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Page 50
... māte die tāte eu rate stāte ment měss māte těs tāte prī vate răi ment When an old house is pulled down , it is no small job to re- move the rubbish . Washington was not a selfish man . He labored for the good of his country more than ...
... māte die tāte eu rate stāte ment měss māte těs tāte prī vate răi ment When an old house is pulled down , it is no small job to re- move the rubbish . Washington was not a selfish man . He labored for the good of his country more than ...
Page 103
... māte , v . ăn i māte . v . åg gre gate ver te brāte ģĕn er āte ǎs per ate děs per ate ĭt er äte ĕm i grāte trăns mi gräte as pi rāte , v . děe o rāte per fo rāte eôr po rate pěn e trate pēr pe träte är bi trāte ǎe eu rate lam i nate în ...
... māte , v . ăn i māte . v . åg gre gate ver te brāte ģĕn er āte ǎs per ate děs per ate ĭt er äte ĕm i grāte trăns mi gräte as pi rāte , v . děe o rāte per fo rāte eôr po rate pěn e trate pēr pe träte är bi trāte ǎe eu rate lam i nate în ...
Page 111
... māte ex hil a rāte le git i māte , v . ap prŎx i māte eon eǎt e nāte sub ôr di nate , v . o rig i näte re erim i näte a bom i näte pre dom i näte in těm per ate re gen er åte , v . eo Ŏp er åte ex as per ate eom miş er ate in vět er ate ...
... māte ex hil a rāte le git i māte , v . ap prŎx i māte eon eǎt e nāte sub ôr di nate , v . o rig i näte re erim i näte a bom i näte pre dom i näte in těm per ate re gen er åte , v . eo Ŏp er åte ex as per ate eom miş er ate in vět er ate ...
Page 120
... māte ex haust ' ex hôrt ' ex as ' per ate ex ĕe ' ū tive ex ile ' , v . ex ee ' ū tor ex ist ' ex ee'ū trix ex ult ex hib'it ex hale ' ex ist ' ĕnçe ex ĕm ' plar ex ' em pla ry ex em ' pli fy ex emp ' tion ex Ŏn'er ate ex ôr ki tançe ex ...
... māte ex haust ' ex hôrt ' ex as ' per ate ex ĕe ' ū tive ex ile ' , v . ex ee ' ū tor ex ist ' ex ee'ū trix ex ult ex hib'it ex hale ' ex ist ' ĕnçe ex ĕm ' plar ex ' em pla ry ex em ' pli fy ex emp ' tion ex Ŏn'er ate ex ôr ki tançe ex ...
Page 125
... friġ id reç i pe rig id măç er ate mag is trate deç i mal plăç id deç i māte mag is tra cy vig il trag e dy lăç er äte viç i nage * The starred words are pronounced as one syllable . BÄR , LÅST , GÂRE , FALL , WHAT ; SPELLING BOOK . 125.
... friġ id reç i pe rig id măç er ate mag is trate deç i mal plăç id deç i māte mag is tra cy vig il trag e dy lăç er äte viç i nage * The starred words are pronounced as one syllable . BÄR , LÅST , GÂRE , FALL , WHAT ; SPELLING BOOK . 125.
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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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