| Id | ESLPod_1090_WE_1855 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 1090 |
| Episode Title | Speaking About the Future |
| Phrase | to go back in time |
| Text | In this podcast, the phrase "to go back in time" means to return to the way things were in an earlier time: "If I could go back in time, I would have asked Meghan to marry me much earlier." The phrase "to get back to doing (something)" means to resume or continue doing something that one had stopped doing: "Once this press conference is over, we can get back to doing our real work." The phrase "to put (something) on the back burner" means to procrastinate or to delay doing something because one needs to focus on other things: "Last semester, Greg's mother got sick, so he had to put his studies on the back burner." Finally, the phrase "to back the wrong horse" means to support something that loses or is not successful: "We thought the new product would succeed, but apparently, we were backing the wrong horse." |
| Topics | About You | Technology |
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