S2 E12: Important Vocabulary in English for Phones - Upper Intermediate Advanced English Podcast

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📱 Hey High Level Listeners! 🌟 Welcome back to another enriching episode on High Level Listening, where we dive deep into the digital world that resides right in our pockets - our smartphones. Whether you find yourself constantly reaching for your phone or you're curious about expressing your phone habits in English, this episode is perfect for you!
🔹 What's Inside?
Explore the most important vocabulary in English related to daily phone usage.
Discover insights into the digital habits that define our times, featuring new vocabulary words with meaning and sentences.
Learn about the impact of smartphones on our lives and how we talk about it in English, enhancing the teaching of vocabulary in English language.
🔹 Episode Highlights:
Discuss vocabulary that goes beyond basic terms like call, text, and swipe, adding vocabulary words English learn with meaning.
Understand the dynamics of how smartphones capture our attention.
Delve into the personal anecdotes from Kat and Mark about their phone usage.
🔹 Why Watch?
Gain practical phrases to discuss your digital interactions, incorporating new vocabulary words with meaning and sentences.
Reflect on your own smartphone habits through our engaging discussion.
Enhance your understanding of cultural nuances in phone usage between American and British English.
👇 Join the Conversation!
Do you find yourself glued to your screen more often than you'd like? Or have you found effective ways to manage your digital life? Share your experiences and tips in the comments below!
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[@raularcella6856]

British & American are the perfect combination for me as a learner. Thanks 👍

[@highlevellistening]

That's great to hear! Thanks so much for studying with us and for your kind words!

[@user-eg8hh6ke4m]

Awesome, guys! Sometimes I think my phone is just a part of my hand. I'd say I'm totally addicted to it with all those apps and ebooks and recipes. By the way you're among my favorite podcasts.

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for sharing and for your kind words! It sounds a lot like us as well honestly 🙈 It's muscle memory, I pick up my phone and my thumb is already hovering over the Instagram icon!

[@mariammohammad1090]

I'm kinda an introvert so I don't use my phone very much, just for self education and learning with you . appreciate your effort you both, awesome clarification. way to go!🎉❤🌹🎉

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for sharing. I also use my phone to study Spanish (mostly Anki flashcards), so it can be a really useful way to learn!

[@abderrahmanekassi4302]

good evening; you have proposed: " I'm addicted to my phone". can I say :I'm hoocked on my phone. Nowaday , we are all of us addicted to our phones . My daughter waists her time for watching pet

[@highlevellistening]

Good question and good idea! Honestly, these days we use 'I am hooked on' when we really really like a TV show, or some kind of entertainment. For example: "I saw 1 episode of that new Netflix show and I was hooked". More seriously, we use 'hooked on' for drug addiction too. Such as: "He is hooked on cigarettes and he can't quit." So I wouldn't use this phrase to talk about phones actually. Hope that makes sense!

[@rocketmoonshine9205]

A good question and a good answer. Glad you asked this.

[@shnip3886]

Dear friends! Thank you so much. It is important topic for all of us))) you are so amazing!!!!

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for your kind words :)

[@enriquegonzalez2844]

Great heaithy advise on either the use of language and the use of phone. Thanks.

[@highlevellistening]

You're very welcome! Thanks so much for studying with us!

[@serenella_mele]

Hello! I love your lessons, finally good conversation from USA (I looooove it) and UK. Greetings from Italy I love you.

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for your kind words! We're really glad you're here and enjoy our classes!

[@rosanacardoso7871]

I must congratulate you all. You guys do a great job. My level of English has increased with your classes. This thing about two different native accents. Super show! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🫂

[@highlevellistening]

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! We're really glad you've enjoyed our classes and found them helpful - well done for improving your English as well!

[@shnip3886]

Hello from Belarus! In this video so much such a useful words for me!))))))

[@highlevellistening]

That's great to hear! We're super glad you enjoyed it!

[@kenyup7936]

Thanks!

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Thanks very much again Ken! We're really grateful for your support.

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Thanks so much for being here with us and for your lovely comment! We hope you enjoy our future videos just as much!

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[@highlevellistening]

We are so very happy to help you in your journey learning English! Thanks so much for joining us!

[@wanderfrancisco3048]

Good evening! Thanks for the class. I am learning a lot with you.

[@highlevellistening]

That's so great to hear! Thanks so much for studying with us!

[@user-rm1zs7qc2i]

Нi guys, you're making an amazing duet. I'm so excited I've come across your videos. After watching the first one I've subscribed to your channel. Now I see that natives' everyday speech is quite plain and clear without kind of sophisticated vocabulary we learn at school. Thank you so much for teaching real English we can use in the most common situations. Looking forward to your new videos.

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for your lovely comment! We're really glad that you found us and enjoy learning English with us too! We hope you like our future videos (and past ones) just as much :)

[@everydaythrowingpots]

Hi Kat and Mark ❤ from Tokyo. I think it lucky to find this video scloling my phone. Now it seems to me a kind of pleasure to see your faces.

[@highlevellistening]

That's lovely! Thanks so much for commenting and for studying with us :)

[@sophiatsereteli5735]

Hey, teachers 😊! I think we're all addicted to our phones. But children are much more than adults usually. I have some sort of immunity to this kind of addition (it's simply my age, when I got my first mobile, it was in 2006). At that time I gave birth to my second son and was so happy to have a new phone, so I could listen to music and so on, while my baby was sleeping. And these days I try to cut off my time on social media, and it's hard because of all these things that you've described in this lesson. So, I think it's our reality and we can take all positive things and try to avoid the other stuff. Thanks a lot for this great lesson 👏. I love your style of teaching ❤, it's super cool!

[@highlevellistening]

Wow - thank you for writing out such a long and thoughtful comment. I'm also a little bit glad that I didn't have smartphones when I was a kid, I think it would be very addictive. It's not easy to find a balance even as an adult with many things to do!

[@sophiatsereteli5735]

@@highlevellistening 💯 percent agree!

[@raffifsalam]

I learn a lot of vocabulary with you thanks

[@highlevellistening]

That's great! Thanks so much for studying with us!

[@WintThinzarKo]

Thanks for your amazing video. I really like it.❤

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for your kind words!

[@xuancam814]

I must say your lessons are way too additive:). I ve leaned a lot of new and useful words. Tks a lot

[@highlevellistening]

We are so happy to hear that! Keep up the great work!

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Thanks so much for working so hard! We're very happy that you're here now enjoying the videos, we have lots more to come!

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Thankssss 🎉

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You're very welcome!

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Hi I'm English learner from Myanmar..and I really like your lessons..❤

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Thanks so much for joining us! We're glad you're here!

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Great work guys u are doing

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Thanks so much for watching!

[@julian-ku8yn]

Very. Good to watch I am fr Myanmar

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Thanks for being here with us! We're glad you're here!

[@silfredoesquivel2870]

Hi' I'm Antonio From colombia.. Being honest I adore kat.. She is amazing

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@nourhouda1480]

Hello teachers ! I hope you are doing great 👍 It is just another wonderful video as usual with high quality and quantity of information. Thanks

[@highlevellistening]

We are so happy to hear that thank you so much for your hard work and joining us in class today☺️☺️

[@giselle_avila]

Hehe I enjoyed watching this video, by the way, we have that anxiety when we need some information or email, for instance when you are looking forward to receiving confirmation of a job we constantly need to check our phone 

[@highlevellistening]

Ah yes that's a good example. When you're expecting or waiting for some news, it's easy to keep checking your phone again and again and again!

[@miranda7747]

I think my tablet usage is too much as well:-) I do not like that and trying to cut back on the usage of it sometimes. Though, I justify myself that I use this for English learning:-) I check different you tube vedoes , watch movies in English and so on. Luckily, I am not into social media and they are not addictive to me, though sometimes can just scroll Instagram reels, so I got that :-)actually, the problem can be full storage , the internet lagging , bad voice quality and so on , that really get on my nerves😂

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for sharing and well done using lots of the phrases from the lesson!

[@kl6487]

I feel the same. 😂. Thank you so much !

[@highlevellistening]

You're so welcome! Thanks for studying with us today!

[@sweetsour3997]

Currently I think I have been using my phone a bit more than I used to since I am learning languages via KZbin.

[@highlevellistening]

Very interesting - thanks for sharing! I also look at my phone a lot because we have this KZbin channel! :)

[@dare2live981]

Fruitful lesson once again thanks for this. Could you please tell me the meaning of Act For because it has so many meanings.

[@highlevellistening]

"Act for" is not a phrase I use very often, honestly. The most common case is when you're in court and a lawyer "acts for" you. You can see an example here: www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/us/definition/english/act-for#:~:text=act%20for-,phrasal%20verb,continuing%20to%20act%20for%20him. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other common uses.

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Thanks so much for following us! We're glad you found us!

[@alvarohermany2560]

I really like the classes❤

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We’re so happy to hear that ☺️☺️ thanks for joining us in class today!!

[@user-kn2qz3tf9d]

Does 'can' t help being drawn into my phone' sound as natural as 'can't help but be drawn..'

[@highlevellistening]

Good question! I would say that: "I can't help being drawn into my phone" feels a little more conversational. But: "I couldn't help but be drawn into my phone." is something I would read in a book. I hope that makes sense!

[@user-kn2qz3tf9d]

@@highlevellistening thank you for the answer!

[@mahmoudiabdennacer1470]

Ohh my goodness I love you guys Mr mark ❤❤❤❤❤and ms kat, so much appreciated you all

[@highlevellistening]

Well we’re so so happy that you’re happy! Thanks so much for joining us ☺️

[@adam725]

Your cat looks adorable 🥰

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He is adorable! He's very handsome!

[@bideren1]

❤

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks for watching!

[@allmaxepicrecallacc]

Hi , Is it pick up used for a person? I mean pick up your manager I wanna see him.

[@highlevellistening]

You can use "pick up" to mean "to collect" someone from another place, usually with a car or a vehicle. For example, if you are waiting at the airport. I can drive my car to you and [pick you up], then drive us home together. But if you are just in an office, a cafe, or a store and the manager is in another room, I would say: - "Can you [go and get] your manager. I want to see him." - "Could you [go and find] your manager. I want to see him." Hope that helps!

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[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@goldykumar8575]

Hi princess kat.. Basically where are you from cali? I really love your accent. I Wanna talk to like you awesome lady.

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much for the kind words! Kat is from Texas in the US

[@marioroberto8663]

Bom dia,eu sou sugado para dentro do celular, quando escuto vocês dois,loucura né.

[@highlevellistening]

Haha but we're different! It's studying!

[@marioroberto8663]

As frases verbais é um jeito novo que eu estou aprendendo a me comunicar em inglês, é vocês dois são os melhores nas explicações,com vocês vou melhorar o meu vocabulário com certeza, muiito obrigado.

[@highlevellistening]

You're very welcome!

[@girlyranasinghe345]

I am addicted to on my phone please tell me can we use obsessed. with. Thank you very much for your great help and wish you all the best you both.

[@highlevellistening]

Good question - we can definitely used "obsessed with" For example: "I'm obsessed with my phone, I need to use it less." Obsessed with has a negative feeling. It's something we want to stop doing, or it's a bad habit. BUT, you can also use it to talk about a singer, a TV show, or a celebrity that you really really really enjoy. "I'm obsessed with Olivia Rodriguez's new album, I've listened to it at least 20 times."

[@girlyranasinghe345]

@@highlevellistening Thank you very much for your great help.

[@kovalskine1740]

Thanks!

[@highlevellistening]

Thanks so much again - we're really grateful for your support!