to be holed up

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 513: Snooping and Eavesdropping.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 513. 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 called “Snooping and Eavesdropping.” These are different ways of gathering or collecting information secretly, sometimes illegally. We’ll listen to a conversation Enrique and Stella, who are trying to get information about Stella’s boyfriend. Let’s get started.

Enrique: I don’t know how you talked me into coming with you to Dan’s apartment to rifle through his papers. This snooping is stupid! If you have suspicions, you should just talk to him.

Stella: Confront him without any evidence? That would be the height of stupidity.

Enrique: Instead, we’re holed