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Chapter 6
We Watched the Rhythms Skirt First
Track 6.1
blue cloud plain problem train brought plaster frequent station crazy
Track 6.2
courts watched asked fields wings west warned booked worked piled judge difficult edge
Track 6.3
I asked him to come on the fieldtrip.
Track 6.4
/nd/ hand, land, manned
/nθ/ tenth, month, seventh
/ndÊ’/ mange, strange, singe
/Å‹k/ drink, mink, link
/sk/ ask, flask, task
/ft/ rift, lift, gift
/lv/ shelve, delve
/lθ/ health, wealth
/ldÊ’/ indulge, bulge
/rʃ/ marsh, harsh
/rdÊ’/ large, Marge, barge
/rl/ whirl, curl, girl
/pt/ apt, trapped, mapped
/ps/ lapse, traps, tips
/kt/ tract, lacked, act
/ks/ tax, ax, attacks
Track 6.5
/fθ/ fifth
/kst/ text, next, mixed
/ksθ/ sixth
/kts/ acts, retracts, attracts
/nst/ fenced, against, tensed
/rlz/ curls, barrels, Charles
/rθs/ fourths
/nθs/ months
/sps/ wasps, asps, grasps
/sts/ insists, mists, fists
/sks/ asks, whisks
Track 6.6
/ksts/ texts
/mpst/ glimpsed
/ltst/ waltzed
/fθs/ fifths
Track 6.7
There are 5 pancakes on the plate.
The animals walked in twos and fours.
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She has been waiting all day.
They played an extra 15 minutes.
My sister always breaks her classes.
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He finished the race in fifth place.
This is the ninth time he has been late!
Her birthday is on the sixth of May.
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Patrick's dog loves to run.
Matt's friends prepared a birthday party.
Our favorite dishes are Jack's.
Ed's car is very slow.
The teacher puts the books on the shelf.
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Track 6.8
hell > help > helped
ball > bald > balds
bell > belch > belched
ten > tent > tenth > tenths
stray > strain > strange
ma > mass > mast > masts
Judd > Judd's > judge > judged
fill > film > films
ca > cas > cast > casts
swi > swit > switch > switched
tie > type > typed
we > west > wests
tri > trick > Trix > Trix's
Track 6.9
the west wing of the White House
the faint sounds of the swaying masts
aft of the vessel's decks
they only received a seventeenth of the broadcasts sent
the fullest basketballs risk exploding
she puts the sixth mild sedative afterwards
Washington's forces didn't faint against the odds
Jack's redemption happens in the fourth act
Track 6.10
asked
stamp
clasps
swamp
must
discards
unkempt
tract
result
worlds
smirk
correct
asps
kinds
Track 6.10
asked
stamp
clasps
swamp
must
discards
unkempt
tract
result
worlds
smirk
correct
asps
kinds
Track 6.11
Hold my hand.
My mother always told me to act nice with other people.
Health and wealth go hand in hand.
Ask her, I don’t know!
My birthday is on the Fifth of December.
Jack's dog isn’t very friendly.
They told me not to go.
The teacher asked me to answer the question.
The cowboy had a fist full of dynamite.
The nest was full of wasps!
We wanted to watch three films.
Matt's cat is always grumpy.
The bird had injured both wings in the accident.
The manager makes a lot of decisions everyday.
The chemist measured three-forths of a cup.
My favorite action film is Fast and Furious.
Track 6.12
field dryness → field dry → field dr → field
watched television → watched tele → watched te → watched
packed ten pounds → packed ten pou → packed ten → packed
judged twice → judged twi → judged
clasp properly → clasp proper → clasp pr → clasp
Track 6.12
ass → ask → asked what → watch → watched
te → ten → tenth → tenths
sane → saint → saints
tech → techs → text → texts
clen → cleanse → cleansed
bran → brand → brands
lat → latch → latched → latchedness
can → can’t → cants → cantst (as in “I can’t stand that song!”)
cla → clam → clamp → clamped
contem → contemp → contempt → contempts
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