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English Audio Request

mparraud
330 Words / 2 Recordings / 5 Comments

What number are they up to?

Were you listening (to me)?

Did you do what I told you to do?

Why does Paul stand up to pee, and I have to sit?

Maybe she’s at work.

Maybe it’s in the storage room.

Maybe it’s in your bedroom.

Maybe he’s at home.

Please cover your mouth when you sneeze

When I sneeze, I like to cover my mouth with the sleeve of my jacket.

Please pack a scarf, (wool) cap, warm socks and sweaters.

The flowers had started to wilt after a few days.

He was a withered old man.

Raisins are dried grapes. They are produced in many regions of the world.

Raisins may be eaten raw or used in cooking, baking and brewing.

- Which do you prefer for breakfast, orange juice or coffee?
- Coffee
- Coffee? OK, do you take cream/milk?

Do you want your coffee black or with milk / cream?

This is altogether logical and reasonable.

Parental Control allows you to filter or block inappropriate content and prevent file downloads altogether.

This is a different matter altogether.

Altogether 40 booklets were prepared and tested.

Why do fingers wrinkle in the bath?

I am a 27 yr old female and i have noticed that the skin on my fingertips is wrinkled all the time (like i just got out of the bath). 

Wrinkles on the face and hands are a normal sign of aging.

Wrinkle and crease are two different things. Example: If you wash a pair of pants they come out of the machine wrinkled and without a crease. You iron out the wrinkles and use the iron to put a crease in the pants.

...one of our teenagers crouched over, wrinkled up his nose, and with a tone of disapproval, blurted out some outlandish comment about what I had said.

stop blurting out the answer. You need to raise your hand.

Just plug in the handsfree, turn on the FM radio and tune in.

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Comments

mparraud
Oct. 15, 2011

Thanks!
Did you say "slash" when you read sentences like "Do you want your coffee black or with milk / cream?"?

mparraud
Oct. 15, 2011

In the last sentence I heard "Please plug in the..." instead "Just plug in the..."
Am I right?

jewasdin
Oct. 15, 2011

mparraud, I usually read a slash when I see them. You hear this in day to day speech on occasion, or you may pronounce it "or." But you wrote the slash, so I said it. I hope this is not confusing.

And.. yes, I accidently did say Please instead of Just.

mparraud
Oct. 15, 2011

jewasdin, it's perfect! I'll take your comment about slash as an advice.
There's no problem with the "please" instead "just" that you accidentally said. But I wanted to know whether I had heard right.
Thanks again!

jewasdin
Oct. 15, 2011

Ah alright! And saying slash is really not "correct" probably, but I do hear it, so it is not uncommon!

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