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Newguest Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Jump-start

Hi

You can jump-start your interaction skills by making small talk with a cashier at the grocery store—the weather
is always a good topic of conversation.

What is the meaning of "jump-start" here?

I understand that "interaction skills" and "communication skills" mean the same?
  

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Think of a car with a dead battery. In order to start the car, another person with cables hooks up the two batteries and the dead car starts the ignition. This is called a jump-start.

  • Think of a car with a dead battery.
  • In order to start the car, another person with cables hooks up the two batteries and the dead car starts the ignition.
  • This is called a jump-start.
  • Here, the term is being used figuratively to mean a spontaneous conversation starter, just to get things going.
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Think of a car with a dead battery. In order to start the car, another person with cables hooks up the two batteries and the dead car starts the ignition. This is called a jump-start. Here, the term is being used figuratively to mean a spontaneous conversation starter, just to get things going.

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