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How to pronounce catastrophically in British English
“catastrophically” pronunciation by British speakers
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“catastrophically” in real sentences — British speakers
31 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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this parliament absolutely catastrophically wrong.
UK Parliament
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were not only poorly communicated but catastrophically handled.
The Scottish Parliament
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telling us that the service is catastrophically underfunded yet all we have heard last week for
The Scottish Parliament
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