A sommelier says the names of wines out loud, to guests and to colleagues. Reading a name correctly on the page is not the same as saying it with confidence.
The portal’s How to say it page gathers every word in the book that has audio, each with a written respelling beside it. Each can be starred and practised until it holds.
01The shelf
The page is one alphabetical shelf across every language. A strip of letters jumps to any part of it, and chips filter by language, with the less common languages folded away until you ask for them.
The search box ranks rather than filters. Type part of the word, or how you think it sounds, and the closest match comes first. The page gives an example: typing shah finds Château.
Choose a language and, for nearly every one, a short card of its sound rules appears above the words. The page’s advice is to learn those four and you can attempt a name you have never seen.
02Your own list
Press the star on any word and it joins your list. A switch shows only your words, and the list tells you how many are ready to practise today and how many are holding.
A word holds once you have said it right and not since forgotten. Starred words you practise come back tomorrow, then in two days, then four, until they stick. Practising a word you have not starred does not add it to your schedule. A starred list is also the quickest way back in: the Study Home tile opens straight onto it.
When nothing is due, the list says so, and the words return on their own schedule. When the list is empty, the page suggests starring a word anywhere on the shelf, ready to drill before service.
