noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ first , second , third , etc.
▪ final , last
▪ middle
▪ accented , stressed , strong
▪ unstressed , weak
▪ long , short
▪ single
▪ nonsense
▪
nonsense ~s such as ‘fa-la’.
VERB + SYLLABLE
▪ consist of , contain , have
▪
words that have three or more ~s
▪ pronounce
▪ utter
▪
Before I could utter a single ~, she held up one warning finger.
▪
He has never uttered a single ~ about this subject
▪ accent , draw out , stress
▪
We stress the second ~ of the word.
PHRASES
▪ ~ in , ~ of
▪
the final ~ of ‘Oregon’
PHRASES
▪ stress falls on a ~ , stress is on a ~
▪
Normally the stress falls on the first ~ of a word.
▪ a word of one, two, etc. ~s
▪
You'll have to spell it out to him, using words of one ~ (= explain it in simple language) .