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Hi. James from engVid. If you're an intermediate
student, I would like to teach you eight words
that I think will totally enhance your English
studies. And why do I say this? Because we have
a number of videos teaching vocabulary, but once
you get to a certain level, you want to tip it
over so that your ability to communicate actually
helps you accelerate by letting other people know
that you're a higher level speaker, intermediate,
and they will communicate with you in the same
way so you can even go further with that. So,
without further ado, I want to give you the
first word... What? Sorry, yeah. See, ease
here. Eight words for intermediate students,
not just beginners. Right? So, let's get
started on that, shall we? The first word...
Well, you know what? Before I do that, I want
you to look at my board. I'm going to give you
10 seconds to try and figure out if you know what
all eight words are... What all of the words are,
all these eight words are. Okay. Now, I'm
betting you probably don't know all of them,
but when you're done this lesson, you will
know them and you will advance your English.
Are you ready? Let's do the first word. What word
does it mean that means to improve something or
make it better? I already used it on you.
"Enhance". This is a great way, a great bridge of
words because it says to make better, to throw
into a conversation, like, what would enhance
this food? It shows a smoother way to communicate
because it takes these words, what would improve
something or make it better? One word is enough.
What can we do to enhance? It shows your ability
to utilize our language in such a way to get
across or to communicate better. Yeah? So that's
first word, "enhance". So, the next word I want
to talk about, I'm going to explain it first and
write it for you. Once you... Okay, so we've got
to give something some time, energy, or money to
help achieve a goal or benefit. We want to use
this word to tell people I want to be part of
the group. I want to add to part of the group to
make, you know, beneficial changes. This word is
"contribute".
How can I contribute? How can I help because I
am part of this group to make things better for
all of us or other people? "Contribute" is a
great word. I want you to start using that in your
vocabulary. If you want to show flexibility, if
you want to show a way... You want to let people
know that you're flexible and you're able to
change with changing circumstances. We talked
about this here, right? To change or adjust in response to new conditions, and it shows
ability. We want you to adapt.
How do you adapt to situations? If you say that
in an interview, I can adapt to new situations
easily and readily. It shows flexibility. Brilliant. You're probably going to get a
job from this. So we want to look at "adapt"
as your third word to improve your vocabulary.
In the world that we live in, okay, you have
this word. Something works well without wasting
time or effort. In this world that we live
in, we're always trying to maximize our time.
Now, if you can be seen as this word or you can make things this word,
you will find that many people want to work with you, talk with you, whatever,
play with you even. We want to make what we do and everything we do much more
efficient. Efficiency... Oh, sorry, we're using
the word "efficient". When you're efficient,
you get the job done, not wasting time, effort,
and in some cases, money. And who wouldn't want
more efficiency or you to be more efficient? The
next word we want to work on is to communicate
or make known. When you can communicate and make
known, I mean, that's what we say cumbersome,
a lot of words, but there's one word that
has that message and it communicates a word,
and that word is "convey". To convey a message
is to carry information on a message, like carry
the information you want someone to know or to
feel what you mean. Here's an example. I would
like to convey to you my appreciation of the work
that you've done. So, yes, I said the word "convey",
but they know my heartfelt feelings are coming
with it because that message is being carried,
and that's what makes "convey" an important word
because you are allowed to... Not allowed to,
it helps you carry thoughts and emotions, not just
the words in itself. "Convey" is a great word.
Another great word to use that's a little bit
formal, maybe a little pompous is this one,
but I love it because it adds a certain punch
to a speech, shows you've started to master our
language. And that one, this word, it means "in
addition" and more importantly. Let me give you
an example before I write it on the board. See
if you can guess which word it is. "The apartment
is a great price. Furthermore, it's close to
my workplace." Do you know what the word is?
Bet you do, because when I said "furthermore" there,
what I said was, "More importantly, it's close
to my workplace." "Furthermore", great word.
Add it to your vocabulary. Oh, yeah. This leads me to my next word, which is
"indicating cause and effect relationship".
"Indicating a cause and effect relationship",
it means something has happened, and because of that, this follows.
"Consequently, I lost the job after I told
the boss where he should go." And that's the
word we want to do, "consequently". Because I
told the boss where he should go, I lost the job.
And that word is... Indicates cause and effect.
Also a great word to improve your intermediate
vocabulary. And my final word for you is a great
word when you want to expand the perspective
of other people. So, they're thinking this,
and you want them to look at this. This word is
"conversely". So, John would like to do this,
and it's a great idea, but conversely, if we do this, we might get a better result.
By using that word "conversely", I'm saying John's perspective is this,
but this other perspective could get us a great
result. Add this to your repertoire. "Conversely".
And those are the eight words I would like
to help you learn as an intermediate student
to shift you from the beginner stage, move into
the intermediate, and allow you to communicate
on a different level with other people. Listen,
I hope you enjoyed the video as much as I enjoyed
working with you, and of course, Mr. E, because
he wanted us to spice up our vocabulary.
If you want to see other videos like this,
and I'm sure you do, I would like you to go to
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