{"id":177,"date":"2007-07-22T03:51:01","date_gmt":"2007-07-22T11:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/07\/22\/bep-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T05:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:23:41","slug":"bep-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9to5english.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/22\/bep-58-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BEP 58 &#8211; Water Cooler Chitchat: Sports Idioms (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-177-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP058-Sports_Idioms2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP058-Sports_Idioms2.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/bizpod\/BEP058-Sports_Idioms2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Sports Idioms 2, is part of a series that focuses on informal conversation or small talk &#8211; water cooler chitchat. We&#8217;re continuing where we left off last time in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessenglishpod.com\/2007\/07\/15\/bep-57-water-cooler-chitchat-sports-idioms\/\">BEP 57.<\/a><\/strong> Jan and Jen, employees of major American telecommunications company Ambient, are chatting about a recent event in the industry: Accent, a European telecom company, has taken over TelStar, one of Ambient&#8217;s American competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Last time, Jen had just discussed how she was surprised that TelStar decided to play ball, that is cooperate, with Accent because the shareholders had been &#8220;stalling for time,&#8221; or delaying, for months. 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