Phrases & Expressions

To have only small plans or limited ambitions.

• If you think small, your business will stay small.
• Don't think small; this project could change the whole industry.

The idea that the physical environment and materials can actively support children's learning and development.

• They believe in the environment as third teacher.
• The classroom design reflects the environment as third teacher.

A statistical method used to predict the probability of a binary outcome (yes/no) based on predictor variables.

• Logistic regression can predict customer churn.
• They applied logistic regression to the dataset.

Vertical movement of air in the atmosphere, often leading to showers and thunderstorms.

• There is a risk of convective activity this afternoon.
• Convective activity can cause sudden changes in weather.

The area between the social foundation and the ecological ceiling, where human needs are met without harming the planet.

• The goal is to operate within a safe and just space.
• Doughnut economics aims to keep humanity within a safe and just space.

In the Reggio Emilia approach, the many ways children express themselves, such as drawing, music and play.

• Children have a hundred languages to express themselves.
• The Reggio Emilia approach is based on the idea of the hundred languages of children.

Starting a story in the middle of the action, with earlier events explained later through flashback or dialogue.

• The film opened in medias res with a car spinning across the road.
• Opening in medias res can hook a reader instantly but demands careful exposition later.