Kayla (English With Kayla)

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English Vocabulary Help · Sound Smarter in English: Strong words You Should Be Using · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

That would be more of a compliment here.

It would be,

you're more confident in their abilities.

But just saying competent, it just means they know what they're doing, they can do the job okay.

If you want to say that someone or something is important in the workplace, you can say it is valuable or this person is very valuable to the company.

This just means they're important.

It would be difficult to lose this person or to lose this thing.

If someone gives you feedback on your presentation or on your ideas, and they give you some good things to think about, you can say that was really valuable feedback.

This would be a really professional phrase to use.

And in the workplace, instead of saying that something works well, you can say it was very effective.

addictively effective no it's effectively stupid this plan is very effective or you can say her skills in this area are very effective she can really get things done another great adjective to use in a professional workplace is proactive short-sighted this guy initiates he's proactive

If you want to say that someone takes action either before they're told to do it or before there's a problem, you can say they are proactive.

It means that they don't wait around for people to tell them how to do things.

They get things done without being told or they get things done easily before it becomes a big problem or piles up, for instance.

Someone who always plans ahead, you would call them proactive.

They are very proactive at their work.

Sometimes in English, we use the phrase, it's important to be proactive rather than reactive, meaning we plan ahead rather than waiting for problems to occur or waiting for things to happen and then trying to solve them.

If you liked this lesson, make sure to check out the next one on screen that will also help you expand your vocabulary.

I'm so proud of you for studying with me today, and I want you to study more with me at englishwithkayla.com.

Make sure you visit me there to see my community.

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