R3. Reach out / Rife / Recap

1. reach out to
: to show somebody that you are interested in them and/or want to help them; to try to get people's interest or attention
: to communicate with someone, especially by using a phone, sending them an email, etc.:
: to try to communicate with a person or a group of people, usually in order to help or involve them:
: seek to establish communication with someone, with the aim of offering or obtaining assistance or cooperation.

 

ex) The new mayor is reaching out to inner city communities to involve them in his plans for the city.
ex) She set up her charity to reach out to the thousands of homeless on the streets.
ex) The organization is trying to reach out to people of all ages and from all levels of society.
ex) The church needs to find new ways of reaching out to young people. 
ex) The makers of this movie have tried to reach out to an older audience
ex) I apologize for being so short with you guys the last time you reached out to me.
ex) Thanks again for reaching out.

ex) Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about study abroad.

 

 

2. rife
: If something unpleasant is rife, it is very common or happens a lot:

 

ex) The office is rife with rumors that many of us will be fired.

ex) It is a country where corruption is rife.

ex) Rumors are rife that he is going to resign.

ex) Most everything that happened to them was rife with misfortune, misery, and despair. 

 

 

3. recap
: to give a brief summary of what has been done or said before

: You can say that you are going to recap when you want to draw people's attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the main points of an explanation, argument, or description, as a summary of it.

 

ex) Let me just recap on what we’ve decided so far. 
ex) Just to recap, 
ex) All right, let's recap.
ex) At the end of the program, the announcer recapped the day's news. 
ex) Before we continue, let's recap what we have done so far. 
ex) The article provides a short recap of recent political developments.
ex) To recap briefly, an agreement negotiated to cut the budget deficit was rejected 10 days ago.