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Dialogue:

phrases smart people avoid

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, I've just been reading about things_______________________.

Mark: _________ are there?

Jingjing: _____________, there were 10.

Mark: That was a______, wasn't it? How about you_______, and I ask for detail about those that don't ____________?

Jingjing: That sounds like a way to___________.

1) it's not my fault

2) this is not good enough

3) that's not __________

4) it's not fair

5) I have a high IQ

6) no offense, but...

7) this might be__________, but...

8) I can't do it

9) this'll only _________

10) I told you so

Mark: Those are all pretty interesting, with none that are __________.

Jingjing: ________ would you like to know more about_______?

Mark: Two of the phrases___________ seem to____________.

Jingjing: How's that?

Mark: Well, give me __________ for avoiding number eight: I can't do it.

Jingjing: According to the article—and I mostly agree with it—people who say that a lot _________ lacking confidence. People __________with important tasks.

Mark: OK, so, then if somebody says something will only take a minute, it's _______, they're ____________.

Jingjing: If they're talking about a task they've done a thousand times, and could do_______, they might have ________________ saying that. But if it________ that they're wrong--

Mark: Oh, let me guess, the other person ___________ the impression that they're ____________ and __________________.

Jingjing: Yeah, that's it. So, somebody wants to _____________, never _____________.

Mark: If something's_________ very easy, _____________?

Jingjing: This looks like it'll be _______. If all goes well, this will be done in ________.

Mark: I get it. Don't __________________ to a specific time frame. What if something's not easy at all, or not really__________________?

Jingjing: You know who _________________? Jerry __________________.

Mark: Sure, I guess if someone _____________more often than they _______ and say they can't do something, it_______________.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, have you _________________the phrases we talked about last time?

Mark: Yeah, I was_________________________________.

Jingjing: It's not my fault? That one doesn't seem like _____________. People don't like someone who __________________, especially when people go to that person to ___________ they seem to have caused.

Mark: That________________. And I'd like to think _____________.

Jingjing: Have you thought of what to say _________ it's not my fault when you feel like you're___________?

Mark: Yeah, I've wanted to say that __________________so many conversations, and knew it__________ for me if I did.

Jingjing: So, you say something ____________?

Mark: Usually the other person is happy to ________________________. But, if they're still ______________, yeah, I'll say something.

Jingjing: What's that?

Mark: You know, things like this will ____________ unless X_____, or unless person Y and person Z _______X.

Jingjing: You wouldn't ___________ X.

Mark: ___________. And it might be something worth__________________________.

Jingjing: But only after you've______________ the person who____________________.

Mark: Yeah, if we've found a good solution, we then need to talk about how to_________. If it's just _______, we need to _____________.

Jingjing: Were all the other phrases____________ for you?

Mark: _____________. Which ones__________?

Jingjing: I thought the article ________________ why we should avoid saying our question might be stupid or ________________.

Mark: The other person is going to look for ____________ in ___________, right?

Jingjing: The article _____________ there. I can send it to you if you'd like to _______________.

Mark: Yeah, that sounds like ____________. Thanks, Jingjing!

new words and phrases

a listicle:

a snap:

a jiffy:

nail yourself down <to something>:

<something is> in your wheelhouse:

pass the buck:

turn <something> over in my head:

be up front about <something>: