Sometimes the basic unit is the phrase, but some other times the basic unit is the phoneme or if one's studying language as a system of writing it might be the syllable.

有时候基本单位是一个词组，有时候则是一个音素，也就是在写作的研究中的，一个音节。

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Sometimes the basic unit is the phrase, but some other times the basic unit is the phoneme or if one's studying language as a system of writing it might be the syllable.

有时候基本单位是一个词组，有时候则是一个音素,也就是在写作的研究中的,一个音节。

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The aesthetic lesson for presenters is to end every phrase of your narrative by dropping your voice, the spoken equivalent of an accented syllable in writing.

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