Learn English in 90 minutes ALL the Advanced Vocabulary You Need

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today i’ve got a slightly longer video lesson 
for you we’re going to be talking about  

vocabulary and more specifically how to describe 
people’s appearances now this is a really really  

important topic it’s normally one of the first 
things that you learn when you start to learn  

english but i want to go a bit more in depth 
normally people are able to describe basic  

appearances i want to teach you slightly more 
advanced vocabulary so that you can really give  

an accurate description of people’s appearances 
if you find understanding me slightly difficult  

you can switch on subtitles and so you’ll be able 
to see the words at the bottom of the screen so  

firstly we’re going to talk about people’s bodies 
and i think i’m going to start by talking about  

height how tall somebody is so you might already 
know these basic terms short and tall short and  

tall but what about if somebody is a normal 
height well there are a couple of ways that  

you can express this you can say they are of 
average height they are of medium height if  

you want to be more precise and say their actual 
height in centimeters or feet and inches you can  

say around so i would say i am around five foot 
six i’m actually at five foot five and a half but  

sometimes i say i’m five foot six um other words 
that you can include are very or quite so he is  

very tall or she is quite short next we have body 
type and weight now you have to be a little bit  

careful when describing somebody’s body type 
or their weight because you can hurt their  

feelings so firstly i’m going to give you some 
positive adjectives to describe somebody’s weight  

and then afterwards i’ll give you the 
more negative ones so that you can  

understand when or when not to use them but i 
will warn you weight in the uk especially and  

many other places in the world is a very sensitive 
subject so if you think you might insult somebody  

it’s often best not to say anything at all um but 
that’s not my role here i’m teaching you words  

so let’s get started so we have thin and fat these 
are generally considered to be negative words  

so let’s talk about some positive alternatives 
for thin you can describe somebody as slender  

or slim they are really nice words if somebody 
called me slender or slim i’d be flattered another  

word is lean and this means that they’re 
just skin and muscle it’s a positive word  

because it means they’re in shape they’re 
muscly there’s no fat on them they’re lean  

you can also call somebody petite and this is 
when somebody has a small build it’s normally  

used to describe females who have small shoulders 
they’re quite short they’re just like a woman only  

smaller they’re petite if somebody is very thin 
you can call them slight they’re very slight and  

another one is lanky this means that somebody is 
tall and very thin it means they’ve got long limbs  

lanky if somebody has got a bit of meat on them 
you don’t want to call them fat but some nice  

words you can use are curvy this means that woman 
has curves curvaceous as well womanly voluptuous  

this means normally that they’ve got quite a big 
bum and big boobs they’re normally flattering  

when used in a non-creepy way for a man stocky 
well-built musty okay now to touch on the negative  

words some quite soft ones for somebody who is 
larger are plump chubby round this doesn’t mean  

fat or big it just means that they’ve got a little 
bit extra on them you can also say overweight  

large big heavy and if somebody is very thin you 
can call them underweight skinny bony if you can  

see their bones one word that’s often used to 
describe very thin people that shouldn’t really  

be used is anorexic it’s a medical term it’s 
not actually an adjective to describe somebody’s  

physical appearance so try to avoid that one 
okay let’s move on to hair now there are two  

ways in which you can talk about somebody’s hair 
color you can say to have adjective hair or to be  

adjective dash head for example i have blonde hair 
i am blonde haired the second one’s a bit of a  

mouthful actually to be blonde haired i am blonde 
head you can also just say i am blonde but that’s  

better to use for colors that are very specific 
to hair colors like blonde and ginger and brunette  

so i am blonde i am ginger i am brunette that’s 
fine but if you say i am white or i am black  

it could be confused with skin color so it’s 
best to say i am black haired i have white hair  

so we’ve got a huge spectrum of colors that 
you can be i’m going to talk about the most  

common ones but they are quite specific and 
you might not have heard of them all before  

so let’s start with the lightest and move to 
the darkest so we have white then we have gray  

then we have platinum blonde and this is white 
blonde hair it’s normally not a natural color  

but some people are lucky enough to have 
naturally white blonde or platinum hair it’s  

a really interesting color then we have blonde 
if it’s a bit darker it could be called golden  

and then if it’s a bit darker than blonde there 
are two ways you can describe it if it’s blonde  

almost brown you can say dirty blonde if it’s 
blonde almost ginger you can say strawberry blonde  

then we have ginger which is more orange and red 
which is like a darker red color obviously after  

that you have mousey brown which is a light brown 
color then brown then brunette as well which is  

another way of saying brown hair it’s normally a 
bit darker then dark brown and then black now if  

you don’t want to specify a color of hair or skin 
or eyes and you just want to say light or dark you  

can say fair for light or dark for the darker 
colors so i am fair i have fair eyes fair hair  

and fair skin this means i’m just light somebody 
else might have dark hair dark eyes dark skin  

so we normally use fair or dark so what 
about hair length well if you have no hair  

then you are bald i am bald in a video that i did 
on ali’s channel papa teach me english i was bald  

if you would like to see me with no hair and well 
no feminine makeup different makeup then you can  

click up there see if you recognize me i look 
slightly different um then you have short hair  

long hair but then in between you can have a 
bob i have a bob haircut in my first videos  

i had very short hair and a bob haircut i 
didn’t ask for that haircut it was a surprise  

shoulder length hair medium length hair long 
hair if you want to say how long your hair is you  

can say my hair goes down to my so my hair goes 
down to my armpit my hair goes down to my waist  

as far as hair texture you can have 
straight hair wavy hair curly hair  

afro hair which is really really dense curls 
the quality of your hair can also be described  

if your hair is very soft it can be silky or shiny 
if it’s not soft if it’s quite damaged you can say  

you have dry hair or you can say it’s straw like 
so let’s move on to the subject of skin this again  

is a more difficult one so we have the spectrum 
of white and black but different people like to  

be called different things so i would call myself 
white i have a lot of friends with darker skin  

who are often called black but they would actually 
prefer to be called brown um i would say when in  

doubt use fair or dark to describe somebody’s skin 
tone now in the middle we have tanned and this  

means that you’ve been blessed by the sun you’ve 
caught a suntan you’ve gone brown in the sun  

and in british english we say tanned and in 
american english they say tan if you’re not tanned  

then you are pale and that is what i am all of the 
time i am always pale even when i go on holiday  

now let’s move on to eye color again you 
can use fair or dark fair eyes light eyes  

dark eyes so you can say to have adjective eyes or 
to be adjective dash eyed so i have gray eyes i am  

gray eyed i am dark eyed most of the 
colors are pretty simple blue brown green  

black gray brown i’ve said brown haven’t i 
but one color that’s used quite frequently is  

hazel if you have a sort of brownie green eye 
it can be called hazel so they have hazel eyes  

now lips you can have thin lips but if 
you want to talk about somebody with  

big lips you can say they have full lips 
so if somebody has big kissy pouty lips you  

can say they have very full lips if somebody has 
really sticky out lips that and speaks like this  

you can call them pouty lips but yes full or 
thin really next you can talk about noses so  

big or small obviously are the basics if somebody 
has a bend in their nose it can be called a  

crooked nose a crooked nose if they haven’t got 
a bend in their nose it can be a straight nose  

if somebody has a small nose you can call it a 
button nose if they’ve got a hook a hooked nose  

if somebody’s nose is like this it’s a 
turned up nose or an upturned nose face shape  

i looked online and apparently there are nine 
different face shapes but we’re going to talk  

about four today you have oval round heart shaped 
which ends in a point and square somebody has a  

square jaw what about general appearance i 
did do a video with anna from english like a  

native about compliments and we discussed some 
of the ways in which you can complement people  

so that’s the positive adjectives i will cover 
them in this lesson but if you’d like to see that  

you can click up there but it’s quite 
good to separate them into male and female  

because one adjective that might be really really 
flattering and positive for a male might actually  

be quite insulting for a female adjectives that 
can be used for both the positive ones attractive  

beautiful stunning which means somebody is 
just amazingly beautiful but then just for men  

there’s handsome and just for women there is 
pretty now if you described a woman as handsome  

you might be insinuating that she has manly 
features um in the same way that if you described  

a woman in the same way that if you described a 
man as pretty you might be saying he has quite  

feminine features which is not always something 
that somebody wants negative ones you can have  

ugly or plain other ways of describing people 
you can describe them as masculine or feminine  

boyish manly girly womanly right your homework is 
to describe yourself in as much detail as possible  

put it in the comments and i can’t wait to see 
your descriptions also if you can add any more  

vocabulary then definitely include that in your 
description as well today i’m going to talk to you  

about how to describe the weather in english we’re 
going to start off quite basic and move up to more  

advanced vocabulary i’m going to guide you through 
seasonal weather hot weather cold weather wet  

weather windy weather and i’m going to give you 
verbs nouns adjectives and idiomatic expressions  

idioms we’re also going to do a little bit of 
basic grammar at the beginning but very very  

easy don’t worry you may know that british people 
are famous for always talking about the weather  

and this is because we are lucky enough to have 
four strong seasons winter which is really cold  

spring which is sunny and wet at the same time 
summer which is normally hot and sunny and autumn  

which is colder and with lots of wind and when all 
the trees lose their leaves i’m going to talk to  

you today about different weather vocabulary that 
you can find in each of the four seasons but first  

let’s discuss how to talk about the weather 
from a grammar point of view this grammar is  

fairly basic so if you’re looking for advanced 
vocabulary click to the time shown on screen

if you want to use an adjective for example warm 
you could say the weather is warm the weather is  

adjective you could also say it is warm it 
is adjective but it only really makes sense  

if the adjective is related to the weather if you 
say it is good i might wonder what what’s good but  

if you say it is warm i know that you’re talking 
about the weather you can also say it’s a warm  

day it’s a adjective day but what if you want 
to use a verb for example rain the verb to rain  

you would say it is raining it is verb plus ing 
that’s if you want to talk about the weather  

right now if you want to talk about yesterday 
or the past you would say yesterday it rained  

yesterday it verb plus ed apart from the 
irregular verbs which have their own conjugation  

if you want to talk about tomorrow or the 
future you can say it will rain tomorrow it will  

verb tomorrow or it’s going to rain tomorrow it’s 
going to verb tomorrow if you want to talk about  

a noun you would say there is there was or there 
will be that’s present past future plus the noun  

there is a storm there was a storm there will 
be a storm right so now that’s out of the way  

first let’s talk about winter the month that 
i am in now in england i’m going to start off  

with adjectives and i warn you there are a lot of 
adjectives associated with winter you can say cold  

cold bitter bitter that’s very very cold it’s 
just a step further than cold you could even  

put them together and say it’s bitterly cold 
it’s bitterly cold you can say it’s chilly which  

is slightly cold or chilling that’s a little bit 
more crisp crisp normally means it’s cold and dry  

or maybe it’s icy icy you can say it’s freezing or 
it’s frosty you can also say it is severe or it is  

wintry that means it’s a very wintry day it feels 
like winter and it is winter if it’s winter and  

the weather conditions are very bad the skies are 
gray you can say it’s gloomy or it’s bleak or if  

there’s a lot of very aggressive weather you can 
say it’s harsh we often talk about a harsh winter  

now let’s talk about some verbs you can say to 
snow which is obviously white fluffy stuff falling  

from the sky to sleet sleet is partly frozen 
rain so it’s like very wet snow or very very cold  

almost frozen rain it’s normally very unpleasant 
if it’s sleeting i go inside you can also say  

to hail if it’s hailing it means that little hail 
stones little tiny balls of ice or normally tiny  

but there are big ones a falling from the sky 
it’s completely frozen rain you can also say  

to freeze or to freeze over and to freeze over 
means covered with a layer of ice so i might say  

my pond has frozen over my pond is covered with 
ice now some nouns you might use to describe  

winter so we’ve got sleet hail snow frost as i’ve 
mentioned before you also have blizzard which is a  

windy snowstorm and for some idioms you can have a 
cold snap which is a short period of cold weather  

or you can be frozen to death or frozen to the 
bone which means you are completely frozen through  

right let’s talk about spring spring is known 
for being sunny and rainy it’s warm and it’s wet  

and it’s when all of the plants start to grow 
adjectives you can use are cool it means it’s  

not cold it’s not unpleasant nor is it warm mild 
is the same thing mild fresh as well it’s a very  

fresh day you can say it’s bright the sun is 
out you can say breezy which means a light wind  

it’s normally very pleasant and welcomed when 
you’re talking about clouds you can say cloudy  

or slightly more advanced is overcast where there 
is some sunlight but there are also some clouds  

meaning that you don’t have a completely sunny 
day it’s overcast you hear the meteorologists on  

weather stations talking about an overcast 
day quite a lot one that’s not so positive  

is muggy this is if the air is very very humid it 
can be cold or hot you can have a muggy summer’s  

day as well but it means there’s high humidity 
in the air another word you can say is simply wet  

it’s a wet day it’s been raining a lot time for 
some verbs well talking about rain you can say to  

drizzle it’s drizzling this means it’s a constant 
but gentle flow of rain to shower pretty much the  

same that means it’s more sporadic or occasional 
meteorologists normally say you can expect showers  

throughout the day which means occasional patches 
of rain you can say to poor which is where it  

rains really really heavily moving on to the nouns 
you’ve got rain which is uncountable you’ve got a  

shower which is a light patch of rain you can 
also have a downpour which is a really heavy  

patch of rain or even a flood where the ground 
becomes inundated and can’t absorb any more water  

idioms you can say to chuck it down which means 
a heavy downpour you can say it’s raining cats  

and dogs although in reality we don’t actually use 
that idiom that much but it seems to be the first  

idiom that anyone ever learns you can also say to 
buck it down if it’s bucketing down with rain it’s  

raining really hard and you can also be soaked 
through this is where it’s rained on you and you  

are really really wet oh my god i’m soaked through 
right let’s talk about summer and adjectives that  

can be used to describe summer weather firstly 
of course we have hot other words that can  

be used to describe hot weather are scorching 
sweltering boiling sunny you could also say dry  

if there’s not been any rain and there’s no 
humidity you can say it’s a clear day if there  

are no clouds in the sky or you could say it’s 
very humid if the air is very wet you can also  

say it’s blistering a blistering sun verbs you 
can say to shine the sun is shining you can also  

say the sun is burning if it’s especially hot and 
you can also say to scorch just like the adjective  

nouns the only extras really to add are sunshine 
which we like to say a lot and to talk about the  

heat now there are a couple of idioms relating to 
our reactions to the sun you can say to catch some  

rays which means to absorb some of the sunshine 
and maybe get a tan you can also say to go brown  

which again refers to tanning you can also soak 
up the sun which means the same thing again and  

when talking about sweating you can sweat like a 
pig oh my god i’m sweating like a pig which means  

i’m sweating a lot finally let’s talk about autumn 
or as they say in america fall in british english  

we say autumn but we do understand what fall 
means because we see it on the tv and in movies  

in america they say fall some adjectives relating 
to autumn my favorite and the most descriptive  

is autumnal autumnal it’s a very autumnal day it 
tends to be windier in autumn so you can say windy  

another lovely one is blustery it’s a blustery 
day and it can also be misty or foggy which is  

when there is cold moisture in the air normally 
in the mornings some verbs specifically relating  

to wind it can be howling with wind to howl or 
to blow as well the wind is blowing nouns a gale  

a strong wind a hurricane a very very strong 
wind a tornado that’s when wind goes around in  

a vortex and you’ve also got mist and fog which i 
mentioned before which is cold moisture in the air  

right that’s it for today’s lesson your homework 
is to write in the comments about the weather  

from where you are today and please mention where 
you are because i love seeing where you come from  

welcome back to english with lucy today i’m going 
to talk to you about how to describe personality  

and character in english and i’m going to help 
you with your pronunciation by the end of this  

lesson you will know 72 adjectives that can 
be used to describe personality and character  

i’ve divided them into positive or approving 
adjectives and also negative or disapproving  

adjectives for each adjective i’ve included the 
ipa transcription so you can really focus on the  

pronunciation and also the definition let’s 
start with personality category number one  

the adjectives within this first group describe 
how willing you are to communicate with others  

so we have extroverted extroverted someone 
who is extroverted is lively and confident  

and enjoys being around other people the opposite 
or the antonym for this adjective is introverted  

introverted so this describes somebody who is 
more interested in their own thoughts and feelings  

than they are in spending time with other 
people we also have talkative talkative  

this describes somebody who likes to talk 
a lot then on the other hand we have quiet  

quiet which means tending not to 
talk a lot next confident confident  

this means feeling sure about your ability to do 
something and be successful and the antonym for  

this is shy shy someone who is shy is nervous 
about meeting people or speaking to people  

right our second category talks about how 
you make others feel firstly we have warm  

warm someone who’s warm shows enthusiasm and 
affection and is friendly on the other hand we  

have cold cold be careful with that oh vowel sound 
i do actually have a video on that which i will  

link down below someone who is cold is without 
emotion and unfriendly next we have kind kind  

this means caring about others gentle and friendly 
on the opposite side we have unkind unkind this  

means unpleasant unfriendly maybe even slightly 
cruel and then we have sweet sweet someone who  

is sweet shows a kind character the opposite is 
nasty nasty a nasty person is an unkind person  

the third category is how you treat the feelings 
of others first we have considerate considerate  

if you’re considerate you are always thinking of 
the feelings of others if you’re not considerate  

then you might be inconsiderate inconsiderate 
this means not giving enough thought about other  

people’s feelings or needs we also have thoughtful 
thoughtful if you are thoughtful then you show  

that you care and consider other people’s feelings 
and needs the opposite is thoughtless thoughtless  

this means that you don’t care about the possible 
negative effects of your actions or words then  

we have tactful tactful this means that you’re 
careful not to say or do anything that might upset  

or anger other people and the antonym for that 
is tactless tactless that’s quite a hard one to  

say with the cut combination tact tactless this 
means that you say or do things that might upset  

or anger other people our next category discusses 
how much people might be able to trust you  

first up we have trustworthy trustworthy we use 
a voiced v sound i often hear it mispronounced as  

trustworthy but it should be worthy your voice 
should be constant it shouldn’t cut out at any  

point if someone’s trustworthy then it means you 
can rely on them to be good and honest on the  

other hand we have untrustworthy untrustworthy 
this is somebody who cannot be trusted  

we also have reliable reliable if someone is 
reliable then you can trust them to do something  

well on the other hand we have unreliable 
unreliable meaning that you cannot trust them  

to do something well you can’t depend on them then 
we have loyal loyal this means remaining faithful  

and supportive then we have disloyal disloyal this 
means not loyal or faithful next we’re going to  

discuss adjectives that describe how honest 
you are with others we have sincere sincere  

this means that you show what you really think 
or feel on the other hand we have insincere  

insincere if someone is insincere they say 
or do things that they don’t really mean  

next we have frank frank which can actually 
sometimes be negative or disapproving as well as  

approving so it all depends on the tone of voice 
or the context if someone is frank it means they  

are honest or direct and are sometimes at risk of 
hurting other people’s feelings because of this  

on the other side we have secretive secretive if 
you’re secretive you like to hide your thoughts  

feelings and actions and keep them private then 
we have direct direct and sometimes much like  

frank this can also be negative or disapproving 
depending on tone of voice and context if you’re  

direct it means you say exactly what you 
mean and no one can pretend they haven’t  

understood because it’s very very clear then 
we have not an exact antonym but sneaky sneaky  

this means behaving in a 
secretive or dishonest way  

the next category is how open you are to 
the views and cultures of others we’ll start  

with tolerant tolerant if you’re tolerant it 
means you’re able to accept what other people  

say or do even if you don’t agree with them on 
the other hand we have intolerant intolerant this  

means that you are not willing to accept behaviors 
or ideas that do not correspond with your beliefs  

we have open-minded open-minded if you’re 
open-minded it means you are willing to listen to  

accept and think about other ideas on 
the other hand we have narrow-minded  

narrow-minded this means you are unwilling to 
listen to new ideas or the opinions of others  

and we have unbiased unbiased this means 
that you’re fair and not influenced by your  

own opinions or someone else’s opinions 
on the other hand we have biased biased  

this means you make unfair judgments and have 
a tendency to favor a certain group of people

now we’re going to talk about the 
adjectives associated with how  

motivated you are we have strong-willed  

strong-willed if you’re strong-willed it means 
you are determined to do what you want to do  

regardless of what other people say on the other 
hand we have weak-willed weak-willed this means  

you lack the ability to resist the influence of 
others and you can’t control your own impulses  

we also have determined determined this means that 
you make firm decisions to do things and you don’t  

let anyone dissuade you on the other hand we 
have a resolute a resolute this means that you  

are simply not able to decide what to do then we 
have driven driven this means you are determined  

to succeed and are working very hard to do so 
on the other hand we have apathetic apathetic  

which means you show no interest or enthusiasm the 
next category discusses your attitude towards work  

we have industrious industrious this means 
hard working or busy on the other hand we have  

idle idle if you are idle you are not 
working hard we also have ambitious ambitious  

if you’re ambitious you’re determined 
to be rich powerful and or successful  

we also have unambitious unambitious this means 
that you are uninterested in becoming rich  

powerful or successful we also have hard-working 
hard-working which means you are willing to work  

very hard or we have lazy lazy which means 
that you are unwilling to work or be active  

now let’s discuss adjectives associated with how 
good you are at learning and understanding we have  

bright bright which means intelligent or quick 
to learn we also have foolish foolish which means  

not showing good judgment or sense there’s clever 
clever this is very common in british english it  

means you’re quick at learning and understanding 
things on the other hand we have stupid stupid  

which means showing a lack of thought or good 
judgment then we have intelligent intelligent  

which means you are good at learning and 
understanding and on the other hand we have  

unintelligent unintelligent which means you 
are bad at learning and understanding things  

now let’s discuss adjectives that describe 
how you treat money we have generous  

generous which means that you are willing to 
give freely on the other hand we have miserly  

miserly if you’re miserly then 
you hate to spend money we have  

giving giving which again means you are willing 
to give freely and on the other hand we have mean  

mean which means you are unwilling to give 
or to share we also have frugal frugal  

and if you’re frugal it means you only use as 
much food or money as necessary on the other  

hand we have extravagant extravagant which means 
that you spend a lot more than you can afford  

now let’s discuss adjectives which describe your 
attitude around other people we have humble humble  

if you’re humble you show that you don’t 
think you are as important as other people  

on the opposite side we have arrogant arrogant 
which means that you behave in a proud  

or unpleasant way and think you are better than 
others we also have modest modest if you’re modest  

then you don’t talk much about your own abilities 
and achievements on the other hand we have vain  

vein which means you are overly proud of 
your own appearance abilities or achievements  

the next one submissive submissive is both 
approving or positive and disapproving negative  

probably leaning more onto the negative side but 
it means you are too willing to accept authority  

you’re willing to obey them without question 
on the other side again it’s normally negative  

but it can be positive sometimes bossy bossy this 
means that you’re always telling people what to do  

finally let’s talk about adjectives that can 
describe how relaxed you are as a person we have  

chilled chilled and this is slightly more slang it 
is derived from the phrasal verb to chill out you  

are chilled out you are chilled and this means you 
are very relaxed on the other hand we have tense  

tense this means you are nervous or worried and 
unable to relax we also have laid back laid back  

this means you’re calm and relaxed and never seem 
to worry about anything on the other hand we have  

up tight up tight which means you are anxious 
or upset about something we also have optimistic  

optimistic which means you are positive and expect 
good things to happen we also have pessimistic

which means you expect bad things to happen 
right your homework for today is to include  

five of these adjectives in a comment down below 
and use them to describe yourself so i want maybe  

three to four sentences about yourself using some 
of the adjectives that we’ve learned today and if  

you can include any others that would be really 
really good today oh today i’m so excited about  

this lesson i’ve been excited since i wrote 
this lesson a couple of days ago today i am  

going to teach you 16 spiffing old-fashioned 
british idioms that are going to make you sound  

oh so fancy i think they make you sound really 
intelligent educated and well-read when you say  

them so learning them and saying them is no bad 
thing you’ll also be able to understand them more  

when you hear them in old-fashioned movies or 
tv series that are set in the past number one  

is a little birdie told me or should be a little 
bird told me but my grandad always says a little  

birdie told me so that’s what i say too and i 
think you should also a little birdie told me  

means a secret informant has told me someone 
has told me something but i don’t want to say  

who that person is i’m protecting their identity 
this phrase is thought to originate from the bible  

an example a little birdie told me that you 
went for afternoon tea with a mystery suitor  

number two oh this is a gorgeous one i 
love this one a fly in the ointment a  

fly in the ointment it’s so expressive 
a fly in the ointment is a single thing  

or a person that is spoiling something that 
could have been very positive or enjoyable  

for example i’m looking forward to tomorrow 
the only fly in the ointment being that i’ll  

have to sit next to my dreadful brother-in-law 
disclaimer both of my brother-in-laws to be are  

lovely and i would happily sit next to them 
tomorrow if there were an event number three  

oh i know i’m saying everyone is great but 
they are all really great because i pick them  

number three is as keen as mustard as keen as 
mustard if you are as keen as mustard it means you  

are very eager or very enthusiastic and interested 
in something for example she is as keen as mustard  

to get her hands on that tea set her mother 
promised her number four is to eat humble pie  

to eat humble pie this means to admit that you are 
wrong and apologize especially in situations where  

this is very embarrassing or humiliating for you 
for example i had to eat humble pie and publicly  

apologize for spreading vicious rumors about her 
gap year i made that up i don’t spread rumors very  

often number five is pardon my french pardon my 
french this means oh please forgive my swearing  

basically the person who said a swear word is 
attempting to pass it off as french for example  

oh pardon my french i don’t know what came 
over me number six another personal favorite  

of mine it is hanky panky hanky-panky this is 
unethical behaviour deceit or illicit relations  

make of that what you will for example i am 
certain that a bit of hanky-panky went on  

at the wedding reception number seven this is a 
phrase i’ve used quite frequently actually it is  

to see a man about a dog this is a phrase that is 
used to apologize for one’s imminent departure or  

absence especially if you’re trying to conceal 
where you are going or what you’re going to do  

for example i’m so sorry that i’m going to 
miss the rest of this delightful christening  

i have to go and see a man about a dog this would 
be me expressing to my friend that i cannot spend  

another minute at this dreadful event and i must 
go and go for a drink or go out somewhere number  

eight is neither here nor there neither here 
nor there this means that’s not relevant to the  

point or it doesn’t matter for example yes it was 
our first date but that’s neither here nor there  

number nine this is a phrase used by my grandma 
a lot not because she sleeps loads just it’s  

something she’s always said to go for 14 winks is 
to go for a short sleep or a nap without actually  

saying it because we’re british and we don’t like 
to say things directly for example i’m just going  

to retire to the sitting room and go for 40 wings 
it’s not a sleep it’s 40 weeks number 10 is to  

turn a blind eye to turn a blind eye this means to 
pretend not to have noticed something for example  

i saw her take the last scone but i decided to 
turn a blind eye also yes i pronounced it as  

scone if you think it’s scone you can go nuts in 
the comments section i’m not willing to have an  

argument on this it’s scone in my family number 
11 is pot calling the kettle black pot calling  

the kettle black this means hypocrite this has 
been used since the 1600s and back in those days  

pots and kettles were both made out of iron and 
they were both covered in soot and they were  

always black so if a pot that is black is also 
calling a kettle black it’s quite hypocritical  

for example you think i’m stuck up pot calling 
kettle black you’re stuck up too number 12  

i can’t do something to save my life i can’t do it 
to save my life this is a hyperbolic way of saying  

that you are incredibly inept at something you are 
unable to do it well it’s often used to express  

reluctancy and unwillingness to do something 
and it’s used in a self-deprecating way very  

typically british for example if somebody asked me 
to make a victoria sponge which happens to me most  

frequently but i didn’t want to make it i might 
say i can’t make victoria sponges to save my life  

maybe your mum could make one done i don’t have 
to make a victoria sponge they think i can’t make  

them to save my life number 13 is to get someone’s 
goat to get someone’s goat this means to irritate  

someone and the origins of this phrase are quite 
interesting they’re to do with horse racing  

in the 19th century supposedly nervous racehorses 
would be calmed down by placing a goat in their  

stable with them but rivals would take or steal or 
get the goat thus making the horse nervous again  

and then hopefully the rival’s horse would win the 
race for example you know who really gets my goat  

actually i’m trying to think of who i can say gets 
my goat on here really i’m perpetually scared of  

offending people there are so many people 
who get my goat but none of them are worth  

drama number 14 is to kick the bucket to kick the 
bucket this means to die in britain we don’t like  

saying that someone has died we like to say they 
have passed away or they have popped their clogs  

or they have kicked the bucket for example 
unfortunately my great uncle arthur kicked  

the bucket last year number 15 is the apple of my 
eye the apple of my eye this is one you may have  

heard before it’s very commonly used in america 
the apple of one’s eye is something that one  

cherishes above all others the phrase was used in 
a midsummer’s night dream and it refers to a time  

when people thought that the pupil of the 
eye was a solid object the actual apple  

of your eye for example my william is the apple 
of my eye oh that’s so romantic i wonder if he’ll  

see this he claims to watch all of my videos 
i don’t ask him to he claims to but um  

let’s see if he notices apple in my eye or you 
might not be after this number 16 i’ve saved the  

best till last and yes i have mentioned this in 
a video before but it was a very long time ago  

three years ago i’m so old uh it is bob’s your 
uncle bob’s your uncle and this means as simple  

as that i’ll use it all the time as simple as 
that well bob’s your uncle there you have it  

easy as that for example boil the kettle place 
a tea bag in the cup fill it up with water  

let it rest for 2.5 minutes maybe three but no 
longer take it out dash of skimmed milk bob’s your  

uncle cup of tea right that’s it for my spiffingly 
fancy video today i hope you enjoyed it i hope you  

learned something if you would like to learn about 
more old-fashioned phrases i was thinking about  

doing one on old-fashioned insults but um you 
know maybe that’s not something you’d like to see  

you can always recommend what you’d like to see in 
the description box no not in the description box  

you don’t touch that i touch that in the comment 
section down below today i am going to teach you  

50 advanced verbs that are going to make you sound 
more intelligent when you speak and they’re going  

to dramatically increase your vocabulary please 
note that lots of these verbs have multiple  

meanings i’m focusing on one meaning per verb 
and i’m using them in a more advanced context  

number one is to alter to alter this means to 
make somebody or something different for example  

you shouldn’t feel the need to alter 
your appearance number two is to amend  

to amend this means to change a law document 
or statement slightly in order to correct a  

mistake or to improve it for example would 
you mind amending those documents i sent you  

number three is to amplify to amplify this 
means to add details to a story or a statement  

for example she refused to amplify further 
she refused to tell us any more details  

number four is to balloon to balloon this means 
to suddenly swell out or to get bigger for example  

employment rates ballooned to 90 percent number 
five is to blab to blab this means to tell someone  

information that should be kept secret for 
example someone must have blabbed to the police  

number six is to brief to brief this means 
to give someone information about something  

so that they are prepared to deal with it for 
example the officer briefed her on what to expect  

number seven is to capture to capture this means 
to film record or paint somebody or something this  

is usually used in the passive form for example 
the robbery was captured on film by the security  

cameras number eight is to clasp to clasp this 
means to hold something tightly in your hand  

for example she clasped her hands together as she 
waited number nine is to clutch to clutch this  

means to hold somebody or something tightly for 
example i clutched onto his shoulder for support  

number nine is to collide to collide this 
means to disagree strongly for example my  

partner and i often collide over political 
differences number 11 is to command to command  

this means to tell somebody what to do for 
example she commanded the release of the prisoners  

number 12 is takawa takawa this means to bend low 
and or move backwards because you’re frightened  

for example the dog whimpered 
and cowered at his feet  

number 13 is to crave to crave this means 
to have a very strong desire for something  

for example i’ve always craved 
excitement number 14 is to dash to dash  

this means to go somewhere very quickly for 
example a mustache it was lovely to see you  

it’s a good one to use if you’re trying to escape 
an unwanted conversation number 15 is to detect  

to detect this is to discover or notice something 
especially if that something isn’t easy to see or  

hear for example the tests are designed to detect 
the disease this is impossible i need to include  

this in a tongue twister video for example 
the tests are designed to detect bacteria

number 16 is to deviate to deviate this is to do 
something in a different way from what is usual  

or expected or to be different from something for 
example let’s not deviate from the original idea  

number 17 is to discern to discern this is to 
see or hear something usually with difficulty  

for example i quickly discerned that something was 
wrong number 18 is to dismantle to dismantle this  

is to take something apart usually a machine 
or a structure so that it’s in separate pieces  

for example i had to dismantle the printer in 
order to repair it number 19 this is a lovely  

one it’s to eavesdrop to eavesdrop this means to 
listen secretly to what other people are saying  

for example we caught her eavesdropping outside 
the window number 20 is to escort to escort  

this is to go with somebody either to protect them 
or to show them the way for example let me escort  

you to your room number 21 is to expose to expose 
this is to tell the true facts about a person  

or a situation and show it or them to be illegal 
or immoral for example she was exposed as a liar  

and a fraud number 22 is to glare to glare this is 
to look at somebody or something in an angry way  

for example she didn’t shout she just glared 
at me number 23 is to gravitate to gravitate  

this is to move towards something or someone 
that you are attracted to for example  

many young people gravitate towards london in 
search of work number 24 is to gush to gush  

this is to express so much praise for someone or 
something that it doesn’t seem sincere for example  

rachel is always gushing about how much she values 
peru’s friendship number 25 is tobble to hobble  

this means to walk with difficulty especially 
because your legs or your feet hurt  

for example she was hobbling 
around on crutches yesterday  

number 26 is to hover to hover this means 
to wait somewhere especially near someone  

in an uncertain or shy manner for example 
he hovered over her waiting for an answer  

number 27 is to ignite to ignite this means to 
start to burn or to make something start to burn  

for example tempers ignited when the redundancy 
packages were announced number 28 is to intertwine  

to intertwine this means to become very closely 
connected with somebody or something for example  

their political careers became very closely 
intertwined number 29 is to lurk to lurk  

this means to wait somewhere secretly especially 
because you’re going to do something illegal or  

bad for example she saw someone lurking in 
the doorway and decided to leave immediately  

number 30 is to mimic to mimic this means to 
look or behave like someone or something else  

for example his behavior mimicked that 
of his mother number 31 is to oppress  

to oppress this means to make someone only 
able to think about worrying or sad things  

for example he was beginning to feel oppressed 
by his surroundings number 32 is to peer to peer  

this is to look closely at something 
especially if you can’t see it properly  

for example he peered closely at the 
photograph number 33 is to pinpoint  

to pinpoint this means to be able to give the 
exact reason for something or to be able to  

describe something exactly for example the report 
pinpointed the areas most in need of development  

number 34 is to prune to prune this means 
to make something smaller by removing parts  

for example please could you go through the 
report and prune out any unnecessary details  

number 35 is to recoil to recoil this means to 
move your body quickly away from something or  

someone because you find it or them frightening 
or unpleasant for example she recoiled in horror  

after he tried to kiss her number 
36 is to reverberate to reverberate  

this means to have a strong effect on 
people for a long time or over a large area  

for example repercussions of the case continue to 
reverberate through the financial world number 37  

is to saunter to saunter this means to walk in 
a slow relaxed way for example she’s sauntered  

down the corridor looking as if she had all 
the time in the world 38 is to seize to seize  

this means to take someone or something suddenly 
using force for example he seized hold of my hand  

and led me to the exit number 39 is to shatter to 
shatter this means to destroy something completely  

especially someone’s hopes dreams or expectations 
for example he shattered her confidence when he  

told her how he really felt about her singing 
voice number 40 is to shrivel to shrivel i love  

saying that one to shrivel this means to make 
something become dry and wrinkled as a result of  

heat cold or being old for example the long bath 
had shriveled my fingers and toes number 41 is to  

slump to slump this means to fall in value price 
or number suddenly by a large amount for example  

profits have slumped by over 12 percent this 
quarter number 42 is to struggle to struggle  

this means to try very hard to do something when 
it’s very difficult or there are a lot of problems  

for example i’m really struggling to pay all of my 
bills on time number 43 is to stumble to stumble  

this means to walk or move in an unsteady way for 
example we stumbled around in the dark trying to  

find the light switch number 44 is to trim to trim 
this is to make something better smaller or neater  

by cutting parts away from it for example 
staff numbers have just been trimmed to 15.  

number 45 is to upstage to upstage this is to say 
or do something that makes people notice you more  

than the person they should be interested in 
for example how dare you upstage me at my own  

wedding number 46 is to withdraw to withdraw 
this is to stop giving or offering something to  

someone for example unless you sign the contract 
within seven days the offer will be withdrawn  

number 47 is to wrestle to wrestle this means to 
struggle to deal with something that is difficult  

for example we wrestled for hours with the 
problem of which task to start first number 48  

is to yank to yank this means to pull 
something or someone hard and suddenly  

for example i yanked the door open and ran outside

someone’s dog’s barking number 49 is to 
yearn to yearn this means to want something  

very much especially when it’s 
very difficult to get or achieve  

for example i’ve always yearned to escape from 
office life and number 50 is to zap to zap  

this means to do something very quickly 
it’s often used to replace the word to read  

for example i’ll zap through this report 
and i’ll get back to you in the morning  

right that was my lesson on 50 advanced verbs 
that you can now use and impress people with  

today i have a vocabulary lesson we are 
going to talk about clothes vocabulary  

but not just the basic clothes vocabulary we’re 
going to go into detail when you start learning  

english one of the first things that you learn is 
socks t-shirt shoes hat but there is so much more  

than that there’s so much more advanced vocabulary 
what’s the difference between a t-shirt bra  

and a push-up bra or boxers and briefs what 
would you call this neckline style on a t-shirt  

i’m going to tell you all of this i think we 
should start with underwear because hopefully  

that’s what you put on first now i am going to 
be talking about menswear and women’s wear but i  

completely understand that you can wear whatever 
you want regardless of gender we’re just going  

from a vocabulary standpoint here let’s start with 
men’s underwear in british english we call men’s  

underwear pants now in american english pants is 
what we call trousers so if someone from the u.s  

says take off your pants it means take off your 
trousers but if a british girl says take off your  

pants she might be flirting with you now pants is 
a very general term but we can be more specific  

we have boxer shorts or boxers and these tend to 
have an elastic waist and baggy legs baggy means  

loose or not tight briefs which are also known 
as y fronts are shorter and tighter they’re often  

referred to as snug which means tight and close 
fitting we also have boxer briefs which have that  

same elasticated waist and they have long legs 
which are tight-fitting now let’s talk about the  

women’s wear equivalent in american english they 
call women’s underwear panties now we don’t tend  

to say this in british english panties almost 
sounds like something you’d say to a child it  

sounds quite childish which obviously when you’re 
talking about underwear doesn’t sit well with me  

in british english we say pants or knickers so 
that pants word is a really general unisex term  

knickers is generally referring to women’s wear 
now we also have lots and lots of different types  

of knickers we have briefs now these are 
often rudely referred to as granny pants  

because they’re bigger and they’re not deemed to 
be attractive but i can think of many occasions  

where having attractive underwear is not your 
number one priority so briefs can be very very  

comfortable and convenient these cover you well 
they are triangular and they come up high and  

they finish low if you want underwear that holds 
you in and slims you and smooths your silhouette  

then you have the option of control pants 
or spanx which is actually a brand name but  

because they were sort of the pioneers like the 
hoover spanx they were the first in the market  

so their brand name has actually become 
something that we use for any brand  

we also have boy shorts these are basically the 
women’s wear version of boxer shorts we also  

have knickers with just a thin strip at the back 
these have many names you can call them a g-string  

i grew up playing the violin and i always 
found it so funny when my g-string broke  

tell everyone oh no i’ve broken my g-string you 
can also call them thongs or brazilians thongs  

seems to be a really thin strip at the back and 
brazilians are slightly thicker at the back now  

some important vocabulary vpl lots of women choose 
to wear thongs and brazilians and g-strings to  

avoid the vpl which means visible panty line this 
is where the edge of your underwear can dig into  

your skin and be visible through clothes i know i 
much prefer a seamless look seamless means smooth  

without any joins a seam in clothing is where 
two pieces of fabric have been sewn together  

that’s the scene there let’s also talk about bras 
these are very very important or not so important  

nowadays it seems to be quite in fashion to not 
wear a bra bra is short for frazier but hardly  

anyone says that anymore we just say bra there are 
lots of different styles we have a triangle bra  

which is of course in a triangle sort of more 
of a bikini shape we have a t-shirt bra which  

is a bra that’s intended to be invisible 
under your t-shirt a sports bra this has  

lots of control so there’s minimal movement when 
doing exercise and running we have a strapless bra  

with no straps straps other pieces of material 
that go over your shoulder we have a push-up bra  

sometimes referred to as a wonder bra but again 
wonder bra is a brand but because they were one  

of the early ones on the market lots of people 
got used to saying wonder bra for every brand  

the correct brandless term is a push-up bra and 
this is where you have extra sponge or filling  

to push up your cleavage and create a bustier 
look one last one we have is a bandeau this is  

a strapless piece of material normally without 
too much structure there are two adjectives that  

you need to know when it comes to bras padded and 
underwired if a bra is padded it means it has an  

extra layer of material this helps you have extra 
shape if a bra is underwired it means it has some  

wiring below the cup again to give extra shape 
lots of women avoid under wiring for comfort  

reasons let’s move on to another underwear section 
socks and tights the things you wear on your feet  

and your legs let’s start with socks we have 
trainer socks and these are socks that finish  

just below your ankles so technically they should 
be invisible when you wear trainers we also have  

pop socks and these just cover the outer part 
of your feet so that they are invisible in most  

shoes we also have ankle socks that come up 
to the ankles mid calf over the calf knee high  

over the knee and thigh high we also have 
what are called tights in british english or  

pantyhose in american english these are like 
long socks that come all the way up to your waist  

so they are joined together at the top like a pair 
of leggings the thickness of these are determined  

by the denier which describes the thickness of 
the yarn or material used to make them 20 denier  

pair of tights would be very thin and transparent 
and 100 denier pair of tights would be very thick  

and warm stockings are a sort of cross between a 
pair of tights and socks that finish at your thigh  

but they’re normally in that tight nylon sort of 
material lastly we have thermal underwear which  

we wear under our clothes to keep us warm we have 
long johns which are thermal trousers or leggings  

an undershirt which is usually a long-sleeved 
shirt vests are sleeveless thermal tops with  

thin straps in general we would just refer to 
any piece of clothing used to keep us warm as our  

thermals oh i’ve got my thermals on oh i wish i’d 
put my thermals on right we’re done with underwear  

let’s move on to what goes on the top half of 
your body in british english anything that goes  

on the top half of your body is generally 
called a top in american english generally  

it’s a shirt but a shirt in british english would 
imply that it has a collar buttons and maybe cuffs  

one word that you will hear a lot when talking 
about tops is sleeves or sleeved the sleeves are  

the part of the garment that cover your arms 
if something is short sleeve and it has short  

pieces of material on your arm long sleeves the 
opposite we also mention collars which is the  

material that can cover your neck and the neckline 
which is essentially a hole for your head i think  

neckline vocabulary is very important because 
different necklines suit different people we have  

the v-neck we have this this is a boat neck this 
has got a thin kind of crescent shape a polo or  

turtle neck we have a cowl neck which has some 
extra material and we also have a crew neck  

which would be considered the most normal style of 
t-shirt neck a sweetheart neck forms the top shape  

of a love heart this is considered to be very 
feminine square neck scoop neck and a halter neck  

where the sleeves come up and go around your neck 
i love halter necks in the summer a top can be  

sleeveless or strapless it can be strappy or 
have straps i know my mum would say oh i love  

your strappy dress meaning your dress with straps 
really thin straps can be called spaghetti straps  

because they look like a strand of spaghetti 
we could have short sleeves half length sleeves  

three quarter length sleeves or long sleeves now 
in british english a top with straps is usually  

called a vest in american english it’s usually 
called a tank although because here in britain we  

consume a lot of american media we do now use the 
word tank as well but when i was younger growing  

up i would always say vest top but now i’m older 
tank top seems to be just as common this could be  

because brands are more international now so they 
choose to use the american terminology something  

that’s very popular at the moment crop tops these 
are short tops that finish under your torso and  

they show your midriff or your stomach as i 
said before shirts in british english refer to  

tops with buttons down the front and a collar and 
usually cuffs we also have blouses these are like  

feminine shirts they’re normally more loose 
fitting they don’t necessarily have the collar  

and they’re considered to be more smart and formal 
cuffs are the end parts of shirts and to seal them  

we i don’t know why i pinched myself just there to 
close them we use cufflinks cufflinks that’s the  

accessory that many men receive on their birthdays 
let’s talk about the tops that keep you warm  

in british english we have jumpers 
and in american english they call them  

sweaters if you said to a british person can 
i borrow a sweater i think we would understand  

you but we might think maybe you’re looking for 
sportswear we do have sweatshirts which are like  

hoodies but with no hood and generally no 
pocket on the front they’re normally cotton  

with tight sleeves hoodies have a hood and a 
pocket at the front we also have jumpers or  

knitwear there’s lots of different styles cable 
knit or chunky knit my fiance will loves a cable  

knit jumper we also have fair isle print which 
have that christmassy design around the neck  

striped or stripey and also cardigans which 
are divided down the middle and are closed  

with buttons now let’s talk about some casual 
jackets as well we have a biker or leather  

jacket made out of leather denim jackets 
bomber or military jackets and baseball or  

varsity jackets and these are an american style 
jacket but they became very popular in the uk  

and they are what college students tend to wear we 
also have formal jackets a blazer is a more casual  

less tailored formal jacket we have a tailored 
jacket which is very close fitting a dinner jacket  

which has satin on the lapels they are the parts 
that are folded back on a formal jacket we can  

have jackets and coats that are single-breasted 
with one row of buttons or double-breasted  

with two rows of buttons we also have a morning 
coat jacket which has long tails at the back  

let’s talk briefly about the different styles of 
coats we have a trench coat often found in beige  

usually tied at the waist very burberry duffel 
coats which are closed using those special  

wooden fasteners parker jackets and rain jackets 
a ski jacket a very puffy one for cold weather  

we also have a shooting coat which is used for 
british country sports and an overcoat as well  

on colder evenings women in particular may choose 
to wear a poncho which is like a blanket that goes  

all the way around it has no sleeves a shawl 
a big scarf that you can wrap around or a wrap  

as well those are alternatives to coats let’s move 
on to the bottom half of your body now we have  

jeans and we have so many different types of jeans 
we can have high-rise mid-rise or low-rise they  

can also be called high-waisted jeans low-waisted 
jeans we can have skinny jeans straight leg jeans  

bootleg jeans which go out under the knee 
flared jeans as well and mom jeans which are  

very popular now you can also have jeggings 
which are a cross between jeans and leggings  

they normally have fake pockets and i’m really 
glad that they’re not that popular anymore because  

i didn’t like them we have leggings which can 
be high-waisted or regular we have joggers in  

british english or sweatpants in american english 
they are meant to be for athletic wear but now  

athletic wear is everyday wear and sometimes 
formal wear athleisure i think they call it harem  

pants which are very loose fitting they’ve got 
a very low crotch which is the piece of material  

between your legs wide leg trousers they’re 
becoming more and more fashionable we also have  

corduroy trousers which are made of a specific 
material corduroy cargo pants or cargo trousers  

these are sort of military inspired they’re 
baggier chinos these are cotton trousers often  

found in beige shorts which of course are shorter 
trousers or if you want really tiny shorts you  

can have short shorts in british english or hot 
pants in american english we also have skirts  

there are lots of different styles starting with 
length we have mini midi maxi mini’s really short  

midi’s at your knee maxi is down to the ground 
skirts can be pleated meaning they have ironed  

folds of material they can be skater skirts 
which mean they go out like an ice skater  

we also have tulip skirts which mean they come in 
like a tulip trumpet skirts go out at the bottom  

like a trumpet this is all very logical we have 
tiered skirts also called rara skirts they’ve got  

lots of different layers of material coming 
off and my favorite a pencil skirt which is  

just a figure-hugging skirt that normally goes 
mid-thigh to the knee we have lots of different  

types of dresses as well that go over your full 
body but one thing i want to mention before  

is a jumpsuit so this is a full body outfit 
that has trousers as opposed to a skirt  

these are usually full length if you want your 
top attached your shorts this is normally called  

a playsuit in british english or it’s called a 
romper in american english cute short very summery  

floral dresses are called tea dresses in british 
english or sundresses in american english but  

there’s a lot of crossover we have fit and flare 
dresses which are tight at the top and then go out  

for the skirt wrap dresses which are wrapped 
around you and tied with a bow maxi dresses they  

go all the way down to the floor ball gowns 
these are very formal dresses usually worn  

for evening events peplum dresses they were 
a big fashion weren’t they they are normally  

tight but have a bit at the waist that flares out 
bodycon dresses and pencil dresses are usually  

very figure-hugging and tight let’s move on to 
shoes we normally talk about our flats or our  

heels so obviously flat shoes have no heels 
and heels elevate your heel off the ground  

ballet flats are of course inspired by ballet 
dancers kitten heels have a tiny little thin  

heel tall version of that is called 
stiletto heels that’s with a really  

thin pointy heel that is really difficult to 
walk on platform heels have a thick platform  

under the toes wedges have no individual heel it’s 
just all one block at the bottom and we also have  

court shoes and pumps which are sort of lower 
heels when we talk about flatter shoes we have  

trainers in the uk or sneakers in american 
english again there’s lots of crossover now  

boots these cover your entire foot sandals these 
are strappy shoes that you wear in summer and  

flip-flops these are also known as thongs 
these are very minimal rubber shoes that  

you can wear in the summer and normally at the 
beach we have loafers we also have boat shoes  

chelsea boots and brogues finally let’s touch on 
accessories of course we’d be nothing without our  

sunglasses we can also call them sunnies for short 
or shades we also wear watches scarves gloves  

a handbag handbags or just bags in general i have 
heard people refer to mail handbags as man bags  

i’m not sure if that’s really a thing why would 
they not just call it a bag we can also carry  

an umbrella and one important thing to note is 
neckwear especially in menswear we can have a tie  

or a cravat that’s a different that’s like sort 
of a silk scarf that you wear in place of a tie if  

you want a bow it’s a bow tie we also have loads 
and loads and loads of different types of hats  

a hat with a peek is called a cap you can have 
a visor which just goes around here there’s  

nothing at the top a beret is french inspired 
of course a panama hat very nice for holidays  

we also have fedoras i know there are very mixed 
views on fedoras in the internet community top  

hats which are very tall my fiance wears a top 
hat once a year at the races and i can never  

take him seriously when he’s wearing it it looks 
too ridiculous because he’s already six foot six  

which is nearly two meters it’s 198. um and so 
to have a top hat on as well it’s just too much  

when we go to weddings sometimes especially women 
will wear a little decoration it’s not quite a hat  

but it’s an accessory on their head we call this 
a fascinator because it just fascinates everyone  

we also have a beanie hat or a woolly hat which 
is knitted and if it has a pom-pom on it we call  

it a bobble hat so cute right that is it for 
today’s lesson i hope you learned something  

i have thrown a lot of vocabulary at you if 
you’d like to improve your listening skills  

and your vocabulary skills even further then you 
can try looking at my vlogging channel where i  

vlog my life here in the english countryside 
every vlog is fully subtitled so you can use  

it as a language learning tool that is lucy 
bella on youtube don’t forget to connect with  

me on my social media i’ve got my instagram lucy 
and my website englishwithlucy.co.uk where i have  

a handmade pronunciation tool where you can 
click on any phoneme and hear me pronounce it  

e no air it’s a lot of fun and i had a lot of fun 
making it i will see you soon for another lesson

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