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Hi, everybody! I am Georgiana, your English teacher and founder of\\xa0SpeakEnglishPodcast.com. My mission is to help you speak English fluently.

Today, we will look at some English words that are very difficult to pronounce.

And with a point of view lesson, you will\\xa0improve your English grammar\\xa0without memorizing any boring rules.

Before getting started, visit my website\\xa0SpeakEnglishPodcast.com\\xa0and get the transcript for free.\\xa0

Also, let me say that I\\u2019m really happy because this is episode number 200!!

It\\u2019s been five years since I launched the first episode of the Speak English Now Podcast!!

Thank you so much for your support and sharing the podcast with your friends and families.

Ok, let\\u2019s start.

1. Cavalry and calvary

People often confuse cavalry (armed forces on horseback) with calvary, an experience of extreme suffering, especially mental suffering.

We call a metathesis\\xa0the change of one or more sounds within a word. And yes. Metathesis is also a hard word to pronounce.

Anyway, let\\u2019s practice the two words a little bit.

Listen and repeat after me:

[\\xa0kav-uhl-ree ]

Cavalry. Cavalry. Cavalry.

[\\xa0kal-vuh-ree ]

Calvary. Calvary. Calvary.

2. Comfortable and Vegetable

These two words are the most difficult for my students to pronounce. Most Spanish speakers pronounce comfortable, and vegetable as \\u201ccomfortaibal\\u201d or \\u201cvegetaibal\\u201d and I guess it\\u2019s because both words end in \\u201ctable.\\u201d

So, let\\u2019s practice the two words a little bit.

Listen and repeat:

[\\xa0kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl,\\xa0]

Comfortable. Comfortable. Comfortable.

[ kuhmf-ter-buhl ]

Comfortable. Comfortable. Comfortable.\\xa0

[\\xa0vej-tuh-buhl ]\\xa0
Vegetable. Vegetable. Vegetable.

[ vej-i-tuh-buhl ]

Vegetable. Vegetable. Vegetable.

3. Deteriorate

Another word that my students find difficult to pronounce is\\xa0deteriorate.

Let\\u2019s practice it for a bit.

Listen and repeat after me:

[ dih-teer-ee-uh-reyt ]

Deteriorate. Deteriorate. Deteriorate.\\xa0\\xa0

4. Explicit

Don\\u2019t worry. Almost everyone sounds a little funny when they pronounce the word \\u201cexplicit.\\u201d

Let\\u2019s practice it!

[ ik-splis-it ]

Explicit. Explicit. Explicit.

5. Exponentially

Yes, I understand you perfectly. Sometimes\\xa0exponentially\\xa0gets\\xa0exponentially\\xa0harder to say the more you try to say it. \\U0001f642

Let\\u2019s practice this word.

Listen and repeat after me:

[ ek-spoh-nen-shuh-lee ]

Exponentially. Exponentially. Exponentially.

[ ek-spuh-nen-shuh-lee ]

Exponentially. Exponentially. Exponentially.

That\\u2019s all for today; I hope you had a good time practicing these complex words. Next week we will practice more of these difficult words in English.\\xa0

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