Idiom "Taken to the Cleaners" - American English Pronunciation

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ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุฃุฏู†ุงู‡ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ู…ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุชุชู… ุชุฑุฌู…ุชู‡ุง ุขู„ูŠู‹ุง.

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In this American English pronunciation video, we're going to go over the idiom 'taken to
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ููŠ ู…ู‚ุทุน ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุงู„ุฎุงุต ุจู†ุทู‚ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุŒ ุณู†ู†ุชู‚ู„ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุตุทู„ุญ "ุชู… ู†ู‚ู„ู‡ ุฅู„ู‰
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the cleaners'.
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ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ".
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To be taken to the cleaners can mean the same thing as the idiom 'ripped off', which we've
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ุฃู† ูŠุชู… ุงุตุทุญุงุจูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠุนู†ูŠ ู†ูุณ ุงู„ุดูŠุก ู…ุซู„ ุงู„ู…ุตุทู„ุญ "ุชู…ุฒู‚" ุŒ ูˆุงู„ุฐูŠ
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already studied: They charged me double, I was taken to the cleaners. But it can also
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ุฏุฑุณู†ุงู‡ ุจุงู„ูุนู„: ู„ู‚ุฏ ูƒู„ููˆู†ูŠ ุถุนูู‹ุง ุŒ ูˆุชู… ู†ู‚ู„ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ. ูˆู„ูƒู† ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู†
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mean to be bested by someone, to be defeated. For example, my team was taken to the cleaners
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ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃูŠุถู‹ุง ุฃู† ูŠุชู… ุงู„ุชุบู„ุจ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ุดุฎุต ู…ุง ุŒ ุฃู† ูŠุชู… ู‡ุฒูŠู…ุชู‡. ุนู„ู‰ ุณุจูŠู„ ุงู„ู…ุซุงู„ ุŒ ุชู… ู†ู‚ู„ ูุฑูŠู‚ูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ
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in the last game of the season. That doesn't mean that we lost by one or two points. That
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ููŠ ุงู„ู…ุจุงุฑุงุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ูˆุณู…. ู‡ุฐุง ู„ุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู†ุง ุฎุณุฑู†ุง ุจู†ู‚ุทุฉ ุฃูˆ ู†ู‚ุทุชูŠู†. ู‡ุฐุง
00:34
means we lost by a lot.
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ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู†ุง ุฎุณุฑู†ุง ูƒุซูŠุฑุง.
00:37
Taken to the cleaners begins with the True T, your teeth have to come together, your
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ูŠุจุฏุฃ ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ุงู„ู…ู†ุธูุงุช ุจู€ True T ุŒ ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุชุชุฌู…ุน ุฃุณู†ุงู†ูƒ ู…ุนู‹ุง ุŒ ูˆูŠุฌุจ ุฃู†
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tongue has to go to the roof of the mouth, tt. Then we have the AY as in SAY diphthong.
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ูŠุฐู‡ุจ ู„ุณุงู†ูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุณู‚ู ุงู„ูู… ุŒ tt. ุซู… ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง AY ูƒู…ุง ููŠ SAY diphthong.
00:49
Common problem is not dropping the jaw enough for the first sound. Ta-. This is a stressed
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ุงู„ู…ุดูƒู„ุฉ ุงู„ุดุงุฆุนุฉ ู‡ูŠ ุนุฏู… ุฅุณู‚ุงุท ุงู„ููƒ ุจุดูƒู„ ูƒุงูู ู„ู„ุตูˆุช ุงู„ุฃูˆู„. ุชุง-. ู‡ุฐุง
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syllable. The second syllable is unstressed. Ta-ken, -ken, -ken. Super fast -- so it's
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ู…ู‚ุทุน ู„ูุธูŠ ู…ุดุฏุฏ. ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุน ุงู„ุซุงู†ูŠ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุถุบูˆุท. Ta-kenุŒ -kenุŒ -ken. ุจุณุฑุนุฉ ูุงุฆู‚ุฉ - ู„ุฐุง ูู‡ูˆ
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the K, schwa/N sound. For the K sound, the back part of the tongue comes up and touches
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ุตูˆุช K ุŒ schwa / N. ุจุงู„ู†ุณุจุฉ ู„ุตูˆุช K ุŒ ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฎู„ููŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ูˆูŠู„ุงู…ุณ
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the soft palate here, the tongue tip stays down. Then you quickly release the K and the
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ุงู„ุญู†ูƒ ุงู„ุฑุฎูˆ ู‡ู†ุง ุŒ ูˆูŠุธู„ ุทุฑู ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ู„ุฃุณูู„. ุซู… ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจุณุฑุนุฉ ุจุชุญุฑูŠุฑ ุญุฑู K ูˆูŠุฐู‡ุจ
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front part of the tongue goes to the roof of the mouth for the N, -ken. You don't need
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ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฃู…ุงู…ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุณู‚ู ุงู„ูู… ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ N ุŒ -ken. ู„ุง ุฏุงุนูŠ
01:21
to worry about making a separate schwa vowel sound, enough of one will happen as you transition.
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ู„ู„ู‚ู„ู‚ ุจุดุฃู† ุฅุตุฏุงุฑ ุตูˆุช ู…ู†ูุตู„ ู…ู† ุญุฑูˆู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุŒ ุณูŠุญุฏุซ ู…ุง ูŠูƒููŠ ู…ู† ุตูˆุช ูˆุงุญุฏ ุฃุซู†ุงุก ุงู„ุงู†ุชู‚ุงู„.
01:27
Now we have TO and THE, both unstressed in this sentence fragment. I'm going to reduce
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ุงู„ุขู† ู„ุฏูŠู†ุง TO ูˆ THE ุŒ ูƒู„ุงู‡ู…ุง ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุถุบูˆุท ููŠ ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฌู…ู„ุฉ ู‡ุฐุง. ุณุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจุชุฎููŠุถ
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the vowel to the schwa in TO, and I'm even going to reduce the T to a Flap T instead
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ุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ schwa ููŠ TO ุŒ ูˆุณุฃู‚ูˆู… ุญุชู‰ ุจุชู‚ู„ูŠู„ ุงู„ุญุฑู T ุฅู„ู‰ Flap T ุจุฏู„ุงู‹
01:41
of a True T. So, it's going to sound like 'de' instead of 'te'. I'm going to link it
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ู…ู† True T. ู„ุฐุง ุŒ ุณูŠุจุฏูˆ ู…ุซู„ "de" ุจุฏู„ุงู‹ ู…ู† "te". ุณุฃู‚ูˆู… ุจุฑุจุทู‡ุง
01:47
to the word THE. The two words link together and they're going to be very flat and quick,
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ุจูƒู„ู…ุฉ THE. ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุชุงู† ู…ุชุตู„ุชุงู† ุจุจุนุถู‡ู…ุง ุงู„ุจุนุถ ูˆุณุชูƒูˆู†ุงู† ู…ุณุทุญุฉ ูˆุณุฑูŠุนุฉ ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ ุŒ
01:53
'to the', 'to the'. Actually, I've made a video on these two words specifically, how
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"ุฅู„ู‰" ุŒ "ุฅู„ู‰". ููŠ ุงู„ูˆุงู‚ุน ุŒ ู„ู‚ุฏ ุตู†ุนุช ู…ู‚ุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุงุชูŠู† ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุชูŠู† ุนู„ู‰ ูˆุฌู‡ ุงู„ุชุญุฏูŠุฏ ุŒ ูƒูŠู
01:59
the mouth moves to make these two words together, so check that out. To the, to the, to the.
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ูŠุชุญุฑูƒ ุงู„ูู… ู„ุชูƒูˆูŠู† ู‡ุงุชูŠู† ุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุชูŠู† ู…ุนู‹ุง ุŒ ู„ุฐุง ุชุญู‚ู‚ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ. ุฅู„ู‰ ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุŒ ุฅู„ู‰.
02:07
Not clear on its own, right? Taken to the, taken to the. Taken to the cleaners. Cleaners,
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ุบูŠุฑ ูˆุงุถุญ ู…ู† ุชู„ู‚ุงุก ู†ูุณู‡ ุŒ ุฃู„ูŠุณ ูƒุฐู„ูƒุŸ ู…ุฃุฎูˆุฐุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุŒ ุชุคุฎุฐ ุฅู„ู‰. ุชุคุฎุฐ ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ. ุชู… ุงู„ุชุฃูƒูŠุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ ุŒ
02:13
a noun, a content word, is stressed. It has two syllables, and just like 'taken', stress
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ูˆู‡ูˆ ุงุณู… ุŒ ูˆูƒู„ู…ุฉ ู…ุญุชูˆู‰. ูŠุญุชูˆูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ู…ู‚ุทุนูŠู† ุŒ ูˆู…ุซู„ "ู…ุฃุฎูˆุฐ" ุŒ
02:20
is on the first syllable. Cleaners. 'Cleaners' begins with the KL consonant
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ูŠูƒูˆู† ุงู„ุชุดุฏูŠุฏ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุน ุงู„ุฃูˆู„. ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ. ุชุจุฏุฃ "ุงู„ู…ู†ุธูุงุช" ุจู…ุฌู…ูˆุนุฉ ุงู„ุญุฑูˆู ุงู„ุณุงูƒู†ุฉ KL
02:29
cluster. So the back part of the tongue lifts and touches the soft palate here. But this
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. ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูŠุฑูุน ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฎู„ููŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ูˆูŠู„ุงู…ุณ ุงู„ุญู†ูƒ ุงู„ุฑุฎูˆ ู‡ู†ุง. ู„ูƒู† ู‡ุฐู‡
02:34
time, rather than the tongue tip being down, the tongue tip can be in position for the
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ุงู„ู…ุฑุฉ ุŒ ุจุฏู„ุงู‹ ู…ู† ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุทุฑู ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ู„ุฃุณูู„ ุŒ ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠูƒูˆู† ุทุฑู ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ููŠ ู…ูˆุถุนู‡
02:38
L, here. That way when you release the K, you're ready to go for the L, kl, kl, kl.
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L ุŒ ู‡ู†ุง. ุจู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจุชุญุฑูŠุฑ K ุŒ ูุฃู†ุช ุนู„ู‰ ุงุณุชุนุฏุงุฏ ู„ู„ุฐู‡ุงุจ ุฅู„ู‰ LุŒ klุŒ klุŒ kl.
02:46
Next, the EE as in SHE vowel -- tongue tip down, cl-, cl-, but front part of the tongue
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ุจุนุฏ ุฐู„ูƒ ุŒ EE ูƒู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุญุงู„ ููŠ ุญุฑู ุงู„ุนู„ุฉ SHE - ุทุฑู ุงู„ู„ุณุงู† ู„ุฃุณูู„ ุŒ cl- ุŒ cl- ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุฌุฒุก ุงู„ุฃู…ุงู…ูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ุณุงู†
02:53
very close to the roof of the mouth, clea-. Corners of the lips may pull back a little
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ู‚ุฑูŠุจ ุฌุฏู‹ุง ู…ู† ุณู‚ู ุงู„ูู… ุŒ clea-. ุฒูˆุงูŠุง ุงู„ุดูุงู‡ ู‚ุฏ ุชุชุฑุงุฌุน
03:00
bit, clea-. And the last syllable, unstressed, quite fast, -ners, -ners, -ners. Tongue tip
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ู‚ู„ูŠู„ุงู‹ ุŒ ุชู†ุธู. ูˆุงู„ู…ู‚ุทุน ุงู„ุฃุฎูŠุฑ ุŒ ุบูŠุฑ ู…ุถุบูˆุท ุŒ ุณุฑูŠุน ู„ู„ุบุงูŠุฉ ุŒ -ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ูˆู† ุŒ -ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ูˆู† ุŒ -ุงู„ุณุงุจู‚ูˆู†. ุณูŠูƒูˆู† ุทุฑู ุงู„ู„ุณุงู†
03:08
will be up here at the roof of the mouth for the N, clean, and then pull back for
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ู‡ู†ุง ููŠ ุณู‚ู ุงู„ูู… ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ N ุŒ ู†ุธูŠู ุŒ ุซู… ูŠุณุญุจ ู„ู„ุฎู„ู ู„ู€
03:15
the R, cleaner-. Again, you don't need to think about making a schwa sound between the
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R ุŒ ู…ู†ุธู-. ู…ุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุŒ ู„ุง ุชุญุชุงุฌ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุชููƒูŠุฑ ููŠ ุฅุญุฏุงุซ ุตูˆุช ุดูˆุง ุจูŠู†
03:22
two. The schwa is sort of absorbed by the R anyway. And the S is pronounced as a Z,
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ุงู„ุงุซู†ูŠู†. ูŠุชู… ุงู…ุชุตุงุต schwa ู†ูˆุนู‹ุง ู…ุง ุจูˆุงุณุทุฉ R ุนู„ู‰ ุฃูŠ ุญุงู„. ูˆูŠุชู… ู†ุทู‚ ุญุฑู S ูƒู€ Z ุŒ
03:30
-ners, -ners, -ners. Cleaners, taken to the cleaners.
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-ners ุŒ -ners ุŒ -ners. ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ ุŒ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ู†ู‚ู„ู‡ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ุนู…ุงู„ ุงู„ู†ุธุงูุฉ.
03:36
Practice your English: Make up a sentence that uses this idiom, record a video, and
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ุชุฏุฑุจ ุนู„ู‰ ู„ุบุชูƒ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ: ุงุตู†ุน ุฌู…ู„ุฉ ุชุณุชุฎุฏู… ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ุตุทู„ุญ ุŒ ูˆุณุฌูู‘ู„ ู…ู‚ุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุŒ
03:41
post it as a video response to this video on YouTube. I can't wait to watch!
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ูˆุงู†ุดุฑู‡ ูƒุฑุฏ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ุนู„ู‰ YouTube. ู„ุง ุงุณุชุทูŠุน ุงู„ุงู†ุชุธุงุฑ ู„ู…ุดุงู‡ุฏุฉ!
03:46
That's it, and thanks so much for using Rachel's English.
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ู‡ุฐุง ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุŒ ูˆุดูƒุฑู‹ุง ุฌุฒูŠู„ุงู‹ ู„ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู„ุบุฉ ุฑุงุดูŠู„ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ.
ุญูˆู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน

ุณูŠู‚ุฏู… ู„ูƒ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ู…ูˆู‚ุน ู…ู‚ุงุทุน ููŠุฏูŠูˆ YouTube ุงู„ู…ููŠุฏุฉ ู„ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ. ุณุชุฑู‰ ุฏุฑูˆุณ ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชู… ุชุฏุฑูŠุณู‡ุง ู…ู† ู‚ุจู„ ู…ุฏุฑุณูŠู† ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุฑุฌุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ุญุงุก ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…. ุงู†ู‚ุฑ ู†ู‚ุฑู‹ุง ู…ุฒุฏูˆุฌู‹ุง ููˆู‚ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฅู†ุฌู„ูŠุฒูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑูˆุถุฉ ุนู„ู‰ ูƒู„ ุตูุญุฉ ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู„ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ ู…ู† ู‡ู†ุงูƒ. ูŠุชู… ุชู…ุฑูŠุฑ ุงู„ุชุฑุฌู…ุงุช ุจุงู„ุชุฒุงู…ู† ู…ุน ุชุดุบูŠู„ ุงู„ููŠุฏูŠูˆ. ุฅุฐุง ูƒุงู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูŠ ุชุนู„ูŠู‚ุงุช ุฃูˆ ุทู„ุจุงุช ุŒ ูŠุฑุฌู‰ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ุจู†ุง ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู… ู†ู…ูˆุฐุฌ ุงู„ุงุชุตุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง.

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