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one reason why many english students or

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even you think that your level of

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english is low is because you use simple

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words

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it is time to level up your english

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vocabulary

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hello my name is maddie from poc english

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if you want to dramatically improve your

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level of written and spoken english then

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you have to stop using simple words but

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what are simple words

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words such as interesting beautiful good

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bad fine happy sad really very

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these are simple words or simple

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adjectives which are very common in

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everyday speaking and writing so to

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improve your writing and speaking you

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can find some alternatives to these

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simple words now let's begin you know i

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read this book yesterday and it was

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really interesting

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all right hold on interesting what else

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can you use instead of the adjective

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interesting well

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if it is something that makes you think

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you can say thought

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provoking

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repeat after me

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thought

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provoking

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which means something that makes you

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think for example it's a

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thought-provoking book or it was a

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thought-provoking movie or

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your opinion made me think

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your opinion was thought provoking

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if it is something that holds your

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attention which means you cannot pay

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attention to anything else and you have

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to focus 100 on it you can say it's

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gripping

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right gripping or captivating repeat

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after me gripping

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captivating

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if it is something that is generally

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good you can say fascinating which means

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very interesting or appealing which

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means pleasant you can also use the

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adjective charming which means very good

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to sum up instead of an interesting book

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or an interesting movie you can say a

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thought-provoking book a gripping book a

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captivating book an appealing book a

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fascinating book and a charming book see

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let me tell you a story a few months ago

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i visited the city of rome in italy and

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it was beautiful

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wait hold on a second beautiful what

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else can you say instead of beautiful

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well if it was something which was

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unusual and so good that attracted your

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attention

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you can say it was striking

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striking repeat after me striking

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or another synonym with striking is

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stunning

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stunning stunning means something which

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is very attractive and impressive and

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then you can also use the adjective

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magnificent

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magnificent which means very impressive

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very beautiful so striking

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stunning

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magnificent

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if it is something that you enjoy

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looking at you can say eye

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catching

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eye catching it means it catches your

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eyes so it's eye-catching you enjoy

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looking at it eye-catching you can also

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say spectacular

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spectacular pay attention it is not as

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spectacular

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spectacular which means something that

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you like looking at you enjoy looking at

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if you are describing someone saying

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that he or she is beautiful you can use

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some other alternatives for example if

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you're talking about a girl or a woman

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instead of beautiful you can say

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gorgeous

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gorgeous if you are describing a man you

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can say handsome

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handsome

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so for women we say beautiful and

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gorgeous but we don't usually say

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beautiful to a man instead we say he is

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handsome

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however for both sexes like male or

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female you can say

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attractive or good looking so he or she

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is attractive he or she is good looking

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she is gorgeous and beautiful he is

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handsome

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so to sum up instead of a beautiful city

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you can say a spectacular city something

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that you enjoy looking at or

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an eye-catching city

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instead of a beautiful monument like a

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beautiful church you can say a striking

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monument or a stunning monument or a

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magnificent monument and instead of a

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beautiful person if she's a girl you can

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say a gorgeous girl a beautiful girl a

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pretty girl and if it's a boy you can

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say a handsome boy and for both sexes

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you can say attractive and good looking

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let's get back to the lesson you know

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last weekend we went to the movies and

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the movie was fine

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art stop fine

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well fine means of high quality

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something which is very good very

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delicate right

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instead of fine what else can we use

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if it is something that fulfills your

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expectations you can say it was

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satisfactory

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satisfactory which means it satisfied me

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that is much better than i thought

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if it was lovely and very beautiful you

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can say exquisite

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exquisite which means extremely

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beautiful

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if it was good nice in general or let's

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say appropriate you can say it was

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decent decent and if it was something

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which deserved attention and respect

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which after seeing you would stand up

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and clap for it you can say it was

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admirable or

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praiseworthy repeat after me

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praiseworthy

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well done

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so to sum up instead of a fine movie you

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can say a satisfactory movie or an

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exquisite movie which means a very

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beautiful movie or a decent movie that

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was a decent movie or an admirable movie

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or a praiseworthy movie it's not just

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about movie you can use it to describe

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other places and things as well like an

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exquisite restaurant or an admirable

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book

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yeah as i was saying the movie was

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really good

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hold on hold on a second it was really

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good right well really is an adverb and

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it is very much used in english language

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what else can i use instead of really

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well i can say

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genuinely repeat after me genuinely

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which means originally truly sincerely

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genuinely it was really good it was

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genuinely good it was truly good it was

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sincerely good if you have no doubt

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about it and you are sure that it was

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very good you can say it was undoubtedly

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listen up b is silent so you don't say

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undoubtedly

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no you don't pronounce the b you say

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undoubtedly

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undoubtedly

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or you can also say unquestionably

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unquestionably unquestionably means

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without questioning

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we use these two to talk about something

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you are a hundred percent sure of

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which gets us to the next alternative

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certainly so it was certainly good it

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was undoubtedly good it was

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unquestionably good

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if it was something which surprised you

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a little bit for example it was so good

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you didn't expect it to be you can say

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it was remarkably good

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the movie was remarkably good it means

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you could notice how good it is

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look at what the director did look at

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the performance of the cast

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it's remarkably good or another adverb

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you can use is incredibly incredibly

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which means to a great degree

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very much it was incredibly good it was

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very good all right that's it guys in

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this lesson we also talked about movies

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a lot because i'm a big fan if you want

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to learn some movie vocabulary or to

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learn how to describe a movie you can

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watch this lesson as well i hope you've

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enjoyed this lesson see ya

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