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Practice the R sound with these new words. Repeat after the video here. Remember that with the R sound, the tongue is tense and does not touch the top of the mouth. In American English, R is pronounced all the time unlike in British English when it is omitted in words like work and after.
| permanent | territory |
| strain | trade-off |
| tribute | struggle |
| grudge | grievance |
| urge | urgency |
| grueling | wrestle |
| free | expert |
| rallying | cry |
| personal | serve |
| person | risk |
| firmly | term |
| boring | bored |
| barrier | core |
| smart | yard |
| garden | yarn |
| mystery | flyer |
| harsh | research |
| memory | general |
| hardest | part |
| really | permanent |
| preference | hierarchy |
| arbitrary | rarely |
| brainstorm | rain |
Words with stress on the 2nd syllable: betray, relentless, resist, relate, perspective, result, reception, variety, surroundings, impressive, ignore, surprising, supportive, imperative, react, transparency, professor, resilient, receptionist, reply
Words with stress on the 3rd syllable: represent, problematic, build rapport, recreation, reconsider, ardent fan
Words with stress on the 4th syllable: recommendation
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