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