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First of all things, it is quite noteworthy to make mention of my special vocabulary-enhancing techniques which I myself devised, whereupon I promise that nowhere else can you come across them. Since the English tongue per se has over 300.000 words in its word-hoard, it is only a matter of time before we find ourselves overwhelmed by its inexhaustible resources. But fear not, for an intermediate English-learner is required to recognise ‘solely’ 3000 particular words, which are selected by the ‘Oxford 3000’ – the commonest 3000 words in English. Just as an indicator, an average native speaker is in the habit of employing roughly 6000-7000 words a day whereas an educated speaker could even hit the number 10.000. Interestingly, William Shakespeare happens to have invented 1700 brand new words at the time. 
 

In conclusion, as you can see, hard does one need to work his way through the mountainous size of the English word-hoard. Interpreting never-before-seen words, rendering your passive vocabulary active, acquainting yourself with ambiguous words, conjuring amidst the maelstrom of your thoughts the most suitable words/expressions/idioms for a particular occasion, deploying prefixes and suffixes, and concocting nonce-words when need be will not be embedded in your mind right after the very first lesson – all these will only be coming to fruition if you will sow the seeds of English in a laboriously cultivated soil. Don’t forget: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
 

For novelty’s sake, the expression ‘word-hoard’ being synonymous with ‘vocabulary’ is fairly recent and borrowed from Old English, literally meaning ‘treasure of speech’ or ‘store of words’.

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Vocabulary hack:
 

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I have come up with a sui generis technique to which I usually refer as ‘vocabulary hack’. The gist of its unicity is that I can enable your mind to formulate HUNDREDS of – or if you are creative, even THOUSANDS of – words yet never-before-used by you WITHOUT any recourse to DICTIONARIES! Yes, you read it right! By the time you get familiar with the procedure, you will have been able to generate a swarm of dictionary-approved words simply by pulling them out of your head. It all sounds unbelievable as if it were some sort of a magic-show, doesn't it? Well, anywise it may seem, unlike magicians, I am willing to share with you the secret behind my trick. Would you like to find out more about it? Book a lesson with me, write down in your request that you would like this aforementioned method, and I shall indulge your curiosity!

For sake of security, I can unveil no more of this until it is used up in action.
 

Duration:

• Basic depth: 1-2 lessons

• Medium depth: 3-5 lessons

• High depth: 5-10 lessons

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Words of a particular topic:

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Would you like to heighten your word-hoard in regards of a few topics? With me, they may be any kind of topics that you desire. You choose it and your wish shall be my command.

Just to exemplify to you the commonest topics:

 

• Body and appearance

• Business

• Compound Verbs

• Culture and history

• Education

• Family and relationships

• Food and drink

• Health

• Houses and buildings

• Nature

• Personality and emotions

• Science and technology

• Society

• Sports

• Travel and tourism

• Work

 

Duration:

• One topic per lesson.

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Shades of meaning:

 

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Additionally, for the purpose of sandpapering down the rough-hewn word-creations, there is a self-wrought module dealing with semi-synonyms. What are semi-synonyms, you wonder? They are words very much alike in meaning, sometimes totally interchangeable, nevertheless sometimes dissimilar in meaning.

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So as to give you a foretaste, let us instance the semi-synonyms of ‘difficult’.There is no way for us to differentiate between the English-sprung ‘hard’ and the Latin-sprung ‘difficult’ except that ‘difficult’ tends to sound slightly more formal.When, however, we extend the synonym-list by the adjective ‘challenging’, it comes to our attention that there is now a subtle variance between the two– exclusively something desired or interesting may be called ‘challenging’.In parallel therewith, the words ‘demanding’, ‘taxing’, ‘testing’, ‘gruelling‘ and ‘abstruse‘ all subtilise the crude notion of difficulty as well, often requiring different contexts and different implications.

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I can furthermore clarify such muddling topics as the difference amongst ‘really’, ‘quite’, ‘rather’, ‘fairly’, and ‘pretty’, the sheer topic of which is universally reckoned highly complex owing to its regional alterations and delicate differences at a fell swoop. Following this curriculum, you will have order in your vocabulary just the way you can label your filing drawers and sort the incoming paper document stacks in them accordingly.

 

Duration:

• One cluster per lesson

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Origin of words:

(non-selectable as a separate module)

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What is mentionworthy as well is that I can spice the lessons up from time to time with the fountainhead of words/expressions. Have you ever marvelled, for instance, what the originally Scottish word ‘whisky’ might mean? Well, you are in luck, for etymology has always been one of my dearest passions. The earlier form of the word ‘whisky’ in English used to be ‘usquebaugh’, which it self is sprung from the Scottish-Gaelic ‘uisge beatha’, meaning ‘water of life’ (= aqua vitae). Aqua vitae is a Latin-borrowed term so as to refer to any kind of ardent spirits or drinks containing a high dosage of alcohol.

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What of the odd-looking noun ‘neighbour?’ Truth be told, we need not dig down deep to get a straight answer for this question. The Old English word for ‘neighbour’ is ‘neahȝebur’, ‘neah’ (= the rare ‘nigh’ in modern English) meaning ‘near’,  ‘ȝe’ being an Old English motion-enhancer prefix, and ‘bur’ (= the poetical English word ‘bower’) meaning ‘a cottage’ or ‘an abode’.Thus a ‘neighbour’ is literally translated as a ‘near-dweller’. This information is not at all crucial, but can make things much more colourful and facilitates the memorisation of dodgy words.I should wager that you will remember the precise meaning of ‘whisky’ and ‘neighbour’ henceforth.

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As you can see, the wellspring of opportunities is practically inexhaustible. Alternatives can cover your marking of a particular topic, for which I can gather the most useful words and expressions as well. Remember that by the end of the day, I am here to tailor everything to your needs.

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Idioms and fixed phrases:

 

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Although English has a great deal of flexibility, there are times when its rigidity won’t let our mind wander so freely. Such is the case when we resort to idioms – a group of fixed words that we interpret figuratively –, e.g. let the cat out of the bag = to reveal a secret by mistake, in a nut-shell – in short, not the same cup of tea = to be very different, once in a blue moon = rather rarely, etc. These are so fixed that a slight alteration (e.g. instead of it is ‘raining cats and dogs‘, we venture to say it is raining cats and hounds or it is raining kitties and dogs) will most likely result in people looking askance at us. Be that as it may, every cloud has a silver lining and so do idioms; by their usage, we often get to save a lot of lengthy explanations lest the plot thicken. A prime instance would be ’a penny for your thoughts’ rather than ‘I wonder what you are pondering. Could you be so kind as to share your thoughts with me?’

 

As terrifying as they might seem to you, I myself happen to offer you detailed English lessons about such idioms, which are uniquely categorised, picturised, and the exercises are designed in a way that by the end of our lesson, they will have been imprinted on your mind willy-nilly.

In this curriculum, you are going to familiarise yourself with useful idioms or even some sayings. At first, you might be in the belief that you have bitten off more than you can chew, but in fact idioms are a blessing in disguise and worth burning the midnight oil for. So instead of closing the books on such a colourful topic, put your shoulder to the wheel and cross that bridge when you come to it.

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Presently available topics:

- body idioms 
- cake idioms
- cat idioms

- hesitation idioms 
- money idioms 
- Shakespearean idioms
- workaholic idioms 

Moreover, any other favoured categories can be freely requested.

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