UNIT 7: Can we talk?

Catch up with (verb phrase) Comment (verb)

▫ Succeed in reaching a person who ▫ Express an opinion or reaction.

is ahead of one. ▫ Place a piece of specially
▫ Talk to someone whom one has not tagged explanatory text within a
seen for some time in order to find program to assist other users.
out what they have been doing.

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 Congratulate (verb) Contact (verb)

▫ Give someone one’s good wishes ▫ Communicate with someone,

when something special or typically in order to give or
pleasant has happened to them. receive specific information.
▫ Touch.

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 Criticize (verb) Explain (verb)

▫ Indicate that faults of someone or ▫ Make an idea, situation, or

something in a disapproving way. problem clear to someone by
▫ Form and express a sophisticated describing it in more detail or
judgement or a literary or artistic revealing relevant facts or
work. ideas.

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 Gossip (verb) Inform of (verb phrase)

▫ Engage in gossip (casual or ▫ Give someone facts or

unconstrained conversation or information; tell.
reports about other people, ▫ Give an essential or formative
typically involving details that are principle or quality to.
not confirmed as being true.

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 Keep in touch with (verb phrase) Mention (verb)

▫ To continue to talk to or write to ▫ Refer to something briefly and

someone. without going into detail.

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 Persuade (verb) Reply to (verb)

▫ Cause someone to do something ▫ Say something in response to

through reasoning or argument. something someone has said.

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 Report (verb) Respond to (verb)

▫ Give a spoken or written account of ▫ Say something in reply.

something that one has observed,
heard, done, or investigated.
▫ Present oneself formally as having
arrived at a particular place or as
ready to do something.

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 Clickbait (noun) Geo -tag (noun)

▫ On the internet, content whose ▫ Location information, such as

main purpose is to attract attention GPS coordinates, added to a
and encourage visitors to click on digital file or image.
a link to a particular web page.

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 Hashtag (noun) Lifecaster (noun)

▫ It is word or phrase preceded by ▫ Streaming that you see as you

the symbol # that classifies or perform your daily activities. It
categorizes the accompanying is widely used for sports events
text. of all variety.

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 Lurker (noun) Meme (noun)

▫ A person who lurks, in particular a ▫ An idea, behavior, style, or

user of an internet message board
or chat room who does not
participate.
usage that spreads from person
to person within a culture.
▫ An amusing or interesting item
or genre of items that is spread
widely online especially
through social media.

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 Newsfeed (noun) Podcaster (noun)

▫ An electronic transmission of ▫ A person who makes an audio

news, as from a broadcaster or an or video recording and puts it
internet newsgroup. on the internet.

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 Profile (noun)
▫ An outline of something,
especially a person’s face, as seen
from one side.
▫ A short article giving a description
of a person or organization.
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Status update (noun)
▫ An update on the current
situation with regard to a
particular service, project,
person, etc. specifically an
update to a person’s status on a
social networking site.
 Tag (noun) Timeline (noun)

▫ A loose hanging piece of cloth. ▫ A graphic representation of the

▫ A brief quotation used for passage of time as a line.
rhetorical emphasis.
▫ Hashtag.

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 Trending topic (noun) Lifeline (noun)

▫ It is a subject that experiences a ▫ a thing on which someone or

surge in popularity on one or more something depends or which
social media platforms for a limited provides a means of escape
duration of time. from a difficult situation .

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