Word of the Day: Zeitgeist

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Friday, March 11, 2022. Our Word of the Day is ‘zeitgeist.’ Zeitgeist is a German word meaning the spirit of the times. It's the ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc., of a period in history. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Zeitgeist Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz Below are two terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Back in the day: Whenever people fondly remember something from the past and feel nostalgic, they tend to use the term back in the day. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BackInTheDay Wax and wane: Wax means a thing is getting bigger or stronger. Wane implies that a thing is getting smaller or weaker. The moon will wax and wane monthly. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/WaxAndWane