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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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