Beach or bitch?

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$ o3 d. }$ L9 F( gPronunciation 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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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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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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increase indeed
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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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mean
measles
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meet
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peach
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peak
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peek
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peep
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plead
please
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priest

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read
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redeem
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reef
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relief
relieve
repeat
retreat
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screen
sea
seal
seam
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seat
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seed
seek
seem
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seethe
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sheath
sheep
sheer
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shield
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sleet
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smear
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sneeze
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speed
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squeal
squeeze
steal
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steep
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street
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sweep
sweet
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tea
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teak
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tear
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teeth
theme
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treason
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treaty
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tweezers

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weak
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weak
week
weird
weep
wheat
wheel
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wreath
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yield
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