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barely
معنی و توضیح
The word “barely,” in this podcast, means hardly, almost not enough, and without any extra: “What’s wrong? You’ve barely spoken to me all evening.” The word “barely” is also used to emphasize that a number or value is very low: “We barely made $70,000 in profits last year.” The word “bare” means naked and without any clothing or coverings: “Your bare arms are going to get sunburned if you don’t put on some sunscreen.” When talking about trees or bushes, “bare” means without any leaves: “It’s January, so all the trees are bare, but we’ll start to see new leaves in a few months.” Finally, the phrase “with (one’s) bare hands” means with one’s own hands, without using a tool: “Did you really catch that fish with your bare hands? That’s amazing!” to splash the cash In this podcast, the phrase “to splash the cash” means to spend a lot of money in a way that causes other people to notice, especially when buying items that are not necessary and that are expensive: “Why would you splash the cash on designer clothing when you can get similar items at a much lower price at regular department stores?” The phrase “to splash out” means to spend a lot of money on something: “We hated splashing out thousands of dollars for a new roof.” The phrase “to splash around” means to make water fly up in many different directions: “The children had so much fun splashing around in the pool.” Finally, the phrase “to splash across” means for a story or image to be highly visible on the front page of a newspaper: “It was so strange to see Dad’s face splashed across the newspaper.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1237 – Disagreements About Spending Money
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اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Disagreements About Spending Money». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,237 – Disagreements about Spending Money.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,237. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit ESLPod.com, please. When you do, you can take a look at our ESL Podcast Store that has additional courses in Business and Daily English. Isn’t that wonderful? I think it is. You can also check out our ESL Podcast Blog on that same web address.
This episode is a dialogue about how to spend money. Sounds like fun. Let’s get started.
Ezra: Wait a minute. What happened to the $500 in our joint account?
Charlotte: I probably paid bills with it. You know that our paychecks barely cover our monthly expenses.
Ezra: I know, but I was counting on that $500 to pay for new tires
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