(one’s) lips are sealed

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 516: Naming and Appointing Officials.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 516. 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 a dialogue between Goran and Anne. It is about when you have official appointments in a company or in a government. When someone takes a new job – takes a new position, we have some particular vocabulary we use that will be discussed in dialogue. Let’s get started.

Goran: Who do you think will be appointed to succeed Ramon on the board?

Anne: I don’t know whom they’ll pick to fill the position, but I know who the candidates are. The higher ups have been quietly vetting three people to make sure they don’t have any skeletons in their closets.

Goran: Really? Who are they?

Anne: I’m not at liberty to say, but I think at least two of the candidates