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biting
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the word “biting” means hurtful or cruel: “When I told my brother about my promotion at work, he only made a biting remark that I would have been promoted earlier if I weren’t so lazy.” “Biting” also means to cause a stinging or painful sensation, usual related to the weather: “When the wind blows in the winter it can be biting cold.” The word “biting” is also used to describe certain insects that can wound a person’s skin with their fangs (teeth) or with a sting: “There are many different kinds of biting flies in Alaska.” Finally, the verb “to bite” means to pierce with one’s teeth: “She bit into the apple.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 372 – A Bully at Work
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast episode 372: A Bully at Work.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 372. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com and download a Learning Guide for this episode. The Learning Guide is an 8 to 10 page guide we publish for all of our current episodes that contains all of the vocabulary words, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions that we don’t talk about on the audio portion of the podcast, cultural notes, comprehension checks, and a complete transcript of this episode.
This episode is called “A Bully at Work.” It’s a dialogue between Wanda and Dana about a problem they’re having at their job. Let’s get started.
Wanda: I can’t take it anymore. I try to put up with Robert, but I’ve had enough!
Dana: I’m not surprised. That guy is a big bully and it’s time somebody stood up to him. What has he done now?
Wanda: This was the last straw. We’re both managers and we’re supposed to work together, but Robert looks for every opportunity to put me down in front of our employees.
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