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... ding un ĕr ring pro çeed ing ex çeed ing sub al tern es pou şal en eoun ter ren eoun ter a vow al ad vow gon dis loy al dis eour age en eoŭr age mo lås sěs le dis sei zin eon fĕss or in çi şor ere à tor ag gress or sue çess or pre fig ...
... ding un ĕr ring pro çeed ing ex çeed ing sub al tern es pou şal en eoun ter ren eoun ter a vow al ad vow gon dis loy al dis eour age en eoŭr age mo lås sěs le dis sei zin eon fĕss or in çi şor ere à tor ag gress or sue çess or pre fig ...
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... ding er ding er ding er ned ing No. 147. - CXLVII . n'sign am paig ESUMED , egna ble g nang nant nan y fy fi ea'tion Fieant THE DOG . This dog is the mastiff . He is active , strong , and used as a watchdog . He has a large head and ...
... ding er ding er ding er ned ing No. 147. - CXLVII . n'sign am paig ESUMED , egna ble g nang nant nan y fy fi ea'tion Fieant THE DOG . This dog is the mastiff . He is active , strong , and used as a watchdog . He has a large head and ...
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... ding tre pan ned ning ner bar red ring de fer red ring ex pel led ling ler ab hor red ring rer plan ned ning ner re bel led ling ler in cur red ring 3. Verbs having a digraph , diphthong , or long vowel sound before the last consonant ...
... ding tre pan ned ning ner bar red ring de fer red ring ex pel led ling ler ab hor red ring rer plan ned ning ner re bel led ling ler in cur red ring 3. Verbs having a digraph , diphthong , or long vowel sound before the last consonant ...
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... ding ode ding de ding Formation of the plural number of nouns . 18. The regular plural of nouns is formed by the addition of s to the sin- gular , which letter unites with most consonants in the same syllable , but sounds like z after ...
... ding ode ding de ding Formation of the plural number of nouns . 18. The regular plural of nouns is formed by the addition of s to the sin- gular , which letter unites with most consonants in the same syllable , but sounds like z after ...
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ACCENTED al low ÂRE āte BÄR bil i ty BĨRD BỎN BULE BYLE CÂRE çel çen çent çep çer cial cious çişm consonant denotes digraph diphthong diş eŎn eôr EXIST FALL FOLLOWING WORDS FOOT FOUR SYLLABLES GÂRE HÊR HĨR işm la tion LÅST letters ling LINK log ie ly ness MARÏNE māte ment mět MOON MOVE nant näte nouns oŭs păr pěn PREY PRONOUNCED PULL ra phy rāte ri ous ri ty sion sive SỎN sound SYLLABLES tain tāte těn THÊRE THREE SYLLABLES tial tion eon tion ex tious tive trae trans tūre ū lāte UNMARKED ūre vowel WHẠT WOLF WORDS OF FOUR WORDS OF THREE
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