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upfront
معنی و توضیح
The word “upfront,” in this podcast, means direct, straightforward, and honest, without trying to hide anything: “If you don’t like something about my writing style, please be upfront and tell me, so that I can try to change it.” When talking about billing or payments, “upfront” means ahead of time, or before goods or services are received: “Marty asks his clients to pay 40% of the total cost upfront before he begins a project, with the other 60% payable upon completion.” As two words, “up front” can mean ahead of someone else, or near the front of a room: “The best students tend to sit up front in the classroom.” Or, “We were sitting up front, very close to the movie screen.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Being Genuine and False». 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 640: Being Genuine and False.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 640. 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. Why? Well, because if you do, you can download a Learning Guide for this episode that will help you improve your English even faster. Even faster than what, you ask? Even faster than just listening to the episode, you see!
On this episode we’re going to listen to a dialogue between Javier and Floriane. It’s going to be about people who are genuine – people who mean what they say, and people who are false – who say one thing but mean something else. Let’s get started.
Javier: I saw Terry cozying up to you this morning. What was that about?
Floriane: He was just offering me some advice on my first proposal.
Javier: Sure, he was. What were his true intentions?
Floriane: I think he
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