عبارت انگلیسی
wrench
معنی و توضیح
The word “wrench,” in this podcast, means a metal tool with a metal handle and an open u-shaped piece of metal at the top, used to hold onto nuts or a pipe and make them turn: “Plumbers use many wrenches of different sizes to hold onto pipes and turn nuts.” As a verb, “to wrench” means to pull something with a forceful, twisting movement: “Sheila screamed when her baby was wrenched out of her arms.” The phrase “to wrench (oneself) away” means to pull away from another person or thing: “If you can wrench yourself away from the TV for a while, I’d like to talk to you.” Finally, the phrase “to throw a monkey wrench in the works” means to do something that causes problems for other people and slows down or prevents progress: “That storm is going to throw a monkey wrench in the works for our vacation.”
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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 907 – Buying Tools at a Hardware Store.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 907. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in the city of, the beautiful city of, Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is a dialog about buying tools, things you use in order to fix other things or make other things, at a hardware store, a place where you buy tools. Let’s get started.
[start of dialog]
Chuck: Just remember that we have a lot to accomplish today, so let’s just get what we need and go, okay?
Ayaka: Sure, we just need a few tools for our DIY project. The power tools are over there.
Chuck: Whoa, we’re not getting power tools. We just need a few simple hand tools: a hammer, a wrench, a chisel,
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