Talking about actions : Playing it down
When your son, understandably expects praise, mention three b’s and two a’s he earned in his school courses, you respond, callously, ‘is that the best you can do? What stopped you from getting all a’s? In other words you are playing him down or being belittle with him.
You disparage his accomplishment.
2. Playing it safe
You purposely talk in such a way as you are being vague and misleading. Suppose you’ve been asked to take a stand on a certain issue, but you don’t have the courage to be either definitely for or against.
You equivocate Talking about actions
Slide 2 : 3.Enjoying the little things
Have you ever gone through a book that was so good you kept hugging yourself mentally as you read? Have you ever seen a movie that was so charming that you felt sheer delight as you watched? Or perhaps you have had a portion of lemon pie, light and airy and mildly flavoured, with a delicious crust, and you enjoyed the dessert? how do such things affect you?
They titillate you
4. Hero worship
You know teenagers adore and idolize shahrukh khan, john abrahim, katrins kaif. And of course you know how certain people fall over visiting these celebrities. They worship and flatter them fully.
They adulate such celebrities
Slide 3 : 5. Accentuating the negative
What does doctor say to you if you have high blood sugar? ‘no sweets, no pastries, no chocolate cake, no ice-cream’. Your morale is dropping lower and lower as each favourite goody is placed in the forbidden list.
The doctor is proscribing harmful items
6. Make unnecessary
You have run out of cash and plan to go to bank to make a withdrawal, then unexpectedly you discover a twenty pound note you secreted in your desk drawer months ago.
Your find obviates a trip to bank.
7. Playing it wrong
You are soul of honesty, but unfortunately, you have a sneaky, thievish, sinister look-and no one ever trusts you.
Your appearance militates against you.
g : 8. Playing it dirty
You spread an unpleasant story that you know will blacken someone’s reputation. For instance: he’s a closet alcoholic. She’s sleeping around and her stupid husband does’nt suspect a thing.
He’s maligning everyone.
9.Forgiving
Your child sonika has hit neighbour’s child entirely without provocation, you are forced to admit. But after all you think, tomorrow the other kid will, with equal lack of provocation, probabaly hit sonika.
You condone sonika’s behaviour g
y : 10. Changing hostility
Your friend is justifiably angry- you ask him to go to a party with you, ignored him all evening, and then finally left with someone else. What must you do if you wish to restore the relationship?
You must try to placate him. y
Understanding the wordssay yes/no : Do you normally disparage something yes/no
you admire?
2. Do you equivocate if you think it yes/no
unwise to take definite stand?
3. Do pleasant things titillate you? Yes/no
4. Do emotionally mature people need yes/no
constant adulation?
5. Is sugar proscribed for most diabetics? Yes/no
6. Does a substantial fortune obviate yes/no
financial fears?
7. Does a worker’s inefficiency often militate yes/no
against his keeping his job?
8. Do people enjoy being maligned? Yes/no
9. Do we generally condone the faults of those we yes/no
love?
10. Can you sometimes placate a person by apologizing? Yes/no Understanding the wordssay yes/no
Recalling the wordsfill ups : Change hostility into friendliness.------
make unnecessary.---------
belittle.-------
overlook or forgive transgression.-----
tickle; delight.----------
spread malicious rumours about.---------
purposely use language susceptible of opposite interpretations.---------
act of disadvantage of.---------------
forbid.-----------------
worship; flatter fulsomely.----------- Recalling the wordsfill ups