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ESLPod_1081_WE_1837 Personal Grooming In this podcast, the verb "to pluck" means to pull out one hair, usually by using tweezers: "Is it more painful to pluck your eyebrows one hair at a time, or to use wax to rip many hairs out at once?" The phrase "to pluck (someone) out of (something)" means to rescue someone quickly from a dangerous situation: "The teacher plucked the student from a group of bullies." Or, "The rescue helicopter plucked people from rooftops during the flooding." Finally, the phrase "to pluck (something) out of thin air" means to guess, or to pick a number or answer without first thinking about it carefully: "Are those sales figures based in reality, or did you just pluck those numbers out of thin air?"

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ESLPod 1081 to pluck Clothing + Grooming | Health + Medicine

Id	ESLPod_1081_WE_1837
Episode Id	ESLPod 1081
Episode Title	Personal Grooming
Phrase	to pluck
Text	In this podcast, the verb "to pluck" means to pull out one hair, usually by using tweezers: "Is it more painful to pluck your eyebrows one hair at a time, or to use wax to rip many hairs out at once?" The phrase "to pluck (someone) out of (something)" means to rescue someone quickly from a dangerous situation: "The teacher plucked the student from a group of bullies." Or, "The rescue helicopter plucked people from rooftops during the flooding." Finally, the phrase "to pluck (something) out of thin air" means to guess, or to pick a number or answer without first thinking about it carefully: "Are those sales figures based in reality, or did you just pluck those numbers out of thin air?"
Topics	Clothing + Grooming \| Health + Medicine

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