Here are some sentences and vocabularies from the Book review:
1. brainstorm = bertukar fikiran; produce an idea or way of solving a problem by holding a spontaneous group discussion.
- Book Review: A guide on how to better brainstorm your ideas
2. great at = hebat dalam; of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average.
3. overcomplicating = terlalu rumit; make (something) more complicated than necessary.
- As a species, we humans are great at overcomplicating things.
4. Consequently = akibatnya, karenanya, oleh karena itu; as a result.
- Consequently, our anxiety often causes us to make schoolboy errors.
5. nagging = terus-menerus; persistently painful or worrying.
6. ineptitude = tindakan yang bodoh; lack of skill or ability.
- Maybe our nagging self-doubt and occasional ineptitude can in part explain why publisher John Wiley and Sons’ popular For Dummies guides are so successful.
7. girthy = cantik; thick and bulky or heavy.
8. banal = dangkal; so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring.
- Something of a global phenomenon, these girthy black and yellow tomes continue to help laymen (and laywomen) across the world get a firm grip on ways to correctly approach an array of banal and obscure practices: everything from football to C++; via the internet, fishing, personal finance, and French history.
9. Mind maps = peta konsep
- Mind maps are designed to help us organize and interpret information in a variety of situations and settings.
10. generating = menghasilkan; cause (something, especially an emotion or situation) to arise or come about.
- They’re the perfect tools for generating, capturing and organizing ideas in a meaningful way; allowing for greater creativity when recording ideas and information, and enabling us to associate words and visual representations.
Demikian, Semoga bermanfaat.
Source: New York Times
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