Woordenlijst
Unit 1
Concise Succinct
Inhibited/reserved Reluctant to speak
Rambling Talking in a confused way
Articulate Able to express ideas well
Coherent Clear and easy to understand
Persuasive Good at influencing people
Extrovert Outgoing
Responsive Eager to react and communicate
Interrupt Stop the continuous process of something
Clarify Making something or someone less confused
Confused When someone doesn’t understand everything
Explain Making something clear by describing it
digress Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or
writing
Ramble Talk in a confused way
engage Participate or become involved in something
Face to face Looking at another person
Causing offence Upsetting or embarrassing someone by being rude
Get away with Not be caught or punished when you do something
wrong
Make things up Pretend something is true in order to deceive people
Keeping in touch with Keep writing or talking to someone when you don’t
see each other often
Pitching to someone Aiming an idea or product at someone
To put in a nutshell To give the main facts in a short, clear way
To get straight to the point To talk about the most important thing
To hear it on the grapevine To hear about something because the information
has been passed from one person to another
To put someone in the To give the latest information
picture
To get the wrong end of the To not understand something
stick
To be on the same To share similar opinions and ideas
wavelength
Can’t make head nor tail of To fail to understand anything
it
To talk at cross-purposes To not understand someone
Unit 1
Concise Succinct
Inhibited/reserved Reluctant to speak
Rambling Talking in a confused way
Articulate Able to express ideas well
Coherent Clear and easy to understand
Persuasive Good at influencing people
Extrovert Outgoing
Responsive Eager to react and communicate
Interrupt Stop the continuous process of something
Clarify Making something or someone less confused
Confused When someone doesn’t understand everything
Explain Making something clear by describing it
digress Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or
writing
Ramble Talk in a confused way
engage Participate or become involved in something
Face to face Looking at another person
Causing offence Upsetting or embarrassing someone by being rude
Get away with Not be caught or punished when you do something
wrong
Make things up Pretend something is true in order to deceive people
Keeping in touch with Keep writing or talking to someone when you don’t
see each other often
Pitching to someone Aiming an idea or product at someone
To put in a nutshell To give the main facts in a short, clear way
To get straight to the point To talk about the most important thing
To hear it on the grapevine To hear about something because the information
has been passed from one person to another
To put someone in the To give the latest information
picture
To get the wrong end of the To not understand something
stick
To be on the same To share similar opinions and ideas
wavelength
Can’t make head nor tail of To fail to understand anything
it
To talk at cross-purposes To not understand someone
