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Words Stumbled Make Reading Aloud Speaking Mistake Pause

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If you s______ while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.If you stumble while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.
...his voice wavered and he stumbled over the words at one point.
word stumble
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verb
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
He stumbled and almost fell.
I stumbled into the phone box and dialled 999.
I make it into the darkness with only one stumble.
If you stumble while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.
...his voice wavered and he stumbled over the words at one point.
inflections stumblesstumblingstumbled
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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