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lull
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the verb “to lull” means to make someone feel calm, relaxed, and tired, possibly even making someone fall asleep: “Most babies are lulled to sleep by the movement of a car.” The phrase “to lull (someone) into doing (something)” means to make someone relax so that he or she is very surprised when something bad happens: “The investor lulled us into thinking that our money was safe, but then we lost it all.” As a noun, a “lull” is a brief pause in an activity or a moment of silence or stillness: “They talked for hours, without a lull in their conversation.” Finally, the phrase “the lull before the storm” is used to talk about the period of time when everything was calm right before a lot of trouble began: “The company seemed to be doing well, but that was just the lull before the storm.” 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 433 – Describing People’s Voices
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 433: Describing People’s Voices.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 433. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the beautiful City of Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com. You can download a Learning Guide for this episode that contains all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions, culture notes, comprehension questions, and a complete transcript of everything we say on this episode.
This episode is called “Describing People’s Voices.” It’s a dialogue between Adriana and Ralph talking about the qualities of people’s voices, common adjectives we use to describe different voices. Let’s get started.
Adriana: Shhh, I’m trying to listen to the radio.
Ralph: How can you listen to that radio station? All of their deejays have such funny voices.
Adriana: That’s precisely why I like it. Take this guy, Kevin. He has a deep, husky voice
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