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glare com pare' square care'ful ness

Lesson 38.
4. Sound of the Italian A, as in arm, marked a.
farm ar'bor guard ar'gu ment harm ar'mor daunt ar'ti choke barn bar'ber harsh car'di nal yarn car'go jaunt car'pen ter
5. Sound of A in certain words before ff, ft, ss, st, sk, sp, and in a few before nce and nt, marked a, as in staff.
mass chance gasp chan'cel lor class pass'port quaff chan'cer y vast mas'ter chant craft'i ness task graft'ed prance ad van'tage

Lesson 39.
6. Sound of broad A. as in all, marked a.
thrall de bauch' drawl au'di ence tall de fault' pawn laud'a ble wart de fraud' sprawl plaus'i ble awe as sault' warmth talk'a tive

7. Short Sound of broad A, as in what, marked a.
wan wan'ton squash squal'id ness wand wan'der squab was'ish ly squat squan'der squad watch'ful ness wat'ch wal'low swamp what ev'er

Lesson 40.
8. Regular Long Sound of E, as in eve, marked e.
feel fe'male wean de'i ty keel pee'vish these de'cen cy glee que'ry priest e gre'gious deem nei'ther cheer fre'quen cy

9. Regular Short Sound of E, as in end, marked e.
ebb pen'ny sledge, en'e my fret sec'ond spread rec'og nize helm ten'der knelt len'i ty them rec'tor cleft mem'o ry

Lesson 41.
10. Sound of E as in there, marked e, This corresponds with the sound of a in care.
ne'er par terre' where up on' where ere long' where un to' there of' there by' where a bouts' heir'ess where at' where with al'

11. Sound of E like a, as in prey, marked e.
they neigh'bor neigh'bor hood whey hei'nous sur vey'or freight o bey' pur vey'ance deign in veigh' con vey'ance

Lesson 42.
12. Sound of E before r, verging toward the sound of u in urge, and marked e.
term er'mine terse ter'ma gant pearl ear'ly merge per'son al err per'fect yearn mer'chan dise learn mer'cer swerve ser'mon ize

13. Regular Long Sound of I. as in ice, marked i.
fife di'et Christ brib'er y crime qui'et spice di'a dem shrine fi'at strive li'a ble thrive pli'ant slime i'ci cle

Lesson 43.
14. Regular Short Sound of I, as in ill, marked i.
sting piv'ot spring dif'fi dent bliss splin'ter twitch pin'a fore inch tin'der thick in'fa my strip wick'ed sphinx lit'ur gy
15. Sound of I like that of long e, as in pique, marked i.
pe tite' fa tigue' mag a zine' an tique' in trigue' sub ma rine' ca price' po lice' ver'di gris fas cine' va lise' quar'an tine

Lesson 44.
16. Sound of I before r, verging toward u in urge, marked i.
stir birth'right girth girl'ish ness first gird'le thirst mirth'ful ness firm irk'some firth thir'ti eth skirt vir'gin smirch flirt'ing ly
17. Regular Long Sound of O, as in old, marked o.
host po'et chrome fo'lio smoke to'ry blown glo'ri fy sport lo'cate scold o'pi ate slope so'lo droll po'et ry

Lesson 45.
18. Regular Short Sound of O, as in not, marked o.
bond mon'ster croft lon'gi tude frost pot'ter sconce prompt'i tude lodge lodg'ment mosque nom'i nate prong yon'der frond ob'li gate
19. Sound of O like short u, as in dove, marked o.
month blood'shed 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,