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  • Hey, you want to speak English like a native English speaker, right?

  • You want to sound natural.

  • You really want to speak English fluently.

  • Well, in order to do that, you must use the words and expressions

  • that we actually use in real life.

  • And that's exactly what I created this series for.

  • Real life English.

  • Now I'm going to teach you words and expressions that we really use.

  • Are you ready?

  • Well, then I'm teacher Tiffani let's jump right in.

  • So we're going to look at our first situation, a group of young

  • ladies, and we're going to see how I, as a native English speaker,

  • what describe this situation?

  • Now, looking at this situation.

  • I first see these two young ladies in front and I would say, wow, dependable.

  • Now I want you to watch me really quickly after me dependable.

  • Excellent.

  • One more time.

  • Dependable.

  • Good job.

  • Now again, when I see these two young women, I think of dependable, but what

  • does the word dependable actually mean?

  • So dependable means trustworthy, reliable, and capable of

  • being trusted or depended on.

  • So when I look at those two young women, I see one is leaning on the other, I think.

  • She really trusts her.

  • She really can rely on her.

  • And maybe in your life, there is someone that you truly rely on someone

  • that's always there for you, or you, you can say my friend, my mother,

  • my father, my sister, my brother.

  • Wow.

  • They're really dependable.

  • Makes sense.

  • Right now let's look at an example sentence right here.

  • Repeat after me, her boss said that she was a very dependent.

  • Assistant your turn.

  • Excellent.

  • Now we're seeing in this sentence, how to use dependable to describe someone.

  • Now I do want to remind you really quickly that this word can be used all the time.

  • Not just in a business environment, you can also use it when speaking to

  • your friends and in other environments.

  • So one more time after me dependent.

  • Excellent.

  • All right, now let's go to our next word.

  • Looking at this picture.

  • I would next notice this young lady right here.

  • Beautiful smile.

  • And I would say exuberant exuberant.

  • Now after me, this one's a little tricky after me exuberant.

  • Good.

  • Last time after that.

  • Exuberant.

  • Good job.

  • Now, what does the word exuberant mean?

  • This is a word again, that popped in my head.

  • When I first saw the situation.

  • Exuberant means joyously, unrestrained and enthusiastic many

  • people tell me a lot, teacher.

  • Tiffani you're so enthusiastic.

  • Well, now you can say teacher, you are such an exuberant individual

  • who makes sense right now, think about someone around you, someone

  • who is enthusiastic, always full of joy, someone that makes you.

  • That person is an exuberant individual.

  • Now let me show you an example.

  • Sentence, how to actually use this word in real life.

  • Here we go.

  • After me.

  • He has such an exuberant personality.

  • Good job.

  • You can use it like this and exuberant personality.

  • Now keep paying attention because we do have a quiz coming up soon.

  • All right.

  • So again, we learned the first one, dependable, the second one,

  • exuberant looking at this picture.

  • Now, then my eyes naturally would go to the top, the top left and I

  • see this young lady and she looked.

  • Reserved one more time after me reserved.

  • Maybe you're thinking, wow, teacher, what does that word mean?

  • Why did that word pop up in your head teacher?

  • Tiffani?

  • Well, after one more time, re Zurvita.

  • Excellent.

  • Very good.

  • Now again, if you need practice and help with your pronunciation, you can always

  • download my app English with Tiffani.

  • The link is right in the description.

  • There's a pronunciation course and a conversation course within the app.

  • So you can download it and get help with your pronunciation right now.

  • But again, this word reserved is very important.

  • Reserved means.

  • Restrained in words and actions.

  • Now I am not a reserved person.

  • I'm very outgoing.

  • I like talking to people, but a reserved person kind of holds back a little bit.

  • They don't talk as much to other people.

  • They just kind of are a little quieter around bigger groups of people.

  • Just like in the picture, you can tell that the woman seems a little.

  • Shy a little bit reserved.

  • Maybe someone, you know, is reserved.

  • One of my closest friends, she is very reserved.

  • When we get in big groups, she kind of gets quiet and just

  • kind of sits in the background.

  • She is reserved.

  • So how would you use this in a sentence?

  • Here we go.

  • You can use it like this.

  • And repeat after me, my friend is more reserved than I.

  • But she loves being around people makes sense.

  • All right.

  • Repeat after me again, my friend is more reserved than I am, but

  • she loves being around people.

  • Your turn.

  • Good job.

  • Excellent job.

  • All right, so now you understand what the word reserved means.

  • Now I do want to give you this tip really quickly.

  • This word can be used for people.

  • And for animals, maybe you have a pet, maybe you have a dog or a

  • cat and your dog or cat loves you.

  • But when other people come around, the dog kind of goes in the background, very shy.

  • Doesn't like talking to other people.

  • Doesn't like playing with other people.

  • You can say.

  • My dog is a little bit reserved.

  • Makes sense.

  • Right.

  • Okay, good.

  • So now we have three words.

  • We had dependable exuberant and reserved.

  • Now, when I go back and look at this image, the next thing I notice are these

  • other, these other two women right here.

  • I noticed these women and I say, you know, Ride or die ride or die.

  • Why would you say that teacher?

  • Don't you worry?

  • I'm going to explain now this is actually a slang term.

  • So after me ride or die, good job now, ride or die.

  • This actually is something that you should know.

  • It means.

  • To be extreme, uh, extremely loyal.

  • So it refers to extreme loyalty to someone or something.

  • When you are willing to do anything for someone you love or someone you really

  • appreciate in your life, you can say.

  • That's my ride or die.

  • You see how I kind of changed even the way I said it it's slang, right?

  • So we say my ride or die.

  • This person is so loyal to me.

  • They'll do anything for me.

  • We say ride or die in English.

  • Now let me show you an example sentence that will help you

  • use this word in real life.

  • Here we go.

  • My best friend will always be my ride or die.

  • Good job.

  • Now, maybe you have the same thing.

  • You have a best friend that really is your ride or die.

  • My best friend is my ride or die.

  • Make sense?

  • All right, good job.

  • Now, when I go back and I look at the image, I see something else.

  • I go back and I look at these ladies and I noticed within the first two ladies, the

  • other lady on the right, something about her expression, she looks self assured.

  • Again, after me self assured.

  • Good.

  • Last time after me self assured.

  • Great job.

  • Now self assured.

  • This is when someone is super confident.

  • So this is an expression.

  • This combination of two words, it means confident in one's

  • own abilities or character.

  • And when I looked at that picture and I saw that woman, she just.

  • Confident.

  • She looked like she could conquer the world.

  • So the first thing that popped in my head literally was self assured.

  • So again, now, you know the word or the expression you can use in this situation,

  • but let's check an example sentence.