That means anyone we've ever tried to teach a language, or learn a language from, at least shared certain utterly basic concepts and mental tools.

By working to develop a child's inner strength, you are giving that child the emotional and mental tools needed to stay healthy and happy throughout life.

He has the physical and mental tools for stardom.

One can think logically in English only by extreme effort so bad it is as a mental tool.

In this way, early make-believe fortifies us with a mental tool that is vital for adapting to everyday life!

Most of what we believe comes from mental tools working below our conscious awareness.

The idea is that students will develop stronger reading comprehension skills on their own if the teacher gives them explicit mental tools for unpacking text.

The next moment was one of such confusion that she had no mental tool to understand it.

Q lacked the mental tools to rein himself in.

So overwhelming and powerful were those feelings that they were frightening to him because he no longer had the mental tools to handle them.