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Meanings of syllable in English
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Usage of syllable in English
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It indicates that the second vowel is pronounced as a second syllable.
2
No you can hear every word, every syllable with the utmost clarity.
3
The accent was for the most part placed on the last syllable.
4
Despair leaned forward, straining to hear, lest he miss a single syllable.
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They may repeat one-syllable sounds like ba and ma forming new sounds.
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And yet each word is distinct; you do not lose a syllable.
7
Beyond the limits of those directions the King hardly hazarded a syllable.
8
But the answer, though it came in a single syllable, was unmistakable.
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Elsie turned as pale as death; she could not utter a syllable.
10
Nor did she distrust a syllable; nor would she ask for explanation.
11
Every syllable there finds it echo far down in every southern heart.
12
The sweat stains under Mellberg's arms were growing larger with each syllable.
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Most Celtic words are stressed on the next to the last syllable.
14
I have repeatedly asked for room, and received no syllable in return.
15
He muttered an epithet that expressed his doubt in one explosive syllable.
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The first syllable, however, sang in him with an exquisitely sweet authority.
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Syllable through the time
Syllable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common