Id | ESLPod_0855_WE_1385 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 855 |
Episode Title | Learning Fire Safety |
Phrase | overload |
Text | In this podcast, the verb "to overload" means to put too much pressure or demand on someone or something: "This house has really bad electrical wiring. If we turn on the lights and run the dishwasher, the washing machine, and a hair dryer at the same time, it overloads the circuits." Or, "The poor horse was so overloaded with bags, boxes, and riders that it could hardly walk, much less run." Finally, the phrase "information overload" describes the modern phenomenon in which people have access to too much information, especially due to the Internet, and feel very tired and become unable to make a decision: "The more time we spend researching potential solutions, the more likely we are to have information overload." |
Topics | Daily Life | Health + Medicine |
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