ELL HubJulia Minson
Julia Minson
Episode 136
Vocabulary
navigate (verb)
- Definition:
- to manage or handle something
- Example from the episode:
- “In fact, since my undergraduate days I wanted to understand how people work together, specifically how they make decisions together, how they navigate disagreement, and when people have different opinions.”
- Example sentence:
- “Can you navigate through this difficult situation?”
bias (noun)
- Definition:
- an unfair preference or dislike for something or someone
- Example from the episode:
- “She explores how people engage with opinions, judgments and decisions that are different from their own and investigates the psychological biases that hinder maximizing the benefits of collaboration.”
- Example sentence:
- “The news channel was accused of showing bias in its reporting.”
averse (adjective)
- Definition:
- not liking or wanting to avoid something
- Example from the episode:
- “I personally am very conflict averse and I try to avoid conflict as best I can.”
- Example sentence:
- “My cat is averse to taking baths.”
two sides of the same coin (idiom)
- Definition:
- two different things that are connected or closely related in some way
- Example from the episode:
- “And it often then leads to conflict and negative emotions, these two sides of the coin, this idea that on one hand it’s good for you, on the other hand people avoided like the plague is kind of gotten me thinking about, well, what can we do to disagree better?”
- Example sentence:
- “Risk and reward are often two sides of the same coin in business.”