How to pronounce gift
Listen to gift in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“gift” in real sentences
797 clips in the index · 326 American · 471 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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the gift, it’s not actually a gift.
USDA · watch from 1:50 · hear it here
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reloadable non-gift cards?
Federal Reserve · watch from 64:48 · hear it here
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think the gift of life is the biggest gift that there possibly can be.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 3:53 · hear it here
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But the House has granted itself the gift of bilocation -- a gift which, so far
UK Parliament · watch from 45:41 · hear it here
Why real speech
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