English Vocabulary Lesson - Five a Day #33.1

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  Hello and welcome to the English Like a Native podcast.

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  My name is Anna and you're listening to week 33, day 1 of your English 5 a day, the second season.

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  I'm here providing you with the resources you need to develop and maintain your habit.

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  of dipping daily into the English language so that over time you can increase your vocabulary and improve your confidence so that eventually you start to feel more like yourself when communicating in English.

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  So let's begin today's episode as we always do with a snapshot.

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  Lucy heard the rustling of leaves outside her window and saw a tiny grey kitten hiding under the bush.

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  She quickly bundled the frightened animal into her car and drove straight to the vet's office.

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  When her daughter bounced in from school later that afternoon,

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  the kitten was already starting to purr contentedly on the sofa.

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  Okay, let's dive into the vocabulary, starting with the verb purr.

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  Purr.

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  Now, we spell this P-U-R-R,

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  but we don't pronounce the letter R at all, even though there are two of them.

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  Purr.

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  To purr is to create the soft vibrating sound.

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  It's normally something a cat would do when a cat is happy and relaxed,

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  although you can also talk about the engine of a car purring.

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  It's making that soft vibrating sound.

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  I can't do it very well, but I think you must get the idea.

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  Okay, so the example sentence I might use with the verb purr is...

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