40 English Words for Everyday Life Basic Vocabulary 2

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today

today today today means this day we use

this when we want to talk about

something that’s happening on this day

like part of a schedule today’s homework

today’s homework today’s homework

yesterday

yesterday so yesterday

means the day before today so you can

use this word when you’re talking about

like past actions yesterday morning

yesterday morning

yesterday morning tomorrow tomorrow

Mar Oh so tomorrow is like the

opposite of yesterday it means the day

after today so we use this when we’re

talking about our future plans

see you tomorrow see you tomorrow

see you tomorrow

weak weak weak so weak refers to seven

days that seven-day period so we use

week when we want to talk about making

plans or our schedules and so on I’m

busy this week I’m busy this week I’m

busy this week year

here

year so a year is 365 days so we use

year when we’re talking about points in

time like historical events one year

one year

second

second second so second refers to a very

short period of time so the amount of

time that’s inside one minute for

example there are 60 seconds in a minute

there are 60 seconds in a minute

minute

min-cut so minute refers to again a

period of time we learned that there are

60 seconds in a minute and we can use

minutes when we’re talking about times

of day three minutes three minutes

three minutes

our

our so an hour refers to one of those 24

blocks of time throughout the day I

sleep for 8 hours every day I sleep for

8 hours every day

I sleep for eight hours every day clock

clock

o’clock o’clock is an object that we use

to understand what time of day it is we

can have analog or digital alarm clock

alarm clock alarm clock

o’clock

a clock a clock so a clock is used after

a number from 1 to 12 to show that it’s

a specific hour let’s meet at the

station at 9 o’clock let’s meet at the

station at 9 o’clock

let’s meet at the station at nine

o’clock

calendar

calendar calendar so a calendar is

something we use to understand the dates

of the year there are 12 months on a

typical calendar i marked their

anniversary on the calendar I marked our

anniversary on the calendar

I marked our anniversary on the calendar

Monday

Monday so Monday is for most people the

first day of the workweek I go to work

on Monday

I go to work on Monday

Tuesday Tuesday

Tuesday Tuesday is for most people the

second day of the workweek Tuesday

January first Tuesday January first

Tuesday January 1st

Wednesday

Wednesday so Wednesday is the middle day

of the week but keep in mind this is

pronounced Wednesday there’s a D there

but we don’t say wetness day we say

Wednesday Wednesday the 18th

Wednesday the 18th

Wednesday the 18th Thursday

Thursday

Thursday so Thursday is the fourth day

of the workweek the day that comes

before Friday

so most people get a little bit excited

for Friday and thus Thursday is kind of

the day when some people start their

weekends a little bit early Thursday

January 3rd Thursday January 3rd

Thursday January 3rd

Friday

fry-day so Friday is the last day of the

workweek and lots of people get excited

about Friday and they do things on

Friday nights with their friends or

their co-workers are you free this

Friday are you free this Friday

are you free this Friday

Saturday

Satur day so Saturday is the first day

of the weekend

lots of people choose to do things like

their hobbies or maybe take a trip

somewhere it’s a day to relax for lots

of people Saturday night

Saturday night Saturday night

Sunday

son day so sunday is the last day of the

weekend usually sunday tends to be a

more relaxing day so we’re kind of

recharging a little bit and taking it

easy Sunday morning breakfast

Sunday morning breakfast

do so do is used when we’re referring to

some kind of activity we’re making

something happen we are taking care of

something do homework

do homework

go so the verb go means to move from one

place to another place we use this when

we’re traveling or maybe even when we’re

talking about someplace we would like to

go or like to travel to go to the park

go to the park go to the park

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hello

hello-hello is the most basic greeting

that you can use you can use it with

your friends with your family members

with your co-workers any time of day is

fine

hello how have you been hello how have

you been

hello how have you been

excuse me

scuse me

excuse me so excuse me is the expression

you can use when you bump into somebody

or when you need to interrupt somebody

who’s working on something it’s a nice

like apology expression to use excuse me

how much is this excuse me how much is

this

excuse me how much is this

I’m sorry

I’m sorry so we use I’m sorry in cases

where we make a mistake so I did

something wrong or I did something bad I

use I’m sorry to apologize I’m sorry it

was a typo I’m sorry it was a typo I’m

sorry it was a typo good night

goodnight

good night so good night is the

expression we use at the end of the day

when we want to say goodbye to someone

or when we want to wish our family

members a good night of sleep good night

grandma good night grandma

good night grandma

nice to meet you nice to meet you

nice to meet you

so nice to meet you is the expression we

use the first time we meet someone we

don’t use this like the second or the

third time we see someone only for the

first time please come in nice to meet

you

please come in nice to meet you

please come in nice to meet you how are

you how are you how are you so how are

you is used as a very general greeting

when we see our co-worker for the first

time where we see a classmate for the

first time we ask how are you meaning

what’s your condition right now it’s

been a long time how are you it’s been a

long time how are you it’s been a long

time how are you

yes yes yes so yes is the word we use to

agree with something or to show we think

something is good or correct you can use

yes in any of those cases yes this one

please yes this one please yes this one

please no

No so no is the opposite of yes we use

it when we want to disagree or show that

we think something is not good or is

maybe not the best option

now I haven’t eaten yet no I haven’t

eaten yet no I haven’t eaten yet

thank you

thank you thank you so thank you is used

to express your appreciation for

something you can use this after you

receive a gift or someone does something

for you

thank you very much for the invitation

I’m I’m

I’m so I’m is the reduced form of I and

am becomes I’m make sure to clearly

pronounce that sound like when you’re

introducing yourself I’m John I’m John

I’m John

goodbye

good bye so goodbye is one way to say

like something at the end of the day

usually to say bye to someone

goodbye sounds a little bit more formal

than just by but you can use it to sound

polite good bye see you again good bye

see you again good bye see you again

bad

okay so bad is a word that means not

good you can use it to describe

something you don’t like or that you

think is inappropriate be careful of bad

people be careful of bad people be

careful of bad people

good

good good so good is the opposite of bad

you can use it when you want to express

that you like something or that you

think something is positive my teacher

is a good person my teacher is a good

person my teacher is a good person

pretty

pretty so pretty is used to describe

someone or some things physical

appearance something that we think is

beautiful I have a pretty girlfriend

I have a pretty girlfriend I have a

pretty girlfriend

ugly ugly ugly so ugly is the opposite

of pretty we use this word to describe

something that we think is not pleasing

or is unpleasant ugly face ugly face

ugly face

easy

easy easy so easy is used to talk about

something that is not difficult it’s

maybe something that’s simple to do

easy exam easy exam easy exam difficult

difficult difficult so difficult to

describe something that is hard or

something that is challenging to do

difficult problem difficult problem

difficult problem

near

near near is used to talk about

something that is close to us it’s

something that we can go to quickly and

easily I live near the university I live

near the university I live near the

university far far far so far is the

opposite of near far means something

that is a great distance from something

else

there’s like a long way to get to

something the station is far from here

the station is far from here the station

is far from here small small small so

small is the opposite of big we use it

to describe things that are little you

can use it for concepts for objects or

for people small mistake small mistake

small mistake

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