Карточки The Value of Music Education PartA

music prodigy\ a musically gifted child

someone young who has a great natural ability for music

prodigious child

a young child who has very great ability in something

virtuoso

a person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit

precociousness

e.g. His parents had recognized his musical precociousness.

the condition of showing mental development or achievement much earlier than usual

awed

e.g. "How does she manage to run so fast at her age?" he asked in awed tones

feeling great respect, sometimes mixed with fear or surprise

incongruity

being unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

The sole focus

e.g. Perhaps that actually happened, because he became the sole focus of their attention, being the only reflection in their eyes.

the main thing that smb is concerned with

to marvel at smth

e.g. We paused to marvel at the view.

be impressed or surprised by smth;

to show or experience great surprise or admiration:

miss out on sth (a normal childhood)

to fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something (a normal childhood)

to fade / sink into obscurity

e.g. The band faded into obscurity as the 1980s progressed

to gradually be forgotten after being well-known

to surpass one's ambition

to exceed; be greater than smb's ambition

to engage somebody

e.g. If a book doesn't engage my interest in the first few pages, I don't usually continue reading it.

To attract somebody and to keep their interest

to hothouse

e.g. She claims he is ruining his children's lives by hothousing them.

to give a child a lot of extra teaching or training in an activity or subject, because you want them to be very good at it

to hector

e.g. It cannot be a relationship where either party feels entitled to lecture or hector the other.

to talk and behave towards someone in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get them to act or think as you want

to push somebody

e.g. If you think you can push me around like that, you're mistaken.

to tell someone what to do in a rude or threatening way:

to have a clash with somebody

When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.

flawless performance

without any imperfections or defects; perfect.

to have a hunch

to feel that something is true or will happen

take a liking to something

e.g. She took an immediate liking to sailing when she tried it for the first time.

:to begin to like (someone or something)

pay off

(eg: All her hard work paid off in the end, and she finally passed the exam.)

a positive result brought about by hard work