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drill
معنی و توضیح
The word “drill,” in this podcast, means an exercise, or something that is practiced repeatedly so that one is prepared for what might happen in a real event: “During the earthquake drill, people are supposed to hide underneath their desks.” When talking about teaching, a “drill” is a technique that teachers use by having students repeat something many times in order to learn it: “These spelling drills are boring and not very effective.” When talking about tools, a “drill” is a machine that makes a hole in a hard surface: “Try to drill a small hole in the board before you pound the nail in.” Or, “The sound of the dentist’s drill made the patient extremely nervous.” Finally, the phrase “the drill” refers to how things are normally done: “By the end of your first week on the job, you’ll know the drill around here.” about face In this podcast, the phrase “about face” is used to tell someone to turn around, especially in the military: “About face! It’s time for inspection.” Outside of the military, an “about-face” is a complete change in one’s opinion or position on something: “Everyone was surprised when the politician made an about-face on the controversial policy.” The phrase “to keep a straight face” means to control oneself and not laugh even though something is very funny: “How could you possibly keep a straight face while she was telling that joke?” Finally, the phrase “on the face of it” means superficially, or as something appears, but not necessarily as it really is: “On the face of it, they seem to have our best interests at heart.” 3 these materials on another website or distributing them in any way is prohibited. www.easytalk.ir English as a Second Language Podcast www.eslpod.com ESL Podcast 1009 – Basic Military Commands
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,009 – Basic Military Commands.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,009. 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 a dialogue between Marta and Bruno about giving commands as you would in the military. Let’s get started.
Marta: What’s going on out here? What’s all that noise?
Bruno: I’m putting the troops through their drills.
Marta: Troops?!
Bruno: Watch this. Hey, I didn’t tell you you could be at ease. Attention! Fall in. Forward, march!
Marta: That’s great, but . . .
Bruno: I’m not done.
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