Despite / In spite of

1. Despite all our ef­forts, we didn’t have any posi­tive re­sults. • In spite of all our ef­forts, we didn’t have any posi­tive re­sults.
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2. Despite the bad weather, no one was go­ing to leave so soon. • In spite of the bad weather, no one was go­ing to leave so soon.
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3. Despite being busy, he al­ways finds a cou­ple of min­utes to help us.
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4. He coped with the task de­spite los­ing hope many times.
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5. He was found and ar­rested de­spite the fact that none of his friends knew where he was. • He was found and ar­rested in spite of the fact that none of his friends knew where he was.
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6. I fell asleep, de­spite my­self. • I fell asleep, in spite of my­self.
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7. Despite everything, he tried to keep calm. • In spite of everything, he tried to keep calm.
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Проверьте правильность про­из­но­ше­ния сле­ду­ю­щих слов [BrE || AmE]:

• an effort – [ˈefət || ˈefərt]
• positive – [ˈpɒzətɪv || ˈpɑːzətɪv]
• a result – [rɪˈzʌlt]
• busy – [ˈbɪzi]
• a couple – [ˈkʌpl]
• a minute – [ˈmɪnɪt]
• to cope – [kəʊp]
• to lose – [luːz]
• none – [nʌn]
• notwithstanding – [ˌnɒtwɪθˈstændɪŋ, ˌnɒtwɪðˈstændɪŋ || ˌnɑːtwɪθˈstændɪŋ, ˌnɑːtwɪðˈstændɪŋ]
• certain – [ˈsɜːtn || ˈsɜːrtn]
• financial – [faɪˈnænʃl, fəˈnænʃl]
• a problem – [ˈprɒbləm || ˈprɑːbləm]
• a company – [ˈkʌmpəni]
• to proceed – [prəˈsiːd || prəʊˈsiːd]
• a project – [ˈprɒdʒekt || ˈprɑːdʒekt]