move
muːv
Moving a car and being moved by a story are one verb
The picture A desk being pushed out of the space it occupied and set down against the wall. The desk is the same; the spot is not. STAY is holding your spot; MOVE is leaving it for another.
Where the picture shows up in move
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Changing position
Could you move your car, please?
kʊd juː muːv jɔːr kɑːr pliːz
Could you shift your car, please?
A parked car clearing its space and sliding aside.
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Changing where you live
We moved to Busan last spring.
wiː muːvd tuː ˈbuːsɑːn læst sprɪŋ
We relocated to Busan last spring.
A loaded truck pulling away from one house and stopping at another.
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Rescheduling
Let's move the meeting to Friday.
lets muːv ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ tuː ˈfraɪdeɪ
Let's push the meeting to Friday.
A sticky note peeled off one calendar square and pressed onto another.
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Stirring a feeling
Her story moved everyone in the room.
hɜːr ˈstɔːri muːvd ˈevriwʌn ɪn ðə ruːm
Her story touched everyone in the room.
A heart that was sitting still getting shoved from the inside.
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Making progress
The project is moving slowly.
ðə ˈprɒdʒekt ɪz ˈmuːvɪŋ ˈsloʊli
The project is going slowly.
A stalled cart beginning to roll forward inch by inch.
All of it in one picture
MOVE is the picture of a spot changing from A to B. Change a car's spot and you clear the space; change the spot you live in and you relocate; change a meeting's spot on the calendar and you reschedule; push a heart out of where it was sitting and the person is moved. Push a job forward one spot and it is making progress. Every MOVE keeps the feeling of a place left behind.