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Number Means Eslpod Phone Phrase Days Numbered Waiting

Id ESLPod_0407_WE_0488
Episode Id ESLPod 407
Episode Title Waiting for a Man or Woman to Call
Phrase number
Text The word "number," in this podcast, means a phone number: "Is this number for your cell phone or your home phone?" A "number cruncher" is an informal way to talk about an accountant or a bookkeeper, or someone who records financial information for a company: "She's studying accounting because she wants to be a number cruncher." The phrase "(someone's/something's) days are numbered" means that someone or something cannot continue to live or exist for very much longer: "He keeps making major mistakes and his days at this company are numbered." Finally, the phrase "to be numbered among (something)" means to be included in a group of something: "His novels are numbered among the greatest books in the English language."
Topics Relationships + Family

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