English Listening Practice - Five a Day #38.4

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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 38,

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  day four of your English Fiver Day, the second season.

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  I'm here every day of the working week from Monday to Friday to assist you in keeping to your habit.

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  your routine of dipping into the English language on a regular basis so that over time you keep working towards your goal of feeling like yourself when you communicate in English.

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  So, without further ado, let's begin as we always do with a snapshot of what's to come.

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  The empty nest was a heart-breaking sight.

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  with feathers scattered and no chicks to be seen.

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  A single dove sat on a branch nearby,

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  cooing softly as if mourning, while a crow pecked at the ground below.

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  Even the sky seemed darker, matching the grim feeling that hung in the air.

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  Okay, let's dive into the vocabulary, starting with the adjective heart-breaking.

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  Heart-breaking.

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  we spell this H-E-A-R-T-B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G heart breaking heart breaking now you'll notice many natives will not audibly release that T sound in the middle of heart breaking we won't pronounce that T in all its glory

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  because we have a B sound right next to it and it becomes difficult to have two plosives together,

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  a t and a b. So we will soften the t,

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  it'll become almost glottal and we will have a b, heartbreaking, heartbreaking, heartbreaking.

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  If something is described as being heartbreaking then it causes extreme sadness.

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  So we might talk about bad news that makes you sad being heartbreaking news.

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  If a piece of music or a film makes you cry then you would describe that as being heartbreaking.

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