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The lesson focuses on personality idioms, psychometric tests, and how to paraphrase and summarize when speaking.

Vocabulary & Idioms

• A cold fish = unfriendly, unemotional person.

• A dark horse = someone with hidden talents.

• A go-getter = ambitious, energetic person.

• A mover and shaker = influential and powerful person.

• A smart alec = irritatingly clever or smug.

• A smart cookie = clever and practical person.

• A soft touch = someone easily persuaded.

 Paraphrasing & Summarising

Checking understanding:

• To put it another way…

• In other words…

• If I’m hearing you correctly…

• So you’re saying that…

• Let me get this straight…

Summarising:

• Essentially…

• Simply put…

• In a nutshell…

• So, what it boils down to is…