in today's English lesson I'm going to teach you seven English vocabulary words that you can start using today are you ready well then I'm teacher Tiffany let's jump right in our very first English vocabulary word is reciprocate yeah it's a big one again after me reciprocate excellent now this word literally just means to respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one once again to respond to a gesture or action by making a corresponding one something is done to you and you respond something is said to you and you respond check out these
example sentences because they'll help you understand this word after she invited him to her party he felt compelled to reciprocate by inviting her to his Gathering what happened the first action she invited him the next action he invited her reciprocate you got it excellent all right sentence number two the love and respect we give to our friends are often reciprocated in unexpected ways basically people will treat you the way you treat them next sentence number three I always attempt to reciprocate the kindness shown to me by my colleagues you got it excellent so number one
reciprocate great job remember you're learning seven new English vocabulary words quickly so that you can start using them today word number two amicable good again amicable woo good job excellent job now this word amicable what does it really mean it just means characterized by friendliness and absence of Discord now Discord is just tension or arguments or things going wrong so again amicable characterized by friendliness I hope you think I'm friendly friendliness and an absence of Discord check out these example sentences here we go sentence number one despite the breakup they maintained an amicable friendship I'm
leaving this in here here we go let's do it again despite the break W up they maintained an amicable relationship and stayed friends you got it I'll do it one more time for you despite the breakup they maintained an amicable relationship and stayed friends think about it you have a man and a woman that are together right maybe they're boyfriend and girlfriend maybe they're married but unfortunately they split they break up they are not together anymore however they're still friendly they're still kind to each other they maintained an amicable relationship you got it excellent all
right here we go sentence number two the amicable discussion between the two leaders facilitated a new trade agreement and finally sentence number three it's important to settle disputes in an amicable manner to preserve peace in the community you got it excellent so again word number two amicable great job all right word number three number three is condone excellent again condone great job now this literally just means to accept and allow behavior that is considered morally wrong or offens ensive to continue behavior that people don't actually like people don't think it should be accepted but you
allow it to continue in English we say condone for example when I was in university on the campus the campus that my University was on our campus you were not allowed to smoke drink or do other things right those things were not condoned or allowed some campuses do condone these things make sense excellent all right here we go sentence number one I cannot condone lying even if it's meant to protect someone's feelings sentence number two the school does not condone bullying in any form and finally sentence number three his behavior was in excusable and I
refuse to condone it by staying silent you got it excellent all right so again number three we have condone great job all right word number four word number four now before I break this word down I want to remind you that you can practice what you're learning in this lesson by going to my app English with Tiffany the link is in the description or you can you can simply go to your phone and download the app for free and start practicing what you're learning all right here we go word number four [Applause] estranged good again
estranged excellent now this word estranged just means of a person we're speaking about a person no longer close or affectionate to someone or alienated again when you're speaking about a person no longer close or affectionate or alienated you're separate this person person is no longer close to you're kind of pulling away from that person estranged check out these example sentences sentence number one after years of bitter arguments they became estranged from each other alienated separated sentence number two he spoke sadly of his estranged brother whom he hadn't seen in years and finally sentence number three
the letter was from her estranged husband who had left the country you got it excellent so again number four is estranged number five infallible good again infallible excellent now this term infallible it literally just means incapable not able not capable of making mistakes or being wrong not capable of making mistakes or being wrong this individual was always right and never wrong in English we say infallible check out these example sentences for this word sentence number one she regarded her grandfather as an infallible source of wisdom sentence number two even the most experienced professionals are not
in fallible they can make mistakes they can be wrong and sentence number three we must remember that human judgment is not infallible we must remember that human judgment is not infallible you got it excellent all right so word number five infallible let's move on now to word number six word word number six we have indispensable excellent again indispensable great job now this literally just means absolutely necessary essential once again absolutely necessary or essential think about it for me to actually teach you this lesson this camera that I'm speaking to this mic that I'm using this
computer that I'm using these things are indispensable they are necessary they are essential you got it excellent all right here's sentence number one trust is an indispensable component of a healthy relationship in other words trust is absolutely necessary in order for you to have a healthy relationship sentence number two her support was indispensable during my time of need you got it excellent all right and sentence number three this reference book is an indispensable resource for researchers excellent very good so again number six indispensable great job all right now let's move on to word number seven
word number seven is benevolent I love it I love it I enjoy saying this word again after me benevolent yes very good you got the V sound front teeth bottom lip and vibrate V excellent last time after me benevolent good job now this word just means well-meaning and kind well-meaning and kind check out the first example sentence his benevolent smile made everyone in the room feel at ease made everyone in the room feel comfortable sentence number two the charity is known for its benevolent work with the homeless and finally sentence number three a benevolent I'm
leaving this in here too again a benevolent benefactor anonymously donated a large sum to the hospital let's do it one more time a benevolent benefactor anonymously donated a large sum to the hospital you got it excellent all right you've learned seven new vocabulary words that you can start using today I hope you enjoyed the lesson and I will talk to you in the next [Music] one you still there you know what time it is is it's Story Time hey I said it's story time all right so I'm going to let you in on some uh
it's not really a secret but I am preparing for my first triathlon it's an entrylevel Triathlon meaning that I will swim for 300 M I'll ride my bike for 9 miles and I'll run a 3.5 mile run like 5K basically so I'm preparing for this Triathlon and part of the preparation involves me riding my bike almost every day right so I have a a bike that I can ride outside now road bike um but I had an indoor trainer during the winter so as I'm riding my bike these days I I I've started to reminisce
on the times when I was in college and right after college when I first started getting seriously into cycling right you know as a kid you ride with your friends but right around my senior year in college University I started getting more serious into cycling so I bought a bike and I invested money into it and I remember this is maybe a year after I graduated from University my friend called me one day one morning and he said hey Tiff you want to go riding today and I said yeah let's do it we rode a
lot on the weekends he said all right Tiff um but this time we're going to do a more serious ride up a mountain I said oh okay I was always down for a challenge he said now this mountain Tiff um coming down is going to be a little bit tricky so I got off and said okay yeah I'll meet you there no worries so we get to our location and it was Mount SEO in Huntsville Alabama and so we ride up the mountain and again you know when you're riding it requires a lot of um
leg work right your hamstrings your your um your thighs everything is burning right so we get to the top and you're like yes okay the hardest part of the workout is done and he looked at me and said Tiff here's the thing we're going to go down this mountain I said yeah smooth sailing he said the only thing is we are going to hit speeds that we've never hit before and I was like explain he said we're probably going to hit 40 m an hour on our bikes now 40 m an hour seems slow when
you're driving a car but when you're on a bike with wheels tires that are this thin I want you to think about it it's to road bike the tires are this thin and you're going 40 miles an hour passing cars there were moments when we were coming down the hill where we were passing cars that's how fast we were going he said Just remember avoid all the Rocks you know just stay focused so even though coming up the going up the mountain the hard part was our legs were burning going down the mountain was harder
because we had to mentally Focus even more we had to be aware of our surroundings even more we had to make sure we knew when to break when to release the brakes when to lean in when to lean out so I remember as I was going down the mountain was it exhilarating woo yes indeed it was but was it also a bit nerve-wracking yes indeed it was when you're passing cars going down this mountain on a bike with tires this small this thin you're thinking to yourself Lord please don't let there be any rocks Lord
please be with me as I'm maneuvering through these cars and going down this mountain and I got to the end of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain we both stopped and we looked at each other and said Woo we made it and we laughed this is the message I have for you you're on this journey right you're on this journey as you're learning English right and in the beginning it is extremely tough right you're working different muscles you're trying to memorize all these grammar rules memorize all of these words and expressions and then
you get to what feels like the peak where you're able to exp express yourself right intermediate level and you think ah okay it's smooth sailing now you're going downhill intermediate Advance because you can still you know how to ride you know how to speak right but you're learning new things and you actually have to focus more it's not requiring the same physical energy as it did when you were a beginner or a beginner intermediate but now it's requiring different skills you have to focus in a different way so for you my friend Upper Intermediate advance
level English learner I want you to remember that as you're on this journey there might be moments where you feel like things are happening fast or you feel like you don't know what's going on hang in there stay focused and realize you will get to your destination and I'll be there with you I'll talk to you next time
