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elope [ ih-LOHP ]
[ intransitive verb ]
MEANING :
1. to secretly run off with a lover with the intention of getting marrie
d
2. to abscond
3. to leave without permission
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The couple eloped and got married because the boy's parents did not appr
ove of the girl's ethnicity.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
Taliban gunmen executed a young couple for trying to elope in rural Afgh
anistan, a local police chief told CNN Tuesday.
CNN, Police: Taliban executes eloping lovers, 14 April 2009.
laceration [ las-uh'-REY-shuh'n ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. a jagged cut
2. the act of inflicting a wound with a serrated edge
3. a rough tear or cut
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
Many of the campers suffered lacerations on their legs while making thei
r way through the thorny bushes.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
A preliminary autopsy on the body of an energy executive pulled from the
Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana, this week revealed a head lacerati
on and evidence of drowning, investigators said Thursday.
CNN, Preliminary autopsy on missing energy exec suggests drowning, 11 March 2010
.
insolence [ IN-suh'-luh'ns ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. impertinent in speech or behaviour
2. the act or instance of being contemptuously rude
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The parents were shocked by the insolence their son displayed.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
"We challenge him on the continuing corrupt company that we see plotting
around and controlling affairs from Aso Rock (presidential villa)," said Soyink
a, who slammed "the insolence with which the legislators have treated this natio
n".
The Telegraph, Nigeria: Protesters demand resignation of ailing president, 13 Ja
nuary 2010.
apex [ EY-peks ]
[ noun ]
MEANING :
1. the tip or the summit
2. the vertex or peak
3. climax
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
The climbers planted their clubâ s flag at the apex of the mountain as a tr
ibute to their achievement.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
At the apex of the English game, the Premier League is run by the cannie
st of operators in Richard Scudamore, whose disarming manner merely cloaks a las
er-like focus on the interests of his organisation.
The Telegraph, Brian Moore: Ian Watmore's resignation highlights need to end the
FA soap opera, Brian Moore, 25 March 2010.
incoherent [ in-koh-HEER-uh'nt ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. without being logical, meaningful or sensible
2. disjointed, rambling, confusing or unable to express one's thoughts in a clea
r, orderly manner
3. uncoordinated, different or incompatible by nature
4. lacking harmony or unity of parts
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
No one could figure out what had happened as the lone survivor of the ca
r crash provided incoherent responses to the queries put to her.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
The chairman of insurance group Standard Life, Gerry Grimstone, who's an
adviser to the Treasury on efficiency, has called the Tory calculations "incohe
rent".
BBC, Efficiency savings: Do the figures stack up? Hugh Pym , 8 April 2010.
Spelled Pronunciation Key
Stress marks: [ CAPS ] indicates the primary stressed syllable, as in newspaper
[NOOZ-pey-per ] and information [ in-fer-MEY-shuh' n ]
CONSONANTS
[b] boy, baby, rob
[d] do, ladder, bed
[f] food, offer, safe
[g] get, bigger, dog
[h] happy, ahead
[j] jump, budget, age
[k] can, speaker, stick
[l] let, follow, still
[m] make, summer, time
[n] no, dinner, thin
[ng] singer, think, long
[p] put, apple, cup
[r] run, marry, far, store
[s] sit, city, passing, face
[sh] she, station, push
[t] top, better, cat
[ch] church, watching, nature, witch
[th] thirsty, nothing, math
[th'] this, mother, breathe
[v] very, seven, love
[w] wear, away
[hw] where, somewhat
[y] yes, onion
[z] zoo, easy, buzz
[zh] measure, television, beige
VOWELS
[a] apple, can, hat
[ey] aid, hate, day
[ah] arm, father, aha
[air] air, careful, wear
[aw] all, or, talk, lost, saw
[e] ever, head, get
[ee] eat, see, need
[eer] ear, hero, beer
[er] teacher, afterward, murderer
[i] it, big, finishes
[ahy] I, ice, hide, deny
[o] odd, hot, woffle
[oh] owe, road, below
[oo] ooze, food, soup, sue
[oo'] good, book, put
[oi] oil, choice, toy
[ou] out, loud, how
[uh] up, mother, mud
[uh'] about, animal, problem, circus
[ur] early, bird, stirring
FOREIGN SOUNDS
[a*] Fr. ami
[kh*] Scot. loch, Ger. ach or ich
[Š] Fr. feu, Ger. schön
[r*] Fr. au revoir, Yiddish rebbe
[uh*] Fr. oeuvre
[y*] Fr. tu, Ger. über
SAMPLE NASALIZED VOWELS
[an*] Fr. bien
[ahn*] Fr. croissant
[awn*] Fr. bon
[Å n*] Fr. parfum
[in*] Port. Principe