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The "Difficult Words in English" course is included as part of your low, monthly subscription to English Pro. In this course, you'll learn how to pronounce a variety of English words that have challenging pronunciations, including commonly-requested words like world, girl, and many others!
You'll see every pronunciation detail up close and in slow motion, plus the IPA transcriptions of each word.
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LEARN: milk, girl, world, million, clothes, months, vegetables, comfortable, three, thirty
AUDIO PRACTICE: milk, girl, world, million, clothes, months, vegetables, comfortable, three, thirty
LEARN: tour, tourist, rural, mural, squirrel, pencil, awful, felt, aspirin, average
AUDIO PRACTICE: tour, tourist, rural, mural, squirrel, pencil, awful, felt, aspirin, average
LEARN: How to Pronounce Been, Bean, and Being
AUDIO PRACTICE: been, bean, and being
LEARN: cumbersome, continuous, colonel, tired, taught, through, dropped, bud, suds, fifth
AUDIO PRACTICE: cumbersome, continuous, colonel, tired, taught, through, dropped, bud, suds, fifth
LEARN: vulnerability, uncertainty, engineer, engineering, literal, literature, the Netherlands, maintenance, scenario, sixth, sixth day
AUDIO PRACTICE: vulnerability, uncertainty, engineer, engineering, literal, literature, the Netherlands, maintenance, scenario, sixth, sixth day
LEARN: conscience, ubiquitous, realm, moderate
AUDIO PRACTICE: conscience, ubiquitous, realm, moderate
LEARN: deity, leisure, leave vs. live, collateral
AUDIO PRACTICE: deity, leisure, leave vs. live, collateral
LEARN: considered, can vs. can’t, adulation, degenerative
AUDIO PRACTICE: considered, can vs. can’t, adulation, degenerative
LEARN: pier, co-coordinator, vacation, girl
AUDIO PRACTICE: pier, co-coordinator, vacation, girl
LEARN: follow, croissant, outrageous, month vs. months
AUDIO PRACTICE: follow, croissant, outrageous, month vs. months
LEARN: theoretical, environmental, familiar, clothes
AUDIO PRACTICE: theoretical, environmental, familiar, clothes
LEARN: model, bundle, curious, wildlife
AUDIO PRACTICE: model, bundle, curious, wildlife
LEARN: poorer, attributed, interesting
AUDIO PRACTICE: poorer, attributed, interesting
LEARN: pettiness, camaraderie, interchangeable, plateau, echelon
AUDIO PRACTICE: pettiness, camaraderie, interchangeable, plateau, echelon
LEARN: nonchalant, ignominious, Worcestershire, truculent, surfeit
AUDIO PRACTICE: nonchalant, ignominious, Worcestershire, truculent, surfeit
LEARN: barbaric, weir, momentum, parameter
AUDIO PRACTICE: barbaric, weir, momentum, parameter
LEARN: pressure vs. pleasure; laughed vs. left; sand vs. send; bad vs. bed; bland vs. blend
AUDIO PRACTICE: pressure vs. pleasure; laughed vs. left; sand vs. send; bad vs. bed; bland vs. blend
LEARN: colloquial, residue, averaging, Spanish
AUDIO PRACTICE: colloquial, residue, averaging, Spanish
LEARN: monetization, horizontally, Israel, parallel
AUDIO PRACTICE: monetization, horizontally, Israel, parallel
LEARN: Don vs. done; knot vs. nut; flocks vs. flux; talk vs. tuck; pawn vs. pun
AUDIO PRACTICE: Don vs. done; knot vs. nut; flocks vs. flux; talk vs. tuck; pawn vs. pun
LEARN: mosh vs. mush; socks vs. sucks; bog vs. bug; pox vs. pucks; Ron vs. run
AUDIO PRACTICE: mosh vs. mush; socks vs. sucks; bog vs. bug; pox vs. pucks; Ron vs. run
LEARN: channel, partner, negotiations, challenge, jaw
AUDIO PRACTICE: channel, partner, negotiations, challenge, jaw
LEARN: appear, stairs, alarm, car
AUDIO PRACTICE: appear, stairs, alarm, car
LEARN: words, what else, drawing, action, good afternoon, preventive, audit, operations, apparatus
AUDIO PRACTICE: words, what else, drawing, action, good afternoon, preventive, audit, operations, apparatus
LEARN: end vs. and; beck vs. back; Ken vs. can; bed vs. bad; beg vs. bag vs. bug; Ed vs add; ekt vs. act; esk vs. ask
AUDIO PRACTICE: end vs. and; beck vs. back; Ken vs. can; bed vs. bad; beg vs. bag vs. bug; Ed vs add; ekt vs. act; esk vs. ask
LEARN: around, around it, range, but, but I, but this, about, about it, about time, have, have to, had, scripts, schedule, role, roll back
AUDIO PRACTICE: around, around it, range, but, but I, but this, about, about it, about time, have, have to, had, scripts, schedule, role, roll back
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Complete Mission #11: How to Pronounce Difficult Words
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