The #1 English Mistake That Drives Me CRAZY... And More – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.In this video, I'm going to talk about the number one thing that drives me crazy, absolutely crazy, that people who are learning languages say and think and believe that is self-sabotage
2.They are sabotaging their progress in learning the language and becoming fluent
3.And it's crazy to me that people, so many people really don't know this or have thought about this before
4.So, first I'm going to passionately rant about that
5.And then we're going to take a look at my YouTube comment section and find some mistakes, some English mistakes that a lot of you make and I'm going to help you fix them
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B1)
completely
B1(manner) In a complete manner
Example:
"understand very well, I feel completely"
automatically
B2In an automatic manner.
Example:
"automatically what I need to do to learn"
believing
B1To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing)
Example:
"speak. Stop saying this. Stop believing"
obviously
B1In an obvious or clearly apparent manner.
Example:
"just have to pay for that obviously"
somebody's
B1A B1-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"because you're paying for somebody's"
efficient
B1A cause; something that causes an effect
Example:
"efficient and productive thing you can"
comprehensible
B2Able to be comprehended.
Example:
"Comprehensible input and output."
gentlemen
B1A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
Example:
"gentlemen or there are other ways that"
irritated
B1To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
Example:
"irritated by them or annoyed or they"
interrupt
B1An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.
Example:
"interrupt the video real quick to tell"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| completely | B1 | (manner) In a complete manner |
| automatically | B2 | In an automatic manner. |
| believing | B1 | To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing) |
| obviously | B1 | In an obvious or clearly apparent manner. |
| somebody's | B1 | A B1-level word commonly used in this context. |
| efficient | B1 | A cause; something that causes an effect |
| comprehensible | B2 | Able to be comprehended. |
| gentlemen | B1 | A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight. |
| irritated | B1 | To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. |
| interrupt | B1 | An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition. |
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