How to pronounce "ruins"

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Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

I don't know about you, but

I'm trying to get this beach body,

that P90X,

Brad Pitt,

Bradley Cooper,

Tyrese,

Trey Songz,

Matthew McConaughey

beach body!

I'm trying to sweat in front of everybody.

Word.

And get that shorty with them Angelina Jolie lips

to lick my torso,

get me looking like a wet chocolate.

Look at my biceps.

They're kind of puny.

They're kind of chunky.

But I've been working on them.

We can be models.

I could take off my shirt mad sexy.

I could stare at a camera intensely

for 37 seconds straight and not blink.

I could bathe in baby oil.

I could run on the beach in slow motion.

I could cat walk down a runway in zebra panties.

I can't do that.

Having a slow metabolism ruins everything.

All my friends will be in tank tops,

and I'll be in a hoodie.

I'm good at zipping up my insecurities,

thinking I could sweat them out.

I'm trying to get this beach body!

I'm too skinny.

I guzzle junk food like my mouth's a garbage chute,

but my intestines are allergic to trans fat.

I want to be a flexing horse leg,

galloping beach sand into a red carpet,

customized for me

to strut the shore side

like a centaur on a conveyor belt.

I'm trying to get this beach body,

but there is salvation in snack closets,

on licked plates of seconds,

at the bottom of a pint of ice cream.

I use Haagen Dazs as a morphine cylinder

because she said my arms weren't strong enough to carry her.

I think I'm weak.

I think I'm fat.

I think I'm ugly.

The beach is no place for a whale like me,

for a mini van with its tank on E.

I want to be Baywatch bareable,

broken, bottle-cut, have you seen my muscles

and my scars?

You smell that?

That's macho moisture.

My hour-long work out routine consists of

5 minutes of push-ups on my bedroom floor,

a denial mirror repelling my lanky limbs;

5 minutes of keeping my chin high over the bar of self doubt;

10 minutes placing 100 pounds of failure on my chest

so it becomes the elephant in the room;

10 minutes jogging with ghosts

chuckling at my chunky thighs,

and I'll smile,

knowing I'll soon be able to fit in my old butt pants;

30 minutes thinking sweat is a masculinity cloak.

And I'm weary from trying to work out my irrational fears,

drown them in a puddle of perspiration,

shove the imperfections I should be proud of under water:

my gap-tooth smile,

my frizzy hair,

my funny shaped head,

the extra weight that kept me grounded,

the missing pounds that make me

a kite flailing free through the wind,

not bound by muscle.

So, yes,

I'm trying to get this beach body,

that Channing Tatum,

David Beckham,

LL Cool J

beach body!

But we're tired

and exhausted

from trying to be something we're not.

Phonetic Breakdown of "ruins"

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Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:

/ˈɹuː.ɪnz/

/ˈɹu.ɪnz/

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IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:

R UW1 AH0 N Z

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Definition of "ruins"

Pronunciation: /ˈɹuː.ɪnz/

Noun

(sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.

Example: "The monastery has fallen into ruin."
Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.

Example: "Gambling has been the ruin of many."
A fall or tumble.
A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.

Example: "the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes"
Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

Verb

To cause the fiscal ruin of.

Example: "With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us!"
To destroy or make something no longer usable.

Example: "He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them."
To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.

Example: "The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses."
To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.

Example: "My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation."
To make something less enjoyable or likeable.

Example: "I used to love that song, but being assaulted when that song was playing ruined the song for me."
To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
To fall into a state of decay.
To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.

Example: "The young libertine was notorious for ruining local girls."

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