American English Pronunciation Workbook

Examples of the Consonant [z]


Word Medial

1.   [koʊzi]

her name was mrs cozy and she got pregnant she said

2.   [ɹizɪn]

and for whatever stupid reason

3.   [θaʊzn̩d]

forty thousand it's international

4.   [ɪzn̩]

isn't good

5.   [ɹizəld]

yknow my neurologist says the bipolar was a just a chemical imbalance as a result of

6.   [dɪzaɪn]

at rhode island school of design

7.   [ɹeɪzd]

i my dad's a doctor i was raised in high society i don't want to leave high society

8.   [dəzəʔt]

doesn't matter what

9.   [bɪznəs]

yknow they give you a pager a cell phone and they want to know where you are morning noon and night seven days a week and that's none of their business

10.   [fɪzɪkli]

physically purifies you by so much sweat that pours out of your body because of that heat

11.   [haʊzɪn]

free housing

12.   [ɔɹɡənaɪzd]

you should be organized i'm not

13.   [ɹizɛn]

i understand that mentality now because i went back but i'll tell you the reason i left

14.   [ɹizɪn]

part of the reason i renewed my certificate was

15.   [θaʊzʊnd]

i seen this a thousand times now people fighting killing this murder that murder

16.   [ɔɹɡənaɪzd]

organized enough

17.   [ɪnvɪzəbl̩]

using reading books like invisible man

18.   [ɹizɛmɪnʔt]

the resentment to things like mcdonalds there

19.   [ɹizən]

reason why people don't vote

20.   [əmeɪzŋ]

it's amazing you can

21.   [bɪznɪs]

like i like business and i

22.   [həzbən]

i don't have a degree my husband has a degree i put him

23.   [ɚɹnl̩ɪzəm]

thinking about journalism

24.   [ɪɡzæmpl̩]

uh i'm gonna give you a first hand example

25.   [ɹɪvaɪz]

they will not increase until the tax law revises itself again to up the

26.   [kɹeɪzeɪ]

oh it was crazy

27.   [mjuzik]

music

28.   [juzd]

there are used as sex objects

29.   [kɑzmɛɾɪk]

but that's just cosmetic

30.   [ɹiznəbəl]

that they kept me there but i think a day and a half is perfectly reasonable

Word Final

31.   [ɛz]

i worked when i first started working here i was working as an

32.   [ɛz]

then as a result they they went through and decided since I broke the lease to uh

33.   [ɪz]

i mean there definitely is that image of

34.   [ɪs]

and and the problem is uh the problem is seeing things in other people

35.   [ʃoʊz]

have you really have you gone to seen all the shows and

36.   [jɪɚz]

uh he was about thirty four years old

37.   [jɪɹz]

and the citizens of columbus haven't i mean uh two years ago or was it three years ago now

Word Initial

38.   [zɪp]

you just zip through them and i said


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