Improve Your Vocabulary: Part 2

2024-05-25

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  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we continue our answer about the best way to expand your vocabulary.
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  • Last week, we said the best way to improve vocabulary is to really "know a word."
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  • We talked about the form of a word -- or how it sounds, is written, and what its parts are.
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  • Today let's talk about the meaning of words.
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  • Knowing the meaning of a word seems easy: translate it into your native language or look up the definition in a dictionary.
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  • But, to fully know the meaning of a word in English, one definition is often not enough.
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  • English words are famous for having more than one definition.
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  • For example, look at the word "run" in these sentences.
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  • I'm going to run to the shop.
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  • She runs the local bakery.
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  • Water was running down the table.
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  • All the papers are running the story.
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  • The first definition in Merriam-Webster's dictionary for "run" is to go faster than a walk.
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  • That is certainly the meaning of run in the first sentence but not in the others.
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  • When we say, "she runs the local bakery", we mean she is the person who operates, manages or owns the shop.
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  • We could say "Water was running down the table" or "Water was flowing down the table."
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  • And when "all the papers are running the story", they publish it.
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  • We also have to know the ideas or feelings that a word suggests to fully understand the meaning of a word.
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  • Let's look at the first example with the word "run."
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  • I'm going to run to the shop.
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  • This is different than saying:
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  • I'm going to go to the shop.
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  • The second example simply states that we are going to the shop. But the word "run" tells that the trip will be fast.
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  • When we look at the meaning of English words in this way, we can see that our vocabulary expands by fully understanding a word's meaning.
  • 25
  • However, we cannot just exchange one word for another without changing the overall meaning of the sentence.
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  • So, next week we will take a look at synonyms - or words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.
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  • Do you have a question about American English?
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  • Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
  • 29
  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Gena Bennett.
  • 1
  • Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we continue our answer about the best way to expand your vocabulary.
  • 2
  • Last week, we said the best way to improve vocabulary is to really "know a word." We talked about the form of a word -- or how it sounds, is written, and what its parts are.
  • 3
  • Today let's talk about the meaning of words.
  • 4
  • Knowing the meaning of a word seems easy: translate it into your native language or look up the definition in a dictionary. But, to fully know the meaning of a word in English, one definition is often not enough.
  • 5
  • English words are famous for having more than one definition. For example, look at the word "run" in these sentences.
  • 6
  • I'm going to run to the shop.
  • 7
  • She runs the local bakery.
  • 8
  • Water was running down the table.
  • 9
  • All the papers are running the story.
  • 10
  • The first definition in Merriam-Webster's dictionary for "run" is to go faster than a walk. That is certainly the meaning of run in the first sentence but not in the others.
  • 11
  • When we say, "she runs the local bakery", we mean she is the person who operates, manages or owns the shop.
  • 12
  • We could say "Water was running down the table" or "Water was flowing down the table."
  • 13
  • And when "all the papers are running the story", they publish it.
  • 14
  • We also have to know the ideas or feelings that a word suggests to fully understand the meaning of a word.
  • 15
  • Let's look at the first example with the word "run."
  • 16
  • I'm going to run to the shop.
  • 17
  • This is different than saying:
  • 18
  • I'm going to go to the shop.
  • 19
  • The second example simply states that we are going to the shop. But the word "run" tells that the trip will be fast.
  • 20
  • When we look at the meaning of English words in this way, we can see that our vocabulary expands by fully understanding a word's meaning.
  • 21
  • However, we cannot just exchange one word for another without changing the overall meaning of the sentence. So, next week we will take a look at synonyms - or words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.
  • 22
  • Do you have a question about American English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews.com.
  • 23
  • And that's Ask a Teacher.
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  • I'm Gena Bennett.
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  • Yaroslav Khrokalo wrote this lesson for VOA Learning English.
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  • Words in This Story
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  • vocabulary-n. all the words a person knows