Real, everyday American English — Dollars, Pounds, Miles and Degrees. You hear 40 phrases Americans actually use, each spoken clearly with a natural-speed repeat, the stressed syllable marked, and a short note on when to use it. Then take the matching quiz on word stress. Phrases in this episode (CAPITALS = the beat): It's twelve ninety-nine. [its TWELV NYN-tee-NYN.] Five ninety-nine. [FYV NYN-tee-NYN.] That'll be eight fifty. [THA-dul bee AYT FIF-tee.] A buck fifty. [uh BUK FIF-tee.] It's about twenty bucks. [its uh-BOWT TWEN-tee BUKS.] Do you have anything smaller? [duh yuh HAV EH-nee-thing SMAW-lur?] Tax isn't included. [TAKS IH-zunt in-KLOO-did.] What's the tax here? [wuts thuh TAKS HEER?] Fifteen hundred dollars. [fif-TEEN HUN-drud DAH-lurz.] It's a hundred thousand. [its uh HUN-drud THOW-zund.] About two million. [uh-BOWT TOO MIL-yun.] Do you have a quarter? [duh yuh HAV uh KWOR-dur?] I need two quarters for the machine. [eye NEED TOO KWOR-durz fur thuh muh-SHEEN.] It's twenty-five cents. [its TWEN-tee-FYV SENTS.] Nobody really uses the dollar coin. [NOH-bah-dee REE-lee YOO-ziz thuh DAH-lur KOYN.] Got any singles? [GAHT EH-nee SING-gulz?] It's a ten and two fives. [its uh TEN un TOO FYVZ.] Cash or card? [KASH or KAHRD?] Can I get cash back? [kun eye GET KASH BAK?] It's on me. [its ahn MEE.] Let's just split it. [lets just SPLIT it.] Can we get separate checks? [kun wee GET SEP-rut CHEKS?] How much do I owe you? [HOW MUCH duh eye OH yuh?] Twenty percent is standard. [TWEN-tee pur-SENT iz STAN-durd.] It's a dollar off. [its uh DAH-lur AWF.] It's buy one get one free. [its BY WUN GET WUN FREE.] It's on sale. [its ahn SAYL.] I think it rang up wrong. [eye THINK it RANG UP RAWNG.] That's a rip-off. [thats uh RIP-awf.] It's pretty cheap. [its PRIH-dee CHEEP.] Rent's two thousand a month. [RENTS TOO THOW-zund uh MUNTH.] I make sixty thousand a year. [eye MAYK SIK-stee THOW-zund uh YEER.] …and more in the episode