Inspiration meaning in English

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Definition

an inspiration: a motivation, a muse, a good example noun

Examples

"Government researchers have taken their inspiration from the graphic images soon to be printed on cigarette packets."
"Icarus : Wait a minute Eddy, I think I've got inspiration for lyrics!"
"Please let me know if anyone is lacking inspiration because I have a list of environmentally-friendly gift ideas which I am dying to share."

Exercise 1

Now select the TRUE statements.

There may be more than one correct choice!

Icarus's favorite number is the same as Edward's favorite number.

Edward is very pleased with the song he is playing before Icarus arrives.

Icarus asks Edward to compose music for a song he has written at home.

The song that Icarus and Edward play together is for accountants.

Now select the TRUE statements.

There may be more than one correct choice!

Icarus's favorite number is the same as Edward's favorite number.

This is a true statement. When Edward discovers that Icarus's favorite number is 1,456,895, he says "That's my favorite number, too!".

Edward is very pleased with the song he is playing before Icarus arrives.

This is a false statement. Even though Icarus thinks the song Edward is playing at the beginning is a "hit (=very successful song)", Edward says that he is "not sure about the lyrics or the music".

Icarus asks Edward to compose music for a song he has written at home.

This is a false statement. Icarus says to Edward, "Wait a minute Eddy, I think I've got inspiration for lyrics!". "To get inspiration" is to suddenly have exciting new ideas. This means Icarus is creating or improvising the lyrics spontaneously with Edward. Icarus has not already written the song at home.

The song that Icarus and Edward play together is for accountants.

This is a true statement. Icarus suggests that he and Edward write "a song about numbers... for accountants". Edward agrees because accountants "have lots of money, so they can buy (their) record!".

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