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.

! ]. I8 O4 T% F: G# S8 aAre 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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billzhao

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achieve   agree  appeal
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be  bee beach beacon bead beak beam bean beast beat beaver beech beef bean beep beet beetle belief believe beneath
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increase indeed
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me
meal
mean
measles
meat
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meet
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niece
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pea
peace
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peal
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peanut
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peek
peel
peep
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plea
plead
please
pleat
preach
precede
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priest

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queasy
queen

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reach
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reason
recede
redeem
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reel
release
relief
relieve
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scene
screech
screen
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seal
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sear
season
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seed
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seesaw
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sheaf
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sheet
shield
shriek
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sleek
sleep
sleet
sleeve
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sneak
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speak
species
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speed
squeak
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squeeze
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steam
steel
steep
steeple
streak
stream
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succeed
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sweet
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tea
teach
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team
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tease
teem
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theme
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three
treason
treat
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tree
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tweezers
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wean
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weasel
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weak
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wield
wreath

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billzhao

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