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Hello and welcome to six minute vocabulary.
I'm Katherine.
And I'm Neil.
Neil, like your hat.
Thank you very much.
It's cold outside so I thought it would be sensible to wear a woolly hat.
Yes, my ears are very sensitive to the cold.
I've noticed your ears looking a little bit red of a morning occasionally, Neil.
And the words sensible and sensitive are good examples of today's topic.
The two words look and sound similar but they have very different meanings.
And in this program we're going to talk about more pairs of words that people sometimes get mixed up.
Now let's hear about Mike.
He was in a shop yesterday when he made a mistake.
Think about this question while you listen.
What mistake did Mike make in the shop?
Mike felt bored.
He was watching a boring film about.