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To feel refreshed |
if you feel refreshed, you feel more comfortable or energetic afterresting or taking a break; “After a week on the beach in Mexico, I felt very refreshedand returned to work happy.” |
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To wipe off |
to remove or take away, especially from a surface(سطح); “After finishing hispresentation, Grant wiped off the whiteboard and gathered his papers.” |
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Confrontational |
if a person is confrontational, he or she seems to always want toargue or fight; “Management found it difficult to deal with the union lawyers, who wereextremely confrontational at every meeting.” |
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Just plain |
simply, or we can say “just plain” before an adjective to make it stronger;“I’m sorry to say John, but I think your idea for the new ad is just plain silly.” |
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A pain in the butt |
something or someone that bothers, angers(خشمگین کردن), or annoys you; “Doinginventory is important, but it’s a real pain in the butt to have to do it every week.” |
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To test someone’s patience |
if someone or something tests your patience, it bothersyou so much that it’s difficultو not to become upset or frustrated(ناامید); “Customers who don’tknow what they want can really test a salesperson’s patience.” |
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To push someone’s buttons |
to make someone angry or irritated(تحریک کردن،خشمگین کردن), especially byrepeatedly doing or saying something; “Ron really pushes my buttons with his nonstopquestioning of every aspect of every project.” |
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To stick to |
to continue to do something or follow a certain way; “The company asks allemployees to stick to regular rules of etiquette(آداب معاشرت،رسوم) in email communication.” |
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In a bad mood |
not feeling happy or pleasant; “Todd was in such a bad mood thismorning, he yelled at his assistant just for smiling too much.” |
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In someone’s presence |
in the same place as someone; “The lawyer asked me to visithis office so I could sign the documents in his presence(حضور).” |
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Insecurity |
a feeling of not being good enough or not being confident; “Wanda’s feels alot of insecurity about her skills as a salesperson, which really doesn’t help her.” |
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Counterproductive |
going against an objective or purpose(ضد), rather than helping; “Ourdaily project meetings became counterproductive when nobody could agree onanything.” |
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First and foremost |
we say “first and foremost” to introduce our most important ideafirst; “First and foremost, what we need to do today is find a way to increase revenues(درآمد).” |
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Cool, calm, and collected |
relaxed, unworried, and confident; “The companyrepresentative(نماینده،agent) remained calm, cool, and collected throughout the difficult televisioninterview.” |
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Rational |
sensible and thoughtful, rather than emotional; “It’s important for a smallbusiness person to be very rational(گویا) about major spending decisions.” |
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To bait someone |
to try to make someone angry or start an argument; “Lou was justtrying to bait me when he said that New Yorker's are too rude to work in PR.” |
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To take the high road |
to do what is right, especially in response to something that iswrong; “A good manager learns to take the high road when employees argue abouttrivial(بدیهی) matters.” |
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To stoop to someone’s level |
to act poorly or immaturely(نابالغ،بی تجربه) when others do; “Wheneveryone started shouting insults(توهین،بی احترامی) at the meeting, I refused to stoop to their level andsimply walked out.” |
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To defuse |
to make a situation less tense, dangerous, or stressful; “When negotiationsbecame heated, the mediator tried to defuse the situation by calling for a break.” |
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Not so hot |
not so good; “Spencer, if you’re really not feeling so hot, you should justgo home to bed rather than getting everyone in the office sick.” |
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To infer |
to understand, conclude, or think something based on information orevidence; “A few analysts inferred from the CEO’s speech that the company was goingto make some major personnel changes.” |
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To over-interpret |
to make too many assumptions(فرض،گمان) based on what someone says ordoes; “Investors often over-interpret(بیش از حد تفسیر کردن) small changes in a company out of fear of losingmoney.” |
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To give someone the floor |
to allow someone to speak in a group setting; “A goodfacilitator(تسهیل کننده) will give the floor to each and every person at some point in a meeting.” |
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To turn a corner |
to make an important personal change; “Brad didn’t seem to careabout his job, but he recently turned a corner and is impressing everyone.” |
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Disruptive |
someone or something that is “disruptive” causes problems and interrupts(قطع کردن) or prevents something from happening; “Most public speakers consider the ringing ofcell phones to be highly disruptive.” |
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Can’t stand |
strongly dislike or hate; “The customer survey(بررسی،نظرسنجی) revealed that most peoplecan’t stand calls from telephone solicitors(وکیل،مشاور).” |
