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children: chil - dren
pottery: pot - ter - y
learning: learn - ing
textbook: text - book
watching: watch - ing
screaming: scream - ing
misbehaving: mis - be - hav - ing
Pronunciation Key (for reference)
Ă pat, apple ʊ took
Ā pay ū boot
âr care ou out
Ä father p pop
B bib r roar
Ch church s sauce
D deed, milled sh ship, dish
Ĕ pet t tight, stopped
Ē bee th thin
F fife, phase, rough th this
G gag ŭ cut
H hat ûr urge, term, firm, word, heard
hw which v valve
Ĭ pit w with
Ī pie, by y yes
Îr pier z zebra, xylem
J judge zh vision, pleasure, garage
K kick, cat, pique ə about, item, edible, gallop, circus
L lid, needle (nēd'l) ər butter
M mum
N no, sudden (sŭd'n)
ng thing
Ŏ pot
Ō toe
caught, paw, for, horrid,
Ô
hoarse
oi noise
Stress marks: ' (primary); ' (secondary), as in dictionary (dĭk'shə-nĕr'ē)
The American Heritage� Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright � 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007.
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