chop off the top and the bottom
chop off the top and the bottom .
t̠ʃ ɑː p WORD_BOUNDARY ɔ f WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY t ɑː p WORD_BOUNDARY æ n d WORD_BOUNDARY ð ə WORD_BOUNDARY b ɑː ɾ ə m WORD_BOUNDARY
c h o p WORD_BOUNDARY o f f WORD_BOUNDARY t h e WORD_BOUNDARY t o p WORD_BOUNDARY a n d WORD_BOUNDARY t h e WORD_BOUNDARY b o t t o m WORD_BOUNDARY