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rush
معنی و توضیح
The verb “to rush,” in this podcast, means to hurry, do something very quickly, or move toward something very quickly: “The shoppers rushed into the store for the big sale.” The phrase “to rush things” means to make a decision too quickly, without taking enough time to think about it: “Don’t you think you’re rushing things by getting married after you’ve dated for only one month?” A “rush” is also an intense feeling of excitement: “She gets a rush from skiing quickly down steep mountains.” Finally, a “rush” is a big party at American universities where students try to get accepted into large social organizations called fraternities (for men) and sororities (for women): “Becca participated in rush last year and now she’s a member of Gamma Delta Delta.” to hand (something) over In this podcast, the phrase “to hand it over” is used to ask someone to give control of a project to oneself, or to let one do or have something: “Hand it over! I want to try playing that game now.” The phrase “to hand it to (someone)” means to compliment someone or say that one admires someone, recognizing that he or she is responsible for something good that has happened: “I have to hand it to Jaime because this project could never have been finished without his hard work.” Finally, the phrase “to hand (something) down to (someone)” means to give something to a younger relative who will live after you have died: “Grandma is going to hand her jewelry down to me.” Or, “This store was handed down to me by my father and I’ll hand it to my daughter when I die.” 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 442 – Flying on Low-Cost Airlines
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Flying on Low-Cost Airlines». 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 442: Flying on Low- Cost Airlines.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 442. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the beautiful City of Los Angeles, California.
Our website is eslpod.com. You can download a Learning Guide for this episode on our website to help you improve your English even faster.
This episode is a dialogue between Sue and Alex about something called “low- cost airlines,” or airlines that do not charge a lot of money for their airline tickets. We’ll talk about some common vocabulary that we use when talking about traveling by air. Let’s get started.
Sue: I just made airline reservations for our trip. Do you want to look over the itinerary before I purchase the tickets?
Alex: Which airline is it?
Sue: It’s McTse Air.
Alex: Oh, no, I don’t want to fly on that low-cost airline! We don’t get assigned seats and
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.