ELL HubAndrew Seamen
Andrew Seamen
Episode 151
Vocabulary
curate (verb)
- Definition:
- to carefully select and organize items, like picking the best songs for a playlist
- Example from the episode:
- “I think that’s really important to think about curating your profile and social presence based on the fact that people might be looking at that way before they meet you.”
- Example sentence:
- “They curate content for the online magazine.”
blueprint (noun)
- Definition:
- a detailed plan or guide for building something, like a map for making a house
- Example from the episode:
- “So it’s almost like you are showing them the blueprint for answering the question.”
- Example sentence:
- “The teacher provided a blueprint for the science experiment.”
rounded (adjective)
- Definition:
- being well-balanced and having a variety of skills and interests
- Example from the episode:
- “And that way when people see you and see your profile, they know, okay, this person is a rounded individual, that they have their instructional knowledge where they’re a professor or maybe they’re an engineer or something.”
- Example sentence:
- “He is a rounded professional with experience in various fields.”
a deer in headlights (idiom)
- Definition:
- someone who is very surprised or scared and doesn’t know what to do
- Example from the episode:
- “So I wanted to ask you about interview presence because I know a lot of people, they go into an interview and they show up and they’re the deer in headlights.”
- Example sentence:
- “When asked a tough question, he looked like a deer in headlights.”