Beach or bitch?

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* L5 o4 ~  d9 B! `7 w* yPronunciation 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.
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8 w9 d' s: _! n$ lAre 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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B
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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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D
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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; U0 x2 V$ n; K9 \( z+ A* g* |feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel

I
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jeans jeep
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keel keen keep knead knee kneel
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+ l5 o1 u9 }4 ~. @" v; uleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave

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measles
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ordeal
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pea
peace
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peak
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peep
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plea
plead
please
pleat
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precede
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read
real
really
reap
reason
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redeem
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reef
reel
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relieve
repeat
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reveal
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scene
screech
screen
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seal
seam
sear
season
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see
seed
seek
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seesaw
seethe
she
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sheath
sheep
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siege
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sleep
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sneeze
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speech
speed
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steam
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steeple
streak
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street
succeed
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sweet
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tea
teach
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tear
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theme
thief
three
treason
treat
treaty
tree
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tweezers

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veal
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we
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weary
weasel
weave
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weep
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wheel
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wield
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yeast
yield

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