Fine Distinctions & Subtle Shades of Meaning 📖 (with Eli Burnstein) [960]

精细的区分与微妙的含义 📖(与Eli Burnstein)[960]

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

2025-11-03

1 小时 58 分钟
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A particularly useful and interesting episode for you today - a conversation about English words which are very similar, but crucially, not the same. My guest Eli Burnstein is the author of “Dictionary of Fine Distinctions” - a book which aims to bring clarity to English words. Expect a funny discussion about subtle shades of meaning between words like poison & venom, accuracy & precision, envy & jealousy and many others. Eli is Canadian, now living in London and so he also shares some key features of Canadian English.  📄 Get the PDF transcript https://teacherluke.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Fine-Distinctions-Subtle-Shades-of-Meaning-with-Eli-Burnstein-960.pdf 🔗 Episode page on my website https://teacherluke.co.uk/2025/11/03/fine-distinctions-subtle-shades-of-meaning-with-eli-burnstein-960/ 🏆 LEP Premium https://www.teacherluke.co.uk/premium 📗 Get the book in the UK https://www.waterstones.com/book/dictionary-of-fine-distinctions/eli-burnstein/9781805227229 📘 Buy the book from Profile Books https://profilebooks.com/work/dictionary-of-fine-distinctions/ 📙 Also available on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dictionary-Fine-Distinctions-Nuances-Niceties/dp/180522722X/ 🧔‍♂️ https://www.eliburnstein.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Hello, listeners.

  • Welcome back to my podcast for learners of English all around the world.

  • How are you doing today?

  • I hope you're doing fine.

  • So, I've got a really interesting episode lined up for you today.

  • I think you're going to enjoy it.

  • and you should find it very useful.

  • Let me tell you about it.

  • So it's a conversation episode with a guest.

  • My guest this time is Eli Bernstein.

  • He is a writer from Canada.

  • Eli has written various short pieces for a number of different noteworthy publications,

  • including The New Yorker.

  • But Eli has written his first book.

  • It's available now from Profile Books and Yes, let me tell you about it.

  • So the book is called the dictionary.

  • No, not the dictionary.

  • It's called dictionary of fine distinctions.

  • Dictionary of fine distinctions.

  • It's a very useful and enjoyable book which aims to bring clarity to English vocabulary in a very entertaining way.