Stolen Focus 2/50

⭐️ respite — передышка, кратковременное облегчение
There was no respite from the noise of the city.

⭐️ tranquil — спокойный, умиротворённый
We found a tranquil spot by the lake.

⭐️ frantically — неистово, лихорадочно
She was frantically searching for her passport.

⭐️ shattered — разбитый вдребезги
His confidence was shattered after the rejection.

⭐️ enormous — огромный, колоссальный
The project required an enormous amount of time.

⭐️ superior — превосходящий / высокомерный
He acted like he was somehow superior to everyone else.

⭐️ endemic — свойственный, характерный для
Stress seems to be endemic in modern workplaces.

⭐️ self-indulgent — потакающий себе, эгоистичный
The book felt a bit too self-indulgent at times.

⭐️ alternating — чередующийся
She was alternating between optimism and doubt.

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Stolen Focus 3/50

⭐️ rigorous — тщательный, строгий
They followed a rigorous scientific method in their research.

⭐️ humility — скромность, смирение
She accepted the award with genuine humility.

⭐️ drawn (on) — опираться на (опыт, знания)
This book is drawn on years of research.

⭐️ appalled — потрясённый, шокированный
I was appalled by the amount of time I spent on my phone.

⭐️ banish — изгонять, прогонять
He decided to banish distractions from his life.

⭐️ wired — на взводе, возбуждённый; на связи (в контексте интернета)
After three coffees, I felt completely wired.

⭐️ buzz — гул, шум; ажиотаж
There was a constant buzz of notifications.

⭐️ glimpse — мельком увидеть, уловить
We only got a glimpse of what’s truly going on.

⭐️ stripped — лишённый, отобранный
She felt stripped of her ability to focus.

⭐️ spiteful — злобный, язвительный
His tone was cold and spiteful.

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Stolen Focus 5/50

⭐️ colicky — капризный, страдающий коликами (о младенцах)
She was exhausted from taking care of a colicky baby all night.

⭐️ delusion — заблуждение, иллюзия
He’s under the delusion that he can multitask effectively.

⭐️ drip-feed — «подача по капле», медленная подача информации
We are drip-fed anxiety-provoking news all day long.

⭐️ lumps — комки, куски (также: тяжесть, масса)
I felt two lumps of regret rise in my throat.

⭐️ mosque — мечеть
They visited a historic mosque in Istanbul.

⭐️ rattling — дребезжащий; вызывающий беспокойство
The constant rattling in my mind wouldn’t stop.

⭐️ factoids — псевдофакты, поверхностные «фактоподобные» сведения
Social media is full of anxiety-provoking factoids.

⭐️ smush — сдавливать, сплющивать, смешивать
She tried to smush all her ideas into one big post.

⭐️ intriguingly — интригующе, захватывающе
The story unfolds intriguingly with every chapter.

⭐️ blast — взрыв; мощная подача (информации, эмоций)
We were blasted with headlines from every direction.

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Stolen Focus 6/50

⭐️ grapple — бороться, сталкиваться (с трудностями)
We often grapple with distractions in the digital world.

⭐️ lapse — упущение, перерыв, осечка
She had a brief lapse in concentration during the meeting.

⭐️ bandwidth — пропускная способность; ресурсы внимания
Modern life shrinks our mental bandwidth every day.

⭐️ drawn (to) — быть привлечённым к чему-то
We are often drawn to stories that are easy to understand.

⭐️ hurriedly — впопыхах, наспех
People skim through headlines hurriedly without thinking.

⭐️ deliberately — намеренно, осознанно
He deliberately slowed down to regain his focus.

⭐️ nurture — взращивать, развивать
Reading good books nurtures your ability to focus.

⭐️ degrade — ухудшать, разрушать
Constant notifications degrade our attention span.

⭐️ drag (on your brain) — нагрузка, бремя
Multitasking is a hidden drag on your brain’s capacity.

⭐️ screw-up — ошибка, косяк
Constant switching leads to a mental screw-up effect.

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Stolen Focus 7/50

⭐️ drain — утечка, истощение
Multitasking causes a creativity drain over time.

⭐️ intermittent — прерывистый, эпизодический
The phone kept buzzing with intermittent notifications.

⭐️ habitually — по привычке, регулярно
We now habitually check our phones without thinking.

⭐️ dwelling (on) — зацикливаться, долго размышлять
He kept dwelling on the message instead of focusing.

⭐️ incurring — навлекая, неся (затраты, последствия)
We are incurring huge mental costs without noticing.

⭐️ stimuli — стимулы, раздражители
Your brain filters out irrelevant stimuli to help you focus.

⭐️ coherently — связно, логично
It's hard to think coherently when you're constantly interrupted.

⭐️ crucial — решающий, крайне важный
Focus is crucial for doing deep, meaningful work.

⭐️ besieged — осаждённый, перегруженный
Our minds are besieged by noise, notifications, and stress.

⭐️ unprecedented — беспрецедентный, небывалый
We face an unprecedented level of distraction today.

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Stolen Focus 8/50

⭐️ free-fall — падение; потеря контроля
I felt like I was in a mental free-fall without my phone.

⭐️ scratch — царапать; терзать
That thought kept scratching at the back of my mind.

⭐️ backdrop — фон, обстановка
Social media became just a backdrop to our real lives.

⭐️ yell — кричать
I wanted to yell: “Put your phones down!”

⭐️ pat — похлопывать, шлёпать
I instinctively patted my pocket to check for my phone.

⭐️ gulp — большой глоток; глотать (жадно)
I read in one big, distracted gulp.

⭐️ stab — удар ножом, пронзить
She felt as if the silence stabbed through her thoughts.

⭐️ eavesdrop — подслушивать
He shamelessly eavesdropped on the strangers’ conversation.

⭐️ superiority — превосходство
Social media can feed your illusion of superiority.

⭐️ buzz — гул, ажиотаж, жужжание
The buzz of notifications drowned out my thoughts.

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Stolen Focus 9/50

⭐️ whims — прихоти, капризы
We can't let every passing whim dictate our focus.

⭐️ jerk — дёргать(ся), дёрганье
The pigeon learned to jerk its head for a reward.

⭐️ bleak — мрачный, безрадостный
It was a bleak view of human psychology.

⭐️ triumphantly — торжественно, победно
The artist triumphantly gazed at the finished painting.

⭐️ enthralling — захватывающий
There was something enthralling about deep concentration.

⭐️ cropping up — неожиданно появляться
The same phrase kept cropping up again and again.

⭐️ slip / slide off — соскользнуть, ускользать
Your attention can slip or slide off if the goal is unclear.

⭐️ distinctive — отличительный, особенный
Flow is a distinctive state of deep presence.

⭐️ drill (down) — углубиться, вникать
We need to drill down into what brings real focus.

⭐️ stumps — обрубки, остатки
We’re left as stumps of ourselves when we lose flow.

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Stolen Focus 9/50

⭐️ pursue /pəˈsjuː/ — стремиться к, добиваться
Late in life, he decided to pursue a childhood passion.

⭐️ fissures /ˈfɪʃ.ərz/ — трещины, расщелины
He studied the tiny fissures inside the crystal.

⭐️ intrusion /ɪnˈtruː.ʒən/ — вторжение, вмешательство
Digital intrusions break our focus every few minutes.

⭐️ slough off /slʌf ɒf/ — сбрасывать, избавляться
He finally sloughed off the weight of distraction.

⭐️ taunt /tɔːnt/ — насмешка, колкость
He felt guilty, as if he’d escaped while others faced the taunt of constant noise.

⭐️ crawl /krɔːl/ — ползти
A line of ants began to crawl across the desk.

⭐️ puberty /ˈpjuː.bə.ti/ — половое созревание
Ever since puberty, he had fought sleep like a battle.

⭐️ atrophy /ˈætrəfi/ — атрофироваться, ослабевать
Our attention is atrophying from lack of meaningful use.

⭐️ stagger /ˈstæɡ.ər/ — шататься, идти пошатываясь
I would stagger to my feet in a fog of exhaustion.

⭐️ howl /haʊl/ — выть, завывать
The radio alarm would howl like a siren in the morning.

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Stolen Focus 10/50

⭐️ paroxysm /ˈpær.ək.sɪ.zəm/ — приступ, вспышка
I felt paroxysms of sleepiness wash over me.

⭐️ alien /ˈeɪ.li.ən/ — чуждый, непривычный
Waking up without coffee felt like an alien sensation.

⭐️ conk out /kɒŋk aʊt/ — вырубиться, отключиться
The battery finally conked out, and I slept deeply.

⭐️ wound down /wuːnd daʊn/ — замедляться, успокаиваться
As the days passed, I gradually wound down.

⭐️ deprived /dɪˈpraɪvd/ — лишённый
Many people are chronically sleep-deprived.

⭐️ sluggish /ˈslʌɡ.ɪʃ/ — вялый, медлительный
My brain felt sluggish after staying up all night.

⭐️ drowsy /ˈdraʊ.zi/ — сонный, клонящий в сон
After lunch, I became too drowsy to focus properly.

⭐️ accustomed to /əˈkʌs.təmd tuː/ — привыкший к
They’ve become accustomed to constant tiredness.

⭐️ knackered /ˈnæk.əd/ — вымотанный (разг.)
I felt absolutely knackered after a week of no sleep.

⭐️ retrace /rɪˈtreɪs/ — прослеживать, повторно проходить
Your brain retraces the steps of your day while sleeping.

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