ELL HubTroy Campbell
Troy Campbell
Episode 319
Vocabulary
signpost (verb)
- Definition:
- Definition: to point out the main ideas or steps so people can follow easily
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “And we teach organizations this structure, and they love not only the structure, but they love using the words because it creates sort of this collective also culture where they can signpost to their audience 'cause they've both been trained to receive and deliver in goal, insight, action.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “He signposted the plan for the project.””
causality (noun)
- Definition:
- Definition: the idea that one thing causes another thing to happen
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “And causality is just this foundation that really allows us to anchor what we're trying to do when we're telling stories, which is that characters are changing, and there's something that's causing them to change.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The story shows causality between actions and change.””
grandiose (adjective)
- Definition:
- Definition: very large or impressive in a way that seems too much or unrealistic
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “So not all of us are in situations where we have to tell grandiose stories.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “The movie used grandiose music.””
drive someone nuts (idiom)
- Definition:
- Definition: to make someone feel very annoyed, angry, or upset
- Example from the episode:
- “Example from the episode: “What drives me nuts is where you do some kind of icebreaker, and then the next task is totally unrelated.””
- Example sentence:
- “Example sentence: “Waiting in a long line drives him nuts.””