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Narrator: Today's word is "Rift" — noun, pronounced /rɪft/, with the stress on "rift".
Narrator: A rift is a serious break in a friendship or relationship, or a large crack in rock or ground.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a split.
Narrator: It comes from Old Norse ript, a breach.
Narrator: A common collocation is "heal the rift", which describes making up after a quarrel.
Narrator: It differs from "argument", because an argument can be brief, while a rift lasts.
Narrator: In a second sense, a rift valley forms where the Earth's crust pulls apart.
Narrator: Politics, family life, geology and business all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a rift is a deep crack, in land or in love.
Speaker A: Why don't the brothers speak?
Speaker B: A RIFT over the will! It comes from Old Norse for a breach.
Speaker A: For years?
Speaker B: Ten years.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The rift in the party widened", politics. "They finally healed the rift", family. "The Great Rift Valley stretches through Africa", geography.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Use "a rift between" people, not "a rift of" them.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Split is its cousin, breach its twin, and schism an alternative — yet rift keeps its dramatic charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "rift" in AI prompts — useful for mediation and geography lessons.
Speaker A: How for mediation?
Speaker B: Heal splits.
Prompt: Suggest a conversation plan to heal a rift between two teams after a failed project.
Speaker A: And geography?
Speaker B: Explain landforms.
Prompt: Explain how a rift valley forms for GCSE geography.
Speaker A: Could it help news?
Speaker B: Yes, for balance.
Prompt: Summarise this article about a rift in the cabinet neutrally.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Families.
Prompt: Write a kind message reaching out to a relative after a long rift.
Rift — meaning in Arabic & definition More R courses GL Dictionary