| Approx.
time |
Expression |
Explanation |
| |
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| 24:40:00 |
rekindled spirit |
a feeling whose fire is
lit again |
| 24:47:00 |
tight-knit |
emotionally close |
| 25:46:00 |
can’t put a finger on |
don’t exactly understand,
can’t describe |
| 26:36:00 |
transpired |
happened |
| 26:38:00 |
hoopla |
big celebration, much
activity, grand attention |
| 26:41:00 |
outpouring |
generous giving |
| 27:22:00 |
subconscious |
without thinking about it |
| 27:58:00 |
underpinnings |
fundamentals, basis |
| 28:39:00 |
ski runs |
slopes of a ski area |
| 28:42:00 |
green trails |
easiest trails to ski down |
| 28:50:00 |
not accomplished |
not expert, not skilled |
| 28:59:00 |
blue, black, green trails |
medium, difficult, easy
ski trails |
| 29:29:00 |
Seasonal Affective
Disorder (SAD) |
disease that makes people
depressed in winter due to lack of sun (and vitamin D) |
| 29:32:00 |
never much of |
not very good as |
| 29:43:00 |
irony |
when two surprising things
come together that you would never predict (for example, Richard has a ski
run named after his poem, but he’s not a good skier) |
| 30:52:00 |
campfire to gather around |
place for everyone to
share some personal time enjoying each other’s company |
| 31:40:00 |
commemorate |
create a special moment of
remembering |
| 32:38:00 |
abridged version |
shortened form |
| 32:59:00 |
verbatim |
exactly the same words |
| 33:30:00 |
Little Ricky |
when Richard was a young
boy |
| 33:49:00 |
coming-of-age story |
story about growing up and
transitioning to adulthood |
| 34:53:00 |
Ricardo de Jesus Blanco
Valdez Sanchez Morena |
all of Richard’s six names
(most Americans have only 3) |
| 35:10:00 |
folkloric |
traditional stories and
customs |
| 35:46:00 |
peg the right name |
give the proper name |
| 36:31:00 |
pinching myself |
can’t believe it’s real,
testing to see that I’m not really dreaming |
| 37:08:00 |
circularity |
going back to the
beginning, coming around again |
