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How to pronounce “slake”

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Pronunciation guide for slake

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of slake with real speech in context.
Available examples: 2 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Rise and Fall of Anheuser Busch and America's Kings of Beernothing to slake their thirst except Budweiser.
Definition summary: (transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires). [from 14thc.]

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Rise and Fall of Anheuser Busch and America's Kings of Beer

nothing to slake their thirst except Budweiser.

[Verb]
(transitive) To satisfy (thirst, or other desires). [from 14thc.]
(transitive) To cool (something) with water or another liquid. [from 14thc.]
(intransitive) To become mixed with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
(transitive) To mix with water, so that a true chemical combination takes place.
(intransitive, obsolete) Of a person: to become less energetic, to slacken in one's efforts. [11th–17thc.]
(intransitive, obsolete) To slacken; to become relaxed or loose. [11th–16thc.]
(intransitive, obsolete) To become less intense; to weaken, decrease in force. [14th–19thc.]
(intransitive, obsolete) To go out; to become extinct.