#56 (ENG) "Rash and Snap"

CLAIRSTONE VOCABULARY PODCAST

Welcome to Clairstone! In this episode, you will learn how to use the English words "rash" and "snap".
TRANSCRIPT:
Hello everyone, my name is Shivika, and you are listening to the English ClAIRSTONE Podcast, where you can build the cornerstone of your English vocabulary! For all the new listeners, welcome to the community, and for our regulars, hello again! Before we start, I will remind you that we upload new episodes twice a week and there are transcripts for each podcast episode in English, Arabic, and Spanish at our website projectclair.org, so go check that out if you want to follow along!

Today we will be looking at the words ‘Rash’ and ‘Snap

To start, the word rash is spelled as R-A-S-H. The word rash can be used as a noun and an adjective. When rash is used as an adjective, it means going through with an action before thinking about it and not realising or thinking about the action’s consequences. Some synonyms for rash can be impulsive, reckless, or hasty. Usually, a person who is being rash takes decisions without proper consideration and in a small period of time. An example of rash in a sentence can be, “When Mike is angry, his decisions are rash and dangerous.” In this sentence, rash is used to express how rushed and not thought out his decision’s are when he is angry. Another example can be, “The basketball coach always told his team to never take rash decisions during a game and be smart about how they play.” In this sentence, rash is used to convey that players should deeply think about their decisions during the game.

Rash can also be used as a noun. When used as a noun, rash is a word that is used to identify a part of a person’s skin that has redness or spots, usually caused with allergies or illness. This meaning of rash is more typically used in a medical context. An example of a sentence can be, “The doctor’s were able to identify peanuts as one of Benny’s allergies because he got a rash when he ate them.” In this sentence, rash is naming a patch of redness on the skin which is a symptom of allergy.

The next and final word Snap is spelled as S-N-A-P. This word can be used as a noun, adjective, and a verb. To start, the noun version of snap means a sudden or sharp cracking sound or movement. It is more of an auditory noun, meaning something you would hear and use to convey a sound you heard. An example of a sentence can be, “The wooden box closed with a snap.” snap, in this context, is conveying a sound. For the adjective version of snap, it means a decision or something done in the moment in a short period of time. A sentence with the meaning of snap can be, “When the group decided to go to Miami, it was a snap decision.” In this sentence, snap means a fast decision that the person did not take a lot of time to think out. For the verb definition of snap, it means something that breaks quickly or sharply usually with a sound. This use of snap could have different forms for different tenses for example, snapped would be used when speaking in the past tense or about something that happened. Similarly snap would be used for present tense and will snap for future tense and more. An example of a sentence could be, “The guitar strings snapped because John played his guitar too much and did not take care of it properly.” in this sentence snap is in the past tense because the event has already happened.

Well, that is it for today’s episode! This was the Clairstone Podcast, and for the full transcript for all our episodes, you can click on the info icon on our platform or go to our website at projectclair.org. I hope you will start to use the words “rash” or “snap” in your English practice, and I will see you next time! Bye everyone!