198: Pronouncing ’clothes,’ ’close’ (ver...

How to pronounce words like "thin/fin," "mouth/mouse," and "both/boat." Perfect your English fricative sounds by never stopping the air from passing through your mouth. Transcripts at pronuncian.com 

At the end of the word, the /ŋ/ doesn't need an additional /g/. The /g/ is potentially included mid-word. Transcripts available at pronuncian.com 

"Coarticulating" the /g/ and /n/ is the trick to fluent pronunciation of these two sounds. Don't release the /g/ before starting the /n/. Transcripts available on Pronuncian.com 

It sounds strange to say ‘very huge’, or ‘a bit amazing’ or ‘a little wonderful’. This is because some extreme adjectives like to collocate with particular adverbs.  On this podcast, you’ll learn some gradable and ungradable adjectives and the adverbs that go, or maybe don’t usua ... Show More

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In this episode, we’ll look at some expressions that you may have heard in TV Series, films or from native speakers and you'll learn some more polite alternatives that you can use so that you don't sound impolite or rude. Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: ht ... Show More