Id | ESLPod_0499_WE_0672 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 499 |
Episode Title | Marrying a Gold Digger |
Phrase | grand |
Text | The word "grand," in this podcast, means one thousand dollars: "You can't buy a home in this neighborhood for less than 400 grand." The word "grand" also means very big or fancy: "They live in a grand old house on the hill." The word "grand" can mean ambitious, or with a lot of plans for the future: "Camilo has grand plans to become a medical researcher and find the cure for cancer." The phrase "the grand total" is the final sum of many numbers: "The apples are $1.57, the carrots are $1.36, and the potatoes are $3.64, for a grand total of $6.57." Finally, the phrase "the grand old age of (number)" is used to talk about very old people: "We had a big party when our great-grandfather reached the grand old age of 98." |
Topics | Money |
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