ELL HubSusan Rice
Susan Rice
Episode 155
Vocabulary
reinforce (verb)
- Definition:
- to make something stronger or give extra support, like adding more bricks to a wall
- Example from the episode:
- “I shoot straight, and if somebody is doing particularly well I wanna reinforce that and encourage it, especially if there’s been real progress.”
- Example sentence:
- “The teacher uses games to reinforce learning.”
grace (noun)
- Definition:
- the quality of being kind, gentle, and elegant in the way you act
- Example from the episode:
- “And that’s the same way that I tried to lead my teams and give everybody on the team that same grace.”
- Example sentence:
- “She handled the situation with grace.”
candid (adjective)
- Definition:
- being very honest and telling the truth, even if it might be hard to hear
- Example from the episode:
- “Being direct and candid can help us in the most challenging of communication situations.”
- Example sentence:
- “I appreciate your candid feedback.”
what you see is what you get (idiom)
- Definition:
- something or someone is exactly as they appear, with no hidden surprises
- Example from the episode:
- “I’m very direct, and I think the folks I work with expect that what they hear from me is, what they see is what they get.”
- Example sentence:
- “With him, what you see is what you get.”