Id | ESLPod_1267_WE_2203 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 1267 |
Episode Title | Types of Nurses |
Phrase | to hack it |
Text | In this podcast, the phrase "to hack it" means to be able to do something that is very difficult, or to be successful at something: "They tried to live in the big city, but they couldn't hack it and they moved back home within a few months." The phrase "to hack into" means to use one's knowledge of computers and programming languages to break into a computer system, especially to steal secret information: "Someone hacked into the company's database and stole our customers' social security numbers." The verb "to hack" can mean to cough in a very loud, unpleasant way: "The man sitting behind us at the theater hacked throughout the whole movie." Finally, the verb "to hack" means to cut something in a rough way: "Who hacked that beautiful tree?" |
Topics | Health + Medicine |
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