How to pronounce retain
Listen to retain in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“retain” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 408 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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retain their sovereignty?
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 73:32 · hear it here
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"Reach, Engage, Retain" project.
NIH · watch from 157:58 · hear it here
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retain its global position.
UK Parliament · watch from 38:08 · hear it here
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able to retain that correlation.
Census Bureau · watch from 157:13 · hear it here
Why real speech
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