your goal is to speak English fluently but one of the challenges you experience is not knowing the right words and expressions to use when a specific topic is brought up don't worry in this full English lesson I'm going to teach you the English vocabulary words and English Expressions you need to speak English confidently and fluently about productivity are you ready well then I'm teacher Tiffany let's Jump Right In the very first word that I want to teach you is abundance excellent again after me abundance great job now this word abundance just means a very large quantity of something once again a very large quantity of something he has an abundance of books she has an abundance of dot dot dot it literally just means again a very large quantity of something now check out this first example sentence the farmer was delighted to see an abundance of crops ready for Harvest he was looking out over his crops and he said wow I have a lot I have a large quantity once again the farmer was delighted Ed to see an abundance of crops ready for Harvest what about this second example sentence she found herself in an abundance of free time after retiring she had so much more time than when she was working now she could do what she wanted again she found herself in an abundance of free time after retiring what about this example sentence using the word abundance the library offered an abundance of resources for his research I remember growing up before we had cell phones and the computers that we know now we had to go to the library to physically look at books in order to write our research papers and this young man in the video if you're watching this video he's at the library why because the library offered an abundance of resources for his research makes sense right so again abundance a very large quantity of something let's move on now to word number two vocabulary word number two is after me prolific excellent again prolific great job now this word prolific just means producing a great number or amount of something producing a great number or amount of something he is a prolific writer meaning he has written a lot of poems or a lot of essays or a lot of books again producing a great number or amount of something check out this first example sentence the prolific writer had published over a hundred stories she wrote tons of stories she was a prolific writer and what about this second example sentence this region is known for its prolific olive trees they have tons and tons of olive trees in this region once again this region is known for its prolific olive trees and what about this third example sentence the prolific bird species has significantly increased in number this year last year there were a lot but this year there are even more once again the prolific bird species has significantly increased in number this year once again this word prolific it means producing a great number or amount of something you got it excellent all right let's move on to number three I do want to remind you if you are not already receiving it remember you can sign up for my free email newsletter where every day from Sunday to Friday I'll send you brand new vocabulary words to help you improve your English vocabulary all you have to do is go to www. daily English vocabulary.com totally free sign up today all right here's the third vocabulary word efficiency excellent again efficiency great job now this word just means the state or quality of being efficient or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort once again that last part able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort in other words you use your time wisely that's something our teachers said all the time when I was growing up so the word again is efficiency here's the first example sentence the new software greatly improved the efficiency of the data analyst process this is again referring to being able to get something done and not waste time so once again the new software greatly improved the efficiency of the data an and analysis process what about sentence number two her efficiency at work earned at work earned her a promotion within a year her ability to get things done in a good amount of time helped her get promoted once again her efficiency at work earned her a promotion within a year what about sentence number three the company focused on Energy Efficiency to reduce operating costs they wanted to save money they wanted to make sure they were using their resources properly so again the company focused on Energy Efficiency to reduce operating costs once again our word number three efficiency it just means to State the state or quality of being efficient or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort word number four fruitful excellent again fruitful great job now this just means producing good or helpful results or productive again fruitful means producing good or helpful results or productive now I want you to check out the first example sentence the brainstorming session was very fruitful generating many viable Solutions hey it was worth it we all were able to benefit from that meeting because we were able to come up with good Solutions this was a great session once again again the brainstorming session was very fruitful generating many viable Solutions what about sentence number two sentence number two his efforts to learn a new language were fruitful allowing him to communicate during his travels he put the hard work in he studied for hours and it enabled him to really learn the language well so so once again his efforts to learn a new language were fruitful allowing him to communicate during his travels now what about sentence number three let's see how it's used in this sentence the word fruitful the collaboration between the two departments proved to be fruitful the collaboration proved to be helpful proved to be productive it was a good decision once again the collaboration between the two departments proved to be fruitful this word is very useful it means once again producing good or helpful results or productive in English we say fruitful you got it I love it all right let's move on to our next vocabulary word number five optimize excellent again optimize great job now optimize just means to make the best or most effective use of a situation opportunity or resource once again to make the best or most effective use of a situation opportunity or resource in English we say optimize check out the first example sentence here's the first example sentence using this word optimize the team is working hard to optimize the website for a better user experience now prior to becoming an English teacher your English teacher I actually was a web designer I worked at Nasa when I was in Huntsville Alabama so I always tried to figure out how to make the websites better better user experience I wanted them to actually load quickly why once again the example sentence the team is working hard to optimize the website for a better user experience makes sense right here's sentence number two they hired a consultant to help optimize their business processes they wanted to make sure their business processes were the best and also the most effective so what did they do they hired a consultant to help optimize their business processes makes sense right here we go sentence number three to optimize plant growth the farmer adjusted the irrigation schedule ual he wanted to make sure the plants were able to grow as large as possible but in the proper way so what did he do to optimize plant growth the farmer adjusted the irrigation schedule so once again vocabulary word number five optimize it means to make the best or most effective use of a situation opportunity or resource all right so we have we have these five English vocabulary words and now it's time for us to move to our English Expressions we had abundance prolific efficiency fruitful and optimized now our first English expression is burn the Midnight Oil good again burn the Midnight Oil excellent remember we're speaking about productivity right this expression just means work late into the night alluding to the time before electric lighting right now we have electric I have lights on me in the studio right we all have lights that we use but there was a time when electricity was not even available so you had to burn the Midnight Oil right using oil to light the candles so or to light have a light source in your home burn the Midnight Oil all right check out this this first example sentence to finish the project on time the team had to burn the midnight oil for several weeks they wanted to finish the project they had a goal in mind but if they only worked during the day they weren't going to achieve the goal so they had to work late into the night they had to once again burn the midnight oil for several weeks to finish the project on time what about sentence number two this example he found himself burning the midnight oil again studying for his final exams I remember doing this um when I was in yeah when I was getting my Master's Degree there were times that I had to stay up late and wake up early right I'm an early bird so I like to go to bed early and then wake up early but when you have a lot to do sometimes you have to burn the Midnight Oil and get up early so once again he found himself burning the midnight oil again studying for his final exams what about sentence number three burning the midnight oil became a habit during her years in architectural School architecture school requires a lot of studying you have to understand math you have to understand art to make sure you're drawing things properly she had a lot to study stud for so she couldn't go to bed early again burning the midnight oil became a habit during her years in archetecture school makes sense right so again burn the Midnight Oil just refers to work late into the night or working or studying late into the night alluding to the time before electric lighting what about expression number two to put something on ice excellent again to put something on Ice great job this literally just means to postpone or shell something or to stop an activity or plan temporarily we're going to stop we're going to Halt we're not going to move forward anymore we're going to stop moving and stop acting again to put something on Ice check out this first example sentence this again is going to help you understand how to use this expression in real life like a native English speaker here we go the budget cuts forced us to put the expansion plans on ice again something happened and it stopped us from being able to move forward with our original plan again the budget cuts forced us to put the expansion plans on Ice we had to stop them sentence number two due to unforeseen circumstances the trip was put on Ice listen we had planned to go out together on vacation but something happened so we had to stop our plans are no longer in place once again due to unforeseen circumstances the trip was put on Ice example sentence number three she decided to put her job search on Ice until after her vacation yes sometimes you have to take a break she said I'm going on vacation I'll come back and look for a job then once again she decided to put her job search on Ice until after her vacation so once again this English expression to put something something on Ice just means to postpone or shove something or to stop an activity or plan temporarily you got it excellent all right English expression number three to pull an all nighter good again to pull an allnighter very good this just means to stay awake all all night to study work or complete a task it's very similar to burn the Midnight Oil right remember we're talking about productivity so this is very similar to burning the midnight oil once again to pull an all nighter you're staying awake to study work or complete a task here's the first example sentence he had to pull an allnighter to meet the deadline for his essay he had a long essay to write so he couldn't go to sleep he had to study he had to write all through the night once again he had to pull an allnighter to meet the deadline for his essay what about sentence number two here's the second sentence the team pulled an all nighter to fix the bug before the software launch they needed to get this fixed before the software launch this bug was taking more time than they expected to fix so they had to do what pull and all nighter again the team pulled an all nighter to fix the bug before the software launch what about this example sentence example sentence number three college students often pull all nighters during finals week very true right during finals week towards the end of the year you're trying to pass your exam so you can either graduate or move to the next level right so a lot of times students have to pull all nighters once again college students often pull all nighters during finals week you got it excellent again number three our third English expression to pull an all nighter let's move on to expression number four the fourth English expression is burnout good very simple right again burnout excellent this just refers to physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress again physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress now I want you to stay till the end for story time why I tell you a little bit about this burnout all right so let's check out some example sentences here we go the first one after months of non-stop work he finally reached the point of burnout he was done he had no more energy he had worked hard but he had reached his limit again after months of nonstop work he finally reached the point of burnout maybe you've experienced that sentence number two she took a year off to recover from burnout and re-evaluate her career goals she had to step back a bit she had worked so hard but she felt like she was physically overwhelmed mentally overwhelmed and it was time to step back she took a year off to recover from burnout and re-evaluate her career goals and what about sentence number three prevent burnout is crucial for maintaining long-term productivity this is so true again if you want to work hard you want to get a lot done you want to be productive you have to make sure that you don't burn out so once again preventing burnout is crucial for maintaining longterm productivity so expression number four burnout good expression number five another good one we use in English nip something in the bud yes again nip something in the bud excellent now this expression is very commonly used in America it just means to stop something at an early stage I'm going to catch it before it gets worse you have a screaming child you have kids arguing with each other stop I'm going to nip this in the bud right now stop screaming stop arguing go sit down stopping it at an early stage nipping something in the bud make sense I love it all right check out these example sentences here we go the manager nipped the conflict in the bud by mediating the argument immediately hey hey hey stop nope we're not going to do this we're not going to argue the manager did what nipped the conflict in the bud by mediating the argument immediately sentence number two by fixing the leak right away they nipped a potential disaster in the butt hey it could have been worse but we were able to stop it at an early stage once again by fixing the Le right away they nipped a potential disaster in the bud and what about example sentence number three spotting the error early in the project allowed us to nip it in the bud before it became a bigger issue hey before things got out of hand before it got worse we were able to stop it again spotting the error early in the project allowed us to nip it in the bud before it became a bigger issue once again this English expression is extremely useful it is Nip something in the bud this is an English expression I want you to start using today I hope you enjoyed this full English lesson I will talk to you in the next one you still there you know what time it is it's Story Time hey I said it's story time now for today I mentioned earlier when I was teaching you the expressions and the vocabulary words that our story time would be connected to what I taught you earlier there was a word an expression I taught you burnout right so several months ago on YouTube there were many different creators that produced videos either saying that they felt burned out so they were stepping back from YouTube for a while or they were actually just commenting on other individuals who had experienced burnout and I watched some of these videos and I was like man I'm glad that they took the time to think about their physical and mental health right and recognized hey I'm getting overwhelmed let me step back for a moment but there was also another thought that popped into my head this is also about you I've been an English teach teacher online for a while now I think I've been officially running the business since 2018 2019 I post a video here on YouTube every Sunday and in the beginning it was even more often right I have the podcast and as I was watching the videos and then thinking about my situation I asked myself huh I haven't experienced this burnout recently at all and I don't percee me experiencing it moving forward what is it and you popped into my mind you see any job you have any work you do if you work hard at it there is going to come a time when you feel a bit overwhelmed but when you keep a bigger purpose in mind all of a sudden you get an extra level of energy and that's what happen happened to me when I thought about you when I realized that every video I record every audio clip that I record has the potential to help you achieve your English goal all of a sudden I got more energy and this happens each and every time I record a video or an audio clip I think about you on the other end I've had students tell me that they were able to move to a America or move to Canada or take their family or get a better job simply because of an English lesson now there are many other amazing English teachers on YouTube and online and I know that those teachers also had a hand in many of your Journeys but the fact that a lesson a lesson online that I've uploaded could change your life that right there gives me enough energy to keep moving forward and not to be burned out so why am I saying this I just want to say thank you thank you for being the reason why I do what I do I can be so honest with you I imagin myself doing this for literally decades I'll do this when I'm 70 when I'm 80 if I have enough energy to be on camera I'll be on camera why because I love I absolutely love helping you achieve your English goals goals so my friend I believe in you and I just want you to believe in yourself and finally again I want to say thank you for giving me the honor of being your English teacher I'll talk to you in the next lesson