Shadowing Practice: 100 MOST COMMON ENGLISH WORDS - BEGINNER VOCABULARY - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hey guys welcome to my channel hi from california today we're talking about 100
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most common english words if you're interested in learning words
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that make up 50 of all written english please continue watching
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this video there is this set of texts called oxford english corpus
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which includes two billion words and what they've done they've collected words from internet books magazines
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and they come up with this list
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and actually a hundred most common words make up 50 % of those texts
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and I split those words into categories for you
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and we're gonna start with now
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and now we're gonna go through those words I'm gonna give you examples I'm gonna give you context
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because the best way to memorize a word is to see it in the context
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so let's go noun number one time what time is it
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right now what time is it now word number two person
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I am a person I am a person three year happy
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new year happy new 2018 happy new year way can you tell me the way to the city center
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and then you tell me what to do
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but right now it is the other way around day what day is it today it's friday
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what is today friday thing what is this thing this is a planner man Man.
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A boy grew up and became a real man.
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Wasn't a real man.
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World.
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The world is mine.
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Or just the world, the planet where we live.
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Life.
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It's such a wonderful life.
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hand give me a hand give me your hand part America
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is a part of the world child she's recently had a
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child dialed I this is your eye it's lose your eyes woman I'm a woman
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this is the most beautiful place in the world by the
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way I think San Francisco is one of the most beautiful
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places in the world week a week is seven days he
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defended his case in court case closed point what's the point in traveling so far
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or sometimes the point can be a dot government government are
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people who rule the country government company I run my own
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company is my company number what is your favorite number
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and you get my favorite number by the way my favorite number is 13
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because I was born on the 13th of March.
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Group.
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I recently joined a singing group.
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Problem.
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What is your problem?
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What is your problem, man?
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What are you doing?
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Fact.
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Fact is something you know for sure.
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I am in San Francisco.
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This is a fact.
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In theory, this is a fact.
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Now we are moving into verbs and verbs means action.
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The first verb is Be. Be. Have.
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I have a beautiful shirt.
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I have no idea. Do.
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I like to do videos on YouTube. Do.
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Say.
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I like to say things about English language.
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What you say?
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Get.
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Can I get that coffee, please?
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Make.
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How do you make a cake yourself at home?
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Make.
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Make let's go let's go no i know you and you know
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that i'm marina take let me take that something
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when you want to help somebody in the street let me take
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that let me take this see i see you you see me i see you come come
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and visit me tomorrow come with me think i think this video is super useful look look at me
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and memorize what i'm saying look at me want i want to go to canada in 2018.
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Give.
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I love to give presents.
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Give me that.
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Use.
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Can I use your cell phone?
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Find.
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I'm so glad I found you. So I find you.
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Tell.
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Let me tell you something.
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Let me tell you something.
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Ask.
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Can I ask you something?
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Work.
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I work every day from 9 to 6.
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It's a typical office day.
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9 to 6.
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Work from 9 to 6.
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Usually my work is...
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Seem.
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You remember the song, right?
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word.
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This is when something looks like something, but it's not.
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Feel.
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I feel you guys.
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I feel your pain of learning English language.
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Feel.
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Try.
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I love to try different things.
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I love to try ballet.
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I love to try yoga.
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I love to try piano.
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I love to try singing.
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I love to try things Leave don't leave me stay on this channel stay in this video.
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Don't leave don't switch off your computer Call can you call me, please?
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Hello Call me The next category is adjectives and adjectives help you describe something good Have a good day Okay,
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have a good day.
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New, I just got a new sticker on my phone to hold my cards.
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This is new, just got it.
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First, what is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning?
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First.
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What's the first rule?
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Last, what is the last thing you do before you go to bed?
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What I do, by the way, I think I check my Instagram, the last thing before I go to bed.
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If you don't follow me yet, please follow.
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It's Lingua Marina on Instagram.
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Long.
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How long is an hour?
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One hour is 60 minutes.
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Great.
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Have a great day.
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Great.
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Amazing.
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Beautiful.
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Little.
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I'm sorry, I'm a little late.
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Little.
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Own.
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I like to own cars instead of renting them.
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So I like to have my own car instead of going
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to a rental company every day asking for a car other YouTube is my hobby.
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My other hobbies include fitness yoga and Hiking other story old.
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How old are you?
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I am 27 years old old 27 Right to the right to the left Big.
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The world is so big.
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The world is a big place.
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High.
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It's not like high, it's high.
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Tall.
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Very high.
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Different.
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English and German are different languages.
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They are not the same.
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Small.
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Hamsters, you know those small animals?
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Are really small.
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Hamsters, mice, really small.
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Calibri birds are the smallest.
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Small talk, small talk, small talk.
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Large.
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This shirt is a little too large, which means it doesn't really fit.
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It's a loose fit and it's large.
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Next.
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So, what's next?
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What next?
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Early.
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I don't like waking up early.
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I wake up at around 10 a .m every morning.
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I love to sleep, honestly.
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Young.
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She's very young.
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She's just 14 years old.
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He is a lovely young lady.
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Important.
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This is an important video because during this video you'll learn 100 most used English words.
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Few.
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I have a few good friends, which means I have some good friends.
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I know a few moves.
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Public.
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I love public speaking.
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I love talking to people.
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Some people are afraid of public speaking.
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Bad.
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I don't think being shy is bad.
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Bad is the opposite of good what is good
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and what is bad you are bad at math same i'm not the same as i used to be in 2016.
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i've changed a lot able i am able to speak english
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are you able to speak english i think you are now
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okay let's go to the next category prepositions two let's go
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to london go back to Oh do you remember the song
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piece of me by Britney Spears in I am in San
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Francisco for what would you like to get for your birthday
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on I'm sitting on a couch with I'm recording this video with a new Sony camera At.
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I should finish at around 9 p .m. By.
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Come by anytime you want.
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I'm waiting for you. From.
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From the bottom of my heart.
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From Russia's love.
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Up.
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Wake up and get your things done.
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Up. About.
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What are you talking about?
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What you talking about?
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Into.
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I'm into you.
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Means I love you.
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I fancy you you're amazing I'm into you over this video
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is not over yet we're still going there are about 27 words to go
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and then you're done then you know 50 % of the
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English language after I think it's too late to come after 9 p .m.
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try to come earlier after what after after
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and now I will just go through the parts of speech that are left and they belong to different parts of speech.
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So let me just mention those to you.
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The. And.
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A. That.
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I It.
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Not.
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He. As.
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You.
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This. But.
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His.
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They.
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Her.
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She. Or.
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An. Will.
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My.
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One.
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All. Would.
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There.
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And the last word is there.
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If you have been watching attentively, you might have noticed that I've named a little more than 100 words and I actually named 114.
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That's why because I wanted to include more nouns this is 50 % of all written English
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and I congratulate you on reaching this milestone now you know
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50 % of all written English let me know guys
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if there were words that you didn't know let me know
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if you enjoyed this video by hitting like and subscribing to this channel
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and the best way to practice the new words is use them in context
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so think of sentences think of different phrases
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that you can use to embed those words
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and another great way to practice actually the best way to practice is to go to an English -speaking country
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and immerse yourself into English by staying with locals
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and going to a language school
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and LinguaTrip .com is my company that's gonna help you with
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that and it's a booking platform for any country
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so you can be from anywhere in the world and you could use it to come to the UK, United States, Canada, Australia, whatever you want so please let me know
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if you enjoyed it comment below and I'll see you in the next videos bye
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “100 MOST COMMON ENGLISH WORDS - BEGINNER VOCABULARY”. This video has 310 sentences and 1698 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:53. The speaker talks at a steady 132 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| verb noun | /vɝb/ | A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. |
| yoga noun | /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ | Any of several Hindu or Buddhist disciplines aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquillity; especially a system… |
| hobby noun | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time. |
| marina noun | /məˈɹinə/ | A harbour for small boats. |
| noun noun | /naʊn/ | A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea… |
| defend verb | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | To ward off attacks against (something or someone). |
| fitness noun | /ˈfɪt.nəs/ | The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| fancy noun | /ˈfæn.si/ | The imagination. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| piano noun | /piˈænɪː/ | A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers… |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| anytime adverb | At any time. | |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| come up with verb | To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it. | |
| go back to verb | To stem from; to originate in. | |
| grow up verb | To mature and become an adult. | |
| switch off verb | To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What is your problem, man?
- Can I get that coffee, please?
- How do you make a cake yourself at home?
- Can I use your cell phone?
- Can I ask you something?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | they've done · i've changed · I've named |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who rule · large, which means · friends, which means |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was born · are left |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the best · the most beautiful · the hardest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 41 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, congratulate /kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like verb, yoga, hobby.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.