Beach or bitch?

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8 m6 J% G; i0 `* L) H/ w+ J4 EPronunciation 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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A
achieve   agree  appeal
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; D1 l1 D* |. mbe  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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deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream


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* o3 U/ R" o- w( q, Geach eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed
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feast feat feature fee feeble feed feel feet female flea flee fleece fleet freak free freeze
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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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mean
measles
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meet
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needle
niece

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ordeal
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pea
peace
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peal
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piece
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plead
please
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preach
precede
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queen
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read
real
really
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reason
recede
redeem
reed
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retreat
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seal
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sear
season
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seek
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seen
seep
seesaw
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sheaf
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sheer
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shield
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siege
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sleeve
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sneer
sneeze
speak
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speech
speed
squeak
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steal
steam
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succeed
sweep
sweet
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tear
tease
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three
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tree
tweed
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veal
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we
weak
wean
weary
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weave
weed
weak
week
weird
weep
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wheel
wheeze
wield
wreath
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yeast
yield
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billzhao

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