From ‘How to Read a Page’ by I.A. Richards
This list of important words was drawn up by British rhetorician I.A. Richards, author of several books including «Basic English and Its Uses» (1943). However, these 100 words are not a part of the simplified version of the language that he and C.K. Ogden called Basic English.
Also, we’re not talking about the 100 most frequently used words in English (a list that contains far more prepositions than nouns).
And unlike the 100 words chosen by David Crystal to tell «The Story of English,» Richards’ words are primarily significant for their meanings, not their etymologies.
Richards introduced his list of words in the book «How to Read a Page: A Course in Effective Reading» (1942), and he called them «the most important words» for two reasons:
- They cover the ideas we can least avoid using, those which are concerned in all that we do as thinking beings.
- They are words we are forced to use in explaining other words because it is in terms of the ideas they cover that the meanings of other words must be given.
Here are those 100 important words:
- Amount
- Argument
- Art
- Be
- Beautiful
- Belief
- Cause
- Certain
- Chance
- Change
- Clear
- Common
- Comparison
- Condition
- Connection
- Copy
- Decision
- Degree
- Desire
- Development
- Different
- Do
- Education
- End
- Event
- Examples
- Existence
- Experience
- Fact
- Fear
- Feeling
- Fiction
- Force
- Form
- Free
- General
- Get
- Give
- Good
- Government
- Happy
- Have
- History
- Idea
- Important
- Interest
- Knowledge
- Law
- Let
- Level
- Living
- Love
- Make
- Material
- Measure
- Mind
- Motion
- Name
- Nation
- Natural
- Necessary
- Normal
- Number
- Observation
- Opposite
- Order
- Organization
- Part
- Place
- Pleasure
- Possible
- Power
- Probable
- Property
- Purpose
- Quality
- Question
- Reason
- Relation
- Representative
- Respect
- Responsible
- Right
- Same
- Say
- Science
- See
- Seem
- Sense
- Sign
- Simple
- Society
- Sort
- Special
- Substance
- Thing
- Thought
- True
- Use
- Way
- Wise
- Word
- Work
All these words carry multiple meanings, and they can say quite different things to different readers. For that reason, Richards’ list could just as well have been labeled «The 100 Most Ambiguous Words:»
The very usefulness which gives them their importance explains their ambiguity. They are the servants of too many interests to keep to single, clearly defined jobs. Technical words in the sciences are like adzes, planes, gimlets, or razors. A word like «experience,» or «feeling,» or «true» is like a pocketknife. In good hands it will do most things—not very well. In general we will find that the more important a word is, and the more central and necessary its meanings are in our pictures of ourselves and the world, the more ambiguous and possibly deceiving the word will be.
In an earlier book, «The Making of Meaning» (1923), Richards (and co-author C.K. Ogden) had explored the fundamental notion that meaning doesn’t reside in words themselves. Rather, meaning is rhetorical: It’s fashioned out of both a verbal context (the words surrounding the words) and the experiences of the individual reader. No surprise, then, that miscommunication is often the result when the «important words» come into play.
It’s this idea of miscommunicating through language that led Richards to conclude that all of us are developing our reading skills all the time: «Whenever we use words in forming some judgment or decision, we are, in what may be a painfully sharp sense, ‘learning to read'» («How to Read a Page.»)
There are actually 103 words on Richards’ top-100 list. The bonus words, he said, are meant «to incite the reader to the task of cutting out those he sees no point in and adding any he pleases, and to discourage the notion that there is anything sacrosanct about a hundred, or any other number.»
Your List
So with those thoughts in mind, it’s now time to create a list of what you think are the most important words.
Sources
- Crystal, David. «The Story of English.» St. Martin’s Press, 2012, New York.
- Richards, I.A. «Basic English and Its Uses.» W.W. Norton & Co., 1943, New York.
- Richards, I.A. «How to Read a Page: A Course in Effective Reading.» Beacon Press, 1942, Boston.
- Ogden, C.K. and Richards, I.A. «The Making of Meaning.» Harcourt, 1923, New York.
A research has found that there are 570 words which form the basis of academic English. These words and their variations are the most important English words which have to be understood for a proper comprehension of academic English.
The Academic Word List, a list of 570 headwords, was published by the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand in 2000. The words in the Academic Word List came from a research based on academic texts from 28 different subject areas. These are the highest-frequency words in any academic text. In other words, they are the most common words in academic English.
In general, if you are reading or listening to academic topics (like the reading passages in IELTS or PTE tests), 10 percent of the words will be from this list.
That means, unless you know the meaning of the words in the list, you would not be able to understand one out of every ten words in academic English.
Alternately, you should learn to use these around 500 most important English words in your own writing or speaking to boost your vocabulary score.
The words below a headword are derivatives of that word.
Words in italics are the most common words in any word family.
Sublist 1
The most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
analyse
analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analyzing, analysis, analyst, analysts, analytic, analytical, analytically, analyze, analyzed, analyzes, analyzing
approach
approachable, approached, approaches, approaching, unapproachable
area
areas
assess
assessable, assessed, assesses, assessing, assessment, assessments, reassess, reassessed, reassessing, reassessment
assume
assumed, assumes, assuming, assumption, assumptions
authority
authoritative, authorities
available
availability, unavailable
benefit
beneficial, beneficiary, beneficiaries, benefited, benefiting, benefits
concept
conception, concepts, conceptual, conceptualisation, conceptualise, conceptualised, conceptualises, conceptualising, conceptually
consist
consisted, consistency, consistent, consistently, consisting, consists, inconsistencies, inconsistency, inconsistent
constitute
constituencies, constituency, constituent, constituents, constituted, constitutes, constituting, constitution, constitutions, constitutional, constitutionally, constitutive, unconstitutional
context
contexts, contextual, contextualise, contextualised, contextualising, uncontextualised, contextualize, contextualized, contextualizing, uncontextualized
contract
contracted, contracting, contractor, contractors, contracts
create
created, creates, creating, creation, creations, creative, creatively, creativity, creator, creators, recreate, recreated, recreates, recreating
data
define
definable, defined, defines, defining, definition, definitions, redefine, redefined, redefines, redefining, undefined
derive
derivation, derivations, derivative, derivatives, derived, derives, deriving
distribute
distributed, distributing, distribution, distributional, distributions, distributive, distributor, distributors, redistribute, redistributed, redistributes, redistributing, redistribution
economy
economic, economical, economically, economics, economies, economist, economists, uneconomical
environment
environmental, environmentalist, environmentalists, environmentally, environments
establish
disestablish, disestablished, disestablishes, disestablishing, disestablishment, established, establishes, establishing, establishment, establishments
estimate
estimated, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, over-estimate, overestimate, overestimated, overestimates, overestimating, underestimate, underestimated, underestimates, underestimating
evident
evidenced, evidence, evidential, evidently
export
exported, exporter, exporters, exporting, exports
factor
factored, factoring, factors
finance
financed, finances, financial, financially, financier, financiers, financing
formula
formulae, formulas, formulate, formulated, formulating, formulation, formulations, reformulate, reformulated, reformulating, reformulation, reformulations
function
functional, functionally, functioned, functioning, functions
identify
identifiable, identification, identified, identifies, identifying, identities, identity, unidentifiable
income
incomes
indicate
indicated, indicates, indicating, indication, indications, indicative, indicator, indicators
individual
individualized, individuality, individualism, individualist, individualists, individualistic, individually, individuals
interpret
interpretation, interpretations, interpretative, interpreted, interpreting, interpretive, interprets, misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpretations, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterprets, reinterpret, reinterpreted, reinterprets, reinterpreting, reinterpretation, reinterpretations
involve
involved, involvement, involves, involving, uninvolved
issue
issued, issues, issuing
labour
labor, laboured, labours, laboured, labouring, labours
legal
illegal, illegality, illegally, legality, legally
legislate
legislated, legislates, legislating, legislation, legislative, legislator, legislators, legislature
major
majorities, majority
method
methodical, methodological, methodologies, methodology, methods
occur
occurred, occurrence, occurrences, occurring, occurs, reoccur, reoccurred, reoccurring, reoccurs
percent
percentage, percentages
period
periodic, periodical, periodically, periodicals, periods
policy
policies
principle
principled, principles, unprincipled
proceed
procedural, procedure, procedures, proceeded, proceeding, proceedings, proceeds
process
processed, processes, processing
require
required, requirement, requirements, requires, requiring
research
researched, researcher, researchers, researches, researching
respond
responded, respondent, respondents, responding, responds, response, responses, responsive, responsiveness, unresponsive
role
roles
section
sectioned, sectioning, sections
sector
sectors
significant
insignificant, insignificantly, significance, significantly, signified, signifies, signify, signifying
similar
dissimilar, similarities, similarity, similarly
source
sourced, sources, sourcing
specific
specifically, specification, specifications, specificity, specifics
structure
restructure, restructured, restructures, restructuring, structural, structurally, structured, structures, structuring, unstructured
theory
theoretical, theoretically, theories, theorist, theorists
vary
invariable, invariably, variability, variable, variables, variably, variance, variant, variants, variation, variations, varied, varies, varying
Sublist 2
The second-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
achieve
achievable, achieved, achievement, achievements, achieves, achieving
acquire
acquired, acquires, acquiring, acquisition, acquisitions
administration
administrates, administrate, administrations, administrative, administratively, administrator, administrators
affect
affected, affecting, affective, affectively, affects, unaffected
appropriate
appropriacy, appropriately, appropriateness, inappropriacy, inappropriate, inappropriately
aspect
aspects
assist
assistance, assistant, assistants, assisted, assisting, assists, unassisted
category
categories, categorisation, categorise, categorised, categorises, categorizing, categorization, categorized, categorizes, categorizing
chapter
chapters
commission
commissioned, commissioner, commissioners, commissioning, commissions
community
communities
complex
complexities, complexity
compute
computation, computational, computations, computable, computer, computed, computerised, computers, computing
conclude
concluded, concludes, concluding, conclusion, conclusions, conclusive, conclusively, inconclusive, inconclusively
conduct
conducted, conducting, conducts
consequent
consequence, consequences, consequently
construct
constructed, constructing, construction, constructions, constructive, constructs, reconstruct, reconstructed, reconstructing, reconstruction, reconstructs
consume
consumed, consumer, consumers, consumes, consuming, consumption
credit
credited, crediting, creditor, creditors, credits
culture
cultural, culturally, cultured, cultures, uncultured
design
designed, designer, designers, designing, designs
distinct
distinction, distinctions, distinctive, distinctively, distinctly, indistinct, indistinctly
element
elements
equate
equated, equates, equating, equation, equations
evaluate
evaluated, evaluates, evaluating, evaluation, evaluations, evaluative, re-evaluate, re-evaluated, re-evaluates, re-evaluating, re-evaluation
feature
featured, features, featuring
final
finalise, finalised, finalises, finalising, finalize, finalized, finalizes, finalizing, finality, finally, finals
focus
focused, focuses, focusing, focussed, focussing, refocus, refocused, refocuses, refocusing, refocussed, refocusses, refocussing
impact
impacted, impacting, impacts
injure
injured, injures, injuries, injuring, injury, uninjured
institute
instituted, institutes, instituting, institution, institutional, institutionalise, institutionalised, institutionalises, institutionalising, institutionalized, institutionalizes, institutionalizing, institutionally, institutions
invest
invested, investing, investment, investments, investor, investors, invests, reinvest, reinvested, reinvesting, reinvestment, reinvests
item
itemisation, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, items
journal
journals
maintain
maintained, maintaining, maintains, maintenance
normal
abnormal, abnormally, normalisation, normalise, normalised, normalises, normalising, normalization, normalize, normalized, normalizes, normalizing, normality, normally
obtain
obtainable, obtained, obtaining, obtains, unobtainable
participate
participant, participants, participated, participates, participating, participation, participatory
perceive
perceived, perceives, perceiving, perception, perceptions
positive
positively
potential
potentially
previous
previously
primary
primarily
purchase
purchased, purchaser, purchasers, purchases, purchasing
range
ranged, ranges, ranging
region
regional, regionally, regions
regulate
deregulated, deregulates, deregulating, deregulation, regulated, regulates, regulating, regulation, regulations, regulator, regulators, regulatory, unregulated
relevant
irrelevance, irrelevant, relevance
reside
resided, residence, resident, residential, residents, resides, residing
resource
resourced, resourceful, resources, resourcing, unresourceful, under-resourced
restrict
restricted, restricting, restriction, restrictions, restrictive, restrictively, restricts, unrestricted, unrestrictive
secure
insecure, insecurities, insecurity, secured, securely, secures, securing, securities, security
seek
seeking, seeks, sought
select
selected, selecting, selection, selections, selective, selectively, selector, selectors, selects
site
sites
strategy
strategic, strategies, strategically, strategist, strategists
survey
surveyed, surveying, surveys
text
texts, textual
tradition
non-traditional, traditional, traditionalist, traditionally, traditions
transfer
transferable, transference, transferred, transferring, transfers
Sublist 3
The third-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
alternative
alternatively, alternatives
circumstance
circumstances
comment
commentaries, commentary, commentator, commentators, commented, commenting, comments
compensate
compensated, compensates, compensating, compensation, compensations, compensatory
component
componentry, components
consent
consensus, consented, consenting, consents
considerable
considerably
constant
constancy, constantly, constants, inconstancy, inconstantly
constrain
constrained, constraining, constrains, constraint, constraints, unconstrained
contribute
contributed, contributes, contributing, contribution, contributions, contributor, contributors
convene
convention, convenes, convened, convening, conventional, conventionally, conventions, unconventional
coordinate
coordinated, coordinates, coordinating, coordination, coordinator, coordinators, co-ordinate, co-ordinated, co-ordinates, co-ordinating, co-ordination, co-ordinator, co-ordinators
core
cores, coring, cored
corporate
corporates, corporation, corporations
correspond
corresponded, correspondence, corresponding, correspondingly, corresponds
criteria
criterion
deduce
deduced, deduces, deducing, deduction, deductions
demonstrate
demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrated, demonstrates, demonstrating, demonstration, demonstrations, demonstrative, demonstratively, demonstrator, demonstrators
document
documentation, documented, documenting, documents
dominate
dominance, dominant, dominated, dominates, dominating, domination
emphasis
emphasise, emphasised, emphasising, emphasize, emphasized, emphasizes, emphasizing, emphatic, emphatically
ensure
ensured, ensures, ensuring
exclude
excluded, excludes, excluding, exclusion, exclusionary, exclusionist, exclusions, exclusive, exclusively
framework
frameworks
fund
funded, funder, funders, funding, funds
illustrate
illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrations, illustrative
immigrate
immigrant, immigrants, immigrated, immigrates, immigrating, immigration
imply
implied, implies, implying
initial
initially
instance
instances
interact
interacted, interacting, interaction, interactions, interactive, interactively, interacts
justify
justifiable, justifiably, justification, justifications, justified, justifies, justifying, unjustified
layer
layered, layering, layers
link
linkage, linkages, linked, linking, links
locate
located, locating, location, locations, relocate, relocated, relocates, relocating, relocation
maximise
max, maximised, maximises, maximising, maximisation, maximize, maximized, maximizes, maximizing, maximization, maximum
minor
minorities, minority, minors
negate
negative, negated, negates, negating, negatively, negatives
outcome
outcomes
partner
partners, partnership, partnerships
philosophy
philosopher, philosophers, philosophical, philosophically, philosophies, philosophise, philosophised, philosophises, philosophising, philosophize, philosophized, philosophizes, philosophizing
physical
physically
proportion
disproportion, disproportionate, disproportionately, proportional, proportionally, proportionate, proportionately, proportions
publish
published, publisher, publishers, publishes, publishing, unpublished
react
reacted, reacts, reacting, reaction, reactionaries, reactionary, reactions, reactive, reactivate, reactivation, reactor, reactors
register
deregister, deregistered, deregistering, deregisters, deregistration, registered, registering, registers, registration
rely
reliability, reliable, reliably, reliance, reliant, relied, relies, relying, unreliable
remove
removable, removal, removals, removed, removes, removing
scheme
schematic, schematically, schemed, schemes, scheming
sequence
sequenced, sequences, sequencing, sequential, sequentially
sex
sexes, sexism, sexual, sexuality, sexually
shift
shifted, shifting, shifts
specify
specifiable, specified, specifies, specifying, unspecified
sufficient
sufficiency, insufficient, insufficiently, sufficiently
task
tasks
technical
technically
technique
techniques
technology
technological, technologically
valid
invalidate, invalidity, validate, validated, validating, validation, validity, validly
volume
volumes, vol
Sublist 4
The fourth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
access
accessed, accesses, accessibility, accessible, accessing, inaccessible
adequate
adequacy, adequately, inadequacies, inadequacy, inadequate, inadequately
annual
annually
apparent
apparently
approximate
approximated, approximately, approximates, approximating, approximation, approximations
attitude
attitudes
attribute
attributable, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution
civil
code
coded, codes, coding
commit
commitment, commitments, commits, committed, committing
communicate
communicable, communicated, communicates, communicating, communication, communications, communicative, communicatively, uncommunicative
concentrate
concentrated, concentrates, concentrating, concentration
confer
conference, conferences, conferred, conferring, confers
contrast
contrasted, contrasting, contrastive, contrasts
cycle
cycled, cycles, cyclic, cyclical, cycling
debate
debatable, debated, debates, debating
despite
dimension
dimensional, dimensions, multidimensional
domestic
domestically, domesticate, domesticated, domesticating, domestics
emerge
emerged, emergence, emergent, emerges, emerging
error
erroneous, erroneously, errors
ethnic
ethnicity
goal
goals
grant
granted, granting, grants
hence
hypothesis
hypotheses, hypothesise, hypothesised, hypothesises, hypothesising, hypothesize, hypothesized, hypothesizes, hypothesizing, hypothetical, hypothetically
implement
implementation, implemented, implementing, implements
implicate
implicated, implicates, implicating, implication, implications
impose
imposed, imposes, imposing, imposition
integrate
integrated, integrates, integrating, integration
internal
internalise, internalised, internalises, internalising, internalize, internalized, internalizes, internalizing, internally
investigate
investigated, investigates, investigating, investigation, investigations, investigative, investigator, investigators
job
jobs
label
labeled, labeling, labelled, labelling, labels
mechanism
mechanisms
obvious
obviously
occupy
occupancy, occupant, occupants, occupation, occupational, occupations, occupied, occupier, occupiers, occupies, occupying
option
optional, options
output
outputs
overall
parallel
paralleled, parallelled, parallelling, parallels, unparalleled
parameter
parameters
phase
phased, phases, phasing
predict
predictability, predictable, predictably, predicted, predicting, prediction, predictions, predicts, unpredictability, unpredictable
principal
principally
prior
professional
professionally, professionals, professionalism
project
projected, projecting, projection, projections, projects
promote
promoted, promoter, promoters, promotes, promoting, promotion, promotions
regime
regimes
resolve
resolution, resolved, resolves, resolving, unresolved
retain
retained, retaining, retainer, retainers, retains, retention, retentive
series
statistic
statistician, statisticians, statistical, statistically, statistics
status
stress
stressed, stresses, stressful, stressing, unstressed
subsequent
subsequently
sum
summation, summed, summing, sums
summary
summaries, summarise, summarised, summarises, summarising, summarisation, summarisations, summarization, summarizations, summarize, summarized, summarizes, summarizing
undertake
undertaken, undertakes, undertaking, undertook
Sublist 5
The fifth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
academy
academia, academic, academically, academics, academies
adjust
adjusted, adjusting, adjustment, adjustments, adjusts, readjust, readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjustments, readjusts
alter
alterable, alteration, alterations, altered, altering, alternate, alternating, alters, unalterable, unaltered
amend
amended, amending, amendment, amendments, amends
aware
awareness, unaware
capacity
capacities, incapacitate, incapacitated
challenge
challenged, challenger, challengers, challenges, challenging
clause
clauses
compound
compounded, compounding, compounds
conflict
conflicted, conflicting, conflicts
consult
consultancy, consultant, consultants, consultation, consultations, consultative, consulted, consults, consulting
contact
contactable, contacted, contacting, contacts
decline
declined, declines, declining
discrete
discretely, discretion, discretionary, indiscrete, indiscretion
draft
drafted, drafting, drafts, redraft, redrafted, redrafting, redrafts
enable
enabled, enables, enabling
energy
energetic, energetically, energies
enforce
enforced, enforcement, enforces, enforcing
entity
entities
equivalent
equivalence
evolve
evolution, evolved, evolving, evolves, evolutionary, evolutionist, evolutionists
expand
expanded, expanding, expands, expansion, expansionism, expansive
expose
exposed, exposes, exposing, exposure, exposures
external
externalisation, externalise, externalised, externalises, externalising, externality, externalization, externalize, externalized, externalizes, externalizing, externally
facilitate
facilitated, facilitates, facilities, facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facilitators, facility
fundamental
fundamentally
generate
generated, generates, generating, generation, generations
image
imagery, images
liberal
liberalise, liberalism, liberalisation, liberalised, liberalises, liberalising, liberalization, liberalize, liberalized, liberalizes, liberalizing, liberate, liberated, liberates, liberation, liberations, liberating, liberator, liberators, liberally, liberals
licence
licences, license, licensed, licensing, licenses, unlicensed
logic
illogical, illogically, logical, logically, logician, logicians
margin
marginal, marginally, margins
medical
medically
mental
mentality, mentally
modify
modification, modifications, modified, modifies, modifying, unmodified
monitor
monitored, monitoring, monitors, unmonitored
network
networked, networking, networks
notion
notions
objective
objectively, objectivity
orient
orientate, orientated, orientates, orientation, orientating, oriented, orienting, orients, reorient, reorientation
perspective
perspectives, precise, imprecise, precisely, precision
prime
primacy
psychology
psychological, psychologically, psychologist, psychologists
pursue
pursued, pursues, pursuing, pursuit, pursuits
ratio
ratios
reject
rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejects, rejections
revenue
revenues
stable
instability, stabilisation, stabilise, stabilised, stabilises, stabilising, stabilization, stabilize, stabilized, stabilizes, stabilizing, stability, unstable
style
styled, styles, styling, stylish, stylise, stylised, stylises, stylising, stylize, stylized, stylizes, stylizing
substitute
substituted, substitutes, substituting, substitution
sustain
sustainable, sustainability, sustained, sustaining, sustains, sustenance, unsustainable
symbol
symbolic, symbolically, symbolise, symbolises, symbolised, symbolising, symbolism, symbolize, symbolized, symbolizes, symbolizing, symbols
target
targeted, targeting, targets
transit
transited, transiting, transition, transitional, transitions, transitory, transits
trend
trends
version
versions
welfare
whereas
Sublist 6
The sixth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
abstract
abstraction, abstractions, abstractly, abstracts
accurate
accuracy, accurately, inaccuracy, inaccuracies, inaccurate
acknowledge
acknowledged, acknowledges, acknowledging, acknowledgement, acknowledgements
aggregate
aggregated, aggregates, aggregating, aggregation
allocate
allocated, allocates, allocating, allocation, allocations
assign
assigned, assigning, assignment, assignments, assigns, reassign, reassigned, reassigning, reassigns, unassigned
attach
attached, attaches, attaching, attachment, attachments, unattached
author
authored, authoring, authors, authorship
bond
bonded, bonding, bonds
brief
brevity, briefed, briefing, briefly, briefs
capable
capabilities, capability, incapable
cite
citation, citations, cited, citing, cites
cooperate
cooperated, cooperates, cooperating, cooperation, cooperative, cooperatively, co-operate, co-operated, co-operates, co-operation, co-operative, co-operatively
discriminate
discriminated, discriminates, discriminating, discrimination
display
displayed, displaying, displays
diverse
diversely, diversification, diversified, diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversity
domain
domains
edit
edited, editing, edition, editions, editor, editorial, editorials, editors, edits
enhance
enhanced, enhancement, enhances, enhancing
estate
estates
exceed
exceeded, exceeding, exceeds
expert
expertise, expertly, experts
explicit
explicitly
federal
federation, federations
fee
fees
flexible
flexibility, inflexible, inflexibility
furthermore
gender
genders
ignorant
ignorance, ignore, ignored, ignores, ignoring
incentive
incentives
incidence
incident, incidentally, incidents
incorporate
incorporated, incorporates, incorporating, incorporation
index
indexed, indexes, indexing
inhibit
inhibited, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitions, inhibits
initiate
initiated, initiates, initiating, initiation, initiations, initiative, initiatives, initiator, initiators
input
inputs
instruct
instruction, instructed, instructing, instructions, instructive, instructor, instructors, instructs
intelligent
intelligence, intelligently, unintelligent
interval
intervals
lecture
lectured, lecturer, lecturers, lectures, lecturing
migrate
migrant, migrants, migrated, migrates, migrating, migration, migrations, migratory
minimum
ministry
ministered, ministering, ministerial, ministries
motive
motivate, motivated, motivates, motivating, motivation, motivations, motives, unmotivated
neutral
neutralization, neutralise, neutralised, neutralises, neutralising, neutrality, neutralization, neutralize, neutralized, neutralizes, neutralizing
nevertheless
overseas
precede
preceded, precedence, precedent, precedes, preceding, unprecedented
presume
presumably, presumed, presumes, presuming, presumption, presumptions, presumptuous
rational
irrational, rationalisation, rationalisations, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizations, rationalize, rationalized, rationalizes, rationally
recover
recoverable, recovered, recovering, recovers, recovery
reveal
revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelations
scope
subsidy
subsidiary, subsidies, subsidise, subsidised, subsidises, subsidising, subsidize, subsidized, subsidizes, subsidizing
tape
taped, tapes, taping
trace
traceable, traced, traces, tracing
transform
transformation, transformations, transformed, transforming, transforms
transport
transportation, transported, transporter, transporters, transporting, transports
underlie
underlay, underlies, underlying
utilise
utilisation, utilised, utilises, utilising, utiliser, utilisers, utility, utilities, utilization, utilize, utilized, utilizes, utilizing
Sublist 7
The seventh-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
adapt
adaptability, adaptable, adaptation, adaptations, adapted, adapting, adaptive, adapts
adult
adulthood, adults
advocate
advocacy, advocated, advocates, advocating
aid
aided, aiding, aids, unaided
channel
channelled, channelling, channels
chemical
chemically, chemicals
classic
classical, classics
comprehensive
comprehensively
comprise
comprised, comprises, comprising
confirm
confirmation, confirmed, confirming, confirms
contrary
contrarily
convert
conversion, conversions, converted, convertible, converting, converts
couple
coupled, coupling, couples
decade
decades
definite
definitely, definitive, indefinite, indefinitely
deny
deniable, denial, denials, denied, denies, denying, undeniable
differentiate
differentiated, differentiates, differentiating, differentiation
dispose
disposable, disposal, disposed, disposes, disposing
dynamic
dynamically, dynamics
eliminate
eliminated, eliminates, eliminating, elimination
empirical
empirically, empiricism
equip
equipment, equipped, equipping, equips
extract
extracted, extracting, extraction, extracts
file
filed, files, filing
finite
infinite, infinitely
foundation
foundations
globe
global, globally, globalisation, globalization
grade
graded, grades, grading
guarantee
guaranteed, guaranteeing, guarantees
hierarchy
hierarchical, hierarchies
identical
identically
ideology
ideological, ideologically, ideologies
infer
inference, inferences, inferred, inferring, infers
innovate
innovation, innovated, innovates, innovating, innovations, innovative, innovator, innovators
insert
inserted, inserting, insertion, inserts
intervene
intervened, intervenes, intervening, intervention, interventions
isolate
isolated, isolates, isolating, isolation, isolationism
media
mode
modes
paradigm
paradigms
phenomenon
phenomena, phenomenal
priority
priorities, prioritisation, prioritise, prioritised, prioritises, prioritising, prioritization, prioritize, prioritized, prioritizes, prioritizing
prohibit
prohibited, prohibiting, prohibition, prohibitions, prohibitive, prohibits
publication
publications
quote
quotation, quotations, quoted, quotes, quoting
release
released, releases, releasing
reverse
reversal, reversed, reverses, reversible, reversing, reversals, irreversible
simulate
simulated, simulates, simulating, simulation
sole
solely
somewhat
submit
submission, submissions, submits, submitted, submitting
successor
succession, successions, successive, successively, successors
survive
survival, survived, survives, surviving, survivor, survivors
thesis
theses
topic
topical, topics
transmit
transmission, transmissions, transmitted, transmitting, transmits
ultimate
ultimately
unique
uniquely, uniqueness
visible
visibility, visibly, invisible, invisibility
voluntary
voluntarily, volunteer, volunteering, volunteered, volunteers
Sublist 8
The eight-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
abandon
abandoned, abandoning, abandonment, abandons
accompany
accompanied, accompanies, accompaniment, accompanying, unaccompanied
accumulate
accumulated, accumulating, accumulation, accumulates
ambiguous
ambiguities, ambiguity, unambiguous, unambiguously
append
appendix, appended, appends, appending, appendices, appendixes
appreciate
appreciable, appreciably, appreciated, appreciates, appreciating, appreciation, unappreciated
arbitrary
arbitrariness, arbitrarily
automate
automatic, automated, automates, automating, automatically, automation
bias
biased, biases, biasing, unbiased
chart
charted, charting, charts, uncharted
clarify
clarification, clarified, clarifies, clarifying, clarity
commodity
commodities, complement, complementary, complemented, complementing, complements
conform
conformable, conformability, conformance, conformation, conformed, conforming, conformist, conformists, conformity, conforms, nonconformist, nonconformists, nonconformity, non-conformist, non-conformists, non-conformity
contemporary
contemporaries
contradict
contradicted, contradicting, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, contradicts
crucial
crucially
currency
currencies
denote
denotation, denotations, denoted, denotes, denoting
detect
detectable, detected, detecting, detection, detective, detectives, detector, detectors, detects
deviate
deviated, deviates, deviating, deviation, deviations
displace
displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing
drama
dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatise, dramatised, dramatising, dramatises, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatist, dramatists, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatize, dramatized, dramatizes, dramatizing
eventual
eventuality, eventually
exhibit
exhibited, exhibiting, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibits
exploit
exploitation, exploited, exploiting, exploits
fluctuate
fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation, fluctuations
guideline
guidelines
highlight
highlighted, highlighting, highlights
implicit
implicitly
induce
induced, induces, inducing, induction
inevitable
inevitability, inevitably
infrastructure
infrastructures
inspect
inspected, inspecting, inspection, inspections, inspector, inspectors, inspects
intense
intensely, intenseness, intensification, intensified, intensifies, intensify, intensifying, intension, intensity, intensive, intensively
manipulate
manipulated, manipulates, manipulating, manipulation, manipulations, manipulative
minimise
minimised, minimises, minimising, minimize, minimized, minimizes, minimizing
nuclear
offset
offsets, offsetting
paragraph
paragraphing, paragraphs
plus
pluses
practitioner
practitioners
predominant
predominance, predominantly, predominate, predominated, predominates, predominating
prospect
prospective, prospects
radical
radically, radicals
random
randomly, randomness
reinforce
reinforced, reinforcement, reinforcements, reinforces, reinforcing
restore
restoration, restored, restores, restoring
revise
revised, revises, revising, revision, revisions
schedule
reschedule, rescheduled, reschedules, rescheduling, scheduled, schedules, scheduling, unscheduled
tense
tension, tensely, tenser, tensest, tensions
terminate
terminal, terminals, terminated, terminates, terminating, termination, terminations
theme
themes, thematic, thematically
thereby
uniform
uniformity, uniformly
vehicle
vehicles
via
virtual
virtually
visual
visualise, visualised, visualised, visualising, visualisation, visualize, visualized, visualizing, visualization, visually
widespread
Sublist 9
The ninth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
accommodate
accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation
analogy
analogies, analogous
anticipate
anticipated, anticipates, anticipating, anticipation, unanticipated
assure
assurance, assurances, assured, assuredly, assures, assuring
attain
attainable, attained, attaining, attainment, attainments, attains, unattainable
behalf
bulk
bulky
cease
ceased, ceaseless, ceases, ceasing
coherent
coherence, coherently, incoherent, incoherently
coincide
coincided, coincides, coinciding, coincidence, coincidences, coincident, coincidental
commence
commenced, commences, commencement, commencing, recommences, recommenced, recommencing
compatible
compatibility, incompatibility, incompatible
concurrent
concurrently
confine
confined, confines, confining, unconfined
controversy
controversies, controversial, controversially, uncontroversial
converse
conversely
device
devices
devote
devoted, devotedly, devotes, devoting, devotion, devotions
diminish
diminished, diminishes, diminishing, diminution, undiminished
distort
distorted, distorting, distortion, distortions, distorts
duration
erode
eroded, erodes, eroding, erosion
ethic
ethical, ethically, ethics, unethical
format
formatted, formatting, formats
found
founded, founder, founders, founding, unfounded
inherent
inherently
insight
insightful, insights
integral
intermediate
manual
manually, manuals
mature
immature, immaturity, maturation, maturational, matured, matures, maturing, maturity
mediate
mediated, mediates, mediating, mediation
mediu
military
minimal
minimalisation, minimalise, minimalises, minimalised, minimalising, minimalist, minimalists, minimalistic, minimalization, minimalize, minimalized, minimalizes, minimalizing, minimally
mutual
mutually
norm
norms
overlap
overlapped, overlapping, overlaps
passive
passively, passivity
portion
portions
preliminary
preliminaries
protocol
protocols
qualitative
qualitatively
refine
refined, refinement, refinements, refines, refining
relax
relaxation, relaxed, relaxes, relaxing
restrain
restrained, restraining, restrains, restraint, restraints, unrestrained
revolution
revolutionary, revolutionaries, revolutionise, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionising, revolutionist, revolutionists, revolutionize, revolutionized, revolutionizes, revolutionizing, revolutions
rigid
rigidities, rigidity, rigidly
route
routed, routes, routing
scenario
scenarios
sphere
spheres, spherical, spherically
subordinate
subordinates, subordination
supplement
supplementary, supplemented, supplementing, supplements
suspend
suspended, suspending, suspends, suspension
team
teamed, teaming, teams
temporary
temporarily
trigger
triggered, triggering, triggers
unify
unification, unified, unifies, unifying
violate
violated, violates, violating, violation, violations
vision
visions
Sublist 10
The tenth-most frequently-appearing words in academic English.
adjacent
albeit
assemble
assembled, assembles, assemblies, assembling, assembly
collapse
collapsed, collapses, collapsible, collapsing
colleague
colleagues
compile
compilation, compilations, compiled, compiles, compiling
conceive
conceivable, conceivably, conceived, conceives, conceiving, inconceivable, inconceivably
convince
convinced, convinces, convincing, convincingly, unconvinced
depress
depressed, depresses, depressing, depression
encounter
encountered, encountering, encounters
enormous
enormity, enormously
forthcoming
incline
inclination, inclinations, inclined, inclines, inclining
integrity
intrinsic
intrinsically
invoke
invoked, invokes, invoking
levy
levies
likewise
nonetheless
notwithstanding
odd
odds
ongoing
panel
panelled, panelling, panels
persist
persisted, persistence, persistent, persistently, persisting, persists
pose
posed, poses, posing
reluctance
reluctant, reluctantly
so-called
straightforward
undergo
undergoes, undergoing, undergone, underwent
whereby
The most important word:
We
The two most important words:
Thank You
The three most important words:
All is forgiven
The four most important words:
What is your opinion
The Five most important words:
You did a good job
The six most important words:
I want to understand you better
The least important word:
I
(Source: Becoming a Leader of Influence)
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As time goes by, perhaps more and more of our people will realize what are, at least at this point in our history, the most important collection of words ever strung together in the English language. These words originated from a penned composition sometime during either 1923 or 1924:
What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people, the sustenance of our children and the purity of our blood, the freedom and independence of the fatherland, so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the creator of the universe. Every thought and every idea, every doctrine and all knowledge, must serve this purpose. And everything must be examined from this point of view and used or rejected according to its utility.”
– Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (Volume 1, Chapter
At the time Hitler dictated these 88 words to Rudolf Hess in Landsberg Prison, the reference to “the fatherland” meant Germany. In the context of our situation today however, this has generally been adopted to mean Europe and those nations established by Europeans, which are still white-majority, but are rapidly changing demographically as we speak.
The appreciation of these 88 words is no idle pursuit. If we as Europeans or people of European decent are to survive the alarming and growing demographic shift working against us, then these words must become virtually central to our lives.
If our fortunes are not eventually turned around, then the people who have contributed more to human civilization than every other race on the earth combined will be lost forever.
The 88 words did not appear out of a vacuum, but were a product of the times when Germany was facing tremendous existential challenges.
Not only was Germany facing a corrosive enemy in the form of organized Jewry and a Jew-inspired communist insurgency from within, but also from Bolshevism in the east, which was also largely born out of the influence of organized Jewry. Bolshevism was a political system unlike any that Europe had ever known, scouring the lands as it did for real or suspected ideological “class enemies” and exterminating them by the millions.
This is no doubt why Hitler at the time stressed the following words to Hess:
What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people . . . Every thought and every idea, every doctrine and all knowledge, must serve this purpose. And everything must be examined from this point of view and used or rejected according to its utility.”
And today, as in Hitler’s time, the European people again face enemies both internal and external. And yet again, as before, it is the same provocateurs with the same aim, using the same ideology.
In its own odd way, the two-pronged Jewish threat in Hitler’s time had relevance to the 88 words from Mein Kampf.
We can understand this by realizing the fact that during Hitler’s time, probably only a relatively small proportion of Jews actually partook in any direct, significant collaboration which represented a true threat to the integrity of Germany and Europe. In all probability, most European Jews most of the time were likely just trying to get on with their daily lives.
You simply don’t need a huge number of people to force momentous changes. You really just need enough people occupying the right places. But to actually put this all into place, however, you do need a supportive network – a big network. And this is where the Jews, particularly over the last 100 years, have held a distinct advantage over their European and Western hosts.
You see, the Jews more or less practise their own unwritten version of the 88 words. Perhaps not in the same militant, impassioned manner in which Hitler dictated the words to Hess, but they practice it nonetheless.
In fact, in order to endure, all ethnic groups practise their own unwritten version of the 88 words. Besides Jews, Muslims do as well, as do the Chinese, the Indian Hindus, the Sudanese and so on. They all do, both when they are in their own lands, and when they are invited to live in Western nations.
And Europeans throughout the West? Not much at all really.
Unlike all other ethnic groups on the planet, Europeans, particularly over the last 70 years, have been conditioned and expected to be individualistic, atomized, and inclusive towards others at the expense of their own interests in their very own lands.
This is not normal.
So if the 88 words do in fact represent some blueprint or hold some relevance for the survival of an ethnic group, what is the spirit and substance behind them? Can this passage from Mein Kampf be boiled down to a simple concept which encapsulates their essence?
I believe so. I believe that the 88 words can essentially be condensed right down to a single principle, expressed by a simple term: ingroup loyalty, otherwise known as ingroup bias, ingroup favouritism, ingroup–outgroup bias, or intergroup bias.
This, I believe, is essentially what Hitler was conveying in his passage of Mein Kampf.
Today of course, the social mindset of many whites throughout the West has become completely inverted and totally abnormal. Many are complicit in frowning upon and spurning their own ingroup loyalty and conceding it to outsider groups who are antithetical – and in some cases even openly hostile – to their own interests. This is an act no different to inviting more and more people into your own home and letting yourself and your children become further and further dispossessed.
What an utterly grotesque thing to do to your own kind.
This obviously begs the question of what can be done to attempt a reversal of this situation.
Although there has been several mechanisms at play in eroding our cohesion as an ingroup, the factor which would appear to be the most vulnerable to counterattack at this point is the instillation of the white guilt and shame complex within Western nations.
This guilt and shame complex has been instilled primarily by the weaponization of history against us via outright lies, distortions, omissions, selective magnification, and selective minimization of the events both from our history and that of others.
This at least affords us a chance, since this vicious propaganda campaign can only hold up for as long as the false historical narrative supporting it can hold up. And in today’s internet world, propagating lies in this manner often invites attack. All of these lies are now open right up in front of us just waiting to be savaged.
If we roll over the whole checklist of lies and utilize the internet effectively to achieve enough reach, we can certainly do some serious damage.
This of course won’t solve all of our problems, but if executed successfully, such a strategy will yank one of the pillars right out from under the rotten system we are up against.
In fact, such an undertaking is already underway, slowly gaining momentum. Sites such as Renegade Tribune and many other blog sites, pro-white or otherwise, feature articles countering the various false historical narratives. Numerous YouTube channels can be found doing much the same, again, both pro-white and non-pro-white.
This is all good news, but we need to turn up the intensity. We need to identify every piece of historical distortion being used to maintain the white guilt complex, engage in meaningful research, and start tearing apart all of these false narratives. Our cases need to be well-researched and watertight.
Absolutely critical to success in this area, however, is to achieve as great a reach as possible by any and all means: online, e-books, real books, DVDs, word of mouth, anything, everything.
Perhaps one day we might just start to hear the floodgates start to creak, groan and grate before that beautiful moment when all finally gives way and truth finally starts flooding in.
Regardless of such wishful thinking, whatever strategy we choose, whatever path we take, whatever we decide to do, along every step of the way, we must remember:
Every thought and every idea, every doctrine and all knowledge, must serve this purpose. And everything must be examined from this point of view and used or rejected according to its utility.”
References
Adolf Hitler. Mein Kampf. Mariner Books, 1998.
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The simplest and fastest way to improve your English is to learn new words.
But which words?
A good place to start is the Oxford 3000, a list of the 3000 most important words to learn in English. The words were carefully selected by language experts and experienced teachers. They are important and useful.
But why these words?
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary has 185,000 and every word is defined using these 3000. If you know these words, you can understand 185,000! They are a «core» for your English knowledge.
One of the most important things to prioritize when learning a new language is to build up your vocabulary.
You need to familiarize yourself with the
most common words in any language, which are used daily by native language speakers.
Here is a list of 100 words to learn in a foreign language. Memorizing these basic phrases will help you achieve your ultimate language goals.
Basic greetings
One of the first words that anyone needs to learn in any language is the
most common way to greet people and bid them farewell.
1. Hello
2. Goodbye
Polite phrases used every day
If you want to make friends in a foreign language, you should know that sometimes, how you say something is as important as saying something correctly.
Politely phrasing your requests is very important in almost all cultures in the world. The way to be polite is to make sure you use the different versions of these words correctly.
3. Please
Almost every culture in the world has a word which means “please”. It is the polite phrase to use when you want to ask for something or when you need to request for help.
Adding this phrase to any request will make people more apt to listen to you and accommodate your request.
It will make people think better of you, as they will remember you as the “polite foreigner” who was trying to learn their language.
4. Thank you
As important as it is to know how to politely ask for help, it’s just as important to know how to express gratitude for the help that you received.
Whether it’s a shopkeeper who sold you a t-shirt, a waiter who brought you a drink, or a person who took the time to tell you where the train station was – they all deserve your thanks. Learning how to thank them in their native language will surely make them smile.
5. You’re welcome
It is always a good idea to know how to politely respond to a “thank you”, so make sure the proper phrase for “you’re welcome” is on your polite language words list.
6. Sorry
While you don’t mean to give offense or hurt someone, you could do so inadvertently. It’s always a good idea to know how to make an acceptable apology.
7. Excuse me
You should know how to politely interrupt a conversation or to call someone’s attention. Many cultures have a phrase similar to “excuse me” that you can also inform people you are passing by.
8. Sir/Ma’am
In some countries, it is very important to show respect for other people, especially if they are older than you or are of higher status. These countries will often have several phrases by which you can respectfully address different people.
It’s a good idea to work with a native language speaking tutor who can explain to you the proper ways to respectfully address people. You don’t want to be the “rude foreigner”.
Basic answers to simple questions
Most countries and cultures have certain short phrases where you can say whether
you agree with a statement or not. In English, this is “yes” or “no.”
9. Yes
10. No
How to make introductions
Before you engage someone in a conversation, you need to introduce yourself to them.
11. I am _____
12. My name is_____
After you’ve introduced yourself, you can use one of the following two phrases to ask the person you are talking to about their name.
13. You are?
14. What is your name?
15. Nice to meet you
After exchanging names, it’s usually considered polite to acknowledge that you are happy to meet and make a new friend.
Basic conversation starters – and how to answer them
After the introductions have been made, you now want to start and keep a conversation going.
16. How are you?
You should ask the person you are talking to about their current state of being.
17. I need help
If you are traveling to a country where they speak a different language than you, you should know how to ask for help.
18. I am looking for _____
Know how to ask for directions. Learn how to say “I am looking for” in a foreign language to help you ask other people how you can get to a specific place.
19. What is that?
This is a phrase that you can use to ask about something you see that is unfamiliar. For example, if you see a cute stuffed toy of a character you don’t recognize or if you see a delicious looking sandwich, you can ask “what is that?”
20. Where are you from?
Knowing how to ask someone where they live in a foreign language is a great way to learn more about them and increase your knowledge about the country that you are in.
21. I am from
A conversation is an exchange of information. If you are curious about the person you are talking to, they are probably wondering about you as well. Volunteering information, such as where you are from, will keep the conversation flowing.
22. What is your profession?
This is another good conversation starter. Find out how you can ask what a person’s job is in the language you are trying to learn.
23. Did you watch ____
One of the most interesting ways to learn a language is to watch television shows and movies in that language. Talking about what you’ve watched is also a great conversation starter, so learn how to ask someone if they have watched the same show or movie that you have.
24. Do you listen to _____
If you are a music lover, listening to music in a foreign language might be more your jam. Asking a native speaker if they also listen to a band that you love is a good icebreaker.
25. Have you been to ______
Locals love to talk about the fun things you can do in their city or country. They can provide you with a lot of tips about what to do and how to get around. This is why it’s a good idea to learn how to ask them if they have visited a certain area.
26. What do you recommend?
You should know how to ask the opinion of locals about what you should do or try while you are in the area.
Questions to help you get around
When in a foreign country, it’s a good idea to know how you can ask for help getting around.
27. Where is______?
Similar to “I am looking for”, but this is specific to when you are looking for a place, like a hotel or a restaurant.
28. Where am I?
You should know how to ask about your current location in a foreign language.
29. How do I get to ______?
Learn the phrases or words to ask for directions to a specific place.
30. How far is/to
Learn how to ask about the distance from where you are to where you want to go.
31. Can you show me on a map?
If you are having a hard time understanding the verbal directions that they are trying to give you, this might be an easier way to get over the language barrier.
32. What time is it?
If you are going to catch a time-specific event, like a play or a departing train, it’s a good idea to be able to ask what time it is.
33. Do you know when the show starts?
If you are waiting for a specific event or show, you should know how to ask around about the starting time.
34. Do you know when the place opens?
If you go to a museum or store and find it’s closed, you should be able to ask the locals about the opening time.
Basic directions
Of course, if you learn how to ask for directions in a foreign language, you need to learn how to understand those directions.
35. Left
36. Right
37. Straight
38. Behind
39. Turn around
40. Near
41. Next to
Modes of transportation
Some of the most important places you will need to go
while traveling in a foreign country are these transportation hubs. You also need to know what certain modes of transportation are called.
42. Airport
43. Airplane
44. Train station
45. Train
46. Subway station
47. Subway
48. Taxi
49. Car
50. Motorcycle
51. Bike
52. Boat
Places to go
As we mentioned, “where is” is an important phrase or word to know in a foreign language. It’s also important, however, that you know what the name of the place you are looking for is.
If there is a specific name for the place, like McDonald’s or the Ritz, you can ask where those specific places are. But if all you want is someplace to eat or sleep and you don’t have a specific place in mind, you should know how to say the following.
53. Restaurant
54. Hotel
55. Department Store
56. Grocery
57. Drug store
58. Market
Phrases you will need when going shopping/making a booking/eating out
You will need to know the following phrases and words to enjoy yourself while out and about in a foreign country.
59. What is this?
You should be able to know the word or phrase to point out something that interests you.
60. Do you have _______?
If you have come to a store looking for a specific item, you should know the word or phrase that will allow you to ask for it.
61. Can I see?
This is similar to “what is that”, but the implication here is that you want the salesperson to bring the item closer to you, maybe let you handle it.
62. How much does it cost?
63. Do you have anything cheaper?
Know how to ask about the cost of things and maybe bargain for a better rate.
64. Where can I find
Depending on the country, sometimes what you thought you would find in say a grocery is actually sold elsewhere. Know how to ask a local about where you can find a specific item.
65. Can I order ____?
66. Can I have ____?
67. Can I see the menu?
68. Can I have the check?
If you are dining out at a restaurant, you should be able to say these four phrases in the local language.
69. What is the best?
70. Where is the best?
71. What is fun to do here?
72. When is the best time to go?
These phrases can be used to ask a local about the activities that are available to you in the area.
How to count things
You should know how to count in the local language. At the very least, it will help you keep track of your money and also help you understand time and address directions.
73. 1-10
74. 100
75. 1,000
Know about dates
You should know the following words and phrases which indicate dates as they will help you get around in a foreign country. At the very least, knowing these words will ensure that you don’t miss anything important like a flight or your check out time at your hotel.
76. What day is it?
78. What day is ______open?
79. What day does ______ happen?
80. Days of the week
In English, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and so on.
81. Names of the months
In English, January, February, March, and so on.
82. Seasons
You should learn how they call seasons because it will help you make travel plans. If they say it is “winter” you want to be prepared with cold-weather clothing or if they say it is “summer” you know now is the time ask about visiting the beach.
Important words or phrases for language learners
There’s no shame in admitting that you are just learning a language and admitting so will make it easier for people to know how to help you.
83. Do you speak_____?
84. I am learning to speak ______
85. Can you repeat that?
86. Can you speak slower?
87. I don’t understand
Words or phrases that will help keep you safe
These are words to learn in a foreign language that can help keep you safe on your travels.
88. Help
89. Emergency
90. Caution
91. Danger
92. Fire
93. Thief
94. Doctor
95. Police
96. Hospital
97. I am hurt
98. I feel sick
99. I am allergic
100. I am lost
So now that you know some of the most basic words and phrases that you need to learn in a foreign language, you should compile your own language words list.
Go over the basic phrases that you need to make yourself understood with
a native language speaking tutor. Your tutor will help you learn how to pronounce the words correctly and give you some tips as to how and when you should use certain phrases.
Remember, practice makes perfect, so try and use these words and phrases in conversations with your tutor or with friends who speak the language.