By Robby
If you are new here please read this first.
Here’s how to improve your spoken English when reading this article: read it out loud, then read out loud the collocations highlighted in red 10 times each to memorize them, then look away from the monitor and try and say 3 sample sentences for each of those collocations! For best results record your speech so that you can go back, spot any mistakes you might have made, and then do some more spoken English practice by correcting yourself!
If you can’t speak fluent English, you might assume that you haven’t got large enough vocabulary – and it’s a mistake I made all those years ago!
You see – in reality you can start speaking fluently WITHOUT learning hundreds upon hundreds of new English vocabulary words.
You CAN achieve fluency using the vocab you already possess, and that’s what I did!
So, are you intrigued?
Then start reading this article to find out how you can do it too! 😉
Traditionally English learners think that English speech is formed by taking separate words and sticking them together while in fact any language is build from word chunks and phrases. In either case we can quite logically conclude that the more individual words or word combinations you know, the better and more fluently you’ll speak.
So you may be focusing on memorizing large English vocabulary lists even before attempting going out there and starting socializing and communicating with English speaking folks.
To a certain degree, you’re absolutely right. You can’t expect to speak fluently without having acquired SOME English vocabulary, I mean – you wouldn’t be able to work as a shop assistant, for example, if you couldn’t understand your customers and respond to their questions, right?
There is a point, however, in English studies at which you can actually start speaking fluently even before you’ve learned advanced English vocabulary!
Here it would be fitting to establish what actually fluent English speech entails and how you can know if you speak fluently or not. It will also help you set your English improving targets and realize what aspects of English you really need to improve upon.
So here’s how I define real spoken English fluency:
- ability to communicate with ease in situations you find yourself on a regular basis!
And please pay attention to the fact that I didn’t specifically mention correct grammar or sufficient vocabulary, it’s all about the ease of communication, my friends!
Sure enough, you wouldn’t be able to communicate easily if your grammar totally sucked and your vocabulary would be really poor, but that’s exactly the point I’m trying to make here – easy communication includes the other factors in itself and implies that you can speak correctly on 95% of occasions and you also have enough English words to use when speaking.
So let’s proceed further while keeping in mind what we just defined! 😉
How Many English Words Are Enough
How many English words are there in your active vocabulary (active vocabulary – words you CAN USE when speaking as opposed to words you only RECOGNISE)? A thousand? Fifteen hundred? Five thousand? In fact this question is rhetoric because you can’t really tell how large your English vocabulary is.
Purpose of this question was just to prepare you for more numbers that will follow. And this is where it gets very interesting because the first 100 most commonly used English words will enable you to understand around 50% of spoken English! Bear in mind that the English word list under this link pertains to written English, however, the distribution ratio remains roughly the same among spoken English vocabulary, too.
Please read an article HERE about English word frequency lists and their practical application – very interesting!
Let’s go further – if you know 300 most commonly used English words, you’ll be able to understand 65% of spoken English. You see – only 300 words comprise nearly two thirds of English vocabulary! Do you start getting the point I’m trying to make here? Then let’s take it one more step further – the General Service list of English words consisting of about 2000 words will take you very close to conversational English fluency – 90 to 95%!
The concept you have to learn from all these figures is that spoken English fluency begins when you’re able to USE JUST ENOUGH English vocabulary to communicate easily ❗
❗ IMPORTANT ❗ I’m not advocating for settling for the mediocre and not improving English throughout your lifetime. I’m advocating for going for conversational fluency FIRST and then improving other aspects of English language!
How to achieve that?
OK, let’s start with learning the following concepts which are all just common sense:
- Your passive (recognition) vocabulary is much larger than your active (spoken) vocabulary;
- You can’t use all English words you recognize in your spoken English;
- Conversational English fluency means conveying a message effectively to the other party as well as understanding your chat partner;
- Any concept in English language can be described using other words.
So, here’s what we can conclude:
- You can do with a minimum amount of words to express yourself clearly speaking almost about any topic (we’re leaving aside specific areas of English like legal, highly technical, scientific etc.).
So how does this help you achieve spoken English fluency? OK, here comes the best part 😉
Most likely your vocabulary greatly exceeds the most commonly used 500, 1000 and even 2000 words because you’re very comfortable reading this website. (Not that this article contains all 2000+ English words in it – it’s all about the frequency rankings!) Of course, many words and phrases you come across wouldn’t be in your active (spoken) vocabulary, but you can always say something using other words (later on I’ll give you examples on this, too!)
So we can assume on pretty solid grounds that your active English vocabulary is already sufficient enough for fluent English communication. The only issue you might be having at the moment is that you can’t really use your vocabulary in a fluent manner.
It’s All About HOW You USE Your English Vocabulary!
Let’s imagine for the sake of clarity that your active English vocabulary contains X amount of words and you’re used to form your speech by sticking words together. Most likely you’re doing something similar to a direct translation from your native language in your head whereby you form an English sentence in your mind first and then pick out relevant English words. This way of speaking English is fairly inefficient because you limit yourself with your native tongue’s means of expressions AND your need to find corresponding words in English.
When you speak in this manner, your capability of speaking English is indeed limited because you constantly come across situations when you don’t know certain word’s meaning in English. Also your English fluency is impaired due to the simple fact that you form English sentences in your mind as if writing on a piece of paper – they don’t come out of your mouth automatically 😡
So despite the fact that you have sufficient active English vocabulary you just can’t use it in a natural way. And here’s how a natural speech is formed.
You just have to forget about translating from your native language if you want speak fluent English! You also have to speak out loud without preparing a whole sentence in your mind beforehand! To achieve this, you have to:
- Stop using your native language as reference in everyday situations when you speak English;
- Get used to paraphrasing using simpler words in case you’re struggling with explaining a certain thing or a concept;
- Learn important word groups such as idiomatic expressions, phrasal verbs, filler phrases and small talk phrases – they’re formed from the words that you ALREADY know!
And the last sentence about English word groups containing English vocabulary words that you already know is of particular importance, my friends!
Basically what it means is that you don’t have to acquire new English vocabulary, you just have to RESTRUCTURE your existing English vocab so that you can use it fluently and without much planning when you speak – which brings us to the next point…
Stop Preparing Speech In Your Head Before Speaking!
Most of folks who learned English the traditional way have been using their language to translate new vocabulary words, and to form all kinds of written or spoken material. While in academic English studies it doesn’t manifest itself as a limiting factor; in real life you can’t get far with thinking in your native language and trying to speak English.
And here’s a good exercise to help you start thinking in English ❗
You definitely have some sort of a routine task that you perform on a daily basis. It can be a work or home related. For example, I work in a knitwear manufacturing company’s dispatch and most of my time is spent entering customers’ orders and packing them. When I enter the products on the computer or use the picking list to pick them, I have two options – I can ‘pronounce’ those product codes and colors in either my language or English.
As you can imagine, I’ve switched over to thinking in English ages ago, and it’s definitely helped me with English fluency. And so should you if you want to start speaking fluent English. Whenever you perform a mundane task – use that time wisely to either comment on your actions in English OR think in English about something else if your particular activity doesn’t occupy your mind. If you work at a manufacturing line your mind constantly wanders – you can use that time to start thinking in English about things that are important to you!
It’s not easy at first, but you’ll be surprised how quickly you can substitute your native language for English ❗
When In Doubt – Put It In Different Words!
Just like I told you, chances are that you actually know all English words to express yourself in any day-to-day situation; it’s just that sometimes you come across a situation or concept that seemingly demands you to use more sophisticated means of expression.
In fact you can always get by using simpler words but for the most part foreign English speakers are under big stress to get something said. Eventually their mind just blocks up and they just can’t say a thing…
Foreigners also under impression that if they say something simple, they’ll sound ‘too’ simple and they’ll be perceived as poor English speakers. At the end of the day, when they try to sound smart and use passive vocabulary (the one that they’re not really comfortable with when speaking) – that’s when the real trouble begins!
Here’s an example. Let’s say you want to ask your team-leader at work if you can postpone a certain task because you’ve more urgent matters to attend at the moment. Your team-leader walks by and you stop him by asking: “Sorry Mike, I just wanted to ask you if I can…” and then you get stuck all of a sudden! You know the word ‘postpone’, but you might have forgotten it, or it’s just that you don’t use this word that often and it’s not really part of your active vocabulary.
Instead of frantically trying to remember the exact word ‘postpone’ you can simply say “Can I do the report later?” But quite often foreign English speakers are putting themselves under unnecessary stress when speaking so they end up struggling for words.
But as you can imagine, there’s ALWAYS a way of putting the same thing in different words ❗
Even if you find it hard to explain a fairly complicated abstract concept or a technical detail, I’m pretty sure you can use other words from your active vocabulary that will suffice for getting the message across clearly and efficiently.
By the way, there a simple version of English language called Basic English created by a linguist C.K. Ogden consisting of 850 basic words. C.K. Ogden proved by scientific analysis that one can communicate successfully enough using vocabulary of such a small size!
So if it’s possible to communicate efficiently using 850 English words, surely you can do the same operating with a whole lot more words and phrases?
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Here’s another example on how you can use simple English words to substitute verbs that you may have forgotten at the given moment, or if you’re simply struggling for the right word to say.
If you’re struggling to produce a sentence “I became extremely irritated because of my financial difficulties”, you’re most trying to build an ‘ideal’ sentence in your head first and then speak it out. Stop doing it, take a short pause and speak using simpler words – “I got very nervous because I have money problems”.
Let’s just have a quick look at the sentence. The verb ‘to get’ is among the simplest English verbs and can be used to describe nearly every action that involves change of shape and emotional state; you just need to attach the corresponding adjective to it. And if you were struggling with the word ‘irritated’, then ‘nervous’ is definitely something you can use because it’s an international word. And of course, even beginning English learners would know words ‘money’ and ‘problems’, so you definitely can use them with ease.
IMPORTANT ❗ Never be ashamed of using simple words and sentence structures! If you have a choice between broken English and simple yet fluent spoken English – I think any reasonable person would go with the latter!
And as I already said in the beginning of this article – I’m not saying you don’t have to improve your speech and add more active vocabulary words to it. Of course you can and you HAVE TO do it!
I’m just trying to hammer home a message that you can start speaking fluent English with limited vocabulary and you don’t have to wait on some mystical day in the far-off future when you’ll have acquired enough vocabulary to start speaking!
Learning Idiomatic Expressions, Filler Phrases and Small Talk Phrases
Watch videos of English small-talk phrases above!
You could be struggling with fluent speech because in real life (just try to analyze what happens when you speak your native language!) conversations are filled with plenty of filler phrases like ‘on the other hand’, ‘I’m not really sure, but I think…’, ‘as far as I know’ and similar. They ‘bind’ other bits of your talk together and will create the impression of real fluency.
By now you might have used ‘eeeerrr…’ and ‘hmmmm…’ to fill pauses between sentences and words, but if you learn at least a couple of dozen of typical small talk phrases, you’ll be able to speak more fluently. And of course – most of them are made up of words you ALREADY know – so there’s no additional vocabulary acquisition required!
Then there are phrasal verbs – and they’re absolutely brilliant when it comes to described even quite complicated concepts. Phrasal verbs are formed by taking a simple verb such as ‘put’, ‘bring’, ‘come’ and attaching a preposition to it – like ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘off’, ‘on’ and so on. While many of them are self-explanatory – for example, ‘put it down’, there’s a whole lot of them that have abstract meanings. For instance, ‘you let me down’ means that you didn’t keep promise and I got into trouble or lost out on something because of you.
You see – you can SAVE plenty of words just by saying ‘You let me down!’ And if you learn at least the most commonly used phrasal verbs (which are made up from words that you ALREADY know!) – you can give additional boost to your fluency!
Of course, you CAN and you will use any number of words necessary to make your point – that’s what fluency is about and that’s what I kept reiterating throughout this article. Using phrasal words, however, will enable you to start speaking and thinking like native English speakers do ❗
In the beginning you may use just a few phrasal verbs and explain other things using simple, basic English words. As you progress, you’ll add more and more phrasal words and ALSO new words to your active vocabulary thus enriching your means of expression.
Imagine yourself saying to your friend “I finally had enough time to finish the essay.” You can also use a phrasal verb ‘to get around to’ and the previous sentence becomes “I finally got around to that essay.”
So as you can see phrasal verbs make your spoken English friendlier, more natural and that’s where true fluency begins! And let’s not forget the fact that using phrasal verbs enables you to get into the ‘English’ way of thinking; you learn to express abstract concepts with a single phrasal verb instead of saying ten words. It’s a time-saver AND steps up your fluency at the same time! AND – phrasal verbs are made up from words you ALREADY know, so you don’t even have to learn new words – just abstract meanings!
Just compare these two ‘How can you put up with it?’ and ‘How can you tolerate it?
You see – chances are that the verb ‘to tolerate’ isn’t in your active vocabulary so you may be struggling with it. But you definitely know words ‘put’ and ‘up’ so you just need to know that ‘put up’ can be used to describe a situation when you’re no OK with something but you allow it to happen for some reason or another 😉
Robby
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The frequency number is how often the word appears out of 250,000 words. For example if you divide 250,000 by 9243, then we can see that the word «the» appears once in every 27 words. However, this number should only be used as a general guide. The numbers can change depending on the topic, demographic, and many other variables. Although the number cannot be accurate, it can be used to provide insight into the frequency of words in relation to other words.
The Type column refers to what type of word it is. In many cases, a word can be multiple types. The first one listed is more frequently used than the second. For example, the word «can» is used as an auxiliary verb such as, «I can ride a bike.» Also, it is a noun such as can of food. In this particular case, «can» is used commonly in both ways, but it is more frequently used as an auxiliary verb. In some cases, the third or fourth type might not be used regularly.
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Table of Contents
- 1) ‘if’
- Use ‘if’ to talk about cause and effect.
- We can also use ‘if’ to criticise someone or something.
- We can use ‘if’ to suggest solutions to problems.
- 2) ‘more’
- Using ‘more’ to extend your ideas.
- Using comparative adjectives to extend ideas
- IELTS Speaking Part 1 example question
- Example Question
- Example Answer
- 3) ‘to’ and 4) ‘the’
- 5) ‘which’
- Example Answer
- 6) ‘so’
- Example Answer
- 7) ‘when’
- Example Answer
- Watch our for 7 words to IELTS Band 7
There are 7 words that will really help you get a band 7 in IELTS Speaking, these words are not fancy-sounding words like ‘plethora’, ‘irrefutable’ or ‘phantasmagorical’– these are the 7 words and they are actually quite simple:
- ‘if’.
- ‘more’
- ‘to’
- ‘The’
- ‘Which’
- ‘So’
- ‘when’.
Now, to be honest it’s not really the words you need to think about. It’s the ideas, it’s expressing your ideas, through your experience, through your opinions. These words help you to express yourself and extend your ideas.
1) ‘if’
We can use ‘if’ very predictably to show cause and effect, and extend ideas.
Use ‘if’ to talk about cause and effect.
If I don’t get enough sleep, I feel terrible the next day.
If the sun is out, my house warms up quickly.
If people start recycling, it can make a big difference.
We can also use ‘if’ to criticise someone or something.
If people exercise more then maybe they’d be healthier.
If education systems were better, more people would understand this.
We can use ‘if’ to suggest solutions to problems.
If people want to solve these problems they will need to demand change from their leaders.
If people want change, they will have to make some sacrifices.
Or, if I studied with E2, I would pass my IELTS 😉
2) ‘more’
‘More’ is a very versatile word, and we use it a lot. It’s going to help you connecting and extending your ideas. It’s going to help you with your grammar, and it’s going to help you with your pronunciation as well.
Using ‘more’ to extend your ideas.
The more I study, the more my test results improve.
The more we invest in energy research, the sooner we can start solving global warming.
Using comparative adjectives to extend ideas
We can also use comparative adjectives to say ‘more’– through the ‘er’ sound on the end. like fitter, happier, healthier.
The faster children develop healthier eating habits, the less likely they’ll grow up to suffer from diet-related diseases.
IELTS Speaking Part 1 example question
Example Question
What’s more important in your job, the work you do, or the people you work with?
Example Answer
Ah, it’s definitely the people. The nicer and more helpful your colleagues are, the more fun you have at work.
Notice here how we’ve used the comparative adjectives nicer, more helpful and more fun.
We also should add stress to the words nicer and more fun, this is going to help with your IELTS pronunciation score.
Mark one of the expert-teachers at E2 says:
“as an ex IELTS examiner, I would have noticed that you’ve extended your ideas, you’re using more complex grammar, and you’re already using sentence stress quite effectively. So if you’re aiming for a seven or higher, you’re off to a pretty good start.”
3) ‘to’ and 4) ‘the’
These are two fantastic words to help you focus on connected speech, or linking, which is super important if you’re trying to get up to a seven or higher. In spoken speech, you’ll often hear ‘to’ and ‘the’ like this:
I went to the gym yesterday.
I would go to the library at school.
I took the train to the zoo.
Making small improvements to your ability to link words together is going to have a huge impact on your score, it’s going to allow you to speak faster or slower, and maintain intelligibility.
In this regard you can shorten ‘to’ and ‘the’ to sound like “t’th”
5) ‘which’
We can use ‘which’ to reflect upon something or we can use ‘which’ to show cause and effect
(Idea 1) which is important because…
(Idea 2) which is unfortunate because…
(Idea 3) which is strange because…
(Idea 4) which causes/ which may result in…
IELTS Speaking Part 1 example question
What is your favourite room in your house?
Example Answer
It’s definitely my bedroom. It’s got a big window that faces the east, which is wonderful, because in the morning, it fills my room with sunshine.
Notice which is a wonderful choice of word here because we are reflecting upon something and extending ideas.
6) ‘so’
So can be used at the end of a comparison of ideas or maybe a list of ideas so that you can show your final position or opinion on something.
Use ‘so’ to conclude your points. Point 1. Point 2. Point 3.
Very similar to ‘so’ is ‘in conclusion.’ However, you probably want to avoid using it in the speaking test. It’s more appropriate in writing.
IELTS Speaking Part 1 example question
Who is more responsible for addressing the dangers of global warming, individuals or governments?
Example Answer
It depends, if individuals make an effort, they can accomplish a lot through recycling and living more sustainable lifestyles. But if governments set clear regulations, they can very strongly influence businesses to find more sustainable practices, which is important because they can create more pollution than individuals. So it’s probably governments who bear most of the responsibility.
The example answer above is an excellent example of incorporating a few of the different techniques we’ve looked at. We’ve got ‘if’ for cause and effect and we’ve got ‘which is important’. And then you conclude the point very nicely.
7) ‘when’
Using ‘when’ is a great way to reflect on your own experiences and ideas. And it can be really helpful if you’re not totally sure what your idea is, it can help you think out loud before finally coming to your point.
Use ‘when’ to reflect.
When I studied at university.
When I was in Spain.
When I was a teenager.
IELTS Speaking Part 1 example question
What are some things people can do to improve their health?
Example Answer
Get exercise, these days, people just seem to be sitting a lot more, there seem to be a lot more things that force us to sit for longer and longer periods of time. I remember when I was younger, video games weren’t so popular. But now I constantly hear stories about young people playing video games a lot.
To improve the answer above we could use ‘so’ to really conclude the point.
Mark, our E2 Expert said:
“To be honest, it’s not really the words you need to think about. It’s the ideas, it’s expressing your ideas, through your experience, through your opinions. And that’ll give you the opportunity to use the more complex grammar.”
Let’s recap those seven words.
- ‘if’.
- ‘more’
- ‘to’
- ‘The’
- ‘Which’
- ‘So’
- ‘when’.
Use these 7 words to help structure your speaking. Remember, lead with your ideas, your experience and your positions. Let the language describe what you’re thinking.
Watch our for 7 words to IELTS Band 7
There are many daily used English words that we use in our daily life. Knowingly or unknowingly we use almost more than 4000 words daily. When you are learning a language, especially English, you need to know at least 2000-3000 words to read, write and speak properly.
You know? When you talk or start speaking you will speak nearly 100-200 daily used English words. With over 1.5 billion people regularly using it, English is undoubtedly the most commonly spoken language in the entire globe. Over 1 billion people in this population speak English as a second language, which is an amazing number.
There are so many daily used English words across the world. There are almost 2500-3000 daily used English words regularly.
A few of the daily used words are listed below
| a | baby | cabin | dad |
| abandon | back | cabinet | daily |
| ability | background | cable | damage |
| able | bad | cake | dance |
| abortion | badly | calculate | danger |
| about | bag | call | dangerous |
| above | bake | camera | dare |
| abroad | balance | camp | dark |
| absence | ball | campaign | darkness |
| absolute | ban | campus | data |
| each | fabric | gain | habit |
| eager | face | galaxy | habitat |
| ear | facility | gallery | hair |
| early | fact | game | half |
| earn | factor | gang | hall |
| earnings | factory | gap | hand |
| earth | faculty | garage | handful |
| ease | fade | garden | handle |
| easily | fail | garlic | hang |
| east | failure | gas | happen |
| eastern | fair | gate | happy |
| I | jacket | keep | lab |
| ice | jail | key | label |
| idea | Japanese | kick | labor |
| ideal | jet | kid | laboratory |
| identification | Jew | kill | lack |
| identify | Jewish | killer | lady |
| identity | job | killing | lake |
| ie | join | kind | land |
| if | joint | king | landscape |
| ignore | joke | kiss | language |
| ill | journal | kitchen | lap |
| machine | naked | object | pace |
| mad | name | objective | pack |
| magazine | narrative | obligation | package |
| narrow | observation | page | |
| main | nation | observe | pain |
| mainly | national | observer | painful |
| maintain | native | obtain | paint |
| maintenance | natural | obvious | painter |
| major | naturally | obviously | painting |
| majority | nature | occasion | pair |
| make | near | occasionally | pale |
| qualify | race | sacred | table |
| quality | racial | sad | tablespoon |
| quarter | radical | safe | tactic |
| quarterback | radio | safety | tail |
| question | rail | sake | take |
| quick | rain | salad | tale |
| quickly | raise | salary | talent |
| quiet | range | sale | talk |
| quietly | rank | sales | tall |
| quit | rapid | salt | tank |
| ugly | vacation | wage | yard |
| ultimate | valley | wait | yeah |
| ultimately | valuable | wake | year |
| unable | value | walk | yell |
| uncle | variable | wall | yellow |
| under | variation | wander | yes |
| undergo | variety | want | yesterday |
| understand | various | war | yet |
| understanding | vary | warm | yield |
| unfortunately | vast | warn | you |
We don’t realize that we speak these many words almost daily. There are still so many daily used English words.
There are only 26 alphabets in English but while using we use so many words, which are permutations and combinations of these alphabets.
Daily used words are those which are frequently read, spoken, and written. You may or may not know the importance of words, if one letter is replaced or wrongly placed the words can be misspelled.
Some of the daily used words with their meanings respectively
You might be able to improve your everyday language and comprehension by learning the definitions of some of the most daily used English words. Here are 50 daily used English words with definitions to assist you with everything from discussing current events to creating experience letters to just improving communication at work!
1. Absence :: The lack or Unavailability of something or someone.
2. Approval :: Having a positive opinion of someone or something.
3. Answer :: The response or receipt to a letter, phone call, or question.
4. Attention :: Noticing or Recognizing something of interest.
5. Amount :: A collection or a mass of something.
6. Borrow :: Take something with the purpose of returning it at some time
7. Baffle :: something mysterious or perplexing in nature.
8. Ban :: a behavior against the law or social pressure.
9. Banish :: Exit the situation, frequently done in a formal manner.
10. Banter :: A humorous and provocative conversation.
11. Characteristic :: describing traits that are common to the subject, location, or object.
12. Cars :: vehicles with four wheels used for transportation.
13. Care :: added accountability and focus.
14. Chip :: a little, narrow portion of something bigger.
15. Cease :: to finally cease to exist.
16. Dialogue :: a dialogue between two or more parties.
17. Decisive :: a quick thinker and decision-maker.
18. Delusion :: incorrect perception or assumption
19. Deplete :: constant decrease in the amount or number of something.
20. Derogatory :: a rude individual or remark.
21. Edible :: something that can be eaten.
22. Effervescent :: a joyful occasion that is marked by excitement.
23. Eloquent :: a person who can clearly and efficiently communicate.
24. Elusive :: a term frequently used in English to characterize criminals who are adept at eluding arrest
25. Embody :: in a physical form, represented.
26. Fabricate :: a story or circumstance that is made out of incorrect facts.
27. Feasible :: something that is doable.
28. Feat :: an action that calls for a lot of strength, ability, and bravery.
29. Feeble :: a weak and unpersuasive speaker or argument.
30. Fixation :: an intense interest in something or someone.
31. Generic :: a class or group without a distinctive name.
32. Gimmick :: a tool or tactic used to get people’s attention.
33. Graffiti :: public drawings or writings on a surface.
34. Grandiose :: a bold, impressive, and ambitious person, idea, or scenario.
35. Grievous :: a person or situation that deeply saddens you.
36. Hiatus :: An English noun that is frequently used to describe a void or halt in a sequence.
37. Hogwash :: false or pointless claims.
38. Hostile :: someone or something unpleasant.
39. Huddle :: to assemble in a tight mass or group.
40. Hindsight :: the capacity to understand an event after it has already occurred.
41. Idealistic :: a person who is motivated by moral principles and lofty ideals rather than by need.
42. Imminent :: something that is about to happen or is about to come up in time.
43. Impartial :: a person without bias or preconceptions.
44. Imperative :: a required or important step.
45. Impromptu :: describing an event that happens without prior planning.
46. Jeopardize :: the danger to someone or something.
47. Jovial :: a happy, jovial, and kind individual.
48. Jug :: a tool or container used to hold liquids.
49. Jostle :: pushing and squeezing your way through a crowd.
50. Jubilant :: a person or group that generates joy and good spirits.
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Final words
With so many unique terminologies used in regular communication, the English language is broad. Your ability to communicate in English will improve if you regularly update your vocabulary and learn how to apply it. With the right words and expressions, you’ll be able to express yourself and your opinions with much more clarity, making you quite the orator!
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FAQ’s
Q.1 How many daily used English words do we use as non-native English speakers?
Ans. As non-native English speakers, we use almost 50-60 daily used English words. As a native speaker, there are almost 2000-3000 daily used English words.
However, English has become the major language of communication throughout the world.
Q.2 How to learn English words?
Ans. You can learn English words by using the dictionary. Make a habit of learning at least one word daily. In this way, in one year you can learn at least 365 English words.
You can become more proficient in English by watching English movies, songs, books, etc. Join the best institutes which offer English language courses with the best training facilities.
Q.3 How to know the synonyms and antonyms of English words?
Ans. You can find many websites that are meant to provide synonyms and antonyms of English words. You can also use the handbooks which have synonyms and antonyms of English words.
Websites like Thesaurus, Merriam-webster, etc are some of the sites which are freely available on the internet.
Q.4 Do we have any free applications to learn English words?
Ans. Yes, there are some free applications to learn basic English words. You can download some of the applications and keep a track of learning English words daily.
Dictionary. com,fluentU, etc are some of the free applications to learn English words. They help you learn at least one word a day.
Q.5 Am I able to learn English on my own?
Ans. Although it might be difficult because you won’t be aware of which parts need work, you can complete this on your own. Utilize the above-mentioned tips to practice on your own, and when necessary, ask your friends to assist you. To learn English, you may also use several programs like Duolingo.
Потому что мы говорим не словами, а устойчивыми фразами, раз за разом используя привычные словосочетания. Именно построение фразы выдаёт иностранца, говорящего так, словно он читает газету. У носителя же языка готовые словесные обороты выскакивают сами собой.
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