ELL HubPatsy Rodenburg
Patsy Rodenburg
Episode 262
Vocabulary
slump (verb)
- Definition:
- to fall into a lower position or to sit with your body bent forward and tired
- Example from the episode:
- “If we brace or slump, we reduce our breath and the energy gets stuck in the throat, which is when those wonderful ideas you have, they come out on a monotone.”
- Example sentence:
- “He slumped in his chair after the long day.”
craft (noun)
- Definition:
- a skill or job where someone makes things or does special work with their hands or training
- Example from the episode:
- “My work is about embodiment and it's about a craft that is returning people to their natural selves.”
- Example sentence:
- “She learned the craft of pottery at camp.”
inferior (adjective)
- Definition:
- not as good as someone or something else
- Example from the episode:
- “First circle people, by pulling back, they're not necessarily inferior, but they're signaling inferiority.”
- Example sentence:
- “He thought his work was inferior to hers.”
along the line (idiom)
- Definition:
- at some time during a process or at some point in the future or past
- Example from the episode:
- “The good news is the vast majority of people are born with amazing voices and somewhere along the line, they lose them.”
- Example sentence:
- “Problems can appear along the line.”