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stall
معنی و توضیح
The word “stall,” in this podcast, means one small area with a toilet, surrounded by metal or wooden walls and a door that closes to give one privacy in a restroom: “Knock on the stall door to find out whether anyone is inside.” A “stall” is also one small part of a barn where a horse, cow, pig, or other animal is kept: “Every morning he goes to the horse stalls and makes sure that the animals have enough food and water for the day.” As a verb, “to stall” means to procrastinate, or to delay doing something until later: “It was time for the children to go to bed, but they were stalling, asking for a glass of water and a bedtime story so that they wouldn’t have to go to sleep so early.” to give up In this podcast, the phrase “to give up” means to stop trying to do something, usually because it is too difficult, time-consuming, or frustrating: “I give up! This math homework is impossible!” The phrase “to give (something) out” means to distribute something, or to give one copy of something to many people: “She stood on the street corner all day, giving out flyers about the concert.” The phrase “to give (something) away” means to give something to another person for free: “The store gives away free radios to the first 25 customers the day after Thanksgiving.” The phrase “to give (something) away” can also mean to accidentally tell a secret, or to share information that one wasn’t supposed to share: “We were planning a surprise birthday party for Sanjay, but someone gave it away and now he knows all about it.” 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 346 – Using the Restroom
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اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Using the Restroom». 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 346: Using the Restroom.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 346. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from – where else? – beautiful Los Angeles, California, and the Center for Educational Development.
Our website is eslpod.com. On it you can find a Learning Guide for this episode that you can download to help you improve your English even faster. You can also find our ESL Podcast Blog, where several times a week we give you additional help in learning English, and our ESL Podcast Store, where we have business and personal English courses for you to purchase.
This episode is called “Using the Restroom.” A “restroom” is another name for a bathroom – a public, usually, bathroom, where you have toilets and sinks and so forth. Let’s get started.
Denzel: Excuse me, where is the restroom?
Server: It’s down the hall, on your left.
Denzel: Thanks.
When I got into the bathroom, it was a mess. I walked into a stall and there was toilet paper all over the floor. There were no toilet seat covers and the toilet
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