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Exodejavu Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Can't make out a word in an audio file

Hi,

I failed to make out a word in this file which is one of the daily programs of an English learning magazine.
<http://www.studioclassroom.com/sc/sc_radio.php >.

The file: mms://air.hihit.net/studio/20090228baa.wma
or mms://air.hihit.net/studio/20090228ba.wma
(These have to be played with Windows Media Player software)

Around 05:26.
"Manatees are large fish. And they are sort of like [?], and they have flippers."

brig?

Regards
  

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Hi, I heard 'they're sort of like a blip' . You'll find the word 'blip' in your dictionary, but I have no idea what that means in this context. I wonder if there was a word simply missing in her script, and so she just said 'blip'?

— Clive

  • Hi, I heard 'they're sort of like a blip' .
  • You'll find the word 'blip' in your dictionary, but I have no idea what that means in this context.
  • I wonder if there was a word simply missing in her script, and so she just said 'blip'?
  • 'A blip' can mean an indistinct shape on a radar screen.
  • Are they using one at all?
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Hi,
I heard 'they're sort of like a blip'. You'll find the word 'blip' in your dictionary, but I have no idea what that means in this context. I wonder if there was a word simply missing in her script, and so she just said 'blip'?

'A blip' can mean an indistinct shape on a radar screen. Are they using one at all? Or a sonar scan?

Clive
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Just wanted to point out that manatees are NOT fish, large or otherwise!
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