Beach or bitch?

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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.

; D, e6 K, n1 x7 S7 wAre 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
3 [5 d/ x; d+ J! Cbe  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
! l! B. B3 R8 J, H/ S0 Lbetween bleach bleak bleat bleed beep breathe breed breeze brief

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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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& u) c. }  X2 ]+ Y5 |) }* t% n7 geach eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed
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* O- G+ O8 I6 x9 |1 D9 N* wfeast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze

G
geese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee
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H
; V# b3 Y' g5 B0 F4 Lhe heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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I
4 ^0 u1 `  ~; H+ kincrease indeed

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7 z7 I& l! R/ y8 e  ~jeans jeep
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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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  _9 y6 l! [2 q+ W$ }. Kmean
" |2 g4 v9 G' T: E0 r/ M5 E1 |% ]measles
meat
meek
4 @7 t9 R8 M6 s; ?! u5 x' t( emeet
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) t1 D; |# t1 z$ c( [# T1 rneed
7 i( M/ A) F- `" k3 ?5 n) Lneedle
5 h* t, }1 L# b7 l- Sniece

O
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4 ~' Y6 p* r7 `: ]; J3 C1 Epea
4 J9 M4 c9 k3 N9 M: @* L2 m2 u! Npeace
$ m/ D) ~9 g0 O4 r: B+ [; ppeach
peal
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, b8 O2 E# |6 K% h3 `0 ^peanut
peat
peek
; z, I$ Q! g$ ?; A: M; ^$ _peel
' p6 t7 `$ n) y. n& Q( R, r$ Fpeep
peer
piece
plea
plead
8 n8 S. x" Q+ Xplease
) |9 D! y- R" t1 Gpleat
! E7 v! {0 x7 o) v: `3 Mpreach
precede
preen
priest
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* `$ _3 r4 M) _6 S' d3 uqueen
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reach
7 |, a. d% N, Q8 E7 dread
real
really
reap
" d* }; E9 S9 r( V2 U/ K+ p/ hreason
$ {% ]* F3 n0 Irecede
redeem
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reef
0 E( Y+ L- F1 a+ n: I: Q8 l$ Breel
. e6 n5 ?4 y0 o& Y) T0 U2 a# prelease
, Y- ?1 p' ?; |4 p2 `relief
( d6 M# c$ y# S7 s5 k7 h  Grelieve
repeat
4 Z! T; H# x  u3 Qretreat
9 P3 [: B% v; F" Z( c+ m9 N0 hreveal
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4 @1 A- \- `* `9 e% ?scene
- N$ U2 a# G, P& l; h" bscreech
screen
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seal
seam
sear
+ U" A9 a( f7 B! Hseason
, A7 W8 v$ \% L7 |seat
see
seed
seek
seem
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) ~  K. e) V, M# H/ S/ iseep
seesaw
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+ a6 \( A% V9 D* j: e2 Qshe
sheaf
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sheet
shield
* ^( [* j8 G8 j) P: _shriek
siege
sleek
  S1 u) j' i' R/ _" _sleep
sleet
sleeve
- {1 B) x/ m* b7 z! qsmear
2 g' T3 U8 E& p; psneak
2 Q% I7 v* t9 W. u, U2 B4 L2 g0 n& fsneer
* A- K1 f2 i4 d, @* J3 ksneeze
speak
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9 J- P9 m8 u0 L( d0 H1 _4 Ospeed
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squeal
squeeze
steal
steam
! a% X5 d& G# G/ Qsteel
steep
steeple
streak
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  E7 [. M( X, y3 c6 B! N" ?street
succeed
9 K! E) t* Q, T3 p/ f9 M" xsweep
sweet
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teach
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tear
tease
teem
teen
teeth
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" S4 Y6 L% ]+ h2 kthree
treason
$ C2 z9 {4 w. A7 atreat
treaty
tree
tweed
tweezers

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we
  z9 D4 |' o* u' v/ F% l! kweak
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weed
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7 E& c% U( H/ t1 ~* Dwheat
wheel
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wield
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yield
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zeal

billzhao

bin, bid, big, bit, dim, did, dig, dip, fin, fig, fit, gin, gig, him, his, hid, hit, hip, jib, Jim, jig, jip, kin, Kim, kid, kit, lid, lit, lip, nip, pin, pig, pit, rim, rid, rig, rip, sin, sit, sip, tin, tip, win, wit, zip, zit

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