How to pronounce breakdown
Listen to breakdown in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“breakdown” in real sentences
914 clips in the index · 268 American · 646 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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work breakdown structure.
Census Bureau · watch from 32:47 · hear it here
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breakdown in communication.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 17:10 · hear it here
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ecological and climate breakdown.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 70:45 · hear it here
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an ongoing breakdown in trust and that's an ongoing breakdown and trust in many
FTC · watch from 131:35 · hear it here
Why real speech
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