Beach or bitch?

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1 x4 ~: Z$ m- M% P+ b1 ?, B! x* ~Pronunciation is a crucial part of learning any language. Some would even argue that it’s the most important. It doesn’t matter how much you know about the grammar rules if your pronunciation is so terrible that people can’t understand you.

: X, j$ \" l$ g0 X; }4 V$ R4 JAre you one of the many English learners who mix up the pronunciation of the two words: BITCH and BEACH? Do not feel bad about yourself because most nonnative speakers find differentiating the two nearly impossible! Chinese do not have these two sounds, so when reading the word beach people intuitively pronounce it like bitch. Mastering the I in “bitch" is going to take training both your ears and your mouth.





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achieve   agree  appeal
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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream
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each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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keel keen keep knead knee kneel

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leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave

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me
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mean
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meat
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meet
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need
needle
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peace
peach
peal
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peanut
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peek
peel
peep
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please
pleat
preach
precede
preen
priest
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relief
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retreat
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seal
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seat
see
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she
sheaf
sheath
sheep
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sheet
shield
shriek
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sleep
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sleeve
smear
sneak
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speak
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speech
speed
squeak
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steal
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steep
steeple
streak
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succeed
sweep
sweet
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team
tear
tease
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teeth
theme
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three
treason
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treaty
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tweed
tweezers
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wean
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weasel
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weed
weak
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weird
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wheat
wheel
wheeze
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wreath
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yield

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zeal

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