Id | ESLPod_0256_WE_0186 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 256 |
Episode Title | Looking for Ideas |
Phrase | block |
Text | The word "block," in this podcast, means an inability to think of something: "Sometimes exercise can help to clear your mental block." A "block" is also a group of buildings that are in a square that is surrounded by streets on all four sides: "Our apartment building is on a block with a small grocery store and a movie theater." A "block" can also be a cube of any type of material: "The child was using plastic blocks to build a house." Or, "The small pieces of ice froze into one large block." As a verb, "to block" means to stop something from moving through something else: "The accident blocked traffic for miles." Or, "Putting too much toilet paper down the toilet can sometimes block the pipes." |
Topics | Business |
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