Tips:

• Pronounce the letter “a” as the short vowel
  /æ/—like the vowel in the word “cat.”
• Stop-but-do-not-explode the letter “b”—/b̚ /—releasing the air on the following consonant
  /s/, which begins the second syllable.
• Stress the third syllable—[lut̚ ].
• Stop-but-do-not-explode the letter “t”—/t̚ /—releasing the air on the following consonant
  /l/, which begins the final syllable.