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[00:14.01]implicit
[00:18.18]concise(succinct, terse): The winner of the award gave a short and concise acceptance speech.
[00:28.54]succinct(terse, concise)
[00:33.89]fluent(fluid, smooth): Before you go travelling in America, make sure you speak fluent spoken English.
[00:46.66]cogent(convincing, compelling): The defense attorney's cogent argument was persuasive.
[00:57.98]persuasive: The persuasive saleswoman sold me a used car.
[01:08.25]character: I wish this book was written in bigger characters.
[01:17.48]glossary
[01:22.39]dialect(vernacular, jargon): John's Southern dialects is hard for me to understand.
[01:33.43]clause: The sentence had too many clauses in it.
[01:42.41]linguistics
[01:46.42]phonetics
[01:50.42]tense
[01:54.39]version(description, account)
[01:59.43]genre(style, manner): His six String Quartets is the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's.
[02:11.41]tag(label, tab)
[02:15.70]slogan(motto): Each candidate needs a clever slogan to attract the attention of the voters.
[02:26.94]lyric
[02:30.46]verse
[02:34.13]fiction
[02:38.49]byword(adage)
[02:41.88]fable(allegory): Many fables were first told by an old Greek story-teller named Aesop.
[02:53.43]term(expression): Knowing more technical terms gives a translator more advantages.
[03:03.21]maxim(proverb, motto)
[03:08.40]satire: The political satire was censored by the government.
[03:18.22]farce
[03:22.25]adage(proverb): Isn't there an old adage that a stitch in time saves nine?
[03:33.64]synopsis(outline, summary): The history professor gave a synopsis of the events leading to World War I.
[03:46.88]compile(collect, put together): The scientists compiled a great amount of data to help develop their theory.
[03:59.18]entitle: My favorite poem is entitled “Summer Rain”.
[04:09.38]emend(amend, improve): John had spent a whole day emending a faulty text.
[04:21.06]paraphrase(rewrite): Would you please paraphrase the speech in colloquial English?
[04:33.31]adapt(revise, amend)
[04:37.79]adaptable(flexible, pliant)
[04:42.48]adaptation: The movie was an adaptation of a classic novel.
[04:52.58]excerpt(selection, extract): The actor auditioned by performing an excerpt from the play.
[05:01.79]abstract
[05:07.64]abstraction: By looking at what happened in many similar cases, we were able to create an abstraction that also covered other instances.
[05:22.73]abridge(shorten, condense, abbreviate): The rights of citizens must not be abridged.
[05:33.29]coin(create, fashion, invent): The advertising company coined a new word to name the new product.
[05:41.54]It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. –G.Eliot