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The word “overhead,” in this podcast, means the amount of money a company has to spend to stay in business, regardless of how many products or services it sells, on things like rent, electricity, telephone, and salaries: “Our office in New York has a much higher overhead than any of our other offices, because the rent is so expensive.” The word “overhead” can also be used to describe the position of anything that is in the sky or above oneself: “Those are some dark clouds overhead. You’d better take an umbrella.” Finally, an “overhead” is a clear, thin piece of plastic that one can write on and then place on a machine called an “overhead projector” so that the text or image appears on a wall or screen: “The teacher prefers to use overheads instead of the chalkboard.” to double as In this podcast, the phrase “to double as” means to serve more than one purpose, or to be used for more than one thing: “A warm blanket can double as a beautiful wall hanging.” The phrase “to double over” means to bend at the waist, almost folding one’s body, usually because one is in a lot of pain or because one is laughing a lot: “It was such a funny joke that we all doubled over with laughter.” The phrase “to double up with (someone)” means to share something with someone, and especially to share a room with someone else: “To save money, the company is asking its employees to double up with each other when they travel on business.” 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 544 – Working from a Home Office
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 544: Working from a Home Office.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 544. 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 called “Working from a Home Office.” It’s a dialogue between Adrina and Victor, using vocabulary associated with having an office at home. Let’s get started.
Adrina: So this is your new home office. It’s nice.
Victor: It’s functional, and I like it. When my company decided to lower its overhead by decentralizing, it gave employees the option to work from home. When I heard that, I didn’t think twice about making the change.
Adrina: I’m not surprised. Lots of people would kill to work from home. Did you have to get dedicated phone and
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