Onomatopoeia
6 Minute Vocabulary

Onomatopoeia

C1AdvancedOctober 12, 20267 min
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Our subject for today is onomatopoeia. That means words that sound like the thing they mean. And Catherine and I will be trying to demonstrate some of these words today. Yes, like the sound that most people's phones make when they get text messages. We call that sound a beep.

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Beep. That's it Rob. That's onomatopoeia. The word sounds like the thing it means beep. Beep, beep, yes. Have I got a message? Hold on. Right, OK, there are lots of

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