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How to pronounce “embarrassment”

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Pronunciation guide for embarrassment

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of embarrassment with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: An Activist Investor on Challenging the Status QuoBut other times just the risk of embarrassment to the director
Definition summary: A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

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An Activist Investor on Challenging the Status Quo

But other times just the risk of embarrassment to the director

[Noun]
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
(medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
(dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
(collective) A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)

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