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Tech Tools Miniseries - Superhuman
Episode 236
Vocabulary
lurk (verb)
- Definition:
- to hide or wait quietly so you are not seen
- Example from the episode:
- “Number one, if you've gone through everything in your inbox, you have no anxiety about what dangers or horrors might lurk beneath if you come across anything that's on fire or which is particularly important.”
- Example sentence:
- “I saw someone lurk near the gate.”
stream (noun)
- Definition:
- a steady flow of things like messages or work
- Example from the episode:
- “For example, our customers split their inbox into the streams of work that matter most, so they can immediately focus on what needs their attention.”
- Example sentence:
- “The stream of messages was long.”
nuts (adjective)
- Definition:
- very crazy, extreme, or surprising
- Example from the episode:
- “I actually get an email every six to 10 seconds. It's completely nuts.”
- Example sentence:
- “The traffic today was nuts.”
stay on top of something (idiom)
- Definition:
- to keep control of a task so it does not fall behind
- Example from the episode:
- “All you see are the list of things yet to do, and the end of the list is plainly in sight because you're staying on top of it.”
- Example sentence:
- “They stay on top of the team schedule.”