American English Pronunciation Workbook

Stress pattern 01

The stress pattern is: unstressed (0), primary (1)

1.  [əbaʊɾ]  ideas about it so

2.  [əkɹɔs]  he'd run across the street

3.  [ɪnseɪn]  like insane problem

4.  [ənəf]  you enough to do that

5.  [əɹaʊn]  people i wasn't around but

6.  [ɪkəz]  that's because we've been spending more

7.  [dɪzɚv]  they deserve my respect

8.  [wɪðɪn]  that's a problem within the school

9.  [ɹɪspɛkt]  will respect you but

10.  [əbsɛʔt]  yeah it would upset me

11.  [kɪnvɪns]  and if they can convince them

12.  [m̩sɛlf]  gave himself that name

13.  [bəliv]  well we believe that

14.  [bʊliv]  i believe that stuff now

15.  [tɪɾeɪ]  now today however

16.  [bəliv]  i can't believe it it's

17.  [ɹɪpoʊɹɾ]  we want a report on

18.  [mɪʃin]  lottery machine or

19.  [pɚsɛnʔt]  one hundred percent in german

20.  [ɚaʊd]  uh we were floating around just

21.  [wəðaʊt]  it was more fun without being with

22.  [ɹɪleɪt]  to relate to a coach

23.  [əɡoʊ]  a long time ago uh

24.  [spɔɹt]  and they don't even support the uh

25.  [ʊkɹɔs]  from all across the world and

26.  [əlɑ]  and allow me some freedom

27.  [ʊksɛpt]  ready to accept it

28.  [əfoʊɹɾ]  because i can't afford it

29.  [kəmpɚɪ]  i never compare the two of them but

30.  [əkɚ]  and if it doesn't occur this

31.  [spoʊs]  you're supposed to have a caseworker

32.  [eɪkspænd]  and expand it to crystal

33.  [əɡnoʊɹ]  they'll ignore them won't they

34.  [spoʊs]  they told me i wasn't supposed to

35.  [sʊspɛnd]  well they'll suspend you

36.  [əlɔŋ]  uh i think it's along the

37.  [inəf]  that's good enough i guess

38.  [əfɛns]  no offense people are

39.  [fɚɡɛt]  i i forget what they call it

40.  [bikəm]  then i become friends with them

41.  [əlɔŋ]  where they were going along and

42.  [bɪtwin]  the difference between development

43.  [əbɹɑd]  because i went abroad i had

44.  [kənsɛʔt]  parent's consent and hopefully

45.  [kn̩ɛk]  they might connect to us they might not

46.  [ɪnstɛɾ]  you mean instead of a doctor

47.  [ənlɛs]  yknow unless it's

48.  [bikɛz]  yknow because the

49.  [bəlif]  it's not a belief thing

50.  [əbaʊʔt]  if you cared that much about about

51.  [ɪnseɪn]  i know in parts it is really insane but like

52.  [bɪfɔɹ]  fired him the day before the michigan game

53.  [əɹən]  you're not gonna just sit around and wait to be discovered

54.  [jɚsɛlf]  if you hear yourself say the words

55.  [əɹaʊn]  i got this wide berth around me

56.  [ɹɪspɛkt]  respect and then you should get respect for it

57.  [səspɛkt]  i suspect they probably won't do that

58.  [wɪðaʊɾ]  i grew up without a father and i really

59.  [kɹieɪt]  would create too much

60.  [bikɑz]  generally move there because of the uh

61.  [kɪndɛm]  i don't like i said i'm not gonna condemn them

62.  [eɪɡɛn]  then i've got to say it again which means instead of

63.  [ʃəpoʊst]  at a pace that they're supposed to move at

64.  [wɪðaʊʔt]  decisions are happening to her without her making them

65.  [fɚɡɛt]  i'll never forget that but uh

66.  [ɪkspleɪn]  but i try to explain to the parents that

67.  [əsaɪd]  the counseling center they set a room aside and they

68.  [səpoʊzd]  aren't the hospitals supposed to be like dormitories or

69.  [ɹiækt]  your your children how they're gonna react to certain things

70.  [kənvɪns]  and you just could not convince them that

71.  [pɚsɛnt]  two or three percent of our total

72.  [əbaʊt]  in the movie they're about to kiss and

73.  [bl̩iv]  so a lot of them already believe and that

74.  [dɪzəɹv]  we both deserve to be happy and we

75.  [ɪkspleɪn]  a yknow how do you explain your way out of

76.  [əɹaʊnd]  he could he just knew how to get around anything

77.  [kn̩dəkt]  which i got the opportunity to conduct today

78.  [dɪɡɹi]  double major bachelors degree there

79.  [ɪksʧeɪnʒ]  in exchange for having me all to herself

80.  [ɚsfɛk]  i got a lot of respect for the college kids

81.  [dɪɡɹi]  and got a master's degree in geology

82.  [kɛmpɛɹ]  that probably would compare to yours in australia

83.  [spoʊs]  well i thought it went the way it was supposed to go

84.  [ɪɡzɔs]  a big hood and exhaust system

85.  [kæmpeɪn]  like uh right now their biggest campaign is uh

86.  [ɪɡoʊ]  a civil engineering friend years ago and uh

87.  [ɛksɛp]  i haven't even been anywhere except for canada

88.  [ɪksɛt]  my mother has decided accept your offer and i thought

89.  [splaɪ]  it's suppose to supply background information

90.  [pɚfɔɹm]  how you gonna perform in school

91.  [əfoʊɹd]  rich can afford that but the poor can't

92.  [səbskɹaɪb]  on the web but you have to subscribe to them

93.  [əbzoʊɹb]  got enough to absorb yknow without

94.  [ʊbɑʔt]  yknow in conversation talking about oh yeah i

95.  [əwɛɹ]  but i think kids are a lot more aware now

96.  [ɛbaʊt]  someplace along the way about ten years ago

97.  [bɪkəz]  and this might be because i'm a woman but

98.  [ɪdəlʔt]  he was like the adult in his family he came from a

99.  [əbaʊɾ]  she'd just have a different way of going about it

100.  [ɪɡɪns]  the richies against the poories

101.  [ɹitaɪɚ]  if i retire in six years

102.  [pɹɛstiʤ]  i don't know prestige a suppose

103.  [kn̩vɪns]  not sure which uh she can't convince him to

104.  [əksɛpt]  i mean most the people will accept you

105.  [kɪmfjuz]  i mean many people confuse high culture

106.  [ɹɪspɛkt]  know there's respect out there to be warranted

107.  [oʊfɛns]  question no offense but you know what i mean

108.  [km̩pliʔt]  reserving complete judgment until

109.  [sɪlɛkt]  there's a select group that has enthusiasm


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