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Hi, I'm Rob.
And I'm Catherine.
Welcome to six minute vocabulary.
Our subject for today is on a mat appear.
That means words that sound like the thing they mean to.
And Catherine and I will be trying to demonstrate some of these words today.
Yes, like the sound that most people's phones make when they get text messages.
We call that sound a beep.
Beep.
That's it, Rob.
Yeah, that's onomatopoeia.
The word sounds like the thing.
It means beep, beep, beep.
Yes, have I got a message?
Hold on.
Right.
Okay.