Proper Pronunciation Guide

flesh

[flɛʃ]

Pronounce the vowel distinctly as the short vowel
/ɛ/—like the vowel in the word “bed.”

	The grenade tore through the soldier's flesh.
	He realized that his children and grandchildren were of his own flesh and blood.
	After his operation he tried to gain some weight and put more flesh on his bones.

Avoid pronouncing the vowel in this word as the short vowel /ʌ/, thereby making the word sound like “flush.”