{"id":5868,"date":"2014-06-15T00:51:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T08:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2023-02-01T03:24:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T11:24:39","slug":"business-english-skills-360-improving-your-vocabulary-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/15\/business-english-skills-360-improving-your-vocabulary-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills 360 &#8211; Building a Better Vocabulary (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5868-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.43-Vocabulary1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.43-Vocabulary1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/360.43-Vocabulary1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>*** <\/strong>Get all the Skills 360 lessons in our free <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/mobile-app\/business-english-pod-mobile-app\/\" title=\"Business English Mobile App by Business English Pod\"><strong>Business English App<\/strong><\/a> for iPhone &#038; iPad:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/business-english-app-by-business\/id568878613\" title=\"Download BusinessEnglishApp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download from the App Store<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/business-english-360\/\" title=\"Business English Skills 360 podcast\">Skills 360<\/a> for today&#8217;s lesson on how to improve your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/category\/vocabulary\/\" title=\"Business English Vocabulary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English vocabulary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many students of English have the feeling that they&#8217;ve learned pretty much all the grammar they need. Many also feel that they can understand fairly well and speak and write at an acceptable level. But these same people sometimes feel that they&#8217;re missing something, and that they say the same things in the same way all the time. In fact, once you&#8217;ve reached an intermediate level, vocabulary becomes more important than ever. You need to add more and more words, idioms, and expressions to your stock of language so that you can take the next step up in proficiency. So how can you learn new words? 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