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fling
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The word “fling,” in this podcast, means a romantic relationship that is not serious and lasts for a only a short period of time: “He was hoping for a one-weekend fling, but he was surprised when he found himself falling in love with the woman.” A “fling” can also be a fun period of time when one has no worries and just enjoys oneself: “She decided to make her last month in New York a fun fling, without working or worrying about money.” As a verb, “to fling” means to throw something strongly, but not necessarily very far: “When the students got home, they flung their books onto the table and turned on the TV.” Finally, the verb “to fling (words)” can be used to describe saying something angrily, without thinking 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 569 – Traveling for Singles about the consequences: “Louise flung horrible words at her husband and felt bad about it afterward.”
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 569: Traveling for Singles.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 569. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Go to our website at www.eslpod.com and download a Learning Guide for this episode, it will help you improve your English even faster. You’ll be glad you did!
This episode is called “Traveling for Singles.” It’s dialogue between Ray and Samantha talking about someone who is going on a vacation by themselves. Let’s get started.
Ray: I have a great idea for your next vacation. You should go on a singles cruise.
Samantha: I’m not going on a singles cruise. Everybody will be on the make.
Ray: That’s the point, isn’t it? You can take your pick of single guys. What could be better?
Samantha: I’m not interested in having a fling!
Ray: You’ll never meet anybody if you don’t get out there and mingle. Look, here’s a
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