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How to pronounce “torch”

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Pronunciation guide for torch

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of torch with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Sasha Sarago: The (de)colonizing of beautyShe then makes a torch from a stringybark tree
Definition summary: A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.

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Sasha Sarago: The (de)colonizing of beauty

She then makes a torch from a stringybark tree

[Noun]
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
(by extension, botany)
(figurative)
(science fiction) Ellipsis of torch drive (“a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion”).
(chiefly Canada, US) Ellipsis of blowtorch (“a tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame”).
(US, slang) An arsonist.
[Verb]
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