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pie buy 'crumpled 'crumbled cup cub

pear bear 'rapid 'rabid lap lab
peach beach 'ample 'amble pip bib
park bark 'simple 'symbol pop bob
pet bet 'nipple 'nibble poop boob
pin bin 'stapler 'stabler crap crab
pride bride 'clapper 'clabber step stab
/p/ , /b/

/t/ , /d/
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tie die title tidal heart hard
try dry 'eaten Eden root rude
town down 'sweeten Sweden built build
tip dip 'latter 'ladder white wide
ted dead 'traitor 'trader heat heed
time dime 'bitter 'bidder east eased
train drain 'hurting 'herding greet greed

/k/ , /g/
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cap gap de'cree de'gree dock dog
kill gill re'cane re'gain back bag
cut gut 'bicker 'bigger pick pig
cot god 'picky 'piggy duck dug
Kate gate 'mucky 'muggy buck bug
coast ghost 'plucking 'plugging leak league
class glass pre'clude pre'glued rack rag

/t / , /d/
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chew Jew 'etching 'edging batch badge
chin gin 'lunching 'lunging rich ridge
cheap jeep 'perching 'purging larch large
choke joke 'batches 'badges march marge
cheer jeer 'riches 'ridges watch wodge
chain Jane 'britches 'bridges etch edge
chest jest lunches lunges search serge
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Aleutian Islands a'llusion
Confucian con'fusion
'mesher 'measure
'Asher 'azure
Di'lution de'lusion
ob'lation o'ccasion
'geisha 'Asia

/l/ , /r/
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lace race climb crime mall more
lag rag be'lieve be'reaved file fire
lake rake cloud crowd Paul pour
lamb ram clue crew fall for
lead read 'filing 'firing 'rubble 'rubber
lane rain clown crown fuel 'fewer
lap rap fly fry wall war
law raw 'jelly Jerry tile tire

/w/, /f/, /v/

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wan fan van rowed - roved - calf carve
wet fat vat 'rowing - 'moving - duff dove
wire fire via 'rower - 'rover - safe save
wine fine vine - 'rifle 'rival - leaf leave
wane feign vane - 'safer 'saver - serf serve
wail fail vale - 'wafer 'waiver - fife five
wheel feel veal - re'fuse re'views - off of

/m/, /n/, //
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mom nun - rums runs rungs rum run rung
map nap - 'swimmer - 'swinger dim din ding
me knee - bombs - bongs whim win wing
mode node - 'slimmer - 'slinger some son sung
melt knelt - 'simmer 'sinner 'singer pam pan pang
meet neat - 'brimming - 'bringing clam clan clang
mane name - 'clamor - 'clanger gum gun gung
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thigh thy ether either mouth (n) mouth (v)
thistle this'll cloth clothe
thief these bath bathe
thin the breath breathe
theme them sooth soothe
three there loath loathe
'nothing 'clothing teeth teethe

/s/ , /z/
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sue zoo 'muscle 'muzzle ice eyes
sip zip 'facing 'fazing place plays
sap zap 'racer 'razor rice rise
seal zeal races raises since sins
sing zing prices prizes peace peas
sink zinc busses buzzes cease seize
sewn zone 'lacy 'lazy dose doze

/h/
hit, heap, ham, heart, hot, hall, hurl
hoot, whose, hoist, home, hale, howl, hide, hair, hear,
heard

/j/
you, yes, yam, yarn, young, yeast, year
ewe, use, 'euro, 'Europe, 'eulogy
'euphony, eutha'nasia, 'euphemism