they were pretty bad
they be pretty bad
pro:sub cop adv adj
they were pretty bad .
ð eɪ WORD_BOUNDARY w ɜː WORD_BOUNDARY p ɹ ɪ ɾ i WORD_BOUNDARY b æ d WORD_BOUNDARY
t h e y WORD_BOUNDARY w e r e WORD_BOUNDARY p r e t t y WORD_BOUNDARY b a d WORD_BOUNDARY