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How to pronounce gestures in British English
“gestures” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to gestures the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “gestures” in: all accents · American English (128 clips)
“gestures” in real sentences — British speakers
56 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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It requires funding, not token gestures.
The Scottish Parliament
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focused on action rather than gestures.” On 14 June, the Home Secretary said:
UK Parliament
Other forms of “gestures”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of gestures. 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.