Jim Kwik: How to Learn Anything Faster

Question 1

Spectator Sport

Answer 1

noun

Something that many people like to watch without becoming involved themselves

Combating the climate crisis is. not a spectator sport.

For many people politics are just a spectator sport.

Question 2

Turn of the century

Answer 2

phrase

The time period when the previous century ends and the next century begins

_{Social media first started around the turn of the century.}

_{There was a lot of anxiety around Y2K during the turn of the century.}

Question 3

Passive

Answer 3

adjective

Accepting what happens to you without any active response

_{She seems to be very passive and doesn’t make much of a fuss.}

_{It seem they were too passive when the Chinese invaded.}

Question 4

Consumption

Answer 4

noun

The action of consuming something

_{The consumption of alcohol was recently banned in South Africa.}

_{The consumption of overseas brands have increased in China.}

Question 5

Fall for something

Answer 5

phrasal verb

To be tricked into believing something is true

_{Unfortunately she fell for all his lies.}

_{It seems they all fell for what they were told by the media.}

Question 6

Observation

Answer 6

noun

The action of closely watching something

_{You might need to go into the hospital for observation.}

_{The observation of our new recruits has become more challenging.}

Question 7

Retention

Answer 7

noun

To keep something (usually memory)

_{I’m trying to improve my retention of new English words.}

_{The retention of older technologies are probably to blame.}

Question 8

The art of …

Answer 8

idiom

The skill of doing something

_{She has truly mastered the art of effective communication.}

_{I’m trying to study the art of photography.}

Question 9

Brain teaser

Answer 9

noun

A mental puzzle

_{There are usually some brain teasers in the back of the newspaper.}

_{You can only continue once you have solved this brain teaser.}

Question 10

Scramble

Answer 10

verb

To put something in the wrong order so that it does not make sense

_{I accidentally scrambled all the slides of my presentation.}

_{She often tends to scramble her words when she gets drunk.}

Question 11

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