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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Stolen Focus 11/50

⭐️ poop /puːp/ — (разг.) ерунда; (в контексте) усталость мозга
I call this brain-cell poop — you're tired and foggy.

⭐️ clogged up /klɒɡd ʌp/ — засорённый, перегруженный
Your brain gets clogged up when you don’t sleep enough.

⭐️ dementia /dɪˈmen.ʃə/ — слабоумие, деменция
Sleep deprivation increases the risk of developing dementia.

⭐️ frantic /ˈfræn.tɪk/ — неистовый, суетливый
We live in such a frantic culture, we forget how to dream.

⭐️ sedatives /ˈsed.ə.tɪvz/ — седативные средства, успокоительные
He warned about relying too much on sedatives for sleep.

⭐️ neurotransmitter /ˌnjʊə.rəʊˈtrænz.mɪ.tər/ — нейромедиатор
Sleep affects the balance of neurotransmitters in your brain.

⭐️ bereavement /bɪˈriːv.mənt/ — утрата, тяжёлая потеря
After a bereavement, sleep can be especially difficult.

⭐️ fetishise /ˈfet.ɪ.ʃaɪz/ — фетишизировать, придавать чрезмерное значение
Modern society seems to fetishise being constantly busy.

⭐️ intervene /ˌɪn.təˈviːn/ — вмешиваться
We have the power to intervene in our body’s natural rhythms.

⭐️ wane /weɪn/ — угасать, ослабевать
The waning of light sends a signal for the body to rest.

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Stolen Focus 12/50

⭐️ sedative /ˈsed.ə.tɪv/ — успокоительное, седатив
Doctors often prescribe sedatives to treat insomnia.

⭐️ neurotransmitter /ˌnjʊə.rəʊˈtrænz.mɪ.tər/ — нейромедиатор
Sleep affects the balance of key neurotransmitters in the brain.

⭐️ anaesthesia /ˌæn.əsˈθiː.ʒə/ — анестезия
Knocking yourself out with pills is not the same as natural anaesthesia.

⭐️ bereavement /bɪˈriːv.mənt/ — утрата, тяжёлая потеря
Sleeping pills may help short-term after a traumatic bereavement.

⭐️ intervene /ˌɪn.təˈviːn/ — вмешиваться
Humans evolved the ability to intervene in their sleep cycles.

⭐️ wane /weɪn/ — убывать, ослабевать
The waning of the light triggers natural sleep responses.

⭐️ cave /keɪv/ — пещера
Our ancestors would return to their cave before darkness fully set in.

⭐️ inadvertenly /ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.tənt.li/ — непреднамеренно
We often stay up late, inadvertently delaying sleep.

⭐️ endanger /ɪnˈdeɪn.dʒər/ — подвергать опасности
Overwork and sleep loss can endanger both doctors and patients.

⭐️ fetishise /ˈfet.ɪ.ʃaɪz/ — фетишизировать
We fetishise sleeplessness as a badge of honour in modern culture.

Stolen Focus 13/50

⭐️ inferiority /ɪnˌfɪə.riˈɒr.ə.ti/ — неполноценность
The study revealed a sense of screen inferiority in students.

⭐️ atrophying /ˈætrəˌfaɪɪŋ/ — атрофирующийся, ослабевающий
Our deep reading skills are slowly atrophying.

⭐️ stamina /ˈstæm.ɪ.nə/ — выносливость
Reading long texts takes mental stamina.

⭐️ mull (over) /mʌl/ — обдумывать, размышлять
He mulled over the idea for days before making a decision.

⭐️ goggles /ˈɡɒɡ.əlz/ — очки (защитные, метафорически: взгляд)
Every medium gives you a new set of goggles to see the world through.

⭐️ distil /dɪˈstɪl/ — сводить к сути, дистиллировать
She tried to distil the core message of the book into one phrase.

⭐️ empathy /ˈem.pə.θi/ — сочувствие, эмпатия
Reading novels helps improve your empathy.

⭐️ immersively /ɪˈmɜː.sɪv.li/ — погружённо, с полным вовлечением
Novels allow you to experience other lives immersively.

⭐️ simulate /ˈsɪm.jʊ.leɪt/ — имитировать
Reading fiction helps simulate social situations.

⭐️ distinctive /dɪˈstɪŋk.tɪv/ — отличительный, характерный
Each reading medium has its own distinctive effects on the mind.

Stolen Focus 14/50


⭐️ fluctuate /ˈflʌk.tʃu.eɪt/ — колебаться, меняться
Our attention fluctuates between inward and outward focus.

⭐️ outwardly /ˈaʊt.wəd.li/ — внешне, снаружи
She appeared calm outwardly, but was nervous inside.

⭐️ peers /pɪəz/ — сверстники, коллеги
Children often imitate the behavior of their peers.

⭐️ snobbish /ˈsnɒb.ɪʃ/ — высокомерный, снобистский
He sounded snobbish when he mocked people on social media.

⭐️ perceptive /pəˈsep.tɪv/ — проницательный
Reading fiction can help make you more perceptive and empathetic.

⭐️ crude /kruːd/ — грубый, примитивный
His jokes were too crude to be funny.

⭐️ illegitimate /ˌɪl.ɪˈdʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ — незаконный, нелегитимный
They considered his claim to power illegitimate.

⭐️ exert (power) /ɪɡˈzɜːt/ — проявлять, оказывать давление
He exerted control over the conversation without raising his voice.

⭐️ mind-wandering /ˈmaɪnd ˌwɒn.dər.ɪŋ/ — блуждание ума
Periods of mind-wandering can boost creativity.

⭐️ meander /miˈæn.dər/ — блуждать, извиваться
My thoughts meandered freely as I walked along the beach.

Stolen Focus 15/50

⭐️ strapped in /stræpt ɪn/ — пристёгнутый, зафиксированный
The patients were strapped in for the brain scan.

⭐️ squiggle /ˈskwɪɡ.əl/ — завиток, каракули
He filled the page with little squiggles instead of letters.

⭐️ unfold /ʌnˈfəʊld/ — разворачиваться, раскрываться
His ideas began to unfold during the long walk.

⭐️ bandwidth /ˈbænd.wɪtθ/ — пропускная способность (в т.ч. умственная)
We all have limited bandwidth for attention and focus.

⭐️ frenetic /frəˈnet.ɪk/ — неистовый, суматошный
The office had a frenetic pace, full of interruptions.

⭐️ stimulus-driven /ˈstɪm.jə.ləs ˌdrɪv.ən/ — управляемый внешними стимулами
Modern life is highly stimulus-driven and reactive.

⭐️ digest /daɪˈdʒest/ — переварить (в прямом и переносном смысле)
You need time to digest what you’ve learned.

⭐️ whirr /wɜːr/ — жужжание, гудение (часто метафорично)
Our minds are stuck in a constant whirr of activity.

⭐️ oboe /ˈəʊ.bəʊ/ — гобой (муз. инструмент)
He played the oboe in a symphony orchestra.

⭐️ dug /dʌɡ/ — выкопал; углубился (в переносном смысле — от dig)
I dug deeper into the research and found new insights.