A sample of Blissymbols, the writing system devised by Charles K. Bliss in the 1940's.
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about,
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action,
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addition,
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adult,
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after,
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against,
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ago,
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agreement,
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air,
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airplane,
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all,
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allow,
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along with, in addition to,
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and,
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animal,
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answer,
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arm,
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ask,
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awake,
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baby,
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back,
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backward,
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bad,
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baggage,
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be (inanimated),
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because,
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bed,
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before,
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between,
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bird,
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Blissymbols ("world writing"),
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blood ("life fluid"),
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boat,
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body,
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bone,
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book,
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boy,
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bus,
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but,
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by (means of),
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car,
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cause,
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chain,
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chair,
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child,
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children,
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clock,
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cloth,
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clothing,
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colour,
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come,
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commerce,
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compel,
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conscience,
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considerate,
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container,
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country,
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couple,
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couple (hetero),
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couple (homo),
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cup (glass),
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cup (mug),
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daughter,
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day,
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decision,
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destruction,
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difficult,
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dish,
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disk,
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division,
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doctor ("medicine person"),
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door,
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down, downward,
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drink (n.),
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drink (v.),
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ear,
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eat,
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effect,
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electricity,
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electromagnetism,
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emotion,
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enclosure,
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evaluation,
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event,
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exchange (v.),
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eye,
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face,
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fact,
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far,
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father,
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feel,
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feelings,
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female,
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finger,
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fire,
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fish,
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flag,
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flower,
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food,
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foot,
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for (the purpose of),
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fork,
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forward,
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free ("feeling open"),
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future,
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garden,
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gas,
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get (receive),
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girl,
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give,
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go,
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god,
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good,
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grain,
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grass,
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ground,
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grove ("many trees"),
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hair,
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hair (of head),
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hand,
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happy ("emotion up"),
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have,
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he,
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he or she ("3rd person"),
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head,
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health,
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healthy,
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hear,
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heart,
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help,
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her (adj.),
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high,
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his,
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his or her,
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holy,
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horse,
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hospital ("medicine house"),
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house (building),
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how ("by what action"),
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husband,
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I,
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idea,
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illness,
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in,
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inside,
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interval,
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into,
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it,
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journey,
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kiss,
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knife, sword,
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know,
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knowledge,
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lake ("much water"),
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language,
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large,
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last (previous),
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left,
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legs,
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length,
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less than,
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life,
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light,
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lightning,
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limits,
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line,
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long,
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love,
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low,
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machine,
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making,
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man,
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maybe,
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meaning,
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medicine,
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metaphor,
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mind,
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money,
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month,
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moon,
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more,
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more than,
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morning,
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most,
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mother,
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mountain,
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mouth,
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multiplication,
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muscle,
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note (music),
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my,
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name,
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nature (creation),
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near,
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need (n.),
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need (v.),
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next (future),
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night,
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no!,
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nose,
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now,
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observation,
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on,
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open,
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opinion,
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opposition,
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other,
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our,
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out,
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outside,
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paper (page),
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parent,
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part,
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past,
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pen,
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person,
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place,
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planet,
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plant,
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please! ("intense emotion"),
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pointing,
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positive,
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possession,
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post,
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practice ("repeated work"),
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present,
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protection,
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purpose,
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question,
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quick,
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rain,
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raw material,
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read ("see a page"),
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repetition, copy,
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right,
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ring,
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room,
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sad ("emotion down"),
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same,
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science,
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see,
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self,
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selfish,
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she,
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short,
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sitting,
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sky,
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son,
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sound,
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speak, say,
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spoke, said,
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spoon,
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stairs,
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star,
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steam,
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stone,
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strength,
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strong,
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subtraction,
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success,
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successful,
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sun,
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supernatural,
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table,
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taste,
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teenager,
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that (conj.),
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that (adj.),
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their,
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then (future),
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then (past),
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therefore,
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they,
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thick,
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thin,
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thing,
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think,
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this,
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time,
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to (dative),
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toe,
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tomorrow ("next day"),
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tool,
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tooth,
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towards,
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transport,
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tree,
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understand,
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up, upward,
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use,
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village ("many buildings"),
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wake,
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walk,
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want ("feel fire"),
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war,
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water,
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we,
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week,
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what,
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wheel,
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when ("what time"),
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where,
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which ("what part"),
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who ("what person"),
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why ("what cause"),
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wide,
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wife,
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window,
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wings,
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wish,
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with (the help of),
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woman,
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word ("part of language"),
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work (n.),
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work (v.),
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world,
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write,
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year,
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yes,
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yesterday ("previous day"),
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you, thou,
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your, thy.
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