How to pronounce basic
Listen to basic in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“basic” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 1000 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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a basic human right and basic decency.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 20:31 · hear it here
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So these two basic tables are basic.
Census Bureau · watch from 37:13 · hear it here
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I mean, just basic, basic stuff like that.
FAA · watch from 41:16 · hear it here
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But that's, that's my basic, basic sense.
Federal Reserve · watch from 64:18 · hear it here
Why real speech
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