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The
/ðʌ/

Examples from movies with The

I grab the moon. I sit on the toilet. What?
Despicable Me - I Sit on the Toilet
That's the way it is, that's what you do. It's perfectly normal.
The Lovely Bones - A Thing of Beauty
Now, you all might've heard rumors about the armada happening soon.
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
I sure as hell didn't come down from the goddamn Smoky Mountains,
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
and jump out of a fucking airplane to teach the Nazis lessons in humanity.
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
They're the foot soldiers of a Jew-hating, mass-murdering maniac
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
Now, I'm the direct descendent of the mountain man Jim Bridger.
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
but imagine the cruelty their brothers endured at our hands,
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
and they're tortured by their subconscious for the evil they have done,
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
And all y'all will get me 100 Nazi scalps taken from the heads of 100 dead Nazis.
Inglourious Basterds - One Hundred Nazi Scalps
Hey, why don't you give me the keys, Dad?
Brothers - Give Me the Keys
and then you can drive it wherever the hell you want.
Brothers - Give Me the Keys
- Stop it. Give me the keys. - Here you go. I'm walking.
Brothers - Give Me the Keys
- This blue jacket here? - The darker blue jacket.
The Lovely Bones - Last Wednesday
And on the second photograph you can see the pants.
The Lovely Bones - Last Wednesday

Audio pronunciation of The

American pronunciation

The pronounced by Ivy (child, girl)
The pronounced by Joanna (female)
The pronounced by Kendra (female)
The pronounced by Kimberly (female)
The pronounced by Salli (female)
The pronounced by Joey (male)
The pronounced by Justin (child, boy)
The pronounced by Matthew (male)

British pronunciation

The pronounced by Amy (female)
The pronounced by Emma (female)
The pronounced by Brian (male)