IPA Transcription of "sick leave" in American English

The American English IPA transcription of “sick leave” is /ˈsɪk ˈliv/.

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sickˈsɪk
leaveˈliv

Items

  • sick leavepolicy allowing paid time off from work for health needs
  • sick leaveindefinite legal concept
  • Sick Leaveedition of poem in Counter-Attack and Other Poems by Siegfried Sassoon

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