ready for some everyday English hello
everyone and welcome to another lesson
with me Anna English here on English
like a native today we're looking at
everyday English the kinds of words that
we use on a regular basis in native
conversation when talking about the
subject of days out in the countryside
though probably not at the moment
because the weather is awful
anyway the words that I've chosen for
you today come directly from this vlog
hello we're at Box Hill it's raining
it's green it's cold the link to that
video is in the description box just
below and what I'd like you to do once
you've learned these 31 words and you're
familiar with them is I would like you
to go and watch that video and see if
you can pick out those words being
spoken in the conversation then also
make note of any words you don't
recognize or understand and then come
back here and put them in the comments
box below and I can explain them to you
let's have a look at these words first
we hear about the car park car park
notice the nice long open vowel car park
a car park is a large space where people
can leave their vehicles you leave your
vehicle in a car park and that car park
might be a pay and display pay and
display car park a pay and display car
park is a car park where you have
machines in which you put money and it
will give you a ticket to say how long
you can park there for and you must
display this ticket in the window of
your car so that when the parking
attendant comes around with his machine
he can check that you've all paid to
park there and he won't give you a fine
if he sees the ticket in your window a
pay and display car park in much of the
English countryside you will hear the
word
because there was lots of mud in the UK
because we have a lot of rain muddy
muddy describes the state of the earth
when soil becomes wet and becomes sticky
and gloopy just like this if you're
walking in the mud then you will need
wellies wellies now wellies describes
wellington boots there are type of
waterproof boot that we put on
it's normally up to the knee and it
keeps our feet nice and dry and clean
when walking in mud wellies do you have
a pair of wellies let me know next
you'll hear me talking about volunteers
volunteers now a volunteer is someone
who offers up their services when they
are not duty-bound so it might be that
you're working for nothing you're just
doing it because you are volunteering to
do it the next phrase is a fun phrase
and it's stepping stones stepping stones
this one might be quite obvious
basically stepping stones are stones
that are placed so that you can step on
them a nice easy word but one that
people often mispronounced and it's the
word walk walk now this is a dark vowel
sound or big space inside of the mouth
quite far back or walk and the L is
silent so just ignore the L walk if you
have ever drunk alcohol then you may
have experienced the next one which is
hung over hung over if you are hung over
then you feel bad perhaps a little bit
ill headache dehydrated or even sick
because you've drank too much alcohol so
you are normally hungover in the morning
after drinking a lot the night before
hungover the next one is butterflies
butterflies butterflies are beautiful
little insects with a very colorful way
all different species of butterfly exist
around the countryside in the UK do you
have butterflies in your country the
next phrase is the phrase tight squeeze
if something is a tight squeeze then it
literally is a very small space that you
find it hard to maneuver through so
let's say that you are taking some
passengers in your car let's say you
have four passengers and you only have a
very small car
they might say it's a bit of a tight
squeeze in your car so trying to
maneuver or position yourself into a
tight space a small space the next one
is tree stump tree stump a tree stump is
where a tree has been chopped down and
the base of the tree still remains so
it's the bit of tree sticking out of the
earth that's been cut and you can sit on
or stand on a tree stump tree stump
while we're on the subject of trees
let's look at tree trunks tree trunks a
tree trunk is the thick body of the tree
that is the tree trunk the trunk of a
tree the next one is look out look out
if you're describing a building as a
lookout like I did in the video down
below then I'm referring to a building
that was meant for guards or people of
that nature to look out and keep an eye
out for the enemy approaching or for
visitors so they could announce the
visitors were coming so a lookout
somewhere where you get a good view of
what's going on the next one is slippy
slippy if something is slippy then it is
very easy to slip and slide on it so
it's not very easy to get a grip on
something that is slippy so usually a
surface in this case I was talking about
the floor being slippy when I was trying
to walk downhill I did in fact slip
because the floor was slippery and I
caught the moment that I slipped on
camera so don't miss that part if there
is a sharp incline then you could say it
is steep so if the incline of a hill is
quite sharp then it's a steep hill if
it's not so sharp then it's not a steep
hill we had a few not so steep hills to
climb in the video but you'll see when
talking about Hills and climbing you
might say an uphill climb it was an
uphill climb now also notice that the be
in climb is silent I regularly hear
non-natives voicing the B but you
shouldn't so climb end with the M climb
climb an uphill climb luckily for us or
maybe not so lucky when we came across
the world's biggest puddle we were
wearing wellies the question is were our
wellies waterproof waterproof because we
had to walk through this very deep
puddle and this was the chance to check
whether our ways were actually
waterproof do they keep out the water
you'll hear me saying the phrase he's
pushing this on in this context push on
means to continue no matter what no
matter if you're hungry or thirsty or
tired or if things are in your way no
matter what the obstacle you keep going
so you push on so see if you can spot
the moment where I say he's pushing us
on if you don't have a map and a map
gives you an idea of your area and how
to move around if you don't have a map
then you may be lost you may be lost
hopefully not we were something we love
to do in the UK and that is to have a
picnic picnic a picnic is basically food
like sandwiches and Scotch eggs and
little mini sausages and crisps and
fruit we take all that food out of the
house and we go and find somewhere to
sit down and eat outdoors you have a
little picnic so it's food that you've
pre-prepared and you take it away from
the home to eat this is an interesting
one the word style style now is spelt
differently to style which obviously
relates to fashion or your taste but
style in this context and spelt like
this pronounced the same but it means a
gate that doesn't open but that you step
over so it's a little step in a fence it
looks like this as as luck would have it
we are now able to eat our lunch in
style ooh I did there when you're out in
the country you might get tired then
it's always good to have a sit down on a
little bench bench a bench is basically
just a long seat quite a few people
could sit on one bench the next word is
thigh thigh so if you've been walking
for quite a long time you might get saw
thigh muscles the thigh is the upper leg
the front of the upper leg the next one
is a word that's pronounced differently
in parts of America and it's the word
root root in America they say route but
in British English we say route and this
means the way in which you got from one
place to another the route that you took
to get from one to the other next we
have the word viewpoint a viewpoint with
a viewpoint and a viewpoint is a place
where you have an incredible view so
normally at the top of a hill for
example you might find a nice viewpoint
and in the UK a lot of viewpoints
have some information available to
visitors so they can know about the area
that they're looking at we made a
terrible mistake in our video and
because of that I had to make an
amendment an amendment an amendment is
when you correct something that's
previously been said or done you make an
amendment amendment sounds similar to
but is different to the word addendum
addendum addendum means to add
information so amendment means to
correct an addendum means to add
information the next one is quite an
easy one and it's the word cow
we did see some cows some very unusual
cows on our little trail and I did
include a picture in the video so do
have a look and let me know if you have
these types of cows in your country they
were very weird the next word is
geography geography now geography refers
to a subject the subject of like knowing
the earth and the weather and how
everything works and where things are in
the world
I really enjoyed geography at school
although I didn't take it as a subject
in my final years but there we go
one of the subjects you'll study at
school geography geography and finally
no trip to the countryside is complete
in the UK without a visit to the pub pub
pub is short for public house but we
rarely ever say public house in fact I
don't think I've ever said public house
or heard anyone say should we go to the
public house no we always just say pub
let's go to the pub and the pub is a
nice place to have a drink and a bite to
eat
it's an old inn or tavern somewhere
where you can buy alcohol food and soft
drinks and get warm and chill out
socialize
in the pub well I do hope I've managed
to introduce you to at least a few new
words and now let's put it into practice
click on this video here without
subtitles watch it and see how much you
understand remember if there are words
you don't know then please put them in
the comments box below and I'll try my
very best to include them in the next
everyday English lesson until next time