Today’s episode is for Thursday, July 2, 2020. Our Word of the Day is ‘drag on.’ When something drags on, it continues for longer than you want it to or think it should. When time drags on you often feel very bored. You can read along as you listen by clicking HERE or by copying and pasting this link into your preferred browser: https://links.artisanenglish.jp/DragOn
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Below are two terms from today’s episode that may have been new for you.
Hive of activity: When a place such as a train station, is extremely busy with people or things coming and going, it's described as a (bee)hive of activity. https://b.link/WednesdayHiveOfActivity
Necessary evil: A necessary evil is something that we have to accept, but would prefer not to. Taxes and work could each be an example of a necessary evil. https://links.artisanenglish.jp/NecessaryEvil
