ELL HubGreg Burke
Greg Burke
Episode 214
Vocabulary
enlist (verb)
- Definition:
- to ask for help or support from someone
- Example from the episode:
- “I believe attention is our most precious commodity and if I can't get your attention, I can't engage you and enlist you.”
- Example sentence:
- “We need to enlist friends to clean the park.”
bootcamp (noun)
- Definition:
- a short, intensive training program to learn new skills
- Example from the episode:
- “We do a bootcamp, a public speaking bootcamp at the beginning of the MBA.”
- Example sentence:
- “I joined a coding bootcamp to learn computer skills.”
unassuming (adjective)
- Definition:
- not trying to attract attention; simple and quiet
- Example from the episode:
- “He was unassuming, he wasn't aggressive, and let them speak.”
- Example sentence:
- “The unassuming boy smiled quietly.”
get your facts straight (idiom)
- Definition:
- to make sure you understand the true information
- Example from the episode:
- “And I think the thing I learned there was get your facts straight.”
- Example sentence:
- “She told me to get your facts straight about the story.”