Emotions & feelings
resilient
able to recover from difficulty
Someone or something resilient can deal with difficult conditions and recover well afterwards.
Hear it in real life
How did he cope after losing his job?
He was resilient and started looking for new opportunities straight away.
She is remarkably resilient and always finds a way to move forward after a setback.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: After the setback, she was resilient to recover quickly.
Say: After the setback, she was resilient and recovered quickly.
“Resilient” describes the ability to recover; it does not take “to” before the recovery action.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be resilient; a resilient person; resilient to pressure
Your turn: say it out loud
She is remarkably resilient and always finds a way to move forward after a setback.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
resilient
able to recover from difficulty
“She is remarkably resilient and always finds a way to move forward after a setback.”
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