ELL HubEmily Falk
Emily Falk
Episode 216
Vocabulary
prime (verb)
- Definition:
- to prepare someone or something to be ready for a particular action or situation
- Example from the episode:
- “So very helpful that there are things we can do in advance to prime others, but also things we have to do to ourselves to set ourselves up.”
- Example sentence:
- “The coach primed the team for the big game.”
catchall (noun)
- Definition:
- a word or phrase that is used to include many different things
- Example from the episode:
- “And I use social relevance as this kind of catchall for these thoughts about what other people are thinking and feeling, which also helps us predict what they're gonna do and how we might communicate successfully with them, or negotiate or win a game of chess.”
- Example sentence:
- “The word ‘transport’ is a catchall for cars, bikes, and buses.”
compatible (adjective)
- Definition:
- able to work well together or exist in harmony
- Example from the episode:
- “By extension, thinking about what are the ways that we can tap into those processes and think about making behaviors that we want to do or that are compatible with our long-term goals, feel identity congruent and socially valuable now.”
- Example sentence:
- “My phone is compatible with this charger.”
in sync (idiom)
- Definition:
- working or moving together in a smooth and timely way
- Example from the episode:
- “Whereas the strangers often spend a lot of the time in that kind of small talk space where they're trying to establish common ground and getting in sync.”
- Example sentence:
- “We worked in sync to clean the room quickly.”