C1 Sounds and speaking | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Sounds and speaking vocabulary including New English File and Face to Face vocab

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To say something indistinctly, other people have difficulty understanding you.

He mumbled

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What phrasal verb means "to interupt somebody"

Butt in

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What verb beginning with g means to complain in a bad-tempered way?

To grumble

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When you get home from work after a long hard day, you might sit back on the sofa and....

sigh

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What word means "to secretly listen to another person's conversation?

Eavesdrop

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What other phrase means "to argue"

Have a row

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What does "to bicker" mean?

To argue about petty and trivial matters

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Giggle!

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Stammer!

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What might you do if you were a nervous public speaker and you had to speak in front of a lot of people?

Stammer

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What verb means "to cry with convulsive breathing"

To sob

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When might you say to someone "Stop wittering on!"?

When they are talking continuously about unimportant things.

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How might you speak if you want to tell someone something without anybody else hearing?

You would whisper

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What verb means "to talk with excessive pride and self satisfaction?

To boast

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