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hello everyone
and welcome back to english with lucy
today
i am going to teach you 30 tough
but very important advanced
verbs that you can use to expand your
vocabulary
i'm going to teach you how to pronounce
them i'm going to teach you their
meaning
and i'm going to give you an example so
you can learn them in context
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right let's get started with the verbs
number one to accomplish
to accomplish this means to succeed
in doing or completing something an
example
i think that we've accomplished a lot
this morning number two to accumulate
to accumulate that one's nice to say q
accumulate this means to gradually get
more and more of something over time an
example
i seem to have accumulated lots of
expensive
hardly used university textbooks did
anyone else fall for that scam
where you go to university they say you
need loads of expensive books
and it turns out that your university
professor
wrote them all number three
is to beware to beware
note that this is only used in
infinitives
and in orders imperatives if you tell
somebody to beware you are
warning them that there is something or
somebody dangerous
and they need to be careful a common
sign that you see on gates in the uk and
many other english-speaking countries i
imagine is beware of the dog
be careful this dog is dangerous beware
of the dog and then you see a little
chihuahua
but be careful an example beware of the
roads tonight it's been snowing all day
number four is to brainstorm to
brainstorm we use this to talk about a
group of people
and it means to all think together about
the same thing
to solve a problem or come up with good
ideas
an example we need to get together and
brainstorm as many ideas as possible
number five is to characterize
to characterize you will also see this
spelt
with i said e at the end that's
absolutely fine
in british english we use both i-z-e
and i-s-e and in american english and
lots of other dialects
they like to focus on i-z-e which
actually
makes a lot of sense it's eyes isn't it
eyes
this means to be typical of a person
place or thing
for example the village is characterized
by honey-colored
stone houses number six is
devise devise and this is to invent
something new or a new way of doing
things
we often talk about devising a plan i
need to devise a plan
an example the it team have devised a
new email
organization system oh i can't think of
anything less interesting than that
number seven is to dispute to dispute
and this means to question whether
something is true
or whether it's legally acceptable or
official
an example we disputed the figures and
they corrected them
i disputed some figures the other day i
phoned up my supermarket and i told them
that they have priced ah this has made
me realize how sad i am
i told them that they have overpriced
their coffee by 75p
and they corrected it one for the team
number eight is to downsize to downsize
this means to reduce the number of
people working somewhere
to reduce costs we unfortunately had to
downsize
from 40 employees to 23. we also use to
downsize to talk about
moving to a smaller property it's
something people tend to do when they
get older when they want less space
young people seem to want more space i
want more space
infinite space but my parents one day i
imagine will downsize
they'll move to a smaller property
number nine is
to embrace to embrace
this means to accept an idea a proposal
or a set of beliefs especially when done
with enthusiasm
an example the ceo fully embraced the
equal pay proposal
yes go ceo number 10
is to endorse to endorse and this means
to publicly say that you support a
person
a statement or a course of action an
example
i fully endorse his research paper i
completely support it
number 11 is to fiddle to fiddle
this means to change the details or
figures of something in order to get
money
or to gain an advantage an example we
thought we were in profit
but it turns out that somebody had
fiddled the accounts
number 12 is to idolize to idolize
this is another one that can also end in
i z
e this means to love and admire somebody
very much possibly in some contexts
too much an example when i was younger i
idolized my science teacher
in that context it doesn't mean too much
i didn't like them too much i just
really like them number 13 is
to implement to implement this means to
make something that has been officially
decided
start or begin to be used for example
a new apprenticeship scheme has been
implemented
to encourage youth employment number 14
is to instigate to instigate and this
means to cause something
usually something bad to happen cause
something to happen
an example she was accused of
instigating violence at the protest
number 15 is to melt to melt
and this is to become or make something
liquid
as a result of heating an example eat
your ice cream before it melts
16 is to moan to moan
it's a good word because it expresses
what it means moan
it means to complain in a way that
people find annoying
an example i cannot stand listening to
him moan
any longer 17 is to negotiate
to negotiate this means to try to meet
an agreement
by formal discussion an example we are
attempting to negotiate a pay rise
18 is to outweigh to outweigh
this means to be greater or more
important than something
an example the advantages massively
outweigh
the disadvantages 19
is to overtake to overtake
this means to become greater in number
amount
or importance than something an example
we hope that renewable energy will
overtake
oil as the main energy source we also
use to overtake to talk about
cars it's when one car speeds up
and goes in front of the other that car
is overtaking the other car
number 20 is to perceive to perceive
this means to understand or to think of
somebody or something
in a particular way an example i don't
perceive her to be a very argumentative
person
number 21 is to plummet to plummet what
a great
word it means to fall quickly and
suddenly
from a high level or position an example
share prices plummeted after reddit's
campaign
number 22 is to praise to praise
and this is to say that you approve of
and admire
somebody or something an example his
boss
praised his enthusiasm but didn't offer
him the promotion
number 23 is to prosper
to prosper this means to develop in a
successful way
it's often used to talk about children
we hope they prosper
at this school they develop in a
successful way it also
means to be successful especially when
talking about money
she has been prospering since leaving
university
she's been very successful especially
financially
number 24 is to
to rectify this means to correct or to
put something right that is wrong
an example please take the right steps
to rectify the problem so much nicer
than just correct
please rectify it don't just correct it
number 25 is to redeem
to redeem this is to exchange something
such as vouchers or shares for money or
goods
an example you can't redeem this voucher
because it's expired
number 26 is to retain
to retain this is to keep something or
to continue to have something
she retained her title of employee of
the month
for the third month running number 27
is to sacrifice to sacrifice
this is the fact of giving up something
that is important to you
or valuable to you in order to get or do
something that seems more important
an example we sacrificed our social
lives to pay for our children's
education
number 28 is to season to season
this means to add salt pepper or spices
to food
in order to make it taste better season
the sauce
before stirring in the cream 29
is to sip to sip this is to drink
something
taking in a very small amount at a time
you sip
a drink an example you've been sipping
that cocktail for ages hurry up
and number 30 is to withdraw
to withdraw this is to stop
taking part in activity or being a
member of an organization
due to the recent negative press i have
decided to withdraw from the company
right you made it those were the 30
advanced vocabulary words
they were all at c1 level so you've done
really well if you've got this far
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i'm very proud of it e
no air i will see you soon for another
lesson
hello everyone have i done everything i
meant to ah
no i haven't
so you can follow wherever your creator
for example i think that we've achieved
a lot this morning i just didn't say it
did i said achieved right okay
legally course of action
an example oh my god i thought you
were the cat there
you can say hello though oh no it shows
how yellow i am
how great i am look fine look like i've
got a pointy ear yeah
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