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To increase outcomes, I’m initiating an optional mid-course assessment. If you do great on this assessment, you can get an extra class free!* Also, if you exceed the norm by achieving an over 50% improvement on your final assessment, I’ll give you two free classes you can use or share with a friend. These extra classes will not be easy to get, but if you do better with goals and “prizes,” then this opportunity will help you advance your English skills. New or returning?

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Advanced Vocabulary: T as a D Sound

Practice this list of new words in which T sounds like D; technically it’s called a Flap T. Some of these words are common, but not yet included on the site while others are true vocabulary words. All are words that came up in recent classes. Practice with the video here.

settle	status
strategist	treaty
courtesy	protocol
isolated	equity
motivated	started
better	putting together
chatted	litigator
setting	satellite
limited	captivated
autopilot	sort of
article	mutter
waited/ing	satisfied
artist	visited/ing
lottery	notable
totally	setting
smarter/est	indicator/ed
party	job title
artifact	translating
fatal	brutal
tattletale	batter
caught a cold	suitable
caterpillar	total
photo	butterfly

Words with stress on the 2nd syllable: morality, immunity, collaborator, facilitating, pragmatic, manipulating, dramatic, communicated, get out of, what I want, sophisticated, repeated, humility, reality, majority, minority, investigator, Yosemite, exciting, Seattle, whatever, I hate it, right on, admitted, graffiti, report on, caught on, sort out

Words/Phrases with stress on the 3rd syllable: unilateral, diplomatic, what it takes, democratic, liability, possibility, quite a few, better off, not at all

Word/Phrase with stress on the 4th syllable: certification, out of the blue

*Please note: the new incentive program is only for students who began their classes in 2024 or later.