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this time it's the letter D and doctors.
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Do all the accent marks above Czech letters puzzle you? Have you always wondered how to pronounce the name of the Czech composer Antonín Dvoøák correctly? Now is your chance to find out, in this week's ABC of Czech with Pavla Horakova.
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