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    imperfect

    US /ɪmˈpə:fɪkt/

    ・

    UK /ɪmˈpɜ:fɪkt/

    A2
    adj.AdjectiveNot being perfect or complete; having a mistake
    It was an imperfect apple because it had dark spots

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    Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33

    14:03Capitalism and Socialism: Crash Course World History #33
    • I should probably point out here that socialism is an imperfect opposite to capitalism, even though the two are often juxtaposed.

      I should probably point out here that socialism is an imperfect opposite to capitalism, even though the two are often juxtaposed.

    • that socialism is an imperfect opposite to capitalism,

      that socialism is an imperfect opposite to capitalism,

    B1

    How to be a Friend to Yourself

    04:11How to be a Friend to Yourself
    • We all emerge from childhood with various biases in our character which evolve to help us cope with our necessarily imperfect parents.

      We all emerge from childhood with various biases in our character which evolve to help us cope with our necessarily imperfect parents.

    • necessarily imperfect parents

      necessarily imperfect parents

    B1

    Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News

    36:00Democratic Presidential Debate - June 26 (Full) | NBC News
    • It was imperfect, but it was a good deal for that moment.

      It was imperfect, but it was a good deal for that moment.

    • It was imperfect, but it was a good deal for that moment.

      It was imperfect, but it was a good deal for that moment.

    B1

    Bill Gates meets Aamir Khan

    42:05Bill Gates meets Aamir Khan
    • so very imperfect, is that the US pays over a, 70% of the profit of marginal medicines

      so very imperfect, is that the US pays over a, 70% of the profit of marginal medicines

    A2

    You don’t have to be perfect...just do this

    03:21You don’t have to be perfect...just do this
    • Every imperfect action you take moves you closer to your goals.

      Every imperfect action you take moves you closer to your goals.

    • Every imperfect action you take moves you closer to your goals.

      Every imperfect action you take moves you closer to your goals.

    A2

    Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS

    13:48Before You Get Back With Your Ex — Watch THIS
    • Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

      Frank answers can spare a couple decades of squabbling. Next, what trouble do I bring into the relationship? How am I difficult to live around? There should be no bristling here. Bearable people have a good handle on their unbearable dimensions. We don't need people to be perfect, we just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain. Then, what trouble do you bring into the relationship? How are you difficult to live around? We need agreement on the mutual complications that are being brought to the table. Both people should write their answers down, then show the other their analyses. Can both sides agree on what's most horrible in each person? The more alignment there can be, the less future criticism has to feel like nagging, and the more it can fit into a kinder project of helping someone to change as they would, at their saner moments, wish to change. Then, which bits of my anxiety and unhappiness did I discover were not, after all, your fault? What continued to be difficult even without you around? It's highly tempting when in a relationship to assume that all the misery we face is the fault of the lover. We attribute to the main person in our lives a commanding role in determining our state of mind. But when they're gone, we may be forced to realise a more complex truth – that our low moods and neuroses have their origins, in large part, in us rather than in them. It can, oddly, no longer all be their fault. How did life remain hard, even without them? What might they not be to blame for? Then, what I now appreciate more properly about you is… We're meant never to lose sight of what was great about them, but in reality, we sometimes need the perspective of time to get clearer about their virtues. In the long months since we were together, what sides of them did we realise we most deeply valued? Then, what did I learn from meeting other people? A truly tricky subject, but as we're realising, it's a capacity for eating humble pie that stands a restarted relationship in such good stead.

    • We just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain.

      We just need them to have a decent sense of how imperfect they are and how much their imperfections are going to cause the other pain.

    B1

    The Learning Organization: Is Your Company Ready for the Future?

    04:03The Learning Organization: Is Your Company Ready for the Future?
    • Because it is imperfect, even friends give their honest opinions.

      Because it is imperfect, even friends give their honest opinions.

    • Because it is imperfect, even friends give their honest opinions.

      Because it is imperfect, even friends give their honest opinions.

    B1

    為什麼你明明討厭這份工作 ► 卻還是緊緊抓著不放?- Peter Dinklage 小惡魔 彼得.丁拉基,大學勵志演講(中英字幕)

    03:28為什麼你明明討厭這份工作 ► 卻還是緊緊抓著不放?- Peter Dinklage 小惡魔 彼得.丁拉基,大學勵志演講(中英字幕)
    • I got a low-paying theater job in a play called Imperfect Love, which led to a film called Thirteen Moons with the same writer, which led to other roles, which led to other roles.

      I got a low-paying theater job in a play called Imperfect Love, which led to a film called Thirteen Moons with the same writer, which led to other roles, which led to other roles.

    • I got a low-paying theater job in a play called imperfect love, which led to a film called 13 moons with the same writer.

      I got a low-paying theater job in a play called imperfect love, which led to a film called 13 moons with the same writer.

    A2

    Christianity's Dirty Secret - Why Conservatives Lose Their Faith In Seminary

    18:50Christianity's Dirty Secret - Why Conservatives Lose Their Faith In Seminary
    • We recognize that these people wrote down these things, and they're potentially imperfect, but it was how they understood the world.

      We recognize that these people wrote down these things, and they're potentially imperfect, but it was how they understood the world.

    • and they're potentially imperfect, but it was how they understood the world.

      and they're potentially imperfect, but it was how they understood the world.

    B1

    The Psychology of Malignant Narcissists - People of the Lie

    13:58The Psychology of Malignant Narcissists - People of the Lie
    • It is out of their failure to put themselves on trial that their evil arises." One of the main self-deceptive mechanisms which the malignant narcissist uses to avoid awareness of his morally imperfect self is, paradoxically, the very mechanism that leads him to commit some of his most evil acts.

      It is out of their failure to put themselves on trial that their evil arises." One of the main self-deceptive mechanisms which the malignant narcissist uses to avoid awareness of his morally imperfect self is, paradoxically, the very mechanism that leads him to commit some of his most evil acts.

    • It is out of their failure to put themselves on trial that their evil arises." One of the main self-deceptive mechanisms which the malignant narcissist uses to avoid awareness of his morally imperfect self is, paradoxically, the very mechanism that leads him to commit some of his most evil acts.

      It is out of their failure to put themselves on trial that their evil arises." One of the main self-deceptive mechanisms which the malignant narcissist uses to avoid awareness of his morally imperfect self is, paradoxically, the very mechanism that leads him to commit some of his most evil acts.

    A1