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Making dumplings is a tradition in many Chinese homes, especially during the Chinese New Year. Families gather to prepare this dish. We mix meat, veggies, and spices for a yummy filling. Each dumpling wrapper gets filled and folded into a unique shape. As the dumplings cook, we can't wait to enjoy these homemade treats. Making them is making our tradition even more meaningful.This concludes the beginner-level English listening passage collected by Xiao Wu from the Qicai website. We hope you have gained something from listening!
verb
1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
e.g. Get the children ready for school!
prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Synonym: fixset upreadygear upset
2. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
e.g. She is training to be a teacher
He trained as a legal aid
Synonym: train
3. create by training and teaching
e.g. The old master is training world-class violinists
we develop the leaders for the future
Synonym: traindevelopeducate
4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
e.g. machinate a plot
organize a strike
devise a plan to take over the director's office
Synonym: organizeorganisedeviseget upmachinate
5. prepare for eating by applying heat
e.g. Cook me dinner, please
can you make me an omelette?
fix breakfast for the guests, please
Synonym: cookfixreadymake
6. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
e.g. prepare a report
prepare a speech
7. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
e.g. prepare the discord in bar 139
8. educate for a future role or function
e.g. He is grooming his son to become his successor
The prince was prepared to become King one day
They trained him to be a warrior
Synonym: groomtrain
noun
1. a specific practice of long standing
Synonym: custom
2. an inherited pattern of thought or action
noun
1. the act of filling something
2. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
e.g. when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth
an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'
3. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
Synonym: woofweftpick
4. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
5. flow into something (as a container)
6. any material that fills a space or container
e.g. there was not enough fill for the trench
Synonym: fill
noun
1. a loose dressing gown for women
Synonym: negligeenegligepeignoirhousecoat
2. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
Synonym: wrap
3. the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Synonym: wrappingwrap