How to pronounce less in American English
“less” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to less the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“less” in real sentences — American speakers
1,000+ clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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going to see Community Investment Act exams just count less and less and less and less.
Federal Reserve
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decays and gets puts off less heat. So, she'll have less and less and
NASA
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revenue of less than $100,000 or could be less than $100 million, that's less
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “less”
Words one sound away from less — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “less”
Why real speech
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