Letter A

• ability (the ability to do something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• absolutely [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• across [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • across the globe [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• aimed + at [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• acceptance [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty] #check
• acute [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • acute hunger [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• adherence [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• admire (to admire) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • to admire the scenery [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• aesthetic [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty] #check
• affectionate [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• afresh [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • to start afresh [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• agenda [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• aim [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• alas [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• alienated [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• allude (to allude) (=doelen op) [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] 
  • the political agenda [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• altogether [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• ambivalent [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• among [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism][7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • among bankers [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • First among these is the rule of law. [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• amoral [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• amplify (to amplify something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse] #verb
• ancestor [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• ancestral [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • the ancestral essence of Europe [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• anchor (to anchor) [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• anger [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• annual [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • an annual trip [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• antidote (to be an antidote + to something) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • deadlines are an antidote to procrastination [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• apocalypse [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• appeal [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• appearance [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: appraisals) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • performance appraisals [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• appreciate [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• appreciation [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• apprehension [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• appropriate [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• arguably [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• argue (to argue that…) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• argument [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• armour [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• arouse [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• articulate [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• aside [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • to set something aside [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• (pl: assets) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • illiquid assets [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• association [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: assumptions) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• astonished [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• astonishment [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• atheism [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• attempt (an attempt to do something) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• attest (to attest) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • as this former Parisian can attest [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• attitude (to have an attitude towards something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• attributable [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• authentic [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • visitors get what is the authentic Parisian experience [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• authenticity [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• authoritarian [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • authoritarian China [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• aversion [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • loss aversion [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• avoidance [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• aware (to be fully aware of something) [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• awe

Letter B

• babble (to babble) [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check] #verb
• backbone [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• backlash [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God][2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• bare (to lay bare) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check[29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• barely [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • has barely said a word [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• bargain (the bargain) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • this was the bargain Leo offered [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• baroque [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• basically [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• bear [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• behavioural [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • loss aversion, a strong behavioural bias [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• beholder [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• benefit (pl: benefits) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• benefit (to benefit + of (check)) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
• besides [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• beyond [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• bias [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • optimism bias [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• bitterness [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• bonanza [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • Not every part of Europe partakes in the bonanza [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• booming [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• (pl: bosses) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #job
• bottleneck (pl: bottlenecks) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• break (to break) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires] #verb
  • to break that record [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• briefly [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• bright [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • look on the bright side of life [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #expression
• broadly [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• building block [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• bureaucracy [26.7.2026 AI Harari][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]

Letter C

• cadence [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• canned [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• capability (pl: capabilities) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026][2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • military capabilities [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• capable [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• capitalism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • an engine of capitalism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• caprice (pl: caprices) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • a defence against the caprices of politics [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• capricious [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • Fire is capricious [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• cardiovascular [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• carnivorously [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• causality [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• cause (to cause) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #verb
  • to cause trouble [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #expression
• cede (to cede) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
• chaos [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• charm [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • A little sweating was once part of the charm of visiting the continent’s southern shores [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• chief [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• chiefly [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • exist chiefly as backdrops for [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• Christianity [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: circumstances) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • external circumstances [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• to clarify [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• classical [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• cluster (pl: clusters) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • clusters of applications [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• clutch [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: cobblestones) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• cognitive [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• collapse (to collapse) [26.7.2026 AI Harari] #verb
• collarbone [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• complicated [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• composed [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• concept (the concept + of) [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones][FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• conclusion [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• condition (to condition) [26.7.2026 AI Harari] #verb
• conditioned [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • people are conditioned to look for negative signals [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• conference [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• confidence [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• confident [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • overconfident [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• confused [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• consciousness [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• consensus [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• constituent [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• constitution (the constitution) [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• constrain [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• contemporary [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• contradict [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• contrast [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
  • in sharp contrast to [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• convenience [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • a political convenience [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• convenient [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
  • convenient term [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• conventional [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• conviction (pl: convictions) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• corruption [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• counter (to counter) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
  • counter optimism bias [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• cover (to cover something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • to cover future loan losses [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• creator [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• creature [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• crown (to crown) [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check] #verb
• currency [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• cursed [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• explain (to explain something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]

Letter D

• damage [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • the economic damage [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• darkness [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• deal [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • to close the deal [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• debate [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
  • the centre of the debate [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• debauchery [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
  • indulged in debauchery [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.12, to check]
• decamp (to decamp) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • those who can afford to leave the tourism-worthy bits of the city decamp to the beach [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• decay [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• deception [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: decision-makers) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• declaration [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
  • a declaration of love [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• the Declaration of Independence [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill] #politics
• defence (a defence against something) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• deliberately [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• delicate [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• delight (the delight of) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• delighted [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• delusional [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • delusional optimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• denizen [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• depend (to depend on something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #verb
• deploy (to deploy) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires] #verb
• deployed [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• describe (to describe) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check#check #verb
• designate (to designate) [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• despair [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• destination [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• destruction [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• deter (to deter) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • yet even that won’t deter the hordes [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• device [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• devout [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God][FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• dignified [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• diminished [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• diminishing [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • diminishing returns [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• discarded [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• discerning [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • the discerning traveller [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• dismiss (to dismiss) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• disrupt (to disrupt) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• disrupted [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • disrupted lives [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• disruption [FR: ][29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy][FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• disruptiveness [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• distinction [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• distinctive [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• distract (to distract + from something) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines] #verb
  • they can distract from longer-term goals [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• distraction [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• disturbing [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
  • disturbing news [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• divide (the divide) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• doomed [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• doubtless [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• dove [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• drag (to drag) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check #verb
• drawn (to be drawn to) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• dread [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• dubiously [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• dwell (to dwell) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check #verb

Letter E

• each [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• eccentric [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
  • the eccentric little brother [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• economics [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • geoeconomics [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• elaborate (to elaborate) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• embarrassment [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• embeddedness [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• embodied [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• embrace (to embrace) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• emphasis (the emphasis + of) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026][FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]
• empirical [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: employees) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #job
• employment [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• enable (to enable) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• encapsulate (to encapsulate) [FR: ][8.7.2026 random] #verb
• encounter [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • my encounter with [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• endure (to endure something) [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill] #verb
  • America has endured grave crises before [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• enduring [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • a more enduring problem is heatwaves [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• engine [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • an engine of capitalism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• (pl: entrepreneurs) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #job
• epic [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• equity [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #finance
• era [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• erode (to erode) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines] #verb
  • they can erode people’s sense of autonomy [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• essence [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• eternal [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• eternity (an eternity) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• ethical [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• ethics [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• evacuate (to evacuate) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires] #verb
• eventually [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• exert (to exert) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• excel (to excel + at) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • Google excels at tempting Silicon Valley [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• excessive [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • excessive optimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• exclaim (to exclaim) [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check] #verb
• (pl: expectations) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • low expectations [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• export (to export) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• exquisite [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• extent (to some extent) [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
  • Firelighting is, to some extent, like fighting wars [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• external [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • external circumstances [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• extinct [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• extinction [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
  • human extinction [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]

Letter F

• failing [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • failing projects [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• failure (the failure of something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• fairly [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
  • fairly moderate emissions scenario [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• fallout [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  
  • the agricultural fallout [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• feature (to feature) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• ferocity [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• fierce [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • the fiercest fights [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• firmly [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • But this year’s fires are firmly within the limits of the new possible [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• flammable [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• flicker (to flicker) [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check] #verb
• flimsy [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• flog (to flog) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • while America flogs artificial-intelligence models [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• flourish (to flourish) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• fool [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• foremost [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• foreshadowing [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• forge (to forge) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
• formidable [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky, p.452, to check]
• found (to found) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • to found a business [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• founder +of (pl: founders) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #job
• founding [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • founding principles [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• frequency [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • the frequency and extremity of fire-friendly weather [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• frontier [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• fundamental [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • a fundamental part of the human condition [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• fundamentally [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • fundamentally undermine [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• furiously [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• futile [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • to make the exercise almost futile [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]

Letter G

• gaiety [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• gap (the gap between) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #expression
• geopolitically [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• glimmer [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• gloomy [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• grandiose [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• grapple (to grapple) [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau] #verb
• gratification [8.7.2026, random]
• graveyard [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• greed [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• grim [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• grumble (to grumble +about) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • the resulting void is filled by foreigners who soon grumble about how many other foreigners are in this place [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• guardian [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]

Letter H

• habit [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • to have a habit + of doing something [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• handful (a handful + of) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #expression
  • the crowds remain unsurprisingly concentrated in a handful of photogenic bottlenecks [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• happen (to happen) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• harmful [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • harmful side-effects [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• harmonious [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• harmoniously [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• harrowing [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• haunting [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• (pl: hazards) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• heatwave (pl: heatwaves) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe][FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• heavenly [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• heavily [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• hereby [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• hint [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• hose [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• hostage (to hold someone hostage) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• hostility [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• humankind [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• humble (to humble) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
  • to humble humanity [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• hype [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]

Letter I

• identify (to identify something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• idyllic [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • idyllic cities [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• ignite (to ignite) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• illiquid [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • illiquid assets [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• immediate [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• immense [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• imperfect [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• implementation [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• impose (to impose) [26.7.2026 AI Harari][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • imposing a tourism tax on hotels [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• inaugural [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• incomplete [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• increasingly [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • increasingly common [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• indulge (to indulge) [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.12, to check][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • indulged in debauchery [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.12, to check]
  • indulging in long lunches [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• insidious [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • shaken by the malicious and insidious trick she had played on K. [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• increasingly [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
  • It is increasingly clear + that [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• incremental [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• (pl: individuals) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• inequality [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• initiative [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• influential [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • influential paper [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• ingrained [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • ingrained pessimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• instability [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• install (to install) [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• instance [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • for instance [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #expression
• intimidating [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• invasion [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• invasive [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• involuntary [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• involve (to involve) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• ironic [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • an ironic smile [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• irrelevant [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]

Letter J

• jubilant [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • a jubilant crowd [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• jurisdiction [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• justified [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • justified confidence [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• justify (to justify) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #verb

Letter K

• kindly [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • kindly expression [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• .

Letter L

• lack (to lack) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • half of all Europeans lack the money for an annual trip [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• launch (the launch + of) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• lavished [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• lean (to lean + in) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • to lean in the other direction [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• lengthy [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • a lengthy deadline [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• leverage [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• likely (likely + to do something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism][26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• linger (to linger) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• longevity [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• looming [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• lukewarm [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• luminous [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• lure [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • the lure of a reward [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• .

Letter M

• madame [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• magnitude [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][26.7.2026 AI Harari]#check
• majority (a majority of) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • a majority of respondents [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• make up (to make up) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • the nearly $900bn in revenues make up around 7% of Europe’s exports [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• mainly [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• maintain (to maintain) [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• malicious [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • shaken by the malicious and insidious trick she had played on K. [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• to make up [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]
• (pl: managers) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #job
• mannerism [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• manifested [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• manifold [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• manner (manners) [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • all her manners seemed … [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• mantra [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • the mantra of its leader [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• maritime [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • maritime trade across the world [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• measure (to measure) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• mechanism [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• merciful [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• mere [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • the mere act of specifying a deadline [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• merely [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• merry [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • a merry, mocking laugh [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• mimic (to mimic, mimicked, mimicking) [FR: ][8.7.2026 random] #verb
• miserable [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• mocking [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • a merry, mocking laugh [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• moderate [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • moderate optimists [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• momentum [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
  • to gain momentum [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• monopolize (to monopolize / monopolise – check) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • China monopolises critical materials [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• monopoly [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • a monopoly on truth [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• mosque (pl: mosques) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]

Letter N

• namely [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• nearby [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• nearly [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• necessity (a necessity for) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • a necessity for managers [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• neglect (to neglect) [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check] #verb
• nevertheless [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• none [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • none of this [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • none the less [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
    • none the less involuntarily [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • Any deadline is better than none [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• nonetheless [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
  • They are vital nonethelss [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• nor [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• nothingness [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• notion [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • intimidating notion of her [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• notorious [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• nudge (NL: subtiel duwtje) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • a nudge towards taking up local siesta habits [28.7.2026 The Economidst – Europe]
• nudge (to nudge) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • to nudge tourists into the off-season [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• .

Letter O

• objection [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• obligation [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• obnoxious [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• obsession [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• obvious [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• obviously [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • most obviously, they risk… [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• off-season [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • to nudge tourists into the off-season [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• onwards [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • onwards and upwards [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• optimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • overoptimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• optimist (pl: optimists) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• organic [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• (pl: organisations) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• otherworldly [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• ought + to [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• overdone [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• overshadow (to overshadow) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• overwhelmingly [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]

Letter P

• palpable [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• pampered [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • pampered and mannered movements [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• parade [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• paradoxically [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • And thus, paradoxically, visitors get what is the authentic Parisian experience [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• paralyse (to paralyse) [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • to paralyse the West [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• partake (to partake) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • Not every part of Europe partakes in the bonanza [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• Parthenon (the Parthenon) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• partial [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• pay [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • it pays to be an optimist [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #expression
• peninsula [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• perculiar [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• perform (to perform) [26.7.2026 AI Harari] #verb
• perilously [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• perseverance [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• persuade (to persuade) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• persuaded + by [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • persuaded by my classmates [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• (pl: pessimists) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• phenomenal [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• pivotal [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
  • a pivotal moment [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• plainly [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • optimism can plainly go too far [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• poignant [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• poised (to be poised) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026][26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• polarisation [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill] #politics
• portray (to portray) [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• portrayal [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• (pl: precedents) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • damaging precedents [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• predicament [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • our current national predicament [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• predictability [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• predictive [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• preference (a preference + for something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• preserve (to preserve) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • museums preserve history [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• presumably [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• primacy [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • the primacy of individual choice [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• primarily [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• primitive [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• procrastinator (pl: procrastinators) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• procedure [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• prohibition [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• prompt (to prompt) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines] #verb
• propel (to propel) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• provide (to provide) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God] #verb
• proxy (a proxy for) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • a proxy for people’s level of optimism [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• psychological [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • psychological test [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• psychologist [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel-prizewinning psychologist [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• published [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• punishment [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill][FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• purely [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • once purely commercial [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • wildfires are not purely a matter of climate [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]

Letter Q

• quantify (to quantify something) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• questionnaire [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• queue (pl: queues) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • airport queues lasting up to five hours [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• to override [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]

Letter R

• rapidly [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• rapturous [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • rapturous admiration [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• rather + than [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• realm [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• rebel (to rebel) [26.7.2026 AI Harari][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• reckon (to reckon) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #verb
• reclaim (to reclaim) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • reclaim the Café de Flore for Parisians [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• recognition [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • the recognition that no single tradition holds a monopoly on truth [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• recurring [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • a recurring continental passion [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• reflectively [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.453, to check]
• regard (to regard) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• reinforce (to reinforce) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• relic [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • the Flore is a relic best left to Instagrammers these days [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• remain (to remain) [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill] #verb
• remind (to remind someone) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• repeatedly [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• repression [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • the repression of faith [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• reputation [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• resilient [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• resolve (to resolve) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy] #verb
• responsive (to be responsive) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• restore (to restore) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy] #verb
• (pl: revenues) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• rhythm [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • the rhythm of a workplace [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• rigorous [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • rigorous scrutiny [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• rise up (to rise up) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• risk-averse [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • Europe and Canada are more risk-averse than America [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• risk-taking [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• roughly [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • of the roughly 1.5bn tourist journeys [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• rubble [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• ruin [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• ruse [FR: ][7.7.2026 Winfried]

Letter S

• sabotage [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• sadistic [FR: ][9.5.2026 Youtube: Dachau]
• safety-net [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• savage [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• scenery (the scenery) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • to admire the scenery [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• scope [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• scrutiny [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • rigorous scrutiny [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• secular [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• serve (to serve) [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • serve as an example [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• (pl: setbacks) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• shaken + by [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • shaken by the malicious and insidious trick she had played on K. [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• shameless [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• shape (to shape) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• shield (to shield) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• (pl: side-effects) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • harmful side-effects [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• siesta [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• skilfully [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• skull [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• smirk [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• smoke (to smoke) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• so (and so on) [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires] #expression
• solace
  • (to offer some solace) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – AI jobs apocalypse]
• sophisticated [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• soar (to soar) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
  • profits soared recently [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• sophisticated [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• sound (to sound) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism] #verb
  • it sounds worrying [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• (pl: souvenirs) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• spectrum [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• spell (under the spell of) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #expression
• spite [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • in spite of [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• staggering [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • a staggering success for a place with… [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• stagnant [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • stagnant economic growth [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• (pl: the stakes) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • the stakes are high [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• starve (to starve) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
  • starve the technology of computing power [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• (pl: statements) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• steep [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • Alas, that comes at a steep price. [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• steer (to steer) [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• stroll (to stroll + through) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • strolling through cities [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• strongly [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • strongly believe [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• struggle (to struggle to do something) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
• sublime [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• substantial [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones][7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
  • a substantial number of Americans [7.7.2026 The Economist – Hill]
• success [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• succumb (to succumb = bezwijken, zwichten, zich overgeven) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • If America succumbs, it could cede the global ai frontier [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• suffocate (to suffocate) [26.7.2026 AI Harari] #verb
• sugary [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • the sugary tone [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• summon (to summon) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
• surely [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• surge [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • a surge in productivity and incomes [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• surveillance [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • surveillance of mosques [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• survey (to survey) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check #verb
• suspend (to suspend) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe] #verb
  • to suspend disbelief [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• swift [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy][FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
  • a swift reopening of the Strait [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • her movements were swift [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.450, to check]
• swiftly [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • to act swiftly [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
•  

Letter T

• temper [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • Don’t lose your temper [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• temporary [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• tempt (to tempt) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • Google excels at tempting Silicon Valley [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• tend (to tend) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
  • tend to go together [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• tendency (the tendency to do something) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
  • the tendency to put things off for no good reason [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines]
• terrify (to terrify) [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash] #verb
• thinly [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• threat (pl: threats) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• thus [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • And thus, paradoxically, visitors get… [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• timeless [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • The continent’s timeless soul [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• (pl: tolls) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• touchy [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• trade (global trade) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• trope [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • the trope of learning from failures [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• trustworthy [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]

Letter U

• ultimately [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• unambitious [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • their unambitious dolce vita [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• unawareness [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
  • confused unawareness [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.451, to check]
• unbearable [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• unburdened [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
  • a future unburdened by the past [FR: ][19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
• undermine (to undermine) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy][26.7.2026 AI Harari][28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • fundamentally undermine [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• undertake (to undertake) [6.8.2026 The Economist – Deadlines] #verb
• unleashed [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • and the populism it unleashed [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• unlikely [26.7.2026 AI Harari]
• unpopular [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• unrealistic [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• unrecoverable [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• unrivalled [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • the unrivalled chance [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• untreatable [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • untreatable diseases [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• urge (the urge + to) [FR: ][IYC Paper: Beelen and Jones]
• urgently [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026][29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• uselessness [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
  • regulate it into uselessness [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• utmost [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • doing their utmost to pretend they are not there [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• utterly [26.7.2026 AI Harari]

Letter V

• vanguard [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
  • operating at the vanguard of an industry [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• variously [2.7.2026 The Economist – AI backlash]
• villain [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• vital [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty][FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
  • They are vital nonetheless [FR: ][10.8.2026 The Economist – Europe’s fires]
• void [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • the resulting void [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• volatility [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• (pl: voyeurs) [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • holidaying voyeurs [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• (pl: vulnerabilities) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • strategic vulnerabilities [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• vulgar [FR: ][8.7.2026 random]
• vulnerable [26.7.2026 AI Harari]

Letter W

• wanderlust [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• (pl: weaknesses) [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]#check
• wealth [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • personal wealth [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• weaponise (to weaponise something) [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • Iran’s willingness to weaponise a waterway [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• whereas [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• whether (weren’t sure whether…) [FR: ][The Time April 6, 2026]
• whip (to whip, whipped) [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check] #verb
• widespread [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • a widespread problem [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
• willingness [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
  • Iran’s willingness to weaponise [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• wisdom [FR: ][5.5.2026, BBC In Our Time Philosophy: Beauty]#check
• wisely [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
  • pick wisely [28.7.2026 The Economist – Europe]
• womankind [8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• The World Food Programme [29.5.2026 The Economist – Foreign policy]
• worriedly [FR: ][8.7.2026, Dostoyevsky B. Karamazov, p.452, to check]
• worrying [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]
  • it sounds worrying [FR: ][28.5.2026 The Economist – Optimism]

Letter Y

• yet [19.6.2026 The Economist – Silicon Valley needs to get God]
•  

Letter Z