#187 Beautiful Words in English
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🗓️ 9 October 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Today, I will share with you 9 of the most beautiful words in English. And with the point of view story, you will learn grammar only by listening.
In 2010, during a project to search for words in digitized books, researchers estimated a total of 1,000,000 words.
First, you need to take into account that they have included different forms of the same word. Also, many words are archaic since they are not used in modern English.
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| 0:00.0 | Today, I will share with you nine of the most beautiful words in English, and with a point |
| 0:08.4 | of you story, you will learn grammar only by listening. |
| 0:13.0 | Okay, let's start. |
| 0:16.0 | In 2010, during a project to search for words in digitized books, researchers estimated a total of |
| 0:24.6 | one million words. |
| 0:27.6 | Yeah, I was a bit surprised by this too, but there's an explanation for all of this. |
| 0:34.4 | First of all, you need to take into account that they have included different forms of the same word. |
| 0:42.2 | Also, many words are archaic, since they are not used in modern English. |
| 0:48.6 | Speaking of archaic words, in the second edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, there are approximately 600,000 |
| 0:58.8 | defined word forms, but that's because it includes many old-fashioned words, and also the dictionary |
| 1:07.2 | expands every year to keep up with the new words being invented. |
| 1:13.0 | However, according to the BBC, the good news is that we only use 170,000 words in English. |
| 1:22.3 | Yeah, I know. It's still a considerable number of words. But you don't need to know all these words to be |
| 1:30.0 | able to have a conversation in English. I actually believe it's a mistake to keep track of the |
| 1:36.8 | number of words you know. If you want to learn English effectively, remember how you learn your |
| 1:43.3 | mother tongue. And let's face it, you don't know all the |
| 1:48.3 | words that are included in the dictionary of your mother tongue, but that doesn't stop you from |
| 1:53.7 | speaking fluently and eloquently. Let's not forget that words are a powerful form of communication. I have selected the ones that I |
| 2:03.7 | consider to be the most beautiful out of all the words in English. Let's start with the word cherish. |
| 2:11.8 | The word cherish means having a deep appreciation for something or someone. For example, we all cherish our family, |
| 2:21.9 | our home, our possessions, and I'm sure that someone in your life cherishes you and the relationship |
| 2:29.1 | they have with you. Let's continue with the word demure. |
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