The best way to confirm and avoid misunderstanding between the conversationalists is to repeat what the other person is saying so that the other person knows you were listening and both of you have the same idea.
The issue is not the misunderstandings between non-Muslims and Muslims, according to Mr. Charfi, but failures within the Islamic world to take on the fundamentalists.
That's the key misunderstanding between gun-control advocates and the wide swath of voters they need on their side: Americans are OK with guns.
For Richard, in this story, the misunderstanding is the slippage between how he sees himself and how the world sees him.
Trying to explain the situation away, Sunwing, talking to the CBC, said the whole thing was "a misunderstanding between the pilot who left the battery and the pilot who found it".
For instance, if there is a misunderstanding or other form of tension between you and someone else, try talking it out with that person.
The misunderstanding between the sexes is tremendous.
"There is the deep and tragic misunderstanding between the three main parties involved," he said, describing his theory of how violence works in just about any American city.
A major source of confusion and misunderstanding is the failure to distinguish between Lyme disease per se and chronic Lyme disease; the two are not the same, and the terms, which are often and carelessly used interchangeably, suggest different things to different people.
However, the more specific the agreement can be created, the less opportunity there is for misunderstandings between the parties to the agreement.
