English pronunciation for Spanish speakers

Words beginning with s :

Spain
Spanish
special
speciality
specific
spectacular
Here at our Spanish restaurant in the heart of the city, we pride
ourselves on our delicious and authentic menu. Our house
specialities are always popular with our guests, and every Friday we
hold a spectacular evening of Flamenco music and dance while our
guests enjoy the tastes and sounds of Spain. If you have any
specific dietary requests, please let us know and we will endeavour
to make your visit as special as possible.
Pronouncing j sounds:
July
project
manager
just
justify
reject
The divisional manager has just announced that we must complete
the project by the beginning of July and not the beginning of
September, as we had expected. He rejected my complaint that this
did not give us enough time and justified the change in the deadline
by saying that it is just what the client has demanded.

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Words with b and v :

big
ban
van
bi-monthly
vital
vehicle
viable
It is vital that during our next bi-monthly meeting we discuss the
possibility of replacing some of our vans. The ban on commercial
vehicles in the city centre has made a very big difference to our
operations and we must decide whether it is still viable to continue
using them.
Words with h :
house
harmful
helpful
heater
health
hire
heating
When we bought our new house there was an old heater in the
kitchen which the heating engineer said could be harmful to our
health. He was very helpful and offered to remove it for us for free.
In return, we hired his company to install the new central heating.

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