| Id | ESLPod_0890_WE_1454 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 890 |
| Episode Title | Enjoying Nature |
| Phrase | stunning |
| Text | The word "stunning," in this podcast, means very impressive and beautiful or breathtaking: "Their new home is stunning. It must have cost a million dollars!" The word "stunning" also means shocking and important: "When Jared heard the stunning news, he couldn't even speak." A "stun gun" is a weapon that produces a strong electrical current that can hurt or kill people or animals, making them unable to move: "Is it legal for police officers to use stun guns?" As a verb, "to stun" can mean to use a stun gun to make a person or animal unable to move: "The slaughterhouse stuns cattle before it kills them." Or, "In some parts of the world, people use special tools to stun fish in the ocean so that they can catch them more easily." |
| Topics | Nature + Weather | Travel |
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