Name: Vocabulary Power Pack: You NEED This Vocab | How to Learn English Vocabulary
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The superlative

Today we're going to continue to teach you the best English vocabulary words to know, the most useful.

Present continuous

To-infinitive

You need to know these words if you're preparing for the IELTS or the TOEFL exam,

or just even for more sophisticated conversation,

even if you're not preparing for an exam.

These words are for intermediate students.

As we study the words and definitions, we're going to go to Youglish

so we can see lots of examples of these words being used in real life

so you can better understand the meaning.

And don't forget, if you enjoy this video, or learn something new,

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These are words you can expect to encounter on a daily basis in everyday life,

You're going to learn, REALLY LEARN, 5 words today.

We're pulling words from Band 1 of the Academic Word list, in alphabetical order, this is the second five.

And we're going to do something important here,

we're going to give you the definition in English.

And then you'll hear examples in English.

So you'll learn this as an English word, not just as a translation of a word in your own language,

and that will help you to think in English and integrate this word into your use of English.

Four syllables, second syllable stress, and we have a Flap T in there.

Let's watch it up-close and in slow motion so we can really study the mouth movement.

Authority. It's a noun, and it means power.

The power to give orders, make decisions.

For example, the owner of company has the authority to hire and fire people.

The parents have the authority in the family.

When you know a lot about something, when you're respected in that field, you have authority.

He knows so much about them, we trust what he says about them.  He's the leading authority.

Or you could say, he's an authority on, with the preposition 'on'.

That means, he had confidence that what he was saying

would be trusted and that everyone would believe and respect these words.

It's power, it's confidence, but we also use it to refer to people who have authority.

Have you ever noticed the word 'authority' used in the news?

Local authorities are investigating the issue.

He complained to the authorities about his neighbor's dog.

Now, let's go to Youglish to look at some more sample sentences.

He said he has the authority, that is, he has the power to do something.

He IS an authority in a particular field.

He is seen as one of the most knowledgeable people in the modern art scene.

That is, they may lack the power to do something.

Might want to do something but not be able to do it because of the laws.

The laws have not given that person or group the power to make that decision, the power to act.

Question authority. Have you heard this before?

It means to challenge the power of somebody.

Maybe to break the rules: challenge authority.

For example, a college professor is giving a lecture.

A student might say, excuse me, I'm not sure that's right, have you thought about this?

Some people would never do that, and some people think it's very important to do that.

Confidence, knowledge, believed to know a lot about something, respected in that way.

Knows a lot about that, her opinions and what she says about it is respected.

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Ok, we're going to move on to the next word, that is 'available'.

And to give you guys a heads up, we're looking at benefit, concept, and consistent next.

Available.  Just like 'authority' it's a four-syllable word, with second syllable stress,

and we have a schwa in the first syllable.  Uh, uh, uh, authority.

Do you hear how the rhythm is the same? Da-da-da-da.

It's an adjective.  It means easy or possible to get, to find.

Just before the big storm, emergency supplies were not available anywhere.

It was not possible to find emergency supplies, they were all sold out.

The opposite of available is 'unavailable'.

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