The Pronunciation Poem

I take it + clause You look happy. I take it you heard about the bonuses!
I take it you already know I take it they’re going to the party.
I assume (that) you already know
large branch of a tree
Of tough and bough and cough and dough
difficult bow a raw flour mixture
To walk in an awkward way and almost fall. used to make bread, pasta, etc
Others may stumble, but not you
To make a mistake when speaking.
Ex/ I hope I don’t stumble on my words during the presentation.
On hiccough, thorough, laugh, and through.
hiccup I had a thorough (adj) conversation with my boss.
I have the hiccups. We thoroughly (adv) discussed the issue.
And cork and work and card and ward
used to seal a wine bottle an area of a hospital/prison

And font and front and word and sword

maybe
Well done! And now if you wish, perhaps formal
a difficult situation without an escape
To learn of less familiar traps.
I can’t believe I fell for that trap!

Beware of heard, a dreadful word

That looks like beard and sounds like bird.

Hair on a man’s chin.

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 used to make jewelry
And dead: it’s said like bed, not bead–
For goodness’ sake - used to express surprise, frustration, or exasperation
For goodness sakes don’t call it deed.
For goodness’ sake, just pick a necklace already! An intentional act.
I’ve done my good deed for the day!
Watch out for meat and great and threat,
I booked a suite for 3 nights.
They rhyme with suite and straight and
debt. 100 Main Street
Suite 304
flying insect
A moth is not a moth in mother,

Nor both in bother, broth in brother.

chicken broth (liquid in soup)

And here is not a match for there,

And dear and fear for bear and pear.

I’m on a low dose of aspirin. (100 mg)

And then there’s dose and rose and lose–

opposite of win
We lost the game!
Just look them up–and goose and choose,

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 to prevent something from happening
And do and go, then thwart and cart.
The rain thwarted my plans.
The rain always thwarts my plans.
Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start!
I hardly worked this week. (not a lot) barely started
I worked hard this week. (a small amount of/ not a lot)
A dreadful language? Man alive!
very unpleasant/very bad quality
The movie was dreadful! The food/service was dreadful!
I’d mastered it when I was five.

And yet to write it the more I sigh.

not used today
I’ll not learn how, until the day I die.
I will not learn how until the day I die :)
I won’t learn how until the day I die :)
modern (used today)

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