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sponge cov'ert ly glove love'ly tongue cov'e nant
shove noth'ing flood broth'er hood front cov'et blood moth'er Iy
Lesson 46.
20. Sound of O like oo long, as in do, marked o.
whom tour'ist group who ev'er move rou tine' prove shoe'-mak er tour
through out' douche en tomb'ment shoe en tomb' youth mov'ing ly
21. Sound of O like oo short, as in wolf, marked o.
wolf bo'som em bo'som wol ver ene' would wom'an un bo'som wom'an
ly could wolf'ish wom'an hood wom'an ish should wolf'-net worst'ed
wolf'ish ly

Lesson 47.
22. Sound of 0 like a (broad a), as in form, marked o.
born tort'ure corpse form'al ist horn fork'ed thorn cor'mo rant morse'
for'mer scorn hor'ta tive lorn for'ward scorch mor'ti fy
23. Another mark has been added in this book to indicate a sound of O
where it precedes r, as in work, marked o.
work wor'thy worse wor'thi ly word wor'ship world world'li ness worm
ef'fort whorl wor'ship er wort world'ly whort work'ing-man

Lesson 48.
24. Regular Long Sound of double 0, as in moon, marked 00.
tool moon'shine groom boor'ish ness noon noon'tide school gloom'i ly
spool bloom'ing soothe room'i ness groove gloom'y smooth sooth'say
ing
25. Regular Short Sound of double O, as in wool, marked oo.
wool hood'wink brook coop'er age look look'out crook rook'er y rook
wood'land shook book'-bind er hood wool'ly stood crook'ed ness

Lesson 49.
26. Regular Long Sound of U, as in mute. marked u.
sue beau'ty deuce beau'ti ful lieu feud'al sluice cu'ti cle nude cu'bic
juice mu'ti ny suit flu'id fugue pu'ri ty
27. Regular Short Sound of U, as in but, marked u.
lungs slum'ber clump but'ter y plush rus'set stunt cus'to dy dunce
duch'ess skulk 1ux'u ry trump scuf'fle young sum'ma ry

Lesson 50.
28. Sound of U when preceded by r in the same syllable, as in rude,
marked u. It is the same sound as oo.
true ru'mor prune cru'di ty crude ru'ral truce rhru'ma tism cruse truf fle
spruce pru'dent ly rule bru'tish cruise pru'ri ent
29. Sound of U like that of short oo, as in put, marked u.
bull pul'pit ful'ly ful fill'ment pull pul'ley bush'y bul'le tin put cush'ion
puss'y bull'ion ist push bul'wark butch'er bush'i ness

Lesson 51.
30. Sound of U before r in such words as urge, marked u.
urge jour'ney spurn ur'gen cy burn stur'geon nurse curl'i ness spur
church'man curst jour'nal ist curb bur'gess burst hurt'ful ness
31. Regular Long Sound of Y, as in fly, marked y.
ap ply' ty'rant pyre dy'nas ty de ny' hy'dra type an'ti type re ly' ty'phus
fyke a sy'lum re ply' ty'ro chyme hy e'na

Lesson 52.
32. Regular Short Sound of Y, as in hymn, marked y.
pyx sys'tem lymph sym'me try cyst syn'tax nymph syn'co pe tymp
phys'ic tryst syn'dic ate Styx lyr'ic rynd syn op'sis
33. The sound of oi or oy (unmarked), as heard in oil, oyster.
oint re coil' spoil en joy'ment voice re joice' moist dis joint'ed troy de
stroy' broil em ploy'ment poise em ploy' choice ap point'ment

Lesson 53.
34. The sound of ow (unmarked), as heard in owl. When the ow is
sounded as in blown, the o is marked long (blown).
howl al low' crowd flow'er y gown en dow' prowl pow'er ful cowl
vow'el scowl em bow'el down row'el brown en dow'ment
35. The diphthong ou has two leading sounds: that of ow in words
derived from the Anglo-Saxon, as in out; and that of oo in words
derived from the French, as in soup.
sour found'ling fount an nounce'ment pout ground'less mount un
found'ed soup rou lette' croup crou'pi er roup group'ing wound trou'ba
dour

Lesson 54.
36. The consonant C has two regular sounds: as soft c in cede, marked
c; as hard c in cot, where it has the sound of k, and is marked c.
cives ac'id trace De cem'ber mace sol'ace brace in ces'sant clot tac'tic
curd en act'ment acts traf'fic cave e lect'or
37. The sound of N as heard in link, is marked thus, n, which is the
same sound as that represented by ng.
lank monk'ey drink con'gru ous monk con'gress trunk sin'gu lar sunk
lan'guage conch drunk'en ness

Lesson 55.
38. S bas two regular sounds: when unmarked it has its sharp or hissing
sound, as in yes; when marked thus, s, it has the buzzing sound of z in
zeal.
sick mass'y smelt pos sess'ive pest vest'ment gross as sess'or has a
muse' grows re sem'ble ease in fuse' ruse res'o nant

39. Ch has three sounds: unmarked (English ch), it has nearly the sound
of tsh, as in child; marked thus, eh (French ch), it has the sound of