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Number 65, Good
This is our first word
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in the 100 most common words in English
list that's primarily an adjective.
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An adjective is a content word. Content words
are nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
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And content words are what generally
will be stressed in a sentence.
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Good, good, up-down shape.
Good
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longer, clearer.
The "oo" here, represents the
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UH sound like in PUSH, or book.
Good,UH.
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The D is a stop consonant and
stop consonants have two parts.
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A stop of air and a release.
Good, good.
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Stop and release.
But with stop consonants,
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it's common to skip the release.
Then, the D becomes a lot more subtle.
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I want to show you what I mean.
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Good.
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