Wednesday, May 18, 2016

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Emotional Intelligence Quotient

Rapport /ræˈpɔː/
Friendly agreement and understanding between people [relationship]
Rapport with/between
He had an excellent rapport with his patients.
establish/build up/develop (a) rapport
He built up a good rapport with the children.

gut reaction/feeling/instinct
informal-> a reaction or feeling that you are sure is right, although you cannot give a reason for it:
He had a gut feeling that Sarah was lying.

Conceal [transitive] formal
1 to hide something carefully:
The shadows concealed her as she crept up to the house.
The path was concealed by long grass.
A concealed weapon
A concealed emotion.

Glimpse
1 a quick look at someone or something that does not allow you to see them clearly
glimpse of
They caught a glimpse of a dark green car.
brief/fleeting/quick glimpse (=a very short look)
We only had a fleeting glimpse of the river.
2 a short experience of something that helps you begin to understand it
glimpse of/into/at
a glimpse of what life might be like in the future

all over the place
informal
a) everywhere:
There was blood all over the place.
b) in a very untidy state:
She came in with her hair all over the place.

do somebody in
phrasal verb
1 to kill someone:
He was planning to do himself in.
2 to make someone feel extremely tired:
That walk really did me in.

on edge
nervous, especially because you are expecting something unpleasant to happen:
Paul felt on edge about meeting Lisa.

get hot under the collar
spoken to become angry - used especially when people get angry in an unreasonable way about something that is not important:
I don't understand why people are getting so hot under the collar about it.

to bits
British English informal very much or extremely:
Mark's a darling, I love him to bits.
thrilled/chuffed/pleased to bits
I've always wanted a car, so I'm thrilled to bits.

upbeat
positive and making you feel that good things will happen [≠ downbeat]:
an upbeat message

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