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The word “royalty,” in this podcast, means an amount of money paid to a company or person for being able to use something that it, he, or she has produced, usually based on the amount of sales: “The author wrote a best-selling book, and now receives enough money from the royalties so that he doesn’t have to work.” The word “royalty” is also used to refer to members of a royal family, or the family of a king or queen: “Princess Diana was a very popular member of the British royalty.” The phrase “to treat (someone) like royalty” means to treat someone very well, as if he or she were related to a king or queen: “To celebrate their anniversary, he treated her like royalty, taking her to the nicest restaurant in town.” to be subject to In this podcast, the phrase “to be subject to (something)” means to have something apply to oneself, to have to do something, or to be forced to do something: “Zede works from home because she doesn’t want to be subject to a regular work schedule.” Or, “Coletta was subjected to her classmates’ laughter when her mother made her wear an ugly orange sweater to school.” The phrase “to subject to (something)” can mean to make a group of people be governed by another government: “During the war, they were subject to military rule.” Finally, if something is “subject to (something),” it means that it cannot happen or be finished until something else happens: “They plan to travel to Vermont next month, subject to their ability to find inexpensive airline tickets.” 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 356 – Starting a Franchise Business
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 356: Starting a Franchise Business.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 356. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Visit our website at eslpod.com and download a Learning Guide for this episode. The Learning Guide contains all of the vocabulary, definitions, sample sentences, additional definitions that we don’t discuss on the podcast, cultural notes, comprehension questions, and a complete transcript of everything we say. If you’re interested in improving your English as fast as possible, then the Learning Guide is for you!
On this episode, we are going to talk about starting a franchise business. This is a business that pays a larger company for the right – for the permission to use their goods – their services. For example, McDonald’s is a large restaurant company; you can buy a franchise. You can open your own McDonald’s and use their material – their food by paying money to the larger McDonald’s company. We’re going to hear a dialogue between Magdalena and Phil about opening a franchise. It includes lots of other general business vocabulary
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