Id | ESLPod_0658_WE_0991 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 658 |
Episode Title | Judging a Contest |
Phrase | scale |
Text | In this podcast, the word "scale" means a range of values that can be assigned to evaluate the quality of something: "Reya and her girlfriends play a game where they decide how handsome men are on a ten-point scale." A "scale" also refers to the size of something: "The scale of the problem is much more serious that we originally thought." A "kitchen/bathroom scale" is a device used to determine how much something weighs: "I need a kitchen scale to weigh out 200 grams of sugar for this recipe." Finally, when talking about a map, the "scale" is the ratio between the actual size of something and how big it is on the map: "This map has a 1:1200 scale." |
Topics | Entertainment + Sports |
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