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Key terms in this arc (20 unique words)
| Word | Freq |
|---|---|
| irreplaceable | 1× |
| implementing | 1× |
| neighborhood | 1× |
| community's | 1× |
| suggestions | 1× |
Learning objective: Train your ear to recognize native speech patterns and improve your natural speaking flow. General English provides the foundation for all specialized communication.
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Train your ear to detect subtle pitch shifts in General English audio, then reproduce them to sound more native. This arc has about 34 words across 1 exercises and 2 sentences. Watch for question forms and mark rising intonation. Key terms include irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's, suggestions. Average sentence length is about 17 words, which supports controlled pacing.
Tomorrow she'll start implementing the community's suggestions, beginning with a neighborhood book festival that celebrates local authors and draws attention to what makes independent bookstores irreplaceable.
This arc contains only declarative sentences, making it ideal for practicing steady speech rhythm and consistent stress placement across every line. At under a minute of reading time, this arc works as a micro-drill that you can repeat several times in one session for deep reinforcement. With repeat-audio mode, the native voice model gives you an authentic benchmark for everything from vowel reduction to linking — listen actively before each shadowing attempt.
Tomorrow she'll start implementing the community's suggestions, beginning with a neighborhood book festival that celebrates local authors and draws attention to what makes independent bookstores irreplaceable. Sometimes the best defense is a spectacular offense.
Arc 20 in "Between the Lines" applies General English language to practical communication tasks at the Fluency level. Key terms such as irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's appear repeatedly, while the dominant superlatives pattern gives you a stable structure for controlled repetition across roughly 2 sentences.
Phrasal verbs combine base verbs with particles (prepositions or adverbs) to create meanings often unrelated to the component parts—"give up" (surrender), "look into" (investigate), and "put off" (postpone) exemplify this. English relies heavily on phrasal verbs, especially in spoken and informal registers, making them essential for natural communication. Some phrasal verbs are separable (turn the lights off / turn off the lights), while others are inseparable (look after the children). Three-word phrasal verbs (put up with, look forward to) follow additional patterns. Many phrasal verbs have formal single-word equivalents (find out/discover, set up/establish) that appear in academic and professional writing. Understanding these relationships helps learners choose appropriate register. Building phrasal verb competence requires exposure and practice—there are thousands in common use.
Use a listen-first routine for Arc 20: hear each sentence once without speaking, then shadow it immediately on the second pass. Match timing first, then stress and intonation, so your rhythm follows the native pattern instead of word-by-word reading. This Fluency shadowing set includes 1 clips and helps you build automatic pacing with irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's, suggestions. Use slight pitch changes on emphasis words to avoid flat delivery.
Listening followed by immediate imitation creates a tight feedback loop where your brain compares its output against the stored auditory template after every attempt. This General English lesson gives you topic-specific rehearsal rather than isolated sentence practice. For Fluency learners, the goal is controlled accuracy first, then automatic fluency. Key vocabulary in this arc includes irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's, suggestions, so repeated retrieval improves both precision and retention. The dominant sentence profile is superlatives, so focus on consistent stress placement and boundary control. You will process about 34 words across 1 exercises and 2 sentences, enough volume to consolidate the target pattern. As timing alignment improves, your speech becomes less segmented and closer to native connected rhythm.
Fluency level • Business & Commerce • Practice with focused rhythm cues
Exercise 20: Tomorrow she'll start implementing the community's suggestions, beginning with a neighborhood book festival that celebrates local authors and draws attention to what...
Use a short mid-sentence pause and keep the second half connected to the same rhythm.
This page is intentionally dedicated to repeat audio for "Between the Lines" Arc 20, so learners can train listening rhythm and intonation matching in one focused session rather than a mixed-mode screen.
Business & Commerce content at the Fluency level gives you 1 short exercises to practice comprehension and natural rhythm with vocabulary such as irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's.
Practical answers about what this lesson trains, how it differs from nearby arcs, and when to use this mode.
You will practice listening rhythm and intonation matching through 1 exercises in the business & commerce category. Core terms include irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's.
This is the first available arc in the sequence, so it establishes the baseline vocabulary and pacing before later arcs increase complexity.
Repeat Audio is optimized for listening rhythm and intonation matching. Use this mode when you want focused repetitions on shadowing the audio to mirror timing and stress.
This arc contains 34 total words across 1 exercises and 2 sentences. That is about 1 minute of reading time.
The dominant sentence pattern in this arc is superlatives. Focus on consistent stress placement and boundary control.
Target vocabulary includes irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's, suggestions. The arc contains 20 unique words, so repeat tricky terms across multiple passes to lock in both form and meaning.
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At natural speaking speed, one complete pass takes about 1 minute. This makes it ideal for a quick daily practice session, and you can repeat the arc multiple times for deeper reinforcement.
Yes — Arc 20 is designed for the Fluency tier. If you find the exercises too challenging, try a lower tier arc in the same category. If they feel easy, move up to the next tier for a greater challenge.
Yes. You can try this same arc in read aloud mode for pronunciation clarity, repeat audio mode for listening and rhythm, or type what you hear mode for dictation precision. The vocabulary (irreplaceable, implementing, neighborhood, community's) stays the same across modes, so switching modes reinforces the same content through different skills.