ELL HubMe2We
Me2We
Episode 293
Vocabulary
bewilder (verb)
- Definition:
- to make someone feel confused and unsure
- Example from the episode:
- “What does the editor-in-chief of a movie or a newspaper do? They take out things that bore, bewilder, distract, and exhaust people.”
- Example sentence:
- “The loud noise bewildered the baby.”
dissent (noun)
- Definition:
- a feeling or expression of disagreement with an idea, choice, or opinion
- Example from the episode:
- “And as a leader, if you want to encourage dissent, one of the first things you have to do is ask for it.”
- Example sentence:
- “There was dissent in the meeting.”
mandated (adjective)
- Definition:
- required by a rule, law, or authority
- Example from the episode:
- “What I notice is agree was not mandated to agree.”
- Example sentence:
- “The meeting was mandated for all staff.”
put your money where your mouth is (idiom)
- Definition:
- to show you really support something by acting on it or spending money on it
- Example from the episode:
- “As much as possible, act on it, right? Put your money where your mouth is.”
- Example sentence:
- “She put her money where her mouth is and donated toys.”