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ESLPod_0295_WE_0265 Playing Video Games In this podcast, the word "console" means a small machine that is used to play video games: "When I was younger, we had an Atari console to play simple video games." A "console" is also the flat surface of a machine that has many buttons: "The people who fly planes have to know what each and every button does on the plane's console." As a verb, "to console (someone)" means to comfort someone, or to be nice to someone who feels very sad or worried: "No one knew how to console Marina when her husband died." Or, "Sometimes the best way to console other people is simply to listen to them talk about why they are so sad."

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ESLPod 295 console Technology

Id	ESLPod_0295_WE_0265
Episode Id	ESLPod 295
Episode Title	Playing Video Games
Phrase	console
Text	In this podcast, the word "console" means a small machine that is used to play video games: "When I was younger, we had an Atari console to play simple video games." A "console" is also the flat surface of a machine that has many buttons: "The people who fly planes have to know what each and every button does on the plane's console." As a verb, "to console (someone)" means to comfort someone, or to be nice to someone who feels very sad or worried: "No one knew how to console Marina when her husband died." Or, "Sometimes the best way to console other people is simply to listen to them talk about why they are so sad."
Topics	Technology

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