What did we learn yesterday? (up-int / 02.05.07)

3 05 2007

Here are some vocabulary describing relations:

networking is creating social contacts for own benefit.

to change back to : to become something that was before.

what is a sycophant? :)

to be let down : to be disappointed 

to cement : to stick together, to make strong

to encourage : to give support, confidence or hope 

to foster : to encourage

to disrupt : to interrupt,  to make difficult

to establish : to start building

to jeopardize : to endanger

to maintain : to keep, to continue

to promote : to encourage

to restore : to rebuild, to make new again, to refresh

to resume : to start again

to break down : to finish, to fall down

to sour : to become unpleasant and unfriendly

“sour is the opposite of sweet”

to undermine : to make less strong than before

“an intermediary is someone who carries messages between people.”

“psychometric testing is used to profile people.”

Gaye





My New Words

14 04 2007

to rifle : to search through quickly

to dub : to give a new name

to lavish : to spend or give very freely

lavish : abundant

to struggle : to try hard to do something

nuptial : the things related to getting married

staff : workers employed in a business

pile : a number of things lying one on top of another

treason : the crime of causing its defeat in war by giving away its secrets to an enemy

crucial : very important

to be in labour : to panic

trecherous : dangerous, not loyal

loyal : faithfull,reliable

traitor : a person who has a crime of causing its defeat in war by giving away its secrets to an enemy

shoot-out : a fight with guns

to commute : to travel regularly between two places, from home to work

shanty town : an area in which poor people live in badly built houses made of wood or other thin material

irritable : easily made angry

stationary : stable, not moving

to irritate : to bother, to make angry

tense : feeling nervous, not relaxed

to praise : to acclaim

underwriter : a person or company in the insurance business

revenue : the income from an investment

assets : the things which belong to us, a person or an organization

to enquire : to ask, to find out

to emerge : to come out, to come into view

to opt : to chose something instead of another

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