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Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. I'm Maggie. Today we're learning about 10 advanced vocabulary words from a real-life interview that native speakers actually use in their daily speech.
First word: impose. Impose. We put these self-imposed constraints, like thinking we need to do something by a certain time. So she used self-imposed constraints. So you can probably tell what impose means in everyday life. I always hear people say, "Um, you know, I don't want to impose. Would you like to stay? I don't want to impose." This happens if someone invited you to their house for a party, or um, for a get-together, or just to hang out. You can say, "Oh, I would love to, but I don't want to impose," and the other party would most likely say, "Oh, no, no, no. You're not imposing at all. Um, we would love to have you there." I don't want to impose. Another way this word is used a lot in daily life is about religion. Uh, for example, you might be having a conversation with someone about their religion, and they might say, "You know, I never want to impose my religion on anyone. I don't want to impose my religion on anyone at work." This word might come up as well. Uh, someone might say, "You know, the company really imposed those policies on us. Um, they never gave us a chance to discuss it. They imposed it on us."
Next word: constraints. Constraints. We put these self-imposed constraints. Constraints really means limitations and restrictions. A very common pair is time constraints. Um, "I can't attend this event due to time constraints." Due to time constraints. So and so. Another common pair that you hear a lot is budget constraints. You might hear, "Um, at this point we just have to complete this with budget constraints. Um, there's no other way. We have budget constraints and we have to do this."
Next word: juncture. Turning 48 at this juncture in my life. It means at this point in my life. Right? For example, you can say, "At this juncture of my life, I really want to focus on my health, my family, and my work instead of what other people think of me." Juncture is also used a lot at work. For example, you can say, "I feel like we have reached an important juncture of this negotiation. At this juncture, I think it's time to pivot."
Next word: stoic. Stoic. One of my favorite quotes of all time is a stoic quote. In this interview, he said it's a stoic quote. So there's actually a philosophy called Stoicism, and it means um um so you can kind of guess that stoic, as an adjective, means someone who is very in control of their emotions and doesn't really show any emotions in times of um turbulence or difficulties. And in real life, if you want to use this word, bear in mind there is a negative connotation. If you call someone stoic, you might say, "Um, you know, oh, Maggie, oh, she's she's very stoic. It's very hard to tell, um, how she's feeling." It means that she doesn't show much emotion. Someone is stoic. It's very hard to tell how she really feels.
Next word: validate. Validate. "Do not wait for someone to validate your feelings." Validate someone's feelings. Personally, I think this phrase is important in life because in any relationship, it's always crucial to hear the other person's feelings and validate their feelings. But you don't just pair validate with feelings. You can validate a lot of things. So, at work, you can say, "We need to validate those data. We need to validate um our our statements. Uh, we need to validate the license key. We need to validate those protocols before we proceed to the next step."
Next word: intuition. If you feel a certain way, trust your intuition. So intuition, uh, really in simpler words means gut feeling. You hear this a lot in everyday life. People say, "You know, I have this gut feeling something's not right," right? Um, so next time you can also say, "My intuition tells me something's not right. My gut feeling tells me or my intuition tells me something's not right. Don't do this. It doesn't It's too If it's too good to be true, it's too good to be true."
Next word: tolerance. I learned that I had a really high tolerance for poor behavior. So tolerance really means um the ability to accept something or to endure something. In everyday life, you'll hear people joke around a lot about zero tolerance policy. "Oh, you know, this company that I used to work for has a zero tolerance policy. Um, if you're late once, you're done. You're cooked. You are fired." Another way this is used a lot is um high pain tolerance. "Do you have a high pain tolerance or a low pain tolerance?" Another way I hear that a lot is um "I can't tolerate loud chewing." So you can say that if you are ever asked to share a fun fact about you at the beginning of a semester or in, you know, the first day of a new job. This is a common question that people ask. "Oh, share something about you that people don't know or share a fun fact about yourself." You can say, "Oh, a fun fact about myself is that I can't tolerate loud chewing. It bothers me."
Next word: insurmountable. And it can seem like an insurmountable feat. So insurmountable means something that is too big or too difficult to overcome. For example, you can say, "You know, speaking good English or learning English can feel insurmountable at first, but if you just get started and you don't give up and you try every single day, you will get there. You will start speaking English." Something seems insurmountable at first, but if you do this, this, and this, and you don't give up, it's manageable. It's doable.
Next one: humbling. Humbling. What I learned in starting my life over at 40 is it is very humbling and it's a very challenging. So humbling means um something that reminded you of your limitations and something that made you modest. So at work you might hear someone say, "Uh, being chosen to be the leader is very humbling. Um, I have learned a lot from this experience and I have gained invaluable experiences. Um, so I'm very grateful and and very happy uh to have worked with you." So and so was a humbling experience. Um, this was very humbling.
Last but not least, we have the word bend: or bend to fit into whatever shape you think they want you to be. You might argue this is not an advanced vocabulary word, but you might be surprised how versatile this word can be. Bend means um change or adjust yourself for someone else or um to make something flexible. So next time you can always say, "You know, I don't want to bend to fit into the mold anymore." So this means um that you know you are done trying to fit in. You are done trying to change yourself to please others. At work this word is used a lot too. Um, you might hear people say, "Bend the rules." Um, you might hear, "Oh, you know, for this returning customer, this is one of our oldest customers. We can bend the rules a little bit for him, right? We can bend the rules a little bit just for this customer." Or another common way to say this is bend over backwards. If you hear someone says, "You know, I bent over backwards for this client, but he still didn't choose our proposal. I bent over backwards for this client." It means that you have done everything you can. You did everything in your power. I bent over backwards for that client. Um, I did everything I can.
All right. So, which one of these words that you heard you have heard from native speakers um in your daily conversations? Let me know in the comment down below. I think they're all very um colloquial and they're more advanced, but they are very practical in everyday life. So, let me know in the comment down below. And also um feel free to let me know what else you want to watch from this channel. Um, we can figure something out. I would love to see your comment. Thank you so much for watching. I'll see you in my next video. Bye. [Music] Hey, [Music]