Id | ESLPod_0705_WE_1085 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 705 |
Episode Title | An Exclusive Guest List |
Phrase | to buff up |
Text | In this podcast, the phrase "to buff up" means to improve or polish something, or to make something slightly better: "Gracie is taking a class in public speaking to buff up her presentation skills." The phrase "to buff up" can also mean to make one's muscles larger and more defined or toned by lifting weights: "He spends hours every day at the gym, trying to buff up." The verb "to buff" means to rub something with a cloth to make it clean and shiny: "If you buff this silver vase, it will look like new again." Finally, an old-fashioned children's game called "blind man's bluff" is played by having one child cover his or her eyes and then try to catch the other children who are running around him or her. |
Topics | Entertainment + Sports |
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