Beach or bitch?

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5 n: M3 X& Y+ z3 g" G0 M$ o" KPronunciation 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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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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+ Y9 m/ h$ D5 p* y+ A$ q2 Lcease 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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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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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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meal
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meet
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needle
niece
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pea
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peal
peak
peanut
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plea
plead
please
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priest
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real
really
reap
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reef
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release
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retreat
reveal

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screech
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seam
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season
seat
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seesaw
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sheaf
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sheer
sheet
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shriek
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sleek
sleep
sleet
sleeve
smear
sneak
sneer
sneeze
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squeak
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steam
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steeple
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stream
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succeed
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teach
teak
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tease
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teen
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treason
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tree
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veal
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weak
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weary
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weak
week
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wheat
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wheeze
wield
wreath
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