Pronunciation Set 2

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Suit / Boot

Sweet / Feet

That’s a nice pair of boots to go with your suit.

Yeah, pretty sweet, they look good on my feet.

Set 1 of 5

Tailor / Teller

I’ll take the suit to my tailor
I want to be a sailor

Teller

She’s a great story teller
It’s a bestseller

Polish and polish (not the same!)

These are Polish sausages
I need to polish my shoes

Receipt

Would you like a receipt ?
His words were full of deceit

Recipe

I know a great recipe
Her name is Penelope

Set 2 of 5

Ceiling / Selling

What a feeling
A white ceiling

Selling

I saw them on the corner, selling drugs
She’s telling the police

Sailing

Let’s go sailing
Please unsubscribe me from this mailing list

Stubborn

Don’t be so stubborn

Trustworthy

This car is rather curvy
Nope, this company is not trustworthy

Set 3 of 5

Clown

Turn that frown, upside down
You’re such a clown

Paradigm

Would you like some lime 
This is a paradigm of design

Cucumber

Snooker cue = Q = Cucumber
Cucumber = come

Plumber / Climber

We’d better call a plumber
She’s a mountain climber

Dessert / Desert

I quite fancy some dessert
It’s so hot in the desert
I had a dessert in the desert

Set 4 of 5

Mild / Wild

He’s a wild child
Don’t touch the wild animals
This curry is quite mild

Tough/ Rough

He is full of fluff but he’s very tough

Cough

David Hasselhoff
I’ve been coughing all night

Tourism / Touristic / Tourists

There are many tourists at Esaka station

Skype skip

I’ll call you on Skype
Can you wipe the screen please

My nose is dripping
Let’s skip the cut scene please

Final Set

Item

Can you lighten this colour?
I need that item!

Lawyer

She’s my employer
You’re going to need a lawyer

(UK) Thorough

A thorough examination
Hackney is a borough of East London

Squirrel

There are many grey squirrels in the park.  Where are the red ones?

Hedgehog

This hedgehog has to go quite fast

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