Daily English Dictation 68 - beginner
🎧 Listening Practice
My listening:
Stop it! Stop what? You're talking about me in Morse code. You know when jokes on you in Morse code. Hah.Answer:
Stop it! Stop what? You're talking about me in Morse code. But you know what? Joke's on you 'cuz I know Morse code.Pronunciation:
Stop it! Stop what? You're talking about me in Morse code. But you know what? Joke's on you 'cuz I know Morse code.
you're => yer
taking about => tawking 'bout
📖 Accumulation
Morse code /ˌmɔːrs ˈkoʊd/
(n.)(u) 莫尔斯电码:
- My grandpa still remembers how to send <u>Morse code</u> using a flashlight.
Collocations: send ~ ~ signal ~ message tap out ~ learn ~
Related: telegraph dot dash SOS signal radio operator communication
telegraph /ˈtelɪɡræf/
(n.)(c) 电报机，电报:
- The news of the victory was sent by <u>telegraph</u>.
Collocations: send a ~ ~ wire ~ line ~ office by ~
Related: Morse code telegram telephone wireless transmit communication fax
cut it out (👻informal)
别闹了，住手:
- You guys are being too loud—<u>cut it out</u> right now!
Collocations: ~ right now ~ with the noise hey, ~ just ~ tell them to ~
Related: stop it knock it off quit it give it a rest leave me alone cut that out enough
joke's on you (👻informal)
开玩笑反倒开到自己头上，你才是笑话:
- You tried to embarrass me, but the <u>joke's on you</u>—I actually love singing in public.
Collocations: now the ~ guess what, ~ turns out ~ in the end, ~ little did he know, ~
Related: backfire karma serve you right reap what you sow irony prank payback