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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