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Linking words smoothly

come today I woke up and I went for a run and I went for a run and I went for a run and then I just worked and now here Tom did pronounce the D he linked it to the next word beg...

Course: Smoother American pronunciationSection: Talking about your daySubtitles: en

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come today I woke up and I went for a

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run and I went for a run and I went for

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a run and then I just worked and now

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here Tom did pronounce the D he linked

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it to the next word beginning with a

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vowel which is just this thought word

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that we say when we're thinking and and

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again the intonation of the voice is

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going up at the end and signaling comma

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not a period more information coming and

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and and that I just worked worked worked

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then I just worked here finally we have

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the intonation of the voice going down

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at the end so we know period end of the

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sentence end of the thought then I he

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connected this ending consonant to the

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beginning vowel the diphthong

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i I

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to smooth that out then I then I that I

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just worked

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did you notice Tom dropped the tea here

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we did not get just worked just worked

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he didn't release it this happens often

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when we have a word that ends in a

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cluster with a tea when the next word

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also begins with a consonant in these

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cases often the tea will get dropped I

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just

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