I notice the first word of some of the sets are cut off.
I noticed the same thing. Do you know that there are 2 different English woman pronunciations? Set it to the Fast version, and I think you will find that they are not cut off anymore
As far as your other question, I say do what you can! Anything you do is going to be helpful. Some people cannot fit in a full Doman-schedule; do what works best for the both of you.