Open F2F Class Notes 1st November (Raph)

Vocabulary

Confrontation (n): 1- a situation in which people, groups, etc., fight, oppose, or challenge each other in an angry way.
E.g.: He’s the kind of person who always tries to avoid confrontation.

Rational (adj): 1- based on facts or reason and not on emotions or feelings
E.g.: I always try to make the most rational decisions.

Rationalize (v): 1- to think about or describe something (such as bad behavior) in a way that explains it and makes it seem proper, more attractive, etc. 2- to find ways to make (something, such as an industry, a company, etc.) waste less time, effort, and money.
E.g.: She tried to rationalize her grandson’s strange behavior by blaming it on the boy’s father.

Corrections

Original:

Arguing with your boss who thinks that he knows everything better than you is not the rational thing to do at your work, actually he not only has that thinking to you, but also to everyone. If his stubborn didn’t take personal, and I can’t get any hurt of it, I will just live with it. Eventually there is no one can completely feel the others.

Edited:

Arguing with your boss when he thinks he knows everything better than you is not the rational thing to do at work. Actually he probably thinks like that not only about you, but about everyone. If his stubbornness isn’t anything personal, and it isn’t something that can hurt you, you should just live with it. At the end of the day no one can completely understand other people’s feelings.

Grammar

Q: I haven’t seen you with this new haircut yet, have I?
A: Yes, you have. / No, you haven’t.

In English we can’t say “Yes, I can’t” or “No, I do”. So if you answer yes, I assume that the rest of the sentence will also be affirmative and if you answer no, I assume that the rest of the answer will also be negative.