boring mean something that is not interesting. So hopefully nobody calls you boring, if
you're a boring person, work on that. Let's talk about cardboard boxes.

3. Reliable.

Reliable, someone who's reliable, someone that you can trust, or someone that always
does what they say they're going to do. My best friend is very reliable.

4. Humorous.

Humorous is just funny. There's a difference between funny and humorous and silly, in
terms of people. Anyway, this is how i would break it down, silly is like appreciates, just
very kind of childish stuff, or just enjoys laughing; funny is like a slightly more grown-up,
funny, I feel like silly can be part of funny, silly can fit into funny, but funny is a little bit
more grown-up, maybe your make like the actual word jokes, that are, you know,
require a bit more knowledge or a bit smarter; and then humorous, humorous is like I
feel like it's a bit more pretentious. I hope that my friend think that I'm a very humorous
person.

5. Energetic.

The next word is energetic. Energetic means you have a lot of energy. I personally don't
use it, if someone says what's your best friend like? I wouldn't immediately think he's
energetic, like, I feel like that's a given somehow, and when I say that's a given, it
means it's it's an already understood idea. I would use energetic for something you
would not expect to be energetic, my grandmother is very energetic, she hikes
mountains even though she's 80 something.

6. Lazy.

Yeah, you don't want to be called lazy generally, it means that you, maybe you're not
hard-working, you don't take care of yourself, or you don't take care of your
responsibilities. Generally lazy is not seen as a good thing, unless you use an
expression like, today is a lazy Sunday. One of my co-workers is really lazy, he never
has his stuff done on time.

7. Extroverted.

Extroverted, it begins with that prefix EX-tro, like ex, meaning outside, so like extra,
more information. So an extroverted person is a very outgoing person, they like talking,
they like talking to people, they want to go out, and do all the things and be social and
go yeah! I like being extroverted on this program.

8. Introverted.
The opposite of extroverted is introverted. Introverted, inside something interior ,they
want to not go talk to people all the time, or maybe they just have a different way of
expressing their social skills. In reality, I'm a rather introverted person.

9. Indecisive.

The next word is indecisive. Indecisive. Indecisive people drive me crazy. This word
means someone who is bad at making decisions. I have a friend who is very indecisive,
she can't ever make up her mind, I have to do it for her.

10. Easygoing.

Easygoing is a good thing to be, generally, in my opinion. Easygoing means you're

relax, you'll just do whatever, you're happy to just hang out, if someone makes a
suggestion, you're cool with that. Alright, fine, that's great for me, I'll do whatever. My
best friend is very easygoing, he's cool to do anything.

11. Naive.

The next word is naive. So someone that doesn't have a lot of experience in a topic, or
even life experience, could be considered naive. You don't want to be called naive, the
suggestion with naive is that it's easy to take advantage of you, maybe you could be
easily molded, or your experience can easily be changed by someone else. So
generally naive is not a good thing, you don't want to be naive. My friend was very naive
and got in trouble with a bad business deal.

12. Artistic.

The next word is artistic. Yeah, artistic is a good word, similar to creative, perhaps.
Artistic is someone who enjoys art, or enjoys creating things, so this doesn't, it's not
limited to, you know, just art like paintings, you know, doing good paintings or sculptures
or something like that. Any kind of creative endeavor, any kind of creative work, I feel
you could use the word artistic for. My aunt is very artistic, she can draw very well.

13. Enthusiastic.

Enthusiastic, this is similar to energetic, but it just means you're excited about things,
you're enthusiastic about something usually. Sports fans are very enthusiastic about
their favorite team.

14. Friendly.

Friendly. I hope that you are friendly person, is someone maybe that it feels easy for
you to talk to, someone that's chill, someone that's probably outgoing, maybe a bit
extroverted is a friendly person. I went to an event on Saturday and everybody there
was very friendly, it was a fun time.

How would I describe my personality? God, it depends on the day, man. The one that I
use lately is scatterbrained, but that has a very negative connotation about it.
Scatterbrained, if you break down the word scatter and brain, scatter means to spread
something randomly, brain meaning inside your brain. I have so many different things
going on that, like, I'm thinking about like this job, and that job, this project, that project,
and I have to do this, and oh my god, my laundry is not done yet, and what am I gonna
make for dinner tomorrow? My god! I have to go running later tonight, What I'm going to
do? How many cups of coffee have I had? This is what's going on in my head.

Those are 15 words that you can use to talk about your personality, or to talk about
someone else's personality. So you can try and use one of these words to describe your
personality, Leave us a comment below and you can test it out. If there's a different
word that you are interested in using to describe your personality or another person's
personality, let us know about it. Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top
Words and we will see you again soon. Bye!
Top 10 Compliments You Always Want to
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Hi, everybody, and welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're
going to be talking about ten compliments that you always want to hear. let's go!
1. I love your cooking.

This is my personal favorite compliment. Oh my God! I love cooking, like, I'm always
posting pictures of things that I cooked on Twitter, I'm just crazy about food. So this
would be a compliment that I would love to get. The ultimate compliment for me, that
would be "will you make my birthday cake?" That would be such a compliment, like, it's
a question but it's there's so much behind that. Would you make my birthday cake? Ah,
you would give that to me?

So maybe you can use this after a meal, for example, I love your cooking and the other
person will be like... ^o^

Next is...

2. Great job!

Great job! This is a compliment that you can use anytime. You can use it with your
friends, with your... not with your boss, your boss might use it with you, an employee, a
co-worker, or colleague, a pet, even, whatever. It's just a very small scale, very easy to
use compliment that means you think whatever has just happened is good. I use "great
job" all the time. I use "great job" and I use "good job." Sometimes when I make a
mistake or something funny happens, and I'm alone at my house and I want to make fun
of myself, I'll be like, yeah great job, Alisha. If I'm trying to be positive about a failure or
laugh at myself a bit. But in general, it's just a good easy compliment to give someone.
Great job!

3. You have a way with words.

You have a way with words. This can be speaking, this can be writing. it means you
think that the other person is a good communicator or maybe even more so than just a
good communicator, you think that the way they speak or the way that they write is
particularly good, so that could mean funny, it could mean romantic, it could mean
dramatic, something about the way they speak or the way that they write you really
enjoy, that you can say "you have a way with words."

It's quite a nice compliment, I think, it's kind of like, you know, it's smart, it's a bit of it
smart thing, you have a way with words. Or you can say, you're good with words, you're
really good with words. Yes.

All right, next one...

4. You look gorgeous.

You look gorgeous, a very nice complement to give; just be very careful with the way
that you say this. For an everyday compliment, I tend not to say "you look nice" or "you
look gorgeous today" or something like that, because the underlying comment there is,
on the other day that person doesn't look nice.

So if I want to compliment someone's appearance I try to pick a specific thing, I'm like,
oh! I've never seen you wear that sweater before, it looks nice on you, something like
that. Like yesterday my friend had a new dress on, and I'm like, "is that a new dress?"
and because I thought she looked nice, but I didn't want to make it sound like I don't
think she looks nice every day. So I said "is that a new dress," and she goes, yeah; and
I said, I think that color is really really nice on you, it looks really good, and she was so
happy about that. So yes, there are these compliments like "you look nice," "you look
great," "you look gorgeous," and so on, but I personally kind of prefer to level them up a
little bit and just say, take a specific thing, like, did you get a new haircut? Did you dye
your hair? Or did you get something, did something happen, like, look whatever it is. try
to pick up on a specific thing. Because then that shows you're paying attention to the
other person, and you think that whatever they have chosen to do, whatever, like,
clothing or whatever haircut, whatever it is, you think that they have good sense there
too, or good style; so it's kind of like a double, that's a very subtle double compliment.
Yeah.
The next word is ...

5. You have good taste.

You have good taste. This can be for food, fashion style, for decorating sense, music, in
movies, whatever. If you think that that person's artistic selection is, in whatever
capacity, if you think that that person makes good choices with their appearance, or
their hobbies, or whatever, you can say "you have good taste." This is a fairly
sophisticated compliment, I think.

You have good taste for something, like, it sounds a bit more sophisticated, maybe if
you both choose the same bottle of wine, perhaps. like, it has kind of a more formal
adult-ish sophisticated feeling about it, this compliment. So yeah, maybe wine is a good
example of that, yeah. Oh! Nice bottle choice, like, I really like, that you have good taste.

You can follow this, by the way, you have good taste in blah blah blah. You have good
taste in movies; you have good taste in music. if you want to be specific about
something that you think that person is really good at choosing. You have good taste
in...

Now okay, okay, next one is...

6. You have a great sense of humor.

This is the underlying compliment in the phrase, you are so funny, this is the underlying
compliment.

You have a great sense of humor means the other person thinks you are funny, you are
good at telling jokes, or you make them laugh. This is actually one of my favorite
compliments to get. You have a great sense of humor. Yeah, because I think that's like,
you know, people like to laugh, so if someone makes you laugh, you can say this, you
have a great sense of humor, or you're very funny. Yeah, it's a good one. It's a really
good one, so you can say, after a joke, for example, or after maybe you finished
laughing at something the other person has said, you can say "ah, you have a great
sense of humor." good!

Next one is...

7. Your resume is impressive.

This is a weird compliment to say to your friends unless you're reviewing your friend's
resume. It's a bit weird, this is something that perhaps as someone interviewing another
person for a job would say. The candidate comes in for the interview, the interviewer
says, wow, your resume is very impressive, I'd like to ask you a few questions about it.
Yay!

So this is good to hear in a work situation. Yeah, you really probably won't need to use
this with your friends, if you do it's kind of weird.

Oh wow, this next one is quite a compliment! Nobody's ever said this to me.

To be fair, if somebody said this next one to me I would feel a little bit of like pressure.
The compliment here is...

8. You make me want to be a better person.

This is something that I think you see in movies from time to time. Yeah, I've had one
person say like, oh that something you did inspired me, and that was like, really like,
that was really exciting. Like somebody was inspired by something, like wow, that's
great, I want to be like you; that's a really cool compliment. But if someone says you
want to make me be a better person, it's like, oh wow, like that means I'm really
important to that person, which is really flattering. But at the same time, if someone said
that, I would also be like, if it's like my friend, I'd be, like, but I want you to be you, like, I
think you're a cool person already.

Yeah, it's like "oh, you make me want to be a better person;" like in that person's
viewpoint, you're like somehow above them and that's uncomfortable. Yeah, I would
rather say "you inspire me," I think that or like "this thing that you did really inspire me."
Like if somebody said like, I saw that picture that you posted on Twitter of that pizza
today Alicia, and it really inspired me and I made my own pizza. I'd be like Yeah!

Oh! next one is nice! actually, I say this to my friends quite a bit.

9. You are an awesome friend.

This is really really good to use after your friend has helped you with something; maybe
you're moving to a new apartment or new house, or maybe you've had some trouble
and your friend gave you some good advice, or your friend just listened to you when you
really needed to talk to someone. After that experience you could say, thanks so much,
you were an awesome friend!

Or maybe your friend did something really really cool and you just want to tell them, like,
I think you're really awesome, say you are an awesome friend, they'll be happy to hear
that. Or just you can abbreviate it to "you are awesome," not just "you're an awesome
friend." Just "you are awesome," "you're a cool person," "you're awesome," "you're
fantastic."

You are awesome! You're an awesome friend!

Compliments that I want to hear. Quite honestly, I feel that any physical appearance
compliment is sort of boring to me, honestly, when people... (I feel ya, I feel ya!) Really,
I'm just like, okay, great, I didn't do anything to have this body or my face or whatever;
it's just, it's like, okay, that doesn't mean anything, like, what are we gonna do with that?
It's like if you want to compliment somebody I feel like you should compliment them on
their skills, something that they have done or something they have created, or
something about their personality that is valuable to you. I think that's a much better
compliment.

So for me I like...

10. This is delicious.

Because I love cooking, so when somebody tells me "this is so good" like, when they
say it in just that right way, and you can tell that it's real. If you can tell that it's true I'm
just like, YES!

When people go "Oh my God, this is so good" like, I've cooked something really really
well, they say "Oh my God, amazing" or I want to eat your food, that sort of thing. When
people say that I'm just like "Yes!" like that makes me so so happy because that's one of
my favorite things to do. It's a skill, and it's something like I've worked hard to try to do
well. So when someone compliments me on that, I get really excited.

Alright! So those are compliments you always want to hear. What compliments do you
want to hear? I don't know, we've talked about personality compliments, and we talked
about skill compliments, but if you have a favorite compliment, leave it in the comment
box. We can set a compliment mayhem among the commenters. Anyway, positive
feelings after this video, everybody's cheered, I think.

Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words, and we'll see you again
soon. Bye!
10 Sad Words
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Oh! Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're
going to be talking about 10 sad words. These are words that you can use to express a
sad feeling. So let's go!

1. Sad.

The first word is sad, anytime you feel down, you feel disappointed, just to general not
good feeling, you can say, I'm sad. If someone asks you, how are you doing? I'm sad.

2. Disappointed.

The next word is disappointed, you can use this with food, with people, with pets if you
like. My parents like to use disappointed when they wanted to express that I did not live
up to their expectations, they would say, Alisha I'm really disappointed in you, and I felt
so bad because it meant their expectation was here and my action was here, so it's very
effective. But at the same time it's so motivating.

3. Lonely.

The next word is lonely, lonely. I don't want to talk about this word, it's sad. Maybe
you've been spending a lot of time alone, or there's someone that you really want to
see, or you want to see your family members, or maybe you're working too much, I don't
know, whatever it is, maybe you just, you feel like you want to talk to people, or you
want to see people, be around people, but you can't, you can use the word lonely to
describe that feeling. I've only been working for the last few months, I haven't had a
chance to spend much time with my friends, I'm feeling kind of lonely.

4. Nervous.

The next word is nervous. Nervous is used for any tension, any anxiety, excited but in a
bad way about something. When I was a child before my piano performances, I would
get so nervous, I would be so nervous my hands would start to shake and then I couldn't
play the piece I've been practicing for months. That's why this is great because you're
not here. Forgive me! Don't be disappointed in me!

5. Upset.
Upset is a really really useful word, anytime you feel sad, angry, depressed,
disappointed, unhappy, in general, you can say I'm upset, or he or she is upset. It's just
a general unhappy word but it doesn't mean unhappy, it just means something is wrong,
there's a way a person usually behaves, but I'm upset means something's not right. In a
sentence, I might say, I'm really upset about my performance last year, I was too
nervous and my parents were disappointed in me, I'm sad now.

6. Frightened.

Frightened just means you're afraid, you're scared of something, like when you go to a
movie and it's really scary, you can say I was frightened. Frightened is not a word that
I'd use in everyday conversation though. I might read this word in a book, I suppose, but
I can't remember the last time I said "I'm very frightened," like, I was frightened, that's a
frightening movie. It feels a little bit formal, so you might read this word more often than
you actually say this word frightened.

7. Discouraged.

The next word is discouraged. If you're trying to do something, like, at your job or as a
hobby or whatever, but it's really really difficult, or you're receiving a lot of criticism, or
it's just not going as you planned, you can say "I'm feeling discouraged." that sad or that
upset feeling of wanting to do something but not being able to, or having a hard time
doing that. I'm feeling a little bit discouraged about my recent work project, for example.

8. Gloomy.

Gloomy, i guess you could use gloomy to describe someone's mood, just they seem a
bit down, they seem a bit sad, they're not maybe saying very much, they don't want to
participate in things, that might be someone who's gloomy. We also use gloomy for, like,
an atmosphere in a room, or in a place, in a building, something that's a bit dark, maybe
it's really, like, cloudy, you can use gloomy to describe the weather as well. Just
something dark, cloudy, maybe foggy, kinda, just a sad feeling, really. In a sentence, my
friend seems kind of gloomy today, she hasn't said very much and I saw her crying in
the bathroom.

9. Hurt.

The next word is hurt. If someone criticizes you or if someone says bad things about
you, or you feel sad, you feel down, but basically it's someone else is the cause of that,
you can say, I feel hurt, or I was hurt by your comments. So it can be used as a verb or
as an adjective. So as a verb, I was hurt by your comment. As an adjective, I feel hurt.
Another expression that's commonly used is you hurt my feelings, in that case it's used
as a verb, you hurt my feelings. So hurt typically, maybe when you think of the word hurt
it means to wound or to injure something, in this case your feelings are the thing being
injured or being hurt. So, you hurt my feelings is a very very common one.

10. Miserable.

The next word is miserable, she says laughing. Miserable means very very sad, so
maybe here we have sad, I don't even know what the next one is would be after sad,
sad and gloomy, miserable, depressed, I don't know, these are just all very unhappy
things going on in this word spectrum I'm building here with my hands. Something bad
has happened in your life or in someone else's life and you need a word stronger than
sad to describe that, you can use miserable. So, like, I lost my job and I haven't been
able to find a new one, I'm miserable. Or my boyfriend or my girlfriend broke up with me,
I'm miserable. It's usually for something a bit serious in your life, miserable.

And that's the end! Those are 10 sad words, somehow that didn't get too depressing, I
hope. Anyway, give them a try the next time you need to more accurately describe your
feelings, or to describe someone else's feelings, they're pretty useful actually, I think.
Thanks very much for joining us for this lesson! If you haven't already, please be sure to
subscribe to our channel for more fun stuff, and we'll see you again soon. Bye!
Must-Know Expressions for Agreeing and
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Vamos a la piscina, that means "we're going to the movie theater," right?

Alright! Hi everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome back to Top Words. Today we're
going to be talking about must know expressions for agreeing and disagreeing, very
useful, so let's go!

1. Exactly.

When you agree 100% with something someone else has said, you can say exactly. For
example, ramen is one of the best food in the world. Exactly.

2. I don't agree.

You have a different opinion from the other person, they tell you, I think that soccer is
the best sport, you can say, I don't agree. But be prepared to provide your own opinion
after this. I think soccer is the best sport I don't agree, I think that football is. Oh! that
could cause some problems! Soccer/football. Americans say football when we mean
American football, but the rest of the world says football when they mean soccer.

3. Maybe.

Maybe is when you don't know, when you can't make a decision, or when you're not
sure about something. Okay so someone tosses you an opinion, someone says they're
their idea to you, I think it's gonna rain tomorrow, you can say, yeah maybe. You don't
know for sure, yes or no, but it's possible, it's a good sort of in-between expression, but
if you use maybe all the time, it's going to sound really strange, and it's going to sound
like you can't make a decision. So use maybe very sparingly, don't use it so often.
Maybe is very commonly used as a soft no, it's up to you to figure that out among the
people that you're talking to then. You want to stay over my house this weekend?
Maybe.

4. I couldn't agree with you more.

You are in complete agreement with the other person, and really want to communicate
that to them. You think that what they have just said is really really correct, super
correct, yes! You are completely on board with that idea, you can say "I couldn't agree
with you more." I couldn't, the negative form, I could not agree with you more, meaning
it's not possible that I could agree more with what you're saying. Next week it's really
important that we have a barbecue because summer is ending. And then your friend
can say, I couldn't agree more! That's a fantastic big idea, I'll buy steak.

5. I think we're going to have to agree to disagree.

Agree to disagree, this is a kind of, it seems like a simple phrase, agree to disagree. So
you're agreeing with the other person, you agree that we have a different opinion, agree
to disagree. I would use this expression at the end of a discussion, so person A and
person B have different opinions and they've been discussing those opinions for a long
time, and person A is not changing his or her opinion, person B is not changing his or
her opinion, so you can say at the end of the conversation, okay we have to agree to
disagree. Let's just accept our different opinions and move on in the conversation.

6. You have a point there.

This is not necessarily and an agreement or disagreement phrase, it's a small

agreement within a larger discussion, so maybe you've been discussing a topic for a
long time, and you disagreed with the other person until this time. This person says
something and you agree with that, ah, you have a point there. So there's one thing that
this person has said that you can agree with, you can say you have a point there. I think
that's correct, or I agree with that point.

7. That's exactly how I feel.

Meaning, my feeling is the same as you're feeling, or my opinion is the same as your
opinion, that's exactly how I feel. Maybe you can use this if someone describes your
feeling very accurately, for example, you can say, I feel like the company is really
heading in a nice new direction, you can say, yeah, that's exactly how I feel, I really like
the new boss.

8. I don't think so.

It's soft, it's not so direct, it's not a hard "I disagree," but just I don't think so. Of course
you can use it to discuss opinions but you can also use it when you're making plans. Are
you going to that party this weekend? I don't think so. It's not a disagreement but it can
be used as a negation phrase, and a negative response to something. When used as an
opinion, I think Chinese is the hardest language to learn, you can say, I don't think so, I
think that Arabic is the hardest language to learn.

9. Yes, you're right.

Yes, you're right means you're correct, yes, I agree with you, I think that's the right
information, I think that's the correct opinion. Just a very clear agreement phrase, you're
right. It also has the nuance of being correct, so maybe there was a possibility the other
person could be incorrect. Did you know that pepperoni pizza is the most delicious pizza
in the world? Yes, you're right. You can change it to "that's right" for that opinion. You
can use you're to talk specifically about the person itself, but that's right, yes, that's right,
that information is correct.

10. I guess so.

I guess so, it's an agreement but it's sort of a flaky agreement, I guess so. It's like you
don't really want to make a decision but you don't feel strongly in one, like, in agreement
or disagreement, you can say I guess so. It's usually said with this tone of voice, I guess
so. You know, we don't say I guess so! Generally it's like you can't quite make a
decision or you don't want to make a decision, you can say I guess so. Hey, we're
gonna go for Chinese food for dinner tonight, you wanna come? Yeah I guess so. You
don't feel strongly either way. I guess so.
11. I'm afraid I disagree.

It's a rather polite expression that you can use in a business situation, for example. I'm
afraid here doesn't mean I'm actually scared or I'm really frightened, but just it's a
softener that's used at the beginning of sentences to introduce a negative opinion. So
I'm afraid I disagree, or I'm afraid I can't agree with you, for example. I think that you
need to adopt a new policy for your company. I'm afraid I disagree. It's a soft
disagreement that sounds a bit more formal than some of the other phrases we've
talked about so far.

12. Absolutely.

Absolutely means 100% yes, exactly, precisely, definitely, it's a quick and clear and can
be polite as well as casual word that means you agree with the other person. Hey, do
you want to go to the beach this weekend? Yeah, absolutely! Absolutely!

Oh, that's the end! So those are some phrases that you can use to agree and disagree
with other people. There are a lot of them, and you can kind of mix and match them as
you see fit. So give them a try. Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top
Words and we'll see you again soon. Bye!

10 Responses to "How are you?"

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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're going
to be talking about 10 different phrases that you can use to respond to the question
"how are you?" So let's go!

1. I'm great.

The first phrase is "I'm great." if someone says "how are you?" you can say "I'm great!"
Try to say I'm great with a kind of an upbeat voice, so something like "how are you?"
"I'm great."

2. I'm feeling bad.

If you say "I'm feeling bad," the other person is probably, if they're friend of yours, or co-
worker, going to ask you "why? What happened?" So if you want to use "I'm feeling
bad" make sure you have an explanation ready. Anyway, somebody says "how are
you?" and you go, I'm feeling bad, maybe, I went out for drinks last night with my
coworkers. Oops!

3. I'm okay. I'm okay.

I feel like this is one of those intonation practice ones. I'm okay, with that I'm okay, like,
sort of upward intonation, you're like cool, but if someone says "how are you" "I'm
okay..." They'll be like "oh, no! What happened?" So you can use your intonation with
I'm okay to make it a good thing, or a not so good thing, but either way it's not like a very
super serious response.

4. Thank you for asking.

And yeah, I imagine this would be in a more formal situation, if my friend said to me
"how are you?" and I was like thank you for asking, they'd be like "what?" I would say
"I'm fine" or "I'm doing well." I'm doing great. Plus "thank you for asking," so "how are
you?" I'm doing very well, thank you. That's how I would use it.

5. And you?

The next one is "and you?" like, the least natural response to "how are you" is "I'm fine,
thank you, and you?" like, just get out of, just take it out of your head. Nobody says that,
I always say "how about you?" that's a much more natural thing.

6. How are you?

How are you? can be a response again after you have given your answer to the
question. "How are you?" "I'm great. How are you?" "How are you? I'm good, how are
you?" "I'm great, how are you?" "I'm okay, how are you?"

7. How have you been recently?

This is only useful if you haven't seen the other person for a while.

8. I'm not bad.

How are you? I'm not bad. I'm not bad, things could be worse. I would probably do this,
"I'm not bad."

9. I'm sleepy.

The next expression is "I'm sleepy." It's, like, so specific, someone said How are you? I
would probably say "I'm okay, but i'm a little sleepy." I don't know that I would just say
"I'm sleepy" unless it's a really good friend of mine. It's a person close to you, you can
say I'm so tired, I'm, I would say, "I'm super tired" or "I'm really tired," and I feel like
that's a little bit more natural than just "I'm sleepy."

10. I'm good.

One that I use a lot, if someone says "how are you?" I say "I'm good." That's just
probably my go-to response, yeah. I'm good, I'm good, maybe I'll repeat it while smiling.
I'm good, I'm good, yeah, thanks for asking.

That is the end! Those are 10 phrases that you can use to respond to the question "how
are you?" If there's one takeaway from this, and from other things that we've done over
the last few years in this channel, just get rid of that "I'm fine, thank you, and you?" and
pick one of these that we've talked about today. Of course, if there's another expression
that you use for a response to "how are you?" I'd be very interested to learn about that,
but in general you're pretty safe if you stick with these. So thanks very much for
watching this episode of Top Words and we will see you again soon. Bye!

20 Travel Phrases You Should Know

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Yeah! Vamos a la playa! Now we're going to the beach!

Hi, everybody, welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're going
to be talking about 20 travel phrases that you should know. So let's go!

1. Do you have any recommendations?

The first phrase is "do you have any recommendations?" This is great to use when you
get to a restaurant where you don't know what the food is, you don't know anything
about the local cuisine, or you're just feeling a little bit adventurous; you can ask the
waitstaff "do you have any recommendations?"

2. How much is this?

This is useful when you're out shopping or when you're in a restaurant, and the price is
not clearly marked or something is not clear to you, so you can ask "how much is this?"

Usually, when you point to something, I would recommend, like, pointing to the menu,
pointing to an item, "how much is this?"

3. I'd like this.

You can point to something and say, I'd like this. If you want to say, I'd like one, for
example, I don't know, you're getting beer, I'd like one of these. If, however, you're in a
situation where you can't point, you can say, "I'd like ten of the blah blah blah."

I'd like ten of blue t-shirts, please.

4. Can I try this on?

It's useful when you're shopping for clothes. So you found something that you'd like to
try, just ask the staff "can I try this on?"
You can just say "I want to try this on" if you like.

5. Do you speak English?

You might get asked this phrase, so you should say, if you're watching this videos you'd
probably say "yes," or you can say "yes, a little." If you're not feeling very confident, if
you're watching this video and you're understanding this part and you say "no" then
that's a little strange.

6. I have a reservation.

Usually, the staff will greet you and you can say I have a reservation.

Hello, I have a reservation, it's at 7 o'clock, the name is Alisha. Usually, we say "the
name is" or "it's under," meaning the reservation is under my name or it's for (name), or
it's in (name).

7. Water, please.

Depending on which country you're from, water may or may not automatically be
brought to your table when you're in a restaurant. If you would like more water, however,
you can say "water, please" to make it a little more polite. I would like, wave at the
waitstaff and say "could I please have some more water?"

8. Do you take credit cards?

In case you're not sure if the shop that you're in will accept credit cards or debit cards,
you can ask them "do you take credit cards?" And so it doesn't mean "do you take"
meaning are you going to take my card, but this "take" means do you accept credit
cards.
9. This isn't what I ordered.

So if you're at a restaurant, you order steak and you get lobster instead; you can look at
it and go "ah! this isn't what I ordered."

Be careful though, saying this politely if you look at the waitstaff and you say this isn't
what I ordered, they're going to be like, I don't know, just be a nice customer. "Excuse
me, but I don't think this is what I ordered" or "this isn't what I ordered, can you please
check?"

10. Could we have the menu, please?

If for some reason you don't receive a menu when you come to the table, you can again
just wave to a member of the staff and say "could we have the menu, please?"

11. Could you give me a discount?

Could you give me a discount means "I would like a cheaper price." Essentially, it
depends on which country you're in, if haggling or bargaining, meaning talking to the
seller to try to reduce the price, my family didn't bargain we didn't haggle, so I don't
haggle depends on you and your culture. But just, yeah, just be aware of the culture that
you're in, and the place that you're in before you ask this question.

12. Do you have any vegetarian dishes?

Ah! This is useful! Some people have specific eating requirements or eating needs,
maybe food allergies, for example. You can replace vegetarian with the specific dietary
requirement that you have, "do you have any vegan dishes?" "Do you have any gluten-
free dishes?" "Do you have any low-fat dishes?" "Do you have any low-carb dishes?"
"Do you have any fish-free dishes?"
Do you have any...

13. Could you take a picture of me, please?

If you are in a location where you would like to take a picture but you don't want to do a
selfie, or you don't have a selfie stick or whatever, you want someone else to take a
picture of you, a stranger that you don't know, you can ask them "could you take a
picture of me, please?" Or "Excuse me, would you mind taking a picture of me, please?"

14. I'm allergic to...

If you have a food allergy or even an allergy to a medicine, this is the phrase you can
use to explain that. I'm allergic to wheat, or I can't eat wheat, for example.

15. Is the Wi-Fi free?

Meaning "can I use the Wi-Fi free of charge?" Keep in mind some places have a
password that you have to ask the staff for, so you can say "is the Wi-Fi free?" If they
say yes, you can then follow that up with "can I have the password?"

16. I'd like to have a non-smoking seat, please.

So when you go to a restaurant you have an option between smoking and non-smoking
sections; the staff will say smoking or non-smoking. You can say I'd like to have a non-
smoking seat, please. Quite honestly though, the most natural response is just to say
"non-smoking."

17. Could I get a map?

Maybe it's a map of the subway system for the city that you're in or maybe it's a map of
the area around your hotel, you could say "could I have a map" as well.

18. Could I have the check?

You're finished at the cafe, you're finished at the restaurant, and it's time to leave, it's
time to pay; so you say to the waitstaff "excuse me, could I have the check?" Another
more common expression, perhaps, is "excuse me, check please." You might also hear
"bill."

Excuse me, can I have the bill?

19. Where is the bathroom?

Very important question, if you're traveling in America we don't really use the word toilet
or washroom very much, we use bathroom or restroom to talk about toilet facilities.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where the bathroom is?" or "excuse me, I'm looking for the
bathroom," or "I'm looking for the restroom."

20. Is this the train for...?

Or is this the train that goes to...? to confirm with someone that I'm indeed on the correct
train line.

If I say, is this the train bound for San Francisco? You can use that to check if you're
correct.

So that's the end those are 20 travel phrases that you can use when you're traveling in
an English speaking country. Give them a try, I hope that they go well for you, of course,
there are many different variations on these themes so be sure to experiment a little bit.
Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words, and we will see you again
soon. Bye!

The things that I do before I travel to a country where I cannot speak the language, I
actually learned numbers. Ok! Fin!

10 Must Know Math Words

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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha and today we're going
to be talking about 10 must know math word. So let's go!

1. Plus.
The first word is plus, you might have this + sign on your keyboard, you probably do, it
means to add something. So like, one plus one equals two. It's an addition related
phrase, plus.

2. Minus.

The next one, the opposite of plus is the - sign. So in this case, two minus one equals
one. So it's a subtraction. That's related to subtraction, taking away something, minus.

3. Times.

Ok, the next one is times, we use for multiplication, so it's represented by an x symbol.
So 2 times 2 equals 4. We use x. 2 x 2 equals 4, it's a multiplication related word. I
wonder why we use x. 2 x 2.

4. Divided.

Divided as the verb, so 2/2 equals 1, for example. Divided by is that dot line dot symbol.
2/2 equals 1. You can use "divided by," is the expression, two divided by...

5. Equal.

Equal or equals, we use this before we present the solution to a math problem, so 2
times 2 equals, with an s, equals, it equals four, for example. You can also use equal to
show that two things have the same value, two is equal to two. This value is equal to
that value, that's another way that you can use the word equal.

6. Equation.
The next math word is equation. Equation, so up until now we've been talking about a
part of an equation but the whole math problem everything there is called the equation,
so the process that you need to do in order to solve an equation. An equation is
something that you do to solve a problem. This this part of the equation, this part is the
solution. The ending the result is the solution. The problem is called the equation, the
process, the math process to find a solution.

7. Percent.

Percent, this is a very useful word you can use, of course, when doing math or maths
problems, but you can also use this when shopping, for example. So a sale is five
percent off, ten percent off, it represents a discount. You can also use percent to
describe effort levels, for example, a sports team coach might tell his team, I need you
to work at a hundred percent today. So it's used to express the level of something, but it
can also be used in sales and in math related terms.

8. Remainder.

The next word is remainder. Remainder is used when doing a division, it means,
remainder means something that is left over. So when doing division, when doing
division problems, sometimes there's a problem or an equation that results in a number
that is not round, or a number that is not whole. So for example, 1.2 might be a solution
to a math remainder there, that's what's left over. So it's not a whole number but there's
something, a little bit, that's left, that's remaining, that's called the remainder, something
that's left over.

9. Even.

The word even represents numbers like two, four, six, eight, ten, twelve, we consider
those numbers even, they end in a 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0. Those are the even numbers.
10.Odd.

So the next word is odd, which represents the numbers that are not even. 1, 3, 5, 7, and
9, any number that ends in one, three, five, seven, or nine is called an odd number.
Anything that ends in two, four, six, eight, or zero is an even number.

Alright, so those are 10 math related words that are actually quite useful, you can use
them to talk about, of course, math equations, but they're also useful in, perhaps, in
some business situations and when shopping. So give them a try. Thanks very much for
watching this episode of Top Words, and we will see you again soon. Bye!

20 Must-Know Family Words

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Today, where are we gonna go today? We've been to the piscina, we've been to the
playa. Bi-biblio... library, vamos a la biblioteca.

Hi, everybody, my name is Alisha. Welcome back to Top Words. Today we're going to
be talking about 20 Must-Know Family Words. So let's go!

1. Mother

Mother is the person who gave birth to you, mother. You can say mom, mother, mom,
mama mummy.

"My mother has amazing cooking!" it's true!

2. Father

Father is the person who did not give birth to you but who helped make you happen. So
we say father, dad, daddy, pa, pop.

"My father is a very level-headed person." that's also true.

3. Sister

Sister is a female sibling, so my brother might say "I have an older sister." Anyone who
is a female sibling, or someone you can use this for friends that you feel very very close
to, like, "she's like my sister." that's fine as well.

4. Brother

We sometimes use "bro" for this. I would say "I have a younger brother."

Like sister, you can use brother for any male that you feel is similar to a brother;
someone you feel very close to. So "He's like a brother to me" or "You're like my
brother."
5. Grandmother

When you put "grand" plus something else, it means the next generation or the previous
generation, so you have your mother and father, in this case grandmother means your
mother or your father's mother. It can be either of them, so grandmother.

"My grandmother was born a long time ago."

6. Grandfather

Grandfathers are just like grandmother, your mother or your father's father is your
grandfather.

"My grandfather liked to play tennis" That's true.

7. Uncle

Your uncle is either your mother or your father's brother, someone directly related to one
of your parents who is a man is your uncle.

"My uncle is very good with woodworking." Also true.

8. Aunt

You might also hear aunt, both of them are correct. You can say aunt or aunt; an aunt or
an aunt is your mother or your father's female sibling.

"One of my aunts gave me a stamp collection when I was a little kid." That's also true.
9. Cousin

Cousin is your aunt or uncle's children, it can be on any side, so typically these people
are of the same generation as you, not always, but cousins are generally about the
same age, at least in my family, they are.

"It's really fun to see all my cousins at family barbecues."

10. Nephew

A nephew is a sibling's male child. So if you have a brother or a sister and they have
children, any male children, are your nephews. Nephews.

"I don't have any nephews."

11. Niece

Niece, so your brother or your sister's female children, any female children they have.
You can say "She's my niece" or "I have two nieces, how many nieces do you have" or
"I have a lot of nieces."

12. Wife

So this is a female partner that you are married to. "She is my wife" or "how is your
wife?"

Wife is only used when you are married to that person.

13. Husband
Husband is a male that someone is married to. So "how is your husband?," "this is my
husband."

Again, husband is only used when you are married to that person.

14. Parent

Parent is typically used generally for a mother or a father, like "I'm a parent," "he is my
parent," "she is my parent." It's often used in the plural "they are my parents," "these are
my parents," "my parents are home," "my parents are not at home."

But you can also use parent to describe someone who raised you, so maybe your
biological mother or father did not raise you, but someone else like an aunt or an uncle,
or perhaps a different figure in your community did raise you, you can say "she's like a
parent to me" or "she had a parenting role in my life."

15. Child

Child is a small human, a small human is a child. It doesn't necessarily have to be of

your family, like,if you're just at the park and you see kids running around you can say
"ah! look at that child."

You can use a child in the singular, but be careful, child changes in the plural form to
children, so not ‘childs,' but children. One child, two children. Please be careful, this has
an irregular plural form. "Maybe I'll have a child someday."

16. Son

Son is a male child, a male offspring. "My uncle has a lot of sons." That's not true.
17. Daughter

A daughter is a female child. "I wonder if I will ever have a daughter."

18. Brother-in-law

So we use in-law to mean our married partner's family members; not my brother but my
partner's brother. "In-law" is used after any family member's position or family member's
title to show they belong to my partner's family originally, but now they're part of my
extended family as well.

"I'm going out for drinks with my brother-in-law tomorrow night."

19. Father-in-law

So we have in-law here, meaning my partner's father. So "my father-in-law is very kind."

20. Mother-in-law

Mother-in-law, meaning my partner's mother. In a sentence, "my mother-in-law and I get

along really well."

And that's the end! So those are 20 Must-Know Family Words that you can use to talk
about your family, your partner's family, and the families of the people around you.
They're very useful so try them out. Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top
Words, and we will see you again soon for more fun stuff. Thanks very much for
watching, bye!

You're finding out all kinds of things.

10 Animal Sounds
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If a chicken had a favorite composer, it would be Bach, right? Oh my god, do you want
to hear a good chicken joke? Oh no, wait! That's not a chicken joke! Why do I think
there's a chicken joke? It's not, it's an Arnold Schwarzenegger joke, let's go!

Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha and today we're going
to be talking about 10 animal sounds. So let's go!

1. Buzz

This is a word that we use for bees and other small flying creatures, so like maybe
mosquitoes buzz, bees buzz, flies buzz, anything small that flies we say, it buzzes. But
usually, when you want to replicate the sound, it's buzzz.

"A bee in your garden goes buzz."

2. Meow

Meow is the word that is used only for cats, there is no other animal in English to my
knowledge that says meow. I think, like, you can extend it to sort of make different cat
noises the EO in there, kind of makes a meow sound. That's information that you have
now.

"I heard my cat meowing in the rain outside this morning and I felt bad because she was
cold."

3. Bark

Bark is a word we use for dogs. So there are a couple different kinds of bark though,
there's like tree bark as well, but that's different. So a dog's bark is the sound that, like, a
dog makes. So we use it as a verb, like "my dog was barking all night last night." Other
words the dog say in English are "bow-wow" and "ruff" and "woof." These are all dog
sounds.
4. Bray

Really? Donkeys Bray. This, I don't really use the word bray ever. I don't think I've ever
said "Oh my god, did you hear that donkey braying outside last night, it was so noisy!"
But that's beside the point, if you need to, for some reason, explain what sound donkey
makes, you can say, the donkey was braying. But if you want to, like, make the same
sound as a donkey, for whatever reason, we say, "hee-haw" for donkeys. They are very
strange creatures, aren't they? Don't they make a weird sound? "Hee-haw," braying,
that's it.

5. Snort

Pigs snort. A snort sound is anything is like that quick air going into your nose. Oh my
god, am I gonna snort? I'm not going to snort because I don't want you guys to laugh at
me on camera. Snort can be applied to other creatures, like, humans can snort. Maybe
like if you have a friend that snorts when he or she laughs you can use the same word.
But for pigs, like, to talk about, if like you're reading a children's book for example, it'll
usually say the pig says "oink oink," that's the pig word.

6. Crow

Roosters crow, this is a true story "there's a rooster in my neighborhood and it crows in
the morning." I've heard it when I walked past on my way to work, this is a true story.
When you're reading children's stories you'll see like the rooster says "cock-a-doodle-
doo," I think that that's like the our attempt at making that… sound into words, like cock-
a-doodle-doo! Somehow that's what it's become. Wake up.

7. Peep

Chicks make a peep sound. Any baby bird they have, like, such tiny little voices and
they're very very fluffy, so like the word we use to describe their voice is peep. It's like
that. Such a cute sound.

But we use that for chicks, yeah, for baby birds they beep beep beep. This is the beak,
by the way, that's what I'm doing my hands. beep beep beep.

8. Quack

Ducks are important to me. So ducks quack, we use the word quack to describe a duck.
So "lots of ducks quack" on a regular basis. All right quackity quack quack.

9. Squeak

Squeak, which we use for mice, mice make a squeak sound, I guess. We're going to
youtube it, we're going to YouTube a mouse sound. That sounds like something that
you hear in like a horror movie right before like the killer gets the person that's
wandering to the haunted house. Huh! I can't replicate that. Oh!

10. Gobble

Let's go on to the next word, which is gobble, gobble is only, I feel only used for turkeys,
And turkeys are usually only talked about around Thanksgiving, in like November. So
turkeys say gobble, gobble gobble gobble. That's the best turkey I can do. Did you ever
have to draw turkey when you were in elementary school? Yeah, that's it, with your
hand. You put your hand on like the paper and then you make an outline with your
hand, then your hand becomes like the Turkey's feathers and then you color it. Yeah,
cool, okay. Turkeys gobble.

That's the end! So those are ten animal sounds and one of Alisha's stomach sound, did
you hear that just now? Great timing stomach. Way to be a team player.
Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words and we will see you again
next time! Bye!

What does the dog say? Bark-bark-bark.

Oh no, very warm, these lights are killing me today.

10 Words for Connecting Thoughts

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Whenever I'm ready, alright! Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words, My name is
Alisha. And today we're going to be talking about ten words for connecting thoughts,
these are ten words that you can use to transition between ideas. Very useful in both
speech and in writing. Let's go!

1. Also

Also, also is a word that you can use to add information, "I went to the store this
morning, also I went and got coffee" that's true.

2. However

However, however is used to contrast or to contrast depending on your pronunciation to

differentiate, to show a difference between two pieces of information, a good pattern
would be A however B. So for example, "I love tonkatsu ramen however it is very high in
calories so I don't eat it often" also true.

3. On the other hand

On the other hand, on the other hand is, I feel used more commonly in speech than it is
in writing. Again, it's used to present like two sides to a story or two sides to some
information. So for example, "I'm thinking about visiting Taiwan sometime this year, but
on the other hand, I'm also thinking about visiting Thailand."

4. Still

So it might be common to use still with the word like "but" or word like "even though," so
you're saying even though there's some other factor, like, "I'm really really tired this
week" or "even though I have a lot of homework to do, I still want to go out with my
friends" or "I still want to see a movie this weekend." So there's this other, there's this
thing that's maybe mix this other action difficult to do or tough to do or whatever, but
even though there's this, you still have this over here. So maybe the two are kind of
used as a pair. "I still want to go out later even though I'm tired."

5. Then

Then, yes a very useful word. We use then when telling stories a lot. So for example, if I
could tell a story about my morning today "when I got up I brush my teeth, and then I
cooked breakfast, then I did a little bit of work ,then I took a shower, then I did some
cooking," bla bla bla.

You'll often hear "and then" as well; and then I, and then we, and then you, and so on.
So then it is really really useful for sequence, so a useful word, I think.

6. Besides

Besides, so it's commonly used in a pattern like besides that, meaning other than
something else. "I went out with my friends this weekend, but besides that, I didn't really
do much."

So another way to say that sentence is "I went out with my friends this weekend, but
other than that, other than that activity, I didn't do very much." Ok.

7. Meanwhile

Meanwhile or you might hear the similar expression "in the meantime." It means while
you're doing action A, at the same time maybe somewhere else action B is happening.
This is used while telling stories a lot.

So for example, "I was working at my office all week last week, meanwhile my co-
workers across town were having a party without me." So these two things are
happening at the same time, but maybe separate from one another. Meanwhile.
8. Likewise

Ok, likewise I don't really use this word personally myself at all, it's often used after an
introduction similar to the "pleasure is all mine" in a formal situation. So maybe
somebody says you know "Hey! it was really great to see you last weekend. Thanks
very much for coming to my barbecue." You can say "yeah, likewise, it was really good
to see you and your family." So likewise means I have the same feeling, or I have the
same idea. It's kind of a friendly phrase but personally I don't really use that to transition
between thoughts, I would just use "and," I suppose, but that's how I would use it.

9. Instead

Instead so so instead it's used like instead of I want to A instead of B can be used to
express your plans or what you want to do "I want to have Chinese food instead of
Italian food tonight." So you're presenting two alternatives essentially. So instead of
means "in place of" or "as a substitute for." So "I should have drank a lot of water this
morning but instead I drank a lot of coffee." That's true.

"I wanted to have dinner with my friends this weekend. Instead, I had dinner at home"

10. In addition

In addition, this is a really good word for more formal situations. I like to use in addition
in writing, I don't really use in addition in speaking unless I'm trying to be very formal for
some reason. Similar to additionally as well. So you make point A and point B, and then
when you want to make one more point that's related to point A and point B, you can
say, in addition, point C. So you're like building an argument, and in addition can be
used to kind of finish that argument off a little bit.

"Our new marketing plan worked really well last month, we noticed increased sales in
product A; in addition, we've gained a lot of new customers." Something like that. So
just, you're quickly presenting a series of ideas that are related to one another, you can
use in addition to finish it off.

All right, so that's the end of ten words for connecting thoughts. I hope you get to use a
lot of these; try to mix it up, it's good to use a variety of different words. Thanks very
much for watching this episode, and we will see you again next time for more fun stuff.
Bye!

Whenever I'm ready.

10 "Gamer Speak" Words

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Vamos! Hi, everybody, welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today
we're going to be talking about 10 Gamer Speak Words. I am excited about this one.
Let's go!
First word is...

1. Achievement

Achievement is used when you have completed a mission in some games. There's a
very famous phrase that says like "Achievement unlocked!" Good feeling.

2. Beta

Beta, it's for something that's not quite finished but that's maybe in like a testing phase.
You could hear, like, the beta release of something, or like the beta test version of bla
bla bla. For example "I am beta testing a running game right now." that is true.

Next is...

3. Boss

If you ever played a video game, probably you know about a boss battle. You've been
playing through a level, at the end of that level there's a boss that you have to fight. It's
kind of interesting now thinking about it how we use boss for a main challenger that you
have to defeat in a video game level, but we also use it for like our managers at work.

So the next word is...

4. Role-playing game

Role-playing game is commonly abbreviated commonly shortened to RPG. This is a

very popular style of game. A role-playing game meaning you play a role.
Role-playing games have evolved over years, now you can play, for example,
MMORPG, massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

"I have been playing role-playing game since I was like 11, and my brother convinced
me to play Final Fantasy 7."

The next word is...

5. Checkpoint

You might also hear save point. You save your game and then you continue on in the
game and then if you die you go back and you respawn, you come back to life from that
checkpoint. I feel like checkpoint is used more in like a racing game, but save point is
used more in an RPG.

The next one is...

6. Noob

Noob. I love the word noob. I mostly talk about myself, actually. When I've made like a
really stupid decision. Noob means rookie, it means someone who is inexperienced at
something. You can use noob in a game if you find someone who's just joined the
game, they're a brand new player "they are a noob they don't know anything."

7. Farming

Let's talk about farming, in gaming terms it means you are trying to collect a certain
item. It has like kind of a reputation for being a bit boring because you're just killing like
the same creature over and over again.
8. NPC

NPC means non-playable character. There are other characters within the game that
move the story forward, but that you cannot play as, you cannot become that character,
but you interact with them.

"I have to talk to an NPC in order to move this quest forward"

Next is...

9. Camper

A camper is someone who is waiting for a creature to spawn. So a person who's waiting
for the monster to appear is called a camper. You can use camping as a verb too, to talk
about that, like, I'm "camping this monster."

Really? People camp other players? I suppose so, depending on the kind of game
you're playing.

10. MMO

Is a massively multiplayer online game. It means you can play online with a lot of
different people essentially.

Well, that's all. That's the end! So those are 10 gamer speak words. I really enjoyed
doing this lesson, it's been a long time since I've thought about video games and now I
want to like go home and play. It was really fun. If you enjoy video games and want to
use your English, to be able to explain them, these are some words that might be really
really useful for you. Alright, thanks very much for watching and we will see you again
next time for more fun stuff. Bye!
Top 10 Must-Know Vocabulary for the
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words, my name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about the top 10 must know vocabulary for restaurants. So, let's eat!
1. waiter

The first word is waiter. Waiter, or waitress, or waitstaff, these are the people who bring
you your food and take your orders. In a sentence, your waiter will be with you in a
moment.

2. menu

The next word is menu. Menu is the piece of paper, or the document, the thing that's on
your table or near your table that has a description of all the food you can eat at that
restaurant.

In a sentence, can I have the menu, please?

3. order

The next word is order. Order, you can use this as a noun or as a verb, you can say to
order something, or where is my order.

In a sentence, I would like to order two steaks, three hamburgers, four beers, a large
pizza, and a piece of chocolate cake to go. to my home

4. water

The next word is waters. In American restaurants, you usually get water for free. I
noticed when I traveled in Europe, you had to pay for water at restaurants, that was
interesting.

In a sentence, American restaurants usually give you a glass of water without having to
ask.

5. dessert

The next word is desserts. Dessert is the sweet stuff, the sweet, of course, all the sweet
foods that come after the main part of the meal.

In a sentence, can we see the dessert menu?

6. chef

Chef is the leader of the kitchen, the person that is cooking the food. In fancy
restaurants, the chef is, like, the one who is running the operation, the manager of
everything. There are different levels of chef in the kitchen.

In a sentence, you can say, please give my compliments to the chef.

7. fast food

The next word is fast food. Fast food is anything that's quick. Popular examples in
America: McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Jack-
in-the-box… So those are all fast-food restaurants, you get in and you get out very very
quickly, they don't have a reputation for being very healthy.

In a sentence, I try to eat fast food as rarely as possible.

8. bill

The next word is bill. You might also hear check, bill and check mean the total of your
meal, how much your dining experience cost you is the bill or the check. A bill comes
before you have paid, a receipt is the piece of paper you get after you have paid, the
receipt shows/confirms you have paid money. The bill is the request for money, that's
the difference between bill or check and receipt.

In a sentence, usually you say, can I have the bill, please?

Or, can I have the check, please?

9. delicious

Delicious means something that tastes good. We have many variations on delicious, we
say delicious, good, yum, yummy, fantastic, great, and so on. It's kind of strange to me
to say "this is delicious," I usually just say "this is good" or "this is really good."
Something like that is a bit more natural than delicious.

In a sentence, my dinner today was delicious.

10. main course

Main course, it's often, like, a meat dish, actually, like, roast something, or I don't
know… it's also called the entrée, maybe it's a really fancy pasta dish in some cases, I
don't know.

In a sentence, for the main course, our specials are chicken and zucchini and curry.

That's the end! So those are 10 words that you can use in a restaurant. I think they're
very useful when traveling, actually. So try to keep them in mind the next time you go
out to eat. Thanks very much. Bye!
Top 10 Phrases You'll Need for a Date
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It is prepared. I am prepared. Okay.

Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha. Today, we're going to
be talking about the top 10 phrases you'll need for a date. Wahoo! Let's go.
"Would you like to go out to dinner with me?" The first phrase is "Would you like to go
out to dinner with me?" This is a pretty typical invitation, I think. You can use, "Would
you go out for lunch with me?" is okay too. Or, "Would you like to get a coffee with me?"
as well. If you invite someone out for breakfast, it's a little weird. I don't think I would say
it to someone like, I'm in the apartment, "would you like to go out for breakfast
sometime?" It's just not really something you would say. Would you like to go out to
dinner with me? Sure. Sounds great.

"Are you free this weekend?" "Are you free this weekend?" Are you free? "Free" means
"is your schedule free? Do you have an open schedule this weekend?" Very nice, very
casual, as well. "Are you free this weekend?" "Yeah, I've got some time. What's up?"

"Would you like to hang out with me?" The next phrase is "Would you like to hang out
with me?" That sounds a little too formal to me. If you were me, I would just say, "Do
you want to hang out? Do you want to get together?" That's a little bit more natural. Do
you want to hang out this weekend? Yes, sure. Let's catch a movie.

"You're so cute." I'm going to preface this by saying, "I don't say this." The next phrase
is "You're so cute." I never say this. Maybe, I'm just cold. It's typically said with
downward intonation. People say, "You're so cute. You're so cute." Kind of going down
like that. You can also use this as a compliment. Parents, will say this, or grandparents
will say this to children in the family. "You're so cute." "Thank you." I suppose that's what
you say.

"You look great." Ah! Next one is a much better compliment, I think, much more sincere.
It is, "You look great." Maybe you're going out for dinner or something nice. Your partner
looks really nice, you can say, "You look great." "Oh, thank you."

"I had a great time." The next one is "I had a great time." This is an expression you use
after your date. You go out for dinner, you spend some time together, and you have fun,
you can say "I had a great time." The interaction might be, "Thanks so much for tonight.
I had a great time." "Me too. Let's get together again soon."
"I'll call you." Next expression is "I'll call you." Again, probably, used after the date to
show how you want to keep in touch later. One person might say, "I'll call you." "Sounds
good."

"I'll drive you home." The next one, again, used at the end of the date, after the date has
finished. "I'll drive you home." Maybe you live someplace where cars are normal or you
drive for your dates, you can say, "I'll drive you home," meaning, "I'll take you home in
my car." The situation may be, "I'll drive you home." "Okay. Thanks very much." I don't
know why I keep looking. My date is very tall, super tall, like eight feet.

"Can I see you again?" Okay, the next expression, again, after the date or maybe even
a day or two after the date. You could say, "Can I see you again," or, "I want to see you
again," or, "Let's get together again," meaning you had a nice time, you want to see that
person again. So, you can say, "Can I see you again?" "Sure, that would be great."

"Shall we go somewhere else?" The next one, maybe you've gone for a dinner, for
example, with someone and you want to suggest a different location, like "Let's go for a
drink after dinner." You can say, "Shall we go somewhere else?" This says, "Shall we go
somewhere else?" I would say, "Do you want to go somewhere else?" In this situation, I
say, "Shall we go somewhere else?" "I don't think so. I'm kind of tired." Aw. "Oh, no."

Alright. Those are 10 expressions that you can use for a date. Give them a try the next
time you have a chance, whenever that may be. Good luck. Thanks very much for
watching this episode of Top Words. If you haven't already, please be sure to like this
video, and subscribe to our channel. We will see you again soon for more fun stuff.
Thanks very much for watching. Bye.
Top 10 Phrases Your Parents Always Say
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My head, checkpoint, is that window. Cameras on!

Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're going
to be talking about the top 10 things that your parents always say.

Uh-oh! let's go. Oh no, let's go!

1. Be careful
The first phrase is "be careful."

Anytime your parent sees you doing something slightly dangerous, they will say be
careful. My dad still tells me when he sees me using a kitchen knife.

Be careful, don't cut yourself.

2. Be quiet

The next phrase is "be quiet." So kids are notoriously noisy; notorious means are known
for, kids are very noisy, so parents often tell children to be quiet.

My mother would often tell my brother and I to be quiet when we were playing.

3. Behave

The next expression is "behave."

So to behave means to be good, to be correct, to be proper, so, but behave this is the
command form of the verb, so this means that you or whoever is on the receiving end of
this expression is not behaving properly, so parents will say "behave" if you're being too
noisy at a dinner party.

My mother told me to behave because I was running around at the formal dinner.

4. Do your homework

The next expression is "do your homework."

I still need someone to say this to me periodically. please, mom!

Do your homework, again, the command form of something. Your child, the child in
question is not doing his or her homework, so mother or father will say, do your
homework, it's time you need to, it's your responsibility. So let's see, when I had been
playing video games for too long in my childhood, my grandmother would come in the
door, would open the door and say to me, Alisha, do your homework! That is true!

5. Go to bed

The next expression is "go to bed."

Go to bed

Your, the kid is up too late there in my case, I would always up late reading books, I
would be, like, under the covers reading book, my parents would find me, go to bed!
And my defense is always, I'm in bed! I'm in there, I'm reading!

The child is supposed to be sleeping, he or she is not sleeping, the parent says, go to
bed.

6. I'm going to count to three.

This is a classic! The expression "I'm going to count to three," this is like, this is a terror
inducing mechanism, this is a way to make kids feel afraid of something that's going to
happen but rarely does, I feel. When a child is doing something bad the parent will say
I'm going to count to three and I'll just slowly say one, two, and usually they don't get to
three, because they tell the child like they have three seconds to stop whatever bad
behavior he or she is doing, so usually the parent only has to say one in that tone of
voice, and maybe two, and then the child will stop, what happened that three is up to the
parent really, I think in most cases the parent just like takes the toy or the parent will
stop the car do something to like strikes fear into the the misbehaving child.

I was being too noisy at home and my mother told me she was going to count to three.

7. Stop

The next word is "stop."

You can use this anytime someone is doing a thing that you do not want them to do.
Stop! So children being noisy, misbehaving, being kids, then you can just say stop, and
depending on your tone of voice this can be a strong word, or not so strong word. So
experiment, you can say "stop" or "stop that!" It sounds kind of soft but if you just say,
like, "STOP!!" and get really angry, like, you might make a child cry. So be careful, you
can make this word very strong.

In a sentence, I told my brother to stop poking me in the car in the back seat.

What's up, James?

8. What did you say?

What did you say, oh, this is a good one! So when the child has said something bad to
the parent, the parent can go "what did you say?" Like, it's like a dare, like, say it again,
I dare you to say it again. It's a challenge from the parent and the kid knows he or she is
in trouble. It's a good one, so if you say, like, dad says your new haircut is stupid! Sorry,
dad! I know you wouldn't… I'm speaking to my dad. Hi, dad! Hi, mom! I've said hi to
everybody in my family today.

I hate you mom, that's a probably a more common one, I hate you mom, or I hate you
dad, and then the parent says, what did you say?
9. What did I just say?

So the parent gives a command, the parent says do something, do your homework,
clean your room, something like that; the child doesn't do it, the parent, with the stronger
voice this time, will say, what did I just say? So that's an expression that means were
you listening to me? And if you were listening to me, why aren't you doing the thing that
I told you to do? So, bit of a scary one.

10. Did you brush your teeth?

Did you brush your teeth, a check-in phrase from the parents, maybe in the morning,
maybe at night, to ask their child, did you brush your teeth? Just an important part of
your hygiene for the day. Did you brush your teeth? I did, I brushed my teeth today. I'm
a functioning adult.

All right! That's the end! So those are 10 phrases that your parents always say, maybe if
you have kids you can try them out on your kids now and then. If there's something that
your parent always said to you that was very effective maybe you can share it with us!
Thanks very much for watching, please be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you haven't
already, and we will see you again soon. Bye!

What's my name? Alisha. What's my name? What's my name? Someone tell me my

name, I forgot it right now! What is my name? okay!
Top 10 Tourist Attractions in United States
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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about the top 10 tourist attractions in the US. So, let's go!

1. Disney World's Magic Kingdom

Okay, the first place is Disney World's Magic Kingdom.

Disney World's Magic Kingdom is in Florida.

In a sentence, I'm going to Disney World Magic Kingdom with my family this summer.

2. Disneyland Park

The next expression, next expression, the next tourist location is Disneyland Park, or
just Disneyland. this is the California, Anaheim, California is home to Disneyland. That's
the Disneyland that I grew up going to, actually. Yeah, a very very popular tourist
attraction, very popular with families with young children; right across the street from
California Adventure.

In a sentence, I want to meet Mickey Mouse at Disneyland Park.

I went to Disneyland several times with my family when I was growing up.

3. Statue of Liberty

The next one is the Statue of Liberty.

The Statue of Liberty is in New York City, it's a very very famous tall greenish colored
statue donated from France.

In a sentence, I visited the Statue of Liberty when I was about 14 years old with my
family.

4. Fisherman's Wharf

The next popular tourist attraction is Fisherman's Wharf. Fisherman's Wharf is a

popular, like, market, fish selling location in San Francisco. So you can go there for
fresh seafood, it's really famous for that. You can shop around in that area.
In a sentence, we're gonna go to Fisherman's Wharf this weekend, do you want to
come?

5. The Golden Gate Bridge

The next tourist attraction is the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge is also in California, in San Francisco, it features in the opening
credits to Full House, I think, actually, so it's really really familiar for a lot of people
around the world.

In a sentence, I drove over the Golden Gate Bridge last weekend.

6. Lake Mead National Recreation Area

The next tourist location is Lake Mead. I guess the official title is Lake Mead National
Recreation Area. the cool thing is about Lake Mead is that, like, there's, of course, water
in the lake, but the size of the lake it's all rock, it's like this red rock red and white rocks
that, like, just go up and, like, form cliffs on the sides of the lake. It's really really
beautiful, actually. We can water-ski and stuff like that there, hike around, too. Really
cool.

So in a sentence, I think that Lake Mead is a beautiful tourist attraction.

7. Mountain Rushmore

So the next popular tourist location is Mount Rushmore.

Mount Rushmore is in South Dakota, and the reason that it's famous is because there
are the faces of presidents carved into the mountain, so this is a really popular place to
go and take pictures.

In a sentence, I went on a trip to Mount Rushmore with my class in junior high school.

8. Niagara Falls

The next popular tourist location is Niagara Falls.

Niagara Falls is a really really famous tourist location, but it's not a natural waterfall, it's
actually a dam. So Niagara Falls is in upstate New York, and yeah, it's really popular
just because it's huge, it's like a huge waterfall. People can, like, take rafting trips down
this thing, I think.

So in a sentence, I have never been to Niagara Falls. True.

9. Times Square

The next place is very very famous, Times Square. Times Square is like one of the
central tourist locations in New York City. It's that place that you see in all the movies
where there are all the billboards and signs and the bright lights, it's like that
quintessential; quintessential means like the heart of something, or like the main
example of something, that's quintessential. So Times Square is like the quintessential,
like, tourist place in New York City.

In a sentence, the lights in Times Square are so bright it seems like day even at night.

10. Pikes Place Market

The next place is Pikes Place Market, this is a really famous place in Seattle, in Seattle,
Washington. Pikes Place Market, similar to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco, is a
place where you can buy a lot of fresh fish. There's also a really really famous thing they
do there where, like, the sellers will throw fish like over customers like as people buy
them.

Make sure you eat some fresh fish at Pikes Place Market.

You can see fish sellers throwing fish to each other at Pikes Place Market.

Alright! So those are 10 tourist attractions in America. Have you been, or do you know
of any other big tourist attractions in America? Let us know in a comment. Thanks very
much for watching, and please be sure to LIKE and subscribe, if you have not already.
We will see you again soon for more fun stuff. Bye!

Top 10 Ways to Prepare Your Travel

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Hi, everybody! Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna
be talking about the top 10 ways to prepare for travel. So let's go!

1. choose your destination

The first step is to choose your destination. Destination is the place you want to go, so
of course, choose your destination to begin your travels.

In a sentence, if you choose your destination based only on price, you might be
disappointed.
2. buy a guidebook

The next expression is buy a guidebook, or maybe download a guidebook at this point.
Buy a guidebook, so once you have chosen your destination, you can buy a guidebook
for your destination which will give you tips about what to do there.

In a sentence, I bought my guidebook on the internet and it was great.

You can buy a guidebook at a used bookstore for Less.

3. save money

Next phrase for travel is save money. So once you have chosen your destination and
bought a guidebook, you need to save money, if you haven't saved money already. So
travel can be expensive, you need to save money for your actual transportation as well
as for the things you plan to do in your destination.

So, in a sentence, I'm trying to save money for a trip to Europe next year.

Saving money is hard but it's worth it when you're on the trip.

4. booked a flight

The next step is to book a flight so you've saved your money, you've chosen your
destination, you've bought the guidebook, now you need to book your flight. So to book
means to reserve, it's the same as in, like, book a restaurant, for example. Book a hotel,
book a flight.

So in a sentence, I booked my flight for my vacation last week.

5. research the costs

well, I hope you do this before you book your flight, but, you research the costs of where
you're going to go, how much does it cost to eat there, how much does transportation
cost there, how much are sightseeing attractions going to cost there, those kinds of
things, so you need to research the costs for your trip.

In a sentence, I research the costs for my upcoming vacation in Europe and it seems
pretty reasonable.

6. request vacation time

The next step is to request vacation time, or to request time off, or to ask for time off. So
at your job, if you need to take time away from your job to go traveling somewhere, you
need to request vacation time.

In a sentence, I'm going to request vacation time next week and I feel a little bit nervous.

7. booked accommodations

The next expression is booked accommodations, or just booked a hotel, or booked a

hostel, something like that, booked an AirB&B, as well, is fine. so this means to reserve
the place you are going to stay in your destination.

Let's see, in a sentence, I booked my hotel on the internet.

8. obtain an international driving license

The next one, for some of you, perhaps, if you are just, you really want to do all of the
things, you can obtain an international driving license. So maybe if you really really
really want to be able to drive a car in your destination, you can get a driver's license
permission to drive a car in the country of your destination.

So in a sentence, I'm taking the test for my international driver's license next week, I
hope I pass.

9. pack

The next one is the verb pack. So to pack means to put things in a suitcase, or to put
things in a box. This motion of putting things in something else for the purpose of taking
them elsewhere is packing; we do it when we move to a new house or when we travel.

In a sentence, I need to pack for my trip next week.

10. get a visa

The next expression is get a visa, so in some countries you need to get a visa before
you go to the country, even if you're just there as a tourist you need to get a visa,
special permission, to be in that country. Sometimes you have to pay money for it, so
you need to research this before you travel.

In a sentence ,I got my visa when I arrived in Australia.

Alright! So those are ten phrases that you can use as you prepare to travel. I hope you
enjoyed and I hope that you can use these the next time you plan to travel somewhere.
Thanks very much for watching, and we'll see you again soon. Bye!
10 Most Romantic Ideas for a Date
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Welcome back to Top Words! My name is Alisha, and today we're gonna talk about the
10 most romantic things to do on a date. So let's go!

1. candlelit dinner

The first phrase is candlelit dinner, a candlelit dinner. So there's a candle and that's the
light, so candle lit refers to that your dinner is lit, or you see your dinner by a candle,
like, so it's very very dim, the light is very low, that's the image of a candlelit dinner.

In a sentence, candlelit dinners make me nervous.

That's true.
When I came home there was a candlelit dinner on the table.

2. go for a long walk

The next expression is go for a long walk. Go for a long walk, this could be a good thing.
So it's just as it sounds, on your date, you go for a walk somewhere, presumably in a
nice location or in a quiet location. It's a little strange to go for a long walk down, like, a
busy street. The idea of go for a long walk is that you have a chance to speak to the
person that you're on a date with.

In a sentence, I think going for a long walk can be nice sometimes.

In this sentence, we went for a long walk around the city at dusk.

3. go bowling

The next expression is go bowling. So if you like, maybe, very very casual or kind of
even sport ish dates, you can go bowling for your date.

So in a sentence, I don't think I've ever been bowling on a date. Maybe I have, I have
been bowling, I don't know if I have been on a bowling date. I don't know, I feel like I'd
be too preoccupied with wanting to win the game and I wouldn't be focused on my date.

We go bowling every Sunday.

4. go to the aquarium

Yeah, okay, the next expression is go to the aquarium. Ah! That's kind of a nice idea! I
would say go to the aquarium or like maybe go to a museum, both of those are maybe
nice ideas. So it's just a place you go, maybe you can learn something with the person
you're on the date with or you can see something you're both interested in. So I think
going to the aquarium sounds like a fun idea for a date.

In this sentence, oh! I pet a stingray at the aquarium. Have you ever done that? Like, in
those little petting pools, like the stingrays, they had like stingrays... this is my stingray
impression, by the way. I think they have stingrays kind of like hanging out in there, and
as you, as they kind of stingray by, as they swim by, you can touch them and they kind
of feels like slimy, but like, they're like...

Aren't they dangerous?

Mmm... they have, well, there's the manta rays, and they're stingrays, but I think with the
stingrays, the ones that are poisonous... this is their tail. Stingrays are awesome, let me
tell you! But I think that they removed the stingers from them so that like they can't
actually hurt anybody, or, I don't know, there's something they've done. They've also got
like other like weird touchy things for kids to feel, in those little like touchy ponds. But
anyway, that's a cool idea for a date. Let's go!

5. go to the opera

The next expression is go to the opera. Go to the opera sounds like a very formal date
idea, I think, I would be very nervous if I went on an opera date. So to go to the opera
you have to, like, you know, be nicely dressed and you go listen to people sing in a
language that you probably don't understand and then you are like, wow, that's pretty
much how I would experience an opera, I think.

So let's see, in a sentence, I think going to the opera could be really interesting but I
don't know if I would enjoy it for a date.

In this sentence, we got dressed up and we went to the opera.

6. go to the zoo

The next one is go to the zoo. Go to the zoo is probably a popular date idea, I imagine.
All right, in this sentence, I don't like going to the zoo because of the smell.

7. have a picnic

The next expression is have a picnic. Aave a picnic is kind of like a classic date thing, I
think. I don't know that I would do this now, necessarily, like, I have picnics with my
friends, I've had picnics one-on-one with my friends, I think it was because they were my
friend that I was comfortable. I think a date, a picnic date with wine cheese and meat
and dessert would be fantastic.

We hiked up the mountain and had a picnic at sunset.

8. have dinner and see a movie

Ah! The next one is probably the most classic date idea, which is have dinner and see a
movie. So you go to dinner and then you see a movie, or vice-versa, you see a movie
and then have dinner together. Especially, in my mind, if you see the movie first and
then go to dinner, then you have something you can both talk about, right? Or if you go
to dinner first, you know, you can speak to each other a little bit and then go see the
movie and not talk to each other, which is fine. But I feel like seeing the movie first and
then going to dinner seems to make more sense to me because then you can actually
talk to the other person. I don't know, that's my idea.

What are you doing next week? Do you want to have dinner and see a movie with me?

In this sentence, how about dinner and a movie?

9. take a ferry ride

The next one is take a ferry ride, or take a boat ride, I guess. So you just, you get on a
boat together and you go somewhere, sounds a little bit old-fashioned to me but
whatever.

In a sentence, let's take a ferry ride this weekend.

In this sentence, we took a ferry ride around the Statue of Liberty.

10. walk on the beach

The next expression is walk on the beach, another very classic date idea. So you just
walk together on the beach, maybe it's a long walk on the beach, I don't know. So a long
walk on the beach or just a short walk on the beach, even, can be very nice.

In a sentence, let's take a walk on the beach.

In this sentence, I like long walks on the beach.

So that's the end! Those are 10 romantic ideas for a date, if you have different date
ideas please be sure to tell us about them in the comments, that was weird. If you have
different ideas for a date, leave us...

If you have different ideas for a date, please leave us a comment and let us know about
it. Thanks very much for watching, please be sure to like this video and subscribe, if you
haven't already. And we will see you again soon. Bye!
Top 10 Phrases to Know When Having a
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I'm very tired and I have to work in the morning. Please, go to sleep. I love you very
much, but sleep. That won't be the kind of mom I am.

Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Top Words. My name is Alisha. Today, we're going to
be talking about the Top 10 phrases to know when having a baby. I don't have any
experience in this, but let's go. Quietly, so we don't wake the baby. I don't know.

"Breastfeed." The first word is "breastfeed." "Breastfeed" means feeding a baby using
the milk from the mother. There's baby formula which you can give to babies, or there's
just natural milk, the mother's milk, which is breast milk. The verb that we use is "to
breastfeed" a baby. In a sentence, "Many mothers choose to breastfeed their children."
In this sentence, "You're not supposed to drink alcohol while breastfeeding."

"Change a diaper." The next expression is "change a diaper." Diapers are the pieces of
cloth or the disposable things that babies wear because babies, of course, don't have
the ability to use the bathroom like a grown human or even like children can, so babies
need diapers. "To change a diaper" means to take off a used diaper and put a new
clean diaper on a baby. In a sentence, "I had hoped that I'd never have to change a
diaper in my life."

"Put on a bib." The next expression is "to put on a bib." A bib is like a protective cloth
that goes right here. Actually, at some restaurants, even for adults, where there's a lot of
oil or even rib restaurants, I think, sometimes, they'll give customers a bib. For babies,
who are very messy eaters, you can put a bib on the baby to protect the baby's clothes
while they eat. In a sentence, "Put on his bib and give him some mashed carrots."

"Change clothes." The next expression is "change clothes." Again, of course, you can
use this for yourself or for adults. This is not a baby only phrase. "To change clothes," if
the baby's clothes are dirty or it's just time to, I don't know, you just need to change the
baby's clothes, you can say, "Let's see. Let's change the baby's clothes." That's all. In a
sentence, "After her accident, she had to change her clothes." That's weird out of
context sentence.

"Sing a lullaby." The next expression is "sing a lullaby." Lullaby is a song that is
especially to help a child go to sleep. They're, usually, really, quiet, soft songs. They
have a nice soothing sound to them. Singing a lullaby is a classic way to calm an upset
child down. For example, let's see. "When I was little, my mother used to sing me a
lullaby before going to sleep." That's true. She sings me "Edelweiss" from "The Sound
of Music." "My mom used to sing me lullabies that she'd made up on the spot." If I ever
become a mom, that's going to be me. I'm just making up a lullaby. Maybe like, "Go to
sleep. I'm really tired. I hope you go to sleep now."

"Take a nap." The next expression is "take a nap." Again, we can use "take a nap" for
grown humans as well as children. Take a nap means to take a short sleep, to have a
short sleep. You can say, "Put the baby down for a nap," in this case. Let's see. "I'm
going to take a nap and I'll meet you later today." "He needs to take a nap because he is
grumpy." That happens to me sometimes too.

"Buy a car seat." The next expression is "buy a car seat." A car seat is a special seat
that's used to transport babies safely in vehicles, a car seat. In a sentence, "Put the
baby in his car seat before we leave." Surely. You can tell another parent." This
sentence says, "We need to buy a car seat before the baby arrives."

"Feed." The next word is "feed." Feed just means to give food to someone. You can use
"feed" with your friends. You can use it with your family members, with a baby, with a
pet, even. For example, "It's important to feed the baby every day." Another expression.
"Her grandmother fed her today."

"Read a book." The next expression is "read a book." Read a book. Again, you can use
this in other situations, other than baby-related situations. But, "to read a book," of
course, when it's just you reading a book, you can say, "I read a book," or, "I like to read
books." That's fine. But if you're reading a book and there's a child listening, we use a
slightly different expression. We say, "Read a book to the baby." You're reading the
book for the baby, but we use the preposition "to," "to read a book to someone," "to read
to someone." In a sentence, "Read him a book before bed."

"Bathe." The next expression is "bathe." We have "to take a bath," "to take a shower"
but we have "bathe," as well. Like, "I bathed in a hot spring last summer," for example. It
just means to wash your body or to wash someone else's body. You can say, "I bathed
my baby in the sink last night," if you want. In this sentence, "I bathe my newborn in the
sink." You can also say, "I give my baby a bath in the sink." That's fine too. "Bathe," to
me, sounds quite formal.

Those are 10 phrases that you can use to talk about having a baby in English. If there's
anything that you need to know or if there's anything else, I don't know, other baby
phrases that you know, you can leave them in a comment if you like.
Please be sure to like this video, if you have not already, and subscribe to our channel,
as well. Thanks very much for watching this episode of Top Words. We'll see you again
soon. Bye.

Hi, everybody. My name is Alisha. Welcome back to Top Words. My hair's not moving,
is it? Everything is going to be only in the arms for this episode of Top Words. Great.
Fall out at the disco. For baby case. For baby case? Baby case is like extra small
letters, like uppercase, lowercase and baby case.

Top 10 Phrases Tourists Should Never Use

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Hi, everyone. I'm Bridgett. Today's topic is "10 Phrases Tourists Should Never Use.”

Number one, "That's disgusting!" "Disgusting" is a very harsh term to describe

something that doesn't look good or it's not attractive and you don't want to get near it,
"It's disgusting.” It's a very rude thing to say because you might be saying that about
something someone else likes.

Number two, "My country is better." To say your country is better is a very rude thing to
say when you're a guest in a new place, especially, because, if you're a tourist, you
probably don't know all that much about this new country, so how could you really say
one country is better than the other?

Number three, "I'd rather be back home." If you'd rather be back home, that means you
don't want to be here anymore. If that's the case, why are you traveling at all? Part of
the joy of traveling is getting away from home and experiencing new things. To say, "I'd
rather be back home." Why are you traveling at all?

Number four, "Shut up!" Funny story. When I was growing up, my mom used to say that
"shut up" is a bad word. We use to get in trouble for saying it. "Shut up" is a very rude
way to tell someone to be quiet. Don't use it. It's a bad way to say it.

Number five, "I'm not very interested in your culture." To say that you're not interested in
someone's culture probably means that you're not looking hard enough because every
culture has something interesting about it. Whether it's the language, the history, the
fashion. It doesn't matter what it is, there's always going to be something interesting
about someone's culture.

Number six, "I don't like meeting new people." To say you don't like meeting new people
means that you're going to miss out on a very big part of traveling and that is getting to
know people, getting to hear their stories, what it's actually like to live in that country. To
say "I don't like meeting new people," you're losing out.

Number seven, "let's just eat at McDonald's." This is something that a lot of Americans
are probably guilty of when traveling. They're going to see a McDonald's because
McDonald's are everywhere in the world these days. They're going to think, "it's easy."
My favorite part of traveling is trying new cuisine in different countries. If you're just
going to say, "Let's eat at McDonald's." That means you're going to be missing out on
trying local cuisine and local delicacies. It's just you're not broadening your horizons.
You never know, your favorite new food might just be waiting, undiscovered for you, and
instead, you went to McDonald's to have a chicken sandwich.

Number eight, "Boring!" "Boring" is a very impolite way to say that something is not
interesting. You don't really want to use it when you're traveling because it's rude.
Number nine, "This tastes awful." To say something tastes awful is saying that it tastes
bad, it tastes terrible, you don't want to eat it anymore. It's incredibly rude. You don't
want to say this, especially, if the person you're talking to is the one who made the food
for you. In English, we have this phrase, "Don't yuck someone's yum." That means don't
say "yuck" to something that someone else might say "yum" or "that's delicious." You
don't want to insult a food that someone else likes because it's very rude. It's insulting,
especially, if the person you're saying that to made the food for you. Don't use this
phrase.

Number ten, "I'm going to spend the day in the hotel." To say you're going to spend an
entire day at the hotel means you're missing out on exploring the place that you've paid
to go and see. Why don't you get out there and try new food, meet new people, take
pictures, climb skyscrapers, climb mountains, go hiking? Do everything you can possibly
do to take advantage of being in a new place because I guarantee, it'll be one of the
best experiences that you have.

That was 10 phrases that tourists should never use. Remember, don't use those
phrases that I just taught you.

If you, guys, like the video, don't forget to give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our
channel. Leave a comment below if you have any questions and visit
EnglishClass101.com to learn more English. Bye.
Top 10 Most Common Tourist Vocabulary
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Hi, everyone, my name is Bridget, and in today's lesson we are going to be talking about
the Top 10 Most Common Tourist Vocabulary. Let's get started!

1. ticket

All passengers must have a ticket.

A ticket is what grants you access to places. So you buy tickets ahead of time, and you
show them at the door. Someone takes them, someone scans them, just to make sure
you've paid to get where you're going.
When you get onto a plane you have a ticket; when you go into a museum you have to
show your ticket; when you go into the movie theater, you have a ticket. Ticket.

2. tourist

I think you all know what it means to be a tourist. A tourist is someone who's visiting a
new place for pleasure, means you're going out and exploring, trying new things, you're
going there as a tourist.

To tour, you're literally there to tour a place, to get a sense of it, to see new things.

3. itinerary

What's on the itinerary, dear?

An itinerary is a schedule of what you are going to be doing in a given day. So you can
wake up and say, what's on the itinerary for today? Just like you can say, what's on the
schedule for today? It means what you have planned. So for example, I've booked a
vacation package where all the days are planned out for me; so day one, what's on the
itinerary? Oh, it seems day one we're going to a museum, and then we're going to a
stadium, and then we're going to see a play.

4. guide book

A guide book is a book that has information about a certain place. So if you're traveling
to Japan, you can buy a Japan guide book, and in that book you're going to see good
restaurants to try, museums, neighborhoods to check out, different things. So the guide
book is meant to guide you on your tour of a new place.

5. tour bus
A tour bus is a bus that's meant for tourists. It's a bus you get on that takes you around
and show you different things, or if you are in an organized tour, maybe everyone in
your group will get on this tour bus, and the bus will take you to the places on your
itinerary.

Let's take the tour bus back to the hotel.

6. temple

A temple is a building devoted to the worship of a particular god or gods. You can say,
wow, there are so many temples in Kyoto in Japan.

7. mosque

That's a very old mosque.

A mosque is a Muslim place of worship.

8. church

A church is a Christian place of worship. I'm sure you've seen plenty of them on your
travels.

Wow, this church is so tall. This church is so impressive.

9. waterfall

Don't go chasing waterfalls… weird, this song has actually been stuck in my head all
day. We'll hike to the waterfall and gaze upon its beauty, and have lunch looking at the
gushing water.

A waterfall, water is falling down the mountain, you've seen them, they're beautiful. In
America we have Niagara Falls, which is one of our most famous waterfalls. Waterfall.

10. tour

As a tourist, you're probably going to go on at least one tour. A guide takes you on a
tour of a particular place, of a particular thing, and gives you information. That means
you're on a tour. Maybe in your guidebook you see that there is a tour to go and see a
waterfall. So you get on the computer and you buy a ticket for the tour, and once you
have the ticket, you add that tour to your itinerary, so that you have it scheduled.

Boom! Boom! Connect all the dots!

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