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civil
معنی و توضیح
The word “civil,” in this podcast, means polite but not friendly: “Rebecca doesn’t like her neighbor, but she is always civil to him, saying ‘good morning’ when she passes him on the street.” The word “civil” is also used to talk about people or things that are not part of the military: “Andrew isn’t a soldier, but he works for the army in a civil job.” “Civil” also refers to people or things that are not related to religion: “Did you two get married in a church, or did you have a civil ceremony?” Finally, the word “civil” can be used to refer to all the people who live in a country: “The U.S. Civil War was fought between the North and South.” to act out In this podcast, the phrase “to act out” means to behave poorly, usually to get attention: “When the student began acting out in the classroom, her teacher spoke with her parents to try to understand why.” The phrase “to act on (something)” means to do something because of advice or a recommendation that one received: “Acting on the banker’s advice, we opened a less expensive checking account.” The phrase “to act up” means for something to not work as it should: “My knee has been acting up ever since I got in that car accident.” Or, “If your car is still acting up, you can pay to get it fixed.” Finally, the phrase “to act (one’s) age” means to stop acting like a child and begin acting more responsibly: “You need to act your age and stop playing with dolls!” 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 397 – Being a Divorced Parent
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Being a Divorced Parent». 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 397: Being a Divorced Parent.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 397. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there to download a Learning Guide for this episode. Our Learning Guides contain all of the vocabulary, definitions, new sample sentences using the words that we discuss in the episode, additional explanations not found on the audio podcast, cultural notes, comprehension checks, and a complete transcript of every word we say on this episode. You can also take a look at our ESL Podcast Store, where we have some additional business and personal English courses we think you will be interested in.
This episode is called “Being a Divorced Parent.” It’s a dialogue between Oscar and Penny, talking about the problems, the sometimes difficulties, of being a parent, taking care of your son or daughter, when you are divorced – when you have legally separated from your husband or wife. Let’s get started.
Oscar:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.