ELL HubEric Zimmer
Eric Zimmer
Vocabulary
downshift (verb)
- Definition:
- to change to a lower gear or slow down your speed or pace
- Example from the episode:
- “It takes me a little while to downshift into David's pace, but when I do, I just feel like there is this sort of stunning luminosity to what he writes.”
- Example sentence:
- “She downshifts her pace to match the group.”
parable (noun)
- Definition:
- a short simple story that teaches a lesson
- Example from the episode:
- “So the great thing about a parable like that is the minute I say it, you get it.”
- Example sentence:
- “The parable taught the boy to be kind.”
habitual (adjective)
- Definition:
- done often and without thinking because it has become a habit
- Example from the episode:
- “And in the book, I have something that I think is unique to what I do, which is it's a method for working with and changing our habitual thought patterns.”
- Example sentence:
- “He kept his habitual routine before school.”
at battle (idiom)
- Definition:
- in conflict or fighting with someone or something
- Example from the episode:
- “Many of your listeners may have heard it before, but it's a story that says we all have these two wolves inside of us that are always at battle with each other.”
- Example sentence:
- “The ideas are at battle in her mind.”