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How to pronounce lesbos

“lesbos” pronunciation in British English

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“lesbos” in real sentences

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  1. shore on Lesbos on a crowded rubber boat.

    TED

  2. So, Sappho thrived at about 600 BCE on the island of Lesbos, and she wrote

    We Are Being Transformed

  3. was a fire on Lesbos Island the Greeks said please come and help and initially after

    Oxford Union

  4. on the refugee crisis in lesbos in 2015 and every day it is the little moments

    Intelligence Squared

Why real speech

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