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00:12Hello, this is Matty from POC English and in this lesson I want to talk about something very important.
00:19The reason why many students think that their English is not good is because they don't use good words or good adjectives.
00:28They often stick to the simple adjectives like good, bad, nice, happy, sad or simple words look, walk or like.
00:40One way to improve your level of written and spoken English is by learning some alternatives to simple words and simple adjectives.
00:49In this lesson, that's what we're going to do.
00:52First, let's start with simple adjectives and number one is nice.
00:58We can use the adjective nice for nearly everything.
01:01A nice camera, a nice microphone, a nice laptop, nice room, nice person.
01:06Look at this sentence.
01:07We had a nice evening.
01:10Here, nice means enjoyable.
01:13So, instead of nice, you can say we had an enjoyable evening.
01:17You can also use pleasurable.
01:20We had a pleasurable evening.
01:22So, we had a nice evening, we had an enjoyable evening or we had a pleasurable evening.
01:28We can use nice to describe people like saying the host was really nice.
01:35Now here, nice can mean polite and with good manners.
01:40So, instead of nice, we can use gracious and say the host was very gracious or you can also say courteous.
01:50The host was courteous.
01:53Gracious, courteous, meaning polite.
01:57And look at this sentence.
01:59I went on a date with a very nice guy.
02:03Now here, nice means likable, someone I liked.
02:08I went on a date with a very nice guy.
02:10Instead of nice, you can say likable with a likable guy or lovely with a lovely guy.
02:17A more formal and advanced way of saying nice in this case is to say congenial, congenial.
02:25It means friendly.
02:27So, I went on a date with a congenial guy or with a congenial person to make it formal.
02:32Or another adjective is cordial, cordial.
02:37Now, listen up.
02:38It's not cordial in American pronunciation.
02:42It's cordial, cordial.
02:45Cordial and congenial both mean friendly and nice.
02:50So, instead of nice, depending on the meaning of nice,
02:54you can say enjoyable, pleasurable, gracious or courteous, likable, lovely, congenial or cordial.
03:04Now, adjective number two, which is very much used in everyday conversation and even in written text is good.
03:12Again, we can use good for almost everything.
03:15A good person, a good camera, a good room, a good computer, a good video.
03:20You can say that restaurant is good.
03:23Now, instead of good, what else can we say?
03:26If you want to say it's very good, you can use excellent or amazing.
03:32An amazing restaurant or an excellent restaurant.
03:35If it's very, very good, you can say it's wonderful or marvelous.
03:42Wonderful, marvelous.
03:45And if it is very, very, very good, you can say it's exceptional, outstanding, splendid, stupendous.
03:55All these adjectives mean very, very good.
03:59So, you can say excellent, amazing, wonderful, marvelous or exceptional, outstanding, splendid or stupendous instead of good.
04:11And the opposite of good is bad.
04:14Again, bad can be used for almost everything.
04:17For example, that is a bad restaurant.
04:20Now, instead of bad, what else can you say?
04:24You can say awful.
04:26That is a bad restaurant.
04:28That is an awful restaurant.
04:30That's an awful situation.
04:32You can say terrible, which means very bad, a terrible restaurant.
04:36You can say unpleasant, which means it's not pleasant, it's not good, it's bad.
04:42It's an unpleasant restaurant.
04:44Or you can say lousy.
04:46In that restaurant, the food was lousy or service was lousy.
04:52So, in this case, lousy, awful, terrible or unpleasant mean bad.
04:58You can also use bad for people and say, for example, we have a bad neighbor.
05:05Instead of bad in this case, you can use the adjective disagreeable.
05:09We have a disagreeable neighbor, which means a bad neighbor.
05:14If the person is unkind or unfriendly, you can use the adjective mean.
05:20I have a very mean neighbor.
05:22Or, dude, stop being mean.
05:25If there is a person with bad intentions, a person who wants to do something bad,
05:31you can say they are wicked, wicked, which means they have very bad intentions.
05:38A wicked old lady.
05:42Adjective four is sad.
05:45I'm sad.
05:47Instead of sad, what else can we say?
05:49You can simply say I'm unhappy or I'm upset.
05:54If you are really sad, you can say I'm miserable or I'm depressed.
06:01If you are very, very sad, you can say I'm dejected.
06:05So, I'm unhappy, I'm upset, I'm dejected, I'm depressed, I'm miserable.
06:12Now, sometimes there are things which make you feel sad.
06:17For example, the news was sad.
06:21Here, you can say depressing.
06:23The news was depressing.
06:25You can also use two very interesting adjectives.
06:28You can say sorrowful.
06:30The news was sorrowful.
06:32Or, if it made you cry, you can say it was tearful.
06:37The news was tearful.
06:41And the opposite of sad is happy.
06:44I am so happy.
06:46Instead of happy, you can say cheerful.
06:49I'm very cheerful now.
06:51Or, the kids were cheerful.
06:53You can say delighted.
06:55Oh, what an amazing surprise.
06:58I'm delighted.
06:59It means I'm very, very happy.
07:01When you meet someone and you want to say I'm happy to meet you,
07:05you can also use the word glad.
07:07Glad to meet you.
07:08Or, you can also say pleased.
07:10Pleased to meet you, sir.
07:12Glad or pleased.
07:14If you're really happy, you can say you are joyful.
07:17Or, elated.
07:19Oh, I'm elated.
07:22Okay, we've learned some alternatives for five very simple adjectives.
07:27Now it is time for verbs.
07:29But before we get to the verbs,
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08:03And now with the verbs.
08:04And verb number one is like.
08:06It's something we use a lot.
08:08Even me, I use it a lot.
08:10And listen, it's not wrong to say like all the time.
08:14But I'm saying if you want to improve your English a little bit,
08:17you can learn some alternatives.
08:19We can use the verb like for people.
08:21For example, I like Tom Cruise.
08:24He's an amazing actor.
08:26Instead of like here, I can say admire.
08:29I admire Tom Cruise.
08:31Or, I adore Tom Cruise.
08:34I can also say respect.
08:37I respect Tom Cruise.
08:39And not just Tom Cruise, it can be used for your teacher.
08:42I adore my teacher.
08:44I admire my teacher.
08:46I respect my teacher.
08:48If you are attracted to someone,
08:51you can say I like her.
08:53Or, I like him.
08:54But instead of like in this case,
08:56you can also use the verb fancy.
08:58I fancy her.
09:00Or, I fancy him.
09:01It means I am attracted to him.
09:03Or, I am attracted to her.
09:05You can also use fancy in questions
09:07when you want to offer something.
09:09For example, do you like a drink?
09:12I can also say, do you fancy a drink?
09:15Sometimes like means that something is very valuable to you.
09:20For example, this is my thesis.
09:23I recently graduated from university
09:25and I worked so hard for it.
09:28This is of high value to me.
09:31I like my thesis.
09:33I can also use the verb treasure
09:35and say I treasure my thesis.
09:38Which means I think it's very valuable to me.
09:42I treasure it.
09:43I can also say cherish.
09:45I cherish my thesis.
09:47It means it's of high value to me.
09:50You can also use these two verbs for your loved ones.
09:54Like your mother, your father, or your family.
09:56I cherish my mother.
09:58Or, I treasure my family.
10:00Verb number two is walk.
10:02Now, you might say,
10:04why should I learn some alternatives to walk?
10:07Well, I walk.
10:09You walk.
10:10We all walk in the same way.
10:12But really, do we?
10:14You can say, I want to go for a walk in the neighborhood.
10:18But, if you want to go for a walk,
10:20but you don't have a specific destination,
10:23there is no fixed place you want to go to,
10:26you can use the word stroll.
10:30And instead of walk, you can say,
10:32I want to stroll around the neighborhood.
10:35Which means to walk aimlessly but just for pleasure.
10:39I want to stroll around.
10:40Let's have some fun.
10:41Let's see what's new in the neighborhood.
10:43You can also use the verb wonder,
10:45which means to walk aimlessly.
10:47For example, those guys are wandering around the town
10:51or they are wandering around the neighborhood.
10:53It means they're just walking aimlessly.
10:56Now, sometimes your leg is hurt
10:58and you can't walk properly.
11:00So, in this case, it's like you go,
11:05what am I doing?
11:06Am I walking?
11:07Yes, but a specific word for it is limp.
11:10I'm limping.
11:12Oh, my leg.
11:13I'm limping.
11:14In the middle of the night, I'm feeling hungry.
11:17And I want to go to the kitchen,
11:19open the fridge and have a little snack.
11:22But my parents are asleep
11:24and I don't want my mom to notice it.
11:26So, what do I do?
11:27I walk quietly on the tip of my toes.
11:32And the verb is to tiptoe.
11:35I tiptoed to the kitchen to have a snack.
11:40It means I walked quietly to the kitchen to have some snacks.
11:45Or sometimes you see someone on the street
11:48who had a lot to drink.
11:50And how are they walking?
11:51They're not walking in the proper way.
11:53They're just walking like this.
11:57Here you can say they are staggering.
12:00I saw a guy staggering on the street
12:04and he was about to fall.
12:06So, there are different ways of walking.
12:08Strolling, wandering, tiptoeing, limping or staggering.
12:14And the last verb is look.
12:16Now, you can say I looked at the painting.
12:20But if you looked at the painting for a long time,
12:24you can use the verb gaze.
12:27I gazed at the painting for hours.
12:30Or stare.
12:32The guy was staring at me.
12:34It means he was looking at me without taking his eyes off me.
12:39If you take a quick look at something,
12:41you can use the verb glance.
12:43For example,
12:45I just glanced at my watch.
12:49I took a quick look.
12:50Or let's see if I have any messages.
12:53No, I just glanced at my phone.
12:56Or sometimes you're playing a game
12:58and you say cover your eyes.
13:00And then you cover your eyes,
13:01but then you are peeking.
13:04To peek means to look at something,
13:07but secretly.
13:09And without wanting others to know that you are looking.
13:12So, I am peeking.
13:14And then you can say no peeking, no peeking.
13:16And then I close my hand.
13:17So, instead of look you can say gaze or stare.
13:22Glance or peek.
13:24And that's it guys.
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