Word of the Day: Empty promise

Thanks for visiting ArtisanEnglish.jp today. This episode was published on Friday, January 28, 2022. Our Word of the Day is ‘empty promise.’ An empty promise is one that you do not intend to fulfill; a false assurance to do or fix something that's never done or fixed. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser:https://links.artisanenglish.jp/EmptyPromise Try a Weekly Thursday Quiz from ArtisanEnglish.jp. You listen to the podcast episodes. Now check to see if you learned from what you heard. Visit ArtisanEnglish.jp and go to the Weekly Quizzes page. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/Quiz Below are three terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you. Bend the truth: Bend the truth means to tell white lies which are not untrue, but not 100% truthful either. They exist in a grey zone between truth and lies. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/BendTheTruth Hold to account: When people are held to account they face criticism and possibly punishment for mistakes they have made or things they have done. https://b.link/WednesdayHoldToAccount Sweet talk: Sweet talk is to praise someone insincerely to get something you want or achieve some aim. Salespeople use sweet talk all the time. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/SweetTalk