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In our worst moments in couples, we tend to assume that our problems are unfixable, that we simply don't get on, that we're the wrong sort of people to be together.
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What we tend not to do is imagine that we have a problem of dictionaries, that our fundamental problem is that our partner and ourselves are,
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beneath the surface, following dictionary definitions that don't align.
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We're squabbling because we don't understand what the same things mean for each one of us,
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because we're using the same words and terms without realizing that each of us has an entirely different understanding of their natures.
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We imagine, as we try to live with someone else, that there isn't a gap in the way that we both define concepts like, for example, delays in answering a message,
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or leaving the bathroom messy, or spending time with friends.
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It simply doesn't occur to us, who have been wielding certain phrases and concepts one way since early adolescence,
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that we might have encountered someone who sees them very differently.
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It appears self-evident to us that a messy bathroom means a bathroom whose owner has shown us no respect,
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who is vicious, unkind, uncaring and out to harm us.
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It's totally natural, as natural as our understanding of the word chair or glass, class, that spending time with friends means a chance to rejuvenate,
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to take the pressure off a couple and achieve some necessary distance before returning to coziness once more.
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What we're forgetting in all this is the noble and arcane discipline of etymology,
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that is, the history and genealogy of language.
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It's the people we call etymologists who will carefully trace where a given word comes from.
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They will tell us, for example, that window comes from the old Norse word vindauga,
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meaning wind-eye, or that clue comes from the Greek clothos, meaning ball of thread, after that thread that Ariadne gave Theseus to escape the labyrinth.
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Standard etymology is all very well, but what we need, as much if not more of, is a form of emotional etymology,
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that is, an effort to trace back words and terms to their sources in the lives of lovers.
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Couples need to see that they're fighting very often simply because they are using the same terms in different ways.
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A habit of leaving a bathroom in a mess may not, in fact, in one's own dictionary, stem from any kind of desire to harm.
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Maybe it just emerged from a wish to escape a punishing parental figure, who while emotionally very cold, placed undue and unwelcome emphasis on etiquette and order.
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Just as in a neighbouring dictionary, the very same phrase might stand for shallowness and selfishness, for imitating the behaviour of a despised stepparent.
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It might be an emblem of disdain and cruelty.
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All this points to what we should do in our arguments.
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Before we imagine what our partner means, before we settle on an explanation that involves insult and a desire to harm,
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we should always take care to remember dictionaries.
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We should pause our fights to wonder if our partner isn't simply mad or evil, they may just have a different dictionary definition in mind.
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We need to do one another the favour of some dictionary work.
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We should ask one another what a term means and then analyse how it came to have this meaning for them.
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We may not be beyond comprehension at all.
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We may not need to split up.
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We just need to understand what is in our respective dictionaries and why.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau C1 is gebaseerd op de video “A Dictionary of Love”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: dictionary, word, bathroom, simply, term. Deze video bevat 34 zinnen en 598 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:42. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 162 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 80% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| dictionary zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/ | woordenboek |
| etymology zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ | etymologie |
| messy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈmɛsi/ | wanordelijk, chaotisch |
| arcane bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɑɹˈkeɪn/ | geheim, duister |
| disdain zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪsˈdeɪn/ | ongenoegen, verachting |
| etiquette zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɛt.ɪˌkɛt/ | etiquette |
| genealogy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/ | stamboom |
| imitate werkwoord | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ | nabootsen, imiteren |
| labyrinth zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlæb.ə.ɹɪnθ/ | doolhof, labyrint |
| rejuvenate werkwoord | /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/ | verjongen |
| selfishness zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/ | zelfheid, eigenheid |
| shallowness zelfstandig naamwoord | oppervlakkigheid | |
| squabble zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈskwɑːbəl/ | gekrakeel |
| stepparent zelfstandig naamwoord | stiefouder | |
| despise werkwoord | /dɪˈspaɪz/ | verachten |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, don't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, selfishness /ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, etymology /ˌɛtəˈmɑləd͡ʒi/, adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, genealogy /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/, rejuvenate /ɹɪˈd͡ʒuːvəneɪt/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: unkind /ʌnˈkaɪnd/, despise /dɪˈspaɪz/, emerge /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/, pause /pɔːz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/, labyrinth /ˈlæb.ə.ɹɪnθ/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als dictionary, etymology, messy.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.