30 Advanced English Words Useful Vocabulary

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to cook I’m going to cook dinner tonight

to cook is to prepare a meal using heat

tonight I’m going to cook chicken

marsala I’m going to cook beef stew to

fry two fry I don’t want to fry the

chicken because it’s too unhealthy to

fry something is to cook something in

hot fat or oil french fries are fried

and fried things are unhealthy so when

you eat fried foods you want to eat in

moderation I don’t because fried stuff

is delicious but you should to add to

add before you eat you should taste the

food and add salt if necessary to add in

this context means to add something else

onto a dish to put more of something

onto a dish so you might add salt to a

dish or add some paprika to the chicken

to cut to cut could you please cut up

that beef to cut is to use a knife to

cut food to make it into smaller pieces

usually so you can bite it or so you can

mix it more easily I cut my steak so I

can eat it you make food smaller into

more bite-sized pieces by cutting to mix

to mix mix all of the spices in a bowl

before putting them in your dish to mix

is to combine so you might combine or

mix all of your ingredients together

before cooking or doing something else

with them you might mix ingredients

together to create a dish breast feed

alright the first word is breastfeed

breastfeed means feeding a baby

using the milk from the mother so

there’s like baby formula which you can

give to babies or there’s just natural

milk in the mother’s milk which is

breast milk or what the verb that we use

is to breast feed a baby so 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 change a diaper so diapers are

the pieces of cloth or like the

disposable things that babies wear

because babies of course don’t have the

ability to use the bathroom like a grown

human or like even like children can so

babies need diapers so 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 so a bib is any is like a

protective cloth that goes right here so

actually at some restaurants even for

adults like where there’s a like a lot

of oil or even like rib restaurants I

think sometimes they’ll give you like

customers a bib but for babies who are

very messy eaters you can put a bib on

the baby to protect the baby’s clothes

while they eat so 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 an only baby only phrase this is

not a baby only phrase so 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 like let’s change

the baby’s clothes so in a sentence

after her accident she had to change her

clothes

that’s a weird out of context sentence

sing a lullaby the next expression is

singing a lullaby sing a lullaby lullaby

is a song that is especially to help a

child go to sleep so they’re usually

really like

quiet soft songs they have like a nice

like soothing sound to them so singing a

lullaby is like a classic way to calm an

upset child down so for example it

seemed when I was little my mother used

to sing me a lullaby before going to

sleep that’s true she’s saying the

Edelweiss from The Sound of Music

my mom used to sing me lullabies that

she’d made up on the spot that’s that if

I ever become a mom that’s gonna be me

like I’m just making up a lullaby oh

maybe like go to sleep I’m really tired

I hope you go to sleep now I think you

should the first expression is I think

you should bla bla bla I think you

should is a very neutral not so strong

not so weak way to give advice I think

you should get a different haircut

I think you should find a new job I

think you should give me all your money

can’t hurt I think you should is a very

typical way to give advice or just I

think it’s okay or you should is okay

too in this sentence I think you should

find a new apartment

why don’t you the second expression is

why don’t you bla bla bla so it uses the

negative why don’t you so that means

it’s a bit softer it’s a bit more of a

weak way to give advice so why don’t you

take a day off or why don’t you help me

with my homework that’s sort of a sneaky

way to give advice and ask for help at

the same time why don’t you um I don’t

know find a new hobby for example so

these are kind of weak ways to give

advice in this sentence why don’t you

get a bit have you thought about have

you thought about bla bla bla so have

you thought about it sounds it’s you’re

giving your advice but this is a

question for the listener so have you

thought about bla bla bla it’s at your

you’re sharing your opinion but you’re

kind of making it sound like maybe it

was the listeners

idea or maybe the listener has thought

of this thing before so this is also a

fairly soft way to give advice so like

have you thought about going to a

different city have you thought about

moving in with your friends something

like that

so these these are probably going to be

questions that are a little bit more

serious like I don’t feel like we would

use this for really casual or really

light questions but maybe for something

a little more serious and a softer way

to give advice in the sentence have you

thought about looking for a new job I

don’t know if is a good idea so this is

kind of a negative way to give advice or

to share your opinion it’s I don’t know

if while blah blah is a good idea so

you’re you’re giving someone advice not

to do something so for example I don’t

know if getting a pet is a good idea or

I don’t know if starting a new project

is a good idea these are different ways

that you can say you don’t think or you

think that the other person should not

do something but this is a soft way to

express it in this sentence I don’t know

if taking a year off work is a good idea

maybe you should try the next one is a

suggestion to try something so this is a

soft but kind of encouraging expression

maybe you should try blah blah blah

maybe you should try Bova so you are

encouraging someone to attempt something

to try something maybe not forever

but just for a short period of time so

maybe you should try volleyball maybe

you should try playing sports maybe you

should try

spicy food maybe you should try

something so it’s encouragement to do

something new this is kind of positive

but it’s a fairly soft way to give your

advice here maybe you should try

studying a new skill a table for three

please a table for three please you tell

them the number of people that you are

total so that the host can bring you to

an appropriate table a table for two

please a table for five please could I

please see a menu could I please see a

menu

usually menus are given to you as soon

as you sit down at your table but if

that’s not the case and you need to ask

this is a polite way to do it could I

please see a menu I’d like to try this

dish I’d like to try this dish when

looking at a menu hopefully you’ll find

something you want to eat I’d like to

try this dish could you leave out the

onions could you leave out the onions if

there’s an ingredient in the dish that

you’re ordering that you don’t want you

can always ask the waiter if it could be

prepared without that ingredient so for

example I might say can I get the burger

but with no cheese could you pass the

salt could you pass the salt when you’re

at a restaurant especially if you’re at

a big table with a lot of people you

might not always be able to reach things

so you would ask could you pass me the

salt could you pass me the ketchup

could you pass me another napkin sing

along to a favorite song all right so

the first tip for improving your

pronunciation is to sing along to a

favorite song so if you I should add

though this favorite song should be in

your target language so if you’re

studying English pick a favorite English

song and sing along to that song or try

to sing to the song just from memory too

so singing along to your favorite song

can help you with pronunciation can help

you with the rhythm sometimes of the

language you’re trying to learn so it

can be really fun and it can be a good

way to practice your pronunciation in a

sentence I like singing along to my

favorite songs read out loud

the next tip for your pronunciation is

to read out loud so reading out loud you

can choose something that’s interesting

for you and your in English if english

is the language you’re studying so pick

something maybe it’s a news article or

maybe it’s a book you’re interested in

maybe there’s an author you’re

interested in find something in your

target language in English and try

reading it out loud so don’t just read

in your mind but read the words out loud

speak them so that you can get

comfortable pronouncing those words and

you can try reading the same passage or

the same sentence multiple times to make

it smoother so this can be a really good

tip for and I think it also improves

your natural ability to pick up grammar

too because if you’re reading something

like in a book for example you can kind

of pick up the natural rhythm of grammar

and you also slowly get a feeling for

the correct ways that words should

connect together so this I think is a

really good tip in a sentence I

sometimes read out loud to practice

pronunciation that’s true

repeat lines you hear in TV shows the

next tip is to repeat lines you hear or

the words you hear in TV shows or movies

things like that so this means not only

words don’t only repeat single

vocabulary words yes maybe you find a

vocabulary word that is really

interesting or it sounds funny or

something like that but by repeating a

full sentence or a full line in a TV

show or in a movie you’re putting the

words together so not just one word but

making a whole sentence so feeling kind

of the flow of your language that you’re

studying so this can be a better way to

actually practice making sentences and

repeating sentences instead of just

words so you can repeat after characters

and TV shows I sometimes do this when

I’m like watching Japanese TV oh and

then I try and spit it back out it’s

hard to do sometimes when it’s like the

first time you’ve heard a word or the

first time you’ve heard a grammar point

but you can still understand that so

it’s interesting so try to say it and

it’s kind of fun actually in a sentence

try repeating lines from TV shows to

practice practice speaking in phrases

not single vocabulary words the next tip

this is very similar to my TV show tip

is to practice speaking in phrases not

in vocabulary words not just single

vocabulary words even if you’re not

repeating lines from TV shows when you

practice speaking don’t just speak in

noun so sometimes for example I’ll hear

people just use noun like they’ll use a

noun and maybe a verb like I tomorrow

Beach something like that and yes we can

probably guess based on that how like

the the meaning the speaker’s meaning

but you need to practice making a whole

sentence so yes you know those words I

tomorrow in beach and the listener can

probably guess what you mean but you

need to practice all those little words

in the middle like like I’m going to the

beach tomorrow

so make a full sentence practice making

full sentences don’t only practice

single vocabulary words make the whole

line it’s really good

sometimes I think my students get

irritated like they’ll like I force them

to practice full sentences like so I’ll

say like have you ever been to Germany

and they’ll say yes I’m like okay for

the purposes of practice can you make a

full sentence and they’ll say I have

been to Germany like that’s an extreme

example but like I try to push that you

know making the full sentence it’s it’s

silly sometimes but just trying to do

that okay so in a sentence speaking in

entire phrases is helpful for practicing

the rhythm of a new language speak a lot

with your teacher and ask them to be

strict with you on words okay so the

next tip is to speak a lot with your

teacher and ask them to be strict with

you so this is kind of two tips in 1 1

speak with your teacher so if you have a

teacher make sure you’re speaking in

their class if you if if we’re ever

well sometimes I’ll have students join

my class and maybe they feel shy or

whatever and they don’t speak very much

but please speak with your teacher so

that your teacher can correct you your

teacher can give you at least if they’re

a native speaker or maybe even if they

aren’t a native speaker your teacher can

give you corrections and if you don’t

speak your teacher cannot help you in

most cases so please speak with your

teacher and if you like you can tell

them please be strict about my

pronunciation so sometimes people will

say please help me with my pronunciation

specifically and then I can stop them

every time they make a mistake and we

practice that sound especially 80h

sounds like that like using using your

mouth a little bit differently can be

really uncomfortable for some people but

if you’re a teacher can point out those

things like th sounds the this that B’s

those those th sounds ending ER sound

practicing those with your teacher can

be a really good way to work on your

pronunciation so in a sentence speak a

lot with your teacher they can correct

you and help you improve concert the

first word for talking about music is

concert concert is a live show

concert is yeah the performance is

happening in front of your eyes so

concerts are really popular worldwide I

think depending on where you live you

might hear them called live shows but

usually in American English we just say

concert a concert so in a sentence I’m

going to a concert this weekend to see

in concert the next expression is the

verb we use for a live show so the next

expression is to see in a concert or to

see in concert so we use the artists

name along with this phrase so for

example I’m going to see Coldplay in

concert I’m going to see Adele in

concert so you use I’m going to see

artist name in concert or

in a concert where’s the in concert or

in a concert both are okay so in a

different sentence I’m going to see my

favorite band in concert meaning live

who do I want to see you in concert I

want to see Michael Jackson in concert

yeah I would have loved to see him in

concert he’s my favorite to listen to

music to listen to artist the next word

or the next phrase is to listen to Plus

music or to listen to an artist so you

can use this verb with the type of music

or with the specific artist or band or

group that you like so I like to listen

to rock music I like to listen to pop

music whatever another sentence is I

like listening to Beyonce I like yeah so

you can use to listen to or listening to

both are fine here I like listening to

funk it’s fine I like listening to funky

artists is fine I like listening to

Queens of the Stone Age it’s fine all of

these are great who do you listen to I

listen to to write a song to write music

the next expression is to write a song

or to write music so if you want to make

music yourself you can say write a song

which just means one song maybe three or

four minutes usually in popular music or

to write music in general so you can use

both of these expressions song is more

specific music is more general so in a

sentence my friends started writing

songs recently or in a different

sentence writing music is really fun

track the next expression is track track

so we can use song yes but for example

when you look at an album like on iTunes

or maybe like a CD for example each each

song is assigned a number that’s the

track number so we can say I like track

number three or track three we use track

to talk about a song so you can say this

is a good song or this is a good track

both are

okay to use song and track are both fine

so in a sentence I really like that

track from his album want to speed up

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