[General] when a man would have

[kompstar]

"There was a time when a man would have wait weeks for a rejection to come by mail"

dialogue from 'Pretty Little Liars'

0:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBglFT-H57Q

I listened the bold part of the sentence above many times. I know the transcription: 'when a man would have' - /wen/ /ə/ /mæn/ /wʊd/ /hæv/, but I still don't understand what he says. What can I do to understand the part of the sentence? Maybe the transcription is wrong? Maybe he says shortly and then the transcription is different?

 

[kompstar]

No. In other words I understand what the sentence means but I can't hear it when the words stick together.

 

[Tdol]

I can hear to there- listen for a quick /tə/.

 

[Wardie1993]

He's saying: "There was a time when a man would have to wait weeks for a rejection to come by mail"

The to is very quick, listen really carefully.