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ESLPodcast484–GettingaPerformanceEvaluation

GLOSSARY

performanceevaluation–awrittenorspokenreportofhowwellonehasdone

one’sjoboveracertainperiodoftime,usuallydoneeverysixmonthsoroncea

year

*Employeeswhodowellontheirperformanceevaluationcanreceivea5%

raise.

shortcoming–somethingthatisnotasgoodasitshouldbe;somethingthatis

lessthanperfect

*TomisawonderfulguyandI’dliketokeepdatinghim,buthehasamajor

shortcoming:hedoesn’tlikechildren.

reflected–seen;apparent;asignofsomething

*Herdislikeofcountrymusicisreflectedinthewaythatshechangestheradio

stationeverytimeshehearsacountrysong.

belor–lessthanexpected;lessthaage;notasgoodassomething

shouldbe

*Tomodidn’tgetenoughsleeplastnight,sohisperformanceonthetenniscourt

hasbeenbelorallday.

productivity–one’sabilitytodoacertainamountofworkinacertainperiodof

time

*Shaina’sproductivityincreasedwhenshelearnedhowtotypemorequickly.

toexcel–todosomethingverywell,betterthananyonehadexpected

*Lilianaexcelsinmathandscience,butshedoesn’tdoverywellinherhistory

classes.

topull(one’s)weight–todotheworkthatoneipectedtodoaspartofa

group;tocontributetoagroup’seffortorproject

*Chuongneverpullshisweightandalwayswaitsfortheotherteammembersto

dohisworkforhim.It’sveryfrustrating.

tofault(someone)on(something)–tocriticizesomeoneorsaynegative

thingsaboutsomethingthatheorshehasdoneornotdone

*Weagreedtobuythatoldhousetogether,soyoucan’tfaultmeifeverythingis

fallingapart.

toslackoff–tobelazy;tonotworkhard;tonotdowhatoneshouldbedoing

*Makikohasreallybeenslackingoff,watchinin