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Venture 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 26

Venture 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 26

/ˈven.tʃəʳ/ (noun & verb)

any risky activity, risk, business enterprise, undertaking, project, endeavor, gamble, mission – take a risk, set out, travel, undertake, dare, embark on, attempt, hazard – to offer, proffer – put forward

Keep your sense of humour. All employees encounter periods of high pressure, but humour is a useful way to defuse stressful situations. “What’s the difference between a loan and a psychologist? The loan eventually matures,” she jokes. “What’s the difference between a venture debt loan and a psychologist? Feel free to submit a revised punchline and then ask me how I feel about it.”

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Noun: venturer

Idiom: nothing ventured, nothing gained


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2 comments on “Venture 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 26”

    • Welcome aboard! This is your first comment here, and please let it not be your last one. I mean please keep on doing that.
      To understand the message implied in this short passage, which is authentic, you need to know the meaning of punchline, venture debit and “loan” as a verb. That’s the actual way you can expand your vocabulary.
      This passage is basically about using sense of humor to reduce the level of stress in the workplace. She jokes about the loan maturing eventually, which means that you’ll be able to redeem it and pay it back completely, but that is not the case about a psychologist (sense of humor).
      And the punchline or the last words of the joke is that you need to compare and contrast (humorously) between a normal loan and a venture debt loan, and conclude if the latter can actually mature or not.
      Please feel free to ask me if you have further questions.

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