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letter
معنی و توضیح
The word “letter,” in this podcast, means written correspondence sent through the mail: “Historians are reading old letters to learn more about life in the 18th century.” Or, “The bank sent us a letter to let us know that the interest rate will increase next month.” A “letter” is also one of the 26 written symbols that represent sounds in the English language: “How old was your daughter when you started teaching her the letters and numbers?” The phrase “the letter of the law” means adhering to or following exactly how a law was written, even if that isn’t exactly what was meant: “Prepare the tax documents to the letter of the law, or we might have problems with the government.” Finally, the phrase “to the letter” means exactly or precisely: “We followed the driving directions to the letter, but we still got lost.” to be forwarded In this podcast, the phrase “to be forwarded” means to be resent to someone else after an initial delivery: “Any mail sent do our old address will be forwarded automatically to our new address.” The phrase “to look forward to something” means to anticipate something, or think about something that will happen, and be pleased and excited about it: “We are all looking forward to your visit next month.” The phrase “from that time forward” means beginning at that time and continuing to the present: “From that time forward, he never questioned her expertise again.” Finally, “forward-thinking” means thinking about the future and planning for the future: “We have a forward-thinking management team that’s always planning the company’s next steps.” 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 1079 – Receiving Letters and Packages in the Mail
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,079 – Receiving Letters and Packages in the Mail.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,079. 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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On this episode, we have a dialogue between the Celeste and Anwar about getting things in the mail – the old kind of mail, you know, not email. Let’s get started.
Celeste: Did the mail come?
Anwar: Yes, you got some letters and a package.
Celeste: Oh, I hope that one of those envelopes has the photos Naomi promised us. Did you notice the postmark?
Anwar: No, but they’re sitting in the hall.
Celeste: Those photos are overdue and should have been delivered days ago. Naomi thought she might not have put enough postage on the envelope, but I thought it must have been
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