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Things sounds often describes ("sounds ________")
How sounds often is described ("________ sounds")
- empty
- vowel
- distinct
- pitched
- electronic
- distant
- certain
- unusual
- similar
- diminished
- consonantal
- various
- nasal
- harsh
- rhythmic
- sweet
- unintelligible
- characteristic
- only
- environmental
- normal
- natural
- adventitious
- shrill
- loud
- bronchial
- absent
- faint
- audible
- sure
- cardiac
- pleasant
- meaningless
- consonant
- mysterious
- peculiar
- initial
- harmonious
- inarticulate
- fetal
- articulate
- mere
- vocal
- abnormal
- beautiful
- guttural
- weird
- distinctive
- separate
- discordant
- like
- familiar
- melodious
- unfamiliar
- utter
- different
- elementary
- musical
- soothing
- muffled
- individual
- strange
- soft
- sharp
- complex
