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*When I first arrived in Edinburgh $\nearrow$ | I couldn't understand a word** $\searrow$ || People were friendly $\nearrow$ | but they spoke far too fast for me $\searrow$ || It took about three months | before I began to hear the rhythm of the language $\searrow \nearrow$ || and then | suddenly | everything made sense** $\searrow$.*

Weak forms attendues : when /wən/, a /ə/, were /wə/, but /bət/, they /ðeɪ/ inaccentué, for /fə/, about /əˈbaʊt/, to /tə/, the /ðə/, of /əv/.

Trois choix à justifier. La subordonnée d'ouverture monte, parce qu'elle appelle une suite. Far too fast porte trois accents rapprochés : c'est le sommet expressif du paragraphe. La descente-montée sur the rhythm of the language laisse la phrase en suspens et prépare la chute — que les deux pauses avant everything made sense achèvent.