LEARN 105 ENGLISH VOCABULARY WORDS | DAY 23

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 It’s day 23 of your 30 Day English Vocabulary Challenge. A video a day every day for 30 days. Yes, this month we’re learning 105 words from the academic word list, words that will help you have sophisticated English conversations, words you need to know if you’re preparing for an exam like IELTS or TOEFL. I’ve been watching the posts you’ve been making about this challenge, it’s incredible, inspiring. Make up a sentence to word you learn and post it on social. Don’t forget to like and subscribe, and don’t forget to download the study guide that goes with this 30 day challenge. You can do that by clicking here or the link in the video description. Learn the words, ace the quizzes, you’ve got this! 

Our first word today is NORMAL. Normal. In this stressed syllable, we have the AW as in law vowel followed by R. Now R makes it so this is not a pure vowel. It’s not law. aw– no–  normal, but it’s no– or– nor– the lips around more and the tongue pulls back a little bit more because of that R. Nor— normal. It’s an adjective, it means usual or ordinary, not strange, mentally and physically healthy. Our normal business hours are from nine to five. This is what they usually are, but on a holiday, for example, new year’s eve, maybe we close early. It’s also a noun, meaning the usual or expected state, level, amount, and so on. Your blood pressure is higher than normal. Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.

And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.

I mean it’s natural that people want to strive to put a roof over their heads and live a normal life, right?

Live a normal life. Live a life like most people. Have what most people have, in this case, talking about a home.

I mean it’s natural that people want to strive to put a roof over their heads and live a normal life, right?

Here’s another example.

This is the normal progression for an average child that gets the measles.

The normal progression. The way measles usually progresses in a child. This is not strange, but these are the symptoms we can expect in a child that has the measles.

This is the normal progression for an average child that gets the measles.

Here’s another example.

Is it also the way that like we do normal things the way we tie our shoes, the way that we drive a car or something like that.

Normal things. Every day, ordinary things that almost everyone does. Tie your shoes, drive a car.

Is it also the way that like we do normal things the way we tie our shoes, the way that we drive a car, or something like that.

Another example.

Her blood sugar levels were now normal all of the time.

Now normal. Before, they were not at the expected levels. They were not healthy. Now, they are.

Her blood sugar levels were now normal all of the time.

Our last example.

They found they learned 200 to 500 faster than normal. 

Wow, they learned two to five times faster than normal. Faster than what’s expected. Faster than most people.

They found they learned 200 to 500 faster than normal.

Our next word is ASPECTS. Aspects. Notice I’m dropping the T here, that’s common or normal when it comes between two other consonants. Aspects. As a noun, it means a part of something. Their religion affects nearly all aspects of their lives, it influences how they do almost everything. Let’s look again up close and in slow motion.

And now we’ll go to Youglish for five examples.

We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.

Different aspects of ourselves. Different parts of ourselves. Getting to know, thinking about different parts of ourselves.

We were exploring different aspects of ourselves.

Here’s another example.

So we have to look at various different aspects in order to figure out what’s going on with the disease.

Various different aspects, parts, sides. We can’t just focus on one thing, but we have to look at disease from many different angles to try to understand it.

So we have to look at various different aspects in order to figure out what’s going on with the disease.

Here’s another example.

Because it was a presidential visit so there were people all over town covering all aspects of it.

All aspects, what the president wore, who the president met with, where the president stayed, and so on.

Because it was a presidential visit so there were people all over town covering all aspects of it.

Another example.

What are the aspects we want to improve and augment?

What parts of something bigger do we want to improve? For example, let’s say you run a grocery store, you’ve got the products, the display really dialed in, but the checkout process isn’t smooth. You want to improve that part.

What are the aspects we want to improve and augment?

Our last example.

We need to understand that it’s the social and the emotional aspects of language learning that decide everything.

The social and emotional aspects of language learning. Learning a language is made up of different parts. It’s the social part, socializing with others, talking with them, connecting with them on an emotional level that matters, it’s not just about being able to state a fact in another language. It’s about connecting with people. 

We need to understand that it’s the social and the emotional aspects of language learning that decide everything.

Our last word today is PERCEIVED. Perceived. It’s the past tense of the verb perceive, which means to notice or become aware of something. I perceived that she had been crying. Why would you know that? Well, maybe her eyes are red. It also means to interpret or look at someone or something in a particular way to regard as. He perceives himself as better than others. Let’s look again up close and in slow motion. 

And now we’ll go to Youglish  for five examples.

In a traditional academic model, we group students together usually by age, and around middle school age, and and perceived ability.

Perceived ability. How good do they think they are. We watch them, maybe have them take a test, we interpret their ability, we say, for example, he’s good at Math, and he’s not good at Math, and then we group the students based on that.

In a traditional academic model, we group students together usually by age and around middle school age and and perceived ability.

Here’s another example.

And don’t worry about your perceived weaknesses.

Don’t worry about the weaknesses you think you have. You look at them as weaknesses, but someone else might not. The second definition of this word, interpret or look at someone or something in a particular way, regard as, has to do with judgment. I look at this and I interpret it that way. But something you might think is a weakness, someone else might see as a strength, might judge it differently.

And don’t worry about your perceived weaknesses.

Here’s another example.

Maybe you have good intentions, you think you’re doing a great job, but it isn’t being perceived in that way.

So again, this is about judgment. You think you’re doing a great job, but someone else sees the same thing and thinks differently. They regard it as something different. They perceive it differently.

Maybe you have good intentions, you think you’re doing a great job, but it isn’t being perceived in that way.

Another example.

And I didn’t want to share this with a lot of you because I’m usually a happy person, and I didn’t want to be perceived in any other way.

This person doesn’t want other people to think she’s anything but happy. She wants other people to regard her as a happy person.

And I didn’t want to share this with a lot of you because I’m usually a happy person, and I didn’t want to be perceived in any other way.

Our last example.

Maybe you know people have perceived me as this guy that’s built this big business.

Perceived me, they interpret me as someone who built a big business. They regard me as someone who’s successful but everyone has many aspects to them. Oh, there’s another one of our vocabulary words for today. And even someone who’s successful has pain in their life.

Maybe you know people have perceived me as this guy that’s built this big business. 

Seeing their real-life examples can really help you understand how to use these words, can’t it? I have a challenge for you now. Make up a sentence with one of these words, and post it to social media, tag me, and use the hashtag #rachelsenglish30daychallenge                                                                    

Don’t be shy, you can do this. Our next video comes out tomorrow at 10AM Philadelphia time, come back to learn four more vocabulary words. In the meantime, keep your studies going with this video, and check out my online courses at rachelsenglishacademy.com You’ll become a more confident English speaker. And please do remember to subscribe. I love being your English teacher. That’s it and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

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