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"Build a Tower" Vocabulary, Part 1

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    Vocabulary from the TEDTalk "Build a tower, build a team"
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  • ____________ is an important part of effective teamwork. (incorporation | jockeying for power | collaboration | conducting)
    collaboration
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  • The director ________ action scenes into his movie to make it more exciting. (facilitated | collaborated | incorporated | executed)
    incorporated
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  • Our lunch break isn't long. We always ___________ time. (run out of | run away with | run over | run into)
    run out of
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  • Before they began, they ________ themselves to the task, to understand what their goal was and how they could reach it. (facilitated | collaborated | oriented | conducted)
    oriented
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  • Teams can waste a lot of time when people fight to be the leader, or ___________.
    jockey for power
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  • It helps to __________ all the pieces before you begin building. (lay over | lay over | lay on | lay about)
    lay out
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  • After they built their spaghetti tower, they __________ placed the marshmallow at the top. (lamely | sketchy | cheating | gingerly)
    gingerly
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  • Because the bridge was not built well, over time it began to _______. (stabilize | sketch | execute | buckle)
    buckle
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  • When you ________ on your learning, you're only hurting yourself!! (lame | cheat | buckle | crisis)
    cheat
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  • If you want to improve, you should listen to your teacher's ____________. (feedback | conduct | criticism | execution)
    feedback
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  • They built several __________ before they decided on a final design. (prototypes | sketches | collaborations | tweaks)
    prototypes
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  • The typical age for ___________ is five or six.
    kindergarten
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