Beach or bitch?

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0 d, e) C, k9 rPronunciation 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.

: Q' Q; T3 ?" E/ k7 ~$ bAre 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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A
achieve   agree  appeal


B
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C
cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

D
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3 m$ X2 u3 r4 Y; k. W5 p* ?feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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geese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee
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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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increase indeed
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jeans jeep
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/ e7 m5 m- l/ y$ Fleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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me
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4 u0 x5 O! p& h$ Xmean
measles
meat
meek
meet

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need
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! B. S  v. L1 m) d- ~niece
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# A  |' z7 ^% ppea
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8 A2 |8 Z: r) C( epeach
peal
peak
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peat
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8 ^( F+ S7 I& n! F; wpeel
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8 |- E3 i0 \2 G9 ipeer
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plea
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) |# O2 J8 b. I; Y8 O! e- wplease
pleat
preach
precede
preen
priest
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4 {8 H5 h3 j" S7 `  e. A  ?* M6 K0 ~queen
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reach
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really
reap
reason
recede
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reef
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retreat
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7 Q9 D! v: F, ]0 [/ \sea
seal
seam
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seed
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seen
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she
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sheath
sheep
sheer
sheet
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siege
sleek
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sleet
sleeve
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sneer
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squeak
squeal
squeeze
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streak
stream
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succeed
sweep
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tea
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teak
team
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tease
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teen
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treat
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tweed
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veal
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we
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wean
weary
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weave
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weak
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weird
weep
wheat
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wheeze
wield
wreath

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zeal

billzhao

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