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6 Minute Vocabulary from BBCLearningEnglish.com hello and.
Welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary with me.
Finn, and me, Catherine.
And in this program, we're talking about the letters ough.
Yes, the letters ough h are found in lots of English words, including cough, rough, ought, and through, but there are lots of different pronunciations.
So let's start with George.
He's talking about last winter when he.
Was ill.
And think about this question while you what did George do in February?
Last winter I had a cough for roughly three months.
By February, I thought I ought to go to the doctor.
He gave me a thorough check and some medicine.
I got better in the end, although the cough lasted right through till April.
I'm so glad spring's here.
Poor George.
And we asked, what did George do in February?
Well, George thought that he ought to go to the doctor, so that's what he did.