LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS DAY 16
It’s day 16 of your 30 Day English Vocabulary
Challenge to start 2021 right. We’re learning 105
words from the academic word list, words that will
help you have sophisticated English conversations,
words you need to know if you’re preparing for
the IELTS or TOEFL exams. I’ve been watching the
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Our first word today is SIMILAR.
Similar. A three syllable word with first syllable
stress. Sim— ih– lar. Similar. It’s an adjective,
meaning almost the same as someone or
something else. Our cats are similar in color.
Pretty straightforward. But let’s go to Youglish
for five real life examples after you watch up
close and in slow motion.
Here’s our first example.
So it’s really interesting
to see how similar these are.
How similar they are. How
close to the same they are.
So it’s really interesting
to see how similar these are.
Here’s another example.
But you might end up being drawn to each other
or do you become more similar as you are together?
Are you drawn to someone because you’re similar,
you’re almost the same, or do you become
more similar because you’re together?
But you might end up being drawn to each other or
do you become more similar as you are together?
Here’s another example.
So I think we share a little bit of similar DNA.
Similar DNA. DNA that’s close to being the same.
So I think we share a little bit of similar DNA.
Another example.
Remarkably, all over the world,
cultures have really similar stories,
similar mythologies about butterflies.
Around the world, the stories of butterflies
from different cultures are close to the same.
Remarkably, all over the world,
cultures have really similar stories,
similar mythologies about butterflies.
Our last example.
But working along similar lines.
Along similar lines. This is an idiom that means
almost the same, comparable. Your vacation
sounds great, I’m interested in one along
similar lines for my family trip this summer.
In other words, I’d like to do a vacation like
the one you did with your family.
But working along similar lines.
Our next word is VARIABLE. Variable. In the first
syllable, the stressed syllable, we have the
EH as in bed followed by schwa R. So those
sounds will change the EH vowel, it’s not pure.
Veh– variable. It’s not veh–
but veh– eh– vare, vare–
a little bit more closed down. Variable.
Variable. It’s an adjective, it means able or
likely to change. It has a variable climate.
As a noun, it means something that changes or
that can be changed. Unemployment is an economic
variable. Let’s watch up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
I think that’s the critical variable.
The critical variable. The thing that changes
that matters the most in this situation.
I think that’s the critical variable.
Here’s another example.
It is your physical activity
which is the most variable
between people and the hardest to measure.
The most variable, the most likely to change
or be different. When looking at people, this
is a lot harder to measure than something like
age, education, income level, and so on.
It is your physical activity which is the
most variable between people
and the hardest to measure.
Here’s another example.
While, you know, primary
education is now free in the US, it’s
a tremendously variable quality right.
Tremendously variable quality. The quality can be
very different, very changed from one situation to
another. In one school, the educational quality
might be top notch, while in another school,
in the same city, the quality is poor.
While, you know, primary education is now free
in the US, it’s a tremendously
variable quality right.
Another example.
What’s variable is when and how
long a student actually has to work on something.
What’s variable, what changes, is when a student
works on something and for
how long in this situation.
What’s variable is when and how long a
student actually has to work on something.
Our last example.
Think about, okay, fixed versus variable.
Fixed versus variable. Comparing two
opposites here. Something that’s fixed
doesn’t change, something that’s
variable is able and likely to change.
Think about, okay, fixed versus variable.
Our last word today is SECTION.
A two syllable word with first syllable
stress. This one does have the pure
EH vowel in the first syllable. Eh—section. It’s
a noun, one of the parts that forms something.
The section of this road is closed. But it can
also be a verb, to divide something into parts.
Section the chicken and marinate the parts.
Let’s see this up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
And there’s a pretty big section of that
pie chart, about 40 percent.
A pretty big section of that
pie chart. A big part. A pie chart is a way of
showing amounts of things, comparing percentages,
how big a part is a section compared to
the other parts, and compared to the whole.
And there’s a pretty big section of
that pie chart, about 40 percent.
Here’s another example.
I’ve also found in Italy, there’s a lot of,
you know, expensive fancy grocery
stores that have a deli section.
A deli section. That is the part
of the store with a deli counter,
where you can buy prepared foods or
slices of meat and cheese for sandwiches,
for example, this would be different
than say the frozen foods section.
I’ve also found in Italy, there’s
a lot of, you know, expensive fancy
grocery stores that have a deli section.
Another example.
Last section I’ll move to um, the, the questions.
The last section, the last part of this talk.
His talk was divided into sections or
categories, what he was talking about,
different topics. After the last section,
he’ll be done and he’ll take questions.
Last section I’ll move to um, the, the questions.
Another example.
Totally changing the health
section of the magazine.
The health section. The part of the magazine
that covers issues related to health. Newspapers
also have sections. When we get our paper
every Sunday, David and I divide out the
sections. We each take a few to read and then
we trade them when we’re done. Business Sunday,
the book review, and so on.
Totally changing the health section
of the magazine.
Our last example.
The way that I’m going to section this
hair is I’m going to take my comb.
Section this hair. There, it’s the verb.
Divide the hair into different parts.
The way that I’m going to section this
hair is I’m going to take my comb.
Seeing their real-life examples can really help
you understand how to use these words, can’t it?
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