Vocabulary

• start on: To begin or start doing something.
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• in business: Actively operating as a commercial enterprise.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• phonetic transcription: A visual representation of speech sounds using phonetic symbols.
• in touch: Having contact or communication with someone.
• pronunciation: How a word is said; how a word sounds
• awesome: Great; wonderful; stupendous
• overwhelming: To defeat something or someone completely
• slightly: Only a little
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• tongue: Long, thin part of (e.g. shoe under the laces)
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• blow: To move something using air
• plug: Wood, rubber or metal used to block a hole
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• vowel: A speech sound; a, e , it, o, u and sometimes y
• pure: Not mixed with anything else
• spell: To lead to future trouble
• amazing: Surprising in a pleasing way
• speech: A formal talk to an audience
• jaw: One of the two bones of the face where teeth grow
• podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
• consonant: Music (of a note) in harmony
• celebrate: To observe an event or occasion, e.g. a birthday
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• business: A company formed for making profit
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• area: Amount of measured space
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• lesson: Something done to learn or teach something; class
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• confuse: To make something unclear or hard to understand
• newsletter: Report or open letter giving news to a group
• upside: Above, over
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• phonetic: Concerning the sounds of languages
• tuna: Large sea fish that is caught for food
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• repeat: Action that is done again
• transcription: Something written from spoken material
• syringe: Device with a needle to take blood/inject drugs
• unstressed: Having no accent or stress when spoken
• umbrella: Including many smaller things of the same type
• breezy: Fresh and animated
• sabbatical: A break or change from a normal routine
• unsure: Lacking confidence or certainty
• masterclass: An example of excellent work