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flooring
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the word “flooring” means the type of surface that people walk on, especially tile, carpet, or wood floors: “Make sure you pick a paint color for the walls that coordinates with the tile flooring.” A “floor plan” is a drawing showing the shape of a room and the position of furniture within it, as viewed from above: “The interior designer studied floor plans and then made suggestions about better ways to arrange the furniture.” As a verb, “to floor (someone)” means to or say something that strongly shocks another person: “We were all floored by his surprising announcement.” Finally, the phrase “to floor it” means to make a car go very quickly by pressing the accelerator pedal to the floor of the car: “When the car thief saw that police car, he floored it.” 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 1164 – Making Office Renovations
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اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Making Office Renovations». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,164 – Making Office Renovations.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,164. 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 Alice and Dilbert about making changes, physical changes, to an office. Let’s get started.
Alice: I can’t hear you over that hammering. When are these renovations going to be done?
Dilbert: They’re already two weeks past the scheduled completion date and I can only guess at the cost overruns.
Alice:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.