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An instructor and learner practice connected speech, showing how words link and reduce in phrases like "come on" and "any of this." They repeat lines together so you hear how natural speech actually sounds.

An instructor and learner practice connected speech, showing how words link and reduce in phrases like "come on" and "any of this." They repeat lines together so you hear how natural speech actually sounds.
Rach, come on. I'm not gonna wear any of this. Come on. Come on. In this case, the m of come becomes the beginning.
Of the next word.
Come on. Come on. And then he says, I'm not gonna wear. I'm not gonna wear. I am. I'm not going to. Not gonna wear. I'm not gonna wear. I'm not gonna wear. And then we have.
Any of this. Any of this.
The of is reduced to a schwa. He connects the any with a schwa. Any, uh. Any, uh. And then this.
Any of this. Any of this.
Let's do it together. Rach, come on. I'm not gonna.
Wear any of this.

Read Out Loud with me! Dare to Lead by Brené Brown | Pronunciation & Vocabulary practice