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/'tɜ:k/

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/'tɜ:rk/

noun - a person from Turkey

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/'swi:d/

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/'swi:d/

noun - a person from Sweden

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/'deɪn/

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/'deɪn/

noun - a person from Denmark

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/'ærəb/

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/'ærəb/

noun - a person from the Middle East or North Africa

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/'spænjəd/

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/'spænjərd/

noun - a person coming from Spain

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/ə'reɪbiən/

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/ə'reɪbiən/

adjective - connected to Arabia

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/'frentʃmən/

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/'frentʃmən/

noun - a person from France

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/'spɪt 'aʊt/

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/'spɪt̬'aʊt/

verb - to say something quickly, often in an angry way, or to say something that you don't want to say

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/'spɪt/

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/'spɪt/

noun - a long thin stick that you put through a piece food, usually meat or vegetables, that you roast

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/ˌʌndə'reɪt/

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/ˌʌndə'reɪt/

verb - not to pay something as much attention as it deserves, not to value something highly enough

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/ˌəʊvə'reɪt/

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/'oʊvəˌreɪt/

verb - to pay more attention to something than it deserves, to value something too highly

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/'dju:plɪkət/

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/'du:plɪkət/

noun - an exact copy of something

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/'dju:plɪkeɪt/

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/'du:plɪkeɪt/

verb - to make an exact copy of something

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/'njʊ:mərət/

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/'nʊ:mərət/

adjective - able to work with numbers

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/ɪ'lɪtərəsi/

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/ɪ'lɪt̬ərəsi/

noun - the inability to write and read