Beach or bitch?

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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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A
achieve   agree  appeal


B
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between 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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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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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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I
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jeans jeep
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+ F% V# h: A$ |* m  Xleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave


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me
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meek
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need
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niece

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pea
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peach
peal
peak
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peat
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peel
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peer
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plead
please
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preen
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queen
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reach
read
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really
reap
reason
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reed
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reel
release
relief
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repeat
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reveal
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scene
screech
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seal
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sear
season
seat
see
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seek
seem
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she
sheaf
sheath
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sheer
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shield
shriek
siege
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sleep
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sneak
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sneeze
speak
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speech
speed
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steal
steam
steel
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streak
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street
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sweet
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teach
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tear
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teeth
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thief
three
treason
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treaty
tree
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tweezers

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weak
wean
weary
weasel
weave
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week
weird
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wheat
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wheeze
wield
wreath

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yield

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billzhao

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