in today's video I'm going to teach you some common English words that native speakers use every day but that most of my students don't actually know now if you want to expand your vocabulary and you want to understand native speakers then watch this video because the words we're going to learn today are really going to help you now the first word I want to talk about is commute commute commute can be a verb it could also be a noun a commute is going from home to school or from home to work we say that's your
commute it's your trip it's your journey from home to school or work you can also use it as a verb you commute I commute you commute he commute mutes to work now if you want to use it in a sentence you could say I commute to work every Monday that's a verb or he has a long commute to work that's a noun somebody who commutes is a commuter commuter very common word the next word on our list is also Al related to commuting and that's detour detour if you take a detour it means you don't
go in the direction or route that you originally planned but you go around maybe something is preventing you from reaching your goal so you have to go a different way maybe it takes longer for example on my way to work there was a construction site on the road so I had to take a detour and go another way we say taking a detour so you can commute to work by car by Train by bus but you can also commute on foot and if you're walking we say you are a pedestrian pedestrian a pedestrian is somebody
who walks so you might see a sign that says pedestrians only no cars only pedestrians you're only allowed to walk in this area obviously we can use the verb to walk but if you want to be a bit more specific we can say you are taking a stroll now taking a stroll is different from commuting commuting is going to work going to school you have a clear purpose you have a clear destination but taking a stroll means going for a walk that's normally relaxed or leisurely you're not going very fast you're enjoying the park you're
enjoying the scenery the nature you're taking a stroll you can say you're going for a stroll you're taking a stroll or you could actually use it as a verb to stroll for example strolled in the park now it sounds a bit more natural to say you're taking a stroll but you might also say you're strolling around which means again you're walking around with no real destination you're enjoying your slow leisurely walk your stroll the next word on our list is the verb to hum to hum very common word and if you're taking a stroll or
maybe you're in the shower and you hum it means you sing but you don't open your mouth you're humming humming very common word lots of students don't know this one another word that I see students not knowing is frown frown when we're happy we smile when we're sad we frown happy smile sad frown now frown can be a verb to frown I frown you frown he she it frowns or you can also use it as a noun for example it's better to have a smile on your face than it is to have a frown on
your face okay before we continue the video make sure to leave a like if you're finding it useful let me know in the comments if you've heard these words if you knew what they meant and of course if you can come up with your own example sentences too you can subscribe to English at thre here on YouTube so you don't miss any future videos and make sure to click the link in the video description below if you want to learn more about how I can help you improve your English now let's get back into the
lesson and look at the next word on our list which is actually another verb to gaze to gaze when you gaze at something it means you look at it you look at it with Focus you pay attention to it you gaze at it and normally it might be in the distance for example I gazed at the beautiful sunset or he gazed at the mountain in the distance to gaze very common word I use it quite often you'll hear it all the time but lots of my students don't know this one either now I want to
teach you two words and I want to teach you the difference between them blink and wink what's the difference between blink and wink a lot of students don't know this but when you blink you close both your eyes you're blinking it's what we do without even thinking it's automatic now when you wink you close one eye you're winking you're just Closing one eye so blinking is when you close two eyes and winking is when you close one eye now the next word I want to teach you is is lethargic lethargic after you've had a long
day at work at school wherever and you feel tired you feel lethargic it basically means that you don't have much energy for example I need a coffee in the morning because I feel lethargic when I wake up learic lethargic it's a a synonym of tired you could also say you feel drowsy drowsy is another synonym of tired often we use drowsy with medication for example some medication makes you drowsy it makes you sleepy you could also say fatigued fatigued means tired and exhausted exhausted means very tired if you've had a long day at work and
you've been working hard you could say you have been diligent diligent when somebody is diligent it means they work hard they do their work they're very hardworking they have a good work ethic we say they're diligent for example she is a diligent worker she completes everything on time she's diligent now when somebody is good at something we could also say they are proficient at it proficient proficient for example you can be proficient at a language like English after you've watched my videos I'm sure you will be proficient you could also be proficient at an instrument
like playing violin you could be proficient at skiing just means you're good at something you're proficient proficient if you really enjoy doing something you could say you are keen on it you are Keen when you are Keen to do something it means you are eager you really want to do it for example I am Keen to learn English or I am keen on on cooking it means I really like cooking I really like learning English I'm keen on it now I want to teach you one more word that lots of my students don't know but
that's common enough and that word is plausible plausible plausible is just a synonym of likely when something is plausible it means there is a good chance that it will happen it's plausible for example it's plausible that it will rain tomorrow it's likely that it will rain tomorrow we would say it's plausible I hope you found this lesson useful as I said before whenever I teach students in private classes in my club or in other situations I'm always a bit surprised at how many students don't know these words they are quite common we use them in
everyday situations when we speak English so I really recommend you study them you learn them you make sure you know them because you will probably encounter them when speaking with native speakers I hope you found this video useful if you did let me know in the comments and leave a like don't forget to subscribe to English at the ready here on YouTube so you don't miss any future lessons from me and of course if you want to learn more about how I can help you improve your English this year click the link in the description
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