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box
/bɑːks/noun
A container with flat sides, often with a lid.
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box/bɑːks/noun
Can you put the rest in a box?
Word 2
mix
/mɪks/verb
To put different things together so they combine.
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mix/mɪks/verb
Mix the eggs and sugar before you add flour.
Word 3
next
/nekst/Also said neks.adverb
Straight after this, with nothing in between.
Three consonants close the word: k, s, t. Keep the t on the end.
Word 3Sentence 1 of 1
next/nekst/Also said neks.adverb
We get off at the next stop, not this one.
Word 4
text
/tekst/noun
The written words of something.
Word 4Sentence 1 of 1
text/tekst/noun
I copied the text from the sign into my phone.
Word 5
exam
/ɪɡˈzæm/noun
A set of questions that tests what you know or can do.
The x is a gz buzz here, and the first syllable is quick and unstressed: ig-ZAM.
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exam/ɪɡˈzæm/noun
I have an exam in the morning, so wish me luck.
Word 6
exact
/ɪɡˈzækt/adjective
Correct in every detail, with nothing off.
Stress on the second syllable, and the x buzzes as gz: ig-ZACT.
Word 6Sentence 1 of 1
exact/ɪɡˈzækt/adjective
Do you know the exact time the train leaves?
Word 7
exist
/ɪɡˈzɪst/verb
To be real, to be there.
Word 7Sentence 1 of 1
exist/ɪɡˈzɪst/verb
Does that little bakery still exist, or did it close?
Word 8
luxury
/ˈlʌɡʒəri/noun
Something nice to have that you don't really need.
The x turns into a g plus the zh of 'measure': LUG-zhuh-ree.
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luxury/ˈlʌɡʒəri/noun
A hot shower after a hike feels like real luxury.
Word 9
xylophone
/ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/noun
A musical instrument of wooden bars you hit with small mallets.
Starts with a plain z, and the first syllable rhymes with 'eye': ZY-luh-fone.
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xylophone/ˈzaɪləˌfoʊn/noun
My kid got a xylophone and hasn't stopped playing it.
Word 10
xerox
/ˈzɪrɑːks/verb
To make a paper copy of something on a copying machine.
Two different jobs in one word: a z at the start, a ks at the end.
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xerox/ˈzɪrɑːks/verb
Could you xerox these pages for me before lunch?
Word 1
box
/bɑːks/noun
A container with flat sides, often with a lid.
Word 1Sentence 1 of 1
box/bɑːks/noun
Can you put the rest in a box?
This word
- box
- 1Can you put the rest in a box?Can you put the rest in a box?
- mix
- 1Mix the eggs and sugar before you add flour.Mix the eggs and sugar before you add flour.
- next
- 1We get off at the next stop, not this one.We get off at the next stop, not this one.
- text
- 1I copied the text from the sign into my phone.I copied the text from the sign into my phone.
- exam
- 1I have an exam in the morning, so wish me luck.I have an exam in the morning, so wish me luck.
- exact
- 1Do you know the exact time the train leaves?Do you know the exact time the train leaves?
- exist
- 1Does that little bakery still exist, or did it close?Does that little bakery still exist, or did it close?
- luxury
- 1A hot shower after a hike feels like real luxury.A hot shower after a hike feels like real luxury.
- xylophone
- 1My kid got a xylophone and hasn't stopped playing it.My kid got a xylophone and hasn't stopped playing it.
- xerox
- 1Could you xerox these pages for me before lunch?Could you xerox these pages for me before lunch?
- box
- 1Can you put the rest in a box?Can you put the rest in a box?
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