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Let's learn some advanced C2 verbs.

And I'm going to get right to the point,

and we'll begin with our first verb, which is to linger.

So this verb actually has two different meanings.

The first one is to continue to exist.

So if I were sick and I have a cold,

I could say that it is still lingering.

And in this case, you may often hear it being used in the continuous tense with that adverb still.

That's a good adverb-verb collocation.

Something is still lingering.

How's your cold?

Unfortunately, it's still lingering.

It also means to take longer than usual to leave.

And in this case, you may be talking about a person or group of people.

Some customers lingered for a while after the shop closed,

and they just took longer than usual to leave.

When you pronounce this verb, it has two syllables.

The stress is on that first syllable, linger.

But I want to focus on that NG because it can be a little confusing.

Look at these two words.

They are not rhyming words.

Singer, you only have that ing sound,

whereas linger, you have the ing plus that g sound afterwards.

Linger.

It's similar to the word finger.

These are rhyming words.

Linger, finger.

Any of you wish to seek counseling due to lingering trauma?

Speak with me privately.

Yeah, well, it turns out that there's some lingering feelings or something.

Clark, get out of here.

My mistake.

Yes, it is your mistake.

It's lingering. So annoying.

And if you are someone who enjoys building your vocabulary,

then I hope that you linger for a while and watch more video lessons.

And I would also love it if you subscribe, turn on notifications.

That way I can become your teacher.

My name is Wes.

The channel is Interactive English.

It's all about trying to help you reach your fluency goals.

And throughout the lesson, I'm going to talk to you about how to pronounce these verbs,

because I tried to choose verbs that are a little difficult to pronounce,

or maybe confusing, or just have something about the pronunciation that I'd like to talk to you about.

Like this next verb, dole out.

This means to give something,

usually money, to several people.

And this C2 verb, it is a phrasal verb that may be separable.

So you could dole out something or dole something out.

And in order to show you how this verb may be used in context,

I have some news headlines for you.

As lawmakers dole out record surplus,

many say they need more.

Colts dole out $22.5 million for kicker Matt Gay.

This is talking about American football and yeah,

that's a lot of money to dole out for a kicker.

Should political parties be able to dole out freebies?

When pronouncing this phrasal verb,

you should know that linking is going to occur.

And we can link the final consonant sound in dole with the beginning vowel sound in out.

And this is when linking commonly occurs,

linking a final consonant sound with a beginning vowel sound

and it just helps us make a smooth transition from one word to the next.

Dole out.

It's like we're taking that consonant sound and just moving it over to the next syllable.

Dole out.

Then we have the verb pinpoint.

It also has two meanings.

The first one is to find or say the exact position in space or time of something.

I may ask you the question,

can you pinpoint our location on the map?

Because I just want to know where we are.

It also means to discover or describe the exact facts of something.

I could tell you doctors could not pinpoint the cause of his illness.

So in this case, they just could not describe the facts of his illness.

For pronunciation, the verb has two syllables.

The stress is on that first syllable, pinpoint.

And I'd also like to point out that final T.

It's really a stop T.

It's pretty subtle.

Pinpoint.

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So we can, well, practice synonyms for very.

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And you can listen to it.

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Both the book and the film are dreadful.

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And then practice saying it.

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Both the book and the film are dreadful.

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Now let me show you what it's like if a mistake is made and I mispronounced that synonym.

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Both the book and the film are dreadful.

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And before you know it,

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you'll sound just like a native speaker.

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Now let's get back to our C2 verbs.

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And the next one that I have for you is plague.

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This means to cause worry,

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pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time.

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And often you may follow this verb with the preposition by.

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You have been plagued by something.

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I could tell you that,

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well, my athletic career has been plagued by back injuries.

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And to be honest, I've never really had much of an athletic career.

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That's not really true but yes,

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over the years I have been plagued by back injuries.

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That part is unfortunately true.

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When it comes to pronunciation,

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the spelling and pronunciation don't really look like they match,

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but that final G-U-E, it's going to be pronounced with an aspirated G sound, plague.

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But often people may use this verb as,

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well, the past participle, in which case it's going to end with the final D sound.

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And those consonants, that can be a difficult combination.

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That plagued, plagued.

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You've been plagued by something.

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I'm plagued by an internal struggle.

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If you would just use the bucket,

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you'd be so much more comfortable.

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Sunrise Bay was a coastal community plagued by a centuries-old curse.

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Next is the verb prescribe.

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And this is a very useful verb because it's when a doctor says what kind of treatment someone should have.

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And it's very specific because we're really talking about someone's health.

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And there are some common collocations with this verb because a doctor may prescribe some medicine,

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or prescribe some pills, or prescribe some rest,

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or even prescribe some painkillers.

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Now this verb has two syllables,

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and the stress is on that second syllable, prescribe.

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And that first syllable, even though it's spelled P-R-E,

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it has a pre sound because it's unstressed.

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Prescribe.

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Say it with me.

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Prescribe.

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Excellent.

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Then we have the verb utter.

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This means to say something or just make a sound with your voice.

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So sometimes it can be interchangeable with say,

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except that it's a bit more formal and not as commonly used.

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Maybe I tell you, he sat through the meeting without uttering a word.

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And that's a good collocation with this verb, without uttering a word.

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Now to talk about the difference between utter and say is that,

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well, utter is not always clear.

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For pronunciation, the verb has two syllables.

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The stress is on that first syllable, utter.

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But what I'd really like to point out is that T,

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I am going to pronounce it as a flat T.

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It's going to sound like a soft D.

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And this is pretty common with the American accent when the T comes between two vowel sounds.

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There are many words we can say with the flap T,

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like water, better, utter.

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Just listen for it.

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It was him.

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He uttered something.

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Oh, I'm sorry I uttered.

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You think you're funny, don't you, bro?

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It is the truth.

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Utter with his own lips.

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What she said.

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Wasn't uttered another syllable.

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Then we have the verb curb.

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And to curb something means to control or limit something that is not wanted.

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And you would try to curb something.

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And in order to show you how this verb is used in context,

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once again, I have some news headlines for you.

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This phone helped me curb my screen addiction.

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Syria agrees to curb drug trade in meeting with Arab ministers.

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Brazil orders Google to curb campaign against fake news law.

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And when you pronounce this verb,

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it's pretty simple and straightforward.

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There's just one syllable, curb.

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But that U has more of an ER vowel sound,

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curb, to curb something.

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Then there's lure.

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This means to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting.

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And often you may follow this verb with the preposition into or to.

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The employees were lured into working over the weekend with the promise of overtime.

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Or universities try to lure the top academics to their school.

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They always set those things to pay out more so they can lure people into the casino.

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Tyler and I feel, due to Marie's attempt to lure him to your house...

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I'm trying to lure him.

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Very clever Simpson.

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Luring our bees to your sugar and selling them back to us at an inflated price.

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You're on to what now?

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Simpson, you diabolical.

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When you pronounce this verb,

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just make sure that you are saying that diphthong,

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because that U, it's gonna sound like a combination of vowel sounds.

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Lure.

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Say it with me.

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Lure.

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Lure.

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Good.

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Then there's indulge.

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And I really like this verb.

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It means to allow yourself or some other person to have something enjoyable,

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especially more than what's good for you.

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So you may follow this verb with the preposition in and you indulge in something.

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Late at night, sometimes I get a little hungry and I probably shouldn't eat anything,

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but I like to indulge in sweets and I'll have

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some cookies or chocolate and often you may use this verb

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when talking about food and you indulge in something

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and you have more than what's really good for you for pronunciation there are two syllables the stress is on

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that second syllable and that g has more of a sound indulge indulge

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what do you like to indulge in let me know in the comments then there's delegate this means to give a job,

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duty, or right to someone so they can do it for you.

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And this verb is often used in the context of work

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because you can't do everything so you may delegate certain responsibilities to other people

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and you may also say that a boss

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or supervisor is good at delegating and they tell others what they need to do

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or perhaps someone is bad at delegating because they try to do everything themselves

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and yeah that may not be a good situation so this is a very useful verb when talking about work.

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This verb has three syllables.

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The stress is on that first syllable, delegate.

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Now, don't confuse this with the noun because that third syllable is pronounced differently when you say the noun delegate.

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With the verb, you're going to use that long a sound, delegate.

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Now, I'd also like to point out that when you use this verb in the continuous tense.

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It's going to change from a stop T to a flap T,

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at least with the American accent.

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And you'd say that someone is delegating something,

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and you're going to use that flap T.

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Once again, just listen for it.

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I'm delegating.

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He's delegating.

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Don't shy away from delegating.

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Reconcile.

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Great verb.

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This means to find a way in which two situations

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or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree or exist together.

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And you could hear somebody say something like,

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we need to reconcile our differences.

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That's a great collocation with this verb.

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The boys appear to have reconciled their differences.

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Rose and her daughter have reconciled their differences.

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That's why it's important for you to reconcile your differences.

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You could also reconcile something with something.

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I could say, research is being done to reconcile the world's population growth with sustainability.

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So these two things, they seem opposed,

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but we need to reconcile them and find a way for them to exist together.

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Growth and sustainability.

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For pronunciation, the verb has three syllables.

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The stress is on that first syllable.

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And keep in mind that the C has more of an S sound.

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Reconcile.

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Reconcile.

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And then there's loathe, which is a pretty powerful verb because it means to hate someone or something.

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So loathe, just like hate,

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it's a strong word, so be careful how you're using it.

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But of course there are probably things that I'm sure you loathe.

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I know there are things that I loathe,

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like I loathe sitting at an airport when my flight has been delayed.

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or I loathe anchovies.

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I just don't like eating them.

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Or I loathe driving in really bad weather conditions.

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For pronunciation, it's just the one syllable,

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but make sure you're using that voice TH at the end.

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Loathe.

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Let's say it together.

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Loathe.

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Loathe.

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Nice.

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Now for a little review.

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I'm sure that you do not loathe building your vocabulary

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and I hope that I can lure you into watching another video lesson

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because even though I'm not a doctor

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that is what I would prescribe in order for you to develop your English fluency

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and to be honest I know it's not good to watch a lot of videos

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and be in front of a screen

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but in this case of course I think it's okay for you to indulge a little bit

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and watch many different video lessons I have a lot on this channel especially vocabulary lessons in

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which you will find me doling out words left and right

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but in all seriousness I just want you to keep practicing keep improving

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and I'm not going to linger around any longer I'm gonna say goodbye

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but as always I hope that you learn something new

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if you enjoyed the lesson please hit that like button thank you

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so much for watching and I will see you next time. So long.

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