How to pronounce lift
Listen to lift in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“lift” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 738 American · 884 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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forces: gravity, drag, lift.
NSF · watch from 1:04 · hear it here
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listening to lift experience.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 3:28 · hear it here
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i remember when i spoke about getting into the lift the members lift
UK Parliament · watch from 5:58 · hear it here
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and they use large helicopters to lift devices or lift things up on top
FAA · watch from 72:36 · hear it here
Why real speech
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