How to pronounce pauses in British English
“pauses” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to pauses the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
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“pauses” in real sentences — British speakers
57 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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series of delays and pauses.
The Scottish Parliament
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that the whole country pauses to remember the sacrifices of all those who fought and lost
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “pauses”
Words one sound away from pauses — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “pauses”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of pauses. 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.