Resilience In Hard Times – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.You're going to get knocked down
2.A long business will come to a sudden end
3.A contract won't be renewed
4.A lover will call it a day
5.People will suddenly be weird with you
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR B2)
they'll
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"They'll keep you out of lovely things and you won't know why."
lifetime
A2The duration of the life of someone or something.
Example:
"Quite a lot of things go wrong over a lifetime"
sleeping
A2To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
Example:
"That's what makes it moving to look at a baby sleeping"
relationship
B1Connection or association; the condition of being related.
Example:
"A long business relationship will come to a sudden end."
confirmed
A2To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
Example:
"and every worst fear will be confirmed."
innocence
B2Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
Example:
"You're looking at innocence through the lens of painful experience."
experience
B1The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering.
Example:
"You're looking at innocence through the lens of painful experience."
suffering
A2To undergo hardship.
Example:
"Teach them that the suffering is normal."
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| they'll | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| lifetime | A2 | The duration of the life of someone or something. |
| sleeping | A2 | To rest in a state of reduced consciousness. |
| relationship | B1 | Connection or association; the condition of being related. |
| confirmed | A2 | To strengthen; to make firm or resolute. |
| innocence | B2 | Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc. |
| experience | B1 | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. |
| suffering | A2 | To undergo hardship. |
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