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to shape up

معنی و توضیح

to improve; to do better; to begin to meet someone’s expectations

مثال

He’s going to give the new employee one more week to shape up, but if she

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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 413: Talking About Intelligence.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 413. 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 to download a Learning Guide for this episode, which will help you improve through your English even faster.

This episode is called “Talking About Intelligence.” It’s a dialogue between Andre and Josephine, where they’re talking about how smart, or how intelligent, certain people are, and they’ll use a lot of vocabulary related to smart or not so smart people. Let’s get started.

Andre: Mom, I can’t believe I got stuck with Matt as my lab partner in school.

Josephine: Matt? Do I know Matt?

Andre: He lives down the street. He’s Mr. and Mrs. Kemp’s son. He’s a total airhead.

Josephine: Oh, I remember him. He was at your birthday party.

Andre: Yeah, when I was nine years old! That guy is so dense!

Josephine: Matt was always

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