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.

1 X% j6 |& C8 q! NAre 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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. s- z. d. V% \achieve   agree  appeal
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deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream

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jeans jeep

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leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave

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me
meal
mean
measles
meat
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meet

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need
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niece

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ordeal
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peace
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peal
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peanut
peat
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peep
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piece
plea
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preach
precede
preen
priest
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queasy
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reach
read
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reason
recede
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relief
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repeat
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reveal
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scene
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sea
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season
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seed
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seem
seen
seep
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she
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sheer
sheet
shield
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siege
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sleeve
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sneak
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sneeze
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species
speech
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squeal
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steep
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stream
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succeed
sweep
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tea
teach
teak
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teeth
theme
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three
treason
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treaty
tree
tweed
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weak
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weave
weed
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weep
wheat
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wheeze
wield
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yeast
yield

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billzhao

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