peculiar
peculiar
/pəkˈjuɫjɝ/, /pɪkˈjuɫjɝ/
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But nowadays, in most argan forestries, this peculiar sight is mainly used as a tourist attraction.
It's just a peculiar thing.
The mountain forests of China are the last home of a very peculiar bear indeed: the giant panda.
phlegm
phlegm
/ˈfɫɛm/
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You knocked some phlegm out of my mouth.
Siri, how do you spell phlegm.
From down the hallway, I hear a symphony of horking phlegm and blaring rock and roll.
poor
poor
/ˈpuɹ/
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His speaking and listening skills are poor, but in school he is good at math and spelling.
Is the poor man one of your family then?
He wrote about important things - about life and love, rich people and poor people, and Scotland.
poorly
poorly
/ˈpuɹɫi/
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His language skills are poorly developed, and he doesn't speak in full sentences.
The polls didn't do so poorly, not nearly as poorly as 2016 and 2020.
They're doing poorly in math because they're anxious about it.
to present
to present
/ˈpɹɛzənt/, /pɝˈzɛnt/, /pɹiˈzɛnt/
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I don't like the fact that people feel like they need to present proof.
and they wanted me to present for ten minutes.
They asked me if I wanted to come to DC [Gallaudet] and present there.
queasy
queasy
/ˈkwizi/
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Did that description almost make you feel as queasy as Billie?
So I start to walk and get a little queasy.
It's time for cheesy chocolate versus chocolate cheesy, which'll we love and which'll make us queasy?
rash
rash
/ˈɹæʃ/
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They experience painful gut symptoms and suffer from fatigue, brain fog, joint pain or skin rash.
But once gray tin appears, it can spread really quickly, like a rash.
People with measles can be contagious up to four days before the characteristic rash develops.
to react
to react
/ɹiˈækt/
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It is not clear how those surveyed might react to the automobile names Volvo, Mazda, or Lexus.
He reacted with surprise.
His patients reacted very well to the treatment.
reaction
reaction
/ɹiˈækʃən/
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A survey administrated by the Name Development consultants asked English speakers about their reactions to various letters of the alphabet.
I just wanna do a little reaction to.
I don't want to say it's not going to be a genuine reaction because it is.
red zone
red zone
/ɹˈɛd zˈoʊn/
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I’m parked in the red zone.
So they issue a red zone report and talk to them.
I'm in the red zone, I'm in the red zone.
rejection
rejection
/ɹiˈdʒɛkʃən/, /ɹɪˈdʒɛkʃən/
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People are deathly afraid of rejection.
The pricing can be a reason for rejection.
This rejection of the Church as it operated in the early sixteenth century came to be called the Reformation.
to relapse
to relapse
/ɹiˈɫæps/
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However, antidepressant medications carry some side effects, and 50% of people relapse when they stop taking them.
But many people relapse, and have to go back to taking medication.
This time I've relapsed.
relapse
relapse
/ɹiˈɫæps/
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But I don't want to go back into this downward spiral and relapses and whatnot.
CBT, meanwhile, is more lasting, with only a 20% relapse rate.
The number of minutes per day that people meditated also predicted resistance to relapse.
rotten
rotten
/ˈɹɑtən/
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Rotten food did not taste good.
I mean, it's fragile, it ripens quickly, it gets rotten fast.
But would they have gotten sick from eating something that was, kind of rotten?
run-down
run-down
/ˈɹənˈdaʊn/
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Run-down high school gym? -
My tiny run-down studio apartment, trying to come up with this plot for tonight.
iMore has a nice run-down of the top packs in this category.
salmonella
salmonella
/ˌsæɫməˈnɛɫə/
nounClick to see examples
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Earlier in 2015, the chain had already been linked to norovirus and salmonella incidents.
They spread salmonella in their feces.
And there's one salmonella bacteria on there.

SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2
/sˈɑːɹzkˈoʊ vˈiː tˈuː/
nounExamples
seasick
seasick
/ˈsiˌsɪk/
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I was seasick as a dog, just throwing up and retching and "Get me off!"
It’s enough to make anyone seasick!
Bly got seasick, and couldn’t hold down food.
seizure
seizure
/ˈsiʒɝ/
nounClick to see examples
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Doctors implanted electrodes into their brains to find the abnormal tissue causing their seizures.
We're almost pushing 40,000 seizures a year.
The Fourth Amendment right to be free of search and seizures.
septic
septic
/ˈsɛptɪk/
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Finally, not everyone lives in places with waste treatment plants, like people with individual septic systems.
So they did the proper blood work and everything and determined that I was septic.
She went to the ER, where it was determined she was in septic shock.
serious
serious
/ˈsɪɹiəs/
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Domestic violence is a serious problem everywhere, especially when it comes to marginalized groups.
Malaria is a serious health problem.
It disappeared once AIDS became a serious illness worldwide.
severe
severe
/səˈvɪɹ/
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And you know, occasionally I have severe shoulder and back pain.
We are seeing more severe floods, more severe hurricanes, more severe wildfires.
So if delaying the election affect all elections, we have severe chaos.
severely
severely
/səˈvɪɹɫi/
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And the gas impacts people with preexisting health conditions like asthma more severely.
We severely limit our talent pool in a number of ways.
The coronavirus pandemic's stands to severely threaten the automotive market around the world.
shake
shake
/ˈʃeɪk/
nounClick to see examples
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The Afar people did not know why the land was shaking and exploding.
So I'll shake hands with you, man to man.
and he shakes Paul's hand.
shaky
shaky
/ˈʃeɪki/
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The variation with the shaky hand was one of accuracy without precision.
My legs are a little bit shaky.
If they're all shaky, I just grab it and do it myself, you know?
to shiver
to shiver
/ˈʃɪvɝ/
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She stood still, with her eyes closed, listening, and shivering with terror.
It was a warm summer evening, but she shivered with cold.
she said, shivering. '
shiver
shiver
/ˈʃɪvɝ/
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And I cannot tell you, that just sent shivers down my spine.
[shivers] Now finally, history has recorded very few instances of directly lethal human farts.
Sweat, shiver, snore, or sneeze?

shivery
shivery
/ʃˈɪvɚɹi/
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shut-in
shut-in
/ʃˈʌtˈɪn/
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sick
sick
/ˈsɪk/
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These parasites quickly multiply inside the human and cause the individual to feel sick.
If medical treatment is started soon enough, sick individuals can be cured.
However, there are ways to prevent getting sick.
to sicken
to sicken
/ˈsɪkən/
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When larger fish feed on the smaller ones, they too are sickened by the poisons.
Ultimately, humans who eat the flesh of poisoned fish will be sickened, too.
And in 2011, 18 people at the NIH were sickened by a similar strain.
sickly
sickly
/ˈsɪkɫi/
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We would probably be very sickly.
- I'm very sickly.
He was a sickly boy, who suffered from coughs and seizures.
sickness
sickness
/ˈsɪknəs/
nounClick to see examples
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Hot towel service is suspended while air sickness bags remain, in-flight magazines are out.
It used to be that people were assigned to a specific sickness fund based on their occupation or region.
As a result, sickness funds begin marketing themselves in order to retain customers and attract new ones.
sneeze
sneeze
/ˈsniz/
nounClick to see examples
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Doctors say the virus is spread through droplets when someone coughs or sneezes.
Walk face-first into your co-worker’s nasty sneeze cloud?
Your reduced thirst makes you mildly dehydrated, diminishing transmission through sneezes, coughs, vomit, or diarrhea.
to sneeze
to sneeze
/ˈsniz/
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Atishoo!" sneezes Pierre.
You're in line at the grocery store when, uh oh, someone sneezes on you.
The virus cell that was sneezed into your lungs is sneaky.

snow-blind
snow-blind
/snˈoʊblˈaɪnd/
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sore
sore
/ˈsɔɹ/
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I mean, you stick out like a sore thumb.
Traffic has been kind of a sore spot starting in 2006.
Especially if you're a sore loser, like me.
sore
sore
/ˈsɔɹ/
nounClick to see examples
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You've got dried raisins, running sores.
I guess sores aren't that sweet, but you do have crusty sweets.
But the nurses have to turn them often to prevent pressure sores.
spasm
spasm
/ˈspæzəm/
nounClick to see examples
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This causes bugs to spasm and twitch, eventually paralyzing and then killing them.
The third survival system they hack is the diaphragm spasm.
The nation is convulsed again by a new spasm of shootings and the debate over how to stop them.
splitting
splitting
/ˈspɫɪtɪŋ/
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It's 10:15 in the morning on Tuesday and I already have a splitting headache.
It's maybe not quite as precise as I would like, but kind of splitting hairs here.
Oh my god, Look how much it's splitting.
spot
spot
/ˈspɑt/
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So, I do have a soft spot for really boosting the esteem and cheering on my women friends.
I mean, it's held the number one spot.
Every single time I look at the browse list, it's always on the number one spot.
to spread
to spread
/ˈspɹɛd/
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The idea spread to other places.
Slowly, farming spread to other areas.
So, hopefully, this will spread a little bit of education.
stiffness
stiffness
/ˈstɪfnəs/
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Then we recorded the deflection values for each stick and generated a curve representing its stiffness.
Patients were presenting with stiffness, difficulty with movement, and dementia -- as well as tremors and hallucinations.
Each ring has its own specific stiffness and elasticity to absorb a certain frequency of wave.
stomach ache
stomach ache
/stˈʌmək ˈeɪk/
nounClick to see examples
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Lou gave me that stomach ache.
No, the facts gave me that stomach ache.
Did he actually use it as medicine to treat a stomach ache?
stricken
stricken
/ˈstɹɪkən/
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The other part is less stricken.
A plague had stricken the city, and he had nothing to treat them.
He was stricken with violent attacks of diarrhea that eventually killed him.
