How to pronounce close
Listen to close in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“close” 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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But how close is "close"?
NASA · watch from 0:27 · hear it here
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Coal fire power station was going to close had to close should close would close we
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 51:46 · hear it here
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close to-very close to our meeting.
Federal Reserve · watch from 23:36 · hear it here
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to close these labs and to close these labs and we call to close these labs
Dept of Justice · watch from 6:50 · hear it here
Why real speech
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