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Narrator: Today's word is "Scar" — noun, pronounced /skɑː(r)/, with the stress on "scar".
Narrator: A scar is a mark left on the skin after a cut, burn or wound has healed.
Narrator: In plain English, it is a lasting mark from an injury.
Narrator: It comes from Greek eskhara, a scab or hearth.
Narrator: A common collocation is "leave a scar", which describes a lasting mark.
Narrator: It differs from "scab", because a scab is temporary, while a scar is permanent.
Narrator: In a second sense, an emotional scar is lasting pain from a bad experience.
Narrator: Medicine, psychology, geology and fiction all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a scar is what healing leaves behind.
Speaker A: How did you get that line on your chin?
Speaker B: A SCAR from falling off a swing! From Greek eskhara.
Speaker A: When you were little?
Speaker B: Aged six.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The operation left a small scar", surgery. "The war left deep scars", history. "Harry Potter's lightning scar", fiction.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Double the "r" in "scarred" and "scarring".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Mark is its cousin, blemish its twin, and wound an alternative — yet scar keeps its story-telling charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "scar" in AI prompts — useful for skincare advice and fiction.
Speaker A: How for skincare?
Speaker B: Care tips.
Prompt: Suggest ways to help a new surgical scar fade, with a note to ask a doctor.
Speaker A: And fiction?
Speaker B: Characters.
Prompt: Describe a character’s old scar in one sentence that hints at their past.
Speaker A: Could it help geography?
Speaker B: Yes, for landforms.
Prompt: Explain what a landslide scar on a hillside is.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Wellbeing.
Prompt: Write a gentle message about healing from emotional scars.
Scar — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary