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If you want to sound more fluent in English or if you are trying to pass the TOEFL,
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IELTS or TOEIC exam, I have one tip for you.
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Stop saying very.
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Instead of very good, say excellent.
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Instead of very tired, say exhausted.
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Hi and welcome back to my channel.
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If you don't know me, I'm Kirsty.
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I teach English in France and I help English learners speak with confidence.
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If you are an English learner, then this is your place to grow.
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So hit the subscribe button and let's dive in to today's lesson.
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Don't say your food is very good.
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Say your food is outstanding.
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Another great word is superb.
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These cookies are superb.
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You must give me your recipe.
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Don't say the movie was very bad.
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Say, oh that movie was dreadful.
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The actors were wooden don't you think?
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Dreadful sounds more expressive.
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After work.
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Are you very tired or are you exhausted?
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Here is another good word.
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I'm absolutely drained today.
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I've had back-to-back meetings and customer complaints non-stop.
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At family reunions, are you very happy or are you overjoyed?
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Or perhaps you are thrilled.
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I was thrilled to see my family again.
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It's not often that we all manage to get together.
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she looked very sad becomes she seemed devastated she was heartbroken
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when her dog died i felt
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so sorry for her don't say this is a very big house try this is a gigantic house
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or this is an enormous house.
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These words are great for exaggeration also.
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The spider in my hotel room was gigantic.
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Quick question.
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What is one very phrase you use all the time?
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Is it I'm very happy?
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I'm very excited?
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Comment below and I will give you a better option.
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Your apartment isn't very small.
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It's tiny.
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Another good word is minuscule.
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My apartment is minuscule, but it's all I could find for now.
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Apartment hunting in New York is a nightmare.
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Summer is coming.
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Forget the boring phrase, very hot try this instead.
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It's sweltering today, seriously it's scorching on that beach.
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Replace it's very cold with freezing.
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The water is freezing, we have to call a plumber.
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Here's a good one for all of you.
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You are not my very smart students,
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You are my brilliant students and I absolutely love hearing from my intelligent students.
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So don't forget to say hi below in the comments.
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Describing someone or something as very pretty is fine but you can sound sophisticated by saying the sunset was stunning.
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We were all captivated by the horizon.
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It was a magical moment.
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Okay, let's look at the opposite of stunning now.
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Instead of saying very ugly, try saying unsightly or that sweater.
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If you really want my honest opinion, it's hideous.
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All right, let's do a quick recap with a quiz.
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Can you complete this sentence? sentence.
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I was when I got the job.
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Thrilled, overjoyed, or ecstatic are all good answers.
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I was thrilled when I got the job.
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Let's try another one.
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After hiking for five hours, I felt absolutely exhausted.
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Worn out or drained are all perfect.
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After hiking for five hours, I felt absolutely drained.
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Here's one more.
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The soup wasn't just hot,
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it was boiling or scorching.
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The soup wasn't just hot, it was scorching.
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How about this?
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She didn't just look good, she looked stunning.
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She didn't just look good, she looked stunning.
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Now it's your turn.
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Take any sentence you've said today and upgrade one word.
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Then post it in the comments below.
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If you found this lesson helpful please give it a like so that more English learners can find it
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and if you are not drained or exhausted
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “20 expressions to Improve Your English Speaking Skills Today!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: English, word, drained, thrilled, exhausted. Este vídeo tiene 82 frases y 644 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:50. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 111 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
stun verbo/stʌn/anonadar, aturdir
thrill verbo/θɹɪl/emocionar, excitar
exhaust verbo/ɪɡˈzɔst/agotar
drain sustantivo/dɹiːn/desagüe, drenaje
learner sustantivo/ˈlɜɹnəɹ/aprendiz, aprendedor
scorch verbo/skɔɹt͡ʃ/chamuscar, achicharrar
minuscule sustantivo/ˈmɪnəˌskjul/minúscula, letra de caja baja
overjoyed adjetivo/ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/exultante, exuberante
gigantic adjetivo/d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/gigante, gigantesco
dreadful adjetivo/ˈdɹɛd.fl̩/espantoso, pavoroso
hike sustantivo/haɪk/caminata
superb adjetivo/suˈpɝb/excepcional, excelente
freeze verbo/ˈfɹiːz/helarse, congelarse
soup sustantivo/sup/sopa, caldo
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get together verboreunir, juntar
wear out verbodesgastar, ajar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Don't say your food is very good.
  • The actors were wooden don't you think?
  • Are you very tired or are you exhausted?
  • Is it I'm very happy?
  • Can you complete this sentence?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've had · you've said
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas boiling · was scorching
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingStop saying · love hearing
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare trying · is coming

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como stun, thrill, exhaust.

¿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.

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