Beach or bitch?

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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
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cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

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each 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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geese genie gleam glean grease glee greed green greet guarantee

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he heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel

I
increase indeed

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keel keen keep knead knee kneel
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L
leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave
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meal
mean
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meek
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need
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ordeal
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pea
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peach
peal
peak
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peek
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peep
peer
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plea
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please
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preach
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priest
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queen

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reach
read
real
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reef
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release
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scene
screech
screen
sea
seal
seam
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seat
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seed
seek
seem
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seesaw
seethe
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sheet
shield
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siege
sleek
sleep
sleet
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sneak
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speed
squeak
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steel
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street
succeed
sweep
sweet
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tea
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teak
team
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teem
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thief
three
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treaty
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tweed
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weak
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weasel
weave
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week
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weep
wheat
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wheeze
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wreath

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yield
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