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The word “pace,” in this podcast, means the speed or rate of something, especially of a race or of a book that one is reading: “I don’t like running with Mitch because he runs at such a slow pace.” A “pace” is also a step or the distance that is covered by one step: “Please move one pace to the left.” The phrase “to set the pace” means to decide how quickly a group of people will move by beginning to move at that speed: “Whenever they go hiking, her father sets the pace by walking in front.” Finally, the phrase “to keep pace with (someone or something)” means to increase or change as quickly as someone or something else is doing: “The company’s production can’t keep pace with sales, so there aren’t enough products for all the people who want to buy them.” to drag In this podcast, the verb “to drag” means to do something very slowly, or for something to feel very slow, boring, and uninteresting: “This TV show is dragging. Let’s watch something more interesting.” The verb “to drag” also means to carry something so that part of it is touching the ground, usually because it is too big or heavy to lift into the air: “Please stop dragging your jacket on the ground. It’s getting dirty.” The phrase “to drag (one’s) feet” or “to drag (one’s) heels” means to do something very slowly because one doesn’t want to do it: “I know you don’t want to fire him, but stop dragging your feet and do it now so that you can stop worrying about it so much.” 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 430 – Talking About Books
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 430: Talking About Books.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 430. 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 to download the Learning Guide for this episode, which will help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is called “Talking About Books.” It’s a dialogue between Maggie and Kurt using some common vocabulary we might use in talking about and recommending books. Let’s get started.
Maggie: What did you think of the book you started last week?
Kurt: Oh, I liked it well enough.
Maggie: Wow, that’s a glowing recommendation.
Kurt: Well, it started off with a bang and the suspense in the first half was great. I couldn’t put it down. Then, the pace changed in the second half and it was an effort to finish it.
Maggie: Really? I read it a few months ago and I loved it. I thought the characterization
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