[10:00] 20 Ways to Say YES Naturally in English Listening and Speaking

noun

1. the act of counting
reciting numbers in ascending order

e.g. the counting continued for several hours

Synonym: countingnumerationenumerationreckoningtally

2. a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

3. the total number counted

e.g. a blood count

noun

1. an act of gracious kindness

Synonym: favour

2. souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

Synonym: party favorparty favourfavour

3. an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

e.g. the outcome was in his favor

Synonym: favour

4. an inclination to approve

e.g. that style is in favor this season

Synonym: favour

5. a feeling of favorable regard

Synonym: favour

noun

1. a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose

e.g. he started looking for a gas station
the train pulled into the station

2. the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station

3. the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand

e.g. a soldier manned the entrance post
a sentry station

Synonym: post

4. (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty

5. proper or designated social situation

e.g. he overstepped his place
the responsibilities of a man in his station
married above her station

Synonym: place

noun

1. the act of gambling

e.g. he did it on a bet

Synonym: wager

2. the money risked on a gamble

Synonym: stakestakeswager

verb

1. get temporarily

e.g. May I borrow your lawn mower?

2. take up and practice as one's own

Synonym: adopttake overtake up

adv

1. definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

e.g. the results are surely encouraging
she certainly is a hard worker
it's going to be a good day for sure
they are coming, for certain
they thought he had been killed sure enough
he'll win sure as shooting
they sure smell good
sure he'll come

Synonym: surelysurefor surefor certainsure enoughsure as shooting

noun

1. the act of delivering a child

Synonym: obstetrical delivery

2. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

e.g. work is the deliverance of mankind
a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

Synonym: rescuedeliverancesaving

3. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Synonym: pitch

4. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

e.g. his reluctant delivery of bad news

Synonym: bringing

5. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

Synonym: liverylegal transfer

6. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

e.g. his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
her speech was barren of southernisms
I detected a slight accent in his speech

Synonym: manner of speakingspeech

7. the event of giving birth

e.g. she had a difficult delivery

adv

1. without doubt
certainly

e.g. it's undoubtedly very beautiful

Synonym: doubtlessdoubtlessly

adv

1. without question and beyond doubt

e.g. it was decidedly too expensive
she told him off in spades
by all odds they should win

Synonym: decidedlyunquestionablyemphaticallyin spadesby all odds

adv

1. totally and definitely
without question

e.g. we are absolutely opposed to the idea
he forced himself to lie absolutely still
iron is absolutely necessary

2. completely and without qualification
used informally as intensifiers

e.g. an absolutely magnificent painting
a perfectly idiotic idea
you're perfectly right
utterly miserable
you can be dead sure of my innocence
was dead tired
dead right

Synonym: perfectlyutterlydead