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Unit 13: English You Need
Exams, news, pronunciation, teachers' tips, learners' questions
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መወከስ ማህደረ-ቃላት
Session 1 - Exam Skills
key
a list of answers to the questions in a test or in a book
familiarise
get to know well
skim
(here) read something quickly and not in detail
scan
(here) read something quickly, in order to get a general idea of its meaning or to find particular information
Session 2 - News Review
averted
stopped something bad from happening
tentative
not certain or definite
looms
causes worry
Session 3 - Pronunciation in the News
consumer
people who buy and use products
There are three syllables: con-su-mer
The stress is on the second syllable: con-SU-mer
You can hear the sound /j/ between the 's' and 'u'
In phonemic script, the word is written like this: /kənˈsjuːmə(r)/
