--- title: "How to pronounce \"second reading\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"second reading\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/zpjYm1EatcA/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/second-reading" --- # How to pronounce "second reading" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/sɛkɒndrɪːdɪng/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **se·con·drea·ding** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "second reading" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "wish we had got to this point in a different way, and there are absolutely lessons to learn, but I think it's really important we've passed this bill for second reading. It puts in place some really important reforms to the welfare system, tackling work disincentives, uh, mean making that people severe conditions are no longer reassessed and alongside our investment in employment support, this will help people get back" - **Watch at 8:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjYm1EatcA&t=533s) ### Example 2 > "but surely we have to exhaust all other options before we press the nuclear button and i'm not going to be voting for this bill at second reading because if you keep whacking a dog don't be surprised when it bites you back but this bill is a precaution it is a deterrent the best way" - **Watch at 3:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzWH--JClvo&t=230s) ### Example 3 > "like these statements but they no I don't want to waste my time in everything an interview with the journalist that is attacking from the first second reading fake news I mean that's not an interview so you are a journalist I don't stand by the things" - **Watch at 14:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJy7ZfRZqYA&t=867s) ### Example 4 > "The first number is your systolic blood pressure -- essentially the peak pressure, produced by the contracting ventricles that push blood out to all of your tissues. The second reading is your diastolic blood pressure, which is the pressure in your arteries when the ventricles are relaxed. These two numbers give your nurse a sense of how your arteries and ventricles are doing, when they’re experiencing both high pressure -- the systolic -- and low pressure -- the diastolic." - **Watch at 8:08**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9ZZ6tcxArI&t=488s) ### Example 5 *Accent: US* > "the second reading the law reforming the judiciary and the status of judges. It's" - **Watch at 36:22**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmr8FttE8J4&t=2182s) ### Example 6 > "work without uh putting their benefits at risk. Those are really important changes. There's more to do, but I'm really pleased that this bill has got through its second reading. Isn't the simple truth that you've been making an argument that unless the welfare state was fundamentally reformed, it would be unsustainable in the future and yet right now you're not saving any money." - **Watch at 10:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpjYm1EatcA&t=620s) ### Example 7 > "not over, is it? Because it looked like it was disaster averted for the government at the end of last week, but it now looks like the disaster of potentially losing the second reading is like hoving back into view. Po possibly. I mean, let's I'm being too dramatic there because it's just a it's now the rebellion having grown and then shrunk now looks like it might be growing" - **Watch at 27:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPo5rFhtZ98&t=1673s) ### Example 8 > "patiently so the reason this has all got mushed together as we were talking about earlier on is that the this this schools and well-being Bill is having what's called its second reading in the commment where MPS vote on the on the principle of the legislation where it then goes through its more detailed scrutiny but the conservatives have put this amendment on which would vote down the whole bill and they've attached this thing about an inquiry to it so that" - **Watch at 18:54**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPmxGXxs-7s&t=1134s) ### Example 9 > "a lead on this sometimes Parliament does but so long as we're going in the right direction and of course this this is not a given though that this will become law this is second reading how confident are you that you can get it through all the common stages all the Lord stages that that this will was will make it into law eventually well what I hope there is is Goodwill because Kim the sponsor of the bill who has can choose who now scrutinizes it has said she will choose" - **Watch at 4:55**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybZyMKnCbn8&t=295s) ### Example 10 > "actually second time today this morning in an hour Parliament is going to discuss by second reading this TR tin uh Kel I wish we had more time but sadly we don't I'm afraid on the program but thank you for explaining what's happening in Georgia what's at stake we'll keep a very close eye thank you" - **Watch at 4:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh1uhBs81E8&t=270s) ## How to Pronounce "second reading" - **Syllables**: se · con · drea · ding - **IPA**: `/sɛkɒndrɪːdɪng/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [second](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/second), [reading](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/reading) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “second reading”? “second reading” is pronounced /sɛkɒndrɪːdɪng/ (se · con · drea · ding). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “second reading”? “second reading” has 4 syllables: se · con · drea · ding. ### How can I hear “second reading” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “second reading” with synchronized subtitles. 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