| Id | ESLPod_0418_WE_0510 | 
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 418 | 
| Episode Title | Getting Bad Service | 
| Phrase | civil | 
| Text | The word "civil," in this podcast, means polite and formal but not friendly: "Those two girls are always civil toward each other, but they never spend time together as friends." A"civil ceremony" is a marriage ceremony that doesn't happen in a church: "Did you get married in the church or did you have a civil ceremony?" A "civil servant" is a person who works in the government: "He has been a civil servant at the U.S. State Department for more than 30 years." A "civil engineer" is a person who makes plans for building roads and bridges: "How many civil engineers are working on that bridge project?" | 
| Topics | Shopping | 
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