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How to pronounce“river”in English

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In natural English speech, "river" appears in contexts such as: "if our river dried up we would die we would because we would live off the river total destruction of our fishery is is definitely real you know it's there it's a possibility it's something that we continue to fight against every day". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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if our river dried up we would die we would because we would live off the

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total destruction of our fishery is is definitely real you know it's there it's a possibility it's something that we continue to fight against every day

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noun

A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

“Occasionally rivers overflow their banks and cause floods.”

noun

Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

“a river of blood”

verb

To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.

“Johnny rivered me by drawing that ace of spades.”

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