How native speakers pronounce “while”

Next time you stumble across a great song that you haven’t heard in a while. Next time you catch eyes with a stranger who offers a nod or a genuine smile.

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and she sat on her hands for 20 minutes, while this man talked to her mother about all the problems Gillian was having at school,

Do schools kill creativity? — Ken Robinson · TED

I thought about calling a locksmith -- at least I had my cellphone, but at midnight, it could take a while for a locksmith to show up, and it was cold.

Inside the mind of a master procrastinator — Tim Urban · TED

while running Microsoft Bill Gates Used To Hide Away in a cabin in the woods for

Slow Thinking

reading more than 280 characters at a time. If you haven't read a novel in a while, it may feel strange at first, but stick

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it was easy for me just to nod my head while we kicked the can down the road. "Thirty's the new 20," Alex would say,

Why 30 is not the new 20 | Meg Jay