HOW TO PRONOUNCE
eschew
/ɛsˈt͡ʃu/
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What does eschew mean?
verb
- To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɛsˈt͡ʃu/
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/ɪsˈt͡ʃu//ɛsˈt͡ʃju//ɛˈʃu//ɪˈʃu//ɛˈskju/
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Our wives ne be not arrayed for to make no man pleasance, but only convenable array for to eschew folly.
These the mere romanticist must eschew, if he do not wish to offend or to disgust.
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Let us eschew violence, which is but seldom successful, and resort to craft.
Flesh and wine are indispensable, even though the entertainers eschew both in their private life, and most of the guests daily consume too much of each.
The cadence of the motion is triple, instead of in common time like that of the trot, and you will soon distinguish the difference, but eschew cantering at first.