Advanced (C1) Verbs to Level Up Your Vocabulary

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Let's learn some advanced (C1) verbs to help you build your vocabulary. These words are at a C1 level, which is one of Cambridge's highest levels of proficiency.
I'll teach you the meaning, tell you how the verbs are used, as well as go over the pronunciation of each word so you can say them just like a native speaker.
If you would like to review, here is the vocabulary from the lesson.
1. differentiate
2. broaden
3. grasp
4. diminish
5. fall flat
6. contradict
7. set foot in
8. allocate
9. collaborate
10. generalize
11. lose your head
12. facilitate
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0:00 differentiate
1:24 Intro to C1 Verbs
1:58 broaden
3:30 ELSA Speak Announcement
5:45 grasp
7:26 diminish
8:28 fall flat
9:52 contradict
11:47 set foot in
13:21 allocate
14:25 collaborate
15:42 generalize
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differentiate; broaden; grasp; diminish; fall flat; contradict; set foot in; lost your head; collaborate; generalize; allocate; facilitate. broaden sb's horizons; broaden the mind; grasp at straws

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@@InteractiveEng By the way, I had to change for 12 hours shifts on my work place, so I'll have a bit more time for English on my free days. I had the feeling to repeat this lesson and make notes out of it. I just founjd the idiom to grasp at straws and I know it was new to me even though I would have understood it in context. And I was not used grasp in the meaning of to grab. It was new. Thanks again!

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@InteractiveEng “Allocate funds” sounds the only common collocation.

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20:10 Differentiate between the mafia and government: one of them is organized 😊.

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@InteractiveEng Some words, I say differently. “Allocate” is probably one, in that I put stress on the second syllable, because it sounds more correct.

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