one of the best ways to sound more
fluent when you're speaking English is
to use advanced words rather than simple
words in this video I'm going to teach
you some advanced words so that you can
avoid using the word very in addition
we're going to practice these words in
sentences while we practice the rules of
linking which means connecting words
together so that you can improve your
accent let's practice changing some
simple words into advanced words the
first one is very interesting
instead of saying very interesting you
can simply say fascinating you can say
that's fascinating the second one is
very open instead of saying thank you
for being very open with me you can say
transparent thank you for being
transparent with me
number three is very honest you can say
straightforward or frank and we will
practice these as soon as we finish all
ten so make sure you watch this video
till the end number four instead of
saying very poor you can say destitute
or impoverished number five instead of
saying very rich you can say well off or
prosperous and you probably know wealthy
that's another one you can use number
six very scared instead of saying I was
very scared you can say I was petrified
or I was terrified it means exactly the
same thing number seven very intelligent
you can say brilliant number eight very
angry you can say indignant or enraged
number nine very big you can say
gigantic or enormous and number ten
instead of saying very crowd
you can say cramped or jam-packed and
now here comes the important part
remember everything that you learn you
have to practice so we're going to
practice these words in sentences and we
will try to sound as natural as possible
so listen to the way I say these in
sentences and pay attention to which
words I stress and also pay attention to
how I connect the words together number
one I heard a fascinating story did you
hear how I connected the D and the a her
de her de let's do that again I heard a
fascinating story
number two thank you for being
transparent with me if you notice I
emphasize transparent I did not stress
with or me because those are not
keywords those are function words they
don't carry the meaning listen again
thank you for being transparent with me
number three he gave straightforward
responses number four we drove through
the impoverished neighborhood and you
noticed I connect thee with the letter I
of impoverished because it begins with
the vowel so we don't say that
impoverished we say the impoverished
listen again we drove through the
impoverished neighborhood number five
this is a prosperous City if you notice
I connected this is a those are linked
together and then prosperous city we
combined those two sounds because they
sound the same
and we change it into only one sound
this is a prosperous City number six
some people are petrified of snakes
some people are petrified of snakes I
connected the L with the a people are
and then I connected petrified of I
connected the D to the O petrified of
let's do that again
some people are petrified of snakes
number seven my professor is brilliant
we connect the R to the I professor is
let's do that again my professor is
brilliant number eight
but the indignant customer complained
about the bad advice listen again
complained about we connected the D with
the a the indignant customer complained
about the bad advice number nine the
storm on the ocean created gigantic
waves we connect the m to the O the
storm on the ocean and we say the ocean
not the ocean listen again the storm on
the ocean created gigantic waves number
ten he doesn't like to be in cramped
elevators we connect the e d of cramped
to the e of elevators and it sounds like
this cramped elevators let's do that
again he doesn't like to be in cramped
elevators keep learning new vocabulary
as soon as you learn a new word create
your own sentences and then practice
connecting the words together and
stressing the key words and you're gonna
feel a lot more confident about your
English
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