American English; book of the past, present and future.

 

Food processor.

Repeat the following words.

Ancestor (an-ses-ter):                     Is he an ancestor of yours?

Anise (an-is):                     The black licorice (lik-er-ish) is made with anise.

Anxiety:                               Getting that speeding ticket gave me a lot of anxiety.

Apostrophe (uh-pos-truh-fee):    Please use an apostrophe to indicate possession.

Applaud (uh-plawd):     I have to applaud your decision.

Applause (uh-plawz):                    Loud applause followed her performance on piano.

Argyle (ahr-gahyl):         Do you like the patterns of my argyle socks?

Available:           Is that Rolls Royce Azure convertible available for rental?

Axe (aks):                            Did you get the axe at work?

Bolt:                      Did you see that lightning bolt split the tree in half?

Bomb:                   The bomb was hidden in the champagne bottle.

Bottom:                                I’ll get to the bottom of this, if it’s the last thing I do.

Bowl:                    Would you like a bowl of white rice or brown rice?

Britain:                                 Have you been to Britain?

Cavalry (kal-vuh-ree): Here comes the cavalry.

Celery:                 Did you want celery in that Bloody Mary?

Chairs:                 Please bring the extra chairs.

Chandelier (shan-dl-eer):                             That’s a beautiful chandelier you have in your house.

Chaos (key-os):                 It is said that the universe tends towards chaos or disorderliness.

Chauffer (shoh-fer):       What time will the limousine and the chauffer be here?

Childhood:         Let’s talk about your childhood.

Chronological (kroon-l-oj-i-kuhl):           Please list your references in chronological order.

Clothes (klohz):                Let’s get some new clothes.

Complacency (kuhm-pley-suhn-see):     Don’t let complacency get to you, keep on moving forward.