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Pronunciation: The "l" Sound

Minimal Pairs

lay	ray	nay	blue	brew	peel	peer
low	row	no	fly	fry	fall	far
lice	rice	nice	flight	fright	file	fire
lake	rake		play	pray	trial	trier
link	rink		clock	crock	little	litter
laughed	raft		glue	grew	paddle	padder
liver	river		glaze	graze	isle	ire

Challenging Words

lift	bottle	frugal	Lazarus
left	ladel	worldly	nevertheless
lily	cradle	walrus	algorithm
flu	legal	flailing	illegal
blitz	leather	lavender	illustrious
plight	leaflet	alignment	removable
grail	Luther	terminal	religion
mellow	listless	reasonable	aluminum
rally	restless	salamander	flawlessly

In Phrases

leave it alone	lay it on the line	All's fair in love and war
live and let live	a calendar girl	All's well that ends well
little by little	left in the lurch	He who laughs lasts
last but not least	a naval blockade	All the world's a stage
location, location, location	a little later	Arsenic and Old Lace

Dialogue

A: Did you leave the lights on last night?

B: No. Don't look at me like that.

A: But you're always leaving them on.

B: Believe me. I'm not the guilty one.

A: Well, when did you close the blinds?

B: About eleven or twelve

A: Were they still on then?

B: Let's talk about something else.

Oral Reading

Right after I left the library last night, it started raining. I tried to hail a taxi, but it was useless. They were all filled with last-minute shoppers laden with Valentine's Day gifts for their loved ones. It was really a hassle holding an umbrella in one hand and an armload of books in the other. After a while, a nice little old lady rolled down her car window and offered me a ride. Getting in the vehicle, I slipped and fell into a mud puddle, spilling my books all over the road. What a relief it was to finally get home, plop down on the sofa, and relax.