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How to pronounce “frail”
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Pronunciation guide for frail
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of frail with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The Conversation
This frail, bed-bound 78-year-old
- Definition summary
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
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How to pronounce frail
The Conversation
This frail, bed-bound 78-year-old
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “frail”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- Weak; infirm.
- (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
- [Noun]
- (dated, slang) A girl.
- [Verb]
- To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
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