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Please, help me understand these words :dumbing down, interpersonal skills, streaming. Thanks lot !

By the way, should I write a lot or alot ? :)

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    'dumb down' means to make easier or more simple. It could be in the context of making a technical process or instructions easier enough for a non-expert to use. Or, it could be more general, in the context of making something easy enough for anyone, even stupid, to use or understand.

    Interpersonal skills are communication and social skills. This is how you communicate, understand and work with people.

    Streaming depends on context. You have streaming video online, where you watch something live or without having to download it first. It's also used in education where advanced students are put into a 'stream' so they can learn some subject like math or science at a higher level. There could be other meanings.

    'alot' is a common mistake. It should be 'a lot'.

    Hello Kate! I don't know much English but I will try to explain to you ok:

    -Dumbing down: Is the process to become something or someone clumsy or stupid. For example, for example a person who watch TV all day, and watch stupid TV Shows, he or she is dumbing down.

    -Interpersonal: Is when there is an action between two people, they do together. For example a phone call between two people.

    -Skills: Ability, intelligence, capacity to do something. For example if your are good painter, you have skills with the pencil, chalk, brushes or colours.

    -Streaming: Communicate, deliver or send something. For example you tell your friend a family story, You're transmitting a story.

    I hope you understand those words, likewise you help to me because I didn't know some words :) and now I know.

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