Most people, in response to their inner stress, have learned to protect against the feeling in a number of ways: arguing, defending, explaining, attacking, withdrawing or complying.
Under the heading of Understand they suggest using words like "comprehend," "defend," "explain," and "exemplify".
Mr. Obama's remarks on Friday followed weeks of criticism by Democrats in Congress, who had said that he needed to do a better job of defending and explaining the law.
After five years at the University of Oxford, during which he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry but was prevented by ill health from sitting for an honours degree, Ruskin returned, in 1842, to his abandoned project of defending and explaining the late work of Turner.
Instead of defending or explaining what to these ears is a brilliantly composed and performed work, programmers seem to be bowing to the outrage generated by its dimmest, least informed listenership.
During the remainder of the press conference the defending champion explained why, in fact, he is deeply unhappy and again contemplating retirement.
And I'm willing to give her or anyone who defends her the benefit of defending it or explaining it, but on its face, it seems to be rather serious".
He underlined the importance of defending the poor when he explained why he had decided to take the name of St. Francis of Assisi, who is associated with austerity and help for the poor.
Here he explains the ramifications of defending free speech.
If males defend resources that are important to females, instead of defending females directly, resource defense can explain the evolution of pair-living [Emlen & Oring, 1977; van Schaik & Dunbar, 1990; Wrangham, 1979].
