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How to pronounce “grit”

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Pronunciation guide for grit

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of grit with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Take "the Other" to lunchwith the grit of the warrior and the grace of the mystic --
Definition summary: A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.

Example 1 of 8

Take "the Other" to lunch

with the grit of the warrior and the grace of the mystic --

[Noun]
A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking.
Small, hard, inedible particles in food.
A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
(geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit.
(idiomatic) Strength of mind; courage or fearlessness; fortitude.
[Verb]
(transitive, ergative) To clench (one's teeth), particularly in reaction to pain or anger.
To cover with grit.
(obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind.

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