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/sə'praɪzd/

AmE

/sər'praɪzd/

adjective - happy (or unhappy) because something which you didn't expect happened

BrE

/ˌsʌtʃ'æz/

AmE

/ˌsʌtʃ'æz/

conjunction - for example

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/'ʃɔ:/

AmE

/'ʃʊr/

adjective - certain, knowing something for certain

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/'sekʃn/

AmE

/'sekʃn/

noun - one of the parts that something is divided into

BrE

/'sekəndri sku:l/

AmE

/'sekənderi sku:l/

noun, British English - a type of school for children between 11 and 16

BrE

/'ʃɒpˌwɜ:kə/

AmE

/'ʃɑ:pˌwɜ:rkər/

noun - a person who works in a shop

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/'stɑ:t/

AmE

/'stɑ:rt/

noun - the beginning

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/'spelɪŋ/

AmE

/'spelɪŋ/

noun - the way how to write words correctly

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/'stɪl/

AmE

/'stɪl/

adverb - up to now, since then, not having stopped

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/'spɔ:ts/

AmE

/'spɔ:rts/

noun - activities or games that you do for excercise or fun, e.g football, swimming, etc.

BrE

/'snəʊbɔ:dɪŋ/

AmE

/'snoʊbɔ:rdɪŋ/

noun - a winter sport in which you ride down a snow-covered slope on a wide wooden or plastic board

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/'skeɪtɪŋ/

AmE

/'skeɪt̬ɪŋ/

noun - moving on ice using special boots with metal blades

BrE

/'spɔ:tsmən/

AmE

/'spɔ:rtsmən/

noun - a man who does sports either as a job or for fun

BrE

/'ʃɒp əsɪstənt/

AmE

/'ʃɑ:p əsɪstənt/

noun - a person who works in a shop, helps you with your shopping and collects money for what you buy

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/'saɪəns/

AmE

/'saɪəns/

noun - a kind of study of natural laws etc, e.g. physics, biology etc.