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change

tʃeɪndʒ

Changing your shirt, your train, and your order is one move

The picture A card lifted off the table and a different card set down in the same spot. There is only one spot; what lies on it is now something else. KEEP leaves what is there; CHANGE swaps it for something else.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in change

  1. Swapping one thing for another

    I would like to change my order.

    aɪ wʊd laɪk tuː tʃeɪndʒ maɪ ˈɔːrdər

    I would like a different order.

    A line on an order slip erased and something else written in its place.

  2. Changing clothes

    I need to change my shirt.

    aɪ niːd tuː tʃeɪndʒ maɪ ʃɜːrt

    I need to put on a different shirt.

    One shirt coming off and another going on in its place.

  3. Looking different over time

    This town has changed a lot.

    ðɪs taʊn hæz tʃeɪndʒd ə lɒt

    This town has become very different.

    The same corner seen from the same spot, with different buildings and signs on it.

  4. Switching vehicles

    Change trains at the next station.

    tʃeɪndʒ treɪnz æt ðə nekst ˈsteɪʃən

    Switch trains at the next station.

    Stepping off one train and onto the one across the platform.

  5. Breaking money into coins

    Could you change this bill for coins?

    kʊd juː tʃeɪndʒ ðɪs bɪl fɔːr kɔɪnz

    Could you break this bill into coins?

    A single note handed over and a handful of coins coming back in its place.

All of it in one picture

CHANGE is the picture of one spot holding something new. Swap what is written on the order and you change your order; swap what is on your body and you change clothes; swap what stands in a neighborhood and the town has changed; swap the train under you and you change trains; swap a bill for coins and you get change. Every CHANGE keeps the feeling that the place is the same and the contents are not.

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