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restaurant

/ˈrestərˌɑːnt/Si dice anche ˈreˌstrɑːnt.noun

A place you go to buy and eat a meal.

Three beats in speech: res-ter-ahnt.

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restaurant/ˈrestərˌɑːnt/Si dice anche ˈreˌstrɑːnt.noun

This restaurant is still my favorite one downtown.

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evening

/ˈiːvnɪŋ/noun

The end of the day, from late afternoon until dark.

Two beats, not three: eev-ning.

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evening/ˈiːvnɪŋ/noun

Thanks for such a lovely evening, everyone.

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vegetable

/ˈvedʒtəbəl/noun

A plant part eaten as food, like a carrot or a bean.

Three syllables, VEJ-tuh-bul. Nothing sounds between the j and the t.

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vegetable/ˈvedʒtəbəl/noun

Did anyone else try the vegetable side dish?

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chocolate

/ˈtʃɔːklət/noun

A sweet brown food made from cocoa beans.

Two syllables in normal speech, CHOK-lut. The middle 'o' is gone.

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chocolate/ˈtʃɔːklət/noun

Should we share the chocolate cake for dessert?

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temperature

/ˈtemprətʃər/Si dice anche ˈtempərətʃər.noun

How hot or cold something is.

No per in the middle: tem-pruh-cher.

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temperature/ˈtemprətʃər/Si dice anche ˈtempərətʃər.noun

My soup arrived at a really odd temperature.

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favorite

/ˈfeɪvərɪt/Si dice anche ˈfeɪvrət.adjective

Liked more than all the others.

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favorite/ˈfeɪvərɪt/Si dice anche ˈfeɪvrət.adjective

What's your favorite thing on this menu?

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comfortable

/ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/adjective

Easy on the body, with nothing sore or pinching.

Stress on the first syllable and everything after it goes flat. The 'fort' part sounds like 'fert'.

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comfortable/ˈkʌmfərtəbəl/adjective

These chairs are more comfortable than I expected.

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different

/ˈdɪfərənt/Si dice anche ˈdɪfrənt.adjective

Not the same as something else.

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different/ˈdɪfərənt/Si dice anche ˈdɪfrənt.adjective

Yours tastes completely different from mine.

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separate

/ˈsepərˌeɪt/Si dice anche ˈsepərɪt o ˈseprət.verb

To split something into parts.

As a verb the ending is a full ate sound, unlike the flat adjective.

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separate/ˈsepərˌeɪt/Si dice anche ˈsepərɪt o ˈseprət.verb

Could you separate the check for us, please?

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probably

/ˈprɑːbəˌbliː/Si dice anche ˈprɑːbli.adverb

Very likely, though not for certain.

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probably/ˈprɑːbəˌbliː/Si dice anche ˈprɑːbli.adverb

I'll probably regret ordering that second plate.