ELL HubToasts
Toasts
Episode 175
Vocabulary
tantalize (verb)
- Definition:
- to excite someone’s curiosity or interest
- Example from the episode:
- “I'd like to share the audio chapter from my latest book, Think Faster Talk Smarter, where I provide guidance on how to deliver toasts that tantalize and tributes that treat our honorees well.”
- Example sentence:
- “The promise of a promotion tantalized him to work harder.”
tribute (noun)
- Definition:
- something given or done to show respect, honor, or admiration for someone or something
- Example from the episode:
- “We must avoid giving tributes that put us and our honorees in a bad light.”
- Example sentence:
- “They made a tribute to honor their beloved teacher.”
tangible (adjective)
- Definition:
- can be seen, touched, or physically measured
- Example from the episode:
- “We can think of toasts, tributes and introductions as gifts we bestow on our audience and the people or groups we are acknowledging just as we consider what kinds of tangible gifts people might like, want or need.”
- Example sentence:
- “They need tangible evidence to support their claims.”