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Recapitulation
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For memory reasons, let us point out abbreviations that go together :
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brother
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brother-in-law
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sister
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sister-in-law
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daughter
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daughter-in-law
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son
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son in law
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father
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father-in-law
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mother
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mother-in-law
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child
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children
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grandfather
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grandmother
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grandson
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grandaughter
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grandchild
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grandchildren
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Sometimes I have to inverse the letters of the word, to make an abbreviation :
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| access |
cc-a
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| activate |
v-a
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| appear |
pp-a
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| around |
ou-a
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| arrow |
rr-a
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arrows |
rr-as
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| astonish |
sh-a
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| attache |
tt-a
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| better |
tt-b
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| clean |
ea-c
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| colour |
ou-c
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| contact |
tt-c
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| correct |
rr-c
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| deal |
ea-d
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| desktop |
es-d
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| discuss |
ss-d
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| download |
oa-d
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| effort |
ff-e
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efforts |
ff-es
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| fellow |
ll-f
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| happen |
pp-h
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| hundred |
dd-h
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| hurry |
rr-h
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| least |
ea-l
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| light |
gh-l
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| little |
tt-l
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| many |
y-m
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| middle |
dd-m
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| misspell |
ss-m
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| mouse |
ou-m
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| narrow |
rr-n
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| newspaper |
pp-n
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| nonsense |
ss-n
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| occur |
cc-o
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| odd |
dd-o
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| off |
ff-o
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| plenty |
y-p
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| preserve |
v-p
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| promise |
om-m
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| protect |
tt-p
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| recognise |
n-re
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| retreat |
tt-r
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| rubber |
bb-r
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| scan |
an-s
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| school |
ch-s
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| search |
ea-s
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| show |
o-sh
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| simplify |
im-s
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| small |
ll-s
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| sorry |
rr-s
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| stiffen |
ff-s
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| strong |
on-s
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| succeed |
cc-s
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| sudden |
dd-s
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| summer |
mm-s
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| upload |
oa-u
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| wealth |
ea-w
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| wedding |
dd-w
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| winter |
er-w
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| within |
th-w
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| without |
ou-w
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| wonder |
on-w
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Sometimes an abbreviation is made of the first letters of the word :
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| accept |
a-c
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| address |
a-d
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| amaze |
am-a
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| annoy |
an-n
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| another |
an-o
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| arrive |
a-r
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| author |
au-th
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| avoid |
a-v
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| bad |
b-a
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| bed |
b-e
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| benefit |
b-en
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| best |
b-es
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| bit |
b-i
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| blue |
b-l
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| book |
b-oo
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| boy |
b-o
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| chance |
ch-an
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| charge |
ch-a
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| child |
ch-i
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| connect |
c-on
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| cost |
c-o
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| cut |
c-u
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| date |
d-a
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| delete |
d-e
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| describe |
d-es
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| disappoint |
d-is
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| disk |
d-i
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| door |
d-oo
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| editor |
e-d-it
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| employ |
em-p
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| encourage |
en-c
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| England |
en-g
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| enjoy |
en-j
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| enter |
en-t
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| error |
er-r
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| escape |
es-c
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| every |
e-v
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| expect |
e-x
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| eye |
e-y
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eyes |
es-y
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| fact |
f-a
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| familiar |
f-am
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| fast |
f-as
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| feature |
f-ea-t
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| few |
f-e
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| file |
f-i
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| finger |
f-in
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| flat |
f-l
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| full |
f-u
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| gold |
g-o
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| good |
g-oo
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| green |
g-re
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| guest |
g-u
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| hand |
h-an
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| hard |
h-a
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| heart |
h-e
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| hide |
h-i
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| hold |
h-o
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| icon |
i-c
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| idea |
i-d
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| important |
im-p
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| inform |
in-f
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| inquire |
in-q
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| inside |
in-s
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| invite |
in-v
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| inward |
in-w
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| key |
k-e
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keys |
k-es
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| kind |
k-in
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| kiss |
k-i
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| last |
l-a
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| lesson |
l-es
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| list |
l-i
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| log |
l-o
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| long |
l-on
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| luck |
l-u
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| maintain |
m-a
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| manage |
m-an
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| matter |
m-at
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| menu |
m-e
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| message |
m-es
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| mine |
m-i
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| minimum |
m-in
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| mistake |
m-is
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| modify |
m-o
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| money |
m-on
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| name |
n-a
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| new |
n-e
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news |
n-es
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| nurse |
n-u
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| obtain |
o-b
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| occupy |
o-c
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| o'clock |
o-ck
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| online |
on-l
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| open |
o-p
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| other |
o-th
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| owe |
o-w
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| Paris |
p-a
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| piece |
p-i
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| please |
p-l
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| point |
p-o
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| present |
p-re
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| rare |
r-a
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| realise |
re-a
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| recover |
re-c
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| reflect |
re-f
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| register |
re-g
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| reject |
re-j
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| release |
re-l
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| remember |
re-m
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| renounce |
re-n
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| replace |
re-p
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| request |
re-q
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| restart |
re-s
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| return |
re-t
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| room |
r-oo
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| rude |
r-u
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| short |
sh-o
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| some |
s-o
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| soon |
s-oo
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| square |
s-q
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| switch |
s-w
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| taste |
t-as
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| teach |
t-e
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| test |
t-es
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| these |
th-e
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| those |
th-o
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| thus |
th-u
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| tongue |
t-on
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| umbrella |
um-b
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| uncle |
un-c
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| under |
un-d
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| unhappy |
un-h
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| unjust |
un-j
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| unknown |
un-k
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| unlike |
un-l
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| until |
un-t
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| unworth |
un-w
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| view |
v-i
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| visit |
v-is
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| vital |
v-it
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| wait |
w-a
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| waste |
w-as
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| week |
w-ee
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Sometimes an abbreviation is made with the last letters of the word, but only if these last letters are yellow keys of my writing panel :
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| across |
a-ss
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| admit |
a-it
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| after |
a-er
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| agree |
a-ee
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| anywhere |
an-re
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| approach |
a-ch
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| block |
b-ck
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| bore |
b-re
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| branch |
b-ch
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| brother |
b-er
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| button |
b-on
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| cannot |
c-not
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| care |
c-re
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| catch |
c-ch
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| chapter |
ch-er
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| check |
ch-ck
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| computer |
c-er
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| cross |
c--ss
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| darken |
d-en
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| daughter |
d-er
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| deliver |
dd-er
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| earth |
ea-th
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| easier |
ea-er
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| edit |
e-it
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| English |
en-sh
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| establish |
es-sh
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| even |
e-en
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| ever |
e-er
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| father |
f-er
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| French |
f-ch
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| fresh |
f-sh
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| glass |
g-ss
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| grandaughter |
g-d-er
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| grandchildren |
g-en
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| grandfather |
g-f-er
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| grandmother |
g-m-er
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| grandson |
g-s-on
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| health |
h-th
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| here |
h-re
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| impress |
im-ss
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| internet |
i-et
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| knee |
k-ee
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| knock |
k-ck
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| later |
l-er
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| launch |
l-ch
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| length |
l-th
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| login |
l-in
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| mention |
m-tion
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| miss |
m-ss
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| month |
m-th
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| more |
m-re
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| mother |
m-er
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| much |
m-ch
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| neither |
n-er
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| often |
o-en
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| order |
o-er
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| origin |
o-in
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| path |
p-th
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| physician |
ph-an
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| press |
p-ss
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| pull |
p-ll
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| push |
p-sh
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| quarter |
qu-er
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| quick |
qu-ck
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| quiet |
qu-et
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| reach |
r-ch
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| reason |
r-on
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| recall |
re-ll
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| retire |
re-re
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| sell |
e-ll
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| shall |
sh-ll
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| shoulder |
sh-er
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| side |
s-ed
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| spell |
s-ll
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| strength |
s-th
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| success |
s-ss
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| such |
s-ch
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| sure |
s-re
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| there |
th-re
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| tick |
t-ck
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| tighten |
tt-en
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| till |
t-ll
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| tired |
t-ed
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| touch |
t-ch
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| touch |
t-ch
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| transfer |
t-er
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| trash |
t-sh
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| upon |
u-on
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| upset |
u-et
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| vanish |
v-sh
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| wash |
w-sh
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| watch |
w-ch
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| weather |
w-er
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| well |
w-ll
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| were |
w-re
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| where |
wh-re
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| whereas |
wh-as
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| wherever |
wh-er
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| worth |
w-th
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For words ending by “ght” or “gh”, I try to end the abbreviation by an “h” :
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| bright |
b-h
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| delight |
d-h
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| enough |
en-h
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| fight |
f-h
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| high |
h-h
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| laugh |
l-h
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| midnight |
m-n-h
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| might |
m-h
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| night |
n-h
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| right |
r-h
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| through |
th-h
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| tight |
t-g
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| to-night |
t-n-h
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Personal pronouns and words ending by “al” :
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| herself |
er-s
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| himself |
x-s
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| itself |
i-l
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| myself |
m-s
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| ourself |
ou-l
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| ourselves |
ou-v
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| themselves |
th-s
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| yourself |
y-s
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| additional |
a-d-on
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| alphabetical |
a-ph-b
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| horizontal |
h-r-z
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| occasional |
o-cc-s
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| official |
o-ff-c
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| original |
o-r-g
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| personal |
p-s-n
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| physical |
ph-s-c
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| vertical |
v-t-c
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| virtual |
v-t-a
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| manual |
m-n-a
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| internal |
i-t-n
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Negatives :
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cannot
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could
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could not
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did
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did not
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should
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should not
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will
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will not
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would
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would not
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When I cannot find a normal abbreviation, I take double letters of my writing panel :
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| above |
bb-a
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| big |
bb-g
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| bigger |
bb-er
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| biggest |
bb-es
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| brown |
bb-n
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| consider |
cc-d
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| consult |
cc-u
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| contain |
cc-on
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| deliver |
dd-er
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| develop |
dd-l
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| digitize |
dd-g
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| disconnect |
dd-c
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| discover |
dd-v
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| distribute |
dd-t
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| disturb |
dd-b
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| dry |
dd-y
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| fairly |
ff-ly
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| fetch |
ff-ch
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| lot |
ll-o
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| manner |
mm-er
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| mode |
mm-d
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| note |
nn-t
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| paralyse |
pp-y
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| paralysed |
pp-ed
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| participate |
pp-c
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| permit |
pp-m
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| prevent |
pp-v
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| prove |
pp-o
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| rapid |
rr-p
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| row |
rr-o
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| satisfy |
ss-t
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| setting |
tt-in
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| simple |
ss-p
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| sort |
tt-s
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| space |
ss-c
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| station |
t-tion
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| steal |
ss-l
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| stick |
ss-k
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| strange |
ss-an
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| suffer |
ss-f
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| suggest |
ss-g
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| support |
ss-o
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| surprise |
ss-u
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| survey |
ss-r
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| swallow |
ss-ll
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| swear |
ss-a
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| swim |
ss-w
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| swing |
ss-in
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| SwitchXS |
ss-x
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| system |
ss-y
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| transport |
tt-o
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| twist |
tt-w
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Other exceptions :
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| don't |
d-'
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| overcame |
o-am
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| overcome |
oo-m
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| reverse |
v-er
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| sell |
e-ll
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| side |
s-ed
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| slow |
oo-s
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| suffocate |
ff-c
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| wipe |
pp-w
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| withdraw |
th-d
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| won't |
w-'
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Note : these abbreviations do not pretend to be exhaustive, they are an example of what can be done, they can be modified and are not to be taken as such ; for memory reasons, it is recommended to introduce your own abbreviations.
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