Vocabulary is a cornerstone of any foreign language and English vocabulary is definitely not an exception. In general, an average native English speaker uses approximately 20,000 words.
That’s quite a lot and it will certainly take some time learn enough words and phrases to communicate fluently. But we have a good news for you!
With EnglishPulse.com, you will learn new English words, idioms and phrases much faster and you will also remember them longer.
The trick is that on our website, you will learn new English vocabulary (i.e. words and phrases) in context. In most cases the context comes from American and English movies, so the learning process will also be fun.
VOCABULARY BY TYPE
• Collocations
• Idioms
• Phrasal verbs
• Words and slang terms
VOCABULARY BY TOPIC
• Travel and vacation
• Food and restaurant
• Love and relationships
• Urban and street slang
VOCABULARY FROM MOVIES
• Forrest Gump
• The Martian
• American Pie 1
• Gran Torino
English words used in everyday life Vocabulary is probably the most important part of any foreign language. It usually takes a lot of time and effort to memorize and learn enough words to speak fluently. But the time you spend learning new words and building your vocabulary is well worth it! As you surely noticed, […]
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1. Watch the videoclips with collocations • fight hard • follow blindly • ignore completely • listen carefully • fully recover 2. Practice your knowledge in a quick exercise
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1. Watch the videoclips with slang words • hillbilly – unsophisticated person • hooker – prostitute • wasted – intoxicated by alcohol or drugs • lunatic – an insane and irresponsible person • nerd – student ridiculed because he/she is studying excessively 2. Practice your knowledge in a quick exercise More exercises: Slang words exercises
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1. Watch the videoclips with slang words • dork – dull or stupid person • booze – distilled alcohol • bikers – people riding bikes or motorcycles • drag – something boring or tedious • square – rigidly conventional or old-fashioned person 2. Practice your knowledge in a quick exercise More exercises: Slang words exercises
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1. Watch the videoclips with slang words • loaded – someone who is very rich • weird – not normal, crazy, unusual • thug – aggressive young male • chick – young attractive woman • corny – something dull but with pretensions of significance or originality 2. Practice your knowledge in quick exercise More exercises:
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1. Watch the videoclips with slang words • rookie – person with little or no experience • crap – general negative word, poor quality • lame – something or someone dull or boring • bucks – synonym for dollars or money • bookworm – person who is keen on studying or reading books 2. Practice
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1. Watch the videoclips with idioms • bury the hatchet – end the conflict • around the bend – when somebody is acting really crazy • beat around the bush – talking about things, but avoiding the main point • take at face value – accepting something as it appears without studying details • roll
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1. Watch the videoclips with phrasal verbs • bow out – to withdraw from doing an activity • break up – end a relationship • hold on – wait for a short time • rule out – exclude something as a possibility • hit on somebody – trying to seduce somebody 2. Practice your knowledge
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1. Watch the videoclips with phrasal verbs • ask out – invite someone to some place to establish a romantic relationship • end up – reach a particular place or a situation after some time • call off – cancel something that has been approved and prepared • calm down – stop being upset or
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1. Watch the videoclips with phrasal verbs • cheer up – make feel happier, improve mood • figure out – find a solution, think • break down – lose control of feelings • dress up – dress nicely or better than normally • give up – stop trying, because it seems too difficult 2. Practice
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