Hi and welcome to the Espresso English Podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.
My name is Shaina and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.
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Let's get started with today's lesson.
Have you ever stumbled over a tricky word in English?
It feels like your mouth just doesn't work right.
In this video, we're going to test your pronunciation with 20 of the most difficult words in English.
Words like squirrel, asterisk, and bureaucracy.
If you can say all of these correctly as a non-native speaker, then your English pronunciation is very impressive.
But don't worry, I'll guide you through each one, step by step, so you can listen repeat, improve and say them with confidence.
Since you're watching this, I know you're serious about improving your pronunciation and speaking English clearly.
That's why I'm also giving you a free download with 250 extra practice words.
Click on the link in the video description and enter your email address to get that bonus gift.
Okay, are you ready to listen and repeat these difficult words?
I'll say each one twice, one slowly and once at normal speed, and I'd like you to repeat after me.
Let's see how many of them.
You can say, like a native speaker squirrel squirrel rural rural sixth sixth drawer drawer regularly regularly three three athlete athlete therefore therefore Kernel Kernel Accessory Accessory Bureaucracy Bureaucracy Remuneration remuneration thorough thorough anesthesia anesthesia asterisk entrepreneur entrepreneur hierarchy hierarchy narcissist, narcissist.
How did you do?
If you could pronounce even half of those correctly at normal speed, give yourself a high five.
And if some of them were tough, that's totally normal.
The good news is that pronunciation is a skill you can train.
And I can help you do exactly that in my Pronunciation and Shadowing courses, where you'll learn to pronounce tricky sounds, link words together smoothly and speak with more natural rhythm and confidence.
You'll listen, repeat, and shadow real spoken English.
And by the end, you'll sound clearer, more fluent, and more like a native speaker.
Click on the link under this video to join the course and start mastering your English pronunciation today, so that words like these will give you no trouble at all.
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Keep practicing your English, and I hope you have a wonderful day!