there are so many students and
participants that joined the advanced
english communication course or the
intermediate program or the beginners
program on let's talk
and every single time when i conduct the
orientation
people have one single query repeatedly
and that is they want to work on making
their vocabulary powerful ladies and
gentlemen my name is ridhan and i
welcome you to this amazing lesson
over the years of
our honing english language we tend to
use the same words again and again
we have this zest and this will of using
better english in terms of better words
that we make use of
at college in office in personal life
etc but we fail to do that
but in today's lesson i've got the
solution for you we're going to be
talking about
powerful english vocabulary for daily
use that you can use in any situation no
matter what before we start i've got a
very interesting quote for all of us and
that is
don't underestimate the seductive power
of a decent vocabulary
it's very important that we understand
what a decent vocabulary can do for us
so many changes in life be it interviews
be it colleagues working with you they
get attracted towards you primarily
because of that decent vocabulary that
you have in today's lesson we're going
to be looking at 15 such decent
vocabulary phrases for all of us
the first one is
very difficult to pronounce isn't it
i've seen a lot of people pronouncing it
as a shall's heel
it's not a shield's heel please repeat
after me it's achilles heel what is it
i'll write it here for you please repeat
after me
a
kill
ease
please repeat after me once again
achilles heel
guys before we get to the meaning of it
i've got a very important
idea to present and that is
a lot of times people say
the other person should also understand
what i'm trying to say what if the
person does not understand us i read so
many comments where people have this
very important query allow me to answer
it for all of us
it's important that we are continuously
on the development of our communication
skills do you always see yourself with
people who have weak communication
skills or do you want to rise up above
and be a part of that conference or that
presentation where people are competing
with each other
well if you want to be part of that same
circle then this video is not for you
but if you want to be somebody who's
going to be there competing with people
with great communication skills that's
what we are here for making our
communication skills powerful so don't
wait and think for people who may not
have those strong communication skills
and therefore you make it a reason to
not learn further it's for you to become
better not to be at the same level
thank you so the meaning of achilles
heal is
a small fault of weakness in a person
that can result into a failure basically
a bad habit in a person that may as well
make that person fail in various
situations of life
let's understand achilles heel
in an example
a corrupt minister is considered as the
government's achilles heel and is
expected to resign
it's a very important and a very good
example in any country if you have bad
ministers or politicians
they are
that that particular character in them
may as well result in the failure of the
entire governance in the country
so in the comment section below let me
know what is your achilles heel for
example my achilles heel is
sometimes when i'm free i drink a lot of
coffee and i think that can make my
digestive system
not so great and healthy in years to
come so that is drinking coffee is my
achilles heel what is your achilles heel
let me know in the comments section
below
the second phrase for today powerful
vocabulary is a queer fish
a lot of times i've seen people
pronouncing this word as queer it's not
queer it is
queer
queen please remember r is silent repeat
after me
one more time queer fish
it means a strange person who socially
who's who is socially awkward at
behavior
what does that mean
a person who has a very strange
personality and a person who's awkward
at various different situations in life
that person is called a queer fish that
means
that person is different from all the
other fish in the pond
for example
i feel to understand tom he's decent
most of the times but sometimes he's a
queer fish the third one in the list
that we have is on the heels of
it's a beautiful phrase that can be used
to describe
events
in various order for example
something that follow closely after
something else
imagine if you have a birthday that
comes immediately after new year
that's when in that timeline you can use
on the heels of let's understand this
using an example
my mom's birthday comes on the heels of
mother's day which basically means
whatever mother's day is the date
immediately after that my mom's birthday
comes and that is called on the heels
off
let's quickly move to the fourth one in
the list and that is
asleep at the switch
it means
failing to perform one's duty or
responsibilities
and to miss an opportunity due to lack
of attention
because you are not attentive because
you were not giving absolute attention
to the work that there was or your
responsibilities you missed an
opportunity that is asleep at the switch
for example
health experts were asleep on the switch
you can say at the switch or on the
switch both or right on the switch when
the disease began to rise again
although it hasn't happened in india and
i'm sure in your country as well our
health workers have been out there
fighting against corona and covet 19.
but what is being said there
that biggest health workers and experts
were sleeping
the disease spread really fast
the next powerful vocabulary is
at sixes and sevens
has it ever happened to you you don't
you're not able to decide what shirt you
want to wear to the wedding or to the
party the black one or the maroon one
that confusion
in that situation we use at sixes and
sevens it means to be lost and confused
about something
for example
rhea is at sixes and sevens about her
career since the death of her father so
if you're confused about something let
me know in the comments section below
in that situation you'll say you're at
sixes and sevens
number six powerful vocabulary for daily
use is
beat the air
it means
efforts that will not give any desired
result so whatever efforts you put into
certain tasks you'll still not be able
to result get the desired result that is
beating the air
asking you to behave socially is like
beating the air you embarrass me always
possibly this person is very awkward
socially so when you beat the air what
happens can you feel something
it's like it's like a futile attempt
correct there's nothing happening
that is called beating the air powerful
vocabulary number seven for the day is
blue eyed boy
has it ever happened to you that
there's a group of people and in that
group there's just one person who's
especially light by the one in authority
that boy or that girl is called the
blue-eyed boy or the blue-eyed girl
it means someone who is liked and
admired by someone in authority
and that too especially it could be for
a character of the kind of person that
they are or for their work for that
matter
example is she gets the charge of all
the assignments except the finance which
is kept for the blue eyed boy
a girl isn't is in charge of all the
assignments but she does not get it for
the finance because that is especially
given to the one who is liked by
possibly the teacher in the classroom
that boy is the blue eyed
boy the powerful vocabulary number eight
is
barry the hatchet
i've seen a lot of people pronouncing
this word as barry it's not barry it's
like strawberry it's not berry it's
berry
bury the hatchet
it means
end quarrel what is squirrel the fight
end fight or settle differences to
become friends again
when you bury the hatchet it basically
means you end the fight
and you become friends again
for example
can you two bury the hatchet and start
working on the project again i need
teamwork this was number eight number
nine in the list is blue blood
it means
someone who comes from socially
prominent family for example
although she's got blue blood she's down
to earth and very kind to people this
girl comes from a very affluent family
she's silver spooned she was born
at a family where they had a lot of
money etc but despite all of that she's
very kind and she's very down to earth
blue blood the next one in the list is
by dint off you must have used the
phrase as a result of it a lot of times
correct so instead of seeing as a result
of you can use by dint off it means as a
result of something as we discussed
for example
mark got what he wanted by
dint of requesting and threatening his
parents
how many times has it happened with you
that you request and you threaten your
parents you know jokingly speaking about
things what you'll do what you'll not do
so as a result of that by dent of that
you get what you want so instead of
saying as a result of from today onwards
write it down somewhere or note it down
on your phone it means
as a result changes to by dint off
yeah for example as a result of this
video your vocabulary will become
powerful
changes too by the end of this video
your vocabulary will become powerful
this was all about phrase number 10
vocabulary powerful vocabulary number
10. number 11 in the list is last five
to go here we go beyond the pale
it means something that is not
considered decent
it can be
such as an act it can be a manner that
is not decent or it can be anything for
that matter
beyond the pale is an action that is not
considered decent for example your
behavior at the party was beyond the
pale
what were you thinking while flirting
with young girls
my god that was an absolutely
inappropriate behavior phrase number 12
is
and bull story
it basically means a made-up story that
one should not believe
a lot of times children when they hide
things from their parents
share a cork and build story something
that is not true
don't give me that kirk and bill story i
know you cannot write such a fantastic
essay i know that it's a lie
yeah so a lie can be termed as a
corkenbull story
phrase number 13th is chew the cud
the problem with this phrase is people
end up saying to you
the pronunciation of this phrase word is
not you it is
true
i repeat again
it's true it's a long oo sound chew the
cud not chew the cut it means to think
slowly and carefully about something
what is a cut
it is something that you eat so when you
eat it you take some time you chew it
very carefully very slowly
so instead of saying think carefully
think twice
take your time you can say chew the cud
and let me know
let's understand this using another
example just chew the curd before you
make your decision to divorce john
divorcing is a very strong decision
make sure that you think about it
carefully thinking about carefully is
chew the cut
the second last powerful vocabulary of
the day is
close but not cigar
has it ever happened to you that you
tried your best but you still could not
succeed in a situation you were just
very very close but still could not
succeed
in that situation you say close
but no cigar
almost successful but not completely
successful it's like you got 9 out of 10
but you did not get 10 out of 10.
an example is
you did quite well for someone who was
playing for the first time your attempt
was closed but no but no cigar and the
last phrase in the list for today's
lesson is
cast away
if you have ever gotten a flat tire
you get stuck in the middle of the road
you are stranded
this particular word is actually related
to that
to be stranded on the shore to get stuck
in an isolated place
for example
after his car broke in the middle of
nowhere the cast away couldn't find any
help for hours
so the person here is being referred to
as the castaway
so has it ever happened to you that you
were left stranded people often use this
phrase to talk about relationships when
they are stranded in the middle of their
emotional grief or
they often talk about it in the
middle of the road as well or when
they're alone anywhere they refer to
themselves as a cast away
ladies and gentlemen this was all about
all the phrases that we have to make
your vocabulary powerful so if you've
joined the courses on let's talk or
haven't joined the courses and if you
have the same problem which is improving
and making your vocabulary better
this is the lesson for you if not all of
them select your top three and make use
of them on whatsapp
facebook
instagram anywhere you go to spoken
communication most importantly make use
of your top three phrases from today's
powerful vocabulary and also let me know
in the comment section below i read all
your comments take care and i'll see you
soon