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🤔 TWENTY Are you saying this word naturally? A lot of English learners don’t speak this way, but it sounds more natural. In American English, we say: TWEN-ee. When a word is spelled with NT, …

🤔REPORT Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. We say: rə-PORT. It’s not: REE-port. It’s rə-PORT. There are two syllables: rə-PORT. The second …

🤔 DIFFERENT Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. In American English, we say: DIF-rənt It’s just 2 syllables: DIF-rənt The first syllable …

  🤔 LAWYER Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. In American English, we commonly say:   . It’s not: Law-yer. It’s LOY-er. …

  🤔SQUIRREL Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. We say: SKWə-rəl It’s not: Skwhirl. It’s SKWə-rəl There are two syllables: SKWə-rəl The …

  🤔THOUGH Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. We say: THō. The GH is silent. It’s not: THOG or THOFF. It’s THō. …

  🤔 WORK Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. We say: WəRK. It’s not: Walk. It’s WəRK Listen to the difference: WəRK. …

Today, let’s talk about another small word that changes in natural American English: our. In everyday conversational English, this word is pronounced like: “are” Our house is on the corner. Our house Our dog is …

🤔 CAMERA Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. In American English, we say: CAM-ruh It’s not, cam-er-a. It’s CAM-ruh There is just …

🤔 BETTER Are you saying this word wrong? A lot of English learners make this mistake, but it’s easy to fix. In American English, we say: BEH-der. The T sound is reduced to a weak …