Email/writing Flashcards
Due to time constrait and proffesionalism, emails are much more favorable than traditional handwritten correspondence.
The constraints of politeness wouldn’t allow her to say what she really thought about his cooking.
Financial constraints on the company are preventing them from employing new staff.
Constrait:
something that controls what you do by keeping you within particular limits
Her correspondence with Jim lasted many years.
Correspondence: The action of writing, receiving, and reading letters, especially between two people.
I still enjoy the sophistication and artfulness of handwritten letters .
Her sophistication is evident from the way she dresses.
Sophistication: the quality of being sophisticated.
I’ve been making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket.
formal Inquiry into the matter is pointless - no one will tell you anything.
Inquiry: (the process of asking) a question.
The campaign has received widespread support.
Widespread: existing or happening in many places and/or among many people
Since handwriting is the most primal tool of human interaction and closely connected with cultural identity, it would be preserved and promoted.
Primal: basic
Recipient
A person who receives sth
I’m a conflict-averse person
Conflict-averse: having a tendency to avoid conflicts.
a famous Iranian calligrapher
Calligraphy
Calligraphy: (the art of producing) beautiful writing, often created with a special pen or brush.
The baby’s just scribbled all over my new dictionary!
I’ll just scribble Dad a note/scribble a note to Dad to say we’re going out.
Scribble: to write or draw something quickly or carelessly.
I scrawled a quick note to Judith and put it under her door.
Someone had scrawled graffiti across the wall.
Scrawl: to write something quickly, without trying to make your writing tidy or easy to read
His writing is almost illegible.
Illegible: (of writing or print) impossible or almost impossible to read because of being very untidy or not clear.
I don’t put pen to paper very often.
Put pen to paper: write by hand
A diary is a good way to put your thoughts in writing.
Put … in writing:
I carry a notebook so that I can jot down any ideas.
Jot down: to write something quickly on a piece of paper so that you remember it.
