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How to pronounce “trepidation”

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Pronunciation guide for trepidation

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of trepidation with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: How to Build a Global Pro-Democracy Movementand I show up to my second grade class with both excitement and trepidation.
Definition summary: Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.

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How to Build a Global Pro-Democracy Movement

and I show up to my second grade class with both excitement and trepidation.

[Noun]
Anxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
An involuntary trembling, sometimes an effect of paralysis, but usually caused by terror or fear.
(astronomy, obsolete) A libration of the starry sphere in the Ptolemaic system; a motion ascribed to the firmament, to account for certain small changes in the position of the ecliptic and of the stars.

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