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beginning with voiced bilabial nasal---- / m /
001---------mp (final) -------bump, camp, hemp, limp, lump, ramp
| bump | I knew I'd bump into him sooner or later. | |
| camp | There's been an outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease in a Butlin's Holiday Camp. | |
| hemp | They were woven from hemp and embroidered with wool. | |
| limp | The memory seemed to worsen her limp; her hip knocked his as they walked. | |
| ramp | They drove up the ramp from the underground car park at Scotland Yard. |
002---------mps (final) ----- amps, camps, lamps, lumps, mumps, trumps
| amps | Divide the watts by the volts to calculate the amps. | |
| lamps | We turned our bedside lamps on. | |
| lumps | She had two enormous lumps on her head. | |
| trumps | Two rounds of trumps can be drawn with the Ace and King. |
003---------mf (final) -------lymph, nymph
| lymph | The characteristic swelling of the lymph glands between the lower jaw often take several days to develop. | |
| lymph | It causes a flu-like illness with high fever and swollen lymph nodes. | |
| nymph | Usually they were portraits; occasionally, the whole body of a naked nymph. | |
| nymph | Iris was most often depicted as a NYMPH with golden, winged sandals and a herald's staff. |
004---------mft (final) ------triumphed
| triumphed | The head had triumphed over the heart. | |
| triumphed | Manchester United triumphed 2-;1 against Chelsea after being a goal down. | |
| triumphed | In the end technology triumphed over brute strength. | |
| triumphed | This mirrored the belief that medical science had not only triumphed over disease and illness in the past but would continue to do so in future. |
005---------mfs (final) ------nymphs
| nymphs | Stone nymphs make an interesting centrepiece. | |
| nymphs | What have naked nymphs to do with mortal expectations? | |
| nymphs | If we enjoy sex we're nymphs and if we don't we're frigid. | |
| nymphs | Nymphs, gnomes and salamanders |
006---------mt (final) -------camped, dreamt revamped, lumped
| camped | We camped on an island of palm trees. | |
| dreamt | I never dreamt we'd reach a place like this. | |
| dreamt | I got very drunk, and dreamt that I understood Walt Disney. | |
| revamped | Crumbling schools could be revamped and new equipment provided with £4 billion. | |
| lumped | All the countries of the South cannot be lumped together if the processes which affect education are to be understood. |
007---------mt (medial) ------empty, temptation
| empty | Her head was ringing like an empty glass. | |
| empty | If you empty a rubbish bin onto the ground, it doesn't mean the rubbish will disappear. | |
| temptation | Don't put opportunity and temptation in the way of thieves. | |
| temptation | Resist the temptation to light up, especially in the mornings. |
008---------mtr (medial) -----temptress
| temptress | Eve the temptress, created by a male deity, was formed from the rib of Adam. | |
| temptress | Why had she behaved like a temptress in a fifties movie? | |
| temptress | That is the mouth of a temptress, a seductress. | |
| temptress | The idealized goddess and the erotic temptress were realized in the persons of different women. |
009---------mts (final) -------tempts
| tempts | The Devil tempts all God's creatures so as to keep goodness out of the world. | |
| tempts | If an estate car tempts you, it could pay to choose one with the option of an extra row of seats. | |
| tempts | If something which we know is wrong tempts us, then we must make every effort to avoid it, by putting our energy to better use. | |
| tempts | If, however, you have started at the Bar, there is no reason why you should not apply for any local government post that tempts you. |
010---------md (final) -------aimed, assumed, formed, roamed, shamed
| aimed | Each collection is aimed at a very specific market. | |
| assumed | In many academic disciplines no prior knowledge is required or assumed. | |
| formed | The company is now formed and trading can commence. | |
| roamed | In North America the mighty bison once roamed in tens of millions. | |
| shamed | Wife's family speak out as shamed Cabinet Minister resigns at last. | |
| seemed | He seemed guilty enough to me.------* note the rules for deletion of / d / |
011---------mst (final) ------glimpsed
| glimpsed | With his naked eye Joseph had glimpsed only a faint smudge of coastline. | |
| glimpsed | She glimpsed him through the glass walls of his studio as she walked past. | |
| glimpsed | Further along the grassy track, half hidden behind trees, a church roof can be glimpsed. | |
| glimpsed | Her well-modelled shoulders could be glimpsed through her muslin dress. |
012---------mz (final) -------comes, terms, times
| comes | See what he says when he comes in. | |
| terms | It is divided into three 10-week terms a year. | |
| terms | We have got to make sure that those people who are nominated or delegated within the terms of the contract, are people who have the knowledge and experience. | |
| terms | They failed to agree terms, so no contract was signed. | |
| terms | Define you terms at the beginning of your essay. | |
| times | Calls are charged at 36p min. off peak and 48p at all other times. |
| / m / | / p / | / b / | / f / | / v / | / θ / | / ð / | / n / | / t / | / d / | |||
| / s / | / z / | / l / | / ʧ / | / ʤ / | / ʃ / | / ʒ / | / ŋ / | / k / | / g / | |||
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/ *mp / (final) -------amp bump camp champ chomp chump clamp cramp damp dump grump hemp hump imp jump kemp lamp limp lump pimp plump pomp pump ramp romp rump scamp scrimp slump stamp swamp thump tramp trump vamp.
/ *mf / (final) -------bumph humph lymph nymph triumph.
/ *mt / (final) -------dreamt.
/ *md / (final) -------affirmed aimed alarmed armed ashamed assumed beamed blamed boomed bloomed brimmed bummed calmed charmed chimed claimed condemned creamed dammed damned deemed dimmed doomed dreamed drummed esteemed exclaimed exhumed famed farmed fathomed filmed firmed flamed formed framed fumed gamed gleamed groomed gummed harmed hemmed informed jammed loomed maimed mimed named performed perfumed primed reclaimed redeemed resumed rhymed roamed screamed seemed shamed slimmed steamed swarmed tamed teemed termed timed transformed trimmed vacuumed warmed welcomed wormed zoomed.
/ *mz / (final) -------Note that voiced / m / is followed by voiced / z / accustoms affirms aims alarms albums anagrams anthems arms baptisms bedrooms booms bosoms bridegrooms brooms bums calms charms chasms chums claims clams colloquialisms condoms confirms conforms crams creams criticisms customs dams deems deforms diagrams dims esteems exams farms fathoms films foams forms freedoms gems germs gleams grams grooms gums gyms hems hums informs intercoms items jams kingdoms kissagrams looms logjams maims maxims minims modems museums mushrooms muslims norms orgasms palms performs pilgrims plums poems prams psalms qualms rams realms reams referendums rhythms roams rooms screams seams seems slams slims slums spasms steams stems storms streams strums sums swarms swims systems teams teems terms telegrams theorems trams trims uniforms vacuums victims warms worms zooms.
False Friends
* Note the deletion of / d / in "seemed guilty" / ˈsi:m(d) ˈgɪltɪ /, when preceding consonant sound is also voiced and following consonant sound is any other than / h /.
The "n" following the "m" is silent in "damned" / ˈdæmd / and "condemned" / kənˈdemd /.
The letter "p" is silent in "empty", "tempt", "tempts", "temptress", and "temptation".
The letter "p" is often omitted in "glimpse", "glimpses" and "glimpsed".