Id | ESLPod_0817_WE_1308 |
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Episode Id | ESLPod 817 |
Episode Title | Getting a School Class Schedule |
Phrase | assign |
Text | The verb "to assign," in this podcast, means to put someone in a particular group, job, or organization: "I wish Ricardo had been assigned to our team." The verb "to assign" can also mean to give someone a particular project or task: "The teacher assigned 20 math problems as homework." An "assignment" is some task that must be completed, especially as homework: "It isn't fair for teachers to give us so many assignments!" Sometimes the verb "to assign" means to give something a particular value or meaning: "In these equations, we've assigned x to represent the number of units sold." Finally, the verb "to assign" can mean to designate something for use by a particular person: "Management is assigning all available resources to the Acme project." Or, "These servers have been assigned to the data mining project." |
Topics | Education |
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