This is a list of youtube channels I find the most interesting and helpful when it comes to learning new vocabulary.
Of course, there's much more to it — I discover new channels like that every now and then, so If you'd like to add something you can do so in the comment section.

1️⃣ Business | Economics | Politics

🔸Business Casual🔸Economics Explained2️⃣ Investing | Personal Finances

🔸The Plain Bagel🔸Graham Stephan3️⃣ Self improvement | Productivity

🔸Matt D'Avella🔸Nathaniel Drew🔸Thomas Frank4️⃣ Cool animated stories

🔸The Infographics Show🔸RealLifeLore🔸The Armchair Historian🔸Casually Explained5️⃣ Science | Physics

🔸Mark Rober🔸Veritasium🔸Vsauce6️⃣ Car reviews

🔸Doug DeMuro7️⃣ Tech

🔸TechLead🔸JomaTech8️⃣ Adventures | Fun

🔸Yes Theory

➖ How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?

🧨 One. But the bulb has to really want to change.

#Jokes

How a Man Sold Eiffel Tower Twice

I love this story! It reminds me of one of my favorite movies, "Catch me if you can".

I'd recommend you to look through the list of words and idioms below before listening to the audio.

A few words to remember:1️⃣ Con

*🔸 As a verb — to scam. As a noun — a scam. Conman is a scammer/fraud. ➖* The conman tried selling me insurance, but he couldn't even give me the name of his company.

2️⃣ Mark

*🔸 A target (often when referring to people)*.

➖ The killer's bullet hit its mark.

3️⃣ Brazen

*🔸 Shameless and rudely bold, usually about something that shocks people. ➖* If the other person says not to take a cookie and you proudly go right up and grab one anyway, this is an example of when you are brazen.

4️⃣ Size up

*🔸 To examine something or someone carefully and decide what you think about it, him, or her. ➖ She knew that he was looking at her, sizing her up.
➖* He sized up the situation very quickly.

5️⃣ Elaborate (adjective)

*🔸 Chances are you're already familiar with the verb to elaborate, which means to explain or describe something in a more detailed way. As an adjective it means detailed. ➖ He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn't quite believe him.
➖* They're making the most elaborate preparations for the wedding I've ever seen.

6️⃣ Pry

*🔸 To try to find out information about other people’s private lives in a way that is annoying or rude. ➖* As a reporter, I was paid to pry into other people's lives.

7️⃣ Flee

*🔸 To escape by running away (especially to another country or area), because of danger or fear. ➖* Thousands of refugees fled across the border.

8️⃣ Reckless

*🔸 Showing a lack of care about danger and the possible results of your actions. ➖* The accident was a result of his recklessness.

9️⃣ Undoing

*🔸 The cause of a person’s failure or loss of power or wealth, synonym — downfall. ➖* My quick temper was my undoing.

**And Idioms:

1️⃣** Close call

*🔹 A situation where a disaster or an accident almost happens and you could barely avoid it. ➖* We didn’t actually hit the other car, but it was a close call

2️⃣ Throw somebody under the bus

*🔹 To make somebody else suffer in order to save yourself or gain an advantage for yourself. ➖* I'm not going to throw my friend under the bus in order to keep my job.

3️⃣ Catch somebody red-handed

*🔹 To catch somebody in the act of doing something wrong or committing a crime.*4️⃣ Keep/Have your wits about you

*🔹 To be ready to think quickly in a situation and react to things that you are not expecting. ➖* Cycling is potentially very dangerous in the city - you have to keep your wits about you all the time.

#Listening

Telegraph

How a Man Sold Eiffel Tower Twice

1 As a policeman in 1925 Paris, you’ve seen a lot. The country is still recovering from the Great War, and society is in chaos. The great city takes pride in its iconic landmark, the Eiffel Tower, but there have been reports that it’s falling into disrepair.…

➖ Reading while sunbathing

🧨 will make you well read.

#Jokes

​​🖍 Jeopardize — /'dʒepərdaɪz/ verb
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(synonym — endanger)

I love it — such a unique word. Jeopardize means to put in danger.
Take note that O is silent. It's /'dʒepərdaɪz/ and NOT /'dʒeopərdaɪz/.
Also, there's no such a word as "geopard" in English (cause I certainly know that you will associate jeopardize with jeopard). There's a cheetah /'tʃi:tə/ 🐆, pronounced almost the same way as "cheater" 🤔. Or leopard (not the same as cheetah even though they look alike). "Leopard" has the same feature as "Jeopardize" — O is silent — /'lepərd/. ➤ ❶ (formal) to put something in danger, such as plan, system, career, etc. ➖ He would never do anything to jeopardize his career.
➖ This scandal could seriously jeopardize his chances of being re-elected.
➖ She knew that by failing her finals she could jeopardize her whole future.
➖ His health has been jeopardized by poor nutrition.
➖ The building of the factory near the lake might jeopardize the water’s ecosystem.
➖ How dare you jeopardize the lives of others by driving drunk!

🔺Listen to the audio down below (even though it's a video, still you can enable the audio if you press the volume up button on your phone).
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#Words #C1

9 Habits to Increase Your EnergyVocabulary:1️⃣ Resilient — /rɪ'zɪliənt/, *able to recover quickly after something unpleasant such as stress, shock, injury, etc.

➖ She's a resilient girl - she won't be unhappy for long.
➖* Even my doctors were surprised at how resilient I was during and after treatment.

2️⃣ Mandatory — /'mændətɔ:ri/*, necessary and must be done (usually because it is required by the law or rules).

➖ It is mandatory for blood banks to test all donated blood for the virus.
➖* Wearing helmets was made mandatory for all the pedal cyclists.

3️⃣ Sleep deprivation (to be sleep deprived) — *the condition of not having enough sleep.

➖* Researchers had found that sleep deprivation increases levels of stress hormones.

4️⃣ Set aside — *to save something, usually money or time, for a special purpose.

➖ He sets aside some time every day to read to his children.
➖* He had some money in an account that he'd set aside for his kids.

5️⃣ Groggy — /'ɡrɑ:ɡi/, *weak and unable to think or move well because you are ill or very tired (that's how you feel when you are sleep deprived).

➖ The sleeping pills left her feeling very groggy.
➖* I felt a little bit groggy for a couple of days after the operation.

6️⃣ Recuperate — /rɪ'ku:pəreɪt/, *(formal) to get back your health, strength or energy after being ill, tired, injured, etc. (recover)

➖ After an exhausting few weeks I needed some time to recuperate.
➖* After leaving the hospital, he continued to recuperate at home.

7️⃣ Reinforce — /,ri:ɪn'fɔ:rs/*, to make something stronger.

➖ All buildings are now reinforced to withstand earthquakes.
➖* His behaviour merely reinforced my dislike of him.

8️⃣ Squander — /'skwɑ:ndər/, *to waste money, time, etc. in a stupid or careless way.

➖ He squandered all his money on gambling.
➖* Don’t squander your opportunities when you are young.

9️⃣ Untangle — /,ʌn'tæŋɡl/*, 2 meanings: to remove the knots from an untidy mass of string/wire/rope; or to make something that is complicated or confusing easier to deal with or understand.

➖ Can you untangle all those cables on the floor?
➖* It will not be easy to untangle his financial affairs.

#Articles

Medium

9 Habits to Increase Your Energy

Feel good and get more out of life

​​🖍 In over your head — Idiom
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➤ involved in something that is too difficult for you to deal with.➖ After a week in the new job, I soon realized that I was in over my head.
➖ Go ahead and lead the meeting today - I’ll help you out if you get in over your head.
➖ This is way over my head. Can you explain it more simply?
➖ I’m in over my head on this project. Can you help?
➖ I’m just worried that I’ll be in over my head with this new project.

Origins:
If a person goes too deep into the water, and the water literally is over one’s head, that person would probably drown.
Therefore, if something is over a person’s head, it means that the person can’t understand the material well and is failing to grasp it. Or can’t handle the task and is failing at it.
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#Idioms #C1

➖ Did you hear about the kidnapping at school?

🧨 It’s okay. He woke up.

#Jokes

How to Get More Work Done in a Day Than Most People Do in a Week

Vocabulary: 1️⃣ call it a day — *Idiom, used to say that it's time to stop working, either at one's job or on a particular task, for the rest of the day.

➖ This package is the last one. Once we get this shipped, we can call it a day.
➖* I'm tired. Let's call it a day.

It's kind of the same thing as "wrap it up". But:
• "wrap it up" means finishing the task.
• "call it a day" means it's over for today, but not that the task is finished. 2️⃣ coincide (with) — /,kəʊɪn'saɪd/, to take place at the same time or to be very similar. And I guess you already familiar with the word “coincidence”.

➖ I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's.
➖ Power failures coincided with the hottest weather.
➖ Our views coincide on a range of subjects.

3️⃣ slump — /slʌmp/, as a verb - to drop or fall; and as a noun - decline. ➖ Car sales have slumped dramatically over the past year.
➖ She slumped into the chair, exhausted.
➖ The recession led to a slump in consumer spending.
➖ I have a significant productivity slump after having a lunch.

4️⃣ hurdle — /'hɜ:rdl/, obstacle. ➖ You have already overcome the first major hurdle by passing the entrance exam.
➖ Lack of investments have been the biggest hurdle to the project's success.
➖ John had his business plan all laid out, but he fell at the first hurdle when the bank refused to grant him a loan.

5️⃣ endorse — /ɪn'dɔ:rs/, publicly approve or support something. ➖ I wonder how many celebrities actually use the products they endorse.
➖ I fully endorse (= agree with) everything he has said.

#Articles

Telegraph

How to Get More Work Done in a Day Than Most People Do in a Week

Take a minute and think about your typical day. Start from the moment you start work to until you call it a day and stop working. If you were to pick apart exactly how you spent each day, how much of it is devoted to actual work? And how many hours go towards…