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ESLPodcast1003–DescribingDuration

GLOSSARY

featurefilm–afull-lengthmovie,usuallybetween70and210minuteslong

*Thetheatershowedsixpreviewsbeforethefeaturefilmbegan.

interminable–seeminglyunending;boringandlastingaverylongtime

*Thedrivewasinterminableonthebusyways,butwefinallygotbackhome.

tomovelip–toadvanceveryquickly;tomoverapidly

*Thesoldierswereorderedtomovelip.

todrag–tomoveoradvanceslowly;toseemtomoveslowlybecause

somethingisboringoruninteresting

*Themeetingsusedtodrag,butthenourmanagerdecidedthatnobodywould

beallowedtositdown.Noweveryonewantsthemeetingstobeasshortas

possible,becausetheydon’twantremainingstandingforalongtime.

to–toreasethespeedorrhythmofsomething;torease

noticeably

*Businessreallypickedupaftertheholidays.

shortandsweet–nottakingverylong,andbeingpleasantandenjoyable

*Thisbookisshortandsweet.Youcanprobablyreaditinonesitting.

(one’s)mindstartstowander–onelosesconcentrationandbegins

daydreamingorthinkingaboutsomethingelse,notwhatoneshouldbefocusing

on

*AsBrettlookedoutthewindowofhisoffice,hismindstartedtowandertohis

nsfortheweekend.

tocheckout–tostoppayingattentiontosomething;tonolongerfocusonwhat

oneissupposedtobeconcentratingon

*Thestudentsalllookbored.Ithinkmostofthemcheckedoutafewminutes

aftertheprofessorstartedspeaking.

engrossing–veryinteresting,demandingone’sfullattentionandinvolvement

*Jennafindsherworkinthelabsoengrossingthatsheoftenforgetstoeat

lunch.

tozipby–toproceedveryquickly;forsomethingtoappeartooccurquicklyand

fortimetopassquickly

*Theironeweekv