ELL HubAneesh Raman
Aneesh Raman
Vocabulary
pigeonhole (verb)
- Definition:
- to put someone or something into a small category and not notice other parts of them
- Example from the episode:
- “And that was this like really important moment because at first, again, this, I had this reflexiveness against being like pigeonholed and storytelling was like campfire, children's book.”
- Example sentence:
- “She felt pigeonholed by the job title.”
coalition (noun)
- Definition:
- a group of people or organizations that work together for a shared goal
- Example from the episode:
- “And the lived experience for me here is when I tell you that the three things I do best are explanatory storytelling to build coalitions around an expertise of economic opportunity, you would never get that from a description of my career by job title, like never in a million years.”
- Example sentence:
- “A coalition of students asked for a longer recess.”
gripping (adjective)
- Definition:
- very exciting or interesting and holding your attention
- Example from the episode:
- “And that has just developed into a communication style that is really maybe not as descriptive as others, maybe not as gripping as a story to others, but it's really the intent is to help you understand something better and more and more in a way that gives you a better sense of self and a better sense of belief about what's possible.”
- Example sentence:
- “The book has a gripping ending.”
in service of (idiom)
- Definition:
- to do something to help or support another goal, person, or cause
- Example from the episode:
- “But I started thinking about it and I said, yeah, that is actually something that I really enjoy doing in service of a bunch of other goals.”
- Example sentence:
- “They studied hard in service of their dream.”