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The word “draft,” in this podcast, means an early, incomplete version of a written document: “When you write your first draft, try not to worry too much about specific words and phrases. You can always edit what you’ve written later.” A “draft” can also refer to a breeze or wind that comes through a crack in a wall, door, or window: “Do you believe you can get sick by sitting in a draft while your hair is wet?” In sports, “the draft” is the process teams use to pick new players: “Who do you think will be picked first in the draft?” Finally, “the draft” is the process where the government tells people they must fight in a war: “Normally U.S. military service is voluntary, but during a war, all young men must participate in the draft.” to buff up In this podcast, the phrase “to buff up” means to improve or polish something, or to make something slightly better: “Gracie is taking a class in public speaking to buff up her presentation skills.” The phrase “to buff up” can also mean to make one’s muscles larger and more defined or toned by lifting weights: “He spends hours every day at the gym, trying to buff up.” The verb “to buff” means to rub something with a cloth to make it clean and shiny: “If you buff this silver vase, it will look like new again.” Finally, an old-fashioned children’s game called “blind man’s bluff” is played by having one child cover his or her eyes and then try to catch the other children who are running around him or her. 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 705 – An Exclusive Guest List
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 705: An Exclusive Guest List.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 705. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development – I almost forgot there – in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is called “An Exclusive Guest List.” A “guest list” is a list of people you are going to invite to a party. Let’s get started.
Catherine: Do you have a draft of the guest list? We need to get the invitations out next week.
Ralph: It’s not quite done yet. I keep going back and forth about a few people I’m not sure about, like Lacy Say.
Catherine: Lacy Say? She’s a has-been. She hasn’t been in a movie for years. We only want
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