Boundaries And Respect

3 words in this vocabulary list

noun a person's business or affairs

verb to not concern or involve someone else

pronoun referring to nobody

  • One's personal affairs should be nobody's business but their own.
  • Hey, what I do in my free time is nobody's business, okay?
  • My love life is totally off-limits, it's nobody's business.
  • The way I handle my problems is my own business, it's nobody's business to interfere.

adjective an adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun, in this case 'overfamiliar' describes someone who is excessively familiar or informal

  • The employee's overfamiliar attitude towards their supervisor was deemed unprofessional.
  • Don't get too overfamiliar with your new classmates right away; it's better to take things slow.
  • She's always been a bit too overfamiliar with people she just met.
  • The overfamiliar tone of the book's narrator made it feel like a close friend was telling the story.

verb A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence. In this case, 'be' is a verb that indicates a state of existence or being.

pronoun A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it). In this case, 'someone' is a pronoun that refer

  • It is important to respect others' boundaries and sometimes it's best to just leave someone be.
  • Hey, just leave me be for a while, I need some space.
  • Stop bothering me, just leave me be!
  • When dealing with a difficult situation, sometimes it's best to take a step back and leave someone be to figure things out on their own.