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Learn British English - The glottal stop

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The glottal stop is the voiceless stop sound made in the throat produced by glottis and it is also known as the stop of the /t/ sound in the middle and at the end of the word. It's usually used in some British accents such as cockney accent. But nowadays, not all English speakers use it. Let's have a look at the examples below: Explanation : Ɂ = Glottal stop symbol 1. Button - /ˈbʌɁən/ 2. But - /bʌɁ/ 3. Important -  /ɪmˈpɔːɁənt/ 4. Mountain - /ˈmaʊnɁɪn/ Well, there are still lots of words pronounced using glottal stops and you can learn it more deeply. NOTICE: • Some of words are not pronounced using glottal stop. • Do not use the glottal stop if the /t/ sound appears at the beginning of the word because it will sound weird to be pronounced, such as Tired, Tie, Take and more. That's why you need to learn it more deeply.

Slangs and idioms of the day

"COACH POTATO" It means people who always waste their time in front of TV or even it could men a lazy person "CRABBY" It is an adjective refers to someone who can easily get annoyed or angry. "RAMEN NODDLE" It's an idiom for "BRAIN" (usually used by rappers). "TO LEVEL WITH SOMEONE" It means to tell the truth to someone. "TO BRING SOMEONE TO TASK" It means to incourage or to advise someone to do the right thing.

SAWARNA BEACH

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SAWARNA BEACH Sawarna Beach Sawarna beach, that located in Lebak, Banten province is now becomes more popular to be visited. In a decade, this beach that located along the forest beach in line with Pelabuhan Ratu, raise as one of most-visited beach and entitled as a new pearl in Southern Banten To reach Sawarna, the travelers from Jakarta can be start the journey from Tangerang, Tigaraksa and Malimping, Bayah. While, from Bandung, we can start from Pelabuhan Ratu, then down the coast to the west. Unfortunately, we have to ask to the people around, for there are still no apparent direction to the beach. Many people do not know Sawarna beach, whereas this beach has a quite interesting charm. Sawarna presents a gently sloping beaches and white sandy beach. Along the coast, there is a lovely large rock, commonly known as Tanjung Layar. We can also feel the snorkel to greet variety of ornamental fish and coral reef, also find the beauty in Ciantir Coast, Tanjung

question tags

Question tags Question tags are the short questions that we put on the end of sentences – particularly in spoken English. There are lots of different question tags but the rules are not difficult to learn. Positive/negative If the main part of the sentence is positive, the question tag is negative …. He’s a doctor, isn’t he? You work in a bank, don’t you? ... and if the main part of the sentence is negative, the question tag is positive. You haven’t met him, have you? She isn’t coming, is she? With auxiliary verbs The question tag uses the same verb as the main part of the sentence. If this is an auxiliary verb (‘ have ’, ‘ be ’) then the question tag is made with the auxiliary verb. They’ve gone away for a few days, haven’t they? They weren’t here, were they? He had met him before, hadn’t he? This isn’t working, is it? Without auxiliary verbs If the main part of the sentence doesn’t have an auxiliary verb, the question tag uses an appropriate form of ‘ do