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fright'ful
mien

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Mes'srs.

Mis'ses

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"Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,

As, to be hated, needs but to be

seen;

Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,

We first endure, then pity, then embrace."- Pope.

The wealthy Misses Fielding are conversing with Messrs. Johnson and Hart,

pro nounce' their business agents.

Pronounce your words distinctly.

dis tinct'ly

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The Easter floral display was very beautiful.

"Onward, friend, to that florid isle." "As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth."- Psalm 103.

"It is only the fluent metal that runs easily into novel shapes."

The candidate displayed great fluency as a speaker.

"Brevity is the soul of wit."Shakespeare.

ex pe'ri ence

stern

il lume'

com'merce

de fies'

out ride' tem'pest in vade' a lert'

shackle

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"To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illume only the track behind."

"Commerce defies every wind, outrides every tempest, and invades every zone."- Bancroft.

"A light heart makes nimble hands, and keeps the mind free and alert."

"His very will seems to be in bonds and shackles." South.

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Final y following a consonant is changed to i before a suffix that does not begin with i.

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A most wonderful display of meteors took place Nov. 13, 1833. A Carolina planter thus describes the effects upon the slaves on his plantation: "Upward of one hundred lay prostrate on the ground, some speechless, and some with the bitterest cries imploring God to save the world and themselves."

An acute angle is less, and an obtuse angle greater, than a right angle.

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ta'per
con'tact

at tach'
at tached'
fi'bers

ten'don

grace'ful

out'line

A chil'les

The muscles in our bodies gradually taper when nearing the points of contact with the bones, as at the wrist and ankle. Here they are attached to tough fibers, called "tendons," which move the bones. The graceful outlines of the body are due to the muscles and tendons.

The so-called "tendon of Achilles" at the heel is very strong.

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Jung'e re [junc'tus] (join, joint)=to join.
Vi de're [vi'sus] = to see.

re join'

join'er

joint'ly

junction

ad vise'

de vise'

vis'ion

vis'i ble

su'per vise re vise'

The trains met at the junction.
"I will not advise thee." Milton.
"Mercy and truth shall be to them
that devise good."

"The visions of my youth are past,
Too bright, too beautiful to last."

"To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she
speaks

A various language."— Bryant.
He will revise the book.

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