Vowel Minimal Pair

Cách phát âm cost vs caused

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‘Cost’ (⁄kɔːst⁄) ends in unvoiced /st/; ‘caused’ (⁄kɔːzd⁄) ends in voiced /zd/.

Đối chiếu: Final cluster: unvoiced /st/ vs voiced /zd/

⁄kɒst⁄

Âm tiết

COST

Định nghĩa:

To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

“This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30.”

⁄kɔːzd⁄

Âm tiết

CAUSED

Định nghĩa:

The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.

“They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.”

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‘Cost’ (⁄kɔːst⁄) ends in unvoiced /st/; ‘caused’ (⁄kɔːzd⁄) ends in voiced /zd/.

"cost" has 1 syllables (cost). "caused" has 1 syllables (caused).

Final cluster: unvoiced /st/ vs voiced /zd/

"cost": This shirt cost $50, while this was cheaper at only $30. "caused": They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.