Improve your English vocabulary and speaking with 6 Minute English! There are nearly eight billion people on our planet - yet many of us feel alone and isolated. Neil and Sam from BBC Learning English discuss the results of a survey about loneliness involving 55,000 people from all over the world - and teach you new English vocabulary.

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𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟔 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬:
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𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐲
𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 - far away from other places and people

𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 - the noun for a simplistic view of person or group based on certain characteristics such as their nationality, age, profession and the like

𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 - strongly

𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 - something causes you lots of problems and difficulties

𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 - trying to understand something

𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 - to control

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