How to pronounce books
Listen to books in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“books” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 758 American · 889 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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She loved her physics books and her space books.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 11:32 · hear it here
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books, their repo books, their aggregate QFC books are substantially smaller than those of the US
Federal Reserve · watch from 44:33 · hear it here
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They can include regimental letter books, regimental and company order books, regimental and company descriptive books,
US National Archives · watch from 33:54 · hear it here
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And so, although everyone thought he wrote Learie's books, seven books, the best of his books
UK Parliament · watch from 25:14 · hear it here
Why real speech
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