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Frish Brandt
Episode 339
Vocabulary
morph (verb)
- Definition:
- Definition: to slowly change into something different
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “But it will morph into one of the other letters, maybe two of the other letters, and at the heart of it, every letter is really a love letter, because that's really what brings it.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “Their small idea is morphing into a plan for a new business.””
sucker (noun)
- Definition:
- Definition: someone who really likes a particular thing
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “I'm a sucker for a good analogy, and I like that one.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “If you’re a sucker for chocolate, you’ll love this cake.””
ephemeral (adjective)
- Definition:
- Definition: lasting for only a short time
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “The thing about a letter, whether it's handwritten or typed, and even whether it's sent electronically, though I prefer on paper in any form, so much of our lives are digital, and so much of it is ephemeral, and we can't distinguish one from the other.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The beauty of the sunset was ephemeral, but we remembered it for years.””
solar plexus (idiom)
- Definition:
- Definition: the most important or central part of something
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “And the two for extra credit might in fact be the solar plexus of the book.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “She called the song the solar plexus of the show because every scene connects to it.”