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How to pronounce “melodrama”

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Pronunciation guide for melodrama

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of melodrama with real speech in context.
Available examples: 4 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Designing Your Lifedeal the book's not about melodrama you
Definition summary: (archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.

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Designing Your Life

deal the book's not about melodrama you

[Noun]
(archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes.
(countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic.
(countable, opera) A passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks.
(uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion.

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