How to pronounce pounds
Listen to pounds in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“pounds” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 629 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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pounds, not billions of pounds.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 128:04 · hear it here
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five pounds, 10 pounds, 15 pounds -- those sort of things.
CDC · watch from 70:16 · hear it here
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universal credit by about uh seven billion pounds perhaps nine uh billion pounds a thousand pounds
UK Parliament · watch from 39:48 · hear it here
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pounds of fentanyl powder.
Dept of Justice · watch from 4:16 · hear it here
Why real speech
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