04 Daily Dictation016-020

Dictation16

Battered, soaked and flooded, the Philippines is being hit by its 2nd typhoon in a week.

Batter=continuously hit

Soak= completely wet

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Dictation17

Source: stray dogs in the animal shelter are trained into search and rescue dogs.

A few years ago they were thought to be useless- past their prime- no tnow!

Past their prime

I feel creative, active, I am still in my prime.

A 7-year child,15-year girl are before their prime.

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Dictaiton18

If you are breathing, it is not too late. Get up and get going.

Using it is instead of it's to emphasis.

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Dictation 19

A 67-year-old grandpa has been found alive after being stuck for /fur/ 6 days at the bottom of a ravine.

Stuck=in someplace, you can't leave.

We are stuck in the meeting. We are stuck in traffic.

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Dictation 20

Saturday, an ultralight plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in Australia, yet somehow no one on the amusement ride nor the plane was hurt.

Ferris wheel

the opposite of rural= urban. rural: few people, not much happening.

somehow= magically