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TSFS LivePart 1
Episode 127
Vocabulary
deploy (verb)
- Definition:
- to start using something
- Example from the episode:
- “For each one, I’m going to introduce the concept, explain it, then I’ll give an example, and ultimately we’ll talk about how to deploy these to help you be more focused.”
- Example sentence:
- “The company will deploy new policies starting next month.”
antidote (noun)
- Definition:
- a medicine that helps to stop the harmful effects of a poison
- Example from the episode:
- “The only antidote to the curse of knowledge and the curse of passion is empathy.”
- Example sentence:
- “The scientist is working on an antidote for the virus.”
dumbfounded (adjective)
- Definition:
- being so surprised that you cannot speak
- Example from the episode:
- “And many of our students were dumbfounded.”
- Example sentence:
- “The magician’s trick left me completely dumbfounded.”
hit it out of the park (idiom)
- Definition:
- to do something really well or perfectly
- Example from the episode:
- “Here in the United States, we use lots of sports analogies: Hit it out of the park; push it across the goal line; it’s a slam dunk.”
- Example sentence:
- “If you study hard for your test, you’ll hit it out of the park.”