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Dale's Idioms Diff P
How to Deal With Difficult People
Term | Definition |
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trigger | to cause to happen |
influence | to affect, to have some power |
dissolve | to make go away or disappear |
resist | to fight against, to take a stand |
fuel the fire | to make the situation more serious and dangerous |
persist | to keep trying |
escalate | to increase, to go up |
validate | to make someone feel understood and significant by listening to someone's feelings and opinion |
perspective | viewpoint, opinion |
tilt | lean, tip, move to one side, |
intently | carefully and in a focused way |
call out | to confront, to face directly, to say directly |
loop | to circle, to go around |
offset | to change a little, to move out of position |
approach | a style that you use to do something |
tons | lots |
proactive | to do things before a problem starts |
downplay | to not make a big deal out of something, treat as less serious |
escalate | to increase |
commonalities | similarities, things that are the same |