ESLPodcast 59 - Teamwork Flashcards
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eff: So, does that …. with you?
Lucy: What? Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t hear what you said.
Jeff: You seem preoccupied today. What’s up?
Lucy: Oh, it’s this guy I know from this class I’m taking. His name is Richard. I think I’ve mentioned him before.
sound okay
Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one’s attention elsewhere.
Jeff: So, does that sound okay with you?
Lucy: What? Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t hear what you said.
Jeff: You seem ……… today. What’s up?
Lucy: Oh, it’s this guy I know from this class I’m taking. His name is Richard. I think I’ve mentioned him before
I was preoccupied with a deadline at work, and I forgot his birthday..
To insult, belittle, or demean.
Lucy: Oh, it’s this guy I know from this class I’m taking. His name is Richard. I think I’ve mentioned him before.
Jeff: Yeah, sure, the guy you’re working on a project with. Right?
Lucy: Yeah, that’s him. The four of us are supposed to be working as a team on this project and I’m having a lot of trouble dealing with him.
Jeff: What do you mean?
Lucy: Well, he doesn’t know how to express his opinion without …..other people ……. And, he always has to be right.
hey frequently put down their little sister for walking slowly.
Silly or childish in behavior, not mature.
Lucy: Oh, it’s this guy I know from this class I’m taking. His name is Richard. I think I’ve mentioned him before.
Jeff: Yeah, sure, the guy you’re working on a project with. Right?
Lucy: Yeah, that’s him. The four of us are supposed to be working as a team on this project and I’m having a lot of trouble dealing with him.
Jeff: What do you mean?
Lucy: Well, he doesn’t know how to express his opinion without putting other people down. And, he always has to be right.
Jeff: He sounds a little ……..
You’re only young once, but you can be immature the rest of your life.
Exhibiting diplomacy; exercising tact or courtesy; using discussion to avoid hard feelings, fights or arguments.
Lucy: Well, he doesn’t know how to express his opinion without putting other people down. And, he always has to be right.
Jeff: He sounds a little immature.
Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be ….. with people.
Thoughtful corrections can be diplomatic as well as instructional.
To overwhelm or overcome; To gain an advantage over.; to get an advantage over.
to prevail against.
eff: He sounds a little immature.
Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be diplomatic with people.
Jeff: He doesn’t know how or he doesn’t want to.
Lucy: I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really ……..me.
Many people returned to work a bit anxious, they acknowledged, but grimly determined not to let terrorists get the better of them.
Frustrated, annoyed, tired.
Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be diplomatic with people.
Jeff: He doesn’t know how or he doesn’t want to.
Lucy: I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really gets the better of me.
Jeff: Well, he sounds pretty hard to get along with. Are the other people in your group feeling the same way?
Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re …… him. I keep having to run interference when our discussions get too heated. Actually, I feel really sorry for the guy. He doesn’t seem to have too many friends and he always seems so unhappy.
After two days, I am fed up with this nonsense.
o handle problems or remove obstacles for another person, especially for a person in authority; to deal with troublesome or time-consuming matters, as for a colleague or supervisor, especially to forestall problems.
Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be diplomatic with people.
Jeff: He doesn’t know how or he doesn’t want to.
Lucy: I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really gets the better of me.
Jeff: Well, he sounds pretty hard to get along with. Are the other people in your group feeling the same way?
Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re fed up with him. I keep having to ……. when our discussions get too heated. Actually, I feel really sorry for the guy. He doesn’t seem to have too many friends and he always seems so unhappy.
to run interference
very agitated, angry or impassioned
Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be diplomatic with people.
Jeff: He doesn’t know how or he doesn’t want to.
Lucy: I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really gets the better of me.
Jeff: Well, he sounds pretty hard to get along with. Are the other people in your group feeling the same way?
Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re fed up with him. I keep having to run interference when our discussions get too …… Actually, I feel really sorry for the guy. He doesn’t seem to have too many friends and he always seems so unhappy.
a heated argument
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Lucy: Yeah, I think it’s partly that. He doesn’t know how to be diplomatic with people.
Jeff: He doesn’t know how or he doesn’t want to.
Lucy: I don’t know, but I do know that sometimes he really gets the better of me.
Jeff: Well, he sounds pretty hard to get along with. Are the other people in your group feeling the same way?
Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re fed up with him. I keep having to run interference when our discussions get too heated. Actually, I …… He doesn’t seem to have too many friends and he always seems so unhappy.
feel really sory for the guy
to endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying
Lucy: Yeah, in fact, they’re fed up with him. I keep having to run interference when our discussions get too heated. Actually, I feel really sorry for the guy. He doesn’t seem to have too many friends and he always seems so unhappy.
Jeff: Well, I think you’re helping just by ……him.
I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much.
