A cue (noun)

• Meaning: A signal or prompt that guides behavior or indicates what is appropriate.

• Text Example: "It gives you cues as to how you should dress, look and behave, Zayas says."

• My Sentence: It's important to be aware of social cues to avoid misunderstandings when you are travelling abroad.

Attire (noun)

• Meaning: Clothes, especially of a particular or formal type.

• Text Example: "Choosing attire, grooming habits and conversation styles that appropriately match the setting you are entering are key..."

• My Sentence: The wedding invitation specified formal attire, so I wore a long cocktail dress

To fit the bill (idiom)

• Meaning: To be suitable or adequate for a specific purpose or requirement.

• Text Example: "A firm handshake and a small smile might fit the bill for a third-round meeting with the boss..."

• My Sentence: We needed a person who fit the bill perfectly for the job application

Grooming (noun - collocation changed from 'habit')

• Meaning: The things you do to keep your appearance clean and tidy, such as caring for your hair, hands, and clothes.

• Text Example: "Choosing attire, grooming habits and conversation styles that appropriately match the setting... are key aspects..."

• My Sentence: Good personal grooming is key to making a good first impression.

To come up with (phrasal verb)

• Meaning: To form an idea, opinion, or impression.

• Text Example: "Most of us believe the first impressions we come up with, too, says Alexander Todorov..."

• My Sentence: Sara came up with a new idea for a beneficial business

To show up (phrasal verb)

• Meaning: To arrive or appear at a place where you are expected.

• Text Example: "If you’re interviewing at a bank... you’ll likely be expected to show up in a suit."

• My Sentence: I showed up to the carnival party dressed as a butterfly

To make sense of (something/someone) (collocation)

• Meaning: To understand something or someone that is unclear or difficult to understand.

• Text Example: "We use everything available to make sense of a person that we’re meeting for the first time."

• My Sentence: I try to make sense of the war causes and its consequences.

Right off the bat (idiom)

• Meaning: Immediately; from the very beginning.

• Text Example: "Think someone’s trustworthy right off the bat?"

• My Sentence: Right off the bat, I knew the advanced course would be a significant challenge.

Snap (adjective).

· Meaning: Done suddenly without allowing time for careful thought or preparation.

· Meaning in Spanish: Brusco, repentino, apresurado.

· Text example: "Everyone can make snap judgements."

· My sentence: "The doctor made a snap decision to save the patient's life."

Right off the bat (idiom).

· Meaning: Immediately.

· Meaning in Spanish: Inmediatamente, de inmediato.

· Text example: "Think someone's trustworthy right off the bat?"

· My sentence: "He walked into the room, and right off the bat, everyone went silence."

Write someone off (phrasal verb):

· Meaning: To decide that a particular person will not be useful, important or successful.

· Meaning in spanish: Descartar.

· Text example: "If you write them off as a negative person, you might complain about them to coworkers."

· My sentence: "She is fed up with people writing her off because of her appearance."

Blank slate (noun).

· Meaning: Someone or something that is still in an original state and that has not yet been changed by people, experiences, etc.

· Meaning in spanish: Hoja en blanco.

· Text example: "If you’re operating from a blank slate, start with your shared environment."

· My sentence: "After the divorce, he felt that his life was a blank state."

Foster (verb).

· Meaning: To encourage the development or growth of something.

· Spanish meaning: Fomentar, promover.

· Text example: "It can help foster an instant connection."

· My example: "My parents fostered my love of reading from an early age."

Snap judgments: juicios precipitados.

'the first impressions we come up with': las primeras impresiones que nos causan (algo)...

Think someone’s trustworthy right off the bat? : ¿crees que alguien es de confianza/confiable desde el primer momento?

skimping on shut-eye: escatimar en horas de sueño.

Acquaintance (noun)

• Meaning: To meet someone but you don’t really know this person (no friend)

• Text Example: “which leads to quick conclusions about a new acquaintance’s qualities”

• My Sentence: This acquaintance is much friendlier than the other one.

Tendency (noum)

• Meaning: An inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.

• Text example: “This tendency dates back to evolutionary times”

• My sentence: Nowadays most tendencies are created by social media.

Encounter (verb)

• Meaning: to meet someone unexpectedly

• Text example: “when we would encounter strangers”

• My sentence: If you had studied, you would have encountered the exam much easier.

Asses (verb)

* Meaning: to judge or decide the amount, value, quality, or importance of something.

* Text example: “need to assess they would inflict harm or be an ally”

* My sentence: The Government has not assessed the project yet because the person in charge is on vacations.

Misleading (adj)

• Meaning: causing someone to believe something that is not true.

• The example: “And although sometimes they can be misleading”

• My sentence: News about politics in Spain always is misleading, because of that I never believe it.