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Phonics Read-Along “Daily Living” Sentences – SET NINE

SKIP THE “GROWN-UP” STUFF AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES:

For grown-ups: the link at the very top of this page will explain how the student will use this activity. The sentences below are “random-topic / daily living” kinds of subject matters. These range from at-home, to at-school, to at-work, to shopping, to pets, etc., etc.

The sentences often have “somewhat adult” words in them (in black-colored font), because one of the purposes of this activity is to help to build ORAL vocabulary for children. But there is no expectation that your early-learning readers would be able to READ the black words.

The red words, however, are intentionally placed as written “teaching words.” We DO want the students to learn to read these written red words. The fancy term for what we are doing is “building an explicit, systematic phonics scope and sequence.” In layperson terms, we are exposing students to phonics-learning in a logical order, suggesting that the word “phonics” can be described in a more user-friendly way as “letter-sound-matching.” Ex: EA sounds like letter-name (“long-vowel”) E in “meat.” EA sounds like “short-vowel” E in “bread.” And EA sounds like letter-name (“long-vowel”) A in “steak.” It is the massive variation of so many “spelling patterns that offer multiple sounds” that makes learning to read the written English language so challenging for so many of our nation’s students.

Thus, we want to move from the “simplest-to-understand” letter-sound matches to the more complex ones, in a very gradual fashion. You will see our descriptions starting with Lesson 1 as often using “V” and “C.” “V” is for “vowel,” and “C” is for “consonant.” “VC” means that it’s a 2-letter “vowel-consonant” word. “CCVCC” means that it’s a 5-letter “consonant-consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant” word. Etc.

Also, we will NOT introduce a letter-sound match until it “gets its own specific focus time.” Example: when we get to covering in Lesson 24 the “long-U –> consonant –> silent-E pattern,” we WILL have words like “mule,” “cute,” “fume.” But we will NOT offer up the word “huge” at this point, because we have not yet taught that “G” sometimes sounds like “J,” as in the words “gem,” “giant,” “fudge,” etc. We’ll cover “huge” later, in Lesson 47 about “soft-G” (G sounding like J).

Finally, we plan to build written vocabulary with the red words in as “simple” a fashion as we can, and you will notice that it will be quite some time before the student ever encounters even a 2-syllable red word. For as long as we can, we will concentrate on making the red words ONLY 2,3,4, & 5-letter SINGLE syllable words.

A printable pdf of the red-teaching-words can be accessed here: (TBD)

Our ultimate objective is to make this AOCR phonics-learning activity the most powerful and comprehensive resource ever created for building letter-sound-identification mastery, thus becoming THE place where all American children go to “learn their phonics.” And our intention is to comprehensively cover — from a probability perspective of what letter-sound oddities one is likely to be hit with over one’s entire reading life — 99.5% of anything that one would ever encounter. It will all be right here, free to the world, in one convenient, easy-to-use digital portal. It’s right here to “work every child’s brain” with what s/he individually needs in terms of differentiated practice and repetition. It’s right here to allow each teacher to bring it to every child’s brain, without the teacher needing to be a linguistic expert, nor being expected to memorize all of this crazy stuff!

(You may ask why we have “set one,” “set two,” etc. Frankly, each “set” hits a point within our WordPress software where we have loaded so much information that things start to bog down. Thanks for being patient with us regarding this minor inconvenience.)

ACTIVITY 86) THE “SCHWA” SOUND SPELLED WITH LETTERS-OU<S>:

Our pastor is very pious, always walking the talk and setting a good example.

I’d hate to be famous, with photographers stalking me everywhere that I went!

Our daughter’s wedding was a very joyous occasion.

They finally caught that odious drug lord, and they put him away for life.

This countertop material is more porous than I expected, and it can be stained if you’re not careful.

I’m really anxious about tomorrow’s final exam.

The aliens’ bodies are quite bulbous, and they don’t resemble earthlings at all.

That coach is really callous, and you can’t have a weak stomach or thin skin to be on his team.

The speaker was very interesting, and I took copious notes at her lecture.

My overly curious cat gets into all kinds of things that he shouldn’t get into!

That devious prosecutor is good at luring witnesses into saying more than they should.

I’m pretty dubious about that scientist’s hypothesis.

Aren’t you envious of Barb’s long, thick, silky hair?

With this headlamp, the light also comes off of the band and attaches to a ferrous surface via a strong magnet – a feature that makes it twice as useful.

Dad was furious with me when I got a ding in his car’s front bumper.

To get water to be in its gaseous state, you must heat it to 212 degrees Fahrenheit.

The heinous crime was reported in most national newspapers.

The hideous monster shimmied its way towards us, while making a horrifying high-pitched shriek.

This igneous rock was once molten lava flowing down the mountainside.

I have to admit that I’m jealous of Pam since Todd asked her to the prom instead of me.

Most folks are nervous about getting up in front of a group of people to make a speech.

I knew that we were near a paper mill when I picked up its noxious-smelling odors.

It was an ominous sign when the satellite picked up massive enemy troop movements headed toward our borders.

There’s a suspicious-looking character roaming around the parking lot, so I’m going to report him to the police.

I wondered what was so malodorous, and then I looked down and saw that I had stepped into some dog poop.

It was onerous work staying bent over while picking cotton – from sunup to sundown – on hot summer days.

Behind his back, most students in his class laughed about the pompous professor.

Our neighbor’s raucous party got so out of control that we called the police to quiet them down.

The comedienne was so funny that the audience was engulfed in riotous laughter.

The fumes from the proposed new factory would be ruinous to our local air quality.

The boss called a staff meeting and said, “We’ve got some serious problems with our primary supplier’s parts availability.”

For the next 45 minutes, the train will go very slowly over a sinuous range of track that goes up the mountain.

Picking the cherries from these trees will be very tedious work.

The jury found the prosecution’s arguments to be quite tenuous, and they declared the defendant not-guilty.

How did that vacuous politician get elected; she can’t even finish a complete sentence!

You have various options for how you want to doctor up your hamburger.

As the vicious beast lunged at him, he held it off with a large tree branch.

The zealous civil rights proponent led many effective protests this past year.

You must be extremely cautious when you are driving on an icy road.

Our covetous neighbor went further and further into debt as he acquired expensive autos, a swimming pool, a country club membership, etc.

The cotillion class taught the tomboy to be a more decorous young lady.

The entire State is desirous of some plentiful rains to end the current drought.

The dexterous magician continued to wow us with her impressive card tricks.

Last night’s gourmet dinner was absolutely fabulous.

The university just received an enormous donation from a well-known alumnus.

A factious group of Senators is creating much dissent within the Party.

I’m in the mood for a generous helping of ice cream, please.

The conductor led a glorious performance of Handel’s “Messiah.”

The wedding festivities were just getting started when the guests got to watch a gorgeous sunset.

Our gracious hostess made sure that we had everything that we needed at her rental home.

The prosecutor stated, “We intend to prove that the defendant caused grievous harm to our client.”

We cackled at the cat’s humorous behavior when we gave her a catnip mouse.

A posse was formed to hunt down the infamous outlaw after he had robbed yet another bank.

You’d better be careful, or you’re gonna get sued for libelous comments like that!

The lake was beautifully luminous under the light of the full moon.

That wedding cake was luscious.

Like so many politicians, his answers to questions were nebulous and uninformative.

I’ve told you numerous times to write your thank-you notes; so here’s the hammer: no more video game playing time until they’re done!

I just watched a riveting documentary about a perilous climb of Mt. Everest.

Our city is the most populous one in the State.

Molly, your baby granddaughter is so precious!

Please go back to the previous slide; I forgot to make an important point about it.

You’ll need to undergo rigorous study to pass the oral exams for your PhD.

Since the entire extended family can come, we’ll need to rent a very spacious beach house.

She yelled at her boss, “Your insinuations about me are entirely spurious, and I shall immediately lodge a complaint with Human Resources!”

For being such a studious young girl, she is also quite popular AND is a strong athlete.

Our driver warned us, “To get to these photogenic rock outcroppings, the drive will be tortuous, so get ready for a bumpy ride!”

The Queen praised the knight for his valorous deeds in fighting off enemies who were threatening women and children.

Trust me; you do NOT want to be bitten by a venomous snake; I’ve been there and done that!

Finally, with our new roof, we are now impervious to getting leaks in our ceiling.

That’s the most delicious dessert that I’ve ever eaten!

Largely due to the impressive set design, last night’s ballet that we attended was wondrous.

His specious arguments are meant to make you feel good and to hear what you want to hear, but all he’s really doing is spouting falsehoods.

The chairman’s felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.

An orchidaceous plant is any of numerous plants of the orchid family, usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.

We delighted in the mellifluous tones of birdsong on the pretty spring day.

Those boys are incredibly emulous of their wonderful father.

In the Disney movie Mulan, the protagonist is as virtuous as she is strong and brave; indeed, she represents the iconic heroine.

ACTIVITY 87) THE “SCHWA” SOUND SPELLED WITH LETTER-Y:

I’ve gotten a great job offer in Bethesda, Maryland.

Where we live, we attend the First Presbyterian Church.

An average 80-cubic-foot oxygen tank at a 40-foot depth should allow one to scuba dive for about 45 minutes before resurfacing with a safe reserve of air.

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that were listed by Hellenic culture.

My family physician told me that I should lose about 10 pounds.

I bet that the meanest creature ever was the Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Polyps can occur anywhere in the intestinal tract and are most common in the large intestine (colon and rectum).

Did you know that the duck-billed platypus is a mammal that produces venom; it’s not lethal to humans, but it’s very painful!

Ivan the Terrible was Russia’s first Czar; his tyrannical reign left some estimated 100,000 Russians dead.

An anonymous giver donated $50,000 to our nonprofit!

On Halloween night, we heard chilling mysterious noises in the local cemetery, and we got away from there fast!

The term “misogyny” refers to an ingrained and institutionalized prejudice against women.

Some familiar household synthetic polymers include: Nylons in textiles and fabrics, Teflon in non-stick pans, Bakelite for electrical switches, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in pipes, etc.

Today, we studied the poem “The Idylls of the King,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

I’ve always wanted to travel to Egypt to see the pyramids.

Ethyl alcohol is used to make alcoholic beverages, for example wine, beer and liquor; it can also be used as a solvent.

Sibyl Anikeef was an American photographer and is best known for her portrayal of the Monterey Peninsula and portraits of fisherman, still lives, and landscapes.

This flooring is vinyl, although it looks like real wood.

After the medical staff filled him with saline and a syringe full of glucose, he returned to his hunger strike.

Our new baby daughter is due in a month, and we’re thinking about naming her “Carolyn.”

A syzygy is an alignment of three celestial objects, such as the sun, the Earth, and either the moon or a planet.

Aunt Lauryl told us that she’s starting to write a mystery novel.

Amylase enzymes break down the bonds within starch molecules, transforming complex carbohydrates into simpler sugars.

The elytron is one of the pair of hardened forewings of certain insects, such as beetles, forming a protective covering for the posterior or flight wings.

The witch’s sibylline words foretold of a dangerous time that was coming soon.

The CIA agent’s analysis was so comprehensive that it was sent to the President for her review.

As large as pterodactyls were, a human could not have ridden one, because they had light, hollow bones, and a human’s weight would have stopped their takeoff.

We were impressed with the architectural design of the ancient temple’s propylaeum.

My favorite operatic composition of Richard Wagner is his “Flight of the Valkyries.”

The name “Ebenezer Scrooge” is synonymous with the concept of unbridled greed.

Written by the ancient Roman called Homer, “The Iliad” tells the story of part of the mythical Trojan War, while “The Odyssey” tells the story of Odysseus’s journey home after the war is over.

If you asked me, that weightlifter has close to a perfect physique.

A capybara is the world’s largest rodent, a tailless animal from South America; amazingly, many people consider them to be good pets!

Eurybathic water creatures can handle the pressure of very deep water.

Ganymede is the largest moon of the planet Jupiter, and the name is from a Greek myth about Zeus taking a Trojan youth, bringing him to Olympus, and eventually making him immortal.

Dad’s bad cold affected his throat, and right now he has laryngitis and can’t talk.

In the famous Dracula story, the vampire lived in Transylvania, Romania.

We’ve decided to spend a vacation week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania because there is a lot of American history there.

Rhinos, hippos, and elephants are all part of the “pachyderm” family of animals.

Emperor Constantine modeled his eponymous city, Constantinople, after Rome.

My good friend Cheryl just got elected class president.

Dad was telling us about the characteristics of Syrah grapes, which were used in making this bottle of wine.

In my Pilates classes, they talk about synovial fluid, which is the thick liquid that lubricates your joints and keeps them moving smoothly.

Your synopsis of today’s long meeting is very well done, and you’ve captured all of the key points.

Reading English words gets even more challenging when you have to deal with long multisyllabic words.

My wife is a neat-freak, and when I hang pictures in a room, they’ve got to be symmetrical on the walls, or else!

Pyroxylin is a compound containing fewer nitrate groups than explosive guncotton, and it is used in the manufacture of artificial silk, leather, oilcloth, etc.

Which compendium of mythology do you prefer, Edith Hamilton’s, or Thomas Bulfinch’s?

A dithyramb is a a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character – and of usually irregular form – originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus.

This lachrymose poem will really get to your emotions!

Mom has made a gorgeous flower arrangement out of chrysanthemums.

The etymology of the word “Excalibur” ultimately derives from the Welsh Caledfwlch (Breton Kaledvoulc’h, Middle Cornish Calesvol), which is a compound of caled, ‘hard’, and bwlch, ‘breach, cleft’.

Our antiquities professor brought in a guest-lecturer today who is an Egyptologist.

The facial paralysis symptoms of having a stroke often improve over time, although the recovery process may take months, or even years.

In science class, we watched a video of how a welder uses an acetylene torch.

The patient started to breathe normally again following reoxygenation.

An example of “metonymy” is the sentence, “I gave you my heart,” where the word “heart” is a metonym for the word “love,” as it is a closely associated thing that replaces the word.

A zyzzyva is a South American weevil, and it is often destructive to plants.

The difference between mazes and labyrinths is that labyrinths have a single continuous path which leads to the center, and as long as you keep going forward, you will get there eventually, and not get lost like in a maze.

You need kidney dialysis if your kidneys no longer remove enough wastes and fluid from your blood to keep you healthy.

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was cursed by Zeus to push a boulder up a hill to the top, and before he got to the top, the boulder would roll back down to the bottom of the hill, and he was forced to repeat the exercise for eternity.

There was a huge traffic jam on the Brooklyn Bridge today.

The country of Kyrgyzstan is called “the Switzerland of Central Asia.”

There are actually two different events called “the Babylonian Captivity”; the second one was in the late-medieval period and refers to the time during which the Popes no longer lived in their traditional residence in Rome.

The Chernobyl nuclear accident was caused by an unfortunate cocktail of human error and flawed reactor design, being the worst nuclear disaster in history, releasing more than 400 times as much radioactive material as the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

Did you hear that Mariah Carey accidentally stole Meryl Streep’s seat at the Golden Globe awards?

Hieronymus Bosch (1450 – 1516) was a Netherlandish painter known for fantastical illustrations of religious concepts and narratives.

The American Film Institute ranked Marilyn Monroe as the sixth-greatest female screen legend from the Golden Age of Hollywood, but sadly, she died at the age of 36 from a drug overdose.

ACTIVITY 88) 10 MORE LESS-FREQUENT SPELLINGS OF THE “ER” SOUND

Letters AR:

Integrity is crucial, and if I ever find any of my kids being a liar, negative consequences will be swift and memorable for them!

An izard is another name for a chamois, an agile, goatlike antelope that you can find in the Pyrenees mountains.

I would describe that animal’s fur as “lyart,” because of the streaked, spotted gray and white coloring. (Also spelled lyard.)

The unknown visitor came into the church sanctuary, kneeled at the altar, and prayed silently for about five minutes.

Brer Rabbit yelled to the sadistic fox, “Please don’t throw me into that briar patch!”

Mom keeps all of our family’s wool clothing in a cedar chest, and that way the moths won’t eat holes into them.

Friar Tuck is one of the Merry Men, the band of heroic outlaws in the folklore of Robin Hood.

Our kids are excited that there’s going to be a lunar eclipse this weekend.

My favorite movie of the year won the Best Picture Oscar award.

The polar bear at our zoo was very active today, and he was entertaining us by swimming around a lot.

We’ve decided to put solar panels on our roof, and we hope to get our investment back in just a few years time.

I typically put one rounded teaspoon of sugar in a cup of coffee.

I have a distant cousin who is a vicar in a small English village in Yorkshire.

I felt so sorry for a homeless beggar who I saw on the street downtown this morning.

I had to visit the bursar yesterday to clear up some questions about my college tuition payment for this semester.

Julius Caesar is famous for saying, “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

The cool temperatures of our basement make it ideal to double as a wine cellar.

This shirt is too small for my neck, and I can’t button the collar.

Dad has refurbished a 1967 Mercury Cougar, and he’s very proud to drive it around town.

For cocktails, my Dad often drinks a wee bit of Scotch that’s a brand called Dewar’s.

I need to get to the bank to break this hundred dollar bill into smaller denominations.

The pilot slowly taxied the small aircraft into its hangar.

I’m taking a challenging math course this semester called linear programming.

The dentist had to put a filling in one of my upper right molars today.

I’m going to use a mortar and pestle to ground these cloves of garlic into a paste.

For a change, I bought some apricot nectar to have as our juice at tomorrow’s breakfast.

My mother was a pillar of strength for our family after my dad passed away when I was only five years old.

A poplar tree is known for its white bark and heart-shaped leaves.

I usually use a lot of tartar sauce when I eat fried fish.

We were disgusted with the young adult’s vulgar behavior and wondered why his parents hadn’t brought him up to be more polite.

My favorite cheese is extra sharp cheddar!

My teacher had red marks all over my book report and said that I needed to improve my grammar.

When people talk about the goods and the bads of nuclear power plants, their conversations can become pretty heated sometimes.

My sister is one of the most popular girls in her high school.

Would you prefer regular or decaf coffee with your breakfast?

I have an aunt who is quite a scholar, and she loves her career in academia.

Even though the two brothers’ appearances are amazingly similar, I can assure you that they are not twins.

Our city’s orchestra conductor led a stellar performance of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony on Saturday.

I’m in the mood for just a simple oil-and-vinegar dressing on my salad tonight.

Letters OUR:

I’d like a scoop of bourbon ball ice cream, please.

It took a lot of courage for you to challenge your boss in that meeting.

They dispatched a courier to quickly take the coded note to the Prime Minister.

The accountant found the incorrect journal entry that was making the figures look crazy.

I can hardly wait to hear about your journey through Asian countries.

I’m excited about playing in the tennis tourney this coming week.

Together, disease and famine are the scourge of humanity.

Let’s adjourn the meeting an hour early since we’ve been so productive today.

During our sojourn in Egypt, we got to see the pyramids.

In the Christian religion, Jesus Christ is the Saviour.

As a courtesy, let’s put Mr. Higgins at the head of the table.

Thompson, I think that you’re going to flourish in this new job!

Son, I need you to encourage your younger brother to practice more with his basketball.

Well, all of that junk food that I’ve seen you eating today isn’t very nourishing.

I’m reading the book “Captains Courageous” by Rudyard Kipling.

My brother’s getting a Masters in Journalism.

Oh, can I please play the tambourine during this song?

One of the key characters in this novel is a journeyman silversmith.

In my nursing class today, we learned how to apply a tourniquet.

I think that I’m going to enter the city’s tennis tournament.

We received discouraging news about our stock’s performance yesterday.

Letters UER:

My mother is an avid antiquer, and I can’t tell you how many of those shops I was dragged into when growing up.

The beleaguered city of Limerick, having stood to the last, finally capitulated to the forces of William of Orange.

The professor got brusquer with his responses as the loud student wouldn’t shut up – and continued to argue his pretty ridiculous point.

The burlesquer was somewhat ribald, but he had his audience in stitches, nonetheless.

Perhaps the best place in Spain to find lots of Churrigueresque architecture is in the city of Salamanca.

As a result of William the Conqueror’s takeover of England, roughly 30% of English words are derived from French, since William came from Normandy, France.

The opposing political party spent a fortune on media ads trying to offset the effective demagoguery of the incumbent.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer in England is the government’s chief financial minister and is responsible for raising revenue through taxation or borrowing – and for controlling public spending.

The controversial sculptor’s newest work was described by one well-known art critic as a “grotesquery.”

The Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu, in his The Art of War (6th century BCE), was the earliest known person to propose the use of guerrilla warfare.

Guernsey cows are adaptable to all climates and management systems, are docile, and they have an ideal dairy temperament.

The Jacquerie – a peasant revolt in France in 1358 – became a generalized term for any peasant revolt.

The wife of our company’s CEO is known for her collection of fine Japanese lacquerware.

My mother was teaching me about flowers and showed me a picture of a marguerite, which is also called a Paris daisy.

The costumes at the masquerade ball were quite inventive.

Our snooty professor was a caricature of pedagoguery.

Their nation is a constant irritant on the world stage, as they are always involved in some kind of roguery.

Constantinople often seemed to be unconquerable after holding off a long series of sieges, but it finally fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1453, after which there was never another siege.

Letters YR:

Widely thought to be the finest liturgical music of William Byrd, “The Great Service” is a highly inventive, dramatic, and colorful score for ten-part choir.

The Wise Men brought the newborn baby Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

From our trip to New England, we brought home with us some truly gourmet maple syrup.

Smyrna was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia; it boasted advantageous port conditions, it was easy to defend, and it had good inland connections.

The earliest parallels to Puck – a key character in Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” – can be found in the satyrs of the fantastical mythological world of Greece.

Clearly, one of history’s most famous martyrs is Saint Joan of Arc.

The giant crepe myrtle in our back yard blooms into vibrant fuchsia colors.

I always chuckle when the Moaning Myrtle character shows up in the Harry Potter stories.

As the fairly hot day headed toward dusk, a gentle zephyr appeared that cooled us off.

The nurse brought out a syringe to get a blood sample from me, and I almost fainted on the spot!

A thyrsus is a staff tipped with a pine cone – and sometimes twined with ivy and vine branches – borne by Dionysus and his votaries (from Greek mythology).

A Myrmidon was one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War, and is now generalized to be a person who executes – without question or scruple – a master’s commands.

During the period of Lent, our church creates a labyrinth for us to walk through to help us to pray and to meditate.

In this story, the protagonist’s eventual martyrdom spurs her followers to build a rebellion that finally overthrows the evil empire.

Letters EUR:

The fleur-de-lis is depicted on the traditional coat of arms of France that was used from the High Middle Ages until the French Revolution in 1792.

The special on the menu is a delicious Dover sole with a beurre blanc sauce and capers.

With her usual hauteur, Lady LaGrange made sure that everyone in the room was aware that she had a PhD.

Napoleon was dressed in his green-coated chasseur uniform, and he held his little, silver-headed switch in his hand.

The saboteur dynamited the bridge just as the entire train was coming across it.

My chauffeur, Basil, will be happy to drive you to the airport.

My Uncle Forrest is quite the raconteur, but one imagines that he is heavily embellishing the details around his experiences.

Raw honey comes straight from the hive and will likely contain more nutrients, but it is not pasteurized, and it is dangerous to feed it to any baby younger than one year old.

The docent gave an interesting explanation about the millefleur pattern on the famous tapestry.

Letters UEUR:

The agency head was applauded by his sycophants, as always; they were the claqueurs who were his very own appointees.

Our dinner host asked us if we would like a wee dram of after-dinner liqueur.

The exhaustingly boring longueurs in this tome make it almost unreadable.

Letters RR & RRR:

Brr, it is freezing in your house; can you turn up the heat, please?

Grr, my computer seems to have been whacked by an aggressive virus.

“Riot grrrl” is a feminist, punk rock movement that began in the early 1990s, and it includes punk bands such as Bikini Kill and Bratmobile.

Letters UOR:

The languor which had weighed upon her for so long a time had all at once given way to boisterous activity.

The restaurant that we’re going to doesn’t serve liquor.

I am not a fan of liquorice candy!

Letters CRE & GRE:

I inherited a one acre lot in the mountains, and we’re going to build a summer home on it.

I had a biology teacher in 10th grade who was the epitome of an ogre; she frightened everyone in the entire high school.

Letters OEUR:

Lake Coeur D’Alene, in Idaho, is considered by some to be one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.

ACTIVITY 89) A NUMBER OF LESS FREQUENT LETTER – SOUND – SPELLINGS

Letter-I can sound like Consonant-Y:

I always get tears in my eyes when I’m cutting up an onion.

At the horrifying Battle of Gettysburg, the Union defeated the Confederates.

This bunion on my right foot is killing me.

My kids love the Minions movies.

Is that number a million or a billion?

I need each of you to weigh in with your opinions about this sticky situation.

Let’s meet in an hour at the pavilion over there.

Teddy said, “Good grief, Mom, do I really have to attend this awful cotillion?”

The colonel barked, “Ready the battalion for engagement with the enemy!”

Would it help you if I sliced up the scallions for the salad?

The dictator yelled, “We must squash this rebellion with ruthless force!”

One light year is a whopping 5.88 trillion miles!

The color vermilion is now usually produced by the reaction of mercury and sulfur.

I just made junior partner at my law firm!

My aunt is a senior editor at a well-known national magazine.

Ronnie was the savior of our game when he hit that grand slam homer!

Now kids, you need to be on your best behavior for the babysitter; got it?

I have always liked Elton John’s song “Daniel.”

We have just gotten an adorable cocker spaniel puppy.

My fitness trainer, Danielle, pushes me really hard.

I’m not familiar with that rock band; are they good?

This food has quite a peculiar, but intriguing, taste to it.

I’m unfamiliar with that author, but it sounds like she is a superb writer.

Captain Kirk asked Scottie, “Can you at least get us auxiliary power?”

The reigning champion made one brilliant chess move after another and easily won the first game of the tournament.

The underdogs played a valiant fourth quarter in the football match-up and won the game by one point.

She always made sure that she had a few begonias on display on her back porch during the summer.

I’ve always been interested in Virginia history.

For a vacationer, the state of California has so many wonderful things to see.

Sweet Vidalia onions are my preference for using when I make onion rings.

I have this prolific camellia bush on the east side of my house.

I find the aroma of a gardenia plant to be too overwhelming.

A lagniappe is a small gratuity which New Orleans children always expect and usually get with a purchase.

I think that the very best Italian dessert is zabaglione.

Letter-O can incorporate a Consonant-W sound without Letter-W being present:

I’d like to try one of those cookies, please.

Among the cards in your hand, do you have two ones?

In the fashion model world, one’s appearance is very important.

The Buddhist monk said, “My quest is to feel a oneness with the universe.”

One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.

This is simple, and anyone can do this with just a little practice.

Can someone please volunteer to come up and erase the blackboard?

Would everyone be happy if we took a field trip to the zoo?

Once you click on this button, your order will go through.

I have church choir practice every Tuesday at 6:30 P.M.

Germany’s largest pork plant was shuttered for a month this summer after more than 1,000 workers tested positive for Covid-19, and additional abattoirs also faced temporary closures from outbreaks.

Our host showed me to my guest room, and there was an antique armoire in which I was able to hang my clothes.

The Lady disappeared into her boudoir for some quiet reading time.

Having spent a successful two terms as President, it was now time for her to sit down to start writing her memoirs.

I would like a moire fabric, but I have one specification, and that’s that it has to be made of silk.

At the time of this writing, the Rotten Tomatoes “tomatometer” ranks the movie “Laura,” directed by Otto Preminger, as the #1 film noir of all time.

The beloved pianist told us that she had a repertoire of some 200 iconic piano compositions.

Finally, the heavy rains of the last few weeks have nullified our drought, and the reservoirs are full again.

Saturday’s soiree brought in record dollars to be donated to various charities.

The owner of the winery dazzled us with the knowledge of her vineyards’ various terroirs, and their impacts on the flavors of her highly-rated wines.

Ask the bartender to add a dash of Cointreau to my Manhattan cocktail, please.

Be very careful, when dressing for a ball, that the hair is firmly fastened, and the coiffure properly adjusted.

With her delicate bones and soignee appearance, Lauren was always destined for model stardom.

I love the toile fabric that Nancy has on her new dining room chairs.

The magician yelled “eh, voila!” as he pulled the rabbit out of a hat.

The tradesman was proud of his family’s bourgeois heritage, having brought themselves out of poverty with smarts and lots of hard work.

I’d like to have some orange marmalade with my breakfast croissant, please.

Our waitress said, “Tonight’s special is a lovely entree of lamb noisettes with a cabernet reduction sauce.”

For my first course, I’d like the vichyssoise soup, please.

Can you help me dice the vegetables to make this recipe’s mirepoix?

I think I’ll fix some quinoa as our dinner starch for tonight.

Letter-Z can sound like Consonant-S:

Wow, the ice skater just nailed a perfect triple Lutz!

They put on the ritz to impress their guests.

The linebacker did a surprise blitz and sacked the quarterback.

My Uncle Fritz is teaching me how to speak German.

The cocktail lounge in this hotel is known for its glitz.

Brain emissions at around 8 to 12 hertz form the alpha wave pattern associated with sleep.

That poor kid is such a klutz that he’ll probably never be good at sports.

Mark Spitz was the most successful competitor at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven swimming gold medals, each in world-record time.

Would you care to dance this waltz with me?

I think that I’m going to order the strawberry – cheese blintzes for breakfast.

I’m looking for a chintz fabric with lots of blues in it.

I saw Mrs. Simmons at the grocery store, running around looking as ditzy and unorganized as ever.

This is an ersatz milk product made from almonds.

Oftentimes, Marge dons the role of a kibitzer and gets her nose way too much in everyone’s business.

Quartz timekeepers have become the world’s most widely used timekeeping technology, used in most clocks and watches, as well as in computers and other appliances that keep time.

I think that I’ll have a spiced cranberry spritzer for my cocktail.

Mom, Dad, Mrs. Fitzroy is going to pay me to mow her lawn!

In Israel, a kibbutz is a community settlement, usually agricultural, organized under collectivist principles.

The schmaltz in this soap opera makes me sick to my stomach!

A krummholz is a forest of stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.

My friend Levi just turned 13, which means that he will have his bar mitzvah this year.

I’ll order Wiener Schnitzel at the restaurant tonight.

The general ordered his troops to start firing the howitzers at the enemy.

When we were in Switzerland, we visited Zurich, Lucerne, and Geneva.

I love to listen to the recordings of the great jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

Letter-D can sound like Consonant-J:

It’s a stark fact that if you want a higher-paying job, you absolutely must get a good education.

Gradually, my thoughts subsided, I calmed down, and I finally went to sleep.

I’ll graduate from high school on June the third.

A great teacher tries to recognize the individual needs of each student in his or her class.

There were no residual side effects from the medical treatments that she had to go through.

The quality control manager redesigned the procedure to make it far more efficient.

I need to schedule a meeting with Ms. Brown for tomorrow afternoon.

We saw a replica of the lunar landing module at the science museum.

Each nodule contains at its core a small piece of shell or fossil, which is surrounded by minerals growing like crystals on its surface.

The defendant was found guilty of developing a fraudulent scheme to avoid taxes.

I’m not going to be instantly credulous about this student’s story; we need to dig into this further and talk to some others who were there.

Climbing Mt. Everest is a great example of an arduous undertaking.

Alas, due to the cold, these deciduous trees will be leafless in about another two weeks.

Letter-X can sound like Consonant-G AND AFTER THAT Consonant-Z:

That’s exactly what I thought that she’d say.

Unicorns don’t exist in real life; they are just fantasy creatures.

Class, I’d like each of you to write an example of a descriptive passage; it could be how a person looks, a nature scene, etc.

Carpenters must be very exact with their measurements, or things won’t line up correctly when they’re building a house.

Knowing our professor, the final exam is going to be a doozy!

When I’m in a movie theater, before I sit down I always look for the fire exit.

I can’t stand to breathe in car exhaust.

It’s time to cross-examine the witness.

As creepy as some shows that I’ve seen can be, I really don’t believe in the existence of ghosts.

The president will turn this into an executive order if Congress doesn’t pass it.

Don’t exaggerate how much that hurts, because it’s really just a very little cut.

The special exhibit at the art museum was fascinating.

Everyone on the basketball team was exhausted because the game went to double-overtime.

There are times when Letter-N can “INCLUDE” the Consonant-Y sound:

This is mostly the case when the words have origins in the French language, and the sound can be transcribed something like this: ‘ny(uh)’

I like the little vignettes that are on the first page of each chapter in this book.

When we were in New Orleans, I enjoyed having beignets for breakfast.

A lorgnette is a pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses mounted on a handle.

I’m going to order the beef bourguignon for my entree.

I think that I’ll put a few ounces of cognac into the sauce right before I serve the dinner.

I’m going to grill filet mignon for our dinner.

Only the best would do for James Bond, and he ordered a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne.

This French eggplant recipe calls for lots of pignons.

My favorite Italian dish is, without a doubt, lasagna!

The film had a realistic, but poignant, ending.

Our host led us into the billiards room of his mansion and brought out a delicious Armagnac for our after-dinner digestif.

Letter-X can sound like Consonant-Z:

My toddler loves to play with his toy xylophone.

The Xerox Corporation sells print and digital document products and services in more than 160 countries, and it is best known for copiers.

Xenon is a gaseous element used for filling radio, television, and luminescent tubes.

Xerxes the Great tried to avenge his father Darius’s loss to the Greeks at Marathon, but he, too, failed at conquering Greece.

Xanthan gum is used in foods like ice cream and salad dressing to provide some thickening to those food products.

A xebec is a small, three-masted vessel of the Mediterranean, formerly much used by corsairs.

The candidate ran on a platform largely energized by xenophobia, and he wanted to shut down virtually all immigration into his country.

In ancient times, a xyst was a a covered portico, as a promenade, or a garden walk planted with trees.

Xander Berkeley has appeared in over 200 film and television projects. His films include the highly popular “Terminator 2: Judgment Day.”

Letter-F can sound like Consonant-V:

This closet is full of junk.

Hereof is some part of the Secret of Eternal Life, as it is possible to man in his incarnation.

A beard, or lack thereof, can say a lot about a person’s style and sensibilities.

Moreover, as a former security chief, he knows whereof he speaks.

Letters-LL together can sound like Consonant-Y:

In Spanish, the letters LL make the English consonant-Y sound. In English, though, almost 100% of the time, the word with two Ls will have the first Letter-L make the consonant-L sound, with the second Letter-L being silent, as in the words, “vanilla,” “armadillo,” and “villa.”

There can be cases where we WOULD adopt the Spanish pronunciation, as in the name:
Pancho Villa. In this case, “villa” would NOT be pronounced in the English fashion, ‘vil-uh’, but in the Spanish fashion, ‘vee-yuh’.

Francisco “Pancho” Villa was a Mexican revolutionary leader who advocated for the poor and for land reform.

My favorite taco restaurant brings you these great tortilla chips to snack on before you order your lunch.

A cuadrilla is the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight.

Manzanilla is a pale, very dry sherry from Spain.

I had the best quesadilla today at a new Mexican restaurant downtown.

We drove through Saltillo, in northern Mexico.

When we lived in southern California, we had these gorgeous multi-colored bougainvillea plants in our yard.

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I want to be a chef in a ritzy restaurant when I grow up.

I got to go to a Cher concert, and it was phenomenal!

Let’s eat at our favorite French restaurant tonight, Chez Danielle.

Mom has bought quite a chic new hat to wear at summer parties.

In private, Ms. Thorpe would call her favorite student, Patty, “my little chou-chou.”

Dad said, “Let’s take a drive in my refurbished 1950s Chevy.”

She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar.

We did a papier-mache in art class today.

I’ll put this beautiful vase in a perfect little niche in the bookshelf of our study.

In the above, the word “niche” is pronounced the French way: “neesh”

In Vichy France during World War II, the traitor political leaders collaborated with the Nazis.

I’m going to go read for a while on our cozy chaise lounge on the sunporch.

When we went on our ski trip, we stayed in a cute little chalet with a fireplace.

Mom’s favorite perfume brand is Chanel.

In ballet class today, we worked on the movement called the “chasse.”

I’ve got a bottle of Chenin Blanc white wine chilling in the fridge.

I’m going to put some chevre on our gourmet pizza; that’s a flavorful cheese made from goat’s milk.

Dad, will you listen to me play the Chopin prelude that I’m going to perform at my piano recital?

One of my favorite board games as a kid was Chutes and Ladders.

Relentless innovation is the cachet of success in the business world.

In every drawer of my chest of drawers, I have a little sachet that imparts a fresh scent.

Mom’s put out her favorite creche as a decoration for the Christmas season.

I don’t know why it annoys me so much, but I just hate the cliche “at the end of the day.”

The Lady said, “The clumsy manners of the nouveau riches are often so gauche.”

In the above, the word “riches” is not 2-syllables; it is pronounced the French way: “reesh”

I’m going to make a classic quiche Lorraine for dinner tonight.

Touche, your point is well taken, and it tears my argument into shreds.

In the above, the word “touche” is pronounced the French way: “two-shay”

This Chablis is purported to be the finest vintage from this vineyard in over a decade.

Much to the chagrin of the Governor, the data show that many people are moving out of the state.

I think that for today’s activities I’ll be most comfortable wearing a chemise.

We will next perform a delightful little chanson from the Middle Ages.

A chapeau is a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.

Hospitals had been accepting bribes from the disinfectant’s manufacturer, and the government knew about the whole charade.

The Baron is vacationing at his chateau in Provence.

Let’s stop at that Chevron gas station.

You will find this chiffon fabric of the highest quality.

These woods behind our house have become so overgrown that we almost need a machete to start clearing it out.

I find the Jimi Hendrix song “Machine Gun” to be one of the most intense songs in rock-and-roll.

Your grandma is going to crochet a blanket for your new baby girl.

The painter Francois Boucher is known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes.

The ambassador turned to his attache for advice.

I’m going to use a Photoshop filter to render this image into a painting in the gouache style.

I’d like some orange marmalade to put on my breakfast brioche.

Pick up a four-pack of Charmin toilet tissue while you’re at the store.

In the 1980s, the rock group Depeche Mode was a dominant force within the electronic and alternative music scenes.

These chocolate ganache truffles are to die for!

Any actor who would want to play Cyrano must have lots of panache.

We visited the iconic Chateau de Chambord when we were in the Loire River region of France.

The classical guitarist performed a beautiful rendition of Bach’s Chaconne, transcribed from his Violin Partita #2.

Charlize Theron won the best actress Oscar in 2004 for her portrayal in the movie “Monster.”

On the chenille-covered table in the middle of the room stood a vase with gorgeous flowers.

We’ll be driving through Champaign, Illinois on our way to Chicago.

The king’s favorite knight was best known across the land for his countless deeds of chivalry.

1,113 scenes are presented in the astounding stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris.

I’m making the bechamel sauce for the lasagna that I’m preparing.

We love to vacation in the summer at Lake Michigan.

This brochure for this cruise line looks very interesting.

I enjoyed reading Michelle Obama’s book “Becoming.”

As they talked, standing beside the river, Ren watched the flat stones that he threw ricochet on the water.

New Rochelle, New York is about 17 miles from midtown Manhattan.

Wow, did you see that guy’s way-cool handlebar mustache?

Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler, and he founded Quebec City, in today’s Canada, in 1608.

The clothes, however, were a chaotic pastiche of fur and glitter assembled in inelegant ways.

We had fun on a visit to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, which has exhibits about early rodeos and artifacts like 19th-century passenger wagons.

Almost everyone was imbibing generous amounts of Champagne at the wedding reception.

My dear friend Chantelle just got accepted to Med School.

I want all of the bridal gowns to have Chantilly lace on them.

My favorite story in elementary school was, by far, “Charlotte’s Web.”

My chauffeur, James, is an opera fanatic.

This guy who’s running for office is a complete charlatan and is totally unqualified for the office.

My twenty-year-old daughter is obsessed about Chevrolet Corvettes.

One of Mark Chagall’s best-known paintings is “I and the Village,” created during his Cubist phase.

I believe that he’s a chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

One of my to-do list items is to parachute out of a plane some day.

Mapiya put her doll Winona in a parfleche that was made of buffalo hide.

The powerful Cardinal Richelieu, in 1600s France, sought to consolidate royal power and to restrain the power of the nobility in order to transform France into a strong centralized state.

I think that this chartreuse colored dress will be perfect for tonight’s gala event.

The wild horse ran into the chaparral, and it was so dense in there that we couldn’t get through it to catch the animal.

As old a technology as it is, there are still some advantages to using microfiche to store materials in archives.

Okay kids, since this is your first date, I must insist on going with you to be your chaperone.

My job at the plant is to keep the machinery well-maintained, and to do repairs when necessary.

The French 13th century “Roman de Renart” includes the story of Reynard and Chanticleer, a rooster, a tale soon afterward retold in German, Dutch, and English versions.

This delectable beef stroganoff recipe calls for the addition of cornichons.

I have a friend who’s going to a college prep school in St. Louis called Chaminade.

Chanterelle mushrooms have a bright yellow-to-orange funnel-shaped cap, and they’re a favorite edible species from France.

I’m going to write my term paper on the reign of Charlemagne (700s / 800s AD), because he’s a leader who I’ve been interested in for a long time.

I’ll start the meal with some refreshing vichyssoise soup.

Scaramouche is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell’arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature).

I’m applying to the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

I really enjoy the Baroque music of the composer Charpentier, who lived during the reign of France’s Louis XIV.

How about we order the chateaubriand for two as our dinner entree?

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Facial recognition technology is becoming more and more effective.

The mayor was proud to announce that racial violence in the city had dropped significantly in the past year.

My kids spend way too much time on social media.

The new girl in our class has turned out to be pretty asocial, so no one really knows much about her.

The boss told us that our next action regarding our competitor would require a crucial decision.

The last glacial era on Earth ended about 11,700 years ago.

Tonight’s dinner special is grilled venison with a Henry Bain sauce.

The Derby winner is now official, as reviews of the footage show that it was a clean horse race.

Sometimes it appears that the judicial process in the U.S. lumbers along very slowly.

I just watched an interesting infomercial on the value of doing chair exercises.

Our new human resources manager seems to be an odd choice to me, because she seems to be almost antisocial.

The boss has only superficial knowledge about this issue, so we’re going to have to do a good job steering him.

I am blown away by what artificial intelligence can now do in the field of photography.

I think that it would be beneficial for you to get your own personal fitness trainer.

There were certainly some good TV commercials during this year’s Super Bowl.

I’m especially glad that you’ve applied for this promotion, because I think that you might have just the right skillset to be successful at this job.

The electrician says that this job will cost us around $450.

My aunt is a family physician.

The optician confirmed that I have 20/20 vision.

The magician wowed us with her eclectic mix of tricks.

The dietician did a good job explaining to me the differences between “good” and “bad” fats.

This candidate seems to be a politician who actually cares about other people.

In her spare time, she’s a musician in a local jazz ensemble.

The Turing test is named for computer scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher Alan Turing.

I’m going to ask the beautician to give me a really different hair style for a change.

The pediatrician thinks that we might need to have Emma’s tonsils removed.

The service technician had to replace one burner on the stove.

The dog next door is vicious, and I don’t go near it!

Our vacation rental was very spacious.

Your new baby girl is so precious!

Maggie, you have such a gracious home.

I think that your argument is specious and that if you’ll dig deeper you’ll find out why I don’t buy it.

One of my cats has an edacious appetite and vacuums his food down quickly; the other takes her time and eats quite slowly and daintily.

I’m afraid that the grade that I got on this last test is atrocious.

I’ll admit that your idea is audacious, but maybe that’s exactly what we need in this situation.

For this auspicious occasion, we’re honored to have the Vice-President give the commencement address.

I have the perfect word to describe the Rolling Stones concert that I went to last night: bodacious!

This church is letting me use a very capacious room in their building to start up a tutoring program.

Because of the elderly man’s newly capricious behaviors, we thought that it might be wise to get him to see a gerontologist.

This soup is delicious; can you please give me the recipe for it?

Kids, I can assure you that all of the ferocious beasts here at the zoo are unable to harm you, and that’s due to the safe design of their habitats here.

That young adult is more mature than most, especially regarding her judicious habits regarding the spending and saving up of money.

You can’t get more malicious than Snow White’s mother, who tried to kill her own daughter with a poisoned apple!

Sherlock Holmes was always on the lookout for evidence of Dr. Moriarty’s pernicious activities.

How is it possible that this precocious 2nd-grader can read at a 6th-grade level?

The rapacious Visigoths plundered Rome for three whole days in the year 410 AD.

Socrates, the sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.

The security guard carefully tailed a suspicious-looking character in the mall, but the man finally left the property and drove away.

Although the boxer was taking hard punches, he was tenacious enough to last the entire match and was, in the end, judged the victor.

My younger sister is a voracious reader and has a mind-blowing vocabulary!

My doctor put me on some vitamins because my blood test showed that I have nutritional deficiencies in some areas.

We were very efficient in cleaning up after the rowdy party.

My dad is quite a proficient tennis player.

Two teaspoons of sugar will be sufficient for my glass of iced tea.

Our new neighbors appear to be quite sociable.

Looking back over the last six months, I’m seeing appreciable improvement in your chess playing.

I really appreciate your helping me out with this.

Contrary to popular belief, a ship’s captain generally does NOT have the legal right to officiate a wedding at sea.

The accountant suggests that we depreciate this building over a 20-year period.

Most of the refugees looked terribly emaciated.

The acacia tree next to our swimming pool is dumping all kinds of junk into the water.

My friend Marcia is the pitcher on our softball team.

Mercia was one of the three main Anglic kingdoms founded after Sub-Roman Britain was settled by Anglo-Saxons in an era called “the Heptarchy.”

Felicia Day played the character Vi in the TV series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

I think that my uncle has malacia, which is an abnormal craving for highly-spiced food.

My friend Patricia is applying to five different colleges.

When we went to Iceland, we went on a hike on a glacier, and it was exhausting.

Did you know that there are over 1,400 species of bats worldwide?

The detective told me that I was under suspicion for murder, but I had absolutely nothing to do with the person’s death.

We are currently studying the impact that Confucius had on Chinese culture.

In “The Addams Family” stories, the mom, Morticia, is elegant, aloof, poised, deadpan, well-mannered, and protective.

I thought that the character of Lucius Malfoy – in the Harry Potter movies – was pretty intimidating.

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We call the ratio of one divided by two a “half.”

My grandfather introduced me to the book series that has a protagonist named Horatio Hornblower.

I’m in the mood for an action / adventure movie.

Where is is the hand lotion; my hands are really chapped.

You’d have a strong argument if you said that the U.S. Civil War was the most divisive period that our nation has ever experienced.

Your notion that there are interplanetary aliens in our neighborhood is absurd!

Which option would you prefer that will finish up your day’s chores; empty the dishwasher or take out the trash?

The witch put all kinds of disgusting things into her cauldron to make her potion.

Our school will have a silent auction as part of this year’s fundraiser.

The caption under this image will give you a good idea about the main point on this page.

I’ll translate this sign into English for you; it says “Caution: High Voltage Area.”

Our teacher has such a strong foreign accent that she’s often hard to understand; I wish that she’d work on her English diction.

The left-wing faction in Parliament finally compromised, forming a coalition with the moderates, which resulted in new government leadership.

The new Senator is talented at oration, and she is positively influencing a lot of people.

The diva received a long standing ovation at the end of her encore.

Can you please put a big portion of the casserole on my plate; you know that it’s my favorite!

During the long winter, the paltry rations that the army could scrape up for the troops barely kept them alive.

At the Labor Day swim party, there was a big ruction between two of the parents, because they got into a political argument.

The suction cups on an octopus’s tentacles are called suckers; the internal wall is the infundibulum, and the cavity in the center is the acetabulum.

I’m sorry honey, but you can’t apply to that college, because the tuition is way higher than we can afford to pay.

The priest may be obliged to administer baptism, to hear confession, and to give the Viaticum and Extreme Unction.

There was much elation at the campaign headquarters when it became clear that their candidate had won the election.

In Star Trek, the Vulcans learned to control their emotions by almost worshipping the discipline of logic.

I’ll be happy to sign this petition asking the legislature to revoke this harmful law.

Mom, our teacher says that we’re going to move from learning addition to working on subtraction next week.

My kids have an addiction to playing video games, so I have to limit how many minutes per day they are allowed to spend time on that.

I hear that the Harris’s are starting to think about adoption, because they really want to have a child.

She has a lot of ambition, and she’ll work hard to move up the ladder at her company.

Do you think that I should audition for a role in the school play?

We’re comparing the “creation stories” of many religions and mythologies.

Any deletions among these records would be considered to be a criminal offense.

Larry was clearly in over his head after his promotion, but the company wanted him to stay, so he took a demotion and went back into his old job.

Just with her body language alone, you could sense the devotion that she felt toward both of her parents.

The ophthalmologist said that dilation was necessary in order for him to be able to examine my eyes.

This is a very strong cleaning chemical, and you have to follow the directions for dilution with water very carefully.

During our fundraiser, we received a large, unexpected donation from the head of our City Council.

We’re reading a chapter in our history book about the famous and highly destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in southern Italy, in the year 79 AD.

This is a very physical job that we’re doing today, so be prepared to put lots of exertion into it.

The only information that we need from you is your full name, address, phone number, and email.

I think that his account of what happened is entirely fictitious, and I’ll bet that a DNA analysis will prove it.

Our coach is an extreme perfectionist, and he can’t ever give praise without adding a captious remark.

Be extra cautious crossing the road at this very busy intersection.

Titian was the greatest painter of 16th-century Venice, and he was the first painter to have a primarily international clientele.

I enjoyed a TV show called “My Favorite Martian” when I was very young.

I heard very sad news that another boat of Haitian refugees has capsized.

I’ve always thought that Egyptian history was good for generating ideas for horror movies; you know what I mean, mummies and that sort of thing!

My kids’ favorite early childhood movie was Disney’s “101 Dalmatians.”

The landscape was beautiful in Nova Scotia, where we took our summer vacation.

We think that our grandmother is in the early stages of dementia.

On these few pages in your term paper, you’ve gotten into too much minutia, and I’d like you to rewrite those pages with a slant toward the bigger picture.

Portia is the hero of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” because she impersonates a lawyer in order to free Antonio from the consequences of his contract with Shylock.

In the early stages of the Revolutionary War, most men in the colonial militia were poorly trained to fight.

I get really impatient when I have to sit in long lines and wait.

I have outpatient surgery tomorrow, but I can go home in time for dinner.

The quotient of eight-divided-by-four is two.

When you start to learn a musical instrument, you have to practice a lot and be patient; it takes hard work and a long time to get very good at it.

These new facts will vitiate the defense team’s arguments and provide the prosecution with a stronger case.

It’s time to initiate the launch sequence for the rocket take-off.

The State Department will work tirelessly to try to negotiate the release of the prisoner.

I am happily satiated from this wonderful meal, so much so that I’m too full for any dessert.

Our fifteen-year-old-son is obsessed with martial arts.

I’m suffering from partial blindness in my right eye.

Ignatius of Loyola founded the Jesuits in 1534.

Mauritius, an Indian Ocean island nation, is known for its beaches, lagoons, reefs, rainforests, waterfalls, hiking trails, and wildlife like the flying fox.

Most adults had completed no more than eight or nine years of education, and tertiary education was the preserve of just a small elite.

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Sinead O’Connor was a popular singer, songwriter, and activist who died at the somewhat early age of 56, of natural causes.

Cassia is a variety of cinnamon derived from the cassia-bark tree; other plants in this same genus yield various medicinal products.

If California was a country, it’s gross domestic product would be roughly equal to that of Russia.

Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy.

When Washington crossed the Delaware, it was a sneak attack – on Christmas night – and all of the Hessian mercenaries had to surrender.

I’m a big fan of the “Mission: Impossible” movies.

My dad has a passion for baseball, and he’s a Little League coach.

In our brainstorming session today, we thought of some really clever potential brand names for our new products.

Torsion springs are commonly used in a variety of applications, such as in door hinges, garage doors, levers, and various types of machinery.

I love this bougainvillea’s bright fuchsia color.

Parts of the quassia tree can be used to develop both an insecticide and a medicine that’s a tonic that dispels intestinal worms.

Cassius Clay (1810 – 1903) was an American antislavery leader who served the abolition movement, in spite of his Southern background.

Napoleon affected uncertainty, and he demanded an enormous cession of territory as the price of a truce.

Here’s everyone who we want to invite; please make sure that there are no omissions when you send the cards out!

We’ve got to reduce carbon emissions to slow down global warming.

An emulsion is a stable mixture of two substances that normally don’t like to be mixed – like oil and water.

The Franco-Prussian War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

This novel is about a prince who poisons his father, the king, in order to quickly gain accession to the throne.

You obviously need to have a ticket to gain admission to the concert.

His parents were furious with him due to his horrifying behavior and subsequent expulsion from school.

The impassioned orator received countless explosions of applause from his irascible audience.

My mom has an obsession with maintaining her weight, and she gets on the scale twice a day.

The fall of the stock market, the deregulation of the financial sector, and banks giving out subprime mortgages led to the Great Recession in 2008.

The doctor reported that my aunt’s leukemia is now in remission.

He backed away with repulsion when he smelled the rotted meat that someone had forgotten to refrigerate a week prior.

When the jury heard the testimony about the serial killer’s crimes, they were filled with revulsion.

The South’s secession from the Union caused the U.S. Civil War, which eventually resulted in about 620,000 deaths.

I could tell by their accents that there were lots of Russians on the cruise ship that we were on.

I like the phrase “I decided to take a risk, and to beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission.”

The Russian offensive war of aggression against Ukraine was condemned by most countries around the globe.

The salesperson was very pleased with her quarterly commission check.

That wonderful teacher always shows such compassion when a child is crying.

That poor man’s gambling compulsion has cost him a lot of money over the years.

The comedian’s act was so funny that there were constant convulsions of laughter from the audience.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Jimi Hendrix song “Manic Depression.”

The boss snapped at Parker, saying, “Your digression down that ridiculous rabbit hole has just cost us a valuable fifteen minutes!”

I’m happy to have a discussion with you about what you’d like to do on your birthday.

She had an expression of complete disbelief on her face.

You’re giving me the impression that you don’t really like this dress; is that correct?

When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there was much hope among East Germans that decades of governmental oppression would now be over.

This symphony has many interesting uses of percussion instruments in it.

As I went through the many boxes in my grandfather’s attic, I found that he was in possession of a valuable collection of rare comic books.

There was a long procession of students heading down the quadrangle as the graduation ceremony was about to begin.

He has the very odd profession of being a snake milker, and the venom that he collects is used by medical researchers to create anti-venom.

This rocket has the most advanced propulsion engine that’s ever been designed.

Autocratic regimes are far more likely to use these instruments for repression, but democracies, unfortunately, also sometimes use them to curb civil rights.

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I wish that the coach hadn’t put that schmo on the team; he’s not helping our cause.

The paintings by Hieronymous Bosch are simply way beyond bizarre!

The “schwa” sound is like the “short-U vowel” sound, but even briefer.

I like it when Mrs. Schur reads to us in class.

Kirsch is a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries.

A schist is a metamorphic crystalline rock that has a closely foliated structure and can be split along approximately parallel planes.

Did you see the schnoz on that dog; I’ve never seen a dog with a bigger nose than that one.

I have to go shopping with my wife, which I hate to do, but I’ll schlep my way through it.

The author of the beloved newspaper comic strip “Peanuts” was named Charles Schultz.

Everything in this pitiful gift store is a bunch of schlock.

We visited Schweriner Schloss in Germany, and it is almost completely surrounded by water.

The Charles Schwab Corporation has driven countless innovations in the investment services industry, designed to help individuals make the most out of saving and investing.

Don’t be bothered by what that schmuck says; no one pays any attention to him.

Well hello, mate; that’s quite a schmick outfit that you’ve got on today!

Most excellent chess players would probably rate Bobby Fischer in the top five chess players of all time, if not higher!

All you need is a generous schmear of butter, or your favorite olive oil for dipping, and you’re all set.

I have to admit that borscht isn’t my favorite soup.

Harmon’s attempt at schtick during our serious meeting was completely inappropriate.

The eccentric Baroness Rausch got out the Ouija board to see if the spirits would communicate with us.

That poor schnook tripped and dropped his entire lunch tray.

How can you stand watching this soap opera with all of its schmaltz?

How about an after-dinner shot of schnapps to aid in your digestion?

If I were to ever own a sports car, it would have to be a Porsche!

At work today, Schuler was very complimentary about my presentation to the Board of Directors.

This book was published by Simon and Schuster.

Do you have a preference between the Romantic composers Schubert and Schumann?

Our librarian, Mrs. Schwartz, helped me to find some great books to check out today.

The schilling was a monetary unit of Austria until they adopted the euro.

This is delicious pork Schnitzel.

I think that dog is a schnauzer.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of the greatest sopranos to ever sing classical music.

Schramsberg Vineyards, in Calistoga, CA, is well known for creating delicious sparkling wines.

The overarching principle that guided Albert Schweitzer was “reverence for life,” a philosophy that took him to the jungles of Africa, where he healed many and touched the lives of millions worldwide.

The bartender put two maraschino cherries into my cocktail.

I think that I’ll make some bruschetta to take to the church pot luck.

Friedrich Schiller is considered by many Germans to be Germany’s most important classical playwright.

I gave up on gardening because I’m a total schlemiel at it!

Be wary of that guy, because he always seems to be reveling in schadenfreude.

One of my favorite classical music pieces is Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.”

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Are you absolutely sure that you can afford such an expensive car?

I’ll take two teaspoons of sugar in my coffee, please.

I’ve never been surer that I’m madly in love!

Team, we’ve got a big issue that we’ve got to figure out how to solve.

Good grief, this soft drink is way too sugary for my tastes.

Surely you realize that snacking on all of that junk food is going to make you gain weight!

Again, if there is a surety for any of the debts, he may insist on the application of the money in order to be relieved.

I assure you that my COVID test was negative, and that it’s safe for me to come back to the office.

We need to ensure that an accident like this never occurs again in our factory.

We need a rider on our homeowner’s insurance policy to insure all of this jewelry that you’ve inherited.

I’m unsure about which of these two schools would be a better fit for our kids.

With my allergies, I’ll probably run through an entire box of tissues today.

We’ve been assured that the package will arrive at its destination tomorrow.

The erasure of these recordings is going to avalanche into a huge scandal.

A little further along the wall was a fissure which was lower and broader than the one that she had just observed.

Eating the meals that this amazing chef prepares is a sensual experience.

Pretty children, with their hair clipped around their heads like a monk’s tonsure, are at play all around us.

I hear that they’re going to reissue this famous recording, with improved sound that’s created by using modern technology.

The Congressman was censured by the House – but not impeached – for his role in the scandal.

The cocksure student was sullen after being defeated soundly in his chess match.

Gandhi’s life remains a cynosure for all of us.

My annual homeowner’s insurance cost went up 5% this year.

Your biggest career fumble would be to have an oversure attitude about this process without having mired yourself in the details first, in order to make sure that things go without a hitch.

I can’t stand parents who put too much pressure on their five-year-olds out on the soccer field.

The first independent professional reinsurance company was the Cologne Re, as the need for such a company was evident following the losses of the Great Fire in Hamburg in 1842.

I give you my assurance that you’ll love this novel.

My friends somewhat pressured me into running for class president.

We found out that the guy who ran into our car is uninsured.

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You also may begin to feel the springiness of your planter fascia and achilles tendons; together, they allow us to hop, jump, and run with elasticity.

Fascism grew in Europe in the years prior to World War II, led by Germany, Italy, and Spain.

The politician spouted rhetoric that made him sound like a fascist dictator.

Episcia is one of several tropical American plants that is often cultivated as houseplants because of their textured, variegated foliage and showy flowers.

This red velvet cake is luscious!

Despite having graduated from high school, the poor youth appeared to be generally nescient.

The orchestra conductor said, “This phrase will include an abrupt crescendo and then an equally curt decrescendo.

A novelist friend of mine talks about literary prescience; she writes about something, and then it comes true!

The omniscient being in this sci-fi novel is dangerously powerful.

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Editor’s note: with this bizarre sound / spelling, the letters-XI make the digraph-SH (consonant) sound (as in: “shh, be quiet”) BUT, when you sound these below red words out letter-by-letter — other than the first example of the name “Xi” — there is a letter sound of consonant-K that “magically” appears BEFORE the SH-consonant sound, yet there is no letter-K, -C, or -Q in the word to represent that consonant-K sound!

In this next sentence, the first name “Xi” is pronounced like the English word “she” :

In China, General Secretary of the Communist Party, Xi Jinping, had massive powers as the leader of Mainland China.

I’m really anxious about my final exams this semester.

She has a beautiful, rosy complexion.

During Lent, there was much Bible study about Christ’s crucifixion.

My physical therapist explained flexion to me today, to let me know why the exercises that she’s giving me to do are so important.

Calm down honey; that’s an innoxious scrape, and it’s not even bleeding.

The evil Senator developed a noxious plan to spread dissension.

These obnoxious gnats keep getting up my nose!

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The ocean waves were huge today.

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises are known as “cetaceans.”

My mom is allergic to most crustaceans, but oddly, she has no problem eating shrimp.

With global warming happening at the rate that it’s going, I believe that you’d have to think really hard these days before investing in an oceanfront condo in Florida.

Jacques Cousteau is probably the most well-known person in the field of oceanography.

The Cretaceous Period of Earth’s historical timeline was characterized by the greatest development of – and subsequent extinction of – dinosaurs, and the advent of flowering plants and modern insects.

All oceangoing vessels have been duly warned about the dangers of the incoming category 5 hurricane.

I’m sorry, but I’m just not a fan of licorice candy.

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Sean Penn has always been one of my favorite actors.

If you boil water, you will turn it into its gaseous state.

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What is the actual total dollar amount that was donated to us in our fundraiser?

Our parents turned us on to the three “Back To The Future” movies; they’re great!

When you’re fully mature, I bet that you’ll be about six feet tall.

I learned today that we have a mutual friend: Marge Turner.

Mother Nature seems to be less forgiving these days, due to global warming.

Our family has a fun ritual where everyone gets to open one present on Christmas Eve.

I was playing rough today, and I almost opened the suture that the doctor had stitched up a few days ago.

I see that they have finally removed that Confederate statue downtown.

In the last few years, I’ve learned the virtue of taking a weekly sabbath day.

My aunt is an actuary at a large life insurance company.

We sailed out of the estuary only to find that the ocean waters were rougher than we had expected.

It’s only natural to feel a bit self-conscious when you first get braces.

He’s still the titular head of the company, but his children have pretty much taken over all of his work.

When I was a kid, I used to love playing “capture the flag” in summer camp.

Can you imagine what people from the 15th century would think about today’s powerful technologies?

The corporate culture where I work is very demanding of everyone’s time.

What are your news sources; your accounting of that event is totally non-factual.

They’ve added some powerful new features to their products that should result in their gaining market share.

Be careful on the ladder when you change the bulb in that light fixture.

Dad’s prayer at the dinner table on Thanksgiving focused on how fortunate all of us in our family are.

The boss’s “thumbs-up” gesture confirmed that I had nailed my presentation.

The professor’s lecture on the Opium Wars with China was quite interesting.

This TV show has a well-balanced mixture of comedy and drama.

When you’re a new mom, you so want to nurture your baby.

The sheep are enjoying a nice spring day in the pasture.

Mommy, look at this picture of our house that I drew in school today!

I’d like to know how that tall 90-year-old lady has maintained such a perfect posture.

The symphony concert tonight was so wonderful that it almost brought me to a state of rapture.

The City Council is concerned that another big flood will create a rupture in the nearby dam.

Give the bowl a few more turns with a flexible spatula to make sure that there is no dry flour left.

Her stature as a political leader has risen since two bills that she’s introduced to the legislature have been passed.

Some state criminal statutes could also allow the district attorney to press charges.

This feature in my photography software allows me to add texture to a shot; I might want to do that with wood, brick, etc.

Taking that final exam was nothing less than torture.

To get funding, this start-up company is looking for venture capital.

Virtual reality gaming products are getting more and more realistic.

Vultures are pretty ugly beasts, but they do keep our land clean from dead animal carcasses, which is a very important job.

Actually, I was really surprised with how well she acted in the school play.

Botulism is a sometimes fatal disease of the nervous system acquired from spoiled foods in which botulin bacterium is present, especially improperly canned or marinated foods.

Futurists have broad-ranging views on whether artificial intelligence will be positive or negative for humanity.

That petulant child pitches a fit every time he doesn’t get his way.

I’ll never forget the day I saw my grandfather putting in his dentures; before that, I had assumed that his teeth were “real.”

Scooby-Doo was searching around the mortuary in the wee hours of the morning looking for clues, and then he heard a frightening noise!

Our neighbor’s mother just passed away, and the family wrote a beautiful obituary for her, focusing on how many lives she had positively impacted.

It was an emotional speech, but a delightfully graceful, rather than unctuous and overblown, one.

The virtuoso pianist dazzled the audience at her concert.

Everyone was in agreement that he had led a virtuous life.

What aperture setting are you using on your camera for this shot?

Count Dracula said, “I love the creatures of the night.”

Eventually, I’ll use my driver to tee off, but until I’m good with it, it’s best that I use my three-wood.

The doctor confirmed that I had fractured a bone in my leg.

This person is habitually very late to meetings, so tell him that the meeting starts a half hour earlier than it really does.

What he did was as immature as something that a four-year-old might do.

At this juncture, let’s adjourn today’s meeting and start back up with the next topic at 8:00 tomorrow morning.

My mom is putting on her face moisturizer right now, but she should be done in about five minutes.

In our country, the trains’ arrival and departure times are always punctual.

In fact, we have some fossils with puncture marks in the back of the head.

Our trip to the Himalayas was the adventure of a lifetime.

A good composition to play to introduce classical music to young children with is the William Tell Overture.

Whoa man, don’t you think that you’ve way overdone the color saturation in this photo; it doesn’t even look real.

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Mom, did I mention to you that Amy’s having a party on Saturday night?

I’m going to try to get a patent for my invention.

It’s my intention to study hard enough to get an “A” on the test.

As the general entered the room, all the soldiers stood to attention.

Did you guys hear that Barney just landed himself in a juvenile detention center?

The prosecutor said, “It is our contention that the defendant purposefully misled auditors in order to get a huge tax break for the company.”

Frankly, there weren’t a lot of exciting new products at the trade convention.

The professor said, “Inattention in my classes is very dangerous to your grades, because we will be working on some massively difficult equations, and my lectures cover things that are not in textbooks.”

The Park Ranger gave us a talk today about the importance of fire prevention.

The kids were taking advantage of their friendly room mother, so the teacher had to swoop in and conduct an intervention to get things calmed down.

Oh my, the Farmers’ omission from the invitation list was purely unintentional.

You’ve got to admit that Rogers has quite an unconventional golf swing, but somehow it works well for him.

You will find the aforementioned study in your office mail tomorrow morning, and I expect each of you to read it in its entirety by Friday.

The fort that they built was well-protected, and it was perceived by the enemy to be a bastion of strength.

Belgian inventor Etienne Lenoir created the first commercially successful internal combustion engine in 1862.

There was a massive amount of traffic congestion downtown today.

That guy has an iron stomach and can eat anything without it ever bothering his digestion.

The doctor said that she’s suffering from simple exhaustion and just needs to rest for a couple of days and catch up on her sleep.

The professor asked, “Do you have any questions for me about this subject?”

That’s the best suggestion that I’ve heard in a long time; let’s do that immediately!

We can’t take much luggage on this trip, so pack only what is absolutely essential.

I’ve been watching our newest hire rather closely for the last six months, and I think that she’s got a lot of potential.

I hear that we’re going to get torrential rainfall tonight.

I feel like I’m receiving substantial benefits from my new fitness regimen.

Her tightly-written novels have been quite influential in getting me to change many things about my own writing style.

The search committee says that all three of the finalists have impeccable credentials.

They’ve ordered all nonessential personnel to leave the area.

The presidential campaign is looking more and more like a circus as each day passes.

I need to fill the two of you in on some highly confidential information.

Being a lawyer, I knew that a consequential decision should not depend on just a single brief and one informal phone conversation.

Gentian violet belongs to the group of medicines called antifungals, and it is used to treat some types of fungus infections inside the mouth and of the skin.

As unimaginably large as the universe is, it’s hard for me to imagine that sentient life doesn’t exist somewhere else other than Earth.

I still haven’t figured out how to differentiate these two identical twins from one another.

These rumors are completely unsubstantiated, so it’s best to ignore them.

The ex-con told us brutal stories about what life is like in a state penitentiary.

I highly recommend our favorite babysitter; she’s very conscientious.

That pretentious waiter acts like he owns the restaurant!

That family’s kids are always contentious, with each of them always trying to outdo the others.

The Roman historian and senator Tacitus referred to Christ, his execution by Pontius Pilate, and the existence of early Christians in Rome in his final work, Annals, in 116 AD.

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Ciao, I’ll see you here next weekend at the same time.

The actor Stanley Tucci reached his widest audience yet when he played Caesar Flickerman in the movie box office sensation “The Hunger Games” (2012).

The pasta that stars in Italian wedding soup is called acini di pepe.

Boccie is an Italian variety of lawn bowling that’s played on a dirt court that is shorter and narrower than the rink of a bowling green.

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century.

When I was ten, it was a summer when the cicadas came out, and I learned that dogs love to eat them!

I enjoying studying ancient Greece and Rome this year.

Porcini mushrooms are prized meaty mushrooms with a nutty and earthy flavor.

Ciabatta is baked with a much higher hydration level than a typical bread, making the holes within the dough much bigger than in a typical baguette.

Cioppino is traditionally made from the catch of the day, which in San Francisco is typically a combination of Dungeness crab, clams, shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels, and other fish.

I’m in the mood for fettuccine pasta with some kind of delicious cream sauce.

I’ve always enjoyed listening to Tchaikovsky’s “Capriccio Italien.”

Carpaccio is a dish of meat or fish thinly sliced or pounded thin, and served raw, typically as an appetizer; thank you, but I prefer my meat and fish cooked!

The CEO said that the company was in its best financial shape ever.

Ottawa is one of the provincial capitals of Canada.

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Benito Mussolini, the dictator of Italy during World War II, was called “Il Duce.”

My cello lessons are going very well.

This notation on your sheet music, “sotto voce,” means to play this part very softly.

The biggest hit for the popular singer Jim Croce (late 60s / early 70s) was “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.”

This musical term, “vivace,” means to play a part vivaciously.

This orchestra boasts some of the best cellists in the world.

Limoncello is an Italian lemon liqueur mainly produced in southern Italy, especially in the region around the Gulf of Naples, the Amalfi Coast, and Sicily.

Parisians have chic, Italians have la dolce vita, Brits have Evelyn Waugh – and Americans will always have cool.

Her rendition of Beethoven’s violin concerto was exquisite.

My dad is a history buff, and he can’t say enough about our recent visit to Jefferson’s Monticello.

I contend that Botticelli’s “The Birth Of Venus” is his best painting.

I’m going to make a pasta dish with vermicelli pasta tonight.

Andrew Bocelli’s classical singing voice is vastly admired across the globe, not just by his fans, but by fellow singers, as well.

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Wow, that mansion must cost millions of dollars!

My company offers a 401-K plan, but not a pension plan.

So that there would be no tension at Thanksgiving dinner, everyone promised to not talk about anything political.

There is a clear plan for the day that the King dies, and we’re prepared for the ascension of the Crown Prince to the throne.

There are three dimensions that we experience daily, which define the length, width, and depth of all objects in our Universe; but scientists maintain that to understand the laws of nature, one must include a “fourth dimension,” which is time.

Our expansion plan will have us building retail outlets in three new states.

Because you’ve been having health problems, I’ll give you a one-month extension on getting your term paper back to me.

I’ve got a lot of apprehension about having the dentist do my root canal this afternoon.

I got all of the comprehension questions correct on yesterday’s test!

There was strong dissension in Congress about whether the president’s proposed legislation should be passed.

The doctor has prescribed blood pressure medication for me to reduce my hypertension.

The president is proposing suspensions of any monetary aid to countries with poor human rights records.

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I looked through box after box in our attic, and all I found was a bunch of kitsch that we should throw out!

Jerry Siegel initially conceived Superman as a Nietzschean über-mensch with telepathic powers who was bent on world domination.

Friedrich Nietzsche’s body of work touched a wide range of topics, including art, philology, history, music, religion, tragedy, culture, and science, and he drew much inspiration from Greek tragedy, as well.

The house where we had our book club this week was decorated with a bunch of kitschy stuff.

The Doberman Pinscher is a medium-to-large, intelligent dog breed; they are known for their noble appearance and loyalty.

The “Beer Hall Putsch” was a failed 1923 coup d’état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler; he served nine months in prison for his crime.

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Are you conscious of the different facial expressions that you make when we’re playing poker; we always know whether your hand is good or bad!

My conscience guides me to determine that this is not an ethical thing to do, so we can’t let this happen.

The boxer landed such a hard blow to the face that his opponent was rendered unconscious.

That boy is very conscientious, and he always cleans up well after he’s completed his yard work.

Do you ever feel like your subconscious is whispering to you, “Do this,” or “Don’t do that?”

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Mr. Henry was telling us why he felt so much righteous anger when his elderly father fell for a phone scam and lost $500 as a result.

Mother Teresa lived a life of almost incomparable righteousness.

Wow, that seems like a pretty unrighteous thing for a pastor to do, don’t you think?

Of course this milk is pasteurized!

This amateur golfer, on a good day, could take on a lot of pros.

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On January 1, 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, an event sometimes called the “Velvet Divorce.”

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Asia is the largest continent on Earth.

Our neighbor’s yard has a virtually perfect lawn with zoysia grass.

This movie is about a guy with amnesia who is trying to escape criminals – who he can’t remember – who are after him.

We have a beautiful Persian cat with gray fur.

My grandma makes a wonderful fruit-based dessert that she calls “ambrosia.”

I love the iconic Disney animated film “Fantasia.”

Milk of Magnesia is used as a laxative to relieve occasional constipation, and it is also used as an antacid to relieve indigestion, sour stomach, and heartburn.

In the Christian Bible, the book of Ephesians introduces God’s lavish grace and divine purpose for the new humanity, and it exhorts readers to live according to God’s gift and offers a challenge for unity in the new humanity.

When I was in the recovery room, it took quite a while for the anesthesia to wear off.

We once lived near a lady who claimed to be Anastasia, the daughter of Russia’s Czar Nicholas II; but history books claim that she was murdered by the Bolsheviks.

I need to go to the doctor to have her look at this lesion on my leg.

The concept behind making a hydrogen bomb explode is based on nuclear fusion.

The optometrist said that my vision is excellent.

I have the newest version of Adobe Photoshop.

We’ve got to do something about the erosion on the back part of our property.

The President said, “I envision a day when both Parties in Congress will be doing a better job at compromising.”

A huge part of a magician’s task is to create believable illusions.

See if you can find an olive oil with an infusion of rosemary.

Let me see the latest revision of the proposed contract.

The surgeon made a small incision in the patient’s abdomen.

My wife has a strong aversion to graphic violence in movies.

You need to make a quick decision about which ice cream flavor you want, because we’ve got to go!

I’m good at multiplication, but I stink at division.

We want our daughter’s wedding to be a very memorable occasion.

“Invasion of the Body Snatchers” is one really creepy movie!

The professor made an apropos allusion to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

We’ll put a provision in your will that makes sure that a bank manages the trust fund for your nephew.

The hermit has led a life of complete seclusion during the last two decades.

Look at the corrosion on the back of this window air conditioner!

The two company officers were found guilty of collusion in trying to secretly siphon off company funds for themselves.

The entrepreneur’s delusions of grandeur came to an abrupt end when he had to file for bankruptcy.

The two airplanes narrowly avoided a disastrous collision.

Because of poor planning, there was lots of confusion when the fire drill began.

The explosion in the plant was due to a gas leak, but fortunately, no one was in the building at the time.

The conversion to the new software platform has gone without a hitch.

After hearing all of the testimony, the jury’s conclusion was that the defendant was not-guilty.

Can you believe that in the early days of television there were only three channels to choose from?

Without supervision, the five-year olds on the soccer field would devolve into total anarchy.

The doctor says that this patient needs to have a blood transfusion.

An osier tree is one of various willows, and they have tough, flexible twigs or branches that are used for wickerwork.

I always enjoyed Kelsey Grammer in his popular show “Frasier.”

When I got to the department store, I went straight to the hosiery area.

Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia, with a metro area population of around 8.8 million people.

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The principal said, “Someone set off the fire alarm, so bring in the usual suspects.”

A hawk has amazing visual acuity and can see its prey from very high up in the sky.

Please wear very casual clothing to our party.

I usually go to bed at 10:00 PM.

That’s the most unusual dress that I’ve ever seen an actress wear at the Oscars.

Let’s visualize what our back yard would look like with a swimming pool in it.

Amazingly, there were no casualties in the attempted terrorist attack.

On any measure that you can think of, everyone in that family is very successful.

When I retire, I plan to live a life of leisure, but with a lot of volunteer work thrown in.

At the end of the movie, there was closure from all of the dramatic tension that had driven the plot.

It was certainly a pleasure meeting you!

The pirates were on a hunt for buried treasure.

With the high exposure to the sun that you’ll get today, you’d better put on a lot of sunscreen lotion.

The witness handled herself with composure as the prosecutor pelted her with tough questions.

A fox got into the hens’ enclosure and a cacophony of frenzied clucking began.

When two companies are discussing a potential merger, there’s a massive disclosure of information between both sides.

The bank was a parapet, behind which the gunboats crouched, firing up the bayou as through an embrasure.

Our teacher expressed displeasure with our behavior during yesterday’s field trip.

If we don’t get the funds to pay our unpaid mortgage bill, there will be a foreclosure on this property.

Letter-G, by itself

When it comes to books and movies, my favorite genre is sci-fi.

Every room in their house is painted a dull beige color.

When my grandma talks about make-up, she still uses the old-timey word “rouge.”

For dessert, Mom is trying out a recipe for vanilla panna cotta with strawberry gelee.

Dad’s new blazer is kind of a greige color.

Fernand Leger was a French painter who is considered to have developed a style that makes his works the forerunner to pop art.

Honey, will you please neaten up the garage this weekend?

The desert traveler was near exhaustion, and he started to see a mirage.

George Washington had his troops unleash a barrage of cannon fire on Lord Cornwallis’s Yorktown encampment.

The massage therapy that I’m undergoing is helping to reduce my back pain.

I need to buy a pretty corsage for my date for tomorrow’s prom.

The professor’s protege just landed a great teaching position at Harvard.

They arrested the traitor on the charge of sabotage.

I have a distant relative who is a gendarme in the Paris police force.

The inspector started by examining the fuselage of the wrecked aircraft.

Despite its long training in dressage, I’m afraid that this horse can never be expected to become obedient.

The two comedians went back and forth with each other in witty badinage.

My cousin works in the high-stakes financial world of arbitrage.

My neighbor’s son has a virtual menagerie of small animals and bugs of all types.

Letters-ZH

One of the characters in the book is a muzhik whose trials and tribulations exemplify the depressing state of being impoverished.

Zheng He was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, and fleet admiral during the Ming Dynasty.

We visited the Guoqing Temple when we were in Taizhou, China.

One of my favorite movies of the 1960s is the David Lean film, “Doctor Zhivago.”

Quanzhou, China has a population of just under seven million people, and it was once visited by Marco Polo.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn is best known for his book “The Gulag Archipelago.”

Letters-ZI

We went to the Frazier Kentucky History Museum when we were in Louisville.

Dad brought the brazier with us to the picnic in order to grill burgers and hot dogs.

In homes, a glazier can install / replace windows, mirrors, shower doors, and bathtub enclosures.

He doesn’t describe himself as a rancher, and instead, he uses the more highfalutin term “Grazier.”

Letters-ZU

The doctor expects that the patient had an epileptic seizure.

On our Mediterranean cruise, we were astounded at how gorgeous the azure water was.

The rich vibrancy of Azurite’s dark-blue energy resonates to the exact frequency of the Third-Eye Chakra, and this has been guiding souls to enlightenment since the earliest civilizations began.

Letter-J, by itself

The highlight of our trip to India was seeing the Taj Mahal.

The chef’s original impulse for jouissance in food, as well as in life, came from his parents, who were always cooking and experimenting with different flavors.

Letters-ZS

My next door neighbor has a dog that’s a less-known breed, called a “vizsla.”

Zsa-Zsa Gabor, a popular and glamorous actress who was originally from Hungary, had nine different husbands during her life!

Letters-XU

Though she lived in the lap of luxury, she donated lots of money – and volunteered much of her time – in supporting a vast number of worthy charities.

I consider the music of Ravel and Debussy to sound quite luxurious.

Letters-SH

My favorite Christmas present this year is the cashmere sweater that I’m wearing now.

I always imagine Kashmir as being a very exotic place, and I’d love to visit there sometime.

Letters-SE

There were parts of that graphic movie that gave me nausea.

I think the food that I ate was somewhat tainted, because I’m feeling nauseous.

Letters-CI

The drug lord was a master of coercion and was feared by all.

Letters-TI

Class, today we’re going to work on an equation that’s very challenging to solve.

Letters-XI

After Mao Zedong’s death in China, Deng Xiaoping maneuvered himself into becoming the new Chinese leader, and he introduced many economic reforms and gradually dismantled the ideology of Cultural Revolution.

ACTIVITY 93) WHEN LETTERS “TH” & “CH” DO NOT MAKE THEIR “COMBINED-LETTER” CONSONANT SOUNDS, AND IN BOTH CASES THE LETTER-H IS SILENT

Letters-TH

I’m in the mood for some Thai cuisine tonight.

Let’s put some fresh thyme in tonight’s stew.

“Musth” is a state or condition of frenzy occurring with the rutting season in male elephants, accompanied by the oozing of an oily substance from glands between the eyes and mouth.

For my violin recital, I’m going to play Massenet’s “Meditation From Thais.”

In the Christian Bible, Esther (the beautiful Jewish wife of the Persian king Xerxes I) and her cousin Mordecai persuade the king to retract an order for the general annihilation of Jews throughout the empire.

When they were children, my kids loved the Thomas the Tank Engine stories.

When we vacationed in London, we went on a boat tour on the Thames River.

Sukkoth is a Jewish festival that commemorates the period during which the Jews wandered in the wilderness after the Exodus.

Theresa Arnold is a female boxer who beat a number of name fighters during her career.

Saint Therese of Lisieux was called “the greatest saint of modern times” by Pope Pius X.

Greta Thyssen was a beautiful Danish actress who was popular in films and TV series between 1956 and 1967.

Thierry Henry is a French international soccer star, known for being one of the best strikers of all time.

My teacher sent me to principal Thompson’s office, but he was pretty nice to me.

He has a phthisic condition in his lungs, and we will do everything we can to fight the condition.

When we were in Thailand, we saw a huge boa constrictor floating down a major river.

In South Africa, apartheid was a rigid former policy of segregating – and economically and politically oppressing – the nonwhite population.

One of my favorite movies during my childhood was Disney’s “The Three Lives Of Thomasina.”

David Thibodeau wrote a book called, “Waco, A Survivor’s Story.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language.

Extra credit: in rare cases, the letters “TH” can both be silent!:

Asthma is a bummer of a condition to live with, especially if you want to be an athlete.

On our cruise, we crossed the Isthmus of Panama via the Panama Canal.

Letters-CH and -SCH

My dad was in the Chi Phi fraternity in college.

The dentist asked me, “Where does it ache the most?”

I feel achy all over, and I expect that I’ve got the flu.

You won’t believe how strong the echo is if you stand right here and shout very loudly.

In 1990, Lech Walesa was the first democratically elected president of Poland since 1926.

Oh come now, you know that the Loch Ness Monster is just a fantasy!

Mach 10 is 7,672 miles per hour, and although a NASA spacecraft has achieved this speed, no manned aircraft has ever done so.

I know someone who’s really tech savvy, and she can probably fix your computer glitches.

The principal was quite concerned about the high level of chaos in Ms. Meriweather’s classroom.

While exploring, the cavers came to a giant chasm and half-seriously wondered if it would lead to the center of the Earth.

The oncologist said that my chemo treatments have been 100% effective, and the cancer is now completely gone.

Our church choir sang a wonderfully meditative anthem today during the service.

We asked the music director, “Are you sure that you’re playing the right chord there, or could it be an error in the sheet music?”

My friend Chris has a good finance job at a Wall Street firm.

“Ichor” is the term for an acrid, watery discharge, as from an ulcer or a wound.

This Fauvist painter uses lots of ocher colors in his artwork.

I think that an iced mocha would really hit the spot about right now.

The Emperor brought in a new epoch of peace and prosperity for his people.

Let’s synch our watches and meet back at this statue in exactly three hours.

I got a fair amount of tasty Brach’s candies during my trick-or-treating last night.

At the end of this tune, I want us to repeat the chorus one more time than the sheet music calls for.

In Christianity, Jesus the Christ is considered to be the son of God.

I’ve got Google Chrome set to be my default browser.

I’ve got to study this complex schema a whole lot more in order to try to truly understand it.

What kind of motivational scheme could we come up with to get Rudy to join the football team, since he’d make an awesome linebacker for us?

The “Great Schism” was when the Christian church split into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations.

Honestly, that guy totally creeps me out, because I think that he’s a schizo.

Wouldn’t it be hilarious if some school picked a hamster to be their sports mascot?

The captain of the ship barked out, “Pull up the anchor, and prepare to set sail!”

Every time I buy an orchid, it dies on me within two or three weeks; so much for my having a green thumb.

My older brother is quite a techie, and he wants to be hired by the CIA to help fight off enemy computer hackers.

The professor threw so much incomprehensible techno-babble at us that I fell asleep in the middle of the lecture.

My mom says that the scariest movie she’s ever seen is Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.”

In Greek mythology, Psyche was a beautiful girl who was loved by Eros.

One of the most timeless rock hits ever written is Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s “Takin’ Care Of Business.”

It was a chaotic scene right as the stores opened on the morning of Black Friday.

My great-grandfather had a good career as a chemist.

Let’s open a bottle of Chianti wine to have with dinner.

In Greek mythology, a chimera was a fire-breathing monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail!

Cholera is a very dangerous disease that can lead to death from dehydration and shock.

My good friend Christy is urging me to come try out to be a cheerleader.

“Christine” is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, and it tells the story of a car that’s possessed by malevolent supernatural forces.

Munich, Germany – Bavaria’s capital – is home to centuries-old buildings and numerous museums; the city is known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration and its beer halls, including the famed Hofbräuhaus, founded in 1589.

My family doc found some effective medicine to help calm down my chronic headaches.

An echidna – also called a spiny anteater – might look like a hedgehog to you if you don’t look closely at it.

My lanky cousin looks like how I imagine Washington Irving’s character Ichabod Crane to appear.

The final movement of this piano sonata is a scherzo.

My great uncle was an imminent scholar on Greek history.

The subject of alchemy is an important element of the plot in Goethe’s “Faust.”

My grandmother holds onto using some archaic technologies; for instance, she still uses an old-fashioned typewriter!

In today’s biology class, we studied the properties of lichens.

There was an earthquake in Tokyo last night that measured 5.3 on the Richter scale.

In physics, a tachyon is a hypothetical particle that would travel faster than the speed of light.

Bacchus was the Roman god of wine and revelry.

Before they switched to the Euro, a monetary unit of Greece was called a “drachma.”

I would be very skeptical about anyone who claimed to have powerful psychic abilities.

Their country was in a state of anarchy when the heavily armed rebels marched into the capital city.

My gran still makes this incredible gnocchi from scratch.

I’m studying the biotech industry to see if it might offer a good career path for me.

Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter, and he was also a printmaker in woodcut and engraving.

I’m really psyched up about going to the Taylor Swift concert tomorrow night.

The blood and guts in that horror movie made me sick to my stomach.

Plutarch was an ancient Greek writer, best known for his “Parallel Lives,” a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans.

In 64 BC, the Romans made the city of Antioch the capital of their province of Syria.

If you asked me, I think that they’ve put way too much chlorine in this swimming pool’s water.

The librarian said, “If you want to research this, I can take you to the archives where we have the best information about this topic.”

I think that the cochlear implant was a miraculous invention.

The docent told us about the museum’s newly acquired triptych from the late 1400s.

A good way to start learning music theory is to analyze the Bach Chorales.

In the book of Daniel in the Christian Bible, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship the idol, and they are cast into a fiery furnace, but they come forth unharmed.

Chris Christie ran for the U.S. presidency a number of times, but he never garnered much of a following.

I have an inchoate batch of ideas to use in writing a mystery novel, but I just don’t have the discipline to sit down and actually start writing.

As an element used in making alloy steels, chromium helps with corrosion resistance.

Principal Auerbach gave me a positive job performance review today.

Burt Bacharach’s songs, largely from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, have been performed by over 1,000 different musical artists.

There’s no telling what kinds of chemicals were used on fresh fruits, so I always wash them before I eat them.

I love the poem, “The Night Before Christmas.”

In this software, you can use this feature to eliminate chromatic aberration in your photographs.

We’ve just started to study radioactivity in our chemistry class.

Abraham Lincoln is the archetype for what great leadership is all about.

We talked about the archangel Gabriel in our Bible study last night.

I generally freak out when I see any of the arachnids if they’re close to me.

She thinks that being an architect would be a great career to have.

We watched as the colorful butterfly emerged from its chrysalis.

Did you grow up with a strong matriarch or a strong patriarch in your family?

Under Putin’s reign of terror in Russia, many oligarchs died with unusual deaths, like falling out of windows in tall buildings.

You’ll want to take Melissa very seriously, because she’s the third-highest ranking person in the organization’s hierarchy.

Suzanne got her bachelor’s degree in psychology.

As a citizen of a democratic republic, it astounds me – in today’s world – that monarchies still exist in a number of countries.

I’m probably going against the grain with this opinion, but I’ve always thought that the classic story of Pinocchio is mostly depressing.

Archimedes‘ Screw is a device for raising water that is still used in crop irrigation and sewage treatment plants today, despite the fact that it is an ancient technology from Greek antiquity.

I am particularly fond of that photographer’s monochrome images.

Nebuchadnezzar II succeeded in expanding his new empire and restoring Babylon to its former glory, as this was the first time in a thousand years – since the reign of Hammurabi – that Babylon had risen to dominate Mesopotamia.

That politician is the most brutally Machiavellian operator that I’ve ever seen; you don’t want him to be your enemy, that’s for sure!

Extra credit: in rare cases, the letters “CH” can both be silent!:

The billionaire spent the month of June sailing around the Mediterranean on his gigantic yacht.

I love the bold fuchsia colors in this painting.

… or, you can have cases where the Letter-C is silent, and H makes it’s (roughly) Consonant-H sound:

I admire their audacity, but their chutzpah and sense of priorities scare me.


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