0:00 Hello lovely students, and welcome back to English with Lucy.
0:04 Are you tired of using
0:06 basic verbs like walk, jump, and climb?
0:11 Today, I am going to help you upgrade
0:14 your English by increasing
0:17 your vocabulary to talk about movement
0:20 with some C2 level words.
0:23 This is the highest level of English.
0:26 So, you can stop
0:28 saying, "I walked slowly."
0:31 and start saying, "I plodded along."
0:35 You'll also be able to replace climb with clamber.
0:40 Now, if this seems
0:41 too advanced for you, don't leave.
0:44 I promise I will explain
0:46 all the words clearly and give you easy-to-remember examples.
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2:06 Okay, let's upgrade your vocabulary now.
2:08 The C2 level of English is all about
2:11 nuance and using precise
2:14 verbs to explain exactly what we mean.
2:17 We will start with some advanced
2:19 ways to say to walk slowly.
2:22 Our first word is to amble.
2:25 To amble, meaning to walk
2:28 in a slow, relaxed way.
2:31 For example, "We ambled
2:33 through the village, enjoying
2:35 the quiet streets and fresh air."
2:38 Now, notice the use
2:40 of through after amble. Amble through.
2:45 To amble, like many of the verbs we're looking at,
2:48 should be followed by an adverb
2:50 or a down, and
2:55 over also work well.
2:58 A similar one is to mosey.
3:02 This is a lovely word.
3:04 It means to walk or move
3:06 slowly in a relaxed
3:08 way, often with no special purpose in mind. It's quite informal.
3:13 An example, "We're going to mosey into town later to look around."
3:18 And in casual speech,
3:20 we might say, "Mosey on down."
3:22 or "Mosey on over."
3:24 "I'll mosey on down sometime in the afternoon." Next, to saunter.
3:30 If you saunter, you tend
3:33 to look confident or relaxed.
3:36 A verb with almost
3:38 the opposite meaning is to slink.
3:42 And this means to move slowly,
3:43 but it's also to move quietly,
3:45 often as if you're trying not to be noticed
3:48 or because you feel guilty.
3:50 This is an irregular verb.
3:52 The verb forms are slink, slunk, slunk.
3:56 I love saying that. It's satisfying. Slink, slunk, slunk.
4:00 "She slunk out of the room after her boss told her off."
4:04 Or, "Carrie often slinks off to get coffee
4:07 when she should be working."
4:09 Next, we have to trudge. To trudge. Another great word.
4:14 It reminds me of fudge.
4:15 I must be hungry. To trudge.
4:17 This means to move slowly
4:19 with heavy steps, often because
4:22 you're carrying something heavy,
4:24 it's difficult to walk, or you're tired.
4:27 For example, "We trudged
4:29 home through the snow
4:31 after a long day."
4:33 You often trudge through mud or snow.
4:35 A near synonym is to plod,
4:38 and this is to walk with slow, heavy steps.
4:41 You might be tired,
4:42 or it might be very difficult to walk because of the environment.
4:46 "He plodded through the mud,
4:48 his boots sinking in every step."
4:50 We can also use plod
4:52 figuratively, meaning to work or do
4:55 something slowly, especially something boring or difficult.
5:00 For example, if I ask,
5:02 "How are you doing with the report?"
5:04 You might say, "Ah, plodding along." I'm working slowly.
5:09 I'm making slow progress.
5:11 All right, our final one for moving slowly is to dawdle. To dawdle.
5:17 I don't know if I'm in a particularly
5:18 good mood, but I think all of these words have been so beautiful
5:22 and satisfying to say. To dawdle.
5:25 Can you guess what this word means
5:28 from the "My children
5:30 always dawdle on school days,
5:33 often making us late."
5:35 It means to move or do something slowly
5:38 in a way that wastes time.
5:40 If you dawdle, it takes you more time than necessary to do something.
5:45 If you don't want to go to school,
5:47 you might dawdle over breakfast.
5:50 You might take ages to eat it.
5:52 Then you would dawdle
5:54 over brushing your teeth,
5:55 and then simply dawdle along. That's walking slowly. Now, let's think.
6:01 If you were late to a meeting,
6:03 would you saunter or slink in?
6:06 Or, would you scurry in?
6:09 That's a great word.
6:10 Let's move on to ways
6:12 to describe moving quickly, starting with scurry.
6:16 To scurry means to walk with small,
6:19 quick steps, often because you are in a hurry, or you're frightened.
6:25 For example, "She scurried
6:27 into the meeting room
6:28 hoping no one had noticed she was late."
6:31 We often say that small animals like mice,
6:34 rats, and ants scurry.
6:36 "He jumped up on the chair when he saw the mouse
6:39 scurrying across the floor."
6:41 A very similar verb is to scuttle. Scuttle.
6:46 Again, it's moving with short,
6:47 quick steps, and it tends to be when you want to escape,
6:51 are afraid, or don't want anyone to see you.
6:55 Again, it's often used for small animals or insects.
6:59 "A rat scuttled across the floor
7:02 and disappeared under the fridge."
7:03 And another one we use to talk about animal movements is to dart.
7:09 This means to move
7:11 suddenly and quickly in a particular direction.
7:15 You know what a dart
7:16 is, the small, pointed
7:18 object we throw at a dartboard
7:21 during a game of darts.
7:23 Probably easier if I show you a picture.
7:25 Well, an animal or human
7:26 could dart in a particular direction.
7:29 Some examples, "A squirrel
7:31 darted across my path."
7:32 We can also use it for human movement.
7:35 "Amber darted forward and pulled her son away from the road."
7:39 We have a similar word now, to lunge.
7:43 And this means to make a sudden,
7:45 strong forward movement, often to
7:49 attack or grab something.
7:51 "My brother lunged across the table to grab the last slice of pizza."
7:56 Our final verb in our move quickly category is to hurtle. To hurtle.
8:02 And this means to move
8:04 very quickly, and usually
8:06 it's in one "My dog
8:08 always hurtles towards me
8:11 when I get back from a holiday."
8:13 Sometimes it can be in a dangerous way.
8:15 I think it's implies
8:17 a lack of control.
8:18 For example, "The car
8:20 hurtled around the corner
8:21 and narrowly avoided hitting a tree."
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8:37 Now, let's have a quick
8:39 fire round of five verbs to finish off.
8:43 Stop always saying and start saying vault instead.
8:51 If you vault, you jump
8:53 over something using your hands
8:56 or a pole for support.
8:58 "Carrie vaulted over the fence
9:01 and retrieved the ball."
9:02 Next, you don't always need to hike.
9:06 You can always ramble.
9:09 This means to walk for pleasure,
9:11 particularly in the countryside.
9:13 And to ramble is more common in British English
9:16 than in American English.
9:18 "I spent the afternoon
9:20 rambling across the hills."
9:22 Now, instead of saying
9:24 climb all the time,
9:26 what about trying clamber?
9:28 This means to climb
9:29 up, down, or across something with difficulty.
9:34 Usually, you clamber with your hands and feet.
9:37 For example, "We clambered
9:40 over the rocks to reach the seashore."
9:42 Or, "Whenever I clamber
9:44 up a ladder, I cling on and fight
9:47 my fear of heights." Okay.
9:49 How about if you walk purposely?
9:53 Well, that's already quite advanced
9:55 with purposely, but to stride is even better.
10:00 It means to walk with long,
10:02 confident steps in a particular direction.
10:06 And this is an irregular
10:07 verb, and the past tense is not strided. It's strode.
10:13 The past participle is technically
10:19 I could probably count on one hand
10:22 the amount of times I've heard it used in perfect tenses.
10:25 An example, he strode
10:27 across the stage and began his presentation.
10:30 And finally, I've got another
10:32 alternative for walk It's to sashay.
10:37 What an elegant word, to sashay.
10:40 If you sashay, you walk confidently
10:42 in a way that is
10:44 intended to attract attention.
10:46 We might say that models
10:48 sashay down a catwalk.
10:51 If anyone watches RuPaul,
10:52 you might have heard the phrase
10:54 sashay away when a contestant
10:56 is eliminated, encouraging them to exit confidently.
11:01 Another example, he sashayed
11:03 over to the dance floor, enjoying the attention.
11:06 That's very high level. Okay, lovely students.
11:09 It's not quite the end.
11:10 It's time for a little quiz.
11:12 Let's see if you can remember
11:13 what you've learned from this lesson.
11:15 Keep score as we go.
11:17 There are five questions in total.
11:19 Number one, which verb means to move quickly?
11:22 Is it to saunter,
11:24 to scurry, or to amble?
11:31 It is to scurry.
11:34 This is moving with short, quick steps.
11:37 Saunter and amble both mean to walk slowly.
11:41 Which is the odd one out here?
11:43 To plod, to hurtle, or to scuttle? It's to plod.
11:53 This means to walk slowly.
11:54 The other two mean to move quickly.
11:57 Number three, choose the best option
12:00 to complete this sentence here.
12:05 up the slope on all fours.
12:08 Is it vaulted, or clambered?
12:19 Clambered fits best as this means to climb
12:22 using your hands and feet.
12:24 So, you're clambering on all fours.
12:26 That's a good term for using both your hands and feet to move.
12:29 You're on all fours.
12:30 To vault means to jump over,
12:32 and to ramble means to walk across the countryside.
12:35 Number four, choose the best option for this sentence.
12:40 We up the hill carrying our suitcases.
12:45 Is it lunged, trudged, or mosied? It's trudged.
12:56 To trudge means to walk slowly
12:58 and with difficulty, often because you're carrying something heavy.
13:02 To lunge is to make a sudden
13:04 movement forward, and to mosey
13:07 means to move slowly.
13:08 And finally, your last one, number five,
13:10 replace walked confidently with a verb from the video.
13:16 She walked confidently into the room.
13:24 So, you could have
13:26 sashayed, strode, or sauntered.
13:29 All mean to walk confidently,
13:31 and remember to sashay
13:33 is to walk in a way
13:35 you want to be noticed.
13:36 To stride is to walk with long, confident steps.
13:40 And to saunter is to walk in a relaxed but confident way.
13:44 How did you do?
13:45 What was your score out of five?
13:47 Please let me know in the comments.
13:48 I will be checking.
13:50 And let me know which of these verbs
13:52 you think will be most useful for you.
13:55 Try to use one in a sentence,
13:57 and I will check them.
13:57 And remember, if you enjoyed learning some nuanced
14:00 ways to talk about movement,
14:02 there is so much more to come.
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