LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS DAY 24
It’s day 24, friends! We’re full steam ahead
on our 30-Day English Vocabulary Challenge!
A video a day, every day for 30 days. 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 an exam like IELTS or
TOEFL. I’ve been watching the posts you’ve been
making about this challenge, it’s incredible,
inspiring. Make up a sentence to word you learn,
and post it on social. Don’t forget to like
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the study guide that goes with this 30 day
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the link in the video description. Learn the
words, ace the quizzes, you’ve got this!
Our first word today is
CONSEQUENCES.
First syllable stress, it’s a plural noun, things
that happen as a result of a particular action or
set of conditions. You should carefully consider
the consequences of making a career change.
What will result from it? Will you have to
get more schooling? Will you have to start
at a lower salary, for example. Let’s
look again up close and in slow motion.
And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
Stress has physiological consequences.
Stress causes things to happen in
the body. The heart rate can go up,
for example. This is a result of stress.
Stress has physiological consequences.
Here’s another example.
Freedom of the press does exist in Afghanistan
and there’s consequences if that’s not followed.
Grammatically, that phrase should be ‘there
are consequences’ not ‘there’s consequences’,
‘There’s’ being used incorrectly instead
of ‘there are’ is something that’s happening
more and more in English. Anyway, there are
consequences. She’s talking about a journalist
who is illegally exiled from Afghanistan, a
rule or law is broken here, and therefore,
there are some consequences. Things will
happen as a result of breaking the rule. In
this case, she was able to get the Afghan
government to formally reverse the exile.
Freedom of the press does exist in Afghanistan
and there’s consequences if that’s not followed.
Here’s another example.
We, we haven’t taken the time
to, to look at the consequences.
Haven’t taken the time to look and see what
happens as a result of this particular action.
Sometimes it does take some time, long term, to
understand the consequences of an action. For
example, right now, lots of health organizations
are trying to understand and learn about the
long-term consequences of having Covid-19 but
it may take years to fully understand that.
We, we haven’t taken the time
to, to look at the consequences.
Another example.
And we’re now living with the
consequences of that decision process.
Living with the consequences. This usually implies
something negative has happened. You can do
something without thinking it through, or without
knowing or caring about the long-term effects.
And we’re now living with the
consequences of that decision process.
Our last example.
There may be horrible consequences
for making different choices.
In any given situation, we make a
choice based in part on what we think
the consequences will be. We
guess if they’ll be good or bad,
if they’ll improve our lives or not, and we weigh
that with what we want to do now in this moment.
There may be horrible consequences
for making different choices.
Our next word is PREVIOUS.
It’s an adjective,
existing or happening before the present time.
She has a child from a previous marriage. Let’s
see this again up close and in slow motion.
And now, we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
So let’s talk a little bit about
previous career experience.
Previous career experience.
Work you’ve done in the past,
in jobs where you no longer
work, relevant to this career.
So let’s talk a little bit about
previous career experience.
Here’s another example.
And in both of your previous books talk
directly about the Italian-American experience.
Previous books. Books he wrote
before the one we’re discussing now.
And in both of your previous books talk
directly about the Italian-American experience.
Here’s another example.
It was a much more diverse
group than previous years.
There was more diversity in this group, people
of different ages or races, or income level,
or experience level on a particular topic,
and so on. There are lots of different ways
a group can be diverse, and this year the
group was more diverse than in past years.
It was a much more diverse
group than previous years.
Another example.
But I’ll tell you that the previous administration
had really cut the health department to the bone.
Previous administration. This refers to the people
who ran the government before the present set of
people. This guy is talking about New York City.
So that would be the mayor and all the people
the mayor picked to help him run the city.
Not the current mayor, but a previous mayor.
But I’ll tell you that the previous administration
had really cut the health department to the bone.
Our last example.
I went to his previous tech talk.
His talk that happened at another time, earlier.
I went to his previous tech talk.
Our last word today is FINAL.
This is a dark L. Final. Uhl– uhll– you can make that
dark sound by keeping your tongue tip down and
actually, you should. Lifting your tongue tip
will bring the sound more forward. The dark
sound is made here in the back. Final. Uhl.
Final. It’s an adjective, means happening or
coming at the end. They won their final four
games. It also means something will not be
changed or done again. All sales are final.
That is if you buy something, you can’t return It. Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.
And now, we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.
Their final book on leadership, which was is
their last book, their last word on leadership.
Final book on leadership. They
would not write on this topic again.
Their final book on leadership, which was is
their last book, their last word on leadership.
Here’s another example.
First there’s 64 teams, then
there’s 32, then there’s 16,
and 8 until there’s one final team left.
One final team left in the tournament. One last
team, the one team that’s left after
all of the games have been played.
First there’s 64 teams, then there’s 32,
then there’s 16, and 8 until
there’s one final team left.
Here’s another example.
The final piece of the puzzle
came into place in in 2016.
The final piece of the puzzle. This is a
phrase that means the last missing part
as you’re trying to learn something,
to figure it out, you do research,
you gather evidence, but you don’t quite
understand it until that final piece
comes in that makes the answer clear. The
part that you need to know, the very last clue.
The final piece of the puzzle
came into place in in 2016.
Another example.
And we had our final rehearsal, a dress
rehearsal preparing for Hong Kong.
The last rehearsal, the one at the very end
of the rehearsal period before the show opens.
And we had our final rehearsal, a dress
rehearsal preparing for Hong Kong.
Our last example.
My final recommendation may
be a little controversial.
This person is listing recommendations to
marketers on how to get people to buy smart
devices for their homes. She has a final
recommendation, the last one on her list.
Controversial means likely the
public, or at least some people,
will disagree with her recommendation.
My final recommendation may
be a little controversial.
Seeing all the real-life examples can really help
you understand how to use these words, can’t it?
I have a challenge for you now. Make up a sentence
with one of these words. Make a short video of
your sentence, and post it to social media. Tag me
and use the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge
Don’t be shy. You can do this. I love seeing
what you’ve posted so far. Our next video comes
out tomorrow, at 10 AM Philadelphia time. Come
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