How to pronounce past
Listen to past in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“past” 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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However, the past is the past.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 51:19 · hear it here
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weeks the past eight weeks eighty the past eight weeks eighty nine DEA o the past
Dept of Justice · watch from 6:16 · hear it here
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moved in the past 10 years, not just the past five years, the past 10 years
GAO · watch from 55:55 · hear it here
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in past decades or past centuries but past millennia and i've gone through women's history in
UK Parliament · watch from 148:42 · hear it here
Why real speech
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