Phrase Flashcards
Strike a nerve with sb.
To distress sb. through commentary.
Trigger words help you grab attention because they strike a nerve with the person you want to reach with your story.
Deeply understand
You deeply understand what they’re going through right now.
incredibly actionable
Tapping into frustration your audience feels can be incredibly actionable.
Escort agency
A company that provides customers with companions for a fee, usually for sexual services.
He boosted his income at night by working for an escort agency.
At the mercy of
Subject to the control of a particular person or thing.
Writing means putting yourself at the mercy of anonymous hecklers and shameless sycophants.
economic decline
A slow economic decline until the world looks entirely different.
with a grain of salt
with reservations that some piece of information may not be completely true or accurate.
Professionals writers have to take inspirational quotes with a grain of salt - extracting the benefits we project onto them without getting too wrapped up in their significance.
language dominance
I am bilingual in French and English, but changed language dominance four times in my life due to repeated migrations.
Structural racism
The journey towards understanding structural racism still requires people of colour to prioritise white feelings.
another feather in her cap
For Athena, the Netflix deal is not a life-changing event, just another feather in her cap.
Bereavement leave
Taking off because of losing something or someone that one loves
In good faith
- They’d never meant to negotiate with Commissioner Lin in good faith.
in retrospect
- I was still allowed to feel in retrospect.
in retrospect
- I was still allowed to feel in retrospect.
