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Difficult "words" — Pronunciation Mistakes

Learn how to pronounce these simple words in the real American way: word, world, work and similar.

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word

[word] See: [ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS], [AS GOOD AS ONE'S WORD], [BY WORD OF MOUTH], [EAT ONE'S WORDS], [FROM THE WORD "GO"], [GET A WORD IN], [GET THE MESSAGE] […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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tongue twister

[tongue twister] {n.} A word or group of words difficult to pronounce whose meaning is irrelevant compared to the difficulty of enunciation. * /"She sells sea shells by the seashore" […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Idioms in the Business World

Do you understand the meaning of the italicized idioms in the following scenario? An American law firm has just been notified that a deal it was negotiating with a large […] Personalized Eglish Language Education

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