Bum­ping Ex­pe­ri­ments - words to be lear­ned

Use your mo­no­lin­gu­al dic­tio­na­ry. Should the text con­tain more words un­k­nown to you, look those up, too.

ac­ci­den­tal­ly-on-pur­po­se
apo­lo­gy
to apo­lo­gi­ze
striking
cour­te­sy
feel ob­li­ged to do
ac­tual­ly
a ra­ther poor start
knee-jerk / re­flex apo­lo­gy
tech­ni­que
a cross-sec­tion of
live up to one’s re­pu­ta­ti­on / so­meo­ne’s ex­pec­ta­ti­on
to jost­le sb
to ob­tain
by way of
be re­mar­ka­b­ly adept at doing sth
dis­cour­teous
in­ve­te­ra­te
ad­mis­si­on of guilt
an in­grai­ned rule
in­ad­ver­tent(ly)
in­tru­si­on
im­pin­ge­ment
im­po­si­ti­on
in­no­cuous
sin­ce­re
all-pur­po­se word

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