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Lull Eslpod Means Make Lulled Phrase Describing People's

Id ESLPod_0433_WE_0541
Episode Id ESLPod 433
Episode Title Describing People's Voices
Phrase lull
Text In this podcast, the verb "to lull" means to make someone feel calm, relaxed, and tired, possibly even making someone fall asleep: "Most babies are lulled to sleep by the movement of a car." The phrase "to lull (someone) into doing (something)" means to make someone relax so that he or she is very surprised when something bad happens: "The investor lulled us into thinking that our money was safe, but then we lost it all." As a noun, a "lull" is a brief pause in an activity or a moment of silence or stillness: "They talked for hours, without a lull in their conversation." Finally, the phrase "the lull before the storm" is used to talk about the period of time when everything was calm right before a lot of trouble began: "The company seemed to be doing well, but that was just the lull before the storm."
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