How native speakers pronounce “contract”

And we were really strategic. We made a contract. Let's talk about dates.

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We want to minimize the distance. We want to contract that gap. We want to neutralize the tensions.

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you're cold and you get goosebumps when those muscles contract, it's trying to warm you up.

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and in my lab, we have probed human faces by measuring electrical signals that cause your facial muscles to contract to make facial expressions. We have scrutinized the human body in emotion.

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