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from xv.english import VocabularyManager
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ke = VocabularyManager()
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ke.printProblemTypes()
0. _problem_word_search 1. _problem_homophone_search 2. _problem_word_phonetic_pairs 3. _problem_phonetic_word_pairs 4. _problem_common_phonetic_pairs 5. _problem_prefixes_word_pairs 6. _problem_suffixes_word_pairs 7. _problem_common_letters_word_pairs 8. _problem_multiple_pronunciation_pairs 9. _problem_misspelling_prone_pairs 10. _problem_confusing_word_pairs 11. _problem_homophone_word_pairs 12. _problem_gender_word_pairs 13. _problem_phrases 14. _problem_idioms 15. _problem_game_guess_word
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from IPython.display import HTML
n = len(ke._problemTemplates)
max_loop = 1
for j in range(0, max_loop):
for i in range(n):
problem_type = i
display(HTML(f"<h2>problem_type: {problem_type}/{n-1} (loop {j}/{max_loop-1})</h2>"))
ke.getRandomProblem(problem_type = problem_type, verbose = True)
display(ke.printProblem())
display(HTML(f"<h6>Answer:</h6>"))
display(ke.printAnswer())
display(HTML(f"<h6>Solution:</h6>"))
display(ke.printSolution())
pass
problem_type: 0/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_word_search
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
telecommunications: te-li-cu-myoo-ni-cay-shunz
telegram: te-li-gram
telegraph: te-li-graf
telepathy: ti-le-pa-thee
Solution:
telecommunications: te-li-cu-myoo-ni-cay-shunz
telegram: te-li-gram
telegraph: te-li-graf
telepathy: ti-le-pa-thee
telecommunications
: noun1. meaning: The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.
2. meaning: A message so transmitted.
3. meaning: (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.
telegram
(/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/, ): noun1. meaning: A message transmitted by telegraph.
telegram
(/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/, ): noun: verb1. meaning: To send a telegram.
2. meaning: To send a telegram to (a person).
3. meaning: To send (a message) in a telegram.
telegraph
(/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/, ): noun1. meaning: An apparatus, or a process, for communicating rapidly between distant points, especially by means of established visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical means.
2. meaning: A visible or audible cue that indicates to an opponent the action that a character is about to take.
telegraph
(/ˈtɛl.ə.ɡɹæf/, ): noun: verb1. meaning: To send a message by telegraph.
2. meaning: To give nonverbal signals to another, as with gestures or a change in attitude.
example: Her frown telegraphed her displeasure.
3. meaning: To show one's intended action unintentionally.
telepathy
(/təˈlɛpəθi/): noun1. meaning: The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 1/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_homophone_search
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
runny: ru-nee
runner: ru-ner
runner-up: ru-ner-up
running: ru-ning
Solution:
runny: ru-nee
runner: ru-ner
runner-up: ru-ner-up
running: ru-ning
runny
(/ˈɹʌni/): adjective1. meaning: Fluid; capable of flowing.
example: runny honey
2. meaning: Liable to run or drip.
example: a runny nose
runner
(, /ˈɹʌnə/, /ˈɹʌnɚ/): noun1. meaning: Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
example: I just got back from my morning run.
2. meaning: Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
example: I need to make a run to the store.
3. meaning: A pleasure trip.
example: Let's go for a run in the car.
4. meaning: Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
5. meaning: Migration (of fish).
6. meaning: A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
7. meaning: A path taken by literal movement or figuratively
8. meaning: An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
example: He set up a rabbit run.
9. meaning: Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
10. meaning: State of being current; currency; popularity.
11. meaning: Continuous or sequential
12. meaning: A flow of liquid; a leak.
example: The constant run of water from the faucet annoys me.
13. meaning: (West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof. (Compare Southern US branch and New York and New England brook.)
example: The military campaign near that creek was known as "The battle of Bull Run".
14. meaning: A quick pace, faster than a walk.
example: He broke into a run.
15. meaning: A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great withdrawals.
example: Financial insecurity led to a run on the banks, as customers feared for the security of their savings.
16. meaning: Any sudden large demand for something.
example: There was a run on Christmas presents.
17. meaning: Various horizontal dimensions or surfaces
18. meaning: A standard or unexceptional group or category.
example: He stood out from the usual run of applicants.
19. meaning: In sports
20. meaning: A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
example: I have a run in my stocking.
21. meaning: The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
22. meaning: The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor of a mine or by the nature of the formation; also, the direction which a vein of ore or other substance takes.
23. meaning: A pair or set of millstones.
runner
(, /ˈɹʌnə/, /ˈɹʌnɚ/): noun: noun1. meaning: (usually in the phrase 'do a runner') A quick escape away from a scene.
example: He did a runner after robbing the drugstore.
2. meaning: A deserter.
3. meaning: A type of soft-soled shoe originally intended for runners.
synonyms: sneaker, trainer
4. meaning: Part of a shoe that is stitched to the bottom of the upper so it can be glued to the sole.
5. meaning: A part of an apparatus that moves quickly.
example: After the cycle completes, the runner travels back quickly to be in place for the next cycle.
6. meaning: A mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move (using wheels or sliding).
7. meaning: An automobile; a working or driveable automobile.
example: Is that old Mercedes on the forecourt a runner? / No, it has no gearbox.
8. meaning: A strip of fabric used to decorate or protect a table or dressing table.
example: The red runner makes the table so festive.
9. meaning: A long, narrow carpet for a high traffic area such as a hall or stairs.
example: How about we put down a clear runner in the front hall.
10. meaning: A part of a cigarette that is burning unevenly.
11. meaning: A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
12. meaning: A short sling with a carabiner on either end, used to link the climbing rope to a bolt or other protection such as a nut or friend.
13. meaning: A competitor in a poker tournament.
14. meaning: A restaurant employee responsible for taking food from the kitchens to the tables.
15. meaning: A leaping food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; the skipjack, shoemaker, or yellowtail.
16. meaning: (sports slang) An employee of a sports agent who tries to recruit possible player clients for the agent.
17. meaning: A rope to increase the power of a tackle.
18. meaning: A speedrunner.
19. meaning: An idea or plan that has potential to be adopted or put into operation.
example: This idea isn't a runner. Let's not waste any more time on it.
runner-up
(/ˌɹʌn.əˈɹʌp/, /ˌɹʌn.ɚˈʌp/): noun1. meaning: The person who finishes second, or in any position after the first.
example: Remember, if the winner can not complete the duties, the runner-up will take over.
2. meaning: Second favorite.
running
(/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/): verb1. meaning: To move swiftly.
2. meaning: (fluids) To flow.
3. meaning: (of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
4. meaning: To control or manage, be in charge of.
example: He is running the candidate's expensive campaign.
5. meaning: To be a candidate in an election.
example: I have decided to run for governor of California.
6. meaning: To make run in a race or an election.
example: He ran his best horse in the Derby.
7. meaning: To exert continuous activity; to proceed.
example: to run through life; to run in a circle
8. meaning: To be presented in the media.
example: Her picture ran on the front page of the newspaper.
9. meaning: To print or broadcast in the media.
example: run a story; run an ad
10. meaning: To smuggle (illegal goods).
example: to run guns; to run rum
11. meaning: To sort through a large volume of produce in quality control.
example: Looks like we're gonna have to run the tomatoes again.
12. meaning: To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
13. meaning: To execute or carry out a plan, procedure or program.
example: Don't run that software unless you have permission.
14. meaning: To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
example: to run from one subject to another
15. meaning: To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
example: Our supplies are running low.
16. meaning: To cost a large amount of money.
example: Buying a new laptop will run you a thousand dollars.
17. meaning: Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
example: My stocking is running.
18. meaning: To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
19. meaning: To cause to enter; to thrust.
example: to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into one's foot
20. meaning: To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
21. meaning: To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
example: to run a line
22. meaning: To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
example: to run the risk of losing one's life
23. meaning: To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
24. meaning: To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
25. meaning: To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series of stitches on the needle at the same time.
26. meaning: To control or have precedence in a card game.
example: Every three or four hands he would run the table.
27. meaning: To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
28. meaning: To be popularly known; to be generally received.
29. meaning: To have growth or development.
example: Boys and girls run up rapidly.
30. meaning: To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
31. meaning: To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in company.
example: Certain covenants run with the land.
32. meaning: To encounter or suffer (a particular, usually bad, fate or misfortune).
33. meaning: To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching a hole.
34. meaning: To speedrun.
running
(/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/): verb: noun1. meaning: The action of the verb to run.
example: His running of the business leaves something to be desired.
2. meaning: The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason
example: Running is good exercise.
3. meaning: That which runs or flows; the quantity of a liquid which flows in a certain time or during a certain operation.
example: the first running of a still
4. meaning: The discharge from an ulcer or other sore.
running
(/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/): verb: noun: adjective1. meaning: Moving or advancing at a run.
2. meaning: Present, current.
example: running month
3. meaning: Flowing; easy; cursive.
example: running handwriting
4. meaning: Continuous; ongoing; keeping along step by step.
example: a running explanation
5. meaning: Having a continuous design or pattern.
example: running bond; running ornament
6. meaning: Consecutive.
7. meaning: Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
example: a running vine
8. meaning: Discharging pus.
example: a running sore
9. meaning: (of a nose) Discharging snot or mucus.
example: a running nose
running
(/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/): verb: noun: adjective: adverb1. meaning: Consecutively; in a row
example: Mom's strawberry jam won the blue ribbon at the Holland County Fair three years running.
running
(/ˈɹʌnɪŋ/, /ˈɹʌnɪŋ/): verb: noun: adjective: adverb: preposition1. meaning: Approaching; about; roughly.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 2/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_word_phonetic_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
institutionalize: in-sti-too-shna-lize
generalize: je-ne-ra-lize
moralize: maw-ra-lize
demoralize: di-maw-ra-lize
Solution:
institutionalize: in-sti-too-shna-lize
generalize: je-ne-ra-lize
moralize: maw-ra-lize
demoralize: di-maw-ra-lize
institutionalize
(/ˌɪnstɪˈtjuːʃənəˌlaɪz/): verb1. meaning: To establish as a normal practice
2. meaning: To commit a person to confinement in an institution
generalize
: verb1. meaning: To speak in generalities, or in vague terms.
2. meaning: To infer or induce from specific cases to more general cases or principles.
3. meaning: To derive or deduce (a general concept or principle) from particular facts.
moralize
(/ˈmɒ.ɹə.laɪz/): verb1. meaning: To make moral reflections (on, upon, about or over something); to regard acts and events as involving a moral.
2. meaning: To say (something) expressing a moral reflection or judgment.
3. meaning: To render moral; to correct the morals of; to give the appearance of morality to.
4. meaning: To give a moral quality to; to affect the moral quality of, either for better or worse.
5. meaning: To apply to a moral purpose; to explain in a moral sense; to draw a moral from.
6. meaning: To supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples; to lend a moral to.
demoralize
(/dɪˈmɒɹəlaɪz/): verb1. meaning: To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 3/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_phonetic_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
tempestuous: tem-pes-chu-wus
tempest: tem-pest
template: tem-plit
tempo: tem-po
Solution:
tempestuous: tem-pes-chu-wus
tempest: tem-pest
template: tem-plit
tempo: tem-po
tempestuous
: adjective1. meaning: Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
tempest
(/ˈtɛmpəst/): noun1. meaning: A storm, especially one with severe winds.
2. meaning: Any violent tumult or commotion.
3. meaning: A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
tempest
(/ˈtɛmpəst/): noun: verb1. meaning: To storm.
2. meaning: To disturb, as by a tempest.
template
(/ˈtɛm.pleɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/): noun1. meaning: A physical object whose shape is used as a guide to make other objects.
2. meaning: A generic model or pattern from which other objects are based or derived.
3. meaning: A macromolecule which provides a pattern for the synthesis of another molecule.
4. meaning: A partially defined class or function, that can be instantiated in a variety of ways depending on the instantiation arguments.
template
(/ˈtɛm.pleɪt/, /ˈtɛm.plət/): noun: verb1. meaning: To set up or mark off using a template.
2. meaning: To provide a template or pattern for.
tempo
(/ˈtɛm.pəʊ/): noun1. meaning: A frequency or rate.
2. meaning: A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
3. meaning: The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
4. meaning: The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
5. meaning: The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
6. meaning: The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
7. meaning: A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.
8. meaning: A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 4/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_common_phonetic_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
myopia: mie-oe-pee-a
magnet: mag-net
brunette: broo-net
cygnet: sig-net
clarinet: cla-ri-net
Solution:
myopia: mie-oe-pee-a
magnet: mag-net
brunette: broo-net
cygnet: sig-net
clarinet: cla-ri-net
myopia
(/maɪˈəʊ.pɪ.ə/, /maɪˈoʊ.pi.ə/): noun1. meaning: A disorder of the vision where distant objects appear blurred because the eye focuses their images in front of the retina instead of on it.
synonyms: nearsightedness, shortsightedness
antonyms: hyperopia
2. meaning: A lack of imagination, discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
magnet
(/ˈmæɡnət/): noun1. meaning: A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
2. meaning: (preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
example: He always had a girl on his arm – he's a bit of a babe magnet.
brunette
(/bɹuːnɛt/, /bɹuˈnɛt/): noun1. meaning: A person, especially female, with brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
brunette
(/bɹuːnɛt/, /bɹuˈnɛt/): noun: adjective1. meaning: (of hair, eyes, skin, etc.) of a dark color or tone.
2. meaning: (of a person) having brown or black hair and, often, dark eyes and darkish or olive skin.
cygnet
(/ˈsɪɡ.nət/): noun1. meaning: The young of a swan.
clarinet
(/ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/): noun1. meaning: A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
synonyms: agony-pipe
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 5/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_prefixes_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
megabyte: me-ga-bite
megaphone: me-ga-foan
telescope: te-le-scope
telephoto lens: tel-uh-foe-toe-lens
Solution:
megabyte: me-ga-bite
megaphone: me-ga-foan
telescope: te-le-scope
telephoto lens: tel-uh-foe-toe-lens
megabyte
(/ˈmɛɡəˌbaɪt/): noun1. meaning: One million (106) bytes.
2. meaning: 1,048,576 bytes; a mebibyte.
megaphone
(/ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/, /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/): noun1. meaning: A portable, usually hand-held, funnel-shaped device that is used to amplify a person’s natural voice toward a targeted direction.
2. meaning: Mouthpiece or promoter; one who speaks for or publicizes on behalf of another.
megaphone
(/ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/, /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/): noun: verb1. meaning: To use a megaphone; to speak through a megaphone.
megaphone
(/ˈmɛɡ.əˌfəʊn/, /ˈmɛɡəˌfoʊn/): noun1. meaning: A cytotoxic neolignan obtained from the laurel Aniba megaphylla.
telescope
(/ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/, /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/): noun1. meaning: A monocular optical instrument that magnifies distant objects, especially in astronomy.
2. meaning: Any instrument used in astronomy for observing distant objects (such as a radio telescope).
telescope
(/ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/, /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/): noun: verb1. meaning: To extend or contract in the manner of a telescope.
2. meaning: To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass.
3. meaning: To come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another.
telephoto lens
: noun1. meaning: A lens having a long focal length which produces a magnified view of distant objects.
2. meaning: A lens which produces a magnified view of distant objects and which is sufficiently compact to have a physical length shorter than its focal length (as distinct from a long-focus lens).
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 6/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_suffixes_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
governess: gu-ver-ness
strangeness: straynj-ness
sameness: same-ness
madness: mad-ness
Solution:
governess: gu-ver-ness
strangeness: straynj-ness
sameness: same-ness
madness: mad-ness
governess
(/ˈɡʌvnəs/, /ˈɡʌvɚnəs/): noun1. meaning: A woman paid to educate children in their own home.
2. meaning: A female governor.
governess
(/ˈɡʌvnəs/, /ˈɡʌvɚnəs/): noun: verb1. meaning: To work as governess; to educate children in their own home.
strangeness
: noun1. meaning: The state or quality of being strange, odd or weird.
2. meaning: The product or result of being strange.
3. meaning: One of the quantum numbers of subatomic particles, depending upon the relative number of strange quarks and anti-strange quarks.
sameness
(/ˈseɪmnəs/, /ˈseɪmnəs/): noun1. meaning: The quality of being the same; identity.
2. meaning: The state of being equivalent; equality.
3. meaning: A tiring lack of variety; monotony.
madness
(/ˈmɛd.nɘs/, /ˈmad.nəs/, /ˈmæd.nəs/): noun1. meaning: The state of being mad; insanity; mental disease.
2. meaning: Rash folly
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 7/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_common_letters_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
concert: con-sert
nonchalant: non-sha-lont
conclusive: con-cloo-siv
disconcert: dis-con-sert
Solution:
concert: con-sert
nonchalant: non-sha-lont
conclusive: con-cloo-siv
disconcert: dis-con-sert
concert
(, /ˈkɒnsət/, /kənˈsɜːt/, /ˈkɑnsɚt/, /kənˈsɝt/): noun1. meaning: Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
2. meaning: Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. meaning: A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.
example: I'm going to the rock concert on Friday.
synonyms: gig
concert
(, /ˈkɒnsət/, /kənˈsɜːt/, /ˈkɑnsɚt/, /kənˈsɝt/): noun: verb1. meaning: To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
2. meaning: To plan; to devise; to arrange.
3. meaning: To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
nonchalant
(, /ˈnɒn.ʃəl.ənt/, /ˌnɑn.ʃəˈlɑnt/): adjective1. meaning: Casually calm and relaxed.
example: We handled the whole frenetic situation with a nonchalant attitude.
2. meaning: Indifferent; unconcerned; behaving as if detached.
example: He is far too nonchalant about such a serious matter.
conclusive
(/kənˈklusɪv/): adjective1. meaning: Pertaining to a conclusion.
2. meaning: Providing an end to something; decisive.
disconcert
(/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/, /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/): noun1. meaning: A state of disunion.
disconcert
(/ˌdɪskənˈsɜːt/, /ˌdɪskənˈsɝt/): noun: verb1. meaning: To upset the composure of.
2. meaning: To bring into confusion.
3. meaning: To frustrate, discomfit.
example: The emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 8/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_multiple_pronunciation_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
cite: site
sight: site
site: site
filter: fil-ter
philter: fil-ter
Solution:
cite: site
sight: site
site: site
filter: fil-ter
philter: fil-ter
cite
(/saɪt/): verb1. meaning: To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2. meaning: To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3. meaning: To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
cite
(/saɪt/): noun1. meaning: A citation
example: We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.
sight
(/saɪt/): noun1. meaning: (in the singular) The ability to see.
example: He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
2. meaning: The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
example: to gain sight of land
3. meaning: Something seen.
4. meaning: Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
example: We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
5. meaning: A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. meaning: A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
example: the sight of a quadrant
7. meaning: A great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
example: This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
8. meaning: In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
9. meaning: The instrument of seeing; the eye.
10. meaning: Mental view; opinion; judgment.
example: In their sight it was harmless.
sight
(/saɪt/): noun: verb1. meaning: To register visually.
2. meaning: To get sight of (something).
example: to sight land from a ship
3. meaning: To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
example: to sight a rifle or a cannon
4. meaning: To take aim at.
site
(/saɪt/): noun1. meaning: Sorrow, grief.
site
(/saɪt/): noun1. meaning: The place where anything is fixed; situation; local position
example: the site of a city or of a house
2. meaning: A place fitted or chosen for any certain permanent use or occupation
example: a site for a church
3. meaning: The posture or position of a thing.
4. meaning: A computer installation, particularly one associated with an intranet or internet service or telecommunications.
5. meaning: A website.
6. meaning: A category together with a choice of Grothendieck topology.
7. meaning: Region of a protein, a piece of DNA or RNA where chemical reactions take place.
8. meaning: A part of the body which has been operated on.
site
(/saɪt/): noun: verb1. meaning: To situate or place a building.
filter
(/ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/): noun1. meaning: A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
2. meaning: Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
3. meaning: Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
example: He runs an email filter to catch the junk mail.
4. meaning: Self-restraint in speech.
example: He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result.
5. meaning: A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
example: If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a "large" set, (2) the superset of any "large" set were also a "large" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of "large" sets were also a "large" set, then the set of all "large" sets would form a filter.
filter
(/ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/): noun: verb1. meaning: To sort, sift, or isolate.
example: This strainer should filter out the large particles.
2. meaning: To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
example: The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
3. meaning: To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
example: The water filtered through the rock and soil.
4. meaning: To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
example: The crowd filtered into the theater.
5. meaning: To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
example: I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering.
philter
(/ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/): noun1. meaning: A kind of potion, charm, or drug; especially love potion intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver.
philter
(/ˈfɪltə/, /ˈfɪltɚ/): noun: verb1. meaning: To impregnate or mix with a love potion.
example: to philter a draught
2. meaning: To charm to love; to excite to love or sexual desire by a potion.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 9/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_misspelling_prone_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
critique: cri-teek
vicious: vi-shus
postpone: poast-pone
guerrilla: gu-ri-la
Solution:
critique: cri-teek
vicious: vi-shus
postpone: poast-pone
guerrilla: gu-ri-la
critique
(/kɹɪˈtiːk/, /kɹɪ.ˈtik/): noun1. meaning: The art of criticism.
2. meaning: An essay in which another piece of work is criticised, reviewed, etc.
3. meaning: A point made to criticize something.
example: Bob liked most of my presentation, but offered three minor critiques.
4. meaning: A critic; one who criticises.
critique
(/kɹɪˈtiːk/, /kɹɪ.ˈtik/): noun: verb1. meaning: To review something.
example: I want you to critique this new idea of mine.
vicious
(/ˈvɪʃəs/): adjective1. meaning: Violent, destructive and cruel.
2. meaning: Savage and aggressive.
3. meaning: Pertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
postpone
(/poʊstˈpoʊn/): verb1. meaning: To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
synonyms: defer, delay, forestay, posticipate, procrastinate, put off, put on ice, stay, suspend
antonyms: advance, antedate, bring forward, expedite, hasten, prepone (India)
guerrilla
(/ɡəˈɹɪlə/): noun1. meaning: A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
2. meaning: A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
guerrilla
(/ɡəˈɹɪlə/): noun: adjective1. meaning: Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
2. meaning: Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 10/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_confusing_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
overseas: oa-ver-seez
oversees:
unprecedented: un-pre-su-den-tid
rare: rare
Solution:
overseas: oa-ver-seez
oversees:
unprecedented: un-pre-su-den-tid
rare: rare
overseas
(/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/, /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/): adjective1. meaning: Abroad.
example: Overseas branches of the company are doing well.
2. meaning: (used with ethnicities, nationalities, or religious affiliations) Living (being resident) in a foreign country.
example: Overseas Chinese communities exist in North and South America.
3. meaning: Across a sea; to or in an area across a sea.
example: Her overseas trip went well.
overseas
(/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/, /ˌoʊvɚˈsiːz/): adjective: adverb1. meaning: Abroad.
example: He emigrated and now lives overseas.
2. meaning: Across a sea; to an area across a sea.
example: She travelled overseas.
oversees
(/ˌəʊvəˈsiːz/, /ˌoʊvɚˈsiz/): verb1. meaning: To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
2. meaning: To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
example: It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
synonyms: superintend
3. meaning: To inspect, examine
example: Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
4. meaning: To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
5. meaning: To observe secretly or unintentionally.
unprecedented
(/ʌnˈpɹɛsɪdɛntɪd/): adjective1. meaning: Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.
rare
([ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛə(ɹ)/, /ɹɛəɹ/): noun1. meaning: A scarce or uncommon item.
rare
([ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛə(ɹ)/, /ɹɛəɹ/): noun: adjective1. meaning: Very uncommon; scarce.
example: Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
synonyms: geason, scarce, selcouth, seld, seldsome, selly, uncommon
antonyms: common, frequent
2. meaning: (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
3. meaning: Good; enjoyable.
rare
([ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛə(ɹ)/, /ɹɛəɹ/): adjective1. meaning: (particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
antonyms: well done
rare
([ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛə(ɹ)/, /ɹɛəɹ/): verb1. meaning: To rear, rise up, start backwards.
2. meaning: To rear, bring up, raise.
rare
([ɹɜɹ], /ɹɛə(ɹ)/, /ɹɛəɹ/): adjective1. meaning: Early
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 11/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_homophone_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
cheap: cheep
cheep: cheep
callous: ca-lus
callus:
Solution:
cheap: cheep
cheep: cheep
callous: ca-lus
callus:
cheap
(/t͡ʃiːp/, /t͡ʃip/): noun1. meaning: Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
2. meaning: A market; marketplace.
3. meaning: Price.
4. meaning: A low price; a bargain.
5. meaning: Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply.
cheap
(/t͡ʃiːp/, /t͡ʃip/): noun: verb1. meaning: To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
2. meaning: To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
3. meaning: To buy; purchase.
4. meaning: To sell.
cheap
(/t͡ʃiːp/, /t͡ʃip/): noun: verb: adjective1. meaning: Low and/or reduced in price.
2. meaning: Of poor quality.
3. meaning: Of little worth.
4. meaning: (of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
example: the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks
5. meaning: Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
example: Insurance is expensive, but don't be so cheap that you risk losing your home because of a fire.
6. meaning: Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
cheap
(/t͡ʃiːp/, /t͡ʃip/): noun: verb: adjective: adverb1. meaning: Cheaply.
cheep
(/tʃiːp/): noun1. meaning: A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
cheep
(/tʃiːp/): noun: verb1. meaning: Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds sounding like "cheep".
2. meaning: To express in a chirping tone.
cheep
(/tʃiːp/): noun: verb: interjection1. meaning: The short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.
callous
(/ˈkæləs/, /ˈkæləs/): adjective1. meaning: Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
example: She was so callous that she could criticise a cancer patient for wearing a wig.
2. meaning: Having calluses.
callous
(/ˈkæləs/, /ˈkæləs/): adjective: noun1. meaning: A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
2. meaning: The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
3. meaning: The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. meaning: A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
callus
(/ˈkæləs/, /ˈkæləs/): noun1. meaning: A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
2. meaning: The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
3. meaning: The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
4. meaning: A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
callus
(/ˈkæləs/, /ˈkæləs/): noun: verb1. meaning: To form such hardened tissue.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 12/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_gender_word_pairs
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Answer:
boar: bore
sow: soe
sow: sou
panda: pan-da
Solution:
boar: bore
sow: soe
sow: sou
panda: pan-da
boar
(/bɔː/, /bɔɹ/): noun1. meaning: A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.
2. meaning: A male pig.
3. meaning: A male boar (sense 1).
4. meaning: A male bear.
5. meaning: A male guinea pig.
sow
(/saʊ/): noun1. meaning: A female pig.
2. meaning: A female bear, she-bear.
3. meaning: A female guinea pig.
4. meaning: A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
5. meaning: A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
6. meaning: A contemptible, often fat woman.
7. meaning: A sowbug.
8. meaning: A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
sow
(/səʊ/, /soʊ/): verb1. meaning: To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
example: As you sow, so shall you reap.
2. meaning: To spread abroad; to propagate.
3. meaning: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
sow
(/saʊ/): noun1. meaning: A female pig.
2. meaning: A female bear, she-bear.
3. meaning: A female guinea pig.
4. meaning: A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
5. meaning: A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
6. meaning: A contemptible, often fat woman.
7. meaning: A sowbug.
8. meaning: A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.
sow
(/səʊ/, /soʊ/): verb1. meaning: To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds).
example: As you sow, so shall you reap.
2. meaning: To spread abroad; to propagate.
3. meaning: To scatter over; to besprinkle.
panda
(/ˈpændə/, /ˈpændə/): noun1. meaning: The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a small raccoon-like animal of northeast Asia with reddish fur and a long, ringed tail.
synonyms: bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, wah
2. meaning: Short for giant panda.
synonyms: mottled bear, panda bear
3. meaning: (law enforcement) Short for panda car.
panda
(/ˈpæn-/, /ˈpɑndə/): noun1. meaning: A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 13/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_phrases
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
the name of the game:
a culture vulture:
in the raw:
sleep tight:
Solution:
the name of the game:
a culture vulture:
in the raw:
sleep tight:
in the raw
(): adjective1. meaning: In the natural state; in real life.
2. meaning: Naked.
sleep tight
: interjection1. meaning: (nightly farewell) good night
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 14/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_idioms
Run the following code to hear text and then write it.
ke.listen()
Hint:
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
pass parameter search = 'word to search'.
You can pass a string containing words or a list of words.
Answer:
tread water: maintain a current situation without improvement or decline
all the same: anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
ten to one: something very likely
last but not least: what i have just said does not reflect a ranking in importance.
Solution:
tread water: maintain a current situation without improvement or decline
all the same: anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
ten to one: something very likely
last but not least: what i have just said does not reflect a ranking in importance.
tread water
: verb1. meaning: To remain afloat in the water without use of any buoyancy aid, by using kicking motions and hand motions.
2. meaning: To make no progress, expending effort just enough to maintain a stable position.
all the same
(): adverb1. meaning: Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless.
example: He knew it was risky. He did it all the same.
last but not least
(/ˈlæst bʌt nɑt ˈlist/): adverb1. meaning: An expression to start the last item of a list, emphasising that while it is listed last, it is just as important as the rest of the items.
Code to convert text to speech:
Run the following command:
import IPython
IPython.display.Audio(ke.speech_file)
problem_type: 15/15 (loop 0/0)
Problem Template: _problem_game_guess_word
Guess a 3-letter word.
You have 3 attemps left.
Please submit your answer as follows:
ke.submitAnswer('YOUR_GUESS')
You have 3 attemps left.
Please submit your answer as follows:
ke.submitAnswer('YOUR_GUESS')
Answer:
jug
Solution:
jug
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