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The word “crippled,” in this podcast, means unable to do something, or unable to work properly or correctly: “Without an Internet connection, the employees are crippled and cannot do their work.” Or, “The entire city was crippled by the snowstorm.” When describing people, the world “crippled” is an impolite way to say that someone is disabled, or that his or her body doesn’t work normally: “Was she hurt in a car accident, or was she born crippled?” Or, “Zeb was crippled by polio, but he taught himself to walk again.” Finally, a “cripple” is a person who cannot walk normally, or cannot walk at all, but it is a rude word that shouldn’t be used: “Yvonne always has to use a wheelchair, and she cries whenever anyone calls her a cripple.” to stall In this podcast, the verb “to stall” means to delay doing something, or to do many other unimportant things so that one doesn’t have to do something yet: “Chase is very good at stalling, always finding other things he has to do before he can start his homework.” When talking about cars or machines, the verb “to stall” means for a motor or engine to stop working because it was going too slowly to continue: “The car stalled because he didn’t give it enough time to warm up on the cold morning.” The phrase “to stall (someone)” means to slow a person down, or to stop someone from doing something until one is ready for it: “Verma is almost here, but we haven’t had time to finish getting ready for her surprise birthday party. Quick, stall her so she can’t come in yet!” 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 523 – Having Trouble Making a Decision
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 523: Having Trouble Making a Decision.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 523. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is called “Having Trouble Making a Decision.” It’s a dialogue between Lorenzo and Katia; they’re talking about buying a new television and all of the things that they need to think about. We’ll be hearing a lot of expressions that you might use when you are talking about making a difficult decision. Let’s get started.
Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet?
Katia: No, I’m still looking at consumer reviews and weighing my options. I’m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I’m keeping my options open for now.
Lorenzo: I thought your old TV stopped working three weeks ago. You still haven’t made up your mind about buying a new one?
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