عبارت انگلیسی
handful
معنی و توضیح
The word “handful,” in this podcast, means a lot of work, or something that is challenging to deal with and manage: “Young children can be a handful, but they’re also a source of so much joy and happiness.” A “handful” is also the amount of something that one can hold in one hand: “She added a handful of sliced carrots to the stew.” Or, “He often eats a handful of almonds as a snack in the afternoon.” Finally, a “handful” can be used to describe a small amount of something or a small number of something: “They reserved a large conference room because they thought a lot of people would attend, but only a handful of people came to the meeting.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Having Well- and Badly-Behaved Children». 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 622: Having Well- and Badly-Behaved Children.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 622. 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 Josephine and Ray talking about children who behave – who act in a nice way, and sometimes in a not nice way. Let’s get started.
Josephine: Hello.
Ray: Hi, Josephine, it’s Ray. We have a meeting today at 10 a.m. and I was wondering if you would mind if I brought my kids with me. Their babysitter didn’t show up.
Josephine: Oh, sure. That’s no problem. Your children are so well-behaved. Even at their
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