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How to pronounce bicycles in British English
“bicycles” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to bicycles the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“bicycles” in real sentences — British speakers
42 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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manufacturers of bicycles.
The Scottish Parliament
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were really just for the luggage and on bicycles lots of bicycles everyone did what they
UK Parliament
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number of primary schools already have beautiful rain shelters for their bicycles made from former turbine
The Scottish Parliament
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Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of bicycles. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.