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Learn English with ROAD HOUSE (2024 movie) | Speak fluently about seafood in English

In this lesson, we explore vocabulary like 'chowder', 'conch', 'irritation', 'ornate', and many others, making English learning exciting and accessible. Watch as we break down these words, understand their meanings, and even challenge ourselves by watching a clip without subtitles to test our new knowledge! Learning English has never been this enjoyable.

Have you ever tried a delicious seafood dish called 'chowder'? Maybe you've heard of it but aren't quite sure what it is. Today, we'll also learn some interesting words like 'conch', 'irritation',  'ornate', 'loyalties', 'cause trouble', and many others. Let's watch and learn!

"conch" means a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in it.

"chowder" is a type of thick soup, usually made from fish or other sea creatures.

"suit" here means to make someone look more attractive, usually referring to a color or style of clothes or hair.

"hairdresser" means a person who cuts people's hair and puts it into a style, usually working in a special shop, called a hairdresser's.

"aggressive" means showing anger and a willingness to attack other people.

"grow up" is a phrasal verb that means to change from being a child to being an adult.

"loyalties" means your feelings of support or duty toward someone or something.

"ties" means the friendly feelings that people have for other people, or special connections with places.

"cause" means to make something happen, especially something bad.

"pearl" means a small, round object, usually white, that forms around a grain of sand inside the shell of a sea creature, especially an oyster, pearls are valuable and are used to make jewelry.

"ornate" means having a lot of complicated decoration.

"spiral" means a shape made up of curves, each one above or wider than the one before.

"shell" means the hard outer covering of something, especially nuts, eggs, and some animals.

"grit" means very small pieces of stone or sand.

"extreme" means very large in amount or degree.

"irritation" means the feeling of being angry or annoyed, or something that makes you feel like this.

"lead" here means to go in a particular direction or have a particular result, or to allow or cause this.

Great job! We've covered some fantastic vocabulary today. Now, it's time to put your new knowledge to the test. Watch a segment of this movie clip without subtitles. See if you can recognize and understand the words we've learned in action!

Learning English is an ongoing process, and every step, no matter how small, brings us closer to fluency. Thank you for joining me today, and I look forward to seeing you in our next lesson.

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