want to talk about i think we need a playground here on the west side we need it because we need a place for our boys and girls to  play playground has an important idea to express but he lacks the vocabulary to express it finding the exact words to fit your ideas is one of the first steps in building your vocabulary people can be interested in new ideas when those ideas are expressed in well selected words this use of exact words to communicate your ideas applies to written words as much as two spoken  your mind so i thought you might like to read my term paper before i handed in tomorrow yes of course our public parks monuments or playgrounds  are landscape monuments rather than playgrounds planned for the direction of youthful energy into character building channels why pete you express your ideas very well but this isn't the way you talk is it well that depends what you see this is a term paper in well as i understand it when you're talking or writing you use words that fit the occasion but here the words you may sound good and they seem to be the right words to say what you mean but that's all that's what i learn and all those words or you see i keep a vocabulary notebook it's a good way to learn new words to increase your vocabulary so you can express your ideas better whenever i come across a new word reading or listening to someone i write it down later i put it in this notebook let's see i write down the pronunciation and the definitions of each word and then some sentence but then of course i try using the word using the word correctly a few times is what really fixes it in your vocabulary and a good working vocabulary helps you to be more expressive well you certainly surprise me when you so mr wallace began a vocabulary notebook in a business like way first he considered the context in which the word was used now where did i hear that from mary she was talking about redecorating this room the air i think we ought to put a balance over the window it would make it more domestic to think of balance with the memo that once must be some kind of decoration but do i have to bother with all these special words maybe i'd better i certainly want to have a say in how the house is decorated vallance short as the valance over the top of a window valance would look good up there maybe this will help me understand what mary is talking about valens had only a single meaning other words like vacillate have many meaning the only way to tell which meaning is intended is from the context in which it is used synonyms fluctuate the wait a minute too many words mean nearly the same thing but still are different nobody can learn all those words i'm going to bed but next morning mr willis found he couldn't escape unfamiliar words when his wife called oh yes the does everybody in this family use these fancy words in the morning newspaper rebound words that look familiar enough yet when he studied them their meanings words explicit even in his work he began to be aware that he used words that he could not define precisely to do not feasible to allocate necessary production facilities good working vocabulary helps you to be more explicit well i guess i need this and solid g and then  plays this is the book mary wanted oh so that's what an anthology is a collection of now what else came of my trip to the library each of us have certain interests which we need to share with others if we know the special vocabulary we will understand what people are talking about and other people will understand us this book will help mr willis have a say in the decoration of his home this book on the fundamentals of printing will help him in the conduct of his business book some special interest subjects help us build the vocabulary we need to talk the language of other kids and that's not the only language i'm going to talk at the next meeting of the civic association and i'm going to sell my idea or my name isn't willis yes people can be interested in new ideas when those ideas are expressed clearly and effectively increased knowledge of words has enabled mr willis to think through his ideas more logically and to present them more effectively an appreciative audience we will show them that it is feasible that the city budget is nothing more or less than a plan for spending our money a plan which can and must be adapted meet our needs words that we choose carefully to say what we mean choose for the audience and the or cajun help us gain support for our ideas and not only in speaking effective use of words helps us think and write more forcefully and with more interest when we prepare term papers and other school assignments the command of words helps us contribute to debates and discussions we communicate more quickly and more effectively being skilled in the use of words made this in selling ourselves when we look for jobs whenever we are around people a good vocabulary helps to say what we mean and understand what others me pete has developed his skill in communication through words just as mr willis has just as you can by being alone two words by using words that say exactly what you mean by building your vocabulary to see that program carried out then we can achieve our goal by going before the council and making our demands