idea
gypsy
type
picnic
hymn
rescue
tassel
ceiling
ascend
parrot
chorus
oblige
awful
anchor
college
secret
violet
truant
rhyme
violin
frolic
total
eagle
ocean
column
A gypsy's idea. We need faith and courage. The hymns, rhymes, and
choruses are in small type. Lambs frolic. Rescue the bitten parrot.
The descent was awful. The ocean steamer is a total wreck. Oblige
me by singing a college song at the picnic. The truant watches the
eagle. Our secret thoughts. The columns ascend to the ceiling of the
tomb. My parasol has a violet tassel. We received a message to weigh
anchor.
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jostle
bustle
gristle
chatter
shatter
shutter
gamble
nimble
rumble
release
increase
decrease
salad
salary
banana
Add --ish to snap, style; fat, rogue; pet, slave; red, ape; hog,
blue; as, snappish, stylish. Copy,--Don't stare at the nun's veil.
The pupils wrestle and jostle each other. Try the lettuce salad. He
bustles off to close the shutters. There is gristle in the beefsteak.
Will the price of bananas increase or decrease? Monkeys chatter.
Their fingers are active and nimble. Heavy wagons rumble along the
road. Does thunder shatter window-panes? Release the prisoner. He
moans and groans. He loses money by gambling. The honest youth wears
stylish clothes. His salary is paid weekly.
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deny
reply
supply
chequers
chestnut
chipmunk
burly
furled
sturdy
occur
fluid
bacon
process
success
subtract
Add --ing, --es, --ed, to pity, copy, deny, reply, study, supply;
as, pitying, pities, pitied. Copy,--A baby's shoe.
A burly butcher supplies our bacon. Can you subtract? I'll explain
the process. The sturdy boy denies throwing chestnut burs. It often
occurs. I'm chuckling over my success at chequers. Please reply by
next mail. Beef teas are fluid. The chipmunk has stripes on its back
and pouches in its cheeks. He unfurled the Union Jack. Busy until
recess.
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copper
cobbler
toddler
tingle
mingle
shingle
jangle
wrangle
bungled
scorn
scoff
scowl
address
express
possess
Add --ing, --es, --ed, to spy, pry, bury, marry, hurry, worry; as,
spying, spies, spied. Copy,--Our family's name.
Don't linger any longer. My fingers tingle with cold. Wait for the
wee toddler. The maid's proud gait. Men jangle and wrangle over such
trifles. Value this bungled piece of work. Two foul creeks mingle.
Shingle the roof. The copper kettle. The cobbler sews shoes. He
should scorn to beg. Don't scoff, or scowl at beggars. Doesn't he
possess great wealth? Send the parcel by express to my address.
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novel
hovel
panel
rocket
bucket
bracket
slipper
blister
distress
perfect
permit
perform
repeat
defeat
retreat
Add --ing, --s, --d, to die, tie, lie, hie, as dying, dies, died.
Copy,--The enemy's camp. A lady's veil.
In these hovels the women are almost always reading novels. Paint a
perfect panel. The rockets ascend and burst. An oaken bucket or pail.
Fasten the bracket with a nail. A pair of leather slippers. Blisters
may cause much distress. Permit me to repeat the tale. Perform
gracefully. Their army suffered defeat. Many soldiers perished in the
retreat.
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alter
halter
reward
squad
squib
esquire
tether
whether
together
insult
result
sultry
dictate
imitate
separate
Add --ing, --s, --ed to pay, say, lay; as, paying, pays, paid; and
--ly, to gay, day, as gaily. Copy,--He sees leeks in the lane.
Alter the figures. What is the result? What reward does Thomas Johns,
Esquire, offer? See the squads of soldiers drilling. Don't insult our
friends. Make a squib of this firecracker. A sultry Tuesday. Tie this
rope to the horse's halter. Tether him to the stake. Imitate Paul's
groan. Dictate loudly. I don't know whether they board together or in
separate cottages.