No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard,
Or keeps the end from being hard.
ROBERT FROST
3.9 barf, calf, chaff, graph, half, laugh, quaff, scarf, Scarfe, staff, strafe, * carafe, behalf, giraffe, Clontarf, * flagstaff, Metcalfe, headscarf, distaff, tipstaff, pikestaff, digraph, Falstaff, mooncalf, * tachograph, Van de Graaff, barograph, paragraph, shadowgraph, Cenotaph, stenograph, epitaph, epigraph, telegraph, Dictograph®, pictograph, lithograph, spirograph, micrograph, seismograph, Chinagraph®, logograph, holograph, homograph, chronograph, monograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, autograph, photograph, phonograph, * cardiograph, radiograph, ideograph, Mimeograph®, choreograph, * encephalograph
3.10 aft, barfed, chaffed, craft, daft, draft, draught, graft, haft, Kraft, laughed, quaffed, raft, shaft, staffed, waft, * abaft, unstaffed, redraft, engraft, * handcraft, crankshaft, camshaft, aircraft, statecraft, spacecraft, stagecraft, fieldcraft, priestcraft, lift shaft, kingcraft, witchcraft, drive shaft, mine shaft, swordcraft, downdraught, updraught, woodcraft, bushcraft, * handicraft, needlecraft, hovercraft, watercraft, overstaffed, photographed, overdraft, understaffed, Wollstonecraft
3.11 blague, Prague, * Camargue, Den Haag, * Reichstag, * Bundestag
3.12 barge, charge, hajj, large, marg, marge, raj, sarge, Taj, targe, * the Raj, recharge, enlarge, in charge, discharge, * surcharge, discharge, * turbocharge, countercharge, overlarge, overcharge, undercharge, supercharge
3.13 plage, raj, * the Raj, ménage, sondage, frottage, potage, montage, collage, corsage, * barrage, garage, massage, dressage, mirage, triage, * badinage, cabotage, sabotage, camouflage, arbitrage, décolletage, decoupage, reportage, persiflage, bricolage, bon voyage, entourage, curettage, fuselage, * espionage, photomontage, * counterespionage
3.14 Arles, Baal, Basle, Carl, Dahl, dhal, gnarl, Karl, kraal, marl, snarl, toile, * Natal, corral, morale, Jamal, Kemal, banal, unsnarl, timbale, halal, Chantal, Vidal, chorale, Bhopal, locale, * Transvaal, Stendahl, mistral, * femme fatale, pastorale, Albemarle, rationale, Parsifal, Taj Mahal, Heyerdahl, Emmenthal, Provençal, Provençale, * Neanderthal, Massif Central, Escorial, * Internationale, succès de scandale, entente cordiale
3.15 Arles, Charles, Karl’s, snarls, etc.
3.16 arm, balm, barm, calm, charm, farm, Guam, harm, ma’am, palm, psalm, qualm, smarm, * madame, alarm, salaam, unarm, rearm, embalm, becalm, imam, disarm, forearm, * yardarm, gendarme, napalm, wind farm, Islam, firearm, forearm, schoolmarm, * Notre Dame, overarm, underarm, * Dar es Salaam, Omar Khayyám
3.17 armed, calmed, charmed, farmed, harmed, * unarmed, unharmed, alarmed, rearmed, embalmed, becalmed, disarmed, forearmed
3.18 alms, arms, Brahms, farms, Glamis, palms, Psalms, qualms, * alarms, salaams, rearms, embalms, becalms, * gendarmes, wind farms, firearms, etc.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war’s alarms:
But a canon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms!
THOMAS HOOD
3.19 Arne, barn, darn, Hahn, Juan, khan, Khan, Marne, naan, Sian, tarn, yarn, * Pathan, pavane, Amman, McMahon, Hassan, Kazan, Aswan, Antoine, Tehran, élan, Vientiane, Tzigane, Iran, Gibran, Sichuan, Dayan, Taiwan, Koran, Don Juan, Osman, Oran, Oman, Qumran, Cwmbran, lucarne, Sudan, Bhutan, * astrakhan, Astrakhan, Abadan, Ramadan, Karajan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Dagestan, macedoine, Abidjan, Bantustan, Aga Khan, Rajasthan, Shah Jahan, Genghis Khan, Turkestan, Kyrgyzstan, Kurdistan, Isfahan, Christiaan, Lindisfarne, Hindustan, t’ai chi ch’uan, Omdurman, autobahn, Yucatán, Suleiman, Kublai Khan, * Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Baluchistan
3.20 blanch, Blanche, branch, ranch, stanch, tranche, * carte blanche, * avalanche
3.21 darned, * command, demand, remand, * reprimand, countermand
3.22 chance, dance, France, glance, lance, prance, stance, trance, Vance, aunts, chants, grants, plants, * askance, Provence, advance, perchance, enhance, entrance, mischance, faïence, * seance, freelance, off-chance, mumchance, nuance, * happenstance, ambience, Afrikaans, renaissance, Renaissance, circumstance, contredanse, * par excellence, * pièce de résistance
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
W. B. YEATS
3.23 aren’t, aunt, can’t, chant, grant, Grant, Nantes, plant, shan’t, slant, * supplant, aslant, transplant, détente, replant, implant, enchant, * transplant, ashplant, plainchant, eggplant, implant, house plant, * debutante, disenchant, commandant, confidante
3.24 Barnes, barns, darns, naans, Sian’s, tarns, yarns, * Afrikaans, Genghis Khan’s, etc.
3.25 Arp, carp, harp, scarp, sharp, Sharpe, tarp, * cardsharp, * razor-sharp, Polycarp
3.26 arse, baas, brass, class, farce, glass, grass, Mass, pass, sparse, * surpass, Madras, stained glass, third-class, first-class, volte-face, outclass, * impasse, smartarse, bypass, eyeglass, spyglass, wineglass, Snodgrass, knotgrass, hourglass, subclass, bluegrass, goosegrass, * gravitas, Stallybrass, galloglass, sparrowgrass, masterclass, second-class, Plexiglas®, working-class, middle-class, Khyber Pass, fibreglass, isinglass, overpass, underpass, upper-class, underclass, superclass, supergrass, coup de grâce, * snake in the grass
3.27 ask, bask, basque, Basque, cask, casque, flask, mask, masque, task, * unmask, * Monégasque, overtask, multitask
The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask.
JOHN KEBLE
3.28 asked, basked, masked, * unmasked, unasked, etc.
3.29 clasp, gasp, grasp, hasp, rasp, * unclasp
3.30 arsed, blast, cast, caste, classed, fast, grassed, karst, last, mast, passed, past, vast, * surpassed, aghast, avast, contrast, half-mast, recast, repast, miscast, dismast, outclassed, outlast, * rat-arsed, sandblast, mainmast, webcast, steadfast, Belfast, wormcast, precast, bypassed, flypast, typecast, contrast, topmast, forecast, broadcast, sportscast, foremast, outcast, downcast, stonecast, holdfast, roughcast, Buckfast, newscast, * flabbergast, narrowcast, hard and fast, Prendergast, telecast, simulcast, mizzenmast, Gormenghast, counterblast, overcast, opencast, unsurpassed, colourfast, * Elastoplast®
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