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Gigachad Polyglot Language Simp Gets Serious About Languages

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depend

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US / dɪˈpend /

UK / dɪˈpend /

B1
  • verb
  • Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)

difficult

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US / 'dɪfɪkəlt /

UK / ˈdɪfɪˌkʌlt, -kəlt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it

mystery

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US / ˈmɪstri /

UK / ˈmɪstəri /

A2
  • noun
  • Quality of being strange and not understood
  • Book, play, or film about solving a strange crime
  • Something that is not known

struggle

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US / 'strʌɡl /

UK / ˈstrʌɡəl /

A2
  • noun
  • Strong efforts made to do something difficult
  • verb
  • To try very hard to do something difficult

arabic

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US / ˈærəbɪk /

UK / ˈærəbɪk /

A1
  • noun
  • A spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
  • The Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of dialects

stream

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US / stri:m /

UK / strim /

A2
  • noun
  • Classes split into ability levels
  • A small river
  • verb
  • To send a constant flow of data over the internet
  • To split classes or students into ability levels

start

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US / stɑ:t /

UK / stɑrt /

A1
  • noun
  • First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
  • First opportunity to achieve something, e.g. a job
  • Sudden action or movement because you are scared
  • other
  • Beginning of something in place or time
  • verb
  • To do, be or happen for the first time; begin
  • To turn something on

well

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US / wel /

UK / wɛl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being in a fortunate, good condition or state
  • Healthy and in good condition
  • adverb
  • In an acceptable, proper, or successful manner
  • In a complete, total, or full manner
  • A great and considerable degree
  • In a successful way, in a good or satisfactory way
  • exclamation
  • Used to begin or continue a particular statement
  • Used to show you want to start saying something
  • Used to express that you are waiting for a reply
  • You say this to change the topic of a conversation
  • Used to indicate you are making a final remark
  • noun
  • Long deep hole in the ground to get water
  • verb
  • To cause your eyes to fill with tears

just

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US / dʒʌst /

UK / dʒʌst /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper or appropriate; as is deserved
  • Doing or being what is right or fair
  • Legally correct; having enough evidence
  • adverb
  • Almost; nearly
  • Exactly at the time of
  • Exactly (the same as, like)

talk

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US / tɔ:k /

UK / tɔk /

A1
  • noun
  • Style of speaking
  • Discussion between two countries
  • Giving information in front of people; lecture
  • Saying things or ideas to someone with words
  • verb
  • To make a formal speech about something
  • To say things or ideas to someone with words

fact

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US / fækt /

UK / fækt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something that is known or proved to be true

hobby

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US / ˈhɒbi /

UK / ˈhɑ:bi /

A1
  • noun
  • Regular activity done in free time, for pleasure

polyglot

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US / 'pɒlɪɡlɒt /

UK / 'pɑ:lɪɡlɑ:t /

C2
  • noun
  • Person able to speak many languages

never

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US / 'nevə(r) /

UK / ˈnɛvɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Not ever; not at any time

personal

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US / ˈpɜ:sənl /

UK / ˈpɚsənəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Done by or to a particular person; individual
  • Concerning a person's private life or feelings

for

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US / fə(r) /

UK / fɔr,fə /

A1
  • preposition
  • Used to show the purpose, or need of something

time

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US / taɪm /

UK / taɪm /

A1
  • noun
  • Speed at which music is played; tempo
  • Point as shown on a clock, e.g. 3 p.m
  • Number of hours, minutes needed to do something
  • Occasion when something happens
  • Period or occasion that something occurred
  • Period in history or the past
  • Something measured in minutes, hours, days, etc.
  • How long an event takes; duration
  • verb
  • To check speed at which music is performed
  • To choose a specific moment to do something
  • To measure how long an event takes, e.g. a race
  • To schedule something to occur at a specific moment

why

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US / waɪ /

UK / hwaɪ, waɪ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Question word to ask for a reason
  • exclamation
  • (Used to express surprise or approval)

hour

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US / 'aʊə(r) /

UK / aʊr /

A1
  • noun
  • 60 minutes
  • Particular time of the day
  • Fixed, regularly occurring time

egyptian

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US / ɪ'dʒɪpʃn /

UK / ɪˈdʒɪpʃən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Egypt
  • noun
  • Person from Egypt

funny

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US / ˈfʌni /

UK / ˈfʌni /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Causing laughter; amusing
  • Being different, odd or strange

legal

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US / 'li:ɡl /

UK / ˈliɡəl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the law; allowed by law

level

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US / 'levl /

UK / ˈlɛvəl /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • (Sports) equal to another
  • Being steady and determined (e.g. a voice)
  • noun
  • Specific height of something
  • Amount of ability you have compared to others
  • Floor or deck within a building
  • Tool used to determine if something is lying flat
  • verb
  • To aim a gun at someone
  • To destroy a building; flatten an area completely
  • To make things flat or even
  • To make a score equal to another, in sports

recite

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US / rɪˈsaɪt /

UK / rɪˈsaɪt /

B2
  • verb
  • To speak aloud a passage from memory
  • To relate facts or information from memory

zed

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US / zed /

UK / zed /

A1
  • noun
  • The letter Z.

entertainer

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US / ˌentəˈteɪnə(r) /

UK / ˌentərˈteɪnər /

A2
  • noun
  • One paid to sing, tell jokes etc. to amuse people

this

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US / ðɪs /

UK / ðɪs /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Used to indicate something already been discussed
  • Used to indicate something happening around now
  • adverb
  • An indication by a physical motion or gesture
  • A specific amount of
  • determiner
  • Person, thing, or idea near you
  • pronoun
  • Person, thing that has already been discussed

tremendous

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US / trəˈmendəs /

UK / trɪˈmɛndəs /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Very good or very impressive

word

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US / wɜ:d /

UK / wɚd /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of language that has a meaning
  • Promise
  • Short remark or piece of information
  • verb
  • To express something by choosing particular words

into

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US / 'ɪntə /

UK / ˈɪntu /

A1
  • preposition
  • Moving or going inside something
  • In the same direction as; in the direction of
  • So as to become; taking the state of

love

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US / lʌv /

UK / lʌv /

A1
  • noun
  • Person's name
  • A very strong feeling of affection
  • The person you care very deeply about
  • Strong, deep emotional and sexual attraction
  • verb
  • To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
  • To like doing very much; enjoy greatly
  • To feel a strong emotional and romantic attraction

other

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US / 'ʌðə(r) /

UK / ˈʌðər /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • A thing different from that mentioned
  • determiner
  • (Something) else; not the first (one)
  • pronoun
  • Being the one and only thing of that category

presume

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US / prɪˈzju:m /

UK / prɪˈzu:m /

A2
  • verb
  • To assume that something is true till proven false
  • To do something without having the right to do it

stress

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US / stres /

UK / strɛs /

A2
  • noun
  • Emphasis on part of a word or sentence
  • Pressure on something or someone
  • A state of mental tension, worry due to problems
  • verb
  • To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
  • To put pressure on something or someone
  • To say your opinion strongly
  • To be in a state of mental tension due to problems

fine

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US / faɪn /

UK / faɪn /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Good, acceptable or satisfactory
  • Of high quality; made with great skill
  • In a careful or exact manner; into small pieces
  • Being of high quality
  • Good; okay; no problem
  • (Of weather) good; not raining
  • noun
  • Money you have to pay because you broke a rule
  • verb
  • To pay money because you broke a law

five

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US / faɪv /

UK / faɪv /

A1
  • number
  • 5

kind

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US / kaɪnd /

UK / kaɪnd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In a caring and helpful manner
  • friendly and considerate
  • noun
  • One type of thing

live

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US / lɪv /

UK / liv /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being broadcast as events happen, not recorded
  • Carrying electric current; able to give a shock
  • Glowing because burning; hot
  • Not yet killed (for food)
  • adverb
  • (Music, drama) as it is performed
  • verb
  • To be alive
  • To experience a particular type of life
  • To make your home in a house or town

year

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US / jə: /

UK / jɪr /

A1
  • noun
  • Unit of time equal to 12 months or 365 or 366 days
  • Used to refer to the age of a person

you

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US / jʊ /

UK / ju /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person someone is speaking or writing to
  • Person or people in general

woman

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US / ˈwʊmən /

UK / ˈwʊmən /

A1
  • noun
  • Adult female human being

bad

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US / bæd /

UK / bæd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not good; wrong
  • Lacking in good morals; evil
  • No longer fresh; spoiled

three

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US / θri: /

UK / θri /

A1
  • number
  • Number 3

although

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US / ɔ:lˈðəu /

UK / ɔlˈðo /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Despite the fact that; however

make

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US / meɪk /

UK / mek /

A1
  • noun
  • Product made by a particular company; brand
  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
  • To gain the status of (teacher, lawyer, etc.)
  • To create something by putting things together
  • To earn a certain amount of money at a job
  • To cause or force a person to do something
  • To cause something to happen or be formed

russian

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US / ˈrʌʃn /

UK / ˈrʌʃn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Russia
  • noun
  • Person from Russia

big

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US / bɪɡ /

UK / bɪɡ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Popular
  • Serious
  • Large

little

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US / 'lɪtl /

UK / ˈlɪtl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being short in length of time
  • Not great in size, amount, or degree; small
  • Being very young or younger than others
  • adverb
  • By an amount or degree that is not very much
  • Not often; rarely
  • noun
  • A person's name

might

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US / maɪt /

UK / maɪt /

A1
  • other
  • Used to politely request an action
  • Used to express that something could happen
  • Power, strength, force or influence

the

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US / ðə /

UK / ðə /

A1
  • article
  • Used to refer to something already mentioned
  • Used to show there is only one of something
  • determiner
  • Used to describe all of a family

claim

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US / kleɪm /

UK / klem /

A2
  • noun
  • Demand for something that is believed to be due
  • Something said to be true when others don't agree
  • verb
  • To demand something that is believed to be due
  • To cause someone's life to come to an end
  • To say something is true when others may not agree

guest

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US / ɡest /

UK / ɡɛst /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Referring to people visiting or staying at a place
  • noun
  • Person invited to visit or stay in someone's home
  • Paying customer at a hotel or restaurant

tell

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US / tel /

UK / tɛl /

A1
  • verb
  • To (strongly) advise a person to do something
  • To be able to guess
  • To say or communicate information to someone
  • To inform, but without speaking; indicate
  • To have a negative effect on someone
  • To order someone to do something; command
  • To recognize something based on certain signs
  • To report something to an authority
  • To explain something or teach someone something

humor

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US / 'hju:mə /

UK / ˈhjumɚ /

B1
  • noun
  • Quality that makes something funny
  • Mood that a person is in
  • other
  • To pretend to agree with so they don't get upset
  • verb
  • To pretend to agree with so they don't get upset
  • To agree with someone but don't really mean it

must

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US / məst /

UK / mʌst /

A1
  • noun
  • Something that is necessary or required
  • other
  • (Used to state that something ought to be true)
  • Used to say something is required or necessary

fun

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US / fʌn /

UK / fʌn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Amusing and enjoyable
  • noun
  • Enjoyable or amusing quality or feeling

least

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US / li:st /

UK / list /

A1
  • adverb
  • In the smallest or lowest way
  • noun
  • Something that is of the lowest or smallest degree

right

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US / raɪt /

UK / raɪt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Correct or true
  • The south side of you looking at the rising sun
  • adverb
  • Exactly in a place or time
  • Being appropriate for a particular event
  • In a straight or direct manner
  • noun
  • Something you are legally or morally allowed to do
  • Ideal of what is just and good
  • Political view based on conservatism
  • verb
  • To fix something previously wrong or unjust
  • To make upright, as a boat that has turned over

she

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US / ʃɪ /

UK / ʃi /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Female person or animal mentioned before
  • (Refers to female person mentioned before)

jealous

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US / ˈdʒeləs /

UK / ˈdʒɛləs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Wishing you were like someone or had their things

perfectionist

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US / pəˈfekʃənɪst /

UK / pərˈfekʃənɪst /

B1
  • noun
  • Person displeased by anything is not perfect

whenever

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US / wenˈevə(r) /

UK / hwɛnˈɛvɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • At any or every time that

case

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US / keɪs /

UK / kes /

A1
  • noun
  • Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
  • Set of facts about a crime
  • Set of facts about an event
  • Example or instance of something
  • verb
  • To find out about a place, as in planning to steal

enough

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US / ɪˈnʌf /

UK / ɪˈnʌf /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Sufficient to answer the need
  • adverb
  • To a satisfactory degree
  • pronoun
  • Equal to what is needed; as much as required
  • Adequate number or amount

mean

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US / mi:n /

UK / min /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being good at
  • Nasty; unkind
  • Not liking to spend money; cheap; stingy
  • noun
  • Average of a set of numbers
  • verb
  • To express a particular idea or thought
  • To intend to do something in particular
  • To have a particular meaning or value

type

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US / taɪp /

UK / taɪp /

A1
  • noun
  • Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
  • Group of things or people sharing common features
  • verb
  • To identify something belonging to a group
  • To write by touching keys on a keyboard

about

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US / ə'baʊt /

UK / əˈbaʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • To be ready to; going to
  • Nearly; approximately; roughly
  • Near; next to; close to
  • In every direction; in the area of
  • preposition
  • Concerning or of (a topic)

continually

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US / kən'tɪnjʊəlɪ /

UK / kənˈtɪnjʊəlɪ /

A2
  • adverb
  • Constantly; all the time

even

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US / 'i:vn /

UK / ˈivən /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in influence, power, possibility etc.
  • Being divided equally or fairly
  • (Of teams/contest) with similar chances of success
  • Smooth, level, or regular
  • Can be divided by 2; ending in 2, 4, 6, 8, or 0
  • At a regular, equally steady manner
  • Remaining steady and unchanging
  • adverb
  • (When this is surprising) as well; too
  • (Used to compare two things/stress the difference)
  • verb
  • To make something level; to flatten
  • To make something equal

eye

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US / aɪ /

UK / aɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • The part of the body that you see with
  • The skill to see the good and bad parts of a thing
  • Hole at the end of a needle
  • verb
  • To watch or study something closely

people

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US / 'pi:pl /

UK / ˈpipəl /

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  • noun
  • Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
  • Men, Women, Children

like

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US / laɪk /

UK / laɪk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in status or kind to something else
  • Similar; the same
  • adverb
  • For example
  • preposition
  • Used as a filler; used to ad emphasis
  • In a way similar to the way something is done
  • Such as; for example
  • verb
  • To want to
  • To find something pleasing; to prefer something

what

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US / wɒt /

UK / hwɑt, hwʌt, wɔt, wʌt,hwət, wət /

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  • pronoun
  • Thing or things that; the same kind as
  • Used to emphasize something you are about to say
  • adjecitve
  • Used to refer to a particular amount, or number
  • Used to place emphasis on a particular quality
  • adverb
  • To a certain degree
  • determiner
  • Question words used for asking for information
  • exclamation
  • Used to express excitement, shock, or surprise
  • Used to ask people to repeat something they said

that

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US / ðæt /

UK / ðæt, ðət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • The person or thing being talked about
  • Used to identify something both the speakers know
  • adverb
  • Used to reinforce adjectives and adverbs
  • To such a degree
  • conjunction
  • Used to connect a noun clause
  • Used to introduce an adverbial clause
  • Used to introduce a noun clause
  • determiner
  • Used as a noun to refer to something
  • pronoun
  • Referring an object far away
  • Used to refer to the relative pronoun ‘which’

birth

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US / bɜ:θ /

UK / bɜ:rθ /

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  • noun
  • Time when a baby or young animal is born
  • Beginning of something
  • Social position based on the family you come from

alphabet

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US / ˈælfəbet /

UK / ˈælfəˌbɛt, -bɪt /

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  • noun
  • Letters, symbols, characters of a written language

language

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US / ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ /

UK / ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ /

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  • noun
  • Words or signs used to communicate messages

yeah

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US / jeə /

UK / ˈjɛə, ˈjæə, jɛ- /

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  • exclamation
  • Another way of saying 'yes'

first

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US / fɜ:st /

UK / fɚst /

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  • adjecitve
  • 1st; Coming before all others in time or place
  • noun
  • Something that has not happened before
  • Position of the winner of a competition

embarrassed

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US / ɪmˈbærəst /

UK / ɪmˈbærəst /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Ashamed
  • verb
  • To cause someone to feel ashamed

hard

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US / hɑ:d /

UK / hɑː(r)d /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Difficult to do; difficult to understand
  • (Of facts) not able to be misunderstood; clear
  • (Of alcohol) strong
  • Involving or requiring lots of work, effort, care
  • Being full of pain, trouble, and problems
  • Strong
  • (Of edge) clear; sharp
  • Difficult to bend, break or cut; solid
  • adverb
  • With lots of force, power, or impact

get

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US / ɡet /

UK / ɡɛt /

A1
  • verb
  • To become affected by illness or disease
  • To begin to feel or understand an emotion or idea
  • To send or bring someone or something home, etc.
  • To go somewhere to obtain something
  • To (cause to) do a particular thing
  • To obtain, receive or be given something
  • To currently have
  • To prepare for use
  • To understand something being said or read

expect

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US / ɪk'spekt /

UK / ɪkˈspɛkt /

A1
  • verb
  • To believe something is probably going to happen

preach

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US / pri:tʃ /

UK / pritʃ /

B1
  • verb
  • To write or speak about so as to persuade people

want

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US / wɔnt /

UK / wɑnt, wɔnt /

A1
  • noun
  • Something you desire or wish for
  • State or condition of poverty
  • verb
  • To desire or wish for something; hope for a thing

video

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US / 'vɪdɪəʊ /

UK / ˈvɪdiˌo /

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  • adjecitve
  • Of a moving film, with sound
  • noun
  • Recording capturing action with sound
  • verb
  • To make a moving film of, with sound

maybe

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US / ˈmeɪbi /

UK / ˈmebi /

A1
  • adverb
  • Possibly but not certainly; perhaps

not

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US / nɒt /

UK / nɑt /

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  • adverb
  • Word indicating the negative
  • (Used to form the negative of verbs)

whole

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US / həul /

UK / hol /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Complete or full; all of
  • Being in a good condition
  • noun
  • Complete amount or sum; total

simpleton

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US / ˈsɪmpltən /

UK / ˈsɪmpəltən /

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  • noun
  • Person lacking intelligence or common sense

experience

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US / ɪk'spɪərɪəns /

UK / ɪkˈspɪriəns /

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  • noun
  • Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • An event at which you learned something
  • Knowledge gained by living life, doing new things
  • verb
  • To gain knowledge by doing things

lazy

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US / ˈleɪzi /

UK / ˈlezi /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Not liking to work or make an effort; idle

script

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US / skrɪpt /

UK / skrɪpt /

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  • noun
  • Written text of a book, play, film, or speech
  • Set of letters or characters of a written language
  • verb
  • To write a text for a movie, play or speech

luck

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US / lʌk /

UK / lʌk /

A1
  • noun
  • Accidental way things happen, often good things

study

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US / 'stʌdɪ /

UK / ˈstʌdi /

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  • noun
  • Room that a person studies or reads in
  • Piece of research
  • Topic or subject you research or learn about
  • verb
  • To focus on learning something usually at school

really

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US / ˈri:əli /

UK / ˈriəˌli, ˈrili /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to stress something that is said; definitely
  • In a true or accurate manner
  • Very

understand

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US / ˌʌndə'stænd /

UK / ˌʌndɚˈstænd /

A1
  • verb
  • To know the meaning of language, what someone says

would

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US / wʊd /

UK / wʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Used to indicate something imagined
  • Used to ask or request something politely
  • Verb used to indicate possibility, request etc.
  • Used to indicate a preference
  • Used to indicate a reaction
  • Indicates something that occurred repeatedly
  • Used to indicate willingness or ability to do

become

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US / bɪ'kʌm /

UK / bɪˈkʌm /

A1
  • verb
  • To begin to be; grow to be; develop into
  • To be suitable for a particular job or role

same

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US / seɪm /

UK / sem /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Being equal in quality and amount
  • Identical; not different
  • Not changing; constant

but

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US / bət /

UK / bʌt,bət /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used before you say something different, opposite

especially

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US / ɪˈspeʃəli /

UK / ɛˈspɛʃəli, ɪˈspɛʃ- /

A1
  • adverb
  • More than usual; extremely

english

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US / ˈɪŋglɪʃ /

UK / ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ /

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  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of England
  • noun
  • Language of the UK, USA, Nigeria and elsewhere
  • Person's name

give

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US / ɡɪv /

UK / ɡɪv /

A1
  • noun
  • Degree of flexibility in something, a material
  • verb
  • To hand over or present something to someone
  • To cause someone to have or experience something

good

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US / ɡʊd /

UK / ɡʊd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Proper, appropriate or right
  • (Of an amount) enough; plenty
  • Excellent; high quality
  • Acting well or properly; of moral character
  • In a positive or happy emotional state
  • noun
  • Advantage or benefit

can

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US / kæn /

UK / kən,kæn /

A1
  • noun
  • A metal container for storing food
  • other
  • Able to; have the skill to; have the time to
  • verb
  • To have permission to
  • To be possible to do
  • To preserve food by sealing it in a metal container

sense

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US / sens /

UK / sɛns /

A1
  • noun
  • Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • Normal or clear state of mind
  • Meaning of a particular word, phrase or text
  • verb
  • To perceive using sight, sound, taste touch etc.
  • To recognize the presence of something

always

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US / 'ɔ:lweɪz /

UK / ˈɔlwez,-wɪz,-wiz /

A1
  • adverb
  • For a very long time
  • At all times; in every situation
  • For ever

after

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US / 'ɑ:ftə(r) /

UK / ˈæftɚ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Later than another time, or behind something
  • conjunction
  • Following something before
  • preposition
  • When an event happened or time has passed

will

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US / wɪl /

UK / wɪl /

A1
  • noun
  • Desire or choice of someone
  • Document saying who gets your money when you die
  • Strong desire to do something; determination
  • Desire to do something; strong wish to do
  • other
  • Used with verbs to express the future
  • verb
  • To leave property to someone after your death
  • To use mental effort to make something happen
  • Am (is, are) likely to do
  • To influence someone to do something
  • To make something happen by strongly wanting it

try

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US / traɪ /

UK / traɪ /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of putting the ball over the rugby goal line
  • verb
  • To make an effort, to attempt to do something
  • To examine someone or something in a court of law
  • To test to see if it is good or you like it
  • To make a person go through hardship; test
  • To examine something to see if it works

desperate

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US / ˈdespərət /

UK / ˈdɛspərɪt /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Being beyond hope; prepared to do anything
  • State of urgently wanting to go to the toilet

perfectly

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US / ˈpɜ:fɪktli /

UK / ˈpəfɪktli /

A2
  • adverb
  • In a faultless manner; without mistakes

someone

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US / ˈsʌmwʌn /

UK / ˈsʌmˌwʌn, -wən /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Person who is not known or named

visit

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US / ˈvɪzɪt /

UK / ˈvɪzɪt /

A1
  • noun
  • Trip to a place for a time, usually for a reason
  • verb
  • To go to a place for a time, usually for a reason

straight

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US / streɪt /

UK / stret /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Not having curves, bends, or angles
  • Not gay; heterosexual
  • honest and direct
  • adverb
  • in a line; immediately; honestly and directly

true

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US / tru: /

UK / tru: /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Agreeing with the facts; not false; real or actual

day

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US / deɪ /

UK / de /

A1
  • noun
  • A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
  • The period of time when it is light outside
  • Person's name

point

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US / pɔɪnt /

UK / pɔɪnt /

A1
  • noun
  • An item to be discussed
  • Small spot or dot
  • Fact or detail
  • Feature of something
  • The size of the text on a page or screen
  • A certain time or stage in a process
  • Certain position in time or space
  • Idea or fact you try to convince people about
  • Measurement of scores in a game, sport
  • Sharp end of something, e.g. a pen or pin
  • verb
  • To face a certain direction, e.g. north
  • To indicate something with your finger to others

sure

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US / ʃʊə(r) /

UK / ʃʊr /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Having no doubts about something
  • Have confidence in your own words or actions
  • Firmly established or held; being firm or stable
  • Being correct or true
  • adverb
  • What you say to agree willingly

actually

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US / ˈæktʃuəli /

UK / ˈæktʃuəli /

A1
  • adverb
  • Used to add new (often different) information

speak

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US / spi:k /

UK / spik /

A1
  • verb
  • To be able to use a certain language
  • To use words to tell information, express thoughts

rough

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US / rʌf /

UK / rʌf /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Causing or involving violence, force, and harm
  • (Of situations) tough; difficult to get through
  • Being imprecise, inexact, and not detailed
  • Not gentle or not soft
  • Having an uneven or not smooth surface
  • Raw and natural
  • (Of sea weather etc.) not calm with strong winds
  • Involving or causing sudden, forceful movements
  • adverb
  • In a manner that is difficult, or violent
  • noun
  • Violent, loud, and unpleasant person
  • Incomplete drawing or draft done lacking detail
  • verb
  • To make something less smooth

use

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US / ju:s /

UK / ju:s /

A1
  • noun
  • Ability to employ something
  • Need to enable it to work
  • Permission to do something with something
  • Act of spending money
  • Operation of a machine for its function
  • verb
  • To have; to eat, drink, consume etc.
  • To need to operate or work
  • To operate a machine, e.g. a computer
  • To treat a person badly
  • To do something with, for a task or purpose

respond

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US / rɪ'spɒnd /

UK / rɪˈspɑnd /

A2
  • verb
  • To answer something or someone
  • To have a good reaction to e.g. medical treatment

worried

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US / ˈwʌrid /

UK / ˈwɜ:rid /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Feeling troubled or concerned
  • verb
  • To cause concern or trouble over something
  • To feel concerned or troubled about something

side

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US / saɪd /

UK / saɪd /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • In addition to the central or most important thing
  • Next to, or very close to, the right or left of
  • noun
  • Position or opinion that is opposite to another
  • Right or left part of a person's body
  • Feature of someone's personality
  • Straight edge of an object
  • One of two or more groups fighting each other
  • verb
  • To decide to agree with one point, not the other

reason

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US / 'ri:zn /

UK / ˈrizən /

A1
  • noun
  • Ability to think about facts and form a judgment
  • Explanation for why something occurred or was done
  • verb
  • To think and make conclusions in a logical manner

too

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US / tu: /

UK / tu /

A1
  • adverb
  • In addition, also; with emphasis
  • Say that something is more than you want

call

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US / kɔ:l /

UK / kɔl /

A1
  • noun
  • A order or request for action
  • The sound an animal makes, often when in danger
  • A correct prediction, e.g. a decision in a game
  • A short visit to a place or person
  • A decision by a referee or umpire in a game
  • verb
  • To make a request or order for action
  • (Animal) to make sounds to warn of danger
  • To announce the date of an election
  • To make a judgment about something
  • To give someone or something a name
  • To guess in advance the result or outcome
  • To visit a place or person for a short time
  • To phone someone
  • To speak, announce or shout in a loud voice

leave

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US / li:v /

UK / liv /

A1
  • noun
  • Permission to do something
  • Vacation time; time off work
  • verb
  • To go away from; depart
  • To gift property to someone after you die
  • To allow something to continue happening
  • To let something remain unused or available
  • To let something or someone remain somewhere

another

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US / əˈnʌðə(r) /

UK / əˈnʌðɚ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One more, but not this
  • determiner
  • One more added
  • pronoun
  • One more (thing)

secret

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US / 'si:krət /

UK / 'si:krət /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • That you don't want others to know; private
  • noun
  • Information you do not want others to know

and

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US / ənd /

UK / ənd, ən,ænd /

A1
  • conjunction
  • Used to refer to two or more things
  • Plus; in addition; on top of that
  • Used to introduce an action that follows another

back

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US / bæk /

UK / bæk /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Farthest from the front e.g. in a classroom
  • adverb
  • Have returned to a place you were before
  • noun
  • The part of a chair that the upper body leans upon
  • Location at the rear of something
  • The reverse of side something
  • Area on the rear of your body
  • verb
  • To bet money on something
  • To go backwards in a car
  • To support and encourage someone or some cause

lot

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US / lɒt /

UK / lɑt /

A1
  • noun
  • What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
  • A group of people seen together
  • Item for sale at an auction
  • Small area of land used for a purpose e.g. parking

pain

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US / peɪn /

UK / pen /

A1
  • noun
  • Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
  • Something or someone that bothers or upsets you
  • verb
  • To cause someone to feel upset or worry

steve

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US / ˈstɜ:nəm /

UK / ˈstɜ:rnəm /

A1

keep

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US / ki:p /

UK / kip /

A1
  • noun
  • Large, strong tower in the middle of a castle
  • Money spent on you so you can live in a place
  • verb
  • To continue doing something; not to stop
  • To stop balls going in a goal in sports
  • To not give back or return something
  • (Of food) to not spoil or not rot
  • To take possession of something to own, e.g. a pet
  • To have and continue to hold something
  • To do something that you have promised or agreed
  • To stay in a certain place or condition
  • To maintain the rules

name

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US / neɪm /

UK / nem /

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  • noun
  • What something or someone is called
  • verb
  • To state what someone is called, e.g. John

something

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US / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

UK / ˈsʌmθɪŋ /

A1
  • adverb
  • In some degree or measure
  • noun
  • a person or thing of some value or consequence
  • pronoun
  • Thing that is not yet known or named
  • Approximately

from

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US / frəm /

UK / frʌm, frɑm,frəm /

A1
  • preposition
  • Starting at a particular place, time or level

out

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US / aʊt /

UK / aʊt /

A1
  • adverb
  • No longer stylish (e.g. fashion)
  • Away from home, business, or the usual place
  • In a direction/movement away from inside or center
  • noun
  • Act when a batter cannot continue playing
  • verb
  • To tell people a secret

share

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US / ʃeə(r) /

UK / ʃɛr /

A2
  • noun
  • Part-ownership in a property, business or company
  • Part of a company you own, shown by a certificate
  • verb
  • To divide something between two or more people
  • To allow others to use your things equally
  • To give information, etc. to someone

front

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US / frʌnt /

UK / frʌnt /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Opposite of back; the forward part of an object
  • noun
  • Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • Area where fighting in a war is happening
  • Place where air of different temperatures meets
  • verb
  • To have the forward part facing something
  • To lead a group of people, usually a band

put

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US / pʊt /

UK / pʊt /

A1
  • phrasal verb
  • to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch
  • verb
  • To move or place a thing in a particular position
  • To rate something in importance or value
  • To write or say something in a certain manner

any

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US / 'enɪ /

UK / ˈɛni /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • One, or some, no matter which
  • pronoun
  • One (thing) of many; some

channel

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US / 'tʃænl /

UK / ˈtʃænəl /

B1
  • noun
  • Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
  • TV or radio station or its programs
  • Method or way of sending or receiving information
  • Narrow passage through which water travels
  • Method or route used for sending or getting things
  • verb
  • To dig a long hole for carrying water
  • To send (e.g. money) to a certain place or person
  • To direct water or liquid through a passage
  • To direct energy or feelings into something

think

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US / θɪŋk /

UK / θɪŋk /

A1
  • verb
  • To have an idea about something without certainty
  • To have an idea, opinion or belief about something

affair

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US / ə'feə(r) /

UK / əˈfɛr /

A2
  • noun
  • Secret sexual relationship between two people
  • Event or a set of events, often unpleasant ones

see

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US / si: /

UK / si /

A1
  • verb
  • To go on a date with someone
  • To predict whether something is, or will be true
  • To understand what someone says
  • To use your eyes to look at something
  • To visit a place often for sightseeing or pleasure
  • To visit or meet with someone
  • To find out by waiting or looking
  • To watch (a game, movie or TV show)

levantine

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US / ˈlevənˌtaɪn /

UK / ˈlevənˌtaɪn /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Native or inhabitant of the Levant

information

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US / ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn /

UK / ˌɪnfɚˈmeʃən /

A1
  • noun
  • Collection of facts and details about something

have

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US / həv /

UK / hæv /

A1
  • verb
  • To drink, smoke, eat or use something
  • To experience the effects of something
  • To organize an event, or join in an activity
  • To own, possess, or hold something
  • To cause to happen or produce a particular effect

busy

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US / 'bɪzɪ /

UK / ˈbɪzi /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Working hard doing something; full of activity
  • verb
  • To actively be occupied with doing something

canada

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US / 'kænədə /

UK / ˈkænədə /

A1
  • proper noun
  • A country in northern North America, the second largest country in the world; population 35,900,000

could

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US / kəd /

UK / kʊd /

A1
  • other
  • Past form of 'can' to mean have ability
  • Used to ask for something politely, or to offer

enjoy

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US / ɪnˈdʒɔɪ /

UK / ɛnˈdʒɔɪ /

A1
  • verb
  • To take pleasure in something

know

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US / nəʊ /

UK / noʊ /

A1
  • verb
  • To be familiar with a person or place, thing
  • To feel sure or be convinced about something
  • To discover or be aware of something
  • To be able to distinguish
  • To have knowledge of things

annoy

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US / əˈnɔɪ /

UK / əˈnɔɪ /

A1
  • verb
  • To make someone angry

fluent

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US / ˈflu:ənt /

UK / 'fluːənt /

B1
  • adjecitve
  • Doing something well and with ease
  • Able to speak or write a language fully and easily

exposure

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US / ɪk'spəʊʒə(r) /

UK / ɪkˈspoʒɚ /

A2
  • noun
  • Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
  • Being talked about in the media
  • Act of making something that is secret known
  • Experience of something directly

his

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US / hɪz /

UK / hɪz /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Something belonging to a male person

with

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US / wɪð /

UK / wɪð, wɪθ /

A1
  • preposition
  • As an employee of a certain company
  • Against something or someone
  • By using something as a means
  • Due to; because of
  • Including
  • Possessing as a feature
  • Related to
  • (Of the manner/attitude by which you do something)
  • Used to express that people or things are together

burner

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US / ˈbɜ:nə(r) /

UK / ˈbɜ:rnə(r) /

A2
  • noun
  • Device for burning things such as gas

curious

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US / ˈkjʊəriəs /

UK / ˈkjʊriəs /

A2
  • adjecitve
  • Wanting to know more about something
  • Attracting interest by being strange or unusual

bear

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US / bɛː /

UK / bɛr /

A2
  • noun
  • Large brown animal with fur that lives in forests
  • Someone who expects stock market to fall
  • verb
  • To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • To give birth to a child; to produce fruit
  • To accept or suffer the weight of difficulties
  • To keep moving left or right while going forward
  • To show (sign of something)
  • To support the weight of something, e.g. a bridge

turkish

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US / ˈtɜ:kɪʃ /

UK / ˈtə:kɪʃ /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning the culture and people of Turkey

crux

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US / krʌks /

UK / krʌks, krʊks /

C1
  • noun
  • Main point of an issue

interview

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US / 'ɪntəvju: /

UK / ˈɪntɚˌvju /

A2
  • noun
  • Meeting to ask questions to get information
  • verb
  • To formally ask questions about a given topic

girlfriend

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US / 'ɡɜ:lfrend /

UK / ˈɡə:lˌfrɛnd /

A1
  • noun
  • Romantic female friend of a man or boy

motivator

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US / 'məʊtɪveɪtə(r) /

UK / 'moʊtɪveɪtə(r) /

B1
  • noun
  • The reason you have the will to do something

string

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US / strɪŋ /

UK / strɪŋ /

A2
  • noun
  • A line of connected objects
  • Thick thread; thin rope
  • verb
  • To tie or connect things together with a thread

simple

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US / 'sɪmpl /

UK / ˈsɪmpəl /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Not hard to understand or do; not complex
  • Having only a few parts; not complex
  • Being ordinary or normal
  • Being plain; without a lot added for style

whereas

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US / ˌweərˈæz /

UK / hwɛrˈæz, wɛr- /

A2
  • conjunction
  • Taking into consideration the fact that

agree

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US / əˈgri: /

UK / əˈɡri /

A1
  • verb
  • To have the same opinion as someone else

move

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US / mu:v /

UK / muv /

A1
  • noun
  • Act of moving a playing piece in chess, etc.
  • An action; doing something
  • Step taken to achieve a goal
  • verb
  • To cause someone to have certain emotions
  • To cause something to change to a different place
  • To change where people live or a business operates
  • To take action to do or achieve something

yes

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US / jes /

UK / jɛs /

A1
  • adverb
  • Way to say you agree or will do something

look

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US / lʊk /

UK / lʊk /

A1
  • noun
  • Person's beauty or physical attractiveness
  • Particular style of dress, clothes, or appearance
  • The way someone, something appears to be
  • Act of searching for or examining something
  • verb
  • To appear to be; seem

gen

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US / dʒen /

UK / dʒen /

B2
  • noun
  • (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject

pursue

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US / pə'sju: /

UK / pɚˈsu /

B1
  • verb
  • To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
  • To try to achieve or get something over time

very

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US / 'verɪ /

UK / ˈvɛri /

A1
  • adjecitve
  • Concerning a large degree or amount
  • adverb
  • A lot; much; many
  • Used to stress or emphasize a noun

they

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US / ðeɪ /

UK / ðe /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Two or more people, animals, or things

yesterday

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US / ˈjestədeɪ /

UK / ˈjestərdeɪ /

A1
  • adverb
  • Day before today
  • noun
  • Day before today

everyone

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US / ˈevriwʌn /

UK / ˈɛvriˌwʌn /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Every person; everybody

all

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US / ɔ:l /

UK / ɔl /

A1
  • adverb
  • Completely; totally
  • determiner
  • Being every one of something
  • pronoun
  • 100% of something; the complete amount

who

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US / hu: /

UK / hu /

A1
  • pronoun
  • Which person
  • Used to introduce information about people
  • Subtitles section
  • I think that's a big thing that I preach, which is, you don't need to be the best, you just have to have fun with it.
  • It's a hobby for everyone.
  • Some people get so strung out and so annoyed and worried at becoming a perfectionist, and especially when they get in front of a camera, so I try to not do that.
  • Today I have a mystery guest, who goes by the name of Language Simp.
  • I don't know what his name is.
  • I presume he has a name.
  • Maybe he was born Language Simp.
  • But he is a motivator, an entertainer, a tremendous polyglot.
  • He's a former user of LingQ, and he claims to like my videos and like LingQ, so for all of these reasons, I want to talk to him.
  • So first of all, Language Simp, can you tell us what your name is?
  • Or is that a secret?
  • You're trying to get my personal information out of me right from the start, Steve.
  • I wasn't expecting that.
  • Give me an alias.
  • Give me an alias.
  • I say that my legal birth name is Language Simp, so for the case of this interview, we will confirm that it is, in fact, my legal birth name.
  • But I am curious, Steve, do you know what the word simp means?
  • Well, I'm assuming it has something to do with simple.
  • Simpleton, maybe.
  • It does not.
  • It's very Gen Z, and I'll say that kind of the whole crux of my channel is Gen Z humor and getting Gen Z type people into the language.
  • That would be Gen Zed in Canada, okay?
  • Gen Zed, just so you know.
  • I don't even call English English.
  • I call English American, so I don't know about that.
  • But basically, a simp is someone who goes after women, but they're not very good at it.
  • They're kind of, they're desperate type thing.
  • So in my sense, I'm desperate for languages.
  • A simp, you can be a simp for someone, but I'm a simp for languages.
  • That's good.
  • At least in that case, it's one-sided.
  • You can pursue the language and you don't need the language to respond.
  • Whereas if you go for a woman and she doesn't want you, you're kind of out of luck.
  • But in the case of languages, even if I'm not speaking the language well and I'm struggling, I can just have fun with it at any level.
  • You know, I don't need to be perfectly fluent.
  • And I think that's a big thing that I preach, which is you don't need to be the best.
  • You just have to have fun with it.
  • It's a hobby for everyone.
  • Some people get so strung out and so annoyed and worried at becoming a perfectionist, and especially when they get in front of a camera.
  • So I try to not do that.
  • I couldn't agree more.
  • I think 100% that's true.
  • And the other fun thing about being a language simp is that you can pursue five languages and none of the languages get jealous.
  • Whereas if you are pursuing five women, you might start getting into trouble at some point.
  • Yes.
  • I've never pursued five women, but five languages at the same time.
  • Yes.
  • Although it gets a little rough when you're studying three at the same time, which I knew you were doing Turkish, Farsi and Arabic at the same time.
  • That must have...
  • Well, it's good to admit that you can give up and not be embarrassed to share that.
  • Not that I gave up, but I've put Turkish on the back burner and I want to get enough exposure to the Arabic script that I get good at it.
  • With Arabic too, you got Egyptian, Levantine, Fusha, so there's enough there to keep me busy.
  • Actually, I was looking at Turkish just yesterday.
  • So any of the languages, I'm sure you've had the same experience, that you start a language, you leave it, it's always there.
  • It's like a girlfriend that you can go and visit whenever you want.
  • It's not a love affair, but you go there and you enjoy being together and it's fine.
  • Well, as long as you didn't move on to another woman.
  • But yeah, I understand what you're saying.
  • Depends what you mean by move on to, too.
  • Yeah, for sure.
  • Funny thing with the Arabic script.
  • I'm someone who loves alphabets.
  • I don't know if you've seen my videos.
  • I actually recited the Arabic and Russian alphabet for 10 hours straight, just continually on live stream.
  • And a lot of people enjoyed that.
  • But I actually can't read very well.
  • And that's why I stopped using LingQ back in the day.
  • I have a lazy eye.
  • I don't know if you can see that very well, that I've got an eye kind of going off to the side.
  • And it makes it really difficult to read.
  • And it's gotten a lot worse.
  • But back in the day, I was studying Russian on LingQ for about a year.
  • And I was in a lot of pain because it's hard to read.
  • It stresses my eyes.
  • And instead of giving up like a normal person or just going to audio-only content, I doubled down and started to do it for three hours a day, timed.
  • So there was a point in my life where I wore an eye patch on my right eye.
  • And I was just using LingQ and just studying the mini stories and stuff for three hours a day and torturing myself.
  • But it worked.
  • My Russian was pretty decent.
  • You were a simp with an eye patch.
  • I was a pirate, a simp pirate with an eye patch using Steve Kaufman's beautiful sight.
  • So, but no, I think three at once is a lot.
  • Two at once, I mean, it's kind of got advantages and disadvantages.
  • The advantages of focusing on one is you improve more quickly in the one where you're focused.
  • The advantage of doing two is that you get a bit of a break from one and you go to another.
  • So things stay fresh.
  • At the end of the day, I don't know whether you're further ahead doing one at a time and then doing the other, focusing on it, or whether you're better off to do two at a time.
  • I don't know.
  • And personal preference.
  • Yeah, I mean, you can definitely study a few at a time, but it just slows the progress.
  • But I always tell people, sometimes people come to me, they say they feel this burnout and they really don't want to continue.
  • And I always say, just quit, take a break.
  • As you said, when you come back to it, you're not going to lose everything.
  • I mean, maybe the few things that you learned right at the end will be a little fuzzy, but take a break, go study another.
  • This is a hobby for everyone.
  • I think a big part of my channel, too, is kind of showing how, because you get a lot of polyglots out there who love to shock people or show off their skills in highly edited videos.
  • And I like to show them, no, it's fine if you make a mistake.
  • It's fine if you're not perfect in a language.
  • You don't have to be that guy who studies French for three straight years to become perfect at it.
  • Do what you want, have fun with it and see where it goes.
  • First of all, for those who don't know language simp, I'm going to leave a link in the description box.
  • I've only heard you in Arabic.
  • I've heard you in Russian and you are very good, very competent.
  • Also, I'm surprised here in our conversation to find out that you're actually quite a serious guy because the persona that you find on your videos is very much more sort of a goofy guy.
  • A goofy guy who nevertheless motivates people to learn languages by being goofy, which I think is good because at school sometimes languages are presented as something very serious and we can't make mistakes.
  • And if we get, you know, four out of ten wrong, then that's bad and all of that stuff.
  • And you basically ignore all of that stuff and just enjoy your languages and do very well at it.
  • Yeah, yeah, for sure.
  • So how did you get started in learning languages?
  • I actually watched a World War Two movie back in the day and I heard French in it and I just fell in love.
  • I thought it was the most sophisticated thing on the planet.
  • Thought it was pretentious, but in a good way.
  • I kind of fantasized about being in Paris in a nice cafe speaking this luxurious language to someone and feeling all preppy.
  • And so I started studying it on January 1st, 2019.
  • So that was the first time I started studying a language and I dedicated my life to it right away.
  • And then I found you and some other people online and I just realized that people can learn languages.
  • I didn't even know as an American growing up.
  • Everyone says, oh, you should learn Mexican and but no one really did it.
  • I never saw anyone who was successful in that.
  • So I decided, or I realized, wow, this is actually possible.
  • People have done it and it's possible with multiple languages and it can be a lifestyle.
  • So fell in love with it, started learning French.
  • So which languages now do you speak?
  • And you don't have to tell me whether you're B2 or C1 or whatever.
  • Just which languages do you speak?
  • I like to say that I speak languages at a D1 level just to completely surpass that scale and just show people that it's kind of nonsense in a way.
  • But so I'd say I'm D1 in French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, and then I've studied a bunch of others, flirted with Portuguese and Danish and stuff.
  • But I also, a big part of me is that I don't like to claim that I speak languages because people get so worried about that.
  • On the definition, the definition of fluency.
  • Can I say I speak this?
  • And I like to surpass that and say, have fun with it.
  • So that's my answer.
  • You know, the Danish has the largest number of phonemes of different sounds of any language.
  • Oh, yeah.
  • Oh, for sure.
  • I, I, when I was an engineer, so I actually quit my engineering job to be a YouTuber now.
  • But when I was an engineer, I worked with a bunch of Danes and that's why I started studying Danish.
  • And yeah, they speak like, I don't even know, it's the most insane thing I've ever heard.
  • But when you said phonemes, I actually have no idea what that means because I also stay away from linguistics.
  • A good idea to stay away from linguistics.
  • But some of those terms, you know, you end up using them.
  • So a phoneme is just a sound, like any sound, a, g, h, p.
  • Those are all phonemes from what I gather.
  • I don't know.
  • I use the term.
  • I use a lot of terms.
  • I don't know what they mean.
  • You know, so phonemes.
  • I think, I think for me, it's just a, I want to just enjoy the language and I like learning it and feeling almost like prehistoric before we had all these studies.
  • We just communicate with people.
  • We learn it.
  • We don't have to see it written all the time.
  • We don't have to know what the conjugations mean.
  • We just know how to say it because we have enough exposure and that's kind of the way I approach it.
  • But at any rate, Arabic and Russian are very different, not to mention French and Spanish, which are similar to each other.
  • And you do very well in all of those languages.
  • I'm very impressed.
  • Oh, I really appreciate that.
  • I mean, if I, if I could hear this back in 2019 when I was watching your videos and almost crashing my car because I was driving to internship interviews and I had your, your YouTube videos on while I was driving and I would have to change them,
  • You know, because they're only 10, 15 minutes long, which I do not advocate for in any sense of the word.
  • Well, you need voice commands, voice commands in your car, you know?
  • Yeah, that probably would have been better.
  • But if I could see right now that in 2023, Steve Kaufman himself, the lingo, Steve, the linguist, would be telling me that?
  • I don't even know.
  • I don't know what would have happened.
  • So I really appreciate it.
  • And I'm just a simple guy that started making videos.
  • But like you and like many others, Luca and others who are enthusiastic about language learning, we do have an ability to influence other people.
  • So we do good things.
  • Like, it's a good thing to learn languages.
  • It's good for people.
  • It's good for people's ability to communicate with others.
  • So it's nice to do something that's a good thing.
  • So you do a good thing.
  • I think I do a good thing in making these videos.
  • Oh, for sure.
  • Yeah.
  • And I think keeping it fun and showing people how it can be funny.
  • I mean, I think language learning is inherently funny.
  • If I walk up to a French guy and I say en baguette instead of une baguette, they might laugh because, you know, our brains psychologically, what we find funny is something unexpected.
  • So when someone says en baguette, they might laugh, but they're not laughing at you.
  • They're laughing with you.
  • Yeah, but rarely do they laugh.
  • Like, rarely do.
  • It's a bit jarring.
  • It's funny that there are things, you know, when foreigners speak a language, there are things that are not jarring, like an accent is not jarring.
  • But wrong gender, unfortunately, is a bit jarring.
  • And I can't remember the name of that American actress who she spoke beautiful French, like pronunciation.
  • Excellent.
  • And actors and actresses are very good at imitating accents, but she got most of her genders wrong.
  • You would think 50%, you know, she'd be correct.
  • So genders is tough, especially in French, because in Spanish, you got the O-R that's going to help you along.
  • But in French, it's difficult.
  • Oh, yeah, for sure.
  • Until you get to en skelet, right?
  • That's the confusing one.
  • That one always got me.
  • But yeah, I think that people just need to see that it's really fun and it's not intimidating.
  • They need to give it a go.
  • I mean, someone who's watching this, if you're hesitating, you're worried about judgment or anything, as Steve said, people aren't going to laugh at you.
  • And when they do, from my perspective, you can laugh with them.
  • And if it's a funny experience.
  • And I think that there's just so many routes to take comedy with language learning as well, because switching languages so that someone doesn't understand you talking behind their back, all that type of stuff.
  • It's just common tropes that are really...
  • I've had a few of those with Chinese, but not as many as people think.
  • People think if you're riding an elevator with a group of, you know, Japanese and they're laughing, they're not laughing at you.
  • You know, they have other things to talk about besides you.
  • But people get quite self-conscious.
  • They think other people are talking about them.
  • They're not.
  • But yeah, have fun.
  • Absolutely.
  • And if you want to be totally comfortable, speak your own language.
  • When you're learning another language, there are going to be moments that are not comfortable, where you can't remember a word and you make mistakes.
  • And that just is part of the process.
  • So how did you get out of this language simp idea?
  • Like, there are different people like serious, like Steve Kaufman is out there seriously talking about language learning and you do everything that's goofy.
  • I always wanted to be a YouTuber.
  • I've been making YouTube videos since about 2010 or something like that.
  • Ever since I was just, I mean, I'm only 25. So I was, you know, just a young kid, but I always wanted to be a YouTuber.
  • And then I actually got into it through TikTok.
  • When TikTok became popular, I started making language sketches where like a police officer would chase me and I would speak different languages.
  • So he couldn't understand me.
  • But then coincidentally, the police officer knows those languages and just these stupid, goofy encounters like that, which were obviously scripted, but people loved.
  • And they would sometimes rack up, you know, tens of millions of views.
  • So that got me popular.
  • Yeah, I mean, I have a short video like that of a police officer that has 50 million views on YouTube.
  • Like, yeah, some crazy stuff.
  • But so people love that, you know, someone who can switch languages in a dangerous situation.
  • It makes it funny.
  • And so I got popular on TikTok, got to like a million followers on that.
  • And then I got an engineering job, kind of fell off and then decided, no, I'm going to give YouTube a try.
  • And then it just worked.
  • So here I am.
  • And I'm so grateful.
  • I mean, my childhood dream completed.
  • So can I ask you a question?
  • So there you are at 19, essentially unilingual English, correct?
  • And your family, you just had English at home.
  • So often, you know, my situation was different.
  • Obviously, I was born in Sweden.
  • We moved to Canada.
  • I heard different languages and stuff.
  • And so people say, well, you know, if as a young child you hear different languages, you have an advantage.
  • Perhaps so.
  • But the majority of polyglots that I have met and I've gone to polyglot conferences grew up in a monolingual, unilingual environment.
  • And suddenly they were turned on.
  • They wanted to learn languages.
  • And lo and behold, they can learn many languages.
  • And so you are an example of that.
  • If there's a will, there's a way.
  • Oh, yeah, 100%.
  • You definitely don't need any prior exposure or anything like that.
  • I mean, I'm proof of that.
  • It's only been like almost five years.
  • But and I feel like most of the languages that I'm good at, I started, you know, in the first two years and haven't even touched that much.
  • So it's super possible.
  • It's not that hard of a thing for people to do.
  • Yeah.
  • And especially, and I mean, you're a great example of being older and still being able to learn languages.
  • So I hate when people make those excuses.
  • If there's a will, there's a way.
  • If you want to do it, you can absolutely.
  • Okay, well, we should probably leave it there.
  • And I'm now going to go on your channel.
  • And I'm a bit scared because I don't know, you know, I mean, here I can control what happens.
  • Once I get on your channel, it's no longer under my control, but we're going to give it a try.
  • You're doomed.
  • You're doomed, Steve.