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nut
معنی و توضیح
The phrase “health nut,” in this podcast, means a person who is very interested in having a healthy lifestyle, eating only healthy foods and getting a lot of exercise: “She’s such a health nut that she’ll probably live until she’s 100 years old!” A “nut” is a person who is very excited and enthusiastic about something, or who likes something very much: “He’s a nut for skiing.” A “nut” is also a crazy or insane person, or a person who behaves in strange ways: “A nut is standing on the street corner, shouting about the end of the world.” The phrase “a tough nut to crack” is used to talk about a problem that is very difficult to solve, or a situation that is very difficult to deal with: “Figuring out this computer password is going to be a tough nut to crack!”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Dietary Restrictions and Preferences». 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 390: Dietary Restrictions and Preferences.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 390. 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 and download a Learning Guide for this episode, which will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Dietary Restrictions and Preferences.” It’s a dialogue between Tony and Carmela. “Dietary” refers to what you eat, so the conversation will be about different types of food – different things that people can’t eat because of their particular preferences or medical restrictions. Let’s get started.
Tony: Who did you invite over for dinner Saturday?
Carmela: I invited Keith, Sung, Stephanie, and Luis.
Tony: You didn’t!
Carmela: I did. Why?
Tony: You’re going to have a hard time cooking for them. Keith is a vegan and only eats food that’s organic. Sung is lactose intolerant and his doctor put him
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