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+#!/usr/bin/env python3.8
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+"""
+Create description for a word to be added to the word list
+Usage: addword.py <word>
+"""
+import sys
+import re
+import urllib.request
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+def main():
+    """Generate the information with pronunciations for a word to be added to the word list"""
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        print(__doc__)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    word = sys.argv[1]
+    prons = get_pronunciation_files(word)
+    phones = get_phonetic_transcriptions(word)
+    britsh_eng = '[🔊]('+prons[0]+')' + ' ' + phones[0]
+    american_eng = '[🔊]('+prons[1]+')' + phones[1]
+    line = '| ' + word + ' | ' + britsh_eng + ' | ' + american_eng + ' | ' + ' ' + '|'
+    print(line)
+
+def get_pronunciation_files(word):
+    """Return the word's prounciation files from youdao.com if available
+       (British English and American English) as a list"""
+    word = word.strip()
+    prons = []
+    url = "http://dict.youdao.com/dictvoice?audio="+word+"&type=1"
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
+        prons.append(url)
+    except urllib.error.URLError:
+        return prons
+
+    url = re.sub("type=1", "type=2", url)
+    try:
+        urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
+        prons.append(url)
+        return prons
+    except urllib.error.URLError:
+        return prons
+
+def get_phonetic_transcriptions(word):
+    """Return the word's phonetic transcriptions from youdao.com if available
+       British English and American English as a list"""
+    word = word.strip()
+    url = "http://dict.youdao.com/w/eng/"+word
+    phones = []
+    try:
+        response = urllib.request.urlopen(url).read()
+    except urllib.error.URLError:
+        return phones
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(response, "html.parser")
+    spans = soup.find_all('span', {'class' : 'pronounce'})
+    lines = [span.get_text() for span in spans]
+    match = re.findall(r'\[.+\]', lines[0])
+    if match:
+        phones.append(match[0])
+    else:
+        phones.append(" ")
+    match = re.findall(r'\[.+\]', lines[1])
+    if match:
+        phones.append(match[0])
+    else:
+        phones.append(" ")
+    return phones
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()