Your friend says "DIH-juh eat?" and you have no idea what you heard. Then you say "Turn. Off. In this episode: • Consonant to vowel • Vowel to vowel: the y and w glides • D + Y BECOMES J: did you, would you • T + y becomes ch, and s + y becomes sh • Listening lab: after school • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: an apple (uh-NAP-ul) — an apple for lunch turn off (tur-NAWF) — Turn off the light. clean up (klee-NUP) — Let's clean up. come on (kuh-MAHN) — Come on, we're late! wake up (way-KUP) — Wake up, it's seven. hold on (hohl-DAHN) — Hold on a second. pick it up (pih-kih-DUP) — Pick it up, please. look at it (loo-kuh-DIT) — Look at it! an hour (uh-NOW-er) — in an hour not at all (nah-duh-DAWL) — no, not even a little I am (eye-YAM) — I am ready. she is (shee-YIZ) — She is home. the end (dhee-YEND) — the end of the movie see it (SEE-yit) — Did you see it? stay over (stay-YOH-ver) — You can stay over tonight. go out (goh-WOWT) — Let's go out. do it (DOO-wit) — I'll do it later. two eggs (too-WEGZ) — I'll have two eggs. how about (how-wuh-BOWT) — How about pasta? so is (soh-WIZ) — So is mine. did you (DIH-juh) — Did you eat? would you (WOO-juh) — Would you like some tea? (polite) could you (KOO-juh) — Could you pass the salt? (polite) need you (NEE-juh) — I need you to help. told you (TOHL-juh) — I told you so! (casual) and your (an-jer) — Grab your keys and your bag. got you (GAH-chuh) — I got you a coffee. what you (WUH-chuh) — What are you doing? Sounds like WUH-chuh DOO-in. don't you (DOHN-chuh) — Why don't you sit down? Season 2 · Real American English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — accent, everyday grammar, prepositions, articles, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.