عبارت انگلیسی
sides
معنی و توضیح
In this podcast, the word “sides” refers to small amounts of food eaten with a main dish, eaten “on the side”: “Where are the sides I ordered with our fried chicken?” However, a side can also mean the outer edge of a shape or object: “A square has four sides, a triangle has three, and an octagon has eight.” The areas on either side of the human torso above the hips and below the arms are also called “sides”: “He had surgery to have his liver removed, and now he has scars on his sides.” A side can also be a belief or point of view: “After speaking with him about this issue, I can now see his side.” Finally, to say that a person is from “the wrong side of the tracks” means that the person lived in a dangerous or bad neighborhood: “Joe grew up on the wrong side of the tracks; his parents sold drugs and his brother went to jail.” to be short The phrase, “to be short,” in this podcast means that someone doesn’t have enough of something, specifically money: “I want to buy this pair of shoes, but I’m three dollars short.” Short can also mean the opposite of “tall”: “The girl is very short and cannot reach the box on the high shelf.” Short is also the opposite of “long” when referring to amounts of time: “It was a short bus ride to Sarah’s house.” To “be short with” means to grow angry or irritable with another person: “He was very tired, and was short with the little girl when she asked for a new toy.” “To short change” is to cheat a person of money during a transaction by giving that person back less money than is owed: “I was short changed at that store yesterday when I gave the clerk one dollar for a 25 cent piece of candy and he only gave me 50 cents back.” 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 373 – Ordering Food for Delivery
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 373: Ordering Food for Delivery.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 373. 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 about ordering food from a restaurant to be delivered to your house. It’s a conversation between a woman who’s calling and ordering the food and the restaurant employee. Let’s get started.
Order clerk: Hello, Torino’s Restaurant.
Nancy: Hello, I’d like to place a delivery order.
Order clerk: Can I have your address and the major cross streets, please?
Nancy: It’s 1212 Main Street, and the nearest cross streets are Speedway and Highland.
Order clerk: Okay, it looks like you’re in our delivery area. What would you like to order?
Nancy: I’d like an order of spaghetti. Does that come with any sides?
Order clerk: You have a choice of
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