47: 'should,' 'could,' and 'would': /ʃʊd/, /kʊd/, /wʊd/
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An unexpected /ʊ/ (the ‘other u’ sound) and silent /l/s.
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221: Compare 'unvoiced th' to /f/, /s/, and /t/
220: The 'n-g' spelling creates /ŋ/, as in the word 'song'
219: /g+n/ as in "signal" and "ignore"
218: Learn to hear vowels to learn to pronounce them
217: Compare long e /i/, short i /ɪ/, and short e /ɛ/
216: The Cardinal Vowels--long e /i/, oo sound /u/, short o /ɑ/, and short a /æ/
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