hi guys welcome back to english with max
in this video we're going to look at
some advanced
vocabulary these aren't
strange or obscure words
most high school students who are native
speakers
would know these words but they're words
that
non-natives often don't learn
if you know all or most of these words
then you probably have a c2
level at least in terms of comprehension
if you don't know these words don't fret
that's also a good word because this is
a good opportunity
to perhaps add some more interesting
verbs
to your vocabulary oh and don't fret
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okay and now the verbs yes this video
is just on verbs i've sort of divided
them into categories
and then there are a few miscellaneous
ones
at the end this first group is
all to do with breaking the law
these ones are actually all to do with
financial crime
number one to defraud
to defraud means to take money
or goods from a person or organization
illegally for example he was found
guilty of defrauding his business
partner
of thousands of dollars
naughty naughty and now we have to
embezzle
to embezzle means to secretly and
illegally take money from the place
where you work
normally it's used for people who are in
positions of power and
are in control of large sums of
money the company's managers went to
prison
after they embezzled more than a million
pounds
number three is extort
to extort means to illegally
force somebody to give you something
usually money
by using threats for example
the gang has been extorting money from
local business owners
for years and now we have to swindle
swindle is very similar to defraud
it means to get money from somebody by
deceiving them this is a little informal
so you might hear it on the news but it
probably wouldn't be used in
a courtroom the company swindled their
investors
out of millions of dollars and now we
have some words
related to conflict the first one
is to bad mouth this is an informal word
and it means to criticize somebody
or something in a very unpleasant way
she got fired for badmouthing the
company in public
jack acts like her best friend but he
bad mouths her
behind her back and now we have
to bicker to bicker means to
argue especially about things that
aren't very important
it isn't as strong as to fight
bickering is basically just silly
arguing my grandparents love each other
but they're always bickering
the party members frequently bicker
amongst themselves
the synonym of bicker is
squabble this basically means the same
thing
as bicker it's perhaps just a little bit
stronger people might make a bit more
noise
for example when they squabble
here's an example sentence that tennis
player is always
squabbling with the umpire now
some people after they bicker or
squabble with somebody aren't very
happy and if they're not very happy
they might sulk
to sulk means to be angrily silent
if a person sulks they might
refuse to be friendly or not want to
talk to anybody
after i told frank to behave better he
sulked in his room
for a couple of hours and now let's look
at some
movement verbs the first one is
to amble to amble means to
walk slowly in a relaxed way
for example she ambled along the path
without a care in the world the next one
is
to dawdle yes i know that sounds a bit
funny
anyway to dodel means to walk slowly or
to take more time than necessary to do
something
it's used in a disapproving way a parent
might say to their children
stop dawdling you'll be late for school
or if you're going to a party with some
friends
and you're walking there and
some friends are walking very slowly
behind you
you might say to them guys please don't
dawdle
the party has already started and now we
have
to hover this has a few meanings but
i'll just give you
the two main ones firstly it can mean
to stay in the one place in the air
it's used for things like birds
insects or helicopters
for example when we eat outside
there are always flies hovering around
us
you can also say to hover above for
example
the helicopter hovered above the lake
it can also be used for people
in that case it means to stand around
the same place usually because you're
waiting for something or you're not sure
what to do for example you could say
i appreciate good service but i don't
like it when waiters
hover around my table and now we have
to linger this is similar to
hover but they're not exactly the same
this means to take longer than usual
to leave or disappear
i don't like eating raw onions because
the taste always lingers
in my mouth
after the conference frank lingered in
the dining area
to make the most of the leftover food
and now to stroll stroll
is a synonym of amble it means to
walk in a slow and relaxed way
but normally it's done for pleasure
for example we decided to stroll along
the beach
after the meal the last one in this
section
is to strut
to strut means to walk in a
proud way trying to look important
we use this in a disapproving way
for example the manager's son
strutted around the office as if he
owned the place
and now we have a few ways of speaking
the first one is to mumble
this is actually one of my bad habits in
real life
in any case i try not to do it in my
videos
to mumble means to speak quietly
and in an unclear way
normally it happens when people don't
open their mouths
wide enough for example
i only understood half of what she said
because
she was mumbling next we have
to mutter this is very similar to
mumble but people normally mutter if
they are
angry or annoyed it looks something like
this
yeah maybe that's an exaggeration but
that's basically it it's like mumbling
when you're not very happy
about something for example
after the argument he muttered something
to himself
and left and now to shriek
this has two main meanings firstly it
can mean
to make a loud high-pitched sound
it could be because the person is scared
or in pain but it could also be
because the person is excited so it
might be
for a positive reason for example
the kids shrieked with joy when they
found out
they were going to disneyland i'm not
going to imitate it because if you're
listening to this with headphones
it might not be very pleasant it can
also mean to
say something in a loud high-pitched
voice
for example when the burglar entered her
home
she shrieked get out of my house
and now a few random ones before we
finish
the first one is to backfire
this has two main meanings firstly it
can be used to talk about
an engine it's when an engine makes
a sudden loud sound because it's not
working properly
i don't actually know how it works
because frankly i don't
care that much about those types of
things but i'm sure we've all heard
a car or a truck backfire
it's a really loud bang sound
here's an example sentence we all go to
fright
when a car in the street backfired
secondly it can be used to talk about
plans or
actions it means to have the opposite
effect
of the one intended he tried to make
himself more desirable to his girlfriend
by flirting with other people but the
plan backfired
and she dumped him to dump means to
break up with somebody the next one is
to grin to grin means to
smile widely especially
in amusement so if you find something
funny for example
i was suspicious when i saw frank
grinning
this morning the thing is
sometimes people grin just if they're
happy
or if they find something funny but
sometimes people grin
if they've done something a bit naughty
and finally we have to milk
i'm sure you know the noun milk but it
can be a verb
as well this has two main meanings
firstly it can mean to take milk
from an animal such as a cow or
a goat so if you're doing it manually
it looks something like this it's also
an informal
word meaning to get as much as you can
from a situation or a person
usually in an unfair or dishonest way
it's similar to take advantage of or
exploit for example
the company is milking their clients for
even more money
that's it guys i hope you found this
useful as i said in the beginning
if you know all of these words then you
probably have a very advanced
vocabulary if you didn't know these
words
like i said this is a good opportunity
to
add some new words to your vocabulary
and now a little bit of homework i
encourage you to
take one of these words and use it in a
sentence
in the comments i will try to correct it
for you
thanks very much for watching i'll see
you next time
for example
excuse me
there's a dog barking i don't really
to mutter