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Why open a school? To close a prison. TED
- empathize: understand, similar experience
- sympathize: understand, sorry
- special needs: mental or physical illnesses
- first-hand
- principal: headteacher
- inspect: examine, find more, find wrongs
- I have to inspect what I expect.
What reality are you creating for yourself? TED
- harbour: keep bad thoughts, fears or hopes in your mind for a long time
- We strive for unattainable perfection.
- frantic: extremely worried and frightened, cannot control your feelings
- mannequin: model
- morph: a new appearance, change
- Seeing is believing. Sight is true.
- solicit: <formal> for information and help
- sollicit: <disapproving> for money
- warped: bent or twisted, not in the correct shape
- engender: <formal> to be the causeof something or a situation
- toll: a very bad effect that something has on someone or something over a long period of time
18-4-11
4 reasons to learn a new language TED
- enticing: attract your interest
- world view: opinions and attitudes
- imbibe: accept, be influenced by, qualities, ideas, values, etc.
- by virtue of something: <formal> by means of, as a result of
- vowel:
The beauty of what we'll never knonw TED
- take the plunge: decide to do something important or risky
- intimacy: close personal relationship
- You are only as strong as your readiness to surrender.
18-4-12
- immense: extremely large
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- expostulate: <formal> disapproval, disagreement, annoyance
- merit: good quality, praise
- reproach: <formal> criticism, disapproval, blame
- profuse: <adj> in large quantities
- niggardly: <old-fashioned adj> small, unwillingly
- profligate: <formal> wasting money or other things, careless
- laudable: deserving praise, not completely successful
- presumption: <formal> behaviors, rude, confident
- plough:
- cultivate: lands, for growing crops and plants
- trite: remark, idea, boring, not new, insincere
- whatsoever: used to emphasize a negative statement
- tenacious: determined, unwilling to stop trying, situation becomes difficult
- lustre: an attractive shinny appearance; the quality, interesting, attractive
- septuagenarian: 70-79
- sexagenarian: 60-69
- pardonable: pardonable mistakes, not so bad, can be forgiven
- caricature: description, partly true, make them seem silly
- bestow: <formal> give, great value or importance
How the blockchain will radically transform the economy. TED
- transaction: a business deal or action
- infancy: a period of a child's life, before they can walk or talk
What will human look like in 100 years? TED
- prosthetic: artificial part of body
- genome: all the genes, one type of living things
How to speak up for yourself TED
- speak up for somebody: to speak in support of somebody
18-4-13
How we explore unanswered questions in physics. TED
- scrutiny: careful and thorough examination of someone or something
- photon: a unit of energy, carry light, no mass
Art made of air we breathe. TED
- visceral: beliefs, attitudes, the result of strong feelings, not careful thoughts
- tactile: sense of touch
- haptic: sense of touch
How to have better political conversations. TED
- endorse: formal approval or support
18-4-14
How I'm fighting bias against algorithms. TED
- whimsical: unusual, strange, even amusing
- audit: <formal> detailed examination, check it is good enough
- consciential: careful to do everything that is your job or duty to do
18-4-24
How we can find ourselves in data. TED
- nuance: very slight, hardly noticeable difference in manner, colour, meaning, etc.
18-5-3
- discern: to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully
- superfluous: more than is needed or wanted
