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Dela Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
self-fulfilling prophesy
In mass-market retail environments, talent is generally viewed as a commodity, and employees are basically interchangeable. But that outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
What does the underlined sentence mean?
What does the underlined sentence mean?
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Hi, In mass-market retail environments, talent is generally viewed as a commodity, and employees are basically interchangeable. But that outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy. What does the underlined sentence mean?
- Hi, In mass-market retail environments, talent is generally viewed as a commodity, and employees are basically interchangeable.
- But that outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
- What does the underlined sentence mean?
- When Tom was young, someone told him ('gave him a prophesy') that he would end up in jail.
- Because of that, he decided he would not make any effort in his life, and finally he went to jail.
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Hi,
In mass-market retail environments, talent is generally viewed as a commodity, and employees are basically interchangeable. But that outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
What does the underlined sentence mean?
When Tom was young, someone told him ('gave him a prophesy') that he would end up in ja
In mass-market retail environments, talent is generally viewed as a commodity, and employees are basically interchangeable. But that outlook becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
What does the underlined sentence mean?
When Tom was young, someone told him ('gave him a prophesy') that he would end up in ja
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