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Daily wordsSaturday 12 September

The U after Q that stays silent

You get to the estate sale twenty minutes early, and the line already stretches past the croquet lawn.

  • queue/kjuː/
  • antique/ænˈtiːk/
  • unique/juːˈniːk/
  • opaque/oʊˈpeɪk/
  • plaque/plæk/
  • technique/tekˈniːk/
  • bouquet/buːˈkeɪ/
  • croquet/kroʊˈkeɪ/
  • mosquito/məˈskiːtoʊ/
  • conquer/ˈkɑːŋkər/
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