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Stress Word Lot Importance Eslpod 0319 We 0312 Eslpod Podcast Means

Id ESLPod_0319_WE_0312
Episode Id ESLPod 319
Episode Title Being Under Stress
Phrase stress
Text The word "stress," in this podcast, means the feeling of being worried, nervous, and anxious because one is under a lot of pressure: "Emergency-room doctors have very high-stress jobs." The word can also be used as a verb: "Don't stress so much - it's only a test." "Stress" can also mean emphasis, or something that one wants to draw other people's attention to: "His family puts a lot of stress on the importance of education." The verb "to stress" can have this same meeting: "The guide stressed the importance of coming back to the tour bus on time." When talking about pronunciation, a word's "stress" is on the syllable that should be pronounced most strongly: "In the word 'happiness,' the stress should be on the first syllable, 'hap'."
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