In earlier podcasts we looked at verbs ending in "-ed" where the sound is "t", like tricked or trucked. In this episode, the examples have the same past tense ending, "-ed", but the sound is now a "d". In some cases an extra syllable is added (and added is an example!): for example in rejected or interrupted.

Sentences in this lesson:

guarded - The Capitol was guarded by members of the National Guard.

cheated - My uncle cheated us.

waited - I waited and waited and waited some more. He never came.

decided - We decided to go to the beach.

invented - Yesterday I invented a new kind of battery that will last forever.

handed - The left-handed man handed me a hammer.

gobbled - Our dog gobbled his dinner in seconds.

carried - We carried the injured people to the waiting ambulances.

avoided - He avoided his wife’s eyes. He felt quite ashamed.

expanded - As I blew, the balloon expanded rapidly.

pretended - The man pretended to be a doctor but he wasn’t.

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A good translation site:  DeepL

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