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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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