20.03 Voice/ sound

Answer 1

nasal

*

Answer 2

hoarse

*

Answer 3

husky

*

Answer 4

breathy

*

Answer 5

high-pitched

*

Answer 6

deep (voice)

Question 7

simular with hoarse

Answer 7

raspy

Question 8

to speak or say something with unusual pauses or repeated sounds, either because of speech problems or because of fear or nervousness

Answer 8

stammer (only voice)/ stutter (voice, computer screens, car engine)

• He has a stammer/ stytter
• He stammers/ statters
  tuttering

Question 9

noun
1. a short, loud, high sound

2. the sound an owl makes

Answer 9

hoot /huːt/

• She gave three short hoots on the car horn.
• hoot of: * He gave a hoot of laughter/derision.
• He hooted at me from across the street.
• The party was a real hoot (inf - good time)

Question 10

v: to (cause to) move against a hard surface with force and usually a loud noise

n: a sudden loud noise

Answer 10

slam /slæm/

v: The wind made the door/window slam (shut).

n: *The door shut with a slam.

Question 11

1. a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks
2. a toy that makes a noise like a series of knocks

Answer 11

rattle /ˈræt.əl/

1. • rattle of: * From across the town came the rattle of machine-gun fire.
2. The baby was waving around a plastic rattle.

Question 12

v/n: ((v) to make) n: an unpleasant, loud, high noise

Answer 12

screech /skriːtʃ/

• Screechy voice

v: * She was screeching at him at the top of her voice.
* He was screeching with pain/laughter.

n: * The truck stopped with a screech of brakes.

Question 13

to speak quietly and in a way that is not clear so that the words are difficult to understand

Answer 13

to mumble /ˈmʌm.bəl/

• She mumbled something about being too busy.

Question 14

v/n: to shout something or make a loud noise, usually when you are angry, in pain, or excited

Answer 14

yell (always negative)

• Our neighbours were yelling (obscenities) at each other this morning
• Suddenly there was a loud yell from the bathroom.

Question 15

When a door, floorboard, etc. creaks, it makes a long low sound when it moves or is moved

Answer 15

creak /kriːk/

• The door creaked on its hinges.
• I heard the floorboards creak as he crept closer.

Question 16

(especially of a bird) to make a short high sound or sounds

to say something with a high, happy voice

Answer 16

chirp /tʃɜːp/

• “Morning!” she chirped.

Answer 17

bang

Answer 18

buzz

Answer 19

click

Answer 20

crash

Answer 21

crunch

Answer 22

drip

Answer 23

hiss

Answer 24

hum

Answer 25

roar

Answer 26

slurp

Answer 27

sniff

Answer 28

snore

Answer 29

splash

Answer 30

tap

Answer 31

tick

Answer 32

to fidget

Answer 33

groan

Answer 34

sigh

Answer 35

sob