#3 Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab

A Story to Remember

unidentified

adjective [not gradable]    /ˌʌn·ɑɪˈdent·əˌfɑɪd/

› (of a person or image of a person) whose name is not known:

The photo shows the two leaders shaking hands, with an unidentified woman behind them.

bizarre

adjective    /bɪˈzɑr/

› strange and unusual:

That party was too bizarre for me!

precinct

noun [C]    /ˈpri·sɪŋkt/

› a division of a city or town, esp. an area protected by one police station, or adivision used for elections› The precincts of a place are the areas that surround it, esp. when enclosed:the private precincts of the university

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tuition

noun [U]    /tʊˈɪʃ·ən/

› the money paid for being taught, esp. at a college or university

(Definition of tuition noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Focus on the pronunciation of tuition

drop by (somewhere)

— phrasal verb with drop    /drɑp/ verb (-pp-)

›  to come to see someone, sometimes at a stated place, usually briefly and without a specific invitation:

He dropped by the woman’s house to ask for money.The publisher told the writers they should drop by if they ever wanted a newspaperjob.

hectic

adjective    /ˈhek·tɪk/

› busy, fast, and full of activity:

a hectic schedulethe hectic pace of city life