focus words Flashcards
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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
## Footnote
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
## Footnote
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
## Footnote
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.
## Footnote
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 → exce**ll**ent
## Footnote
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
