Vocabulary

  • on time
  • at least: As a minimum
  • with time: As time passes; eventually.
  • reflect on: To think deeply or carefully about something.
  • at a snail's pace: Moving very slowly.
  • in retrospect: Thinking back on what happened
  • in the moment: At the present time; now.
  • do time: To spend a period in prison as a punishment.
  • on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
  • in a flash: Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
  • think back: To recapture the past
  • from the first: From the very beginning.
  • first three: The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
  • at home: In one's own residence or country.
  • talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
  • have to: Must do
  • get back to: To get in contact with someone again
  • made with: Containing a particular ingredient or material.
  • up and running: Fully operational; functioning correctly.
  • work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
  • with just: Using only; with no more than.
  • over to: Used to hand over to someone else to speak
  • pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
  • stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
  • experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
  • presence: The same place or area that a person is
  • anxious: Afraid of what may happen; worried and nervous
  • sense: Certain mental feeling or emotion
  • familiar: Well-known or easily recognized
  • nostalgia: Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
  • texture: Quality from different elements, as in music
  • unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
  • fundamental: Forming a necessary part, base, or core
  • relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
  • integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
  • paradox: Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
  • odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
  • contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
  • quarantine: To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
  • alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
  • craft: To make by hand and with much skill
  • crawl: To move very slowly or cautiously
  • attention: Taking notice of someone or something
  • purchase: To buy something; to get by paying money for it
  • register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
  • eerie: Strange, mysterious and frightening
  • expand: To make something larger in size, number, amount
  • glimpse: To see or notice something very briefly
  • segment: Part divided from the other parts of something
  • pace: Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
  • switch: A change or shift from one method to another
  • empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
  • depict: To represent or describe something using words
  • accelerate: To cause to occur earlier than expected
  • urban: Concerning a city; located in a city
  • boredom: Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
  • absence: State of not being present, or not existing
  • normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
  • devote: To dedicate
  • duration: Length of time that something lasts
  • solely: With no one or nothing else
  • portfolio: A list of the financial assets held by someone
  • front: Behavior not showing a person's true feelings
  • remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
  • infinity: State of being without end; endless time, space
  • space: Empty area kept for a specific reason, like a car
  • fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
  • minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
  • bore: To accept (responsibilities or duties)
  • world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
  • feel: To be aware of or experience an emotion, sensation
  • life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
  • temporal: Concerning time
  • pendulum: Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
  • trance: Daydreaming state; unaware state
  • warp: Twist or bend in something normally straight
  • retrospect: A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
  • hypnotic: Of or producing hypnosis or a similar condition
  • twitter: To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
  • snail: Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
  • scant: Being very small in size or amount; sparse
  • retrospective: Relating to or thinking about the past
  • mosaic: A mixture of various elements
  • filmmaker: Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
  • auto: Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
  • tempo: Speed or pace of something
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    • absence

      US /ˈæbsəns/

      UK /ˈæbsəns/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of not being present, or not existing
      • A period of time when someone is away.
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    • accelerate

      US /ækˈsɛləˌret/

      UK /əkˈseləreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To cause to occur earlier than expected
      • To increase the speed or rate of something
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    • alter

      US /ˈɔltɚ/

      UK /ˈɔ:ltə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To change so (clothing) fits better
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To change or modify something.
      • To become different; to change.
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    • at a snail's pace

      US /ˌæt ə ˈsneɪlz ˈpeɪs/

      UK /ˌæt ə ˈsneɪlz ˈpeɪs/

      • other
      • Moving very slowly.
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    • at home

      US /æt hom/

      UK /æt həum/

      • Phrase
      • In one's own residence or country.
      • Adjective
      • Feeling comfortable and relaxed.
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    • at least

      US /æt list/

      UK /æt li:st/

      • Adverb
      • As a minimum
      • Not less than
      • Phrase
      • No less than; at the minimum
      • Used to indicate that something is positive in a bad situation.
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    • attention

      US /əˈtɛnʃən/

      UK /əˈtenʃn/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Taking notice of someone or something
      • Noun
      • (Soldiers) Standing with straight backs
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    • auto

      US /ˈɔ:toʊ/

      UK /ˈɔ:təʊ/

      • Noun
      • Car; a road vehicle with four or more wheels
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    • boredom

      US /ˈbɔrdəm, ˈbor-/

      UK /ˈbɔ:dəm, ˈbəʊr-/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Feeling of being uninterested or unexcited
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    • craft

      US /kræft/

      UK /krɑ:ft/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To make by hand and with much skill
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Job requiring a worker to have specific skills
      • Vehicle that travels on water or through the air
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    • crawl

      US /krɔl/

      UK /krɔ:l/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To move very slowly or cautiously
      • To move along with the body close to the ground
      • Uncountable Noun
      • Very slow progress (e.g. traffic)
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    • depict

      US /dɪˈpɪkt/

      UK /dɪ'pɪkt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To represent or describe something using words
      • To represent or show something in a picture or painting; to portray visually.
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    • devote

      US /dɪˈvoʊt/

      UK /dɪˈvəʊt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To dedicate
      • To decide to use or give (your time, efforts)
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    • do time

      US /du taɪm/

      UK /duː taɪm/

      • other
      • To spend a period in prison as a punishment.
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    • duration

      US /duˈreɪʃn/

      UK /djuˈreɪʃn/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Length of time that something lasts
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    • eerie

      US /ˈɪri/

      UK /ˈɪəri/

      • Adjective
      • Strange, mysterious and frightening
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    • expand

      US /ɪkˈspænd/

      UK /ɪk'spænd/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make something larger in size, number, amount
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    • familiar

      US /fəˈmɪljɚ/

      UK /fəˈmɪliə(r)/

      • Adjective
      • Well-known or easily recognized
      • Having a good knowledge of something.
      • Noun
      • A close friend or associate.
      • (In folklore) a spirit, often in animal form, believed to attend and serve a witch.
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    • filmmaker

      US /'fɪlmˌmeɪkə/

      UK /'fɪlmˌmeɪkə/

      • Noun
      • Person who makes movies; movie producer, director
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    • first three

      US

      UK

      • Determiner
      • The initial three items or elements in a series or sequence.
      • Adjective
      • Referring to the top three positions in a ranking or competition.
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    • from the first

      US /frəm ðə ˈfɝst/

      UK /frəm ðə ˈfɜ:st/

      • other
      • From the very beginning.
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    • fundamental

      US /ˌfʌndəˈmɛntl/

      UK /ˌfʌndəˈmentl/

      • Adjective
      • Forming a necessary part, base, or core
      • Of central importance.
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A basic part of something
      • (Music) the lowest note in a harmony
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    • get back to

      US /ɡɛt bæk tu/

      UK /ɡet bæk tu:/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To get in contact with someone again
      • To return to someone or something; to respond at a later time.
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    • glimpse

      US /ɡlɪmps/

      UK /ɡlɪmps/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To see or notice something very briefly
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A brief sight of something
      • A brief or incomplete understanding or idea.
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    • have to

      US /hæv tu/

      UK /ˈhæv tə/

      • Auxiliary Verb
      • Must do
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    • hypnotic

      US /hɪpˈnɑtɪk/

      UK /hɪpˈnɒtɪk/

      • Adjective
      • Of or producing hypnosis or a similar condition
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    • in a flash

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Extremely quickly; instantaneously.
      • Suddenly and unexpectedly.
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    • in retrospect

      US /ɪn ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/

      UK /in ˈretrəspekt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Thinking back on what happened
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    • in the moment

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • At the present time; now.
      • Spontaneously; without prior planning or consideration.
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    • infinity

      US /ɪnˈfɪnɪti/

      UK /ɪn'fɪnətɪ/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • State of being without end; endless time, space
      B2
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    • integrate

      US /ˈɪntɪˌɡret/

      UK /ˈɪntɪgreɪt/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To combine together; make into one thing
      • To bring (people or groups with particular characteristics or needs) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution.
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    • made with

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Containing a particular ingredient or material.
      • Created or produced using a specific tool, method, or process.
      • Phrasal Verb
      • To offer or provide something, often quickly or unexpectedly.
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    • mosaic

      US /moʊˈzeɪɪk/

      UK /məʊˈzeɪɪk/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A mixture of various elements
      • Pattern made of pieces of colored stone or glass
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    • nostalgia

      US /nəˈstældʒə/

      UK /nɒˈstældʒə/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • Sad, but positive feeling about memories/the past
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    • odd

      US /ɑd/

      UK /ɒd/

      • Adjective
      • Being unmatched with someone or something
      • Being a number not able to be divided by two
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    • on the other hand

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
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    • on time

      US /ɑn taɪm/

      UK /ɔn taim/

      • Phrase
      • Adjective
      • Arriving at or done by the required time
      • Meeting a deadline; punctual in fulfilling obligations.
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    • over to

      US

      UK

      • Preposition
      • Used to hand over to someone else to speak
      • The responsibility is now yours
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    • pace

      US /pes/

      UK /peɪs/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Rate of speed at which something moves or happens
      • Single step, often used to measure a distance
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To set and control your speed, as in a race
      • To walk with slow purposeful steps
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    • pandemic

      US /pænˈdɛmɪk/

      UK /pæn'demɪk/

      • Adjective
      • (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
      • Noun
      • a pandemic disease
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    • paradox

      US /ˈpærəˌdɑks/

      UK /'pærədɒks/

      • Noun
      • Surprising statement containing two opposing ideas
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    • pendulum

      US /ˈpɛndʒələm, ˈpɛndjə-, ˈpɛndə-/

      UK /'pendjələm/

      • Countable Noun
      • Weight on chain/cord swinging from a fixed point
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    • portfolio

      US /pɔrtˈfoliˌo, port-/

      UK /pɔ:t'fəʊlɪəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • A list of the financial assets held by someone
      • List of work submitted to a teacher/for approval
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    • presence

      US /ˈprɛzəns/

      UK /ˈprezns/

      • Noun
      • The same place or area that a person is
      • Ability to reach a market, group of people etc.
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    • purchase

      US

      UK

      • Transitive Verb
      • To buy something; to get by paying money for it
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Something that you bought
      • Strong hold on something; grip
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    • quarantine

      US /ˈkwɔrənˌtin, ˈkwɑr-/

      UK /'kwɒrənti:n/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To isolate ill people to prevent disease spreading
      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • The place to isolate sick plants, animals
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    • reflect on

      US /rɪˈflɛkt ɑn/

      UK /riˈflekt ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To think deeply or carefully about something.
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    • register

      US /ˈrɛdʒɪstɚ/

      UK /'redʒɪstə(r)/

      • Transitive Verb
      • To record your name on an official list; sign up
      • To show an amount on a measurement device
      • Noun
      • Till; machine used add up things you buy
      • Range of notes of a person's (singing) voice
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    • relationship

      US /rɪˈleʃənˌʃɪp/

      UK /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Connection between two or more people or things
      • Way people interact or live with each other
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    • retrospect

      US /ˈrɛtrəˌspɛkt/

      UK /ˈretrəspekt/

      • Uncountable Noun
      • A survey or review of a past course of events or period of time.
      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To look back on or think about (past events or a period of time).
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    • retrospective

      US /ˌrɛtrəˈspɛktɪv/

      UK /ˌretrəˈspektɪv/

      • Adjective
      • Relating to or thinking about the past
      • Taking effect from a date in the past.
      • Noun
      • An exhibition or compilation showing the development of the work of a particular artist over a period of time.
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    • scant

      US //skænt//

      UK

      • Adjective
      • Being very small in size or amount; sparse
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    • segment

      US /ˈsɛɡmənt/

      UK /ˈsegmənt/

      • Noun
      • Part divided from the other parts of something
      • Transitive Verb
      • To separate something into different parts
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    • snail

      US /snel/

      UK /sneɪl/

      • Noun
      • Slow moving creature with soft body and hard shell
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    • solely

      US /ˈsolli, ˈsoli/

      UK /ˈsəʊlli:, ˈsəʊli:/

      • Adverb
      • With no one or nothing else
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    • stretch

      US /strɛtʃ/

      UK /stretʃ/

      • Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
      • To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
      • To make something bigger by pulling on it
      • Noun
      • Making arm, leg muscles longer to ease them
      • A consecutive row of things
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    • switch

      US /swɪtʃ/

      UK /swɪtʃ/

      • Noun
      • A change or shift from one method to another
      • Thing you move to turn electrical items on or off
      • Transitive Verb
      • To exchange or replace something for another thing
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    • talking about

      US

      UK

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To discuss a particular topic.
      • To be constantly mentioning or bringing up a subject.
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    • tempo

      US /ˈtɛmpo/

      UK /'tempəʊ/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Speed or pace of something
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    • temporal

      US /ˈtɛmpərəl, ˈtɛmprəl/

      UK /ˈtempərəl/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning time
      • Relating to worldly affairs as opposed to spiritual affairs.
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    • texture

      US /ˈtɛkstʃɚ/

      UK /ˈtekstʃə(r)/

      • Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
      • Quality from different elements, as in music
      • Look and feel of a substance or material
      • Transitive Verb
      • To give a particular look or feel to a surface
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    • think back

      US /θɪŋk bæk/

      UK /θiŋk bæk/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To recapture the past
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    • trance

      US /træns/

      UK /trɑ:ns/

      • Noun
      • Daydreaming state; unaware state
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    • twitter

      US /ˈtwɪtɚ/

      UK /ˈtwɪtə(r)/

      • Intransitive Verb
      • To make small chattering sounds, like some birds
      • Proper Noun
      • An online messaging system
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    • unique

      US /juˈnik/

      UK /jʊ'ni:k/

      • Adjective
      • Unlike other things; being the only one like it
      • Remarkably special or unusual.
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    • up and running

      US /ʌp ənd ˈrʌnɪŋ/

      UK /ʌp ænd ˈrʌnɪŋ/

      • Adjective
      • Fully operational; functioning correctly.
      • Active and operating successfully.
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    • urban

      US /ˈɚbən/

      UK /'ɜ:bən/

      • Adjective
      • Concerning a city; located in a city
      • Relating to the style of dress and music popular in cities.
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    • warp

      US /wɔ:rp/

      UK /wɔ:p/

      • Noun
      • Twist or bend in something normally straight
      • Transitive Verb
      • To influence someone to become bad/do evil thing
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    • with just

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • Using only; with no more than.
      • Barely; by a narrow margin.
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    • with time

      US

      UK

      • Phrase
      • As time passes; eventually.
      • Given enough time; in the course of time.
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    • work on

      US /wɚk ɑn/

      UK /wə:k ɔn/

      • Phrasal Verb
      • To devote effort to improve or develop something
      • To try to persuade or influence someone.
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    She took a brave step forward, leaving behind her comfort zone to chase her dreams.

    Vocabulary
    • brave

      adj. Having courage

    • comfort zone

      phr. A familiar situation where one feels safe

    Explanation
    a brave step is a noun phrase, where brave is an adjective modifying the noun step, meaning "a courageous step". forward is an adverb modifying step, meaning "ahead". The whole phrase serves as the object, answering the "what" of took (verb) — she took a brave step forward.

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    brave

    US/brev/
    UK/breɪv/
    adj.Brave
    v.t.To bravely face
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    Ever feel like time just warped during lockdown? This video dives into how Andrei Tarkovsky's films and the pandemic changed our perception of time, exploring temporal distortion and memory paradoxes. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary related to time and culture while exploring fascinating film analysis!

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