Practice with some 4-syllable words

Wadjasay? American English Pronunciation Practice

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This podcast contains 26 sentences. Each sentence includes at least one 4-syllable word. The words are in alphabetical order, so the 4-syllable word in the first sentence is “alligator” beginning with “A” and so on. Sentence number 26 contains the word “zoology”.

Note that some of the sentences are silly and nonsensical while others are perfectly normal. Don’t worry about the ones that don’t make sense. Your job here is to practice pronouncing English. Let’s start:

1. I was eaten by an alligator.

2. She married a benevolent barbarian.

3. He battled a cantankerous cauliflower.

4. You can’t deactivate a dandelion.

5. We rode up on an entertaining elevator.

6. She was flabbergasted by my fettuccine.

7. I donate generously to gastronomic startups.

8. His harmonica playing was heartbreakingly sad.

9. I will now introduce you to the isosceles triangle.

10. She doesn’t put jellyfishes in her jambalaya.

11. The kindergarten children of Kalamazoo are knowledgeable about Kookaburras.

12. Our librarian spoke lyrically about her favorite books.

13. Nobody wants to eat microscopic macaroni.

14. The naturalist was also a skilled navigator.

15. My grandmother was a phone operator in Oklahoma.

16. I told the doctor about my peculiar palpitations.

17. The politician’s quick-wittedness was questionable.

18. We had to regularly repair our car’s radiator.

19. When we put out their dinner dishes, the dogs began synchronizing their salivation.

20. Who put the teriyaki in the terrarium?

21. Her ukulele playing was unbearably bad.

22. A vacationer from Venice vaccinated me.

23. Our watermelon was wonderfully juicy.

24. I don’t know what a xylotomist is.

25. She used to work in Yosemite Park.

26. Is zoology the study of zoos?
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