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When the wind blows hard the sea roars, and its waves run high. We have green peas in the month of June. Girls are fond of fine beads to wear around their necks. Girls and boys must learn to read and spell. Men load hay with a pitchfork. A load of oak wood is worth more than a load of pinewood. A toad will jump like a frog. Sawmills will saw logs into boards. A gourd grows on a vine, like a squash. The waves of the sea beat upon the beach. Bleachers bleach linen and thus make it white. The miller grinds corn into meal. The flesh of calves is called veal. Apples are more plentiful than peaches. A roach is a short, thick, flat fish. Men get their growth before they are thirty. The beak of a bird is its bill, or the end of its bill. Greenland is a bleak, cold place.
No. 54. – 77 Words
WORDS OF THREE SYLLABLES, ACCENTED ON THE FIRST.
bot-a-ny, el-e-ġy, prod-i-ġy, ef-fi-ġy, eb-ȯ-ny, en-er-ġy, lit-ur-ġy, in-fa-my, biḡ-a-my, blas-phe-my, en-e-my, am-i- ty, vil-lain-ny, com-pa-ny, lit-a-ny, lar-çe-ny, des-ti-ny, cal-um-ny, tyr-an-ny, fel-ȯ-ny, col-o-ny, har-mo-ny, cot- ton-y, glut-ton-y, can-o-py, oc-cu-pȳ, quan-ti-ty, sal-a-ry, reġ-is-try, beg-gar-y, bur-gla-ry, gran-a-ry, gloss-a-ry, lac-ta-ry, hĕr-ald-ry, hus-band-ry, rob-bẽr-y, chan-çe-ry, sor-çer-y, im-aġe-ry, witch-er-y, butch-er-y, fish-er-y,
quack-er-y, crock-er-y, mock-er-y, c ͝ook-er-y, cut-ler- y, gal-ler-y, rār-i-ty, em-er-y, nun-ner-y, flip-per-y, flop-
per-y, or-re-ry, är-ter-y, mas-ter-y, mys-ter-y, bat-ter-y, flat-ter-y, rev-el-ry, lot-ter-y, but-ter-y, ev-er-y, rev-er-y, liv-er-y, cav-al-ry, bot-tom-ry, pil-lo-ry, mem-o-ry, ärm- o-ry, fac-to-ry, vic-to-ry, his-to-ry, black-ber-ry, bär- ber-ry, rib-ald-ry.
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