ELL HubEthan Kross
Ethan Kross
Episode 266
Vocabulary
berate (verb)
- Definition:
- to scold or criticize someone angrily and strongly
- Example from the episode:
- “Another is, you just berate yourself incessantly.”
- Example sentence:
- “The coach berated the player for the error.”
rumination (noun)
- Definition:
- the repeated thinking about worries or problems that does not help
- Example from the episode:
- “Sometimes we call this worry, sometimes we call it rumination.”
- Example sentence:
- “His rumination made it hard to sleep.”
telltale (adjective)
- Definition:
- showing a clear sign that something is true or has happened
- Example from the episode:
- “Chatter refers to getting stuck in a negative thought loop, and there are really two kind of telltale signs that you are experiencing it.”
- Example sentence:
- “The wet shoes are a telltale sign it rained.”
pile on somebody (idiom)
- Definition:
- to criticize or blame someone a lot, or to add more problems to them
- Example from the episode:
- “And you just pile on yourself.”
- Example sentence:
- “The class piled on the student who forgot his lines.”