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  • So do you guys have enemies in your office? and you must be like Michelle..what kind of

  • a question is that? I have tons of enemies in my office. Well, but do you know how to

  • refer to your office enemies? Well, if you don't know then this is just the perfect video

  • where you have clicked. Today we are learning words to describe your worst office enemy.

  • Don't worry, we'll not go indecent and we'll not use abusive words. We are going to use

  • nice decent English words to talk about our enemies. So let's get started at Let's Talk

  • with me and my name is Michelle. So here we have a group of words that we can use to talk

  • about out enemies. So what are we waiting for ? Let's look at the first one! The first

  • one is A bully. So you may have heard this word even from little children. Alright, when

  • someone troubles little children in their school, someone specially who is more powerful

  • than them, that person is called a bully. So basically someone who is stronger in power

  • when he tries to scare the people who are lower in power, he's trying to bully them.

  • Ok? Which is a verb and the person who is trying to bully is also called "A bully".

  • So here it's used as a noun. So bully is a person who tries to scare others. Or who tries

  • to intimidate others. Intimidate means to scare others. And if you have someone like

  • that in your office, that person actually needs to be someone from the higher ups. Because

  • obviously they are stronger in power, so they can influence the people who are lesser in

  • power. So an example for this would be, "My boss is a real bully. He makes us work overtime

  • without pay." So that's how you can use "Bully" to refer to your boss or someone who is higher

  • in authority than you. And who tries to scare you and get things done the way they want!

  • Alright! Now let's look at the next word which is manipulative. Okay. So do you know someone

  • who becomes friends with you only for their work. So if they need some help from you on

  • one of their projects, suddenly they become your friend. Well that person is a manipulative

  • person. A person who becomes your friend for their own need. Ok. Who becomes your friend

  • for their own needs. Such a person is called as manipulative person. And to use it in a

  • sentence, you could say, "Oh! Elena is very manipulative, I cannot trust her. She only

  • talks to me when she needs something." Ok. So your worst office enemy could be manipulative

  • or he could be a bully. With that we move on to the next expression that we can use.

  • And that is a "screw up". So a screw up is a person who always does something wrong.

  • So basically, it's his habit to make a mistake. Okay? A habitual blunderer. Blunderer. So

  • a blunder means a mistake. Ok, and a person who makes mistakes is called a "Blunderer".

  • And a person who makes mistakes as a habit is called a habitual blunderer. So if your

  • boss makes you work with a habitual blunderer, he's actually making you work with a screw

  • up. And if he's assigned you a project with a screw up, there could only be two reasons.

  • Maybe the project is not very important OR your boss wants you to make a mistake because

  • you're with a screw up. And he wants to fire you! So if your boss has given you a project

  • with a screw up, I think you should check your Linked In profile again. Maybe you might

  • need it for your next job! So be careful about screw ups! They always spoil the work that

  • you're doing. So to use it in a sentence you could say that, "Oh! I knew he would get the

  • figures wrong. He is a screw up of a kind". Which means he always does something wrong.

  • So your enemy could be a screw up. Well, now with that we move on to the next person. Backstabber!

  • So stab means to put a knife in someone's back. So a person who puts a knife in someone's

  • back is a person who is very nice to you when you're talking to them..Oh my dear you're

  • so nice, you're such a great person, so hard working..." and the moment you walk around

  • the other side , this person will say, "Oh, do you know what he told me..he told me that

  • he is having a divorce!" So this person tells your information to other people because he's

  • backstabbing you which means he is cheating you. So a backstabber is a person who is a

  • cheater or who misleads you. Ok, so Backstabber is a person who cheats you behind your back.

  • And to use it in a sentence you could say that, "Oh, Shirley is such a backstabber.

  • I would think three times before telling her something personal." oK. Now with that we

  • look at the next word "Psycho". Let's be a little sensitive to the medical meaning of

  • the word and that's a warning right now. So psycho is basically a person who has mental

  • illness and it's not a good idea to make fun of such people. Because that's a serious mental

  • condition. But when you use it in your English terms like in the office when we're talking

  • or when we're referring to someone as psycho, we don't mean it actually. Which means we

  • do not mean it really or word to word. We are just using it to refer to a person who

  • is very strange. Ok. To a person who is very strange. Maybe someone who does not even do

  • their work. Sits in one corner. Counting wrappers from the drawer. And you have no idea why

  • he's still in the office. Maybe because he has some connection with the higher ups. So

  • such a person could be called a psycho. Ok. Now with that we move on to the next one which

  • is "snake in the grass". So snake in the grass is an idiom which has the same meaning as

  • a backstabber. So a snake in the grass is a person who is a friend to you face to face.

  • But behind your back, they are your enemies because they share your personal information

  • with other people. So snake in the grass means backstabber. And it's really painful to find

  • out that a person whom who once considered a good colleague turns out to be a snake in

  • the grass. Which means turns out to be a backstabber. Alright, now with that we move to the next

  • word. So the next word that we have is "Gossip". So gossip basically means to talk about someone's

  • personal life or to make a web of lies about someone and spread rumors. Ok. we have all

  • kinds of gossips. So there gossip is a noun where you're talking about a conversation.

  • But some people who gossip, ok..the verb "gossip" are also called "gossips". Here the word means

  • a noun which means the person who gossips is also called a "gossip". So if you know

  • somebody in your office who goes about sharing everyone's information to the other person

  • that person is a "gossip". And this means to share someone's information. Personal information.

  • And to use it in a sentence, you could say that "Georgia is a such a gossip, if you tell

  • her something the whole office will know it in three days what you've told her". So be

  • careful with gossips! Alright. Now we look at the next word which is deceitful. So dele..deceitful

  • ..sorry has a similar meaning to a person who is possibly like a manipulative person.

  • Alright? So deceitful is someone who is a liar, ok.who lies to you and misguides you.

  • Which means he guides you in the wrong direction. So deceitful person misguides you. So a corrupt

  • politician could be deceitful. Which means he has two faces. So a deceitful person is

  • two faced. Which means he has two faces. He can be nice and he can be bad. Alright? So

  • another example could be a politician, a two faced politician could be deceitful. So this

  • is how you can refer to a person who has two faces which means who can be good and very

  • bad to you at the same time. So that person can be called as "Deceitful". With that we

  • move to the next one, "Arrogant". Hmm.. So arrogant is a person who is very high headed.

  • Which means they look down at everyone. So if a person is very proud, that person is

  • called "arrogant". A very proud person. A very proud person. So if you know a person

  • who is very proud, you could say that, "Emma is very arrogant, I cannot put up with her

  • behavior". With this we come to the last word of the day which is "Weasel". So weasel is

  • a cute little animal who looks almost like a squirrel. And i really don't know what weasel

  • has to do with this list because weasel is so cute but as we know that English is so

  • tricky, the same way, this word weasel is used to talk about a person who is very clever

  • or cunning. A clever or cunning person. Do you have any friend with whom you go out for

  • dinner. And he goes like "Oh I forgot to get my wallet". Well! Even though he has it or

  • intentionally forgets his wallet whenever he's going out with you, that person is a

  • weasel. Which means he is clever or cunning. So a clever or cunning or a sly person is

  • called a weasel. So to use it in sentence, you could say that "Robert is a weasel, be

  • very careful with him." which means be careful with him, he's very cunning or clever. Now

  • here we are at the end of the lesson where you have learnt quite a few words to talk

  • about your office enemies. So the next time you talk about them, I believe you have enough

  • words to refer to them. I'm sure your new enemy would hate you for knowing all these

  • words. But I hope you use them to talk about people in your life. So thank you so much

  • for staying in this lesson with me. I'll see you guys soon with a another lesson. Till

  • then you take care! Bye Bye.

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