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decline
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the verb “to decline” means to refuse, deny, or reject, or to say that something cannot happen or cannot be used: “We offered him a glass of 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 384 – Accepting Credit Cards wine, but he declined, saying that he doesn’t drink alcohol.” The verb “to decline” also means to decrease, or to become less or fewer: “The company president is worried that sales will continue to decline.” Another meaning of the verb “to decline” is to become worse: “This neighborhood is declining rapidly because most of the families are out of work.” Finally, “declining years” are the last years of one’s life, when one’s health is not very good and rapidly worsens: “They want to spend their declining years near their children and grandchildren.”
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 384: Accepting Credit Cards.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 384. 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 – that’s www.eslpod.com. You can download a Learning Guide for this episode on our website that will give you all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, comprehension checks, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of everything we say on this episode.
Our episode today is called “Accepting Credit Cards.” It’s a dialogue between Danny and Katy using a lot of vocabulary that we use in business to talk about credit cards and accepting them in a store. Let’s get started.
Danny: Are you sure we should start accepting credit cards from our customers? We’ve always been a cash-only business.
Katy: I think we need to for the convenience of our customers. It won’t be as big a nuisance as you think, with this new cash register.
Danny: The instructions say the merchant has to swipe the cardholder’s card
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