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Have you ever said something that was taken the wrong way? Misunderstandings happen all the time, even in your native language! This crossword will help you practise essential vocabulary for clarifying your meaning, correcting mistakes, and smoothing over communication breakdowns in English. Fill in the grid and sharpen your diplomatic language skills!
Grid
Fill in the grid: pick a square, read the clue and type your answer.
Clues
Across
- 3. To emphasize an important point
- 5. A problem or point of discussion
- 8. To say the opposite of something
- 9. Act of making something clearer
- 12. To recognize or admit something
- 14. The number 3
- 15. In that place
- 16. Has not in short form
- 17. To explain in more detail
- 18. To explain the meaning of a word
Down
- 1. Lasting a short time
- 2. A gesture or message conveying info
- 4. To make something understandable
- 6. To understand something incorrectly
- 7. Open and clear in communication
- 10. Finding a solution to a conflict
- 11. To say something in different words
- 12. To accept something as true without proof
- 13. To remove dirt
Answers
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Across
- 3. To emphasize an important point → stress
- 5. A problem or point of discussion → issue
- 8. To say the opposite of something → contradict
- 9. Act of making something clearer → clarification
- 12. To recognize or admit something → acknowledge
- 14. The number 3 → three
- 15. In that place → there
- 16. Has not in short form → hasnt
- 17. To explain in more detail → elaborate
- 18. To explain the meaning of a word → define
Down
- 1. Lasting a short time → quick
- 2. A gesture or message conveying info → signal
- 4. To make something understandable → explain
- 6. To understand something incorrectly → misinterpret
- 7. Open and clear in communication → transparent
- 10. Finding a solution to a conflict → resolution
- 11. To say something in different words → rephrase
- 12. To accept something as true without proof → assume
- 13. To remove dirt → clean
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