 English vocabulary word of the day, tackle, from espressoenglish.net. First, let's work on the pronunciation. The letter A in tackle has the A sound, like in the words tap, cat, and pack. Tackle has two syllables, and the stress is on the first syllable, tackle. The second syllable sounds like a short ul, like in pull. Say the word after me, tackle. The first meaning of tackle is to knock a person to the ground by using your arms and the force of your body. It's common to tackle other players in sports like rugby and American football. You can see in the picture one boy trying to tackle the other boy. The word tackle also refers to the general collection of equipment used in fishing, including the fishing rod, that's the long pole, bait, that's what you use to attract the fish, hooks. Hooks are the sharp, curved pieces of metal that catch the fish, etc. The picture shows a tackle box. Finally, the word tackle can also mean to start doing a task, especially a challenging one. For example, I'm going to tackle the housework after lunch, or we'll need at least five people to tackle a project this big. Again, it's an informal way to describe beginning to do a task, especially a task that's large or difficult. So now you know three meanings for the word tackle. If you'd like to learn more, check out my vocabulary builder course, which will teach you hundreds of new words. Click the link in the video for some free sample lessons.