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The word “dull,” in this podcast, means boring or uninteresting: “This job is so dull on Friday afternoons, when few people come into the office.” When describing a knife or another object used for cutting, “dull” means not sharp: “This knife is too dull to even cut through a tomato.” Or, “These scissors are dull. You’ll be able to cut more easily if you sharpen them.” The word “dull “can also mean not shiny: “Use this polishing cloth to transform those dull jewels into shining beauties.” Finally, when the weather is “dull,” there is little sunshine and there are many clouds: “When he looked out the window and saw another dull, gray day in the Pacific Northwest, he sighed deeply.” to rush past In this podcast, the phrase “to rush past” means to move past something quickly, without taking the time to look at it or examine it closely: “While most shoppers were rushing past the street musicians, Xena stopped to listen, dance, and then give them some money.” The phrase “to rush around” means to do many things very quickly: “They spent the morning rushing around, taking clothes to the dry cleaner, going to the bank, buying groceries, and going to the post office.” Finally, the phrase “to rush (something) through” means to make something happen more quickly than it would normally, especially in government offices, departments, or systems: “Usually it takes years to approve a new medicine, but the FDA rushed the vaccine through the process.” 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 1139 – Major Historical Periods
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,139 – Major Historical Periods.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,139. 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 Livy and Nicholas about the vocabulary we use in English to describe important periods or times in history. Let’s get started.
Livy: Tell me again why we’re here on a Saturday afternoon.
Nicholas: You’re going to love this museum. It has artifacts and exhibits from all the major periods in history, from prehistoric days to the present.
Livy: Hmm, fascinating.
Nicholas: It is, isn’t it? We follow the timeline of human history
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