You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for November 17.

Baklava Day

Today’s word is word, spelled word.

word / wɜːd $ wɜːrd/ noun

put words into somebody’s mouth

spoken to tell someone what you think they are trying to say, in a way that annoys them

Will you stop putting words into my mouth – I never said I disliked the job.

put your feelings/thoughts etc into words

to express what you want to say clearly

He found it difficult to put ideas into words.

put in a (good) word for somebody

to try to help someone get or achieve something by saying good things about them to someone else

I got the job because Paul put in a good word for me.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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