How to pronounce life
Listen to life in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“life” 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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life my life really user my life my life really fell apart y user my life
Dept of Justice · watch from 6:24 · hear it here
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life-changing, life-saving.
GAO · watch from 13:16 · hear it here
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in a sense of work life, home life, personal life.
Dept of Labor · watch from 2:46 · hear it here
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better life, or of life itself.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 22:57 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of life. 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.