I booked a Conversation lesson, but Angelo started work on the accent, so the next lesson we also half-half
Retired - second R sound (23)
..-red /urd/
Retired → /retai-urd/
Direct - CT sound (I heard “direk”) (24:15)
Conflict
I can finally say I’m retired, but there was no direct conflict with my boss.
We have to - I heard “we-ave”, no H sound
Carefully - long E sound on -ly
We have to talk to the friendly woman carefully
Vocabulary - /vocabyoolary/ (Did not hear Y sound)
Regularly - /regyoolarly/
The key to good language learning is learning vocabulary words regularly.
This - heard dis
Want - heard /vont/
What - heard /vut/
Mostly - long E sound
General - sounded a bit slurry
Sixty
Work - heard /vork/ - Do not let teeth hit your lips
I work with William Winklestein at a factory for wiggling wombats. (14 - 18)
Wiggle
Various very vacant rooms are vibrating vicariously. (19 - )
Practice:
Points of articulation for W and V
Inspection
servicing
Check-up
Yearly
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