30 Intermediate English Words Useful Vocabulary

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out the next phrase is cut it out now

this is usually what a parent would say

to a child when they want them to stop

doing something stop it in other words

cut it out really it’s any situation

that you want to have stopped now let’s

say my friend likes to click her pen all

the time and I’m getting really annoyed

I would turn to her and say cut it out

Michelle I’m upset the next phrase is

I’m upset upset here means not happy

angry frustrated I’m upset you can say

this in many different ways the

intonation is important if you’re trying

to remain calm what’s wrong Becky I’m

upset I mean I’m really upset but I’m

not going to show you or you can really

just yell this like I’m upset with you

I’m upset who do you think you are who

do you think you are so you say this to

someone when you feel that they’re being

way too proud maybe way too selfish they

think they’re number one they’ve done

something and you can’t believe they

were so bold as to do that late who do

you think you are Superman you can’t run

that marathon tomorrow with no training

who do you think you are who do you

think you are the President of the

Universe watch your mouth watch your

mouth we say this when someone is using

bad language or language we think is too

strong for the situation a lot of

parents will say this to their kids or a

lot of you know people fighting in a

relationship might say that to each

other so I’m not going to use the

language here but if I said something

very strong very rude my mom or my

friend might say hey hey watch your

mouth be careful about what you say

you’re not listening to me the next

phrase is you’re not listening to me

pretty clear right yeah you’re not

listening to me

let me say it again I don’t want to go

or something like that you’re not

listening to me is used when we’re

getting angry because we really don’t

think that person is listening to us so

we say hey you’re not listening to me

I’ve been saying it many times but

you’re not listening to me let me say it

again I want a raise

let’s stay together loving you whether

times are good or bad happy or sad Al

Green from let’s stay together our first

amazing love quote is from Al Green from

his song let’s stay together now first

I’m going to say it for you then I’m

gonna sing it okay let’s stay together

loving you weather times are good or bad

happy or sad now for Al Green it’s very

important that you get very what we call

groovy you got to get me feel feel the

groove and this chorus this comes from

the chorus less let’s stay together

loving you weather times a good or bad

happy you’re sad Thank You Al Green that

was beautiful

Al Green love it every time nice slow

song playing on a Friday night with your

girlfriend or boyfriend so this quote I

love it because it means that Al Green

or whoever is singing it to you is going

to love you no matter if it’s good times

or bad times if you’re happy or if

you’re sad and it kind of reminds me of

the classic American wedding vows that

we say we say I will love you this is AG

not exact but we say I will love you in

sickness or in health till death do we

part I like this song a lot we should

love each other in good times and bad

right it’s not

love if you’re just loving in good times

right I want you there in the bad times

to Bette Midler from wind beneath my

wings our second amazing love quote is

you are the wind beneath my wings we

first heard this from Bette Midler in

her song wind beneath my wings now this

is a very beautiful song about it comes

from a movie called beaches that was

about to basically best friends so she’s

singing this to her best girlfriend and

she’s saying you are the wind beneath my

wings in fact you are the person who

gives me this feeling that I can fly and

you support me so that I feel like I can

fly so you’re the wind kind of beneath

my wings

and it’s this line is in the chorus

repeated many times in the song and it

goes like this do you ever know that

you’re my hero you’re everything I would

like to be I can fly higher than an

eagle for you are the wind beneath my

wings something like that I love that

maybe will make you cry by the way girls

get the tissues ready oh and then the

spell was cast and here we are in heaven

for you are mine at last

Eddie James from at last okay our third

amazing love quote is Etta James this is

from her song at last oh and then the

spell was cast and here we are in heaven

for you are mine at last now let me talk

for a minute about the phrase the spell

was cast it’s kind of like a witch that

can cast a spell on you and so if you

have a spell cast on you it’s like you

are under this

this command from someone else and you

are acting different because they made

you do something but it’s like you’re so

in love with this person that it’s like

you’ll do anything for them you’re under

a spell you know we might say and so

it’s like we’re in heaven together it

feels like we’re in heaven I’ve been

waiting so long to be with you here we

are you are mine at last now this may

not surprise you but this is a popular

wedding song Etta James sang this I want

to say back in the 1960s I might have

that wrong but it also became popular

from the Beyonce movie a few years ago

where she played at a James and Beyonce

sang this song as well

this quote is right in the middle of the

song so don’t be don’t be surprised when

I start very strong here here we go oh

and then the spell was cast and here we

are in heaven for you are mine at last

there’s a lot of quaver in the voice in

that song actually it does come at the

end of the song sorry not the not the

middle but beautiful song recommend that

song at last

check it out by Etta James I keep the

ends out for the tie that binds because

you’re mine I walk the line Johnny Cash

from I walk the line our next amazing

love quote is from Johnny Cash one of my

favorites the quote is a little

difficult I think so listen closely I

keep the ends out for the tie that binds

because you’re mine I walk the line the

tie that binds means a like a tie or a

connection to someone you’re bound to

that person and Johnny actually wrote

this song for his first wife Vivian as

kind of a promise to her that he would

not cheat on her on the road so

by this lyric he’s saying I keep my eye

out in case anyone I keep the ends out

here he says there’s like his eye I keep

the eye my ends out for any potential

connection I don’t want to be connected

to anyone else because you’re mine I

walk the line now walking the line means

like to follow a strict line or path and

not go out or away from that line to

follow the rules basically because

you’re mine I’m following the rules I am

keeping my eye out in case I make any

connections that I’m not hoping or

wanting to make I keep the ends out for

the time that binds because you’re mine

I walk the line

sorry Johnny had to go high on that one

Johnny did not follow those rules in

fact when he met his second wife June

Carter Cash who turned out to be the

love of his life and on the day he met

her he said you’re the woman I’m gonna

marry someday my baby don’t care for

shows my baby don’t care for clothes my

baby just cares for me Nina Simone from

my baby just cares for me oh my god I

love this song oh my god oh my god I

love this song

the next amazing love quote is I’m gonna

say it’s my favorite I just love this

song

it’s by one of my favorite singers of

all time Nina Simone absolute legend

wonderful pianist okay here’s the quote

my baby don’t care for shows my baby

don’t care for clothes my baby just

cares for me

now maybe by the end there you realize

my baby is not her actual baby like baby

no no this is her lover her love

interest so she’s saying my baby don’t

care for shows my baby doesn’t care

about going to plays or maybe movies my

baby don’t care for clothes my baby

doesn’t my lover doesn’t care about

buying the latest fashion trends my baby

just cares for me my lover just cares

about me so we don’t need anything

see we don’t have to do anything special

we just need to care and be with each

other and so it’s a it’s a great it’s a

great quote also notice here the grammar

is completely wrong my baby don’t you

should say my baby doesn’t but this is

for a stylistic flair if you will so

here is part of this amazing song here

we go

my baby don’t care for shoes my baby

don’t care for clothes my baby just

cares for me oh where is my piano backup

that song is gorgeous please check out

the whole song phrase number one I get

to check this off my bucket list

in English we have this phrase to kick

the bucket which means to die so to make

a bucket list is to make a list of

things to do before you die now for me

one of mine was to go in a hot-air

balloon I had tried to do it for the

first time in 2009 but the morning I

went the trip was canceled so here I am

again more than six years later and I’m

trying again and this time it was

successful so I get to check it off my

bucket list I get to do this thing

before I die and I did it English class

101 listeners it was so exciting so you

should make a list of things to do

before you die your own bucket list

phrase number two will you marry me so

today is actually Valentine’s Day and

it’s very popular on Valentine’s Day and

anytime you’re planning to propose to

your special someone to go to a special

place and I can’t think of a more

special place than in a hot-air balloon

there’s enough space trust me in the

basket to kneel down at least from my

country the USA it’s customary to get

down on one knee it doesn’t really

matter which knee at least I’ve never

thought so

and you get down you kneel on one knee

and you say will you marry me now

unfortunately listeners I did not see

any marriage proposals on my balloon

yesterday but I bet you today there are

over 30 balloons that go off here in

Bergen EMR I bet you someone proposed oh

it would have been such a beautiful

and will you marry me that is phrase

number two phrase number three this is a

first for me so going in a hot-air

balloon as I said I had never done it

before so it is a first for me a first

being the first time I have done

something I’m sure there are many firsts

that you can think of in your life that

you’ve had and maybe many more first

that you’d like to have so this was a

first for me

or this is a first for me phrase number

three may be a first for you could be

the first time that you’ve ever had

sushi or the first time that you’ve ever

climbed a mountain I mean there are so

many firsts that you can have this is a

first for me getting at a hot air

balloon phrase number four the view is

incredible from up here now this is

something that we use in English to say

whatever we’ve gone to the top of an

observation tower the top of a mountain

the top of a temple like I went to this

morning or really any high place that

you go to to take a great photo or to

get an incredible view we say the view

is incredible from up here phrase number

five what a ride

champagne time so at the end of my

balloon ride yesterday as soon as we

dropped into the field below we had a

beautiful picnic basket unfurled on the

field in front of us and we got to enjoy

a glass of champagne to celebrate and

when we finished something some

incredible rides some maybe could be in

a car on a bus it could be from a bad

experience or a good but we say what a

ride

what a ride and when we’re about to

drink champagne we say champagne time

this expression from after riding in a

hot-air balloon

originally came from the pilots of these

balloons wanting to make sure the

farmers in the fields where they landed

didn’t get too upset so they would offer

the farmers some champagne along with

any guests they may have in their

balloons and that’s where the tradition

first came from so what a ride champagne

time phrase number five how much is it -

how

is it - how much is it - the airport

you might ask this question to find out

how much it costs to take a train or a

bus or a taxi to where you need to go if

you get into a taxi for example and you

ask how much is it to the airport the

taxi driver will tell you $30 he’ll tell

you the price you need to pay to get to

the airport if you’re taking a train

you might ask the ticket seller how much

is it to the airport and the ticket

seller will tell you the train to the

airport costs $10 for example that way

you know how much it costs to go to

where you need to be does this bus go -

does this bus go - does this bus go to

the suburbs does this bus go to is a way

of asking whether or not the bus that

you’re looking at has the destination

that you need so you might get on the

bus and ask the bus driver does this bus

go to the suburbs whatever destination

and the bus driver will answer and tell

you yes get on or no you want a

different bus what time is the next bus

what time is the next bus what time will

the next bus arrive by asking what time

is the next bus you’re asking when the

bus is going to come to the bus stop or

whatever station the bus will stop at

this way you know what time you need to

be at that bus stop the train is running

late the Train is running late the train

is running late again this is something

I say all the time in New York City the

Train is running late if the Train is

running late that means you will

probably be running late when you get

off the train

where are the ticket machines where are

the ticket machines where are the ticket

machines in this station a ticket

machine is a machine that you go to to

purchase your tickets you might see

in any station whether it’s a subway

station or a regular train station or

sometimes even a bus station there will

be kiosks that you can go to to enter

the information and purchase your ticket

by watching English movies and TV shows

and enjoying the feeling when you can

understand a word or a sentence yeah I

do this too when you enjoy something

when you find entertainment value in

something like music movies TV and you

there’s that moment when you pick up or

when you understand what your favorite

character said or you understand it like

a key point in the story it’s a really

really good feeling it makes you want to

continue watching I think so that’s a

really really nice feeling I think and

you can do that by enjoying media so

it’s a fun way to learn and it’s a fun

feeling to experience okay the next way

to motivate yourself is by reading

English news articles blogs and

magazines to get a feel for formal and

casual language so the style that we use

here like an English class 101 and this

on the videos on this channel is quite

casual most of the time or at least in

these videos it’s very casual

but the way that I speak in the way a

newspaper is written the way a magazine

is written the way a a newscaster

presents the information these are all

different ways of communicating we’re

using the same language yes but there

are different styles so it’s important

to try to understand those differences

and to become familiar with them so try

to find a few different things that you

can enjoy the next way to motivate

yourself is after dinner you write about

your day in a journal in English okay

this is an interesting idea so just take

a few minutes after dinner or before you

go to bed to write something in English

about what you did that day or maybe so

you have a chance to talk about future

tense or to use the future tense you can

use you can talk about your upcoming

plans or the things you’re going to do

the next day so you can talk about past

tense what you did that day maybe

present tense how you’re feeling as

you’re writing your journal for the

and future tents to talk about your

upcoming plan so journaling can be a

really effective exercise for motivating

you okay the next way to motivate

yourself inspire practicing with

flashcards of useful words and phrases

for 15 minutes every day on the train I

actually do do this I use but I use an

application to study in Japanese to

study kanji and 15 minutes every day

adds up over the course of a week you

can learn a lot of information in a

short period of time and if you live in

the country where your target language

is spoken then you might even find the

word you studied on the train you see it

like after you leave the train you might

see that word later on in your day so

you can immediately feel like an extra

sense of motivation by knowing that this

thing you’re studying is applicable it’s

something you can use right away it’s a

really cool feeling so this is a tip I

honestly I use this last I make sure to

thank anyone and everyone who corrects

my English yeah I think this is really

important because people are really nice

they don’t want to correct you when you

make a mistake but sometimes people do

they’re really polite about it and they

tell you the more tell you a more

natural way or they give you a

suggestion for how to improve your

English make sure you say thank you like

repeat after them and then say thank you

so that you know it’s motivation for

them to tell you again in the future to

help you again in the future so make

sure to say thank you to anyone who

helps you with your English personally I

think that or I would just use I think

that personally makes it sound a little

bit more polite I think you can use this

to introduce an opinion for example

personally I think that pizza is amazing

personally I think that dinosaurs would

have been delicious personally I think

that cars should be made to enjoy with

friends personally I think that you

should

worry about it yes it’s probably a much

more useful sentence than dinosaurs

would be the next expression is what

does blah blah blah mean so we’re here

is the word you don’t know so for

example what does pasta mean what does

Stegosaurus mean so a word like

Stegosaurus is a really strange word

that you probably don’t know Stegosaurus

is a type of dinosaur we’re gonna marry

dinosaurs I don’t know

Jurassic we’re on a jurassic adventure

at the moment so this is a pattern you

use when you don’t know when you don’t

know the meaning of the word and you

would like someone to explain it to you

so if you say what does Stegosaurus mean

then someone can say oh it’s a dinosaur

it’s kind of like it’s a sort of short

guy and it has a bunch of spikes on its

back and it has a long tail and it gets

into a fight with a Tyrannosaurus Rex if

you saw the movie Fantasia by Disney

okay in this sentence what does

complication mean it means problem okay

the next pattern you can use is can you

tell me more about bla bla bla so on a

topic that you would like more

information about you can say can you

tell me more about the soccer game last

week can you tell me more about the plan

for the party next week so something you

would like more information about you

can say can you tell me more about this

thing okay

so in a sentence can you tell me more

about your sandwich options that is a

useful sentence that is a useful

sentence okay in this sentence here we

don’t have that back home can you tell

me more about it

mmm this is used to the reverse pattern

okay the next expression is if it were

up to me if it were up to me I had to

teach this in a class couple weeks ago

actually if it were up to me means if I

could make the decision if this was my

if this were my decision

bla bla bla so meaning if I could make

the choice this is what I would do but

one point here is the nuance is it is

not my decision this is not my decision

but it

if it were my decision I would do blah

blah blah so for example if it were up

to me every day would be Saturday whoo

but it’s not right so that’s that’s

always the underlying that’s always the

kind of basic nuance of this phrase some

this decision is not mine okay here the

example is if it were up to me I would

take my boss to dinner

oh my things just got scandalous the

next pattern is I feel like blah blah

blah you can use I feel like when you

introduce a suggestion or something that

you would like to do especially for food

drinks or activities so for example I

feel like coffee

I feel like Italian food I feel like an

action movie there’s some activity or

something you would like to do at the

end of this pattern

I feel like bowling this afternoon

something needs to go here some sort of

activity of course you can use this

expression to talk about your feelings I

feel like something but this something

must be a noun it must be a noun like if

you feel really great I feel like a

million bucks for example if you feel

really bad I feel like garbage that’s a

nice expression that somehow it just

came out of my head anyway you can use

this in two ways but this must be

completed with a noun phrase at the end

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