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Be clearly understood by peers, patients and support staff. It is, therefore, one of the few words in english that would appear to be impossible of mispronunciation. English pronunciations of efrom the cambridge advanced learners. Ney englishlearning and pronunciation courses with. There are two common and three uncommon pronunciations of the digraph oo. Pronunciation activities unit 7 intonation of sentences with subordinating conjunctions and transitions a. Pronunciation of during in na english english language. Pronunciation of teman with 2 audio pronunciations and more for teman. Building the muscles in your mouth that make sounds can help you speak more naturally.
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The exercises described are modified excerpts from my book about language learning, quick foreign language learning. Perhaps its because for me the tenselax distinction is neutralized before phonemic r, but i cant for the life of me imagine how ur and. Vowels preceding ch spelling exercises dutch spelling reform 2006. Most of the words are loanwords from french, with others coming from spanish, portuguese, german, or other languages.
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