لغت انگلیسی
to cover (one’s) ass
معنی و توضیح
to protect oneself from blame; to protect oneself from
مثال
Jeremiah is trying to cover his ass by saying that he never wanted to hire
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Dealing With a Language Barrier». 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 1,140 – Dealing With a Language Barrier.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,140. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
Our website is ESLPod.com. Go there and become a member of ESL Podcast. When you do, you can download a Learning Guide for this episode that contains a complete transcript of everything we say in this lesson. This episode is called “Dealing With” (or handling, taking care of) “a Language Barrier” – when two people can’t understand each other. Let’s get started.
Carol: Send another memo to the Gibberese office. I think we have our wires crossed again.
Art: Don’t you think it would be better to call the office and speak to someone there? You might be able to get to the bottom of the misunderstanding more quickly.
Carol: I don’t speak Gibberish and we don’t have anyone bilingual in the office to act as an interpreter.
Art:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.