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.
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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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A
achieve   agree  appeal

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B
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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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep
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D
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feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze

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H
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I
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J
jeans jeep

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meal
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N
need
needle
niece

O
ordeal
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pea
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peach
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peanut
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peek
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peep
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piece
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please
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preach
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preen
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queasy
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real
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recede
redeem
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reel
release
relief
relieve
repeat
retreat
reveal
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scene
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screen
sea
seal
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season
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see
seed
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seesaw
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she
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sheer
sheet
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shriek
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sleeve
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sneer
sneeze
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species
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squeal
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steam
steel
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streak
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street
succeed
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sweet
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teak
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tear
tease
teem
teen
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theme
thief
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treaty
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tweed
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weak
wean
weary
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weed
weak
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weep
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wield
wreath
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yeast
yield

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bin, bid, big, bit, dim, did, dig, dip, fin, fig, fit, gin, gig, him, his, hid, hit, hip, jib, Jim, jig, jip, kin, Kim, kid, kit, lid, lit, lip, nip, pin, pig, pit, rim, rid, rig, rip, sin, sit, sip, tin, tip, win, wit, zip, zit

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