Words starting with the letter P
A Buddhist temple
Pagoda
1) To give advice.
2) To get advice.
Consult
A person from another country
Foreigner
/FOR·ruh·ner/
the 'g' is silent
Someone with a great deal of expertise in a specific area or subject.
Specialist
Very slow. Sluggish. Taking many minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.
Time-consuming
The illegal hunting or killing of animals.
Poaching
(n) Powder.
(v) 1) To sprinkle with powder.
2) To clean up/remove powdery dirt.
Dust
An iconic landmark in Paris.
The Eiffel Tower
/AY fell/
A 'catchphrase' often used by companies to communicate an idea or market their brand, e.g. 'Just do it.' or 'Think different.'
Slogan
Brought up/Having grown up in the same town or area where your mom gave birth to you.
Born and raised
The measure of how crowded a place is based on the number of people per m2 or km2.
Population density
1) A piece of paper money used to pay for things.
2) An invoice that tells how much money we have to pay.
Bill
A kind of ancient weapon with a long metal blade.
Sword
/sord/
The 'w' is silent
Positive energy. The energy of motion.
Momentum
The fatigue we often feel following a long plane ride, particularly one that crosses many time zones.
Jet lag
Influence. The art of convincing others to see or do things the way we want.
Persuasion
1) A guarantee (for goods or services)
2) A doubt. A hesitancy.
Reservation
Very strange. Odd. Unusual.
Peculiar
/puh KILL your/
Critical thinking
The difficulty we have communicating in a country where the people do not speak our mother tongue.
Language barrier
Willing to take initiative. Not needing to be told what to do.
Proactive
1) Clear and obvious. Easy to see.
2) Very difficult to see. See through. Invisible.
Transparent
A very special and delicious food.
Delicacy
/DELL uh kuh see/
The use of different words to better explain what we mean or to try to explain what we think someone else means.
Paraphrase
The difficulty adapting to the customs in a foreign country.
Culture shock