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Source: BBC | https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-how-speaking-other-languages-changes-your-brain
Recording Application: Bandicam
VOCABULARY
counterintuitive (adj): sth not happening in the way you would expect it to
manifest itself in sth: shows sth clearly (esp. feeling, an attitude or a quality)
encompass: include
albeit: although
haphazardly: randomly
Reversed dominance effects = reversal of language dominance
day-to-day life = daily, on a daily basis
navigating (an interference): find a right way to deal with a difficult situation (in this case, an interference)
pull back on the reins: take control/ slow down and doing sth more caustiously
dalay onset of: delay the beginning of (esp. sth unpleasant like a disease/old age/winter)
spare my blushes (British): refrain from causing someone embarrassment.
Source: BBC | https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220719-how-speaking-other-languages-changes-your-brain
Recording Application: Bandicam
VOCABULARY
counterintuitive (adj): sth not happening in the way you would expect it to
manifest itself in sth: shows sth clearly (esp. feeling, an attitude or a quality)
encompass: include
albeit: although
haphazardly: randomly
Reversed dominance effects = reversal of language dominance
day-to-day life = daily, on a daily basis
navigating (an interference): find a right way to deal with a difficult situation (in this case, an interference)
pull back on the reins: take control/ slow down and doing sth more caustiously
dalay onset of: delay the beginning of (esp. sth unpleasant like a disease/old age/winter)
spare my blushes (British): refrain from causing someone embarrassment.
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