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Highlight 5 or 6 vocabulary words (one per person) from the chapter. As you've done with your personal dictionary, include the following for each word:

﻿﻿﻿1) the word with pronunciation and part of speech (noun, verb, adjective, adverb).

﻿﻿﻿2) other word forms, if any

﻿﻿﻿3) definition

4) give the sentence from the chapter using the word

5) ﻿﻿﻿a sample sentence that you write yourself about your own life using a common collocation if any exists

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noun (also imposter)

UK /ɪmˈpɒs.tər/

US /ɪmˈpɑː.stɚ/

Definition：

a person who pretends to be someone else in order to deceive others

From chapter:

When I write in Italian, I feel like an intruder, an impostor.

Sentence:

He felt like an impostor among all those intelligent people

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1. Pronunciation and part of speech:

verb

US  /dɪˈsaɪ.fɚ/  UK  /dɪˈsaɪ.fər/

2. Definition:

to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way

3. Other word forms, if any:

Decipherment(noun)  Decipherable (verb)

4. Sentence example from the book:

Given that I try to decipher everything through writing, maybe writing in Italian is simply my way of learning the language in a more profound, more stimulating way.

5. Sample sentence:

She managed to decipher the voicemail, revealing important information about the criminal case.

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adjective.

UK / ˈpremətʃə(r) /

US /ˌpriːməˈtʃʊr/

premature; prematurely; prematureness; prematurity

Definition: happening, arriving before the usual, or intended time

Sentence from Chapter: I know that my writing in Italian is something premature, reckless, always approximate.

Sample Sentences:

1. Her premature death at age 30 stunned her family and friends.

2. Too much exposure to the sun can cause the premature aging of skin.

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1. noun

uk /ˈkruː.sɪ.bəl/

us /ˈkruː.sə.bəl/

2. /

3. Definition:

1) a container in which metals or other substances can be heated to very high temperatures

2) a severe test

3) a place or situation in which different cultures or styles can mix together to produce something new and exciting

4. Sentence from the chapter: What passes without being put into words, without being transformed and, in a certain sense, purified by the crucible of writing, has no meaning for me.

5. Example: The final exam was a crucible for the students, pushing them to their limits and testing everything they had learned throughout the semester.

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The author writes about what she experiences when she uses Italian to write. She emphasizes the importance of writing in her life.

Giving up English and turning to Italian make her insecure, unfulfilled, and limited. But she feels the freedom to be imperfect prefers to be limited.

Writing comforts her and helps her feel organized and authentic, even though she’s still learning the language. She believes that language is a reflective mirror for her ideas and that writing is important for her sense of identity.

Although you will encounter many challenges and uncertainties in learning and using a new language, this experience is also liberating, allowing one to find freedom and growth in imperfection.

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1) /ˈnuːɑːns/ - noun

2) nuanced (adjective)

3) A small difference or distinction in expression, meaning, or response.

4) "Just a word can have many dimensions, many nuances, great complexity, so, too, can a person, a life."

5) "While trying to learn something novel and complex, I first prioritize to solely focus on the subtle nuances presented throughout their practical application to later on move to the theory."

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If one haven't experienced freedom, a small piece of freedom is enough for one to enjoy and gain happiness.

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“I realize that I've crossed over a boundary” - Val

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“I realize that I've crossed over a boundary” - Val

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This conveys the idea of moving into unfamiliar territory. For example, It can suggest that the speaker feels they have entered a space or situation where they do not belong or do not feel qualified. The “boundary” in this context represents a limit or a fine line between what is comfortable and challenging.

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You can see yourself in the mirror

From different perspectives to see the picture just like understanding a word

What you can see depends on how clean the mirror is

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In English: "Nuance" refers to a subtle or slight degree of difference in meaning, expression, tone, or feeling.

In French: The word "nuance" has the same meaning as in English.

Always use it in literature, art, music, language, society, science and technology.

Collocations

subtle nuance

understand nuance

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From chapter: Why do I write? To investigate the mystery of existence. To tolerate myself. To get closer to everything that is outside of me.

[personal dilemma]

Verb.

solve mystery

remain mystery

unravel mystery

surround mystery

Clusters

murder mystery

great mystery

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La scrittura è il mio unico modo per assorbire e per sistemare la vita. - Yixiao

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La scrittura è il mio unico modo per assorbire e per sistemare la vita. - Yixiao

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Q: Why?

Writing is my only way of absorbing and organizing/settle into/sort out/fix life.

activeness

do something

Google Translate: Writing is my only way to absorb and settle into life.

get used to

ChatGPT: The only way for me to absorb and organize life is through writing.

DeepL: Writing is my only way to absorb and sort out life.

solve the problem

Youdao: Writing is my only way to absorb and fix life.

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If I want to understand what moves me, what confuses me, what pains me—everything that makes me react, in short—I have to put it into words.

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If I want to understand what moves me, what confuses me, what pains me—everything that makes me react, in short—I have to put it into words.

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YIXIAO: 如要理解生命中那些使我感动、困惑、痛苦的事——简而言之，任何触动[touch]我的事情——我必须要将其付诸文字。

VICKY: 如果我想理解究竟是什么令我感触，令我疑惑，令我痛苦——任何让我产生情绪波动[emotional]的事物，简而言之——我需要将其付诸于纸笔。

YOUDAO TRANSLATOR: 如果我想了解是什么打动了我，什么让我困惑，什么让我痛苦——简而言之，所有让我做出反应[react]的东西——我必须用语言表达出来。

ChatGPT: 如果我想理解是什么感动我，是什么困扰我，是什么使我痛苦——总之，所有让我产生反应[react]的东西——我必须把它用语言表达出来。

make: 令/使

react: 触动/情绪波动/做出反应 [use the deep meaning]

in short: 简而言之/总之

put it into: 付诸/付之于/用

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Vison: 何が私を動かし、何が私を困惑させ、何が私を苦しめるのか、つまり、私の反応を引き起こすすべてのことを理解したいのであれば、それを言葉で表現しなければなりません。

The verbs in Japanese sentence are usually put into the last part. So when I translate，I put the verb “understand” into the latter sentence instead of the first sentence.

I find it is interesting that when translate this sentence, Japanese will have more verbs that correspond with English which help me translate this sentence directly. For example, in Japanese, the verb that have similar meaning to "move" (動かす）can be used in "move someting" and "move somebody", but in Chinese, there is no verb that have the both meaning, we usually use one verb to describe "move someting" and other verb to describe "move somebody"

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Valerie: Si quiero comprender lo que me afecta, lo que me confunde, lo que me duele—todo lo que me hace reaccionar, en breve—lo tengo que expresar en palabras.

Jose Miguel: "Si quiero entender qué me mueve, qué me confunde, qué me duele—todo lo que me hace reaccionar, en resumen—tengo que ponerlo en palabras."

Google Translate: Si quiero entender lo que me conmueve, lo que me confunde, lo que me duele, todo lo que me hace reaccionar, en definitiva, tengo que expresarlo con palabras.

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1) Reading in Italian makes her feel like a guest.

2) She feels like an intruder when writing in Italian.

3) Giving up English makes her insecure, but she still turns to Italian.

4) Writing in Italian doesn't give her a sense of fulfillment

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5. She thinks she is an author who writes without authority.

6. When she uses Italian, she has the freedom to be imperfect.

7. ➡️ The metaphor about the palace and fragile shelter of the two languages.

8. She thinks there is nothing so dangerous as security.

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9 thinking the difference between freedom and limit.

10 use a passage to describe the freedom she feel from learning languages.

11 the story about nuns who lost freedom in convent.

12 she prefers the limit of her Italian

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Writing is something that comforts her

Despite not completely knowing the language she might be writing in, she still makes an effort to write because that’s her passion

She finds herself in writing. She’s able to feel like she’s organized and she writes to tolerate herself.

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Although you will encounter many challenges and uncertainties in learning and using a new language, this experience is also liberating, allowing one to find freedom and growth in imperfection.

Evidence:

She mentions that writing in Italian makes her feel both "freer and confined," suggesting that the limitations of the language offer a different kind of creative freedom.

She acknowledges that her Italian writing is "premature, reckless, always approximate," yet sees this as a way to learn and engage with the language more deeply.

The author states that writing helps her "absorb and organize life," indicating that it is important for making sense of her experiences and existence.

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Giving up English and turning to Italian make her insecure, unfulfilled, and limited. But she feels the freedom to be imperfect prefers to be limited.

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The author’s sanity is dependent on her possibility to write about what mortifies her.

Anything that is not expressed through written language is irrelevant for her.

She inducts the fact that she is improving her Italian-learning through writing.

The author iterates over the fact that only writing makes her feel as a real human from the time she was born.

The author refers to language as a mirror; a reflector of someone’s ideas, which is boundless and ineffable as if she were to carry it anywhere with her.

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Writing comforts her and helps her feel organized and authentic, even though she’s still learning the language. She believes that language is a reflective mirror for her ideas and that writing is important for her sense of identity.