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How native speakers pronounce “lengthen”

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it's like the word add plus the word dress but  dress is short so i wrote it here even though   the stress is really just on the only the vowel  a address and you want to lengthen that it's hard   for people when they see letter a to know what  sound it makes and so if i put it in a word like  

How to Pronounce ADDRESS: Noun vs. Verb (Stress Shift American English)

Example sentences

it's like the word add plus the word dress but  dress is short so i wrote it here even though   the stress is really just on the only the vowel  a address and you want to lengthen that it's hard   for people when they see letter a to know what  sound it makes and so if i put it in a word like  

How to Pronounce ADDRESS: Noun vs. Verb (Stress Shift American English)

or you can also add in those arm curls or you can also add in those arm curls as you lengthen up and back and full as you lengthen up and back and full

AYS Sample Class

have a tendency to do no o have a tendency to do no o just lengthen hold it a little longer just lengthen hold it a little longer

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