воскресенье, 18 октября 2026 г.

role, roll

role - /roʊl/

roll - /roʊl/


  • Her role is to roll out the new software update.

/hɚ roʊl ɪz tə roʊl aʊt ðə nuː ˈsɔftˌwɛɚ ˈʌpˌdeɪt/


/maɪ roʊl ɑn ðə tiːm ɪz tə tʃɛk ˈɛvɚi roʊl əv tɛst rɪˈzʌlts/


  • The actor got the role after he learned how to roll with the punches.

/ði ˈæktɚ ɡɑt ðə roʊl ˈæftɚ hi lɝnd haʊ tə roʊl wɪð ðə ˈpʌntʃɪz/


  • Her role in the play required her to roll across the stage.

/hɚ roʊl ɪn ðə pleɪ rɪˈkwaɪɚd hɚ tə roʊl əˈkrɔs ðə steɪdʒ/


  • The QA engineer's role is to make sure the page doesn't roll out of view.

/ðə ˌkjuːˈeɪ ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪɚz roʊl ɪz tə meɪk ʃʊɚ ðə peɪdʒ ˈdʌzənt roʊl aʊt əv vjuː/


  • He played the role of a baker who could roll dough perfectly.

/hi pleɪd ðə roʊl əv ə ˈbeɪkɚ hu kʊd roʊl doʊ ˈpɝfɪktli/


  • Her main role was to roll the cart into the storage room.

/hɚ meɪn roʊl wəz tə roʊl ðə kɑɹt ˈɪntu ðə ˈstɔɹɪdʒ ruːm/


  • The manager explained my role while I ate a bread roll.

/ðə ˈmænɪdʒɚ ɪkˈspleɪnd maɪ roʊl waɪl aɪ eɪt ə brɛd roʊl/


  • His role was to roll the dice and record the result.

/hɪz roʊl wəz tə roʊl ðə daɪs ən rɪˈkɔɹd ðə rɪˈzʌlt/


  • The developer's role is to prevent the page from jumping when users roll the mouse wheel.

/ðə dɪˈvɛləpɚz roʊl ɪz tə prɪˈvɛnt ðə peɪdʒ frəm ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ wɛn ˈjuːzɚz roʊl ðə maʊs wiːl/


  • role - /roʊl/ - роль, значение.
  • roll - /roʊl/ - рулон, крен, свиток, ролик, рулет, качение, катить, катиться, раскатать, перевернуть.

role и roll рифмуются со словами: goal /ɡoʊl/, pole /poʊl/, bowl /boʊl/, coal /koʊl/, toll /toʊl/, hole /hoʊl/, whole /hoʊl/, soul /soʊl/, stroll /stroʊl/, control /kənˈtroʊl/.




суббота, 17 октября 2026 г.

hole, whole

hole - /hoʊl/

whole - /hoʊl/


  • There is a hole in my sock, so I need a whole new pair.

/ðɛr ɪz ə hoʊl ɪn maɪ sɑk, soʊ aɪ nid ə hoʊl nu pɛr/


  • I dug a hole in the garden to plant the whole flower bush.

/aɪ dʌɡ ə hoʊl ɪn ðə ˈɡɑrdən tə plænt ðə hoʊl ˈflaʊɚ bʊʃ/


  •  The hole in the wall went through the whole room.

/ðə hoʊl ɪn ðə wɔl wɛnt θru ðə hoʊl rum/


  • He ate the whole apple and then noticed a hole in his shirt.

/hi eɪt ðə hoʊl ˈæpəl ən ðɛn ˈnoʊtɪst ə hoʊl ɪn hɪz ʃɝt/


  • The workers filled the hole in the road before repairing the whole street.

/ðə ˈwɝkɚz fɪld ðə hoʊl ɪn ðə roʊd bɪˈfɔr rɪˈpɛrɪŋ ðə hoʊl strit/


  • She got the ball into the hole on her first try and won the whole game.

/ʃi ɡɑt ðə bɔl ˈɪntu ðə hoʊl ɑn hɚ fɝst traɪ ən wʌn ðə hoʊl ɡeɪm/


  • A rabbit squeezed through a hole in the fence and ran across the whole yard.

/ə ˈræbɪt skwizd θru ə hoʊl ɪn ðə fɛns ən ræn əˈkrɔs ðə hoʊl jɑrd/


  • We found a hole in the security system that could affect the whole application.

/wi faʊnd ə hoʊl ɪn ðə səˈkjʊrəti ˈsɪstəm ðæt kʊd əˈfɛkt ðə hoʊl ˌæplɪˈkeɪʃən/


  • The hole in the doughnut was small, but I ate the whole doughnut anyway.

/ðə hoʊl ɪn ðə ˈdoʊnət wəz smɔl, bət aɪ eɪt ðə hoʊl ˈdoʊnət ˈɛniˌweɪ/


  • Instead of fixing one hole at a time, he decided to rebuild the whole roof.

/ɪnˈstɛd əv ˈfɪksɪŋ wʌn hoʊl æt ə taɪm, hi dɪˈsaɪdɪd tə ˌriˈbɪld ðə hoʊl ruf/


  • hole - /hoʊl/ - отверстие, дыра, дырка, яма, скважина, лунка, просверлить, пробить, продырявливать.
  • whole - /hoʊl/ - целый, весь, цельный, здоровый, родной, целое, все. 

hole, whole рифмуются со словами: goal /ɡoʊl/, pole /poʊl/, role /roʊl/, roll /roʊl, toll /toʊl/, coal /koʊl/, bowl /boʊl/, stole /stoʊl/, scroll /skroʊl/, control /kənˈtroʊl/.



воскресенье, 11 октября 2026 г.

southern, seven

southern - /ˈsʌðɚn/ 

seven - /ˈsɛvən/ 


  • The southern town was seven miles from the river.

/ðə ˈsʌðɚn taʊn wəz ˈsɛvən maɪlz frəm ðə ˈrɪvɚ/


  • We tried seven southern dishes at the restaurant.

/wi traɪd ˈsɛvən ˈsʌðɚn ˈdɪʃɪz æt ðə ˈrɛstɚɑnt/


  • The southern family invited seven guests to dinner.

/ðə ˈsʌðɚn ˈfæməli ɪnˈvaɪtɪd ˈsɛvən ɡɛsts tə ˈdɪnɚ/


  • We drove through seven southern states during our vacation.

/wi droʊv θru ˈsɛvən ˈsʌðɚn steɪts ˈdʊrɪŋ aʊɚ veɪˈkeɪʃən/


  • Seven southern counties received heavy rain overnight.

/ˈsɛvən ˈsʌðɚn ˈkaʊntiz rɪˈsivd ˈhɛvi reɪn ˈoʊvɚˌnaɪt/


  • The teacher discussed seven important events in southern history.

/ðə ˈtitʃɚ dɪˈskʌst ˈsɛvən ɪmˈpɔrtənt ɪˈvɛnts ɪn ˈsʌðɚn ˈhɪstəri/


  • Seven southern plants survived the unusually cold winter.

/ˈsɛvən ˈsʌðɚn plænts sərˈvaɪvd ði ʌnˈjuʒuəli koʊld ˈwɪntɚ/


  • Seven engineers joined the meeting with our southern team.

/ˈsɛvən ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪrz ʤɔɪnd ðə ˈmitɪŋ wɪð aʊɚ ˈsʌðɚn tim/


  • After seven months in the South, he developed a slight southern accent.

/ˈæftɚ ˈsɛvən mʌnθs ɪn ðə saʊθ, hi dɪˈvɛləpt ə slaɪt ˈsʌðɚn ˈækˌsɛnt/


  • The students named seven cities in the southern part of the country.

/ðə ˈstudənts neɪmd ˈsɛvən ˈsɪtiz ɪn ðə ˈsʌðɚn pɑrt əv ðə ˈkʌntri/



  • southern - /ˈsʌðɚn/ - южный, южанин, житель Юга.
  • seven - /ˈsɛvən/ - семь, семеро, семеро, семерка, седьмой номер. 


flower, flour

flower - /ˈflaʊɚ/

flour - /ˈflaʊɚ/


  • The flower on the table was covered with a little flour.

/ðə ˈflaʊɚ ɑn ðə ˈteɪbəl wəz ˈkʌvɚd wɪð ə ˈlɪtəl ˈflaʊɚ/


  • I put a flower beside the bowl before adding the flour.

/aɪ pʊt ə ˈflaʊɚ bɪˈsaɪd ðə boʊl bɪˈfɔr ˈædɪŋ ðə ˈflaʊɚ/


  • She drew a flower on the recipe card and measured the flour.

/ʃi dru ə ˈflaʊɚ ɑn ðə ˈrɛsəpi kɑrd ən ˈmɛʒɚd ðə ˈflaʊɚ/


  • The baker put a flower in a vase next to the bag of flour.

/ðə ˈbeɪkɚ pʊt ə ˈflaʊɚ ɪn ə veɪs nɛkst tə ðə bæɡ əv ˈflaʊɚ/


  • A yellow flower fell into the flour while I was baking.

/ə ˈjɛloʊ ˈflaʊɚ fɛl ˈɪntu ðə ˈflaʊɚ waɪl aɪ wəz ˈbeɪkɪŋ/


  • He gave me a flower and a bag of flour for my birthday.

/hi ɡeɪv mi ə ˈflaʊɚ ən ə bæɡ əv ˈflaʊɚ fər maɪ ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/


  • The children painted a flower while their mother sifted the flour.

/ðə ˈtʃɪldrən ˈpeɪntɪd ə ˈflaʊɚ waɪl ðɛr ˈmʌðɚ ˈsɪftɪd ðə ˈflaʊɚ/


  • She decorated the cake with a flower design made from flour-based icing.

/ʃi ˈdɛkəˌreɪtɪd ðə keɪk wɪð ə ˈflaʊɚ dɪˈzaɪn meɪd frəm ˈflaʊɚ beɪst ˈaɪsɪŋ/


  • I bought a flower for my friend and flour for the cookies.

/aɪ bɔt ə ˈflaʊɚ fər maɪ frɛnd ən ˈflaʊɚ fər ðə ˈkʊkiz/


  • When I asked for a flower, the baker handed me a bag of flour.

/wɛn aɪ æskt fər ə ˈflaʊɚ, ðə ˈbeɪkɚ ˈhændɪd mi ə bæɡ əv ˈflaʊɚ/



  • flower - /ˈflaʊɚ/ - цветок, цвет, цветение, расцвет, цвести, быть в расцвете. 
  • flour - /ˈflaʊɚ/ - мука, порошок, пудра, мучной, молоть, размалывать.
flower и flour рифмуются со словами: power /ˈpaʊɚ/, shower /ˈʃaʊɚ/, tower/ˈtaʊɚ/, sour /ˈsaʊɚ/,  hour /ˈaʊɚ/, devour /dɪˈvaʊɚ/.


sour - /ˈsaʊɚ/ - кислый, прокисший , враждебный, недовольный, портиться, омрачать.

devour - /dɪˈvaʊɚ/ - пожирать, поглощать, истреблять, лопать, уничтожать, проглатывать.


суббота, 10 октября 2026 г.

lonely, only

lonely - /ˈloʊnli/

only - /ˈoʊnli/


  • I felt lonely because I was the only person at home.

/aɪ fɛlt ˈloʊnli bɪˈkʌz aɪ wəz ði ˈoʊnli ˈpɝsən æt hoʊm/


  • She felt lonely in the new city because her only friend lived far away.

/ʃi fɛlt ˈloʊnli ɪn ðə nu ˈsɪti bɪˈkʌz hɚ ˈoʊnli frɛnd lɪvd fɑr əˈweɪ/


  • He sometimes feels lonely when he is the only person working from home.

/hi ˈsʌmtaɪmz filz ˈloʊnli wɛn hi ɪz ði ˈoʊnli ˈpɝsən ˈwɝkɪŋ frəm hoʊm/


  • I felt lonely when I moved abroad, and English was the only language I could practice every day.

/aɪ fɛlt ˈloʊnli wɛn aɪ muvd əˈbrɔd, ən ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ wəz ði ˈoʊnli ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ aɪ kʊd ˈpræktɪs ˈɛvri deɪ/


  • The lonely dog waited for the only person who regularly visited him.

/ðə ˈloʊnli dɔɡ ˈweɪtɪd fər ði ˈoʊnli ˈpɝsən hu ˈrɛɡjələrli ˈvɪzɪtɪd hɪm/


  • It was the only weekend when I didn't feel lonely.

/ɪt wəz ði ˈoʊnli ˈwikˌɛnd wɛn aɪ ˈdɪdənt fil ˈloʊnli/


  • She wasn't lonely at work because her only colleague sat next to her.

/ʃi ˈwɑzənt ˈloʊnli æt wɝk bɪˈkʌz hɚ ˈoʊnli ˈkɑliɡ sæt nɛkst tə hɚ/


  • His only phone call that day made him feel less lonely.

/hɪz ˈoʊnli foʊn kɔl ðæt deɪ meɪd hɪm fil lɛs ˈloʊnli/


  • The lonely traveler discovered that the only café in the village was still open.

/ðə ˈloʊnli ˈtrævələr dɪˈskʌvɚd ðæt ði ˈoʊnli kæˈfeɪ ɪn ðə ˈvɪlɪdʒ wəz stɪl ˈoʊpən/


  • The only way to help a lonely person is to show genuine interest in them.

/ði ˈoʊnli weɪ tə hɛlp ə ˈloʊnli ˈpɝsən ɪz tə ʃoʊ ˈdʒɛnjuɪn ˈɪntrəst ɪn ðɛm/


  • lonely - /ˈloʊnli/ - одинокий, уединенный, пустынный, одиноко.
  • only - /ˈoʊnli/ - только, всего лишь , только, исключительно , только что , единственный , но, только.

tow, toe

tow - /toʊ/

toe - /toʊ/


  • The driver had to tow the car after he injured his toe.

/ðə ˈdraɪvɚ hæd tə toʊ ðə kɑr ˈæftɚ hi ˈɪnʤɚd hɪz toʊ/


  • The mechanic will tow my car while I rest my injured toe.

/ðə məˈkænɪk wɪl toʊ maɪ kɑr waɪl aɪ rɛst maɪ ˈɪnʤɚd toʊ/


  • I hurt my toe when I watched a truck tow a broken car.

/aɪ hɝt maɪ toʊ wɛn aɪ wɑtʃt ə trʌk toʊ ə ˈbroʊkən kɑr/


  • She called a tow truck after dropping a heavy box on her toe.

/ʃi kɔld ə toʊ trʌk ˈæftɚ ˈdrɑpɪŋ ə ˈhɛvi bɑks ɑn hɚ toʊ/


  • We watched a boat tow a small platform while I dipped my toe in the water.

/wi wɑtʃt ə boʊt toʊ ə smɔl ˈplætˌfɔrm waɪl aɪ dɪpt maɪ toʊ ɪn ðə ˈwɔtɚ/


  • The sign warned drivers that the company would tow illegally parked cars, so I moved my toe away from the wheel.

/ðə saɪn wɔrnd ˈdraɪvɚz ðæt ðə ˈkʌmpəni wʊd toʊ ɪˈliɡəli pɑrkt kɑrz, soʊ aɪ muvd maɪ toʊ əˈweɪ frəm ðə wil/


  • His job was to tow damaged vehicles, but he injured his toe while moving equipment.

/hɪz ʤɑb wəz tə toʊ ˈdæmɪʤd ˈviəkəlz, bət hi ˈɪnʤɚd hɪz toʊ waɪl ˈmuvɪŋ ɪˈkwɪpmənt/


  • After the truck began to tow the trailer, I realized that I had broken my toe.

/ˈæftɚ ðə trʌk bɪˈɡæn tə toʊ ðə ˈtreɪlɚ, aɪ ˈriəˌlaɪzd ðæt aɪ hæd ˈbroʊkən maɪ toʊ/


  • The doctor examined my toe while a nearby service truck prepared to tow my car.

/ðə ˈdɑktɚ ɪɡˈzæmɪnd maɪ toʊ waɪl ə ˈnɪrˌbaɪ ˈsɝvɪs trʌk prɪˈpɛrd tə toʊ maɪ kɑr/


  • I told my brother to tow the old car, but he thought I was talking about my sore toe.

/aɪ toʊld maɪ ˈbrʌðɚ tə toʊ ði oʊld kɑr, bət hi θɔt aɪ wəz ˈtɔkɪŋ əˈbaʊt maɪ sɔr toʊ/



  • tow - /toʊ/ - буксировка, буксир, кудель, пакля, очес, трос, буксировать, тащить, тащить за собой.
  • toe - /toʊ/ - палец, носок, пята, палец на ноге, ударять носком.


Звук /t/ в начале слова
Звук /oʊ/. General American

воскресенье, 4 октября 2026 г.

severity, civility

severity - /səˈvɛrəti/

civility - /səˈvɪləti/


  • The severity of the problem required civility during the discussion.

/ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə ˈprɑbləm rɪˈkwaɪrd səˈvɪləti ˈdʊrɪŋ ðə dɪˈskʌʃən/


  • Despite the severity of the criticism, she responded with civility.

/dɪˈspaɪt ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə ˈkrɪtɪˌsɪzəm, ʃi rɪˈspɑndəd wɪð səˈvɪləti/


  • The manager explained the severity of the issue and asked everyone to maintain civility.

/ðə ˈmænədʒɚ ɪkˈspleɪnd ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ði ˈɪʃu ən æskt ˈɛvriˌwʌn tə meɪnˈteɪn səˈvɪləti/


  • The severity of the bug was obvious, but the team discussed it with civility.

/ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə bʌɡ wəz ˈɑbviəs, bət ðə tim dɪˈskʌst ɪt wɪð səˈvɪləti/


  • Everyone understood the severity of the situation and agreed to communicate with civility.

/ˈɛvriˌwʌn ˌʌndɚˈstʊd ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃən ən əˈɡrid tə kəˈmjunəˌkeɪt wɪð səˈvɪləti/


  • The doctor explained the severity of the condition with great civility.

/ðə ˈdɑktɚ ɪkˈspleɪnd ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə kənˈdɪʃən wɪð ɡreɪt səˈvɪləti/

Here, the two words contrast very clearly in the middle:


  • We should recognize the severity of the error without losing civility.

/wi ʃʊd ˈrɛkəɡˌnaɪz ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ði ˈɛrɚ wɪˈðaʊt ˈluzɪŋ səˈvɪləti/


  • The severity of his response surprised me, but I appreciated his civility afterward.

/ðə səˈvɛrəti əv hɪz rɪˈspɑns sərˈpraɪzd mi, bət aɪ əˈpriʃiˌeɪtəd hɪz səˈvɪləti ˈæftɚwɚd/


  • Even when discussing the severity of the failure, the engineers maintained civility.

/ˈivən wɛn dɪˈskʌsɪŋ ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə ˈfeɪljɚ, ði ˌɛndʒəˈnɪrz meɪnˈteɪnd səˈvɪləti/

This is particularly useful for a QA/workplace context.


  • The severity of the conflict made civility more important than ever.

/ðə səˈvɛrəti əv ðə ˈkɑnflɪkt meɪd səˈvɪləti mɔr ɪmˈpɔrtənt ðæn ˈɛvɚ/



  • severity - /səˈvɛrəti/ - суровость, строгость, жестокость, cерьёзность проблемы, трудности, тяготы, точность.
  • civility - /səˈvɪləti/ - вежливость, любезность, корректность.