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In this episode: Pronunciation | Silent Letters

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We practised the pronunciation of some words that have silent letters in episode 38
( http://www.inglespodcast.com/2014/12/21/must-ought-to-and-should-vocabulary-in-the-home-the-kitchen-and-pronunciation-of-difficult-words-airc38/ )

Today we're going to give you a longer list and focus on groups of words that have the same silent letter.

Silent letters (I say the Spanish word, you say the English word before you hear it)

/t/
listen - escuchar
soften - ablandarse, suaveizarse
whistle - silbar (chiflar in Mexico)
fasten - atar, abrochar
Christmas - Navidad
castle - castillo


/k/
knife - cuchillo
knee - rodilla
knowledge - knowledge
knit - tejer, hacer punto
knob - pomo, picaporte (a knob of butter)
know - conocer, saber
knot - nudo


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/p/
receipt - recibo
pseudonym - seudónimo
psychic - psíquico/a
psychology - psicología
psychiatry - psiquiatría
pneumatic - neumático


/b/
climb - subir, ascender, escalar
debt - deuda
subtle - sutil
comb - peinilla, peine, peineta
numb - entumecido/a, adormecido, insensible
dumb - tonto/a, estúpido/a
doubt - dudar, duda
womb - útero
lamb - cordero
tomb - tumba, sepulcro


/h/
hour - hora
hourly - una vez por hora
honest - honesto/a
heir / heiress - heredero / heredera
honour - honor
honourable - honorable (dishonourable)

/e/
site
language
ride
note
care
curve

/t/
gourmet
debut

/ed/
stopped
kissed
helped
travelled


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On next week's episode: Academic English

The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'

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