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More silent letter examples

I hurt my knee there's also hour I don't mean hour hour I mean hour with an H I'll be home in 2 hours I'll be home in 2 hours comb comb this time the silent letter is at the end...

Course: Everyday English from the startSection: Basic pronunciation practiceSubtitles: en

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knee

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I hurt my knee there's also hour I don't

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mean hour hour I mean hour with an H

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I'll be home in 2 hours I'll be home in

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2

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hours

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comb

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comb this time the silent letter is at

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the end of the word I'm combing my hair

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comb

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half

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half this one's tricky because the

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silent letter is in the middle there is

6:58

a silent l in half so it's not half it's

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half half I'm so full I ate half the

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pizza I ate half the

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pizza another middle silent letter

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listen

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listen it's not listen it's

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listen so did you listen to my

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pronunciation

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of the word

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listen

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listen that one has a silent T right in

7:37

the middle of

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