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Verb Approach Means Eslpod Closer Potential Partnership Meeting

Id ESLPod_0304_WE_0283
Episode Id ESLPod 304
Episode Title A Potential Partnership Meeting
Phrase to approach
Text In this podcast, the verb "to approach" means to initiate contact or begin a conversation with someone: "Giles decided to approach the professor by writing a letter describing why he wanted to work in the professor's laboratory." The verb "to approach" also means to come physically closer to something: "As we approached Disneyland, the children became very excited." The verb "to approach" can also mean to come closer to something in time, so that there is less time separating you from doing something: "As Christmas Day approaches, people are very busy buying presents and getting ready for the celebration." A verb that sounds similar, "to reproach," means to criticize someone, or to say that someone is doing something wrong: "The mother reproached her child for lying."
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