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English plus 1.1 vocabulary (upper intermediate market leader vocabulary)
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Unit 1Vocabulary
Concise - Succinct (beknopt)
Reluctant to speak - Inhibited (terughoudend, geremd)
Talking in a confused way - Rambling (onsamengangend)
Able to express ideas well - Articulate (duidelijk uitspreken, geleed)
Clear and easy to understand - Coherent (samenhangend)
Good at influencing people - Persuasive (overredend)
Outgoing - Extrovert (extrovert)
Eager to react and communicate - Engage (verbinden)
Articulate - Duidelijk spreken (speaking clearly)
Focused - Gefocust (to aim on something)
Reserved - Terughoudend (uncommunicative)
Coherent - Samenhangend (connective)
Hesitant - Aarzelend (indecisive)
Responsive - Symphatiek, mondig aangelegd (sympathetic)
Eloquent - Welsprekend (golden mouthed)
Inhibited - Terughoudend (uncommunicative)
Sensitive - Gevoelig (tender-hearted)
Extrovert - Extrovert (outgoing)
Persuasive - Overredend (persuaded by arguments)
Succinct - Beknopt (in short)
Fluent - Vloeiend (runny)
Rambling - Onsamenhangend (not as a whole)
Vague - Vaag (unclear)
To put it in a nutshell - Samengevat
To get straight to the point - Meteen ter zake komen
To hear it on the grapevine - Via via iets horen.
To put someone in the picture - Iemand erbij betrekken
To get the wrong end of the stick - Een situatie misinterpreteren
To be on the same wavelength - Op één lijn zitten
Can’t make head nor tail of it - Er is geen touw aan vast te knopen
To talk at cross-purposes - Langs elkaar heen praten
To beat about the bush - Ergens omheen draaien
To get it straight from the horse’s mouth - Het rechtstreeks van iemand horen
To be like talking to a brick wall - Tegen de muur praten.
To keep someone in the loop - Iemand geïnformeerd blijven houden / blijven
betrekken
Expressions (skills page 11)
The person speaks too fast or too quietly - to speak up
You want someone to stop talking while doing something - to hold on
You don’t understand a word or expression - to rephrase
You want to make sure of the spelling - to spell something for me
You want more information about a subject - to elaborate on something
You can’t continue the conversation due to a bad connection - the line is bad, can I call you back
You want to confirm information - Let me see if I’ve got it right / Could
you confirm what you just said
Altijd ‘please’ gebruiken in de zin
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