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Love this sound . . . or hate it? 

‘EUR’ 

 In my conversation classes, I hear people feeling that 'eur' isa hard sound to make.

So, here’s a mini-lesson on how you can say it right every time.

In this mini-lesson, you’ll discover:

• How to pronounce “eur”

• Step-by-step demonstration

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Once you’ve got past the basic beginner phase, you start needing a bit more in-depth vocabulary. We know this. And trying to say “LOOKS LIKE” seems to pop up a lot at the moment, in conversations and as a question in my lessons.  

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It took me years to master the nasal sounds in French - not because it’s hard, but just because I didn’t know how! 

No textbook can do it, no written instructions suffice . . . and then one day, it came. It came easily and I never get it wrong now! 

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