Definitions
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- interj. The sound of a grunt or groan or cough
Etymologies
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Examples
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Take these five words that all end in "ough." bough rhymes with cow cough rhymes with off rough rhymes with puff though rhymes with slow through rhymes with boo
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When my students would comment (as they always did) about the difficulties of French pronunciation I would then write all the "ough" English words on the board - cough, through, though, bough, enough, etc.
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When my students would comment as they always did about the difficulties of French pronunciation I would then write all the "ough" English words on the board - cough, through, though, bough, enough, etc.
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Of course, we have to agree on a way to pronounce "ough"...
Kaplin's Simplifiid Speling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Whereas in English, the same combination can give you a variety of renderings 'ough'= 'uf','o', 'oo', 'af', etc.
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We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough," We at first suspected him of some treacherous plot; but there was such an air of candor and earnestness in the communication he now made, that we threw aside all suspicion and confided in him.
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How does that gell with the infamous "ough" words.
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The letter combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways, which can be heard in this sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
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"ough" have often been referred to, and are clearly set forth in the verses in which Mr. C.B. Loomis has sought to represent a French learner's experiences -- and the same time to show the criminal impulses which these irregularities arouse in the pupil.
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About 75 demonstrators crowded onto a snowy sidewalk in New York City's bor ough of Queens, some wearing Egyptian flags on their backs, hoisted signs and chanted messages in both Arabic and in English.
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