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one-on-one

Date: Nov 08 2007

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“It’s an ongoing dialogue about what living means. It’s not like a one-on-one dialogue. It’s more what you feel back from them.”

Musician Bruce Springsteen on the 30-year relationship between him and his fans. (Rolling Stone)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

one person speaking to or playing against another

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

If you want to talk to someone alone, you say you’d like to speak him or her one-on-one. Or if a teacher gives you some special help after class you can say you got some one-on-one advice. When you’re talking about talking, one-on-one means a conversation between two people with no one else around.

Bruce Springsteen views his career as a convertsation with his fans. But the conversation is not one-on-one. Springsteen is one, but his fans are many and they do not speak with one voice. Springsteen gets a general feeling from his fans and responds to them based on that. It’s a lot less direct than a one-on-one conversation.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“You think you’re good at basketball? Let’s see. Let’s have a game of one on one.”

“I need to talk to you one-on-one about some serious issues.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

it's something private and individual....only two persons can be involved in such a process or dialogue tete-a-tete, face-to-face, hand-to-hand
by Ol'ka
interaction between two persons. One-one-one coaching or one-on-one training are the opposite of coaching a group or training a class. One-on-one training is a customized training for one person.In this case we have just the trainer and one trainee
by demsy
Whisky_Dut i guess the means is only two person--one and another together!
by Whisky_Dut
babyxiao one person face to face confronting another person.
by babyxiao
Red-Onyx one-on-one dialogue means between only you and one other person
by Red-Onyx
two persons talking
by anna1
Adi Putra a Conversation between two person personally
by Adi Putra
between 2 persons
by pauldorsa
m@nuelm@d i guess dat "one-on-one" means, in this particular case, a conversation between only 2 people, u telling me ur ideas and i telling u mine
by m@nuelm@d
rascal22 one person to one person.
by rascal22
nostsaber one person opposite other person
by nostsaber
one-on-one is when two persons talk....just them two,without anyone else to add anything.
by swedishbabe
between two people,involving only two of them.
by Hyrma
It mean being direct communication or exchange between two people or when someone works with only one other person
by fullmooninthenight
kiojohn 1 to 1, a person with another
by kiojohn
directly between two people
by smilekhj
ammarfd it means it is between two people only
by ammarfd
between only two people
by INNOVATIVE PIONEER

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Bahauddin

Åland Islands

i think one on one means where only two people can share their views one says other listens then the other says the opposite listens

10:47 AM Nov 13 2007 |

sahand

sahand

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

we use this phrase when two people speak with each other and nobody takes part in their conversation or when two player play alone we say they have a one on one game

09:40 AM Nov 12 2007 |

patricia_divina_velasquez

Philippines

to talk with one person. just like during consultation where a person is having a one on one conversation

06:04 AM Nov 12 2007 |

ryantoro

ryantoro

Indonesia

one on one = empat mata

02:40 PM Nov 11 2007 |

abdallah

abdallah

Jordan

thanks alot

02:10 PM Nov 11 2007 |

jasonnur

Uzbekistan

it ens face to face

10:10 AM Nov 11 2007 |

mohammad2YAHOO.COM

Israel

GOOD

08:38 PM Nov 10 2007 |

deevine23

deevine23

Philippines

Its a 2 person, playing against each other.

06:35 PM Nov 10 2007 |

lily zeng

lily zeng

China

two people face to face ?

01:54 PM Nov 10 2007 |

bakour

bakour

Syrian Arab Republic

thanx

01:38 PM Nov 10 2007 |

gulian2008

China

give me your msn,let’s have a talk of one and one.

06:12 AM Nov 10 2007 |

abdeeq

abdeeq

Somalia

Wonderfull

04:51 AM Nov 10 2007 |

Pure-Heart

Pure-Heart

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

verey Cool!! I like that

08:15 PM Nov 09 2007 |

addiama

addiama

Ethiopia

i think one on one means to act behave or talk openly or frankly

06:47 PM Nov 09 2007 |

Dubai,Jewels

United Arab Emirates

thanx alot,so intersting

11:03 AM Nov 09 2007 |

weijunjiao

weijunjiao

China

thanks very much.

08:28 AM Nov 09 2007 |

amu9

amu9

United States

i almost understand

07:41 AM Nov 09 2007 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

We can say one on one selling for personal selling because personal selling means interaction between two people (seller and customer/buyer)

04:37 AM Nov 09 2007 |

sophie shen

China

yes,i am learning today,

03:29 AM Nov 09 2007 |

GavinZheng

GavinZheng

China

I am really into a one-on-one in a football game though it’s important to do team work in the game.It drives me exited always.

03:12 AM Nov 09 2007 |

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