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The word “icing,” in this podcast, means a thick, sweet, colored substance put on the top and sides of a cake as decoration, often creating flowers or words: “Can you use icing to draw a flower on top of each cupcake?” As a verb, “to ice” means to cover a cake in the icing: “Sometimes it’s really hard to ice the sides of a cake.” The phrase “to be just the icing on the cake” describes something that makes a good experience even better: “Wendy was thrilled to find out she was pregnant, and finding out she was going to have twins was just the icing on the cake.” Finally, when talking about an injury, “to ice (something)” means to put ice over part of one’s body so that it does not swell (get bigger): “Richard iced his knee as he was driven to the hospital.” to turn In this podcast, the verb “to turn” means to have a birthday and become one year older: “Most Americans turn 18 before they graduate from high school.” The phrase “to turn the corner” means for something to change in an important way and begin to work better: “Their finances turned the corner once Ingrid found a steady job.” The phrase “to turn (something) on its head” means to make a big and surprising change in how something is done or organized: “The new director turned our organization on its head.” Finally, the phrase “to turn (people’s) heads” means to do something that surprises other people and catches their attention: “The film director’s latest film is really turning people’s heads in the movie industry.” 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 861 – Planning a Children’s Party
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 861: Planning a Children’s Party.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 861. 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 dialog between Sara and Paul, who are planning, who are getting ready for a party, for some children. Let’s get started.
[start of dialog]
Sara: Come on! We need to buy all of the things we need for Gabriel’s party before the store closes.
Paul: Are you sure we need a party? Maybe we can just have a cake and some party hats.
Sara: Are you kidding?! We are going to pull out all the stops. We’ll have streamers, balloons, noisemakers, and party favors. This is going to be really fun.
Paul: I don’t even know if he’d like all that. What are you doing?
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