syllable
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Syllable by syllable, each actor may well be speaking authentic Philadelphian, but strung together all the accents become inconsistent, hard to understand and silly.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2014
Syllable by syllable, it transported me back to the city where I spent my 20s and developed a perverse love for the broad “a” and the tough-sounding transmutation of “the” into “duh.”
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2013
And it is a fault to make The and the first Syllable of the following word two distinct Syllables, as in this, Refrain'd a while by the unwelcome Night.Wall.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
We go through Tichborne without missing a Syllable, and, when Tichborne is not long enough, we take to Lothair! which has entertained me well.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II by Wright, William Aldis
In these Verses the Pause ought to be at the 6th Syllable, as may be seen in the foregoing Examples.
From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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