Daily wordsPalavras de 21 de ago. de 2026
Words that sound nothing like they look
You're reading a page out loud to a room, and half the words on it were clearly spelled by someone who never planned to say them.
Dez palavras em inglês para todos os dias: colonel, yacht, choir, epitome, subtle, queue, indict, gnaw, sew, though. Cada uma com pronúncia e uma frase para dizer em voz alta.
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As dez palavras10 palavras, 10 frases
- 1colonel/ˈkɜːrnəl/nounA senior army officer, ranking just below a general.Two syllables, stress on the first, and it comes out sounding like 'kernel'.
- 2yacht/jɑːt/nounA large private boat used for pleasure trips or racing.The ch is silent; it rhymes with 'hot'.
- 3choir/ˈkwaɪər/nounA group of singers who perform together at a religious service.Starts with a kw sound and rhymes with 'wire'.
- 4epitome/ɪˈpɪtəmi/nounA perfect example of a type of thing.Four syllables, stress on the second, and it ends in 'mee' — not 'tome'.
- 5subtle/ˈsʌtəl/adjectiveSo slight or faint that it is easy to miss.The b is silent: 'suttle'.
- 6queue/kjuː/nounA line of people waiting for their turn.One syllable — it sounds exactly like the name of the letter Q.
- 7indict/ˌɪnˈdaɪt/verbTo formally charge someone with a crime.The c is silent; it rhymes with 'invite'.
- 8gnaw/nɔː/verbTo bite and chew at something over and over.The g is silent, so it starts like 'no'.
- 9sew/soʊ/verbTo join pieces of cloth with a needle and thread.Sounds like 'so', not 'sue'.
- 10though/ðoʊ/adverbUsed at the end of a sentence to add something that goes against what was just said.The gh is silent; it rhymes with 'go'.
As frases
- 1
The colonel saluted and marched his troops onto the parade ground.
- 2
They rented a yacht for the whole weekend.
- 3
The choir sings just before the reading starts.
- 4
She's the epitome of calm under real pressure.
- 5
There's a subtle difference between these two colors.
- 6
We stood in the queue for almost an hour.
- 7
They plan to indict him for tax fraud.
- 8
The puppy loves to gnaw on my shoes.
- 9
I need to sew this hem before tomorrow.
- 10
I'd still like to try it, though.