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commission
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The word “commission,” in this podcast, means the amount of money that a person receives for selling something, usually as a percentage of the total amount: “How much of a commission do you get for selling a new car?” The phrase “to work on commission” means to make money by earning commissions: “Salespeople who work on commission don’t get any money if they don’t sell anything.” As a verb, “to commission” means to ask an artist, musician, or writer to work on something: “Jacques commissioned a painting of his parents’ home in New Orleans.” A “commission” is also a group or organization that is responsible for something: “The Human Rights Commission is interested in learning about how countries use children as workers.” to get in the way In this podcast, the phrase “to get in the way” means to prevent someone from doing what he or she wants or needs to do: “Don’t let your job get in the way of your spending time with your family.” The phrase “to get out of the way” means to move so that one is no longer blocking someone’s path: “Please get out of the way! This box is very heavy.” The phrase “to go out of (one’s) way to do (something)” means to make an extra effort to do something nice for another person: “Terry went out of his way to make a nice dinner for you tonight.” Finally, the phrase “to get (one’s) way” means to be able to do what one wants to do even though other people don’t like it: “Why does Eddie always gets his way when the family decides where to go on vacation?” 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 284 – A Friendly Rivalry
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «A Friendly Rivalry». 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 284: A Friendly Rivalry.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 284. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Remember to visit our website at eslpod.com. If you click on the name of this episode, you can see the script for the dialogue in this episode. If you want a complete transcript, with all of the definitions, sample sentences, cultural notes, additional definitions, and a complete transcript of everything we say on the podcast, you can download one of our Learning Guides.
This episode is called “A Friendly Rivalry.” A “rivalry” is like a competition between two people. And we're going to listen to a dialogue between Veronica and Bogdan about a rivalry at work. Let's get started.
Veronica: I’m finishing up for the day. Do you want to walk out together?
Bogdan: Yeah, that would be great, if you don’t mind waiting until I’ve finished sending this email. I’m letting Tom know that I got another account. That makes four new customers this week.
Veronica: Congratulations,
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.