to adapt
to adapt
/əˈdæpt/
verbClick to see examples
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"I've adapted to hearing and I want to learn sign.
But this year, the company has been adapting to changing trends.
Cooper: We literally had to adapt our little family-owned business to become a direct to consumer.
anecdote
anecdote
/ˈænəkˌdoʊt/
nounClick to see examples
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Mackay enlivens his account with amusing anecdotes.
The data aside, there are plenty of anecdotes of wealthy individuals leaving urban areas.
Young says that while there are anecdotes, the data doesn't support it.
to author
to author
/ˈɔθɝ/
verbClick to see examples
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Very few authors can sustain themselves on money earned through writing.
Google also allows authors to remove their books from Google Book Search if they wish.
It's the same author of "Wonder".
autobiography
autobiography
/ˌɔtəbaɪˈɑɡɹəfi/
nounClick to see examples
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We watch them on TV, we follow them on Instagram, we read their blogs and autobiographies.
So I like to read a lot of rock autobiographies.
So it's not really an autobiography.
bestseller
bestseller
/ˈbɛˈsɛɫɝ/, /ˈbɛstˈsɛɫɝ/
nounClick to see examples
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One of the bestsellers, Jeep, sells about 10,000 vehicles in Japan a year.
Still, it was a bestseller.
It was a scientific bestseller, intended for a wide audience.
caption
caption
/ˈkæpʃən/
nounClick to see examples
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“Do you ever find that captions go too fast for you to read?”
Normally I'm the one that is too fast for the captions.
The captions would not be available to me until we were actually on the panel.
commission
commission
/kəˈmɪʃən/
nounClick to see examples
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I've started doing commissions...
But the vast majority of revenue comes from commission.
We earn about two thirds of our revenue from commission.
to draft
to draft
/ˈdɹæft/
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They'll be drafted into their different lines.
These contracts were designed to incentivize star players to stay put with the teams that drafted them.
255 players were drafted from college and one player instead was playing professional rugby in Australia.
critic
critic
/ˈkɹɪtɪk/
nounClick to see examples
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- [Narrator] Critics said he still was not taking the pandemic seriously. -
What critics misunderstand is that it's the turns where good drivers earn their keep.
Matt: He is a harsh critic, isn't he?
edition
edition
/əˈdɪʃən/, /ɪˈdɪʃən/
nounClick to see examples
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Somehow, I played two drunk Deaf editions of Fortnite on Twitch because I thought it would be funny.
Somehow, I always improve doing a drunk edition.
I actually have one edition of Sailor V, and then I have one through six Sailor Moon
to illustrate
to illustrate
/ˈɪɫəˌstɹeɪt/
verbClick to see examples
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It illustrates what one tenth of a second's difference can mean in competition.
Like in this promotional film from 1930 that illustrates how tear gas can be used to thwart bank robbers.
This image taken from a telescope in Chile in November 2019 illustrates the problem.
index
index
/ˈɪndɛks/
nounClick to see examples
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Unemployment rose, and a new economic statistic was born: the misery index, the combination of unemployment and inflation.
This stock market index tracks the combined value of thousands of companies traded on the technology-heavy NASDAQ stock exchange.
And I need index cards for an activity that I was gonna do.
literary
literary
/ˈɫɪtɝˌɛɹi/
adjectiveClick to see examples
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Literary detectives have uncovered many facts about William Shakespeare.
Audible’s selection of audiobooks includes Audible Originals, audio titles created by storytellers from around the literary world.
Audible selection of audio books includes Audible Originals: Audio titles created by storytellers from around the literary world.
metaphor
metaphor
/ˈmɛtəfɔɹ/
nounClick to see examples
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That said, maybe Brecht didn’t choose the best metaphor, because in boxing the punches are real.
But Prohibition, in you, Fitzgerald found the perfect metaphor for American hypocrisy and debauchery.
It's an implied comparison, a metaphor.
myth
myth
/ˈmɪθ/
nounClick to see examples
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I did a whole video on, like, myths about deafness
So, I've done the myths video about mental illness, chronic pain, deafness.
Myth #1: Deaf people can't use the bathroom.
narrator
narrator
/ˈnɛɹeɪtɝ/
nounClick to see examples
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Narrator: Ship-breakers saw off massive sections of the hull and move them overhead.
Narrator: Phyllis Flowers lost her son to brain cancer when he was just 20 years old.
Narrator: Even in the high-end world of jewelry, Cuban link chains are a symbol of luxury.
to plot
to plot
/ˈpɫɑt/
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Someone has plotted to kill you!'
Here's the S&P 500 plotted against GDP growth.
Plotting a course through the tax-code can be as confusing as charting a path through the Dead Marshes.
tragedy
tragedy
/ˈtɹædʒədi/
nounClick to see examples
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Many families felt Cuomo should have seen the unfolding tragedy far sooner.
Now, of course, the Holocaust is one of the worst tragedies and injustices the world has ever seen.
It's a classic example of the tragedy of the commons.
twist
twist
/ˈtwɪst/
nounClick to see examples
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The twist at the end, that's kind of...
I've seen a lot of horror films and I haven't seen that twist happen in a lot of them.
And in a wild twist, ShowBiz ended up buying Chuck E. Cheese for $35 million.
symbolic
symbolic
/sɪmˈbɑɫɪk/
adjectiveClick to see examples
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The academic cap and gown is one example of symbolic clothing.
Similarly, the ceremonial clothing of kings and queens is symbolic of their royal status.
Military uniforms serve several symbolic functions.
sequel
sequel
/ˈsikwəɫ/
nounClick to see examples
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I really, really, really need a sequel, like, right now.
If you played the sequel, the Pokemon Black and White 2, let me know
Also where is the sequel and when can I star in the movie adaptation?
to depict
to depict
/dɪˈpɪkt/
verbClick to see examples
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And he puzzled over the mismatch between the scenes depicted in the rock art and the desert around it.
You can even find this same pattern in the cats depicted in ancient Egyptian artwork.
They also depicted the connection between the tsar and people along a divine continuum.
concise
concise
/kənˈsaɪs/
adjectiveClick to see examples
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Iranian fashion models have to work within a very concise set framework.
-Cunt is so concise.
Templates like these are handy to help your slides follow a concise story arc.
autobiographical
autobiographical
/ˌɔtəˌbaɪəˈɡɹæfɪkəɫ/
adjectiveClick to see examples
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Here's a little autobiographical endpoint.
This is called autobiographical planning.
And fiction doesn't have to be autobiographical, but the emotions that you put into it come from within you.
appendix
appendix
/əˈpɛndɪks/
nounClick to see examples
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And it entices the reader towards an appendix, narrated by a scholar living long after Winston.
Because you will notice that the appendix is written in Standard English.
The appendix gets a bad rap.
to abridge
to abridge
/əˈbɹɪdʒ/
verbClick to see examples
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Now they actually have this book in an abridged form read by Bill Bryson himself.
I recommend On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, the abridged version narrated by Richard Dawkins.
foreword
foreword
/ˈfɔɹˌwɝd/
nounClick to see examples
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she was supportive enough to write the foreword, and that meant the world to me.
afterword
afterword
/ˈæftɚwˌɜːd/
nounClick to see examples
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Then afterwords he went to a pay phone and was like, "It's done."
But talk about the afterword to your book.
-My-my husband -wrote the afterword, too.
edgy
edgy
/ˈɛdʒi/
adjectiveClick to see examples
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yeah, this will make me feel edgy.
So, how do we better ourselves and still stay edgy?
And his producer said, you really got to be more edgy on the radio.
motif
motif
/moʊˈtif/
nounClick to see examples
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"Parasite" expands upon this idea through another visual motif introduced earlier: stairs.
Taylor's jacket is decorated with stars, another popular motif in her album promo.
It's the first visual hint of the hunting motif that comes up throughout the entire video.
