
Vocabulary
Grow your vocabulary and communicate more easily. You’ll improve your listening too. Our videos cover essential English vocabulary and help new words stick in your mind with memorable examples.
We focus on useful, common English words and we show you what they mean and how to use them. Some of them are tricky. We know the problems they can cause English learners and we’ll help you avoid common mistakes.
You’ll find videos focused on things like confusing words, collocations, idioms and false friends. We also have videos on prefixes and suffixes that will help you build new words. Click here to see them.


Devise Vs. Device

ADVISE or ADVICE? What’s the difference?

The Phrasal Verb Rap Video with Fluency MC

English weight loss vocabulary – a success story

I can see again! English Sight and Vision Vocabulary

6 Common English Idioms and the Stories Behind Them

6 interesting English idioms and the stories behind them. (Set 2)

12 Useful Business English Phrasal Verbs

Colloquial English: 14 useful phrases you should know (set five)

6 interesting English idioms and the stories behind them. (Set 1)

9 really useful English three-word phrasal verbs (transitive verbs)

15 Useful Colloquial English Phrases you should know (set 4)

Colloquial English: 12 phrases you should know (set three)

Colloquial English: 12+ phrases you should know (set two)

15 useful English word pairs (binomials)

12 colloquial phrases you should know (set one)

What does the English word ironic really mean?

11 English idioms about food

Google Assistant as a Dinner Guest – Pragmatics

Lying English words

US election issues – English vocabulary

US Elections English Vocabulary Quiz

How English word pairs work

31 word pairs for natural fluent English

English for the hairdresser’s and barbershop

COVID-19 Word Play Quiz

New English Words and Language Change with COVID-19

COVID-19: Stocks, supplies and shortages

25 more British and American English word differences

26 British and American English word differences

How good is your English? Quiz 3

Actual & Actually: How to use these false friends in English

7 American slang expressions that Brits don’t use.

10 British Slang Expressions

How good is your English? Quiz 2

Literally – an overused word?

How good is your English? Let’s see!

Emergency English – making a 911 or 211 call

The trickiest word in English – Quite!

British Slang Words Quiz

7 useful English adjectives

Dish or plate? Prototype theory and English vocabulary

Vocabulary for talking about love – Happy Valentine’s Day!

Sickness and Illness Vocabulary in British and American English

10 British words and phrases that Americans don’t use

Make or do – The rules we follow

Travel Phrasal Verbs and Common English Expressions

Learn English Phrasal Verbs for Organizing Things

Explain or Explain me? Fix a common mistake

Shakespeare phrases we still use today 2

24 essential phrasal verbs for computers and technology

Shakespeare phrases that we still use today 1

Economic, Economy, Economize – an English word family

English words for money, tax and taxes – learn with Donald Trump

Actual and Current – learn how to use these false friends

British and American words for clothes – they’re different!

Realize, Notice and the phrasal verb Find out

Wear, Put on, Get dressed & Carry – How to use these verbs

Lose – Loose – Loosen – fix a common English mistake

Listen and Hear. What’s the difference in meaning?

Bath & Bathe. Let’s fix some common mistakes

Travel, Trip and Journey (countable and uncountable nouns)

Fit, Suit and Fit In – how to use these English words

Play Go Do – the words we use to talk about sports in English

Due – a verb we use to talk about the future in English

Sympathetic and Nice – don’t let these false friends catch you out

Worth and Trustworthy – really useful English words

American Baseball Idioms (See examples in action)

Miss or Lose? What’s the difference?

Happy and Lucky (and Happy-go-lucky)

Fun Funny – learn their different English meanings and uses

Watch, Look or See? How to use these English verbs

Effective – Efficient – They mean different things in English

Fall Feel Felt – don’t muddle up these irregular verbs

Concentrate, Concentrated and Concentrating – what’s the difference?

Alone and Lonely – What’s the difference?

High and Tall – What’s the difference?

Make and Do – Collocations and Fixed Expressions

Cook, Cooker and Chef – What’s the Difference?

Come, Go, Bring, Take, Fetch and Get – useful English verbs

To Take, To Last – learn their different English meanings

To Take – How to talk about jobs and journey times in English

Security and Safety – an in depth explanation of these two English words

Safety and Security – a simple explanation of these two English words

Check and Control – Learn Which English Verb to Use

Remember and Remind – Learn the Difference

Lend and Borrow – What’s the difference?

Sensible and Sensitive – What’s the difference?

Story and History – Learn the meanings of these false friends
Ready for more?
Check out our collection of videos on prefixes and suffixes. They’re designed to grow your vocabulary fast.
Click here to see our video on how to remember words more easily.
And click here to see our video on how to think and dream in English.
And for more help, don’t forget we have a free checklist to help you fix common mistakes. Click here to download Fix It.