Why Does Your Cat's Tongue Feel Like Sandpaper? | Deep Look – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.Cats are obsessed with staying clean
2.They can spend up to half their waking hours grooming
3.Their tongue is covered in tiny spines
4.They’re what makes the tongue feel so
5.These spines, called papillae, are made of keratin, just like their claws and our
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Vocabulario clave (CEFR B2)
preoccupied
B1Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere.
Example:
"So why are cats so preoccupied with grooming?"
happens
A2To occur or take place.
Example:
"And all of this happens four times per second!"
sandpapery
A2A A2-level word commonly used in this context.
Example:
"They’re what makes the tongue feel so sandpapery."
fingernails
B1The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
Example:
"fingernails."
miniature
A2Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale.
Example:
"The papillae even look like miniature cat claws."
impeccable
A2Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors
Example:
"They do an impeccable job of detangling their fur."
detangling
A2To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).
Example:
"They do an impeccable job of detangling their fur."
peels
A2A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin.
Example:
"See how the fur just peels off?"
direction
B2A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
Example:
"It’s because the spines are all angled in the same direction."
hairbrush
A2A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair
Example:
"With a typical hairbrush, you’d have to pick the fur out from between the bristles."
| Palabra | CEFR | Definición |
|---|---|---|
| preoccupied | B1 | Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. |
| happens | A2 | To occur or take place. |
| sandpapery | A2 | A A2-level word commonly used in this context. |
| fingernails | B1 | The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation. |
| miniature | A2 | Greatly diminished size or form; reduced scale. |
| impeccable | A2 | Perfect, without faults, flaws or errors |
| detangling | A2 | To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair). |
| peels | A2 | A small salmon; a grilse; a sewin. |
| direction | B2 | A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston). |
| hairbrush | A2 | A brush used in hair care for brushing, tidying, and detangling hair |
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