Learn English in 90 minutes - ALL the Advanced Vocabulary You Need! (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

Lucy begins the video with a warm welcome and introduces an advanced vocabulary lesson focused on describing people's appearances. She emphasizes the importance of this topic for English learners and mentions the availability of a free PDF for further practice. The lesson covers a range of vocabulary, from body types and heights to positive and negative adjectives for describing weight, and moves on to discuss hair color, length, and texture. Lucy also touches on skin tones and eye colors, providing a comprehensive overview of appearance-related vocabulary.

The second paragraph delves deeper into the specifics of hair color, distinguishing between terms like 'platinum blonde' and 'strawberry blonde,' and advising caution when using words related to hair and skin color due to potential confusion. Lucy also discusses the sensitivity around body weight discussions and provides positive and negative adjectives for describing body types. She concludes with a warning about the use of the term 'anorexic' and transitions into a discussion about hair length, texture, and skin tones, offering advice on culturally sensitive terminology.

Lucy explores various ways to describe eye colors, including common and unique shades like 'hazel,' and moves on to discuss physical features such as lip and nose shapes, and face shapes. She provides English vocabulary for differentiating between full lips, pouting lips, crooked noses, and button noses, among others. Additionally, she outlines different face shapes like oval, round, heart-shaped, and square. The paragraph concludes with a mention of a previous video on giving compliments and the importance of gender-specific adjectives.

Shifting gears, Lucy teaches viewers how to describe the weather in English, starting with basic grammar structures and moving on to seasonal weather vocabulary. She covers winter weather with terms like 'bitterly cold' and 'blizzard,' then transitions into spring, highlighting 'cool,' 'mild,' and 'breezy.' The lesson continues with summer adjectives like 'scorching' and 'sweltering,' and ends with autumn, described with 'windy' and 'blustery.' Lucy encourages viewers to share the weather from their location as homework.

Lucy expands on summer weather idioms, such as 'catch some rays' and 'sweat like a pig,' before discussing autumn, or 'fall' in American English, and its associated vocabulary. She provides a list of descriptive adjectives and verbs, including 'howling' for strong winds and 'gale' for a powerful storm. The paragraph concludes with a prompt for viewers to comment on the weather where they are, incorporating a bit of personal geography.

In the fifth paragraph, Lucy focuses on adjectives that describe personality and character, categorizing them into positive and negative traits. She covers terms like 'extroverted,' 'talkative,' 'confident,' and their antonyms, providing IPA transcriptions to aid pronunciation. The lesson continues with adjectives related to how people treat others, such as 'considerate' and 'thoughtful,' and moves on to trustworthiness, sincerity, and openness to others. Lucy concludes with a homework assignment for viewers to describe themselves using five of the adjectives covered.

Lucy discusses adjectives related to one's attitude towards money, such as 'generous,' 'miserly,' 'frugal,' and 'extravagant.' She then explores adjectives that describe attitudes around other people, including 'humble,' 'arrogant,' 'modest,' and 'vain.' The paragraph also touches on adjectives that describe one's relaxation level, like 'chilled' and 'tense,' and concludes with a prompt for viewers to use five of the adjectives in a comment to describe themselves.

Lucy teaches 16 old-fashioned British idioms, providing their meanings and examples of usage. Idioms such as 'a little birdie told me,' 'a fly in the ointment,' and 'as keen as mustard' are meant to make English speakers sound more intelligent and educated. She also covers idioms like 'to eat humble pie,' 'pardon my French,' and 'neither here nor there,' among others, offering a rich cultural context for each.

The final paragraph focuses on advanced clothes vocabulary, starting with underwear for both men and women. Lucy explains the differences between various types of underwear, including 'boxer briefs,' 'briefs,' 'boy shorts,' 'thongs,' and 'G-strings,' and discusses terms like 'VPL' for visible panty line. She also covers bras, socks, tights, and thermal underwear, providing a thorough overview of the vocabulary related to undergarments and lower body clothing.