TED talks: Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better vocabulary

Watch out! This slope is very __________.

• slipper

• slippery

• slip

• still

We ______ just 25 percent of what we hear.

• remember

• recall

• retain

• remain

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CCSS.L.11-12.2B

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.2B

CCSS.L.8.2C

CCSS.L.9-10.1.C

Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a ___________ process.

• mental

• mind

• brain

• psychological

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Unfortunately, people may ________ short of being honest.

• drop

• cease

• fail

• fall

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

And sound places us in time as well, because sound always has time ______ in it.

• put

• inserted

• engraved

• embedded

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

You can always take refuge ______ your father's house.

• on

• in

• at

• of

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CCSS.L.4.5B

CCSS.L.5.5B

Can't say that I exercise _____ a daily basis, but I try.

• on

• in

• at

• onto

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.W.2.3

CCSS.W.3.3C

When you pay attention to your inner voice, you become more ___________.

• aware

• attractive

• conscious

• unconscious

That pastry had a delicious, _______ taste. It was neither too sweet nor too spicy.

• sugary

• subtle

• savoury

• secular

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Choose synonym to watch

• consider

• contribute

• commemorate

• contemplate

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A