15 Powerful English Phrases That Will Make You Fluent In English! Try Them! English With Hridhaan
There are so many students and participants that join the advanced English
communication course or the intermediate program or the bigness program on let's talk
and every single time when I conduct the orientation People have one
single query repeatedly and that is they want to work on making
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is raven and I welcome you to this amazing lesson
over the years of our honing English language, we
tend to use the same words again and again.
We have the zest and this will of using better English in terms of
better words that we make use of at college in office in personal
But in today's lesson I've got the solution for you.
We're going to be talking about powerful English vocabulary for daily use
that you can use in any situation no matter what.
Before we start I've got a very interesting code for all of us and that is don't
underestimate the seductive power of a decent vocabulary.
It's very important that we understand what a decent
vocabulary can do for us.
Be it interviews, be it colleagues working with you, they get
attracted towards you primarily because of that decent vocabulary that you
We're going to be looking at 15 such decent vocabulary phrases
The first one is very difficult to pronounce isn't it?
I've seen a lot of people pronouncing it as a shells hell it's not a
shells hell please repeat after me it's achilles heel.
Please repeat after me once again Achilles heel guys
before we get to the meaning of it, I've got a very important idea to
present and that is a lot of times people say the other person should also
understand what I'm trying to say.
What if the person does not understand us?
I read so many comments where people have this very important query allow me to answer
It's important that we are continuously on the development of our communication skills.
Do you always see yourself with people who have weak communication skills or do you want to
rise up above and be a part of that conference or that presentation where
people are competing with each other?
Well if you want to be part of that same circle then this video is not for you, but if you want to be
somebody who is going to be there competing with people with great communication skills,
Making our communication skills powerful.
So don't wait and think for people who may not have those strong communication skills and
therefore you make it a reason to not learn further.
It's for you to become better not to be at the same level.
So the meaning of achilles heel is a small fault
of weakness in a person that can result into a failure basically a bad
habit in a person that may as well make that person feel.
In various situations of life.
Let's understand achilles heel.
In an example, a corrupt minister is considered as the government's achilles
heel and is expected to resign.
It's a very important and a very good example in any country.
If you have bad ministers or politicians, they are that that
particular character in them may as well result in the failure of the entire
So in the comments section below, let me know what is your achilles heel?
For example, my achilles heel is sometimes when I'm free, I
drink a lot of coffee and I think that can make my digestive system
not so great and healthy in years to come.
So that is drinking coffee is my achilles heel.
Let me know in the comments section below the second phrase for today, powerful
vocabulary is a queer fish a lot of times.
I've seen people pronouncing this word as queer, it's not queer, it is
Please remember r is silent, repeat after me qui ah
Queer one More Time Queer Fish.
It means a strange person who is socially who's who is socially
A person who has a very strange personality and a person who's
awkward at various different situations in life.
That person is called a queer fish.
That means that person is different from all the other fish in the pond
for example, I fail to understand tom his decent most of the
times, but sometimes he's a queer fish.
The third one in the list that we have is on the heels of it's a
beautiful phrase that can be used to describe events in various
For example, something that follow closely after something else.
Imagine if you have a birthday that comes immediately after new year,
that's when in that timeline you can use on the heels of let's understand this.
Using an example, my mom's birthday comes on the heels of Mother's Day,
which basically means whatever mother's day is the date
immediately after that my mom's birthday comes and that is called on the
heels of Let's quickly move to the 4th 1 on the list and that is
It means failing to perform one's duty or responsibilities
and to miss an opportunity due to lack of attention because you were not
attentive because you're not giving absolute attention to the work that there was all your
You missed an opportunity that is asleep at the switch.
For example, health experts were asleep on the switch.
You can say at the switch or on the switch.
Both the right on the switch when the disease began to rise again, Although it
hasn't happened in India and I'm sure in your country as well our health workers have been
out there fighting against Corona and COVID 19.
But what is being said there, the biggest health workers and experts were
The disease spread really fast.
The next powerful vocabulary is at sixes and sevens.
You don't you're not able to decide what should you want to wear to the wedding or to the party, The
That confusion in that situation we use at sixes and sevens.
It means to be lost and confused about something.
For example, Rhea is at 6:07 about her career
since the death of her father.
So if you're confused about something, let me know.
In the comments section below.
In that situation you will say you are at sixes and sevens.
Powerful vocabulary for daily use is B.
D.
L.
It means efforts that will not give any desired result.
So whatever efforts you put into a certain task, you will still not be able to
That is beating the air asking you to behave socially?
You embarrass me always, possibly this person is very awkward socially.
So when you beat the air, what happens?
It's like it's like a futile attempt, correct.
There's nothing happening that is called beating the air.
Powerful vocabulary number seven for the day is blue eyed boy.
Has it ever happened to you that there's a group of people and in that group there's just
one person who's especially liked by the one in authority.
That boy or that girl is called the blue eyed boy or the blue eyed girl.
It means someone who is liked and admired by someone in authority
Especially it could be for a character of the kind of person that they offer their
work for that matter example is she gets the charge of all the
assignments except the finance which is kept for the blue eyed boy.
A girl who is in charge of all the assignments but she does not get it for the finance because that
is especially given to the one who is liked by possibly the teacher in the
That boy is the blue white boy.
The powerful vocabulary # eight is barry the
I've seen a lot of people pronouncing this word asbury.
It's not bury, it's like strawberry, it's not barre, it's barre.
The fight and fight or settle differences to become friends again.
When you bury the hatchet it basically means you end the fight and you become
For example, can you to bury the hatchet and start working on the project again.
Number nine on the list is blue blood.
It means someone who comes from socially prominent family
Although she's got blue blood, she's down to earth and very kind of people.
This girl comes from a very affluent family, she's silver spoon, she was born in
a family where they had a lot of money etcetera but despite all of that she is very
kind and she's very down to earth blue blood.
The next one on the list is by dint off.
You must have used the phrase as a result of that a lot of times correct.
So instead of saying as a result of you can use by dint off it means
as a result of something as we discussed for example ma
got what he wanted by didn't of requesting and threatening his
How many times has it happened with you that you request and you
threaten your parents you know jokingly speaking about things what you will do what
you will not do so as a result of that by dint of that
So instead of saying as a result of from today onwards write it down
somewhere or noted down on your phone it means as a result changes
to by dint off for example as a result of this
video your vocabulary will become powerful changes to buy dinner of this
video, your vocabulary will become powerful, this was all
about phrase number 10 vocabulary, powerful vocabulary number
10 number 11 in the list is last five to go here we go beyond the
pale it means something that is not considered decent
It can be a manner that is not decent or it can be anything for that matter
beyond the pale is an action that is not considered decent.
For example, your behavior at the party was beyond the pale.
What were you thinking while flirting with young girls?
My God, that was an absolutely inappropriate behavior.
It basically means a made up story that one should not believe.
A lot of times Children when they hide things from their parents
Don't give me that cock and bull story.
I know you cannot write such a fantastic essay.
Yeah.
So I like can be termed as a cock and bull story Phrase #
The pronunciation of this word is not you.
It means to think slowly and carefully about something, What is it card?
So when you eat it, you take some time you chew it
So instead of saying, think carefully, think to ice.
You can say chew the card and let me know, let's understand this using
another example just through the card before you make your decision to divorce john
divorcing is a very strong decision.
Make sure that you think about it carefully.
Thinking about carefully is through the cut.
The second last powerful vocabulary of the day is close, but
Has it ever happened to you that you tried your best?
But you still could not succeed in a situation you were just very, very close,
but still could not succeed in that situation.
Almost successful, but not completely successful.
It's like you've got nine out of 10, but you did not get 10 out of 10.
An example is you did quite well for someone who was playing for the first time.
You're attempt was closed but not.
And the last phrase in the list for today's lesson is cast.
If you have ever gotten a flat tire, you get stuck in the middle of the road,
This particular word is actually related to that, to be stranded on the
shore to get stuck in an isolated place.
For example, after his car broke in the middle of nowhere.
The castaway couldn't find any help for hours.
So the person here is being referred to as the castaway.
So, has it ever happened to you that you were left stranded.
People often use this phrase to talk about relationships when they are stranded in
the middle of the emotional grief or they often talk about it in the
middle of the road as well, or when they're alone, anywhere, they refer to
themselves as a castaway ladies and gentlemen, this was all about
all the phrases that we have to make your vocabulary powerful.
So if you've joined the courses on let's talk or haven't joined the courses and if you have the
same problem which is improving and making your vocabulary better, this is
If not all of them select your top three and make use of them on WhatsApp
facebook instagram anywhere you go to spoken communication.
Most importantly make use of your top three phrases from today's
powerful vocabulary and also let me know in the comments section below, I read all your comments,