| Id | ESLPod_0895_WE_1465 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 895 |
| Episode Title | Government Reactions to Protests |
| Phrase | to fire into the crowd |
| Text | In this podcast, the phrase "to fire into the crowd" means to use a gun to send bullets into an area where there are many people, without aiming at anyone in particular, but trying to hurt or kill people: "Nobody knows why the killer began to fire into the crowd at the shopping mall." The phrase "to fire questions at (someone)" means to ask a lot of questions very quickly: "No matter how quickly the reporters fired questions at Tom, he never appeared worried or nervous." Finally, the phrase "to fire (something) off" means to do something quickly, especially to write a letter quickly and send it: "Let me just fire off a few emails and then I can leave the office." |
| Topics | Government + Law |
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