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ESLPod_0488_WE_0651 Getting Around Regulations In this podcast, the phrase "to border on (something)" means to almost be something, or to be very close to doing or having something: "Her spending habits border on recklessness." Or, "Their new house is so big that it borders on a mansion." Normally a "border" is the line drawn between two countries, areas, or states: "The United States shares a border with both Canada and Mexico." The verb has the same meaning: "Which states border Nebraska?" In a yard or garden, a "border bed" is the part of the ground next to a house, fence, or path where flowers and bushes grow, next to an area covered with grass: "He planted tulips in the border bed along the front of the house."

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ESLPod 488 to border on Business

Id	ESLPod_0488_WE_0651
Episode Id	ESLPod 488
Episode Title	Getting Around Regulations
Phrase	to border on
Text	In this podcast, the phrase "to border on (something)" means to almost be something, or to be very close to doing or having something: "Her spending habits border on recklessness." Or, "Their new house is so big that it borders on a mansion." Normally a "border" is the line drawn between two countries, areas, or states: "The United States shares a border with both Canada and Mexico." The verb has the same meaning: "Which states border Nebraska?" In a yard or garden, a "border bed" is the part of the ground next to a house, fence, or path where flowers and bushes grow, next to an area covered with grass: "He planted tulips in the border bed along the front of the house."
Topics	Business

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