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How to pronounce “slave”

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Pronunciation guide for slave

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of slave with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Half Has Never Been Told"The Half Has Never Been Told-- Slavery
Definition summary: A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.

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The Half Has Never Been Told

"The Half Has Never Been Told-- Slavery

[Noun]
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
(figuratively) A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
(figuratively) An abject person.
(figuratively) One who has no power of resistance to something, one who surrenders to or is under the domination of something.
(BDSM) A submissive partner in a BDSM relationship who consensually submits to, sexually or personally, serving one or more masters or mistresses.
A sex slave, a person who is forced against their will to perform, for another person or group, sexual acts on a regular or continuing basis.
(engineering, computing, photography) A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another (a master).
[Verb]
To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
(intransitive) To work hard.
(transitive) To place a device under the control of another.