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how do you pronunce lalary; postprandial and crake?
  

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As for "lalary", I don't know this word, and it isn't in the dictionaries I've consulted. Are you sure that the spelling is right? "Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i.

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As for "lalary", I don't know this word, and it isn't in the dictionaries I've consulted. Are you sure that the spelling is right?

"Postprandial" is pronounced [,pëust'prändi-ël] (the stress is on the first "a", but there's also a secondary [i. e., less strong] stress on the first syllable; -ëu-: as in "go" [gëu]; -ä-: as the "a" in "cat" [kät]; -ë-: as in "common" ['komën]).