Beach or bitch?

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$ R% ~2 I9 Y* w0 `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.

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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% \1 G0 a7 \8 ^1 L$ a6 pachieve   agree  appeal


B
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C
( A3 {! I" H( U' t# _* {cease cheap cheat cheek cheese cheetah chief chimpanzee clean conceal creak crease creek creep

D
deal dean decrease deed deep defeat degree delete diesel discreet dream
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E
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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# @% j3 \1 n. p0 Che heal heap heat heath heathen heave heel

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J
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keel keen keep knead knee kneel

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3 F) b- N  A& f3 P# s) lleach lead lee leaf league leak leak lean leap lease leash least leave


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mean
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meat
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meet
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N
need
7 z5 t# x5 Q7 d$ S8 {needle
niece

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P
pea
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peach
peal
peak
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peek
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peer
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plea
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please
pleat
preach
precede
preen
priest
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queen

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reach
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real
really
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" o0 P* d/ h- q1 Lrecede
redeem
reed
reef
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$ T: D$ M  L6 D: N" Q; g; F% S9 trelease
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relieve
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reveal

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scene
screech
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sea
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seam
sear
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seat
see
seed
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seem
seen
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seesaw
seethe
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sheaf
sheath
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shriek
siege
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sleeve
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sneak
sneer
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speak
species
speech
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squeeze
steal
steam
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streak
stream
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# D" d; r. R' Z! }* c4 [) asweep
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tea
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team
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tease
teem
teen
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three
treason
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tree
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tweezers

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veal
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weak
wean
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weasel
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weed
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week
weird
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wheat
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yeast
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zeal

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