Pronunciation ChallengeA brief history of chess - Alex Gendler

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Over the roughly one-and-a-half millennia of its existence, chess has been known as a tool of military strategy, a metaphor for human affairs, and a benchmark of genius.
Original Video：A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
Key Vocabulary
1. millennia

millennia
[məˈlɛniə](n. .)

2. military

military
[ˈmɪl.ə.ter.i](adj. .)

3. metaphor

metaphor
[ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr](n. .)

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Over the roughly one-and-a-half millennia of its existence, chess has been known as a tool of military strategy, a metaphor for human affairs, and a benchmark of genius.

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