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.

7 L' W+ O3 a* I' S6 S0 rAre 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
$ Y) P8 q3 y5 `achieve   agree  appeal
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B
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/ l+ e7 i0 x- _  }& Y6 V( Qbetween bleach bleak bleat bleed beep breathe breed breeze brief

C
8 Q% a" r7 M# k6 w; j+ ?cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

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E
each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed
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! L8 a) U2 l; C; ]% }" K0 ~he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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, [1 z4 v# j$ l, F1 I7 R( akeel keen keep knead knee kneel

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. @" j0 r8 O# R1 P  p5 Aleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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measles
meat
meek
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needle
niece
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ordeal

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peace
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peal
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peanut
peat
peek
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peep
peer
piece
plea
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: a; d; H+ P7 J8 Lplease
pleat
preach
precede
4 _  S) v4 X3 O% Dpreen
7 a8 Y6 s6 d& o0 F, J  q# wpriest
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queasy
queen

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reach
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real
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reason
recede
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reef
reel
release
relief
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retreat
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scene
screech
screen
sea
seal
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seat
see
seed
seek
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seep
seesaw
seethe
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sheaf
sheath
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sheet
shield
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sleek
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7 R' O  I7 P5 nsleet
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smear
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speech
speed
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squeeze
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steam
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steeple
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street
succeed
sweep
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teach
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team
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tease
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teeth
theme
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three
treason
treat
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tree
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veal
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weak
wean
weary
weasel
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week
weird
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wheel
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wield
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zeal

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