English Vocabulary Flashcards (Video Notes)

100 English vocabulary flashcards drawn from the video notes.

express feelings

to show your emotions.

face-to-face (adj)

directly, meeting someone in the same place.

face to face (adv)

directly, meeting someone in the same place.

get in touch

to communicate with someone by using a phone or writing to them.

give opinions

to say what you think about something.

interact with

to communicate with or react to.

interview (verb)

to ask someone questions in an interview.

keep in touch

to continue to communicate with someone by telephoning or writing to them.

put sth into words

to express an idea or emotion in words.

reach out

to try to communicate with a person or group of people, usually to help or involve them.

speak in public

to give a talk to people you do not know.

tell a joke

to say something to make people laugh, usually a short story with a funny ending.

amazing

extremely surprising; very good.

bad

unpleasant and causing difficulties.

enormous

extremely large.

exhausted

very tired.

fantastic

very good.

freezing

very cold.

good

very satisfactory, enjoyable, pleasant, or interesting.

hard

difficult to understand, do, experience, or deal with.

important

necessary or of great value.

impossible

cannot happen or be done.

tiny

extremely small.

tired

in need of rest or sleep.

useful

effective; helping you to do or achieve something.

useless

of low quality.

express (verb)

to show a feeling, opinion, or fact.

greet

to welcome someone.

insist

to demand that something must be done or that you must have a particular thing.

boiling

very hot.

delicious

food or drink smells or tastes extremely good.

miserable

unhappy.

argue

to speak angrily to someone, telling them that you disagree.

complain

to say that something is wrong or that you are annoyed about something.

encourage

to make someone more likely to do something, or to make something more likely to happen.

forgive

to stop blaming or being angry with someone for something.

persuade

to make someone agree to do something by talking to them a lot about it.

update

to give someone the most recent information.

awful

very bad, of low quality, or unpleasant.

brilliant

very good.

filthy

extremely dirty.

furious

extremely angry.

apply for sth

to ask officially for something, especially a job.

be in charge of

to be the person who has control of or is responsible for someone or something.

candidate

one of the people trying to get a job.

career

a job that you do for a long period of your life and that gives you the chance to move to a higher position and earn more money.

contact

someone you know who may be able to help you because of their job or position.

creative thinking

the ability to think about things in a new and imaginative way.

CV

a document which describes your qualifications and the jobs you have done.

employee

someone who is paid to work for a person or company.

employer

a person or company that pays people to work for them.

experience

knowledge that you get from doing a job, or from doing, seeing, or feeling something.

friendly personality

Someone with a friendly personality is always friendly to other people.

grades

the marks you get in your exams or school work.

interview (noun)

a meeting in which someone asks you questions to see if you are suitable for a job or course.

knowledge

information and understanding that you have in your mind.

positive attitude

If you have a positive attitude, you feel happy about things and believe they will work out well.

practical skills

the ability to do things that are useful in real situations.

problem-solving

being able to find answers to problems.

self-confidence

being sure about yourself and your abilities.

skills

the things you are able to do.

team

a group of people who work together to do something.

app

abbreviation for application: a computer program designed for a particular purpose.

browse

to look at information on the internet.

browser

a computer program which allows you to look at pages on the internet.

button

a switch that you press to control a piece of equipment.

click

to press on part of a computer mouse to make the computer do something.

connect

to join two things or places together.

delete

to remove something, especially from a computer's memory.

download

to copy computer programs, music or other information electronically using the internet.

icon

a small picture on a computer screen that you choose in order to make the computer do something.

install

to put software onto a computer.

password

a secret word that allows you to do something, such as use your computer.

press

to push something firmly.

send

to cause something to go from one place to another, especially by post or email.

share

to allow someone to use or have something that belongs to you.

text message

a written message, usually containing words with letters left out, sent from one mobile phone to another.

turn off

to move the switch on a machine, light, etc so that it stops working.

turn on

to move the switch on a machine, light, etc so that it starts working.

type

to write something using a keyboard.

upload

to copy computer programs or information electronically, usually from a small computer to a larger one or to the internet.

username

a name or other word that you sometimes need to use together with a password before you can use a computer on the internet.

idea

a suggestion or plan for doing something.

try (verb)

to attempt to do something.

try (noun)

an attempt to do something.

background

a person's education, family, and experience of life.

friendship

when two people are friends.

get on with sb

to like someone and be friendly with them.

get to know sb

to become familiar with someone because you have met them and talked to them.

have a good relationship with sb

a close friendship or connection between two people.

have sth in common

to share interests, experiences, or other characteristics with someone or something.

personality

the way you are as a person.

relationship

the way two people or groups feel and behave towards each other.

twin

one of two children who are born to the same mother at the same time.

bring sb up

to look after a child and teach them until they are old enough to look after themselves.

cut sth off

to cut something so that it is no longer attached to something else.

get together

to meet in order to do something or spend time together.

grow apart

to become less friendly.

grow up

to become older or an adult.

hang out

to spend time with someone.