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Directions

Idioms and Other Vocabulary
Acknowledging: taking notice of
Audibly: loudly enough to be heard
Color-code: to designate by color
Common sense: reasoning
Company newsletter: printed report about a company’s
activities
Context: related words and phrases
Critical: very important
Delinquent: past due
Edit: remove mistakes from written material
Give me a hand: help me
Give me your take on this: tell me what you think about
this
Jot down: write down quickly
Lost in the shuffle: forgotten in moving things around
Pegboard: a board with holes into which pegs or hooks
are put to hang things on
Permeate: spread through every part
Pitch in: to help
Proofread: read for correcting errors
Shameful: really bad
Stagger: to move around so that not everything takes
place at the same time
Stare: to look at for a long time without moving your eyes
White board: a white surface that can be written on, used
in a classroom and usually placed on the wall; often a
casual brainstorming tool

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