Hey, welcome to episode two of our, how to use English words in real life.
Now, in today's episode, I'm going to teach you five English words that
you can use in real life to sound more like a native English speaker.
Are you ready?
Welded I'm teacher.
Tiffani let's jump right in.
Now the very first word is provoke.
Good again after me.
Provoke.
Excellent.
Last time provoke.
Great job.
Now.
I want you to listen to this story and see if you can guess
the meaning of the word pro.
A few days ago, I was online and I watched a video.
There was a monkey, a big monkey and a cage, and he was sitting down relaxing.
And then a man walked.
And the man started to provoke the monkey.
He started trying to mess with him and the monkey, all of a sudden got angry.
And the monkey as the man was putting his hand to try to provoke
him again, stuck his arm through the cage, through the gate.
And he grabbed the man's shirt.
All of a sudden the man started to panic.
He had been provoking the monkey and now the monkey was.
So, what do you think the word provoke actually means?
Well, provoke actually means to stimulate or give rise to a reaction
or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one, just like in the story,
the man was provoking the monkey.
You caught it right now, the man was okay, but he was extremely scared,
but he had been provoking the monkey.
So you can use it again in real life.
Now here's the first example, sentence, dairy products may provoke allergic
reactions in some people provoke or give rise to something that's unwelcome.
For example, I can't eat cheese.
I have a cheese allergy.
So just like this example and then says dairy products may provoke
allergic reactions in some people.
Now sentence number two, such a decision may provoke a
backlash from their supporters.
Again, such a decision may provoke a backlash from their supporters.
And number three, the article was intended to provoke.
Thought to make people think.
Now, remember typically it's an unwelcome one, but in this situation,
provoking thought is a good thing.
So again, in English we say provoke.
Now, I want you to think of a way to use this word at least one time today.
Now word number two is RA.
RA good last time after me RA.
Excellent.
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Now this word rave.
Let me tell you a real quick story.
You see several weeks.
I received some messages from family and friends because they
know that I love Indian food.
Yes.
Indian food is delicious.
And they said, TIFF, listen, there's this amazing Indian restaurant.
This restaurant is in Virginia.
They have a buffet.
And the food is absolutely amazing.
They were raving about this Indian restaurant.
Now the restaurant's name is Aditi a D I T I.
So since they were raving about the Indian food, I decided to go.
And when I went, I understood why they were raving about the restaurant.
The food was so good.
Now, do you know what the word rave means?
I think you got it.
The word rave simply means.
Talk wildly to talk wildly or incoherently as if one word delirious or insane.
Now this can be used in a negative or a positive way.
The story that I told you uses it in a positive way.
So for example, when my family and friends were raving about the restaurant,
they were saying, TIFF, listen, all we can say is it it's really.
So they were sometimes speaking a little bit.
Incoherently talking wildly because it was so delicious.
The food there we say, rave in English.
So here's an example sentence.
Now I understand why travelers rave about Bali.
B is so beautiful, right?
Sentence number.
Her performance at Madison square won RA reviews from the
critics and sentence number.
The movie received rave reviews on all social media blogs.
Everyone was saying how good it was.
So again, in English we say rave, and now you can use this word in real life.
Now word number three is also very important.
Word.
Number three.
I want you to repeat after me reflect good again after me.
Reflect.
Excellent.
Last time reflect great job.
Now, what does this word reflect mean?
Let me tell you, you see, uh, several weeks ago I was watching my nieces.
One of my nieces is 12 years old and the other one is five years old.
Now the five year old, she's a cutie.
They're both very cute girls, but the five year.
She has a mind of her own sometimes.
And she doesn't wanna listen.
Sometimes she wants to do what she wants to do.
So one day as I was watching them, I saw her hit her sister and I saw
her continue to hit her sister.
And I said, no, no, no, no, no, don't do that.
I need you to stop.
She said, what did I do?
I said, oh, I need you to go, go to your room, go, go ahead.
And I need you to reflect on what you did and then come back
down and tell me what happened.
I need you to think deeply about what just happened.
So go to your room, reflect on what you did, and then come back and tell me what.
You did explain to me why you hit your sister.
I need you to think about it.
Go and reflect in your room.
Now, what do you think the word reflect means?
yes.
The word reflect means to think deeply or carefully about now.
Of course, she came back downstairs and everything was fine.
This happened actually more than a few weeks ago, a long time ago, but again, it
just means to think deeply or carefully.
Now here's an example sentence.
You have to reflect on how to answer his questions before you get home.
I need you to think deeply about his questions and how to answer.
Sentence number two, for those who went the distance, it was time to
reflect on their achievements to think about their achievements deeply.
And finally, the start of a new year is a good time to reflect
on the many achievements.
Of the past in English we say reflect.
And again, you can use this in real life, just like I did to explain to you what
happened with my niece in the story.
Now word number four is also another one.
That's so important.
Word.
Number four may be tricky, but I want you to repeat after me squeamish . I
told you it's tricky again.
Squeamish.
Excellent last time.
Squeamish.
Great job.
Now, let me tell you this.
This happened about, mm, five years ago, five years ago, my mom, my dad
and I, we decided to take a walk.
This is when I was staying with my parents and I was home
from Korea for a little bit.
And we were taking a walk in the neighborhood and my parents just
happened to be behind me talking.
And as we were walking, I saw something in front of me.
It actually was a deer and unfortunately the deer had died and
I, I saw the deer in front of me, but I wanted to get a closer look.
I was curious.
So I walked close to the deer.
My parents said, Hey, what, what you doing?
I said, oh, I just wanna see this deer.
They said, okay.
And I heard something in their voice, but I didn't know what it was.
And as I got closer to the deer, I saw maggots everywhere.
I was so shocked.
And ever since that day, I have been squeamish.
Whenever someone mentions maggots or has a picture or a video with
maggots because after seeing literally millions or hundreds of thousands of
maggots everywhere over the body of that deer, I literally was shocked.
So now I'm squeamish.
I can't really look at any pictures or any videos where there are lots
of maggots after that happened.
Now, did you guess what the word squeamish.
I think you got it.
Squeamish means of a person easily made to feel sick, faint or
disgusted, especially by unpleasant images, such as the sight of blood.
So for me now it's the sight of maggots because of what happened
when I was walking with my parents.
Now here's an example sentence.
She's really squeamish and can't stand the sight of blood again.
She can't stand the sight of blood sentence.
Number two, many amateur chefs are squeamish about adding live shellfish into
the boiling water and sentence number.
I was squeamish about seeing the terrible accident on the bridge.
Again, made to feel sick fate or disgusted usually by the side of
blood, or it can be other things as well in English we say squeamish, and
now you can use this word as well.
Now word number five is another good one.
Word number five is substantial.
Good again after me substantial.
Excellent.
Last time after me substantial.
Great job.
Now, when I was in Korea, this happened probably about, mm, maybe six years ago.
Maybe five or six years ago.
So at that time there was a big hurricane in Puerto Rico.
So maybe it was only about four or five years ago, but anyways, there was a
huge, a big hurricane in Puerto Rico.
Now, one of my closest friends, her family is from Puerto Rico.
Actually her and her husband's family.
And at that time, her family experienced a lot of difficulties
because of the hurricane.
So our friends and I that were living in Korea at that time as missionary English
teachers, we decided to help her out so that she could send money to her family.
And initially we tried to only get together a small amount of
money because we were a mission.
But we were able to collect a substantial amount of money and we were able to
give the money to her so that she could help her family in Puerto Rico.
It was a very difficult time for Puerto Ricans at that time
because the hurricane was so bad.
But we were so happy and we praised God that we were able to collect such a
substantial amount to help her family.
Now, what do you think the word substantial actually means?
All right.
The word substantial literally means of considerate importance.
Size or worth.
So we were able to collect a lot of money.
All right.
Here's the example, sentence.
Best of all, she could save a substantial amount of money for
a down payment on her own place.
She was able to save a lot of money to get her house sentence number.
Only people who have made substantial contributions will be considered only
those who have given a good amount, a large amount of money would be considered.
And finally at the end of the year, the bills totaling a substantial
amount could be donated to charity.
Again, a large amount in English.
We say substantial.
Now, I hope you enjoyed this lesson.
And I hope you realize how easy it is to use the five
words we learned today in real.
Now, don't forget.
If you want to keep studying with me, if you wanna keep improving your
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These lessons that I've prepared for, you will take you from the intermediate level.
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And I'll talk to you next time, but as always remember to speak English.
You still there you?
Nope.
What time it is?
It's story time.
A, I said it's story time.
All right.
Now today's story is actually about one of you.
I have something right here with me on my phone, and I want to share it with you.
So today I told you quite a few stories to help you understand the
words that we learned and the words that you can use in real life.
But a long time ago, I told you that I prayed and asked
God what he wanted me to do.
I had two choices to become an art professor or to continue teaching English.
And God told me very clearly that he wanted me to continue
teaching English online.
Now I think, you know me well enough, you know how passionate I am about
helping you achieve your English goals.
But sometimes, sometimes you really surprise me.
You see one of you, one of my students sent me a message and these
messages are the ones that hit home.
They touch my heart so much because remember I started doing this because I
wanted to help people around the world.
So when I get messages from you, all, I really cherish your messages and I've
gotten a substantial number of messages.
You caught that, right.
Substantial.
Right.
So I want to kind of reflect on some of the things you guys have said to me
specifically on this message right here.
So I wanna read it to you, this message and I'm reading it right.
From a student named YNY V YNY is one of my students, uh, in my academy.
Um, and again, YNY says, hi teacher.
I really appreciate the time that you dedicate to us.
I'm actually subscribed to your YouTube channel.
And I always click the like button on your videos.
Thank you.
YNY I appreciate it.
And now, Tiffani, thanks to all your guidance and everything
I've learned from you.
I have been able to start working at a bilingual call center, and
now I'm feeling so confident when I speak to native English speakers.
I wanna stop real quick.
Now, Yi is confident has gotten a better job simply from the lessons that I've been
delivering to you guys here on YouTube.
And in my academy, literally this warms my heart.
Because every day, I'm getting up during the week, thinking about you,
how can I help you achieve your goals?
My goal is to help you achieve your goals.
So when I get messages like this, they literally just make me smile and
make me wanna work harder for you all.
Again, she continues.
I'm no longer nervous around English speakers.
And even though they notice my accent, they tell me that
they understand what I say.
And they actually have no problem.
Speaking with me.
I'm so happy to see my improvement teacher, Tiffani.
I know that I'll still make mistakes, but I don't mind anymore.
Every single day I'm improving my English skills.
Thank you teacher.
I love you.
I love you too.
YNY and I'm so happy that your confidence went up.
I'm so happy that you got another job.
I'm so happy that other native English speakers are aware of your improvement.
Continue to study hard.
And for you not YNY for you.
I want you to experience the same thing that YNY did.
So keep studying hard, keep following these weekly lessons again.
If you wanna study more with me again, you can always join
us@dailyenglishlessons.com, but I want you to remember the
fact that I am here for you.
I want you to be confident.
I want you to achieve your English goals, and I believe that you can
and will I'll talk to you next time.