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Russ Altman
Episode 157
Vocabulary
craft (verb)
- Definition:
- to carefully create or plan something
- Example from the episode:
- “Do I know what is important to say and how can I craft it in a way to be helpful?”
- Example sentence:
- “They will craft a new strategy for the project.”
avenue (noun)
- Definition:
- a way or method to achieve something
- Example from the episode:
- “That’s important for all of us to do what the people we work with and the people we socialize with is provide them avenues to explain their passion.”
- Example sentence:
- “She found an avenue for her creativity in painting.”
robust (adjective)
- Definition:
- strong, sturdy, or able to last a long time without breaking
- Example from the episode:
- “I think that this very well stories of what people remember, stories of what people like, it’s actually frustrating because part of my work is statistics and statistics is really much more robust than a story.”
- Example sentence:
- “They built a robust foundation for their project.”
make the case (idiom)
- Definition:
- to provide reasons or arguments to support an idea or opinion
- Example from the episode:
- “Then you have to make the case that there’s an opportunity that you and maybe others, but certainly you have.”
- Example sentence:
- “She made the case for recycling in her speech.”