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James Geary, metaphorically speaking

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Video Vocabulary

abstract
abstract
adjective noun verb

not physical or concrete. Passage of text from an article or book. To take out or remove a part of.

thinking

/ˈTHiNGkiNG/

thinking
adjective noun verb

using thought or rational judgement. process of considering or reasoning about something. To have an idea, opinion or belief about something.

metaphors

/ˈmedəˌfôr/

metaphors
noun other

figure of speech in which word or phrase is applied to object or action. Imaginative uses of words to reveal a similarity.

explaining

/ikˈsplān/

explaining
verb

To make clear or easy to understand by describing.

understand

/ˌəndərˈstand/

understand
verb

To know the meaning of language, what someone says.

contributions

/ˌkäntrəˈbyo͞oSH(ə)n/

contributions
noun other

gift or payment to common fund or collection. Helping causes by giving money, things, services.

referring

/rəˈfər/

referring
verb

To send a patient, client to a specialist.

ourselves

/ou(ə)rˈselvz/

ourselves
pronoun

used as object of verb or preposition when this is same as subject of clause.

reigning

/ˈrāniNG/

reigning
adjective verb

occupying throne. To be present and felt or sensed by everyone there.

thought

/THôt/

thought
noun verb

Idea or memory. To have an idea, opinion or belief about something.

enlisted

/inˈlist/

enlisted
verb

To become a member of a military group or service.

example

/iɡˈzampəl/

example
noun verb

Thing, person which represents a category. be illustrated or exemplified.

anything

/ˈenēˌTHiNG/

anything
pronoun

used to refer to thing, no matter what.

whenever

/(h)wenˈevər/

whenever
adverb conjunction

At any or every time that. at whatever time.

inevitably

/inˈevidəblē/

inevitably
adverb

as is certain to happen.

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