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.
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! N1 Y2 E4 @# ]$ c7 `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
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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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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increase indeed

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jeans jeep

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1 M9 A% E+ I8 {/ Xleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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mean
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meet

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pea
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peak
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peat
peek
peel
peep
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read
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really
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redeem
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release
relief
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reveal
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scene
screech
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sea
seal
seam
sear
season
seat
see
seed
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seen
seep
seesaw
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she
sheaf
sheath
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sheer
sheet
shield
shriek
siege
sleek
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sleeve
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sneer
sneeze
speak
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speech
speed
squeak
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steam
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steeple
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stream
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team
tear
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teem
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teeth
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three
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tweezers
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wean
weary
weasel
weave
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week
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wheeze
wield
wreath
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yield
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billzhao

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