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In this podcast, the word “foul” means very unpleasant: “Bryan hates changing his daughter’s foul-smelling diapers.” The phrase “foul language” means bad or rude words that may be offensive: “Please don’t use foul language around the children.” If someone is in a “foul mood,” he or she is in a very bad mood and might get angry very easily: “Don’t do anything to make Mom mad. She’s in a really foul mood today.” In sports, a “foul” is an action that doesn’t follow the rules: “The player got a foul for hitting another player.” Finally, the phrase “foul play” means an illegal or dishonest activity, or murder: “The newspaper said she died of natural causes, but the police suspect foul play.” 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 543 – Describing Different Smells
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 543: Describing Different Smells.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 543. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. Go there today to download the Learning Guide for this episode, that will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Describing Different Smells.” It’s a dialogue between Julia and Giles talking about the different words we use to describe how things smell in English. Let’s get started.
Giles: Do you really think we’ll be able to renovate this place and turn it into a restaurant?
Julia: It’s not so bad. I know it smells a little stale and musty in here, but all we need to do is air it out.
Giles: Air it out? This place needs a lot more than an airing out. The kitchen smells putrid. I wonder what died in there.
Julia: There is a faint smell of something nasty in there, but I don’t think it permeates through the rest of the building, do you?
Giles: No,
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