Please study the 15 vocabulary below and press the Mark Complete button to continue.
- appealing
- attractive or interesting
- benefit
- a helpful or positive effect
- break the ice
- to make someone you have just met feel more relaxed
- count on
- to depend on, know that someone or something will be as expected
- develop
- to improve or become better
- get to know
- to start to have knowledge about
- judge
- to form or have an opinion about
- mingle
- to move around and talk to people at a social event
- networking
- the process of meeting and talking to lots of people
- present
- to show someone or something in a particular way
- rapport
- a relationship in which people like, understand and respect each other
- small talk
- informal conversation about something unimportant
- socialize
- to spend time talking with other people
- take advantage of
- to make full use of or exploit a situation for your own benefit
- utilize
- to use something
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His idea wasn’t appealing to the manager so it never happened.
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Working so close to home has a lot of benefits when it comes to traveling.
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Some people say the best way to break the ice is to tell a joke.
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In a team, all members must be able to count on each other.
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Over the past year the business has developed a lot.
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He met and got to know several interesting people during the conference.
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Most people judge others in the first five seconds of meeting them.
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She doesn’t like sitting in one place during parties, she prefers to mingle and speak to as many people as she can.
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A lot of people don’t realize how important networking is in modern business.
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He presented himself very well in the interview and ended up getting the job.
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A good salesman needs to be able to build a rapport with customers very quickly.
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Topics like the weather or a local sports team are great for small talk.
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John is very open and this makes him good at socializing.
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The staff took advantage of the manager's absence and left 20 minutes early.
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A big part of project management is deciding how to best utilize your resources.