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How to pronounce “mine”

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Pronunciation guide for mine

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of mine with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Jim Salzman & Michael Hellerto Google to talk with us about their new book, "Mine--
Definition summary: An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.

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Jim Salzman & Michael Heller

to Google to talk with us about their new book, "Mine--

[Noun]
An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
(figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
(military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
(military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
(pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
(entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
(computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
[Verb]
(ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
To dig into, for ore or metal.
(transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
(transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
(intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
(by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
(by extension, figurative) To tap into.
(slang) To pick one's nose.
(cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.