Beach or bitch?

billzhao

1 J& _' a6 |/ f9 q0 {, I  M+ DPronunciation 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.

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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billzhao

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achieve   agree  appeal


B
be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
8 D* V3 S" U: ?9 K! o% g0 ?between bleach bleak bleat bleed beep breathe breed breeze brief
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8 x6 C! [! u; Q& kcease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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3 w9 e0 i+ O* g7 f" Z& Gdeal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream


E
each eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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3 G9 O3 s( F+ }4 M( Ufeast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze

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$ D& V7 Z) ^: `0 J! Hgeese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee

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( X; X" B( D8 r7 Y0 J4 S# Ihe heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel
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I
increase indeed

J
% ~* \& N2 j% K* F& Ujeans jeep
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K
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
meal
( @9 n; v4 d8 _" Z5 F, r% B+ emean
measles
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meek
1 g7 f/ U1 x* F2 U& {meet
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N
) N# n4 {4 A" I( J/ g5 Gneed
needle
niece

O
ordeal
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P
pea
peace
peach
peal
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4 a9 V) Z; [8 Y; d% Z7 x# k% A4 Zpeanut
) L1 S( S5 U2 X* E: |  U; \& t% npeat
$ A! T2 {3 e. O- ^peek
peel
peep
peer
piece
1 t+ a6 R/ y& @3 }plea
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2 n0 _. O/ E3 P, uplease
pleat
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precede
* z. J: A* Y+ \" k' V' y4 }preen
priest

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queasy
queen

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$ p5 {% `  A8 b) M- |& xreach
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5 I0 M4 F' [( V% g3 I5 @! @real
: a6 Q- S0 E; u  creally
reap
reason
! J1 Z$ H2 z1 d/ N) t9 orecede
3 Z( }* c9 y5 l4 g' H$ Xredeem
reed
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reel
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relieve
repeat
/ U9 h6 ?+ W0 n1 s" f, Fretreat
reveal
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! a- X: ]: }3 a. Yscene
7 T1 t9 A" x; t3 |$ K8 M6 Yscreech
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sea
seal
5 {. B/ V- i" q$ O2 w5 Hseam
sear
season
3 H1 g* r& X1 ?) v5 R4 Fseat
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seed
seek
seem
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seep
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seethe
9 M/ Y" K* u8 T' U0 d: K$ cshe
sheaf
sheath
sheep
0 c7 r) h) T  Z# v3 Gsheer
6 U1 w) R. v9 ^) ]) j. Usheet
shield
shriek
siege
sleek
sleep
sleet
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sneak
sneer
sneeze
' x1 M4 |8 m6 q$ cspeak
6 Q. s4 P. u7 v9 s. {. }species
6 s% e; b! n) \speech
% n- Z" ]3 ?) a+ \speed
squeak
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squeeze
  }( E4 @& ^2 \steal
steam
" o: e5 L! r8 a6 Asteel
* V6 w# i4 z9 C- L7 I0 Lsteep
) \  E( M9 L, a8 M& J- n! Msteeple
1 o' M5 p& X, h7 n5 |streak
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street
succeed
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T
tea
teach
teak
7 v6 q) e, Q7 Y3 X" B/ Tteam
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teen
teeth
theme
thief
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treaty
tree
tweed
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3 a5 N" K" H. B6 p# bveal
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5 h- T4 U6 C) @+ j2 Fweak
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weasel
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weed
weak
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wheat
/ n* f* p% H4 R* S( x* x  s7 Mwheel
wheeze
wield
wreath
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yeast
yield
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Z
zeal

billzhao

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