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about

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again

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air

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against

This is a variant of again, which used to have the same meaning.

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above

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American

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better

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between

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book

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change

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cut

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city

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cold

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course

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didn’t

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enough

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early

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each

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found

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friend

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front

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hard

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however

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himself

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high

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it’s

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inside

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later

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morning

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own

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picture

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really

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saw

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something

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several

sever + al → several

Several once meant “existing apart, independent, not together,” related to the meaning of sever.

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sure

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second

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some

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told

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true

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their

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those

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they

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took

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top

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turned

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toward

to + ward → toward

Other words with the same suffix include forward, backward,

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they’re

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talk

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too

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until

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United States

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very

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which

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want

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without

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while

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with

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would

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Wednesday

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more

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hour

Hour is related to the Latin and Greek word hora, a period of time.

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certain

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there

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example

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through

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among

related to mongrel

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yet

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cannot

can + not → cannot

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English

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does

do + es → does

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able

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different

dif + fer + ent → different

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sentence

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idea

Use a to spell the schwa sound at the end of a word.

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shown

show + n → shown

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another

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your

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than

Like an, the word than doesn’t have a clear vowel sound in context.

The library has more books than I do.

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remember

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anything

any + thing → anything

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special

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hundred

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usually

use + u + al + ly → usually

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across

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suddenly

sud + en + ly → suddenly

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surface

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every

This word was a contraction of an old English phrase “ever each.”

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someone

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weather

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summer

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where

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finally

fine + al + ly → finally

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gone

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warm

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either

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sorry

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you’re

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during

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shoe

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excellent

ex + cel + ent → excellent

use the doubling pattern, cel means “rise high,” ex- means “out from”

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break

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miss

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matter

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lay

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system

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our

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already

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important

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pattern

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watch

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distance

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beautiful

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school

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happened

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didn’t

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easy

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though

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always

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bottom

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alone

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you’ll

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