Spoken English: Flourish Your Language

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II List of English Symbols 65 "



  • ai: [ei] in sail, [e] in said, [CE] in plait, [eii] in dais, [ai] in aisle,
    [ aii:] in naive

  • ao: [ei] in gaol, [eio] in chaos, [u] in pharaoh

  • au: [ei] in gauging, [a:] in aunt, [0:] in haul, [u] in chauffeur,
    [ 0] in laurel

  • aw: [0:] in awful

  • ay: [ei] in pray, [e] in says

  • e: [i:] in be, [i] in pretty; [e] in let, [] in open

  • ea: [i:] in heal, [ei] in great, [i] in guineas, [e] in head, [i:CE] in
    react, [i] in area, [i: ei] creator

  • eau: [u] in beau, [ju:] in beautiful

  • ee: [i:] in feet, [i] breeches

  • ei: [i:] in conceive, [ei] in veil, [i] in forfeit

  • eo: [i:] in people, [u] yeoman, [i] in galleon, [e] in leopard, []
    in dungeon, [i:] in theologian, [i:o] in theology

  • eu: [ju:] in feud, [i:ju:] in reunion

    • cw: [u] in sew, [u:] in brew, [ju:] in new

    • ey: [i:] in key, [ei] in they, [i] in turkey, [ai] in eying

    • i: [i] in sin, [ai] in bind, [j] in onion



  • ia: [] in parliament, [iei] in mediate, [i] in carriage, [aiei] in
    hiatus, [iCE] in triviality; [j] in Britannia

  • ie: [i:] in grief, [i] in sieve, [e] in friend, [ail in lie, [i:i] in
    earliest, [ai] in science, [] in conscience

  • ieu: [u:] in lieu, [efJ (!) in lieutenant

  • iew: [ju:] in view

  • ro: [] in motion, [iu] in mediocre, rio] in mediocrity; [ail in
    violation, [aio] in ionic, [j] in million

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