Beach or bitch?

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0 ^+ {7 T  y: n! 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.
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Are 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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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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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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keel keen keep knead knee kneel

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mean
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meat
meek
meet

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need
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peace
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peal
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peanut
peat
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peel
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plead
please
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preach
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queasy
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reach
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reap
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recede
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reed
reef
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release
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relieve
repeat
retreat
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scene
screech
screen
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seal
seam
sear
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see
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she
sheaf
sheath
sheep
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sheet
shield
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sleep
sleet
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smear
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sneeze
speak
species
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speed
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steam
steel
steep
steeple
streak
stream
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sweep
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tea
teach
teak
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teem
teen
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thief
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treason
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weak
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weary
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weak
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weep
wheat
wheel
wheeze
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wreath
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yeast
yield

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