Transcription Exercise 4

Proverbs

i:zI 'kʌm, i:zI 'gəʊ

Take a pencil and a sheet of paper and transcribe the proverbs below.

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1. A penny saved is a penny earned.

2. Blood is thicker than water.

3. Too many cooks spoil the broth.

4. A friend in need is a friend in deed.

5. All that glitters is not gold.

6. Hunger is the best sauce.

7. Better late than never.

8. Necessity is the mother of invention.

9. Still waters run deep.

10. No use crying over spilled milk.

11. Grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

12. Opposites attract.

13. The wish is the father of the thought.

14. The burnt child dreads fire.

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