Beach or bitch?

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3 p* J# G$ B4 {1 O- t! GPronunciation 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
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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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5 j. O4 T. S" s7 y. Y6 V5 j2 Feach eager eagle ease east Easter eat eaves eel eerie employee equal eve even evil exceed

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jeans jeep
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K
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leach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave

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mean
measles
meat
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meet
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need
needle
niece

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pea
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peal
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peanut
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peel
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peer
piece
plea
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please
pleat
preach
precede
preen
priest

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queasy
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reach
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real
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reap
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reef
reel
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repeat
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scene
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seal
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sear
season
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seen
seep
seesaw
seethe
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sheaf
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sheep
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shriek
siege
sleek
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sleet
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sneak
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speed
squeak
squeal
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steeple
streak
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street
succeed
sweep
sweet
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teach
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team
tear
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teeth
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three
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treat
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veal
W
we
weak
wean
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weave
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weird
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zeal

billzhao

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