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English Addict with Mr Duncan


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It's a windy one today.
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We have a little bit of wind, a little bit of rain.
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Not much sunshine, unfortunately.
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Here we are again.
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We are back with another English addict.
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Extra!
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How are you today?
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Are you okay?
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I really hope you are feeling good. Yes.
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We are back together again and coming to you.
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Live from the birthplace of the English language,
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which just happens to be, you know where it is.
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We all know where it is.
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It is England.
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And you?
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Oh there you are.
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Hi everybody.
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This is as I said Mr.
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Duncan in England.
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How are you today. Are you okay.
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I hope so.
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Are you feeling happy today.
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I hope you are feeling good.
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I will tell you now that I have
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my seasonal allergy.
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I have my hay fever, not to be confused with a cold
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or fever that you might get from a virus.
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It's nothing to do with that.
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It is to do with the pollen.
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As it floats around in the air, it goes up.
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My nose and it makes me sneeze.
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And generally I feel unwell when it happens.
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So it isn't a virus. It's nothing like that.
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It is my seasonal allergy.
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And because this year we have so much pollen in the air,
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it seems to be everywhere.
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That is the reason why I think I am suffering
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extra badly this year.
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I think so because everything is really, really coming out strong.
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And of course every time we have the rain and then it dries
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out, all of the plants and trees, they produce even more pollen.
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So it doesn't stop.
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Even if it rains, it doesn't mean that the pollen will disappear.
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Anyway, my name is Duncan.
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I talk about the English language.
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I like English very much.
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You might say that I am an English addict.
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There is no Mr.
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Steve here today,
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but I thought it would be nice to say hello to his corner.
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So a very quick hello to Mr.
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Steve's corner.
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There is no Mr.
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Steve, so I've decided to put the fake Mr.
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Steve in the corner instead.
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So, sadly, we don't have any Mr.
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Steve, we won't be hearing what Mr.
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Steve thinks about cars or car
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parking charges or politic jokes or anything like that.
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Today it's only me.
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So take your last look at Mr.
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Steve's corner, because we won't be seeing it again today.
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However, he will be back with us on Sunday.
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Of course.
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Mr. Steve is with us every Sunday.
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Meanwhile, we have English addict.
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It is Wednesday.
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I hope you are having a good day.
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I hope everything is going all right.
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Hello, Vitus. You were first.
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We also have Palmira.
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We have Florence.
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We also have Marut, CEO.
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We also have
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you t win Lang Lang or Liang.
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Hello to you.
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Where are you watching at the moment?
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I wonder also we have.
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Oh of course.
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Yes, he is here.
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Luis Mendez is here today.
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It's nice to see you back with us as well.
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Luis.
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I know that you are busy at the moment because you are.
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I think you're going to a certain part of friends.
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I won't say where.
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Just in case you want to keep it a secret, but
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it's nice to see you here anyway.
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You know what it's like whenever you travel anywhere,
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whenever you disappear to another part of the country.
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Or maybe if you are very lucky, you might be flying abroad.
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There is always so much to do.
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Many things have to be sorted out, arranged.
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You have to make your plans.
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You have to decide what to take with you.
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Do I take my big suitcase or my small suitcase?
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Do I need certain types of clothing?
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Maybe the place I am going to it might be hot, cold.
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It might be both.
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You might get all sorts of weather, especially if you are coming here
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to the UK. By the way, if you do
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ever visit the UK,
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don't forget to bring some clothing
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for when it rains because quite likely at some point
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during your stay here it will rain.
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I think so
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hello Mr.
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Putin, nice to see you back again.
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I would have thought
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you would have been busy with other things at the moment.
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Hello, uncle Goro.
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Oh, hello Uncle Goro, that is a very interesting name.
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I am now officially intrigued.
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What does that mean.
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Uncle Goro nice to see you here as well.
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We have Beatriz. Hello Beatriz.
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Of course.
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Talking of travelling I suppose I should mention that
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we do have our big meet up that is taking place very soon.
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We have the, the Rome rendezvous or should I say the,
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the Roma open time mental which means appointment.
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So if you have your appointment, you have your rendezvous, you have
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a moment of time where perhaps you are going to meet other people.
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And that is happening with myself and also
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some of my YouTube viewers.
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So I am really looking forward to meeting you very soon.
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As we get together, we have our lovely Rome Ronda,
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who we will be meeting up together
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in in just a few days from now.
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I can't wait to be there.
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I hope the weather will be nice.
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I might also have to go and see the Pope as well
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to put him correct to correct the Pope on a few things,
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because apparently the Pope has been saying things
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about, well, not necessarily me,
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but he but he hasn't been very kind, let's just say so.
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I might have to go and see the Pope
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while I'm in Italy just to say hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
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be friendly,
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be nice, be kind to everyone.
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Unless, of course, they are especially horrible.
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But that does not include me.
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So we are together.
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UN. Well, I will say that it is soon
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and we will be together doing other thing.
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Guess what I heard this morning?
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I went outside this morning
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and I could hear something rather magical, something lovely.
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Something that you only hear at certain times of the year.
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Here in the UK.
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The cuckoo.
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Cuckoo is, I heard the lovely.
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Cuckoo.
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This morning outside the house.
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I was standing in the garden.
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It was so peaceful.
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And then suddenly the air was filled
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with the distinct sound of.
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The cuckoo.
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Of course, the word cuckoo can refer to the type of bird
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that has that very distinctive call.
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Also, it can mean that someone is a little
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bit strange or even.
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Crazy.
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A person who is crazy.
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A person who is rather strange.
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Maybe they have some strange habits or some unusual ideas about things.
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We can say that they are.
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Cuckoo.
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A person is a little bit strange.
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Who else is here?
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Hello to Pakistan!
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Pakistan blogger.
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Hello to you!
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Nice to see you here as well.
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Quality bear is here as well as well
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as well as well.
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India.
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We have a Gitanjali watching in India.
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I know that I do have a lot of viewers
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watching in India.
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Something I noticed the other day.
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I was looking at some of the figures for my viewers
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and subscribers, and I noticed that
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I guess a lot of people watching my live
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streams here in England,
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I was quite surprised, if you don't mind me saying.
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I was rather surprised to find so many people
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watching my live streams right here in the United Kingdom.
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Isn't that interesting?
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So maybe there are a lot of people who are watching
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or learning English living right here in the UK.
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Zapping is here. Hello to you.
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Where are you? Are you in Italy?
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Your name sounds like it could be Italian.
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Mr. Duncan,
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beside this, behind you we can see a picture of Mr.
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Steve.
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Yes, you can.
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Just over there.
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In fact, just over there.
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So there is a picture of Mr.
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Steve and also a picture of myself.
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These were actually drawn by one of our lovely viewers
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and of course, just above my head there is also a picture of Mr.
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Steve as well.
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Just up there.
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So yes, you are right, there are some photographs
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and also my mother as well.
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You may not have noticed, but my mother
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is just behind me as well all the time.
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So there is a photograph of me and I'm with my mother.
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So there is another small detail of my studio
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that perhaps you've never noticed before.
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But you are right,
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Palmira says, whenever you hear the cuckoo,
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it is important to have money with you,
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because then you will never be without money.
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Well, I was in the garden this morning and I had no money in my pockets,
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but I did hear the lovely
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sound of the cuckoo calling.
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Either that or it was.
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It was one of my neighbours
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calling to me.
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Think about it for a moment.
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Could Tabor is here as well?
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Very nice.
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Italy. We have Milan shoes.
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Subpoena is watching in Milan.
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We will be in Italy very soon.
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I have to say, we are both excited.
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We have planned everything now.
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We've decided on the first day that we are there,
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we are going to see some of the famous sights in Rome.
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And of course, we also have the big meetup as well.
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We also have birthdays
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to celebrate whilst we are there as well.
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Not my birthday, not Mr.
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Steve's birthday, but we do have some birthdays
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to celebrate whilst we are in Rome.
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Meeting up with you. Very nice.
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Hello also
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Gitanjali
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s Bindu who is watching in India?
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Yes, as I said, quite a few people watch in India.
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So it is nice to see you here.
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Very nice today. By the way.
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We have, I suppose I would say it is an interesting subject,
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part of the English language
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means that sometimes you have to to describe
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or name certain sounds.
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There are many sounds around us,
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including the cuckoo, cuckoo,
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cuckoo is an interesting word because not only does it
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describe the bird, it also sounds like
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the sound that the bird makes.
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And we call that type of bird imitative.
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It imitates the sound of something.
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So in the English language there are words
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that sound or imitate,
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like the thing it is describing,
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quite often with certain sounds, certain noises.
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You will find that quite often imitative words are used.
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So the actual noun or the thing we are describing
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or naming sounds exactly or very similar
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to the sound that it is naming.
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It's not that confusing.
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In fact, I can safely say that all will be
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clear later on when we have a look,
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and also we have a listen as well to some of the sounds
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and the imitative words that exist
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in the English language.
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Hello also to Claudia.
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Hello to Claudia.
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It's nice to see you here today.
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Nice to see you back with us as well.
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Who else is here?
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I don't want to forget anyone.
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And then we will move on.
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Maria, Maria Reyes Diaz says hello. Mr.
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Duncan Idris is also here watching in Morocco.
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We have quite a few people watching now.
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It's very nice to see you here.
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A big hello to you, and thank you
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for joining in on today's live stream.
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So in a few moments we have today's topic.
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We will be talking all about
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and also listening to
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imitative words and the
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sounds that they name, all of that coming up in a few moments from now.
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So I hope you will stay with me.
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Don't go away.
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Lots more to come right here today.
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English addict is with you today.
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I hope you are having a good one.
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Whatever you are doing, I hope you do it with a smile
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on your face.
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English addict is with you again.
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Irene. Hello, Irene.
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Thank you for joining me.
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Alonzo is here as well.
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Hello, Alonzo.
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It's nice to see you also as well.
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Very nice to see so many people joining on a Wednesday.
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It is very nice.
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Sika says here
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the cuckoo sound means that the mangoes are ripe.
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I like the sound of that.
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If you are a person who watches many of my live streams,
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you will know I really do like
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mango very much.
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It is hard, very difficult, in fact,
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to get ripe mangoes in this country.
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So normally when you buy mangoes from the supermarket,
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they are normally rock hard
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and you have to keep them for a long time before they go soft,
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so it is very hard to get lovely, lovely, fresh,
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ripe, soft, juicy mangoes here.
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So if you can get them where you are,
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I am just a little bit jealous,
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if you don't mind me saying just a little bit jealous.
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Today we are looking at an interesting part of the English language.
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English makes up all sorts of things,
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lots of subjects, lots of ways of describing things.
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And I suppose in our everyday lives
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we often describe sounds
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the way things sound,
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the sound that something makes.
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So I thought today we would look at imitative words.
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Words that
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sound or
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imitate the thing that they are naming,
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and that is what we are going to do today.
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So that is today's subject.
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For those wondering what it is we are looking at imitative words.
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Words that describe a sound.
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And I suppose I should warn you now that there are some noises today.
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Today's live stream contains loud noises.
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Some of the noises will be loud, some of them soft.
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Some of them might be very pleasant indeed.
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So we are looking at imitative
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English words.
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I will show you the first one and then you will.
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You will understand what is going to happen.
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So here it is.
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The first imitative word.
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It is a word that is often used when we hear something
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that suddenly makes a very loud
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and quite often short sound.
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The word is.
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Bang,
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bang.
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So when you think about it, this particular word
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actually sounds like the thing it is describing.
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Something will go
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bang a sudden bang.
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Maybe your neighbour
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is throwing things around next door.
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Maybe he is having an argument with his wife.
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You might suddenly hear a loud bang.
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It could be anything really.
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It could be.
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Maybe he's kicking the door with his foot, or maybe he's gone in,
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gone round the back of the house with his shotgun.
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Who knows?
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So today's first imitative sound is
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bang.
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Something goes bang.
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It sounds like the actual noise it is describing.
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And these words do to do exist in English.
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There are a lot of these words in the English language.
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Many, in fact, there might be more than you realise.
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Here is the next one.
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The next imitative sound.
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Are you ready?
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So this also is a loud one.
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Quite loud, in fact.
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Boom boom.
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Quite often when we describe the word boom,
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we normally mean something that is sudden, rather like a bang.
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Very similar to a bang, but normally
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the frequency is much lower.
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It is a lower frequency,
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even though the sound itself is still loud.
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Boom.
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And again, as you can hear,
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that particular sound is described perfectly
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by this particular word
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because it sounds like
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the noise it is describing,
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we boom.
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Of course, we can use this word in other ways as well.
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Besides the sound, the word boom could also be used
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to describe something that is going well.
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Maybe you are selling more products of a certain type.
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Maybe your company is suddenly doing well.
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You can say that you are having a boom.
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So this particular word can be used in more than one way.
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But here we are using it as the sound.
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The imitative sound that goes like this.
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If you are wearing
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headphones at the moment.
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If you are wearing your headphones, I do apologise.
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Here's another one.
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This one is not quite so loud.
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This is also an imitative word.
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The the name of the word
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is also the sound that it makes.
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The word is. Pop.
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Pop. It's a very short,
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very brief sound.
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Here it is again.
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Did you hear it?
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I know it's not very loud, but it is a type of word,
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something that goes pop.
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We often use this word
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maybe a small thing is going pop.
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Something will burst.
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Maybe a bubble that is floating around
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will go pop.
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It sounds like the word.
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So again, a very good example of an imitative word.
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The word pop sounds like the thing it is describing.
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And there it was.
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Here's another one.
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This one is more dramatic, a very dramatic word
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to describe a very
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dramatic thing.
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Did you get that one?
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It was very short.
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Here it is again.
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One more time.
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Did you get it?
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Woosh!
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Whoosh!
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So the sound of that noise, the actual sound
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itself, is very similar to the word that describes it.
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Whoosh!
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Whoosh!
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I wish there was a sudden whoosh
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of air through the room.
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Maybe something that is moving very quickly
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might also make that sound as it goes by.
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Something will.
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Woosh by it will go by fast.
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So again, we can use this word in many ways to describe the sound.
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But also if something is moving fast,
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we can say that it whooshes.
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Or she wished
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past the car whooshed by.
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It went by very quickly, very
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fast.
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Here is another one.
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Oh, I like this one.
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So again, this might be noisy if you are wearing headphones.
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At the moment I'm giving you a warning.
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Maybe you are running along the road.
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Maybe you are having a lovely jog, but then suddenly you slip,
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you fall, you stumble and oh.
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You break your leg.
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One of your bones cracks.
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The word is.
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Crack,
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crack the sound of something breaking.
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The sound of something snapping.
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Or it will crack.
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So maybe a thing that you have broken.
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Or the sound that it makes.
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As it happens, a crack.
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Maybe something
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that appears in a rock, or maybe an a mountain.
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There might be a large crack.
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So it is describing the appearance of something.
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But in this case we are using the word
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to describe the sound.
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The sound of something cracking ice.
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Of course, if you step onto the ice, it might also
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crack as you step onto it.
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So a very good word
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to describe the sound of something breaking suddenly.
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Or maybe if something is breaking gradually.
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In many places, we can say that
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it is starting to crack.
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The sound is very distinctive.
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The sound of something cracking.
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Here's another one.
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This is a friendly noise, a lovely sound, and once again,
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the word that we use to describe it is imitative.
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It sounds like the noise it is naming.
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Oh that's noise.
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Quite often you will hear that sound.
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Maybe if you are waiting in a queue
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and someone wants to call you,
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or maybe if you are checking in
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to a hotel, maybe you've just arrived and you,
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you come to the reception area, but but there's nobody there.
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So you have to get someone's attention.
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You have to ring
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a bell and the bell will go.
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Ding d
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I n g ding.
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So the actual word sounds like the sound itself.
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And that is why we call them
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imitative words.
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Here's another word, a very interesting word.
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Maybe something you are pushing along the street.
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Maybe you are pushing your bike
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and one of the wheels is making a noise.
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Something like this.
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Once again, for those
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who didn't see it or hear it.
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Squeak, squeak
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something will squeak. Eek!
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So again, it's very interesting how some words
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actually sound like the thing
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they are describing.
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Squeak.
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Maybe an old wheel, maybe a door,
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maybe a gate outside your house.
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It is very squeaky.
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It will.
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Squeak.
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Something will squeak.
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Today we are looking at imitative words.
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Of course, the sound of a mouse
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is often described as a squeak as well.
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Here's another one.
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Maybe you are pouring a lovely drink.
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Maybe something cool.
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Maybe you are having some Pepsi, or some Coca Cola,
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or some fizzy water.
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The sound goes something like this.
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I like that sound.
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So as you pour the drink, it will
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fizz.
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Fizz the sound of the bubbles appearing from the drink
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as you pour it.
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The word is.
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Fizz.
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Something will fizz.
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It will fizz.
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Maybe a fizzy drink.
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As you pour the drink, it will make a very distinctive sound.
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The sound is fizz.
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Here's another one.
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Maybe if you are operating
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some type of electrical device,
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you might hear this sound.
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Hum hum.
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So if you are listening to that
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on a mobile phone, you might not even hear it
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because as you know, mobile
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phones are not very good at reproducing low frequencies.
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They will only reproduce high frequencies
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or high tones.
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So I will play it again for you.
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The word is hum.
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Something like that.
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Maybe a motor.
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Maybe your refrigerator is making that particular sound.
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The sound is hum,
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your refrigerator is humming.
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The sound it makes is hum.
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It can also be a very annoying
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sound as well.
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All of today's
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words, by the way, are imitative.
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They name the sound,
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and the word itself also sounds like the thing it is describing.
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Here is another one.
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This one is very dramatic.
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Here it comes.
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Crash, crash.
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Maybe two things collide with each other.
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They crash into each other.
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Two things crash together.
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So the word is crash.
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And also the sound is.
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Crash.
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It sounds very much like
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the word that describes it.
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Two things that smash into each other.
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They crash.
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Maybe you are on the beach and you can
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hear the waves crashing
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against the rocks.
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Crash two collide, two things collide.
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Or maybe one thing collides with another.
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The sound produced is quite often
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like this.
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Crash.
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It is a good example of an imitative word.
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Maybe you are busy at the office.
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Maybe you are.
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You are having to sort through lots of paper,
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lots of different types of paper work.
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You might hear this sound.
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The word is Russell.
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Russell.
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To move things gently.
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So again,
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this is a very good example of a word that describes the sound,
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but also sounds very similar
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to the noise it is describing.
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Isn't that strange?
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It does happen quite often in English, and that is why we call them
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imitate active words, because the word itself
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describes the sound and it actually
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describes it very
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well because it sounds just like it.
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Here is another one.
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There was something I wanted to say about this sound,
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but I'm not going to say it because it always annoys people.
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So here is the next sound.
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You have to listen very carefully.
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42:29
Did you miss it?
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1201
42:30
Here it is again.
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42:35
Plop.
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42:38
Plop!
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1301
42:39
Maybe you are dropping something into
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42:43
a lake stream.
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2219
42:46
You are throwing a stone
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42:49
into the water.
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1318
42:50
The sound it makes is like this.
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3503
42:56
Plop!
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1835
42:57
The thing will go into the water
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2886
43:00
and that is the sound it makes
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2886
43:04
are going to have a quick break
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1468
43:06
so I can drink some water
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2936
43:09
and clear my throat for a few moments.
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2903
43:12
But don't worry, we will be back
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2853
43:15
in just a few moments from now.
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2970
43:18
Don't go away.
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818
45:37
Aren’t they lovely?
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45:38
They really are so nice.
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1568
45:40
Sadly, at the moment, we don't have any behind the house.
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3504
45:43
The cows are not there at the moment is not a shame. And.
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10960
45:57
What a pity.
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46:00
I've been waiting patiently.
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1268
46:01
Waiting patiently for the cows to arrive.
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2586
46:04
But this year we don't have any cows at the back of the house.
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6356
46:10
And fortunately, this is English addict with myself.
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3654
46:14
Mr. Duncan, we are looking at
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46:17
imitative words today.
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46:20
We have had some already and we're going to have some more now.
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4688
46:24
Are you ready for some more?
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1852
46:26
Okay, I hope you are. Anyway, here's another one.
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If you're walking
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684
46:30
through the forest late at night, you might hear this sound.
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3386
46:34
It also describes the sound quite well.
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4054
46:38
In fact.
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718
46:44
Did you miss it?
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46:45
Here it is again.
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46:51
Croak, croak croak.
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3386
46:55
A very good example of an imitative sound,
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46:59
because the word sounds very similar to the noise it describes.
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5305
47:04
Like this.
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2903
47:08
Croak.
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1985
47:10
A sound that a frog
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1952
47:12
makes quite often at night.
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2886
47:15
Of course, we can use this word as well informally
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to mean that a person dies, they croak.
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3603
47:23
They, 000.
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3303
47:29
Croak.
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1452
47:31
So not only does it describe the sound,
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47:34
it also describes the action of dying.
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3003
47:37
A person might croak.
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47:40
Please don't ask me why.
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1318
47:42
Maybe it has something to do with the sound that a person makes.
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3470
47:47
But there it is.
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934
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Another imitative English word.
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3537
47:52
Croak.
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2519
47:55
Here's another one.
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934
47:56
And I wonder.
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1568
47:57
I wonder if you can guess which animal this is.
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3988
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So you're going to hear a sound now, you can hear it right now.
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3187
48:06
And you have to guess what the the actual animal is as well.
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3487
48:10
So the next word is
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what?
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48:19
You're probably thinking, Mr.
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1384
48:21
Duncan. What was that?
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48:23
It didn't sound very, very happy.
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2753
48:26
Here it is again. Oh.
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The word is wine.
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2669
48:36
Wine.
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1435
48:38
My name.
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2903
48:43
Hmhm.
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818
48:44
Wine. Wine.
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2903
48:47
So again, this word very cleverly describes the sound,
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5873
48:54
while at the same time sounding
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48:57
like the actual sound it is describing.
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3487
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Wine.
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2136
49:03
Is it a pig, Mr.
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1518
49:05
Duncan? It is not a pig.
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2903
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It is another type of animal
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that you might find in the wild
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49:13
world.
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2886
49:17
It is also a type of animal that you don't often hear.
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4655
49:23
You might hear it at night sometimes.
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2920
49:26
So there is another clue.
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1318
49:28
I wonder if you know what it is one more time.
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49:31
Oh oh.
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It is.
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A fox,
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49:44
Mr. Duncan.
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785
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We can't believe it.
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900
49:46
Yes, so that is what a fox sounds like.
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49:50
You don't hear foxes very often, but sometimes they might make
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49:54
little sounds in the night if they are playing with their young.
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3987
49:59
If they are calling out to another fox, that is the sound you might hear.
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50:06
But the word we are talking about is vine wine.
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50:12
Maybe a person will complain about something.
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3153
50:15
They will keep complaining again and again about something.
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50:21
They whine, oh, it's not fair.
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Oh, it's not fair. I want a new phone.
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2903
50:28
Oh, it's not fair.
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1401
50:29
My neighbour has a better car than me.
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50:32
Oh it's nothing.
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1752
50:37
They whine, they complain,
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2886
50:40
they make this sort of sound.
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3203
50:44
Oh, oh.
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3370
50:49
To be unhappy about something
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1802
50:51
means you might whine.
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2903
50:54
You might complain.
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50:56
Here's another one.
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934
50:57
Maybe in the morning you are having your breakfast.
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2903
51:00
You are making yourself something delicious.
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2786
51:03
Maybe you are frying something for breakfast,
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4505
51:08
maybe some sausages.
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2903
51:17
I like that sound.
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1885
51:19
The sound in the morning when you are frying something,
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3420
51:22
maybe you are having an egg.
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1869
51:24
Maybe you are frying an egg or some sausages.
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3303
51:28
Or maybe a nice big piece of bacon.
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2753
51:30
This is the sound you will hear.
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2903
51:39
Sizzle, sizzle
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3103
51:43
and another interesting point
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51:46
to make about these types of words is they sound very similar
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5272
51:52
to what they are describing, and I think this is
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3086
51:55
a very good example, in fact, of that type of imitative word.
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4288
52:06
It's also making me feel hungry as well.
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2736
52:08
Sizzle, sizzle.
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2886
52:13
Sizzle I like it.
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3537
52:19
Here's another one.
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801
52:20
Maybe you are asleep at night
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3069
52:23
and then suddenly a sound disturbs you.
745
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3904
52:27
You hear something go.
746
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2903
52:32
What was that?
747
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1919
52:34
Did you hear that?
748
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2903
52:42
There is something moving around the house.
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2903
52:45
The word is bump.
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2252
52:47
Bump again.
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2786
52:50
Bump the sound it makes bump.
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4254
52:56
The word also sounds
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2869
52:59
the same as the sound itself.
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3070
53:03
Like this
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2219
53:05
bump.
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1535
53:07
So again, we have a very good example of an imitative word.
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4804
53:12
There are in fact lots of imitative words
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53:15
in the English language, and these are just a few of them.
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4321
53:19
You might also know others as well.
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53:22
You might find that there are lots of these words.
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4321
53:26
Some of them might be ones I haven't mentioned today.
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3954
53:36
That was another word.
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1652
53:38
It sounds very similar
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2619
53:40
to what it is describing.
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2903
53:47
Tap, tap.
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2252
53:49
Maybe.
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2903
53:52
You tap.
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2903
53:56
Your phone.
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1418
53:57
Maybe you are typing something.
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1952
53:59
Maybe you are selecting an application on your phone
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4221
54:03
so you will tap
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3320
54:08
tap your phone.
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2752
54:11
You are choosing something you are
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2286
54:13
looking for something.
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2903
54:18
Like that.
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1085
54:19
The sound it makes is also tap.
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3453
54:23
You tap
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1818
54:25
your phone.
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2653
54:27
Again, this is a very good example of an imitative sound,
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4621
54:32
and in this case the word is tap.
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4738
54:40
Because it sounds like
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2302
54:42
the noise it is describing.
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2903
54:46
Here's another one.
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917
54:47
Now this next sound can be described in more than one way.
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6240
54:53
We can call it one thing or another.
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4505
54:59
Ping
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4071
55:04
or ting?
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2903
55:08
Ping or ting.
789
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4154
55:13
Here it is again.
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1402
55:14
It sounds very similar to your microwave oven,
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4421
55:18
so maybe you're putting something in the microwave
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3318889
3119
55:22
and you are waiting for it to finish.
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2903
55:25
You will wait for this particular sound.
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4471
55:30
That's the sound I'm waiting for
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3804
55:34
because that means my pizza is ready to be eaten.
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3604
55:39
So ping
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985
55:40
or ting because both of those words
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3937
55:44
sound the same as the noise they are describing.
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4638
55:50
Here's another one.
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1802
55:52
This is something you will do quite often
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1985
55:54
when you are using your computer.
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2702
55:56
If you are using your mouse, you will often.
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3421
56:02
Click.
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3362682
1268
56:03
You click on something.
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2336
56:06
Here it is again.
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2752
56:09
You are choosing a website.
807
3369038
1568
56:10
You are selecting a file.
808
3370606
2119
56:12
You are choosing something on your computer using your mouse.
809
3372725
3971
56:17
Quite often you will
810
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2903
56:21
click on something.
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2186
56:23
Click again.
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2402
56:25
Very interesting because those two things are very similar.
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5072
56:31
The word is very similar
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2752
56:34
to the sound that it describes.
815
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2903
56:37
It is a very good example of an imitative word.
816
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4538
56:42
You click on something.
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3503
56:48
Here is another word.
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1084
56:49
Once again, it sounds very similar to what it is describing.
819
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4138
56:54
The word is.
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1301
56:58
Thud,
821
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1818
57:00
thud a sharp sudden sound as one thing
822
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4805
57:06
knocks into something else.
823
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2903
57:10
Thud.
824
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1502
57:11
Maybe someone falls from a ladder
825
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3203
57:15
and they hit the ground with a very loud thud.
826
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4788
57:20
That is the sound they make as they fall,
827
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3303
57:24
as they fall and then they hit the ground.
828
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3420
57:28
They hit the ground and make a large
829
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3787
57:34
thud.
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1935
57:35
It is not a good sound.
831
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1819
57:37
It is not a sound that you ever want to hear,
832
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2902
57:41
to be honest with you, because it normally means
833
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2769
57:44
something bad has happened quite often.
834
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2903
57:48
Here's another one.
835
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1835
57:50
Something that describes a certain type of animal
836
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3203
57:53
when it is making a noise or sound, a certain type of reptile,
837
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4988
57:58
it is.
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2902
58:03
Full of thoughts.
839
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1585
58:05
It can also mean the sound of air
840
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2903
58:08
escaping from a tire.
841
3488590
3303
58:12
If if the air is suddenly coming out
842
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2903
58:16
under pressure, you can use the word hiss.
843
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4071
58:26
To game a very good
844
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3336
58:29
example of an imitative word.
845
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3304
58:33
It is a word that means.
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3537
58:48
Air is escaping.
847
3528046
1802
58:49
Or perhaps it is the sound made
848
3529848
2903
58:52
by a snake.
849
3532867
2903
58:58
Or another nature sound.
850
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2903
59:03
Tweet.
851
3543194
1502
59:04
The sound that a bird makes.
852
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1985
59:06
The sound that a bird makes.
853
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2152
59:08
Very similar to
854
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2903
59:12
that beautiful sound that we hear
855
3552220
2702
59:14
every day in the garden is by walking around on a summer's
856
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3537
59:18
day, you will hear maybe 1 or 2
857
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4471
59:22
or even many birds tweeting.
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4087
59:35
Is there any sound that's nicer?
859
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2903
59:38
Is there any sound that's nicer than the sound of a bird singing?
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4388
59:43
I don't think so.
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2202
59:45
Especially first thing in the morning during the dawn chorus.
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4104
59:49
Definitely.
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1619
59:51
Here's another one.
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2902
59:55
Are you ready?
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2903
60:00
Yes, it is 3:00, Mr.
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2553
60:03
Duncan.
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2485
60:05
That is why the bell is going on.
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3404
60:09
Because it's just it's just gone past 3:00.
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3871
60:13
So I suppose that might be the sound of the clock
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3036
60:17
outside in Much Wenlock at 3:00.
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4338
60:21
It will go.
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3621939
867
60:25
Bang.
873
3625175
2086
60:27
Again, another interesting word
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2886
60:30
that sounds very similar to the thing it is describing.
875
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4154
60:35
The sound of a bell going.
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2886
60:41
Boom!
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2903
60:45
And we have one more,
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1718
60:46
one more sound before I go.
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2453
60:49
And here is one that you will hear quite often when a person is moving
880
3649333
4437
60:53
something metallic, or maybe something
881
3653770
4021
60:58
that has a lot
882
3658208
2903
61:01
of things together, normally, if they are made of metal.
883
3661428
2970
61:05
The thing is.
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3665165
2903
61:13
Jingle, jingle.
885
3673206
2319
61:15
Maybe you have some keys in your pocket
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2937
61:18
and as you walk along you can hear the sound.
887
3678462
2902
61:21
Jingle, jingle.
888
3681731
2770
61:24
It is an interesting sound.
889
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1635
61:26
Maybe you are holding a piece of chain.
890
3686136
3453
61:30
Lots of links joining the chain together, and quite often
891
3690157
6089
61:36
the sound that you hear is very similar
892
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3370
61:39
to this.
893
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2903
61:47
Jingle, jingle.
894
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2886
61:51
And that is today's final
895
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2902
61:54
imitative English sound.
896
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2903
61:57
And I am sure that you are going to say Mr.
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2970
62:00
Duncan, there are many more.
898
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2903
62:03
There are many more words in English that sound like
899
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4354
62:08
the thing it is describing.
900
3728228
2902
62:11
And I think you might be right.
901
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1502
62:12
I'm sure there are others.
902
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1585
62:14
In fact, I know there are others, probably hundreds.
903
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3954
62:19
So that was today's final sound,
904
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2903
62:22
and I'm sure you can think of lots of others as well.
905
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3503
62:26
If you do, please let me know underneath in the comments
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3070
62:29
if you can think of any I have missed out.
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3053
62:33
I will be back with you
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1952
62:35
on Sunday and if you want to give me some
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4287
62:39
some other imitative words,
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3571
62:43
then please feel free to send me a message.
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3036
62:46
Or you can comment below right underneath this video.
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3920
62:52
Thank you very much for your company today.
913
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2536
62:55
I hope you've enjoyed today's live stream.
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2936
62:58
We are back on Sunday. Mr.
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2069
63:00
Steve will be here and yes, it will be the real Mr.
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4687
63:05
Steve,
917
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1619
63:06
not the fake Mr. Steve.
918
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2302
63:08
So Steve will be sitting right there
919
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3337
63:12
on Sunday joining us live.
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It will be the real Mr.
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Steve and not the fake one.
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Thank you very much for your company.
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I hope you've enjoyed today's live stream.
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It's been interesting.
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Something different.
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I always like to show you something different from time to time
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and today's lesson was no exception.
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See you very soon. Take care.
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Steve will be with us.
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I will be with you from 2 p.m.
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UK time next Sunday.
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I hope today's lesson has been useful.
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I hope you've enjoyed it and I look forward
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to seeing you again very soon.
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You can watch this lesson again later with captions as soon as YouTube
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have processed the actual video, which sometimes takes quite a while,
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sometimes around about 12 hours,
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it takes for YouTube to process the video.
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See you soon! Take care.
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Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.
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And of course, until the next time we meet, you know what's coming next.
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Yes, you do enjoy the rest of your day.
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Ta ta for now.
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See you on Sunday.
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