What Advantages Can I Gain By Using A More Vibrant And Engaging Vocabulary?
If youâre looking for an effective way to learn English, this English language lesson is for you! This lesson will teach you how to use vivid and interesting English vocabulary to make your conversations more engaging and expressive. Youâll get invaluable listening practice as the lesson exposes you to unfamiliar words and phrases. Get ready to improve your English skills and take your language to the next level. Start your journey today!
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Most Unusual Words:
Excited
Delighted
Thrilled
Enthusiastic
Passionate
Bothered
Flavour
Most common 2 word phrases:
Phrase | Count |
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You Might | 5 |
Might Say | 3 |
Good News | 2 |
English Speakers | 2 |
Really Pleased | 2 |
Fired Up | 2 |
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Transcript: Captivate Your English Listeners With Fun And Engaging Vocabulary
Hi there. Today, letâs talk about how to use more interesting, vivid words again. Itâs fine to use simple words when you first start to speak English, but as you improve, youâll want to understand a broader range of words - and then gradually youâll find yourself using a broader range of words too. Thatâs how you improve. So last time we focused on this, we looked at âIâm hungryâ and âIâm thirstyâ and at some of the different ways that English speakers might say this. That was podcast 584. So letâs focus today on using some more vivid language - for ways that you feel? Do you sometimes feel excited or enthusiastic? Letâs have a look today at different words you can use in English to make these phrases more interesting and more expressive.
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Different words for âexcitedâ?
OK. So you want to stop using boring English words and use more interesting ones instead!! So how do English speakers express enthusiasm or excitement?
Well the obvious way to say it - âIâm excitedâ, thatâs EXCITED. So someone may ask whether youâre looking forward to your holiday - and you reply âIâm excited. Itâs a couple of years since Iâve been on a beach holidayâ. Or you might be about to start a new job, so you say âI feel nervous and excited at the same timeâ. âNervousâ, NERVOUS means âa little bit scaredâ - that type of excitement.
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âDelightedâ or âthrilledâ?
So how else might we say weâre âexcitedâ? Well if youâve just had good news - say, one of your family is pregnant - or someoneâs just had a baby, you might say âIâm delightedâ, thatâs DELIGHTED. And âdelightâ, DELIGHT is a noun in English too. You might hear the phrase âto my delightâ - that means you were really pleased when this particular thing happened. âTo my delight, my neighbour brought round some gin and tonicâ. You might also hear this word âdelightâ as a noun in the context of something we call âTurkish delightâ. Itâs a rose flavoured jelly sweet, and itâs called âlokumâ in Turkish, I understand. But the word âdelightedâ is what youâll hear more often. And that means weâre âreally pleasedâ - about some good news usually. If youâre a member of the Royal Family, or perhaps youâre just a bit posh - a bit upper class, in that case you might say âIâm thrilledâ. Thatâs THRILLED. Whenever thereâs a royal announcement of a pregnancy, a marriage or a birth, British Royal family members all say âIâm thrilledâ. So use this if you want to sound upper class - but for most people âdelightedâ will do!
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âPassionateâ, âkeenâ and âeagerâ
Iâve talked before about hobbies and interests recently - and actually how important they are to your wellbeing. That was in podcast 603. Well, if you have an activity that youâre really interested in, that really excites you, you might call it âa passionâ, PASSION. âI have a passion for horse ridingâ perhaps. And the adjective you might use for the way you feel here - âpassionateâ, PASSIONATE. You could say âIâm passionate about horse ridingâ or âIâm passionate about gardeningâ. Another way in which we might use this word - if our beliefs are strong, you might say for instance be âpassionate about womenâs rightsâ or âpassionate about the environmentâ or âIâm a passionate believer in animal welfareâ. So to be âpassionateâ about something, it means you care. You really, really care. And still in the context of âthings you like doingâ, if youâre excited about an activity, youâre excited about doing something, we might say youâre âkeenâ, thatâs KEEN. That means that youâre really excited and ready to do something. âMy nephew is keen to try windsurfingâ or âmy uncle is a keen fishermanâ. Another word for this is âeagerâ, EAGER. The difference in meaning perhaps is that âkeenâ tends to be more permanent, whereas if youâre âeager to do somethingâ, itâs a bit more âof the momentâ, a bit more temporary. âIâm eager to see the wedding photographsâ or âIâm eager to try out that new restaurantâ. My eagerness - thatâs the noun to go with âeagerâ - will be satisfied by going doing this thingâ, possibly just once. Whereas if Iâm âkeenâ on something, Iâll probably want to do it lots of times.
âEnthusiasticâ is another adjective which shows excitement - thatâs ENTHUSIASTIC. And thereâs also the noun âenthusiasmâ, ENTHUSIASM. This one is a good general all-round word that you can use in lots of contexts. Like I said in podcast 603, I think that having âenthusiasmâ is really important - good for your wellbeing!
âEnthusiastic, wired and fired upâ or âhot and botheredâ?
Another type of being excited? And this one can have a bit more of a negative flavour. Youâre a bit over-excited maybe - how you may get if youâve had too much coffee or thereâs just too much excitement? So these words for being excited have a slightly negative flavour. You might say âIâm wiredâ, WIRED. If youâre having a strong feeling that you canât contain and you want to take action - you might say âIâm all fired upâ, FIRED UP. So this could be with enthusiasm. âIâm all fired upâ - I want to get on with a task that requires energy, âIâm âall fired up - letâs go and sort out that mess in your bedroomâ, I might say to my son. Or âall fired upâ can mean that youâre a bit angry about something - you want to get going on sorting it out, fixing it. âIâm all fired up - Iâm going to go and speak to that neighbour whoâs parked their car over my drivewayâ. Other ways to say this, we might say âYouâre worked upâ. Or youâre âkeyed upâ is another way of saying this. It means that someone is experiencing strong emotions, a strong reaction. And another way still that we say? âHeâs getting all hot and botheredâ, thatâs HOT and BOTHERED. This one is slightly making fun of the person though - to say someone is getting âhot and botheredâ. So you might be unlikely to say it to someone directly - unless you want to make them more âhot and botheredâ, of course!
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Or are you âon the edge of your seatâ?
Back now to the more positive end of excitement. If youâre watching a film or a series on Netflix perhaps, thatâs exciting. Thatâs difficult to stop watching, because you want to know what happens next. You might have a âbinge watchâ as we say - BINGE. That means you watch a lot of episodes all at once. Here we might express excitement by saying âyouâre on the edge of your seatâ. We might use that phrase negatively when weâre waiting for some news that will have a big impact - you might be âon the edge of your seat with worryâ. But we can also use it in a positive way. If a series on TV has me âon the edge of my seatâ, it means Iâm enjoying it!
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Quiz to recap and for pronunciation practice
Letâs do some pronunciation practice now, while we just recap on the words that youâve learned? This will help you remember them. But it will also give you some speaking practice. Try to repeat these sentences after me. And the context that Iâve used in each sentence will remind of the particular âflavourâ, the particular meaning of this word, inside the broader idea of âexcitedâ.
- I was so excited to go on holiday and fly on a plane for the first time after lockdown.
- My son is nervous about his Maths test.
- My sister is delighted with her new puppy.
- Prince Charles was thrilled to hear of another grandchild on the way.
- Iâm passionate about animal welfare.
- Heâs keen to have piano lessons.
- Iâll be eager to get out in the garden in the spring.
- Iâm enthusiastic about our new projects for Adept English.
- I get wired when I have too much coffee.
- Heâs all fired up about his new job.
- Donât get hot and bothered - Iâm going to move my car straight away!
- We were on the edge of our seats the whole time as we watched that second series!
OK - practise these words and expressions by listening to this podcast a number of times until they become familiar to you. And use the quiz to test how well youâve remembered them.
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