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English Audio Request

mparraud
306 Words / 2 Recordings / 5 Comments
Note to recorder:

If you think some phrases are not natural, please let me know!

Quince paste is such a wonderful little accompaniment to cheese.

I tried to get more pieces, but unfortunately there were none left.

I tried to get more pieces, but unfortunately there was nothing left.

Yes, I looked. We don't have any paper.

How did it go?

How'd it go?"

How did it go with your date/computer/girlfriend/work?

How'd it go at school today?

I'm going to warm up the food.
I'm going to heat up the food.
I'm going to heat the food.

Robin Hood's hideout

I think he was so tired he didn't have the energy to climb out of bed.

Ever feel like climbing out of bed is the most exhausting thing you do all day?

Wait, did I just climb out of bed?

A few times a year the tip of my nose gets real red and is sore to the touch.

My feet were sore and my head ached.

Do you have a sore throat? No, I am fine. I am just thirsty.

It's too far to walk;

Unwrap the caramels and melt with the butter in a saucepan over low heat.

He was always boasting of his skill in the kitchen.

They boasted about owning three homes.

Don't boast about yourself.

Little girls like to play with jump ropes.

Boxers jump rope to improve their stamina and rhythm.

Buttonholes are holes in fabric which allow buttons to pass through, securing one piece of the fabric to another.

I took a sip of the soup.

He sipped from the coffee cup

The water swirls in a counter-clockwise direction.

An eddy is a similar movement, in a natural body of water, such as a creek. A ripple in the water.

We have a good bed of coals, so we can roast marshmallows.

There are several methods for threading the needle that I have seen

Recordings

Comments

whitegoshawk
Sept. 28, 2011

Hi, only one phrase I changed slightly;

"A few times a year the tip of my nose gets *really* red and is sore to the touch."

mparraud
Sept. 29, 2011

thank you!

mparraud
Sept. 29, 2011

Mathew, you skipped the phrase "They boasted about owning three homes."

Could you please record it for me?

Thanks

whitegoshawk
Sept. 29, 2011

Sorry about that, uploaded now!

mparraud
Sept. 30, 2011

thanks again!