WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:04.319 easily confused words 2 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:06.640 one of the most annoying features of 3 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:08.880 english is that there are many words 4 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:12.240 that sound almost alike or even exactly 5 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:13.280 alike 6 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:15.759 but are spelled differently and have 7 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:18.160 completely different meanings 8 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:21.039 so they're easy to confuse 9 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.760 if you find these difficult to remember 10 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:25.119 don't worry 11 00:00:25.119 --> 00:00:27.519 native speakers confuse them all the 12 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:28.960 time 13 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:31.920 there there and there are especially 14 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:33.440 difficult 15 00:00:33.440 --> 00:00:36.159 but if you take a peek at this video you 16 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:38.479 will soon reach the peak of english 17 00:00:38.479 --> 00:00:40.800 vocabulary mastery 18 00:00:40.800 --> 00:00:43.120 are you ready 19 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:44.640 advice 20 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:47.440 advise 21 00:00:47.760 --> 00:00:49.600 advice 22 00:00:49.600 --> 00:00:50.879 guidance 23 00:00:50.879 --> 00:00:52.239 advise 24 00:00:52.239 --> 00:00:55.600 give guidance or 25 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.399 advice i advised him not to take that 26 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:02.320 route at rush hour 27 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.400 but he ignored my advice 28 00:01:09.520 --> 00:01:11.040 broche 29 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:13.840 brooch 30 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:15.840 brosh 31 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:18.159 jewelry with a pin 32 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:19.520 brooch 33 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:23.439 raise a difficult subject 34 00:01:25.438 --> 00:01:28.240 i had to broach a touchy subject with 35 00:01:28.240 --> 00:01:29.520 jennifer 36 00:01:29.520 --> 00:01:34.240 her brosh makes her look ridiculous 37 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:39.840 effect 38 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.320 affect 39 00:01:42.640 --> 00:01:44.078 affect 40 00:01:44.078 --> 00:01:46.078 make a difference to 41 00:01:46.078 --> 00:01:47.840 influence 42 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:49.280 affect 43 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:50.560 a change 44 00:01:50.560 --> 00:01:53.720 a result 45 00:01:54.720 --> 00:01:57.439 i hoped my sister's advice would affect 46 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:02.479 my son's thinking but it had no effect 47 00:02:06.240 --> 00:02:07.439 bear 48 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:09.839 bear 49 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:11.760 bear 50 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:13.760 adjective or verb 51 00:02:13.760 --> 00:02:14.959 naked 52 00:02:14.959 --> 00:02:16.400 uncovered 53 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.160 to uncover 54 00:02:18.160 --> 00:02:19.280 bear 55 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:24.160 endure be able to stand something 56 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.560 my sleeping bag was lost so i had to 57 00:02:30.560 --> 00:02:33.919 sleep on the bare ground i couldn't bear 58 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:36.800 it 59 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:38.560 climactic 60 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:41.280 climatic 61 00:02:41.519 --> 00:02:43.599 climactic 62 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:48.239 approaching a climax or culmination 63 00:02:48.239 --> 00:02:50.000 climatic 64 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.519 relating to climate 65 00:02:56.000 --> 00:02:59.440 the climactic issue of the 21st century 66 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:02.239 will be whether we face our climatic 67 00:03:02.239 --> 00:03:05.239 challenges 68 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.080 complement 69 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.800 complement 70 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.519 complement 71 00:03:15.519 --> 00:03:16.959 add something 72 00:03:16.959 --> 00:03:18.720 go well with 73 00:03:18.720 --> 00:03:20.400 compliment 74 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.920 praise for someone 75 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:29.120 susan complimented me on the way my 76 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:33.840 shoes complemented my dress 77 00:03:37.760 --> 00:03:39.440 counsel 78 00:03:39.440 --> 00:03:42.000 counsel 79 00:03:42.480 --> 00:03:44.159 counsel 80 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:48.640 a bobby that needs to make decisions 81 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:50.400 counsel 82 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.959 advice 83 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:59.439 i need your counsel before i talk to the 84 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.920 city council next week about our 85 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:04.640 application 86 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:10.000 desert 87 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.560 desert 88 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:17.279 desert a very dry landscape 89 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:18.959 dessert 90 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:24.600 a sweet dish eaten at the end of a meal 91 00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:30.639 let's go out for dessert 92 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:33.040 i know a great little place 93 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:35.360 it's way out in the desert but they have 94 00:04:35.360 --> 00:04:39.560 amazing chocolate cake 95 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.639 discrete 96 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:47.199 discrete 97 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:48.960 discrete 98 00:04:48.960 --> 00:04:53.279 done quietly and unobtrusively 99 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:54.720 discrete 100 00:04:54.720 --> 00:04:57.720 separate 101 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.960 there were three discrete violations and 102 00:05:02.960 --> 00:05:05.919 the police are making discrete inquiries 103 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:09.639 about all of them 104 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:14.400 ensure 105 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:17.038 ensure 106 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:18.960 ensure 107 00:05:18.960 --> 00:05:21.680 make certain that something happens 108 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:23.120 ensure 109 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.839 protect against the loss of something by 110 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:29.038 buying insurance 111 00:05:33.039 --> 00:05:35.360 we just need to ensure that you have 112 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.000 insured this car and then we'll give you 113 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:40.638 the keys 114 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:44.639 here 115 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:46.960 here 116 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:48.880 here 117 00:05:48.880 --> 00:05:50.839 at this place 118 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:55.359 here perceive a sound 119 00:05:58.080 --> 00:05:59.600 as you can hear 120 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:02.800 the train is here 121 00:06:04.880 --> 00:06:06.479 lead 122 00:06:06.479 --> 00:06:08.800 lead 123 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:10.880 lead 124 00:06:10.880 --> 00:06:11.919 guided 125 00:06:11.919 --> 00:06:15.360 past tense of lead 126 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.560 lead 127 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:20.199 a heavy metal 128 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:24.960 the guard led us past the lead shielding 129 00:06:24.960 --> 00:06:28.560 and into the power plant 130 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:34.479 lightning 131 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:36.720 lightning 132 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:38.400 lightning 133 00:06:38.400 --> 00:06:42.720 and electric flash in the sky 134 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:44.240 lightening 135 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.839 becoming lighter 136 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:50.239 make lighter in color or weight 137 00:06:53.440 --> 00:06:56.080 there was a terrible flash of lightning 138 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:58.800 but then the storm ended and the sky 139 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:02.360 began lightning 140 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:07.279 peak 141 00:07:07.279 --> 00:07:09.598 peak 142 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:11.599 peak 143 00:07:11.599 --> 00:07:12.880 the top 144 00:07:12.880 --> 00:07:15.280 a mountain 145 00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:17.919 peak a quick look 146 00:07:17.919 --> 00:07:21.880 look at something surreptitiously 147 00:07:24.960 --> 00:07:27.680 i'm going to show you a picture of me on 148 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:29.199 a mountain peak 149 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:34.000 but wait until it's ready no peeking 150 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:38.400 pedal 151 00:07:38.400 --> 00:07:40.800 pedal 152 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:42.560 pedal 153 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:45.840 propel by pushing a foot panel attached 154 00:07:45.840 --> 00:07:47.360 to a gear 155 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:49.759 such a foot panel 156 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.039 pedal 157 00:07:51.039 --> 00:07:53.360 cell 158 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:58.720 the bike shop is peddling a new model 159 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:02.479 with extra large pebbles 160 00:08:04.400 --> 00:08:05.840 principle 161 00:08:05.840 --> 00:08:08.479 principle 162 00:08:08.479 --> 00:08:09.919 principle 163 00:08:09.919 --> 00:08:10.840 most 164 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:13.199 important principle 165 00:08:13.199 --> 00:08:16.720 of fundamental idea 166 00:08:18.720 --> 00:08:21.120 the principle of human rights is a 167 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:25.800 principal feature of our constitution 168 00:08:29.599 --> 00:08:31.039 rain 169 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:33.439 rain 170 00:08:33.760 --> 00:08:34.880 rain 171 00:08:34.880 --> 00:08:37.599 verb often rain in 172 00:08:37.599 --> 00:08:41.919 a strap used to control a horse 173 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:42.958 rain 174 00:08:42.958 --> 00:08:45.360 noun or verb 175 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:49.200 period of someone's rule 176 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:56.320 it's been eight years since mary barra 177 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:59.200 took the reins at general motors 178 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:01.200 her reign has been marked by a 179 00:09:01.200 --> 00:09:06.120 transition to electric vehicles 180 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:11.360 stationary 181 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.760 stationary 182 00:09:13.760 --> 00:09:15.679 stationary 183 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:18.000 not moving 184 00:09:18.000 --> 00:09:20.000 stationary 185 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:23.480 writing paper 186 00:09:24.880 --> 00:09:28.000 my writing desk is stationary 187 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.800 partly because of the stationary piled 188 00:09:30.800 --> 00:09:34.279 up on it 189 00:09:36.399 --> 00:09:38.160 tortuous 190 00:09:38.160 --> 00:09:40.640 torturous 191 00:09:40.640 --> 00:09:42.800 tortuous 192 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:46.160 marked by many twists and turns 193 00:09:46.160 --> 00:09:48.080 torturous 194 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:51.800 marked by torture 195 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:56.880 the road to lake orta is tortuous and i 196 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:00.080 find it torturous to drive everyone is 197 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.080 speeding 198 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:06.880 vicious 199 00:10:06.880 --> 00:10:09.440 viscous 200 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:11.279 vicious 201 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:12.480 violent 202 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:14.000 cruel 203 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.839 viscous 204 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:18.839 sticky 205 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:23.760 a vicious wasp attacked me but it got 206 00:10:23.760 --> 00:10:29.200 stuck in viscous glue on the fly paper 207 00:10:31.760 --> 00:10:32.958 there 208 00:10:32.958 --> 00:10:34.320 there 209 00:10:34.320 --> 00:10:36.240 there 210 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:37.839 there 211 00:10:37.839 --> 00:10:40.320 at that place 212 00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:41.600 there 213 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:43.839 belonging to them 214 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:44.958 there 215 00:10:44.958 --> 00:10:47.838 they are 216 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:54.640 they're going over there to get their 217 00:10:54.640 --> 00:10:55.920 bicycles 218 00:10:55.920 --> 00:11:00.760 and then we can start our trip 219 00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:03.519 there 220 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.679 now you have some of the most easily 221 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:08.640 confused words in english along with 222 00:11:08.640 --> 00:11:10.480 their meanings 223 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:13.360 and they're all in one place 224 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:15.929 we hope this helps 225 00:11:15.929 --> 00:11:25.099 [Music] 226 00:11:29.279 --> 00:11:31.360 you