Advanced Verbs to Describe the Way Things Move

You see things move every day, and if you want to talk about them accurately and precisely, then it's important to learn these verbs.
I want to teach you some advanced verbs to help you describe movement. I've put these verbs into different categories. I'll talk about the meaning and tell you a little bit about how these verbs are used.
If you'd like to review the vocabulary, here are the words from the lesson.
Walking/Running
1. strut
2. stagger
3. bolt
4. slip by/past (someone)
5. drag (one's) feet
Driving/Flying
6. hitchhike
7. carpool
8. leapfrog
9. swerve
10. soar
Animals
11. glide
12. slither
13. wobble
14. gallop
15. wiggle
Situations
16. approach
17. circumvent
18. smuggle
19. lag (behind)
20. spiral (out of control)
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0:00 Intro to advanced verbs
0:24 Verbs to describe walking/running
3:45 Verbs to describe driving/flying
6:24 Verbs to describe animals
8:45 Verbs to describe situations
12:07 Review of verbs to describe movement
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In all honesty, you are a great English teacher as for how you just categorised these different types of movements and made it easily digestible for us. I am overwhelming with gratitude for you.... Here is my example that encapsulates the words taught in this video- When It comes to learning something then you should never drag your feet instead you must approach it sensibly . You may wobble at times, feel like staggering but you have to keep going even if you are just able to writhe. Furthermore, If you keep walking with determination and hope then you will definitely soar high in the sky one day.. ❤

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Self-Practice 1. to strut The winners strutted around the court, receiving applause from their fans. 2. to stagger People in the bar suddenly hit the bottle, and an hour later, all of them were staggering. 3. to bolt The announcement said that the plane was leaving in five minutes, so I bolted to the airplane. 4. to slip +by/past/inside/outside Being late for work, I slipped inside the office. 5. to hitchhike We ran out of gas in the middle of the road, so we hitchhiked to the nearest town. 6. to carpool More and more people are carpooling to work nowadays, and I think it's good because carpooling does less harm to our environment than driving alone. 7. to leapfrog (+ each other) A van suddenly cut me off, and we started to leapfrog each other at around 80mph. A friend of mine was sitting in the passenger seat, and he was panicking. 8. to swerve The driver swerved to the left as the car in front of him suddenly stopped. 9. to soar The spacecraft was successfully launched, and it soared through the sky. 10. to glide A herd of swans were gliding through the lake, which looked gorgeous. 11. to slither She fainted away when she saw a snake slithering around inside her bedroom. 12. to wobble Don't you think penguins are cute? Look at them wobbling. 13. to gallop The troops were frightened to see the cavalry galloping toward them. 14. to wiggle The wild raccoon was wiggling hard in the net. 15. to approach So, what is the game plan? How are we going to approach this matter? 16. to circumvent Sticking to strong businesses and wonderful companies, we've been successful at circumventing several economic crises. 17. to smuggle The man was sentenced to death for smuggling tons of cocaine into the country. 18. to lag (+ behind) The CEO called an emergency meeting because recent reports clearly showed that the company was lagging behind its competitors. 19. to spiral (+ out of control) The problem seemed small at first, but suddenly it was spiraling out of control.

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Thank you Wes Can I see someone is staggering when someone walks due to foot injury like sport injury or ankle twist.

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In that case, I would probably use "limping." Staggering is really when you keep losing your balance, which is why I think it's associated with alcohol and one's balance being impaired. 👍

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Those audio videos we listen to, the writer said, "My breakfast tried to bolt for the exit, but I stopped it from coming back up." Vicki thought it was a hilarious way to use bolt in a sentence. She said it was like a simile. The 'gate of your teeth' is definitely a simile. Gustav

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Like ur exemplify methodology..

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Please tell me what can I be fleunte in writing.thanks

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Hello sir Amazing words with amazing explanation, can we use these words in running or walking category : trudge, trot, canter, saunter, rush, sprint, jog, amble etc.

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Good lessons but need more sentences examples. It would be great

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Thanks for your video 😁. Just one thing I feel confused about: I thought that slip meant something like slide. For example: I slipped on the ice...🤔

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Thanks for checking out the lesson. Yes, that's another meaning for this verb, 'to slide.' 👍

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That's why Michael BOLT

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John, Please don't wobble the table - I'm doing my homework.

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We strut proudly. My grandpa stagger with difficulty. We are bolt to get that thief. We slipped inside the palace. I know I Drag my feet now. I hope to hitchhike to Japan , but I know that never happend haha. We are enjoy carpooling. Don't Circumvent your problems. The mice smuggling around the garden. I lag behind in English, Hindi Japanese and Chinese. her disease is Spiral out of control.

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Toefl vocab please

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In the word circumvent the third syllable is stressed.

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Hi. I'm from the United States. But I think many of the vocabulary lessons are helpful across all English varieties. 😃

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Some coworkers tend to drag their feet😪

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Running out of time. I don't know how run it out!

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Just keep practicing & keep up the good work. 😊

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The monkey wobbles if you put a load of rice sacks.