📙 Part 2: Describe a time when your computer broke down

This episode's vocabulary

Condition (noun) - the particular state that something or someone is in.

Well-maintained (adj.) - kept in good order or condition.

Fend off someone/something (phrase) - to defend yourself successfully against an attack, criticism, or some other unwanted thing.

Give up the ghost - to die (if a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working).

Horrendous (adj.) - extremely unpleasant or bad.

Screeching (adj.) - a long, loud, high noise that is unpleasant to hear.

Hindrance (noun) - something that makes it more difficult for you to do something or for something to develop.

Motherboard (noun) - the main printed circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer and makes it possible for the other parts of a computer to communicate with each other.

Techno wizard (noun) - an expert computer user.

In the interim (phrase) - in the time between two particular periods or events.

Hook-up (noun) - a connection to an electricity supply, a telephone network, the internet, etc.

Port (noun) - a part of a computer where wires can be connected in order to control other pieces of equipment, such as a printer.

Via ( preposition) - by way of, or by use of.

Inconvenience (noun) - a state or an example of problems or trouble, often causing a delay or loss of comfort.

Software (noun) - the instructions that control what a computer does; computer programs.

Maintenance (noun) - the activity of keeping a building, vehicle, road, etc. in good condition by checking it regularly and repairing it when necessary.

Hardware (noun) - the physical and electronic parts of a computer, rather than the instructions it follows.

Clogged (adj.) - blocked or filled with something.