ELL Hub250th Episode
250th Episode
Episode 250
Vocabulary
survey (verb)
- Definition:
- to look carefully at an area or situation to learn about it
- Example from the episode:
- “Just like surveying the ground and weather is the first step for setting up our campsite, tuning into how we're feeling is the foundation for a healthy conflict.”
- Example sentence:
- “Please survey the room and tell me if it is clean.”
rupture (noun)
- Definition:
- a sudden break or split, often in something that was whole
- Example from the episode:
- “While our natural human instinct is to avoid conflict because of course we are hardwired for likability and we see conflict as a potential rupture in our relationship.”
- Example sentence:
- “They felt a rupture in their friendship after the fight.”
fastidious (adjective)
- Definition:
- very careful about small details and liking things to be neat or clean
- Example from the episode:
- “You see, my wife's a roller and I'm a squeezer, and nothing is more irritating to a fastidious roller than a smashed up randomly squeezed tube of toothpaste.”
- Example sentence:
- “She is fastidious and cleans her desk every day.”
put somebody in somebody’s shoes (idiom)
- Definition:
- to try to imagine how someone else feels or thinks
- Example from the episode:
- “Put yourself in their shoes just for a few minutes.”
- Example sentence:
- “Try to put yourself in her shoes before you judge.”