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number
معنی و توضیح
The word “number,” in this podcast, refers to a phone number: “Jorge changed his phone number so he wouldn’t get any more calls from his ex-girlfriend.” A number can also be used to mean a performance, such as a “dance number” or “musical number”: “Our school’s talent show has two musical numbers and one dance number.” “To do a number on (someone)” is to treat someone poorly, or to trick or deceive them: “The repair person did a number on me by doing a poor job at fixing my shower and then charging me a lot of money for it!” Finally, “by the numbers” means to do something according to the rules or in the way that it is normally expected to be done: “My manager likes everything to be done by the numbers.” better yet In this podcast, the phrase “better yet” means even better and is a phrase used to emphasize what comes next as an even better idea than what one had just talked about: “Let’s replace the tile in the kitchen. Better yet, let’s put in hardwood floors and granite countertops!” The phrase “the better part of (something)” means most or almost all of something: “We spent the better part of the year on that project, so we were very disappointed when it was canceled.” The phrase “one’s better half” refers to one’s spouse (husband or wife): “This is my better half, Rodrigo.” Finally, the phrase “against (one’s) better judgment” describes doing something even though one didn’t think it was a very good idea: “Against my better judgment, I agreed to let Shane pick the paint colors for the house.” 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 837 – Driving While Calling and Texting
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 837: Driving While Calling and Texting.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 837. 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. Download a Learning Guide. Go to our ESL Podcast store and improve your English even faster. I’m trying a lower voice to day. I’m going to try to talk like that, kind of like Elvis. Well, not like Elvis.
This episode is a dialogue between Pamela and Josh who are calling and texting and doing all sorts of things when they shouldn’t be doing them. Let’s get started.
Pamela: [laughs] Did you see this tweet from Sarah? She’s so funny.
Josh: Hold on. I’m texting Lance. I want to make sure he knows where we’re meeting up.
Pamela: [cell phone rings] Hello. Oh, hi Lance. Did you get Josh’s text? You didn’t? Let me IM you, bye.
Josh: I wonder why Lance didn’t get my text.
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