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Hi, welcome to the vocabulary lesson for Stand Out.
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Let's start in the first paragraph.
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We have the phrase, nobody gets unanimous praise ever.
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Unanimous, unanimous.
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Unanimous means 100%, and it means opinion or like voting, right?
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So it means 100 % of people agree, right?
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So unanimous means everybody agrees.
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So unanimous praise means praise from everyone.
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100 % of people praise you, say nice things to you.
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Well, this quote from Seth Godin, he says,
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nobody gets unanimous praise right nobody gets praise from everybody 100 of the time right
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sometimes people criticize you sometimes people don't like you right
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it's never unanimous praise never unanimous liking never all the time never everyone okay so unanimous meaning everybody 100 all right
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In the next sentence, it says, the best the timid can hope for is to be unnoticed.
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Timid means not strong, not bold, B -O -L -D, not courageous, right?
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It means you're a little bit afraid, a little bit kind of weak and afraid, timid.
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Timid means you're afraid to be noticed.
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You're afraid to be strong.
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timid like a rabbit a rabbit is a timid animal right rabbits hide
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they stay low they're kind of scared very easily right that's that's timid all right
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and then the next sentence says criticism comes to those who stand out
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if you're not timid if you stand out you get criticism
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stand out that's the title of this article what does it
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mean to stand out to stand out a two -word verb well to stand out means to be different
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and noticed it has this idea of that people see you they notice
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that you are different they see that you are different it's the opposite of timid it's the opposite of invisible Right?
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So invisible means no one sees you.
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Stand out means everybody sees you.
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Easy to see means stand out, to stand out.
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So if you stand out, if everybody sees you because you're different, well, you get criticism, right?
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In fact, some cultures, this is a strong idea.
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I know Japanese culture has this idea.
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People who stand out, people who are different, they get criticized.
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I think they have this saying, they say, the nail.
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The nail, right?
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You build a house with a nail.
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If it stands up, then it gets hit.
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It gets hammered, right?
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It means it stands out, so people want to hit it it's the same idea
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if you are different people want to criticize you
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so that's that's what he's saying criticism comes to those who stand out
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and yeah that's true all right next paragraph we have uh the phrase figuring out he says
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if you're like most people you learned in first grade
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that's when you started figuring out
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that the safe thing to do was to fit in well
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first let's talk about fit in fit in is the opposite
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of stand out to fit in means be the same
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it means be the same as everyone else right it means
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you're not noticed you're not different you fit in you're the same
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so seth godin says in first grade
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when you were a child you learned to fit in you learned
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it's the safe thing to do it's more safe to fit in it's more safe to be the same
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he said you you started figuring out now to figure out means to learn
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or to understand okay so to figure out something means to learn something to understand something Okay?
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To figure out.
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And then to fit in again means to be the same.
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Opposite of stand out.
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Okay, then he says the next sentence, a little strange phrase here.
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The safe thing to do was to color inside the lines.
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Color inside the lines.
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Okay, this is a sort of an English, maybe American idea.
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To color inside the lines means to follow the rules.
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And it comes from coloring books, right?
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Little children, they have books, right?
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They color on the books, right?
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Different colors.
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There's a picture of a, I don't know, Mickey Mouse.
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And there's no color.
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And the children, they color the books with pens or crayons.
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Well, if you color inside the lines, you're very careful, very neat.
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Most children do not color inside the lines.
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They color everywhere on the page.
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But later, their parents or the teacher says, color inside the lines.
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So this phrase, it's an idiom, it's slang.
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It means follow the rules.
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To color inside the lines means to follow rules.
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All right.
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Next paragraph, we have the phrase playing it safe.
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Playing it safe, following the rules.
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We've had this phrase before.
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To play it safe means to be careful.
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To be careful.
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To be timid, maybe.
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Be very, very careful.
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That's playing it safe or to play it safe.
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All right.
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And then at the end of that paragraph, we see that it says, following the rules.
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However, these rules set a pattern for most people, like your boss.
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And that pattern is awfully dangerous.
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Awfully dangerous.
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Here, awfully means very.
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Awfully means very.
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This is kind of casual English, and we often use this awfully good means very good.
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Or I'm awfully hungry means I'm very hungry.
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That is awfully dangerous means that is very dangerous.
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So we can use this word awfully, awfully, and it has to be with ly, awfully, and it means very.
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All right, next paragraph.
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You can see the sentence.
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In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.
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Okay, it's just the opposite of standing out, right?
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Not standing out means not noticed, not different.
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Okay.
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Next paragraph.
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The good news is that the prevailing wisdom makes your job even easier.
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Okay, wisdom means knowledge, right?
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Prevailing means common, normal.
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What most people think.
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Prevailing wisdom is means the common knowledge, the common idea, the normal ideas.
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That's prevailing wisdom.
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Again, prevailing meaning normal or usual.
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So the usual wisdom, the usual idea.
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So most people think standing out is bad.
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That's the prevailing idea.
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That's the usual idea.
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Most people think, oh, standing out, that's bad.
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Don't stand out.
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And that's good for you because it makes your job easy.
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So he says, since just about everyone else is petrified of being different,
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you can be remarkable with even less effort.
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Petrified.
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Here, petrified means afraid.
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It means very, very afraid.
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Very, very scared.
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To be petrified means to be super scared.
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Super afraid.
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He says, most people are petrified of being different.
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Most people are very afraid to be different.
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But that's good news because it means it's very easy to be different if you want to.
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there's not a lot of competition all right and then he says
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if successful new products are the ones that stand out and most people desire not to stand out you're set All right.
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To be set.
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To be set means you're in a great position.
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Your set means you have a good situation.
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Your set means you will be successful right it's this idea
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that uh you have a very good potential you have a very good situation
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it means everything is good for you you're set right
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it means you it's kind of like you're lucky maybe
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that's an easy way to think about it you're super lucky right you're set
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so if i uh someone gives me a lot of money, say, wow, I'm set.
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It means everything is good for me.
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I'm very lucky.
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I have a great situation.
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All right.
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Okay.
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And then we go down a few paragraphs.
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We see the sentence.
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We learn to do what everyone else is doing.
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That does give us a little security.
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Security.
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Security means safety.
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Safety.
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Security means safety.
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If you have security, it means you are safe.
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It means you know what will happen.
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You feel safe. So security.
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We manage to keep a safe but boring job.
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We make a little money.
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Maybe we get a small promotion.
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promotion a promotion means uh uh getting a better job it's
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when you get a better job a higher job
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so at my job my boss gives me more money i say i got a promotion i got a higher job
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A promotion is a higher job.
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A better job.
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A job with more money.
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Or a job with a better position.
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Maybe same money, but higher.
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I am vice president.
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Then I become president.
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That's a promotion.
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I got a promotion.
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All right.
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Next paragraph.
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But we never achieve our dreams.
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We never attain big success.
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To attain means to get.
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To get something.
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To attain it.
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But it has the idea attaining means you get something because you worked hard.
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It has an idea of success.
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Like you had to try.
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So if you attain a big success, it means you get a big success.
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To attain, to get.
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And then I say we never attain big success.
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Total financial freedom.
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Plenty of time to enjoy our lives.
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And feelings of happiness and ecstasy.
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Ecstasy, good word.
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Ecstasy means super happiness.
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Super happiness.
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Ecstasy great wonderful fantastic happiness super big happiness ecstasy
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all right next paragraph starting your own business is scary i know
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i was terrified when i started effortless english terrified means very afraid very scared
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terrified and petrified the same almost the same very similar
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so super scared is terrified i was terrified i was super super scared i was terrified or i was petrified okay
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What terrified me was humiliation.
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Good word.
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Humiliation.
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Humiliation.
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Humiliation means big embarrassment.
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You know, embarrassed.
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To be embarrassed.
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Or to feel embarrassment.
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Well, humiliation is super embarrassment.
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To be humiliated means to be super embarrassed.
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It's just a stronger word.
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Alright, next page.
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We have this phrase again, play it safe.
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Many new business owners play it safe.
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because they are afraid.
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To play it safe means to be careful to be normal.
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To be careful to be normal to play it safe.
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All right two paragraphs later we see the phrase move up.
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Maybe you just want to go higher in your career.
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How do you move up?
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To move up in your career means to get a better job, to get a higher job, to get a promotion.
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If you get a promotion, you move up.
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Move up in the company.
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Go higher.
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That's easy, I think.
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All right, then we go down middle of the page where you see number two.
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Number two in the middle of the page, page two.
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Exaggerate those strong points.
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Make them super strong at the same time.
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Ignore your weak points.
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Ignore, ignore, ignore your weak points.
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To ignore means don't pay attention.
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It's the opposite of focus on, opposite of pay attention to.
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It means don't pay attention to.
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Don't focus on.
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Don't think about.
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That's ignore.
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Don't look at.
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That means ignore.
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Ignore.
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All right, and then number three, next paragraph.
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You see the word extreme.
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To succeed, you must be extreme.
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Extreme means a lot, a lot, a lot, super something, anything.
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You can be extreme or extremely fat.
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Means very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very fat.
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You can be extremely thin.
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It means very, very, very, very super thin.
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So to be extreme means to be super very something.
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We don't know what.
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It can be anything.
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We don't know here.
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But to be extreme means just to be not normal, not average.
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Extreme is the opposite of average.
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Extreme is the opposite of middle.
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Next paragraph, we see the word fluency.
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The strongest point of effortless English is listening and speaking fluency.
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Fluency means speaking fast and easily.
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It means fast and easily speaking.
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Not perfect.
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You can speak fluently, you can have fluency, but you can still make mistakes.
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It's okay.
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It means fast, easy, effortless, automatic speaking.
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That's fluency.
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All right, next paragraph, we see the word legitimate.
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There's a sentence I said, I didn't focus on writing, although that is a legitimate area of study.
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Legitimate means important, good and important.
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Good and important.
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So writing is legitimate.
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It means, yes, writing is important.
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Writing is good and important.
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It's okay.
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It's important.
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But I don't teach writing.
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So again, legitimate has the idea of important, good, acceptable, and has these ideas together.
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Mostly important.
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Important and acceptable.
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Important and good.
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All right.
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Two paragraphs later, our last word.
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We see the word strive.
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It's a verb. To strive.
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Strive to be different than everyone else.
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It's easy.
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To strive means to try hard.
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To try a lot.
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So to strive means to try a lot.
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Try hard.
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Strive.
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Strive to be different.
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Try hard to be different.
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Try a lot to be different.
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Strive to be different.
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Okay, that is the end of the vocabulary lesson for Stand Out.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “04.d Stand Out Vocab - Effortless Business English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: stand, safe, super, paragraph, color. Este vídeo tiene 288 frases y 2149 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 19:51. El hablante habla despacio, unas 108 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| paragraph sustantivo | /ˈpæɹəɡɹæf/ | párrafo, parágrafo |
| unanimous adjetivo | /juˈnænəməs/ | unánime |
| promotion sustantivo | /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/ | ascenso, promoción |
| ignore verbo | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | ignorar, desoír |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| strive verbo | /ˈstɹaɪv/ | esforzarse por, afanar |
| praise verbo | /pɹeɪz/ | alabar, elogiar |
| attain verbo | /əˈteɪn/ | alcanzar, conseguir |
| scare verbo | /skɛɚ/ | asustar, atemorizar |
| prevail verbo | /pɹɪˈveɪl/ | prevalecer, vencer |
| happiness sustantivo | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | felicidad |
| wisdom sustantivo | /ˈwɪzdəm/ | sabiduría |
| legitimate adjetivo | /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ | legítimo |
| humiliation sustantivo | /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/ | humillación, papeada |
| nail sustantivo | /neɪl/ | uña, garra |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| stand up verbo | levantarse, ponerse de pie |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Let's start in the first paragraph.
- Timid means you're afraid to be noticed.
- You're afraid to be strong.
- We've had this phrase before.
- How do you move up?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be unnoticed · be noticed · is petrified |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | those who stand · People who stand |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 34 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: unanimous /juˈnænəməs/, legitimate /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strive /ˈstɹaɪv/, scare /skɛɚ/, scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, sling /ˈslɪŋ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: strive /ˈstɹaɪv/, prevail /pɹɪˈveɪl/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, verb /vɝb/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, praise /pɹeɪz/, wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, criticize /ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como paragraph, unanimous, promotion.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.