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PETERSON MEANING PHRASES PAIRED PHRASES, ALPHABET PHRASESby, Carl H. Peterson Copyright 2003 1. Paired Phrases 2. Learn the alphabet with names of animals, birds, fish and countries 3. Learn the alphabet with capitals of the United States of Canadian Provinces of the World 4. Learn the alphabet with currencies Paired Phrases merciful mercy correct answer right answer bad answer Advocate for reciprocity. self-interest self-preservation greedy person sharing person Obey the law. law and order Don't disobey. Give up now. Give everything. Give all. Give a little. Give a lot. Give me food. 2 Top Back to Literacy Free Relax the rules. Give way. giving help giving love give consideration fear of punishment fear of fines fear of pain fear of dying poor appetite good appetite instinct for survival reciprocal killing Stop this. Don't hurt them. natural development self-preservation Make the moves to protect yourself. the right to learn the right to teach the right to earn the right to give back relentless warfare unjust law Pay the bill. Pay the rent. Pay your dues. Pay me now. 3 Top Back to Literacy Free paid up paid me paid on time Pay on time. Enroll in school. immunization laws immune system Laws are needed. bear witness bearing wall bareback born free born American born yesterday Back down or defend your honor. serve the king serve the turkey serve the nation serve the party I am helping. I will help. I will comply. You can help. ten commandments ten rules Don't be a nuisance. If it's convenient. run over here run around 4 Top Back to Literacy Free Are you good for nothing? A man's word is his bond. Break the contract. Too weak to hold. Fear of need fear of pain. break up Break the law. broke my cup broke my window broke my leg more practical more likely Make a budget. Make a pact. Make an agreement. Make a law. Make a profit. unjust law unjust rule performance of contract state of war state of emergency take an oath swear on Bible 5 Top Back to Literacy Free Stop swearing. Stop here. Stop drinking. Stop hitting. stop sign Stop that. Stop eating. Give me liberty or give me death. Elect a mayor. The majority rules. Golden Rule called to the colors in my heart in my eyes in my head I believe you. Believe me. -------------- USEFUL PHRASES PARALLEL PHRASES Say it softly. speak softly speak quietly whisper how it looks how it appears 6 Top Back to Literacy Free Write the word. Write the term. Do it again. Repeat it. Close your book. Shut your book. in each sentence in all sentences in every sentence your book your text your manual check spelling examine spelling inspect spelling correct spelling study each word study the sentence use your book utilize your book follow the rules by the book Take a test. Take an examination. Take a quiz. Do a review. Listen carefully. Listen with care. good to eat healthy food 7 Top Back to Literacy Free delicious food Safe to eat. full bowl full container tureen full brimming dish red apples crimson apples cardinal apples scarlet apples pumpkin face jack-o-lantern dog mask my disguise hear the wind howl hear the wind hear them sing hear them vocalize hear them croon they talk they blab they chatter they speak in the corner in the alcove in the niche in the nook the first thing initial event a paper bag a paper sack 8 Top Back to Literacy Free to each mother to all mothers to each child to every child punch holes poke holes cut out holes clip holes funny face hilarious face comical face over your head beyond understanding the directions the instructions the explanation the moon lunar surface empty house unoccupied house vacant house abandoned house bare trees leafless trees barren trees write a poem compose a poem draft a sonnet treasure hunt game of hidden clues around the yard about the yard around the grounds 9 Top Back to Literacy Free under a bush beneath a shrub to the country to the rural areas two baby pigs two piglets two little lambs pair of lambs on the farm on the ranch on the spread on the plantation here and there several places left it there abandoned it there telling and writing speaking and writing reading a story reading a tale shade of a tree shadow of a tree through the woods through the forest through the fields through the wheat through the corn ate lunch consumed lunch devoured lunch was hungry by the brook beside the brook 10 Top Back to Literacy Free along the brook in the water watching for birds looking for birds walked noiselessly walked very quietly around the trunk circling the trunk long shadow long penumbra fell asleep dozed off Don't move. Don't change position. hind legs back legs up and down all around in the air in the atmosphere stood still stood noiseless stood quietly stood silently peeped out looked out glanced out he disappeared he vanished he departed he left babbling brook 11 Top Back to Literacy Free gurgling brook little stream little creek small brook sniffed a flower smelled a flower smelled a rose smelled a bloom smelled a blossom smell a flower on Monday morning on Monday forenoon one summer day a June day a July day an August day in a zoo zoological garden swung by their tails swayed by their tails last summer the past summer under a rosebush beneath a rose tree top of apex of climb a tree clamber up see them perceive them behold them notice them 12 Top Back to Literacy Free observe them watch them over the brook above the brook in her yard on her lawn tell your story tell your legend tell a story tell a tale tell one thing relate one thing describe one thing on a visit on a vacation lion's cage lion's compound one spring day one March day one April day one May day my father and I my dad and I my mother and I my mom and I my brother and I my sibling and I my sister and I my sibling and I my friend and I my pal and I 13 Top Back to Literacy Free dressed our dolls clothed our dolls with my dog with my pup with my puppy with my hound took a ride grabbed a ride cooked supper prepared supper went camping went on a bivouac climb a hill climb a knoll I went to I proceeded to glasses were lost were misplaced rode a bus went by bus searching for food look for victuals look for edibles busy mother active mother a few weeks old a newborn the corn field in the crops time to go home time to leave 14 Top Back to Literacy Free hollow tree hollow oak dark of the moon new moon swooped overhead dove overhead soft breeze zephyr with my friends with my comrades my companions I like biscuits. I enjoy biscuits. I can bark. I can howl. I can bite. I can nip. chase balls catch balls anything and everything this and that throw a ball pitch a ball toss a ball like to eat like to consume like to devour comparable to similar to 15 Top Back to Literacy Free run and jump race and hurdle grass and clover brown or green stop and go pause and advance Say these words. Utter these words. Speak these words. black cat black feline pet chipmunk pet rodent woods animals forest critters beasts in the woods fun with frolic with my cat my feline dog for sale canine for sale for a long time quite a while rain fell it rained it poured it showered it sprinkled pet monkey captive monkey ran to her scampered to her 16 Top Back to Literacy Free dashed to her too sleepy too tired too exhausted May I go too? May I go along? walk far traverse far too small too little He came too. He came along. first word first term start with begin with commence with leave a margin maintain a margin keep a margin out of school not in school read the letter read the memo read the dispatch read the message read the note name the city name the town name the metropolis name the state name the country name the nation 17 Top Back to Literacy Free with best wishes with best regards sincerely yours yours truly your cousin your relative write a letter compose a letter pet sea lion domesticated seal seal the envelope lick the envelope blow a bubble create a bubble hear the wind blow listen to the wind live on the ground live on the earth grind into meal made into meal hear the fox the fox howls bark of a tree covering the tree elephant's trunk pachyderm's trunk trunk of a tree stem of a tree bat the ball hit a ball 18 Top Back to Literacy Free the bat flew the bat fluttered point a finger aim a finger get the point get the idea point of a pin tip of a pin stamp your foot stomp your foot stamp a letter Pay the postage. fee for a letter train your dog teach your dog railroad train engine and cars black and white wrong or right Rain is falling. precipitation wet and shiny to and fro back and forth hear it drip hear it dribble thunder and lightening noisy flashes driving rain soft rain slanting rain large city 19 Top Back to Literacy Free enormous city immense city giant town early in the morning at sunrise at dawn at daybreak grasshopper jumps grasshopper springs bumblebee buzzes bumblebee hums bumblebee drones stars shine stars gleam stars glisten stars glitter stars glow a horse walks clip-clop wave splashes breaker splashes white caps very much a great deal kitten's fur kitten's coat kitten's pelt kitten's hair a rose petal part of a rose falling snow wet snow 20 Top Back to Literacy Free a baby lamb a newborn lamb green moss mossy area soft pillows downy pillows fluffy pillows see and hear look and listen drop off to sleep fall asleep 1 Top Back to Literacy Free LEARN ALPHABET WITH NAMES Alphabet by Animals Alligator tail Anteater nose Armadillo's hard back Bears roar Beetle's good luck Beaver's dam Bighorn Sheep Cat's meow Crocodile tooth Deer bolt Dog bite Elephant's trunk Elephant Seal Elk bugle Frogs croak Fur Seal Giraffe's long neck Goat milk Grizzly Bear threat Horse race Impala jumps Jackal's laugh Jaguars climb trees June Bug Beetle Kangaroo pouch Lamb's wool Lion roars Meercat's hideaway Monkey's tail Mountain Goat's hill Mouse's hole Newts crawl Ostrich neck Peacock feather Pigs oink Porpoises play Pumas run fast Queen bee rules Rabbits hop 2 Top Back to Literacy Free Reindeer for Santa Sheep wool Sloth moves slowly Snakes slither Sperm Whale is largest Tarantula's hairy legs Walleby marsupial Walrus tusks Warthogs dig Water buffalo Wildebeest in Africa Whales live in water Wolves howl Xiaosauras dinosaur Yak's mane Zebra stripes Zorilla Skunk ---------------- Alphabet by Birds Andean Condor Atlantic Puffin Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole Barn Owl Blue Jay Cardinal Chicken Cockatoo Crane Crow Dove Duck Eagle Emu Falcon Finch Flamingo Goldfinch Goose 3 Top Back to Literacy Free Hawk Hermit Thrush Imperial Javan Hawk Eagle Keel-billed Toucan Kestrel Kookaburra Larkspur Loon Mockingbird Nañdu Nene Nightingale Osprey Ostrich Owl Parrot Peacock Pelican Pheasant Pigeon Pterodactyl Quail Quetzal Roadrunner Robin Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Spotted Owl Swallow Swan Thrush Troupial Umbrellabird Valley Quail Vultures Western Meadowlark White-tailed Tropic Bird Willow Ptarmigan Woodpecker Xenops Yellowhammer 4 Top Back to Literacy Free Alphabet by Fish Ahi Tuna Barracuda Catfish Clams Crabs Dolphin Fish Electric Eel Fugu Pufferfish Goldfish Great White Shark Guppy Hammerhead Shark Imperial Angel fish Japanese Fighting Fish Jellyfish Krill Lake Trout Lemon Shark Lobster Mackeral Mahi Mahi Man-of-War Monk Fish Mussels Nurse Shark Octopus Piranhas Plankton Prawns Queen Conch Ray Salmon runs Sand Dollars Scallops Shark Shrimp Starfish Swordfish Tilapia Trout farm Tuna Urchin 5 Top Back to Literacy Free Wall-eye Yellowtail Tuna Zebra fish -------------------- Alphabet by country Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Anguilla Antingua Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Chad Chile China Columbia 6 Top Back to Literacy Free Congo Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Finland France French Guiana Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica 7 Top Back to Literacy Free Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Mexico Micronesia Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Rumania Russia 8 Top Back to Literacy Free Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Somalia Africa South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe 9 Top Back to Literacy Free Capitals of The United States: Montgomery Alabama Juneau Alaska Phoenix Arizona Little Rock Arkansas Sacramento California Denver Colorado Hartford Connecticut Dover Delaware Tallahassee Florida Atlanta Georgia Honolulu Hawaii Boise Idaho Springfield Illinois Indianapolis Indiana Des Moines Iowa Topeka Kansas Frankfort Kentucky Baton Rouge Louisiana Augusta Maine Annapolis Maryland Boston Massachusetts Lansing Michigan St. Paul Minnesota Jackson Mississippi Jefferson City Missouri Helena Montana Lincoln Nebraska Carson City Nevada Concord New Hampshire Trenton New Jersey Santa Fe New Mexico Albany New York Raleigh North Carolina Bismarck North Dakota Columbus Ohio Oklahoma City Oklahoma Salem Oregon Harrisburg Pennsylvania Providence Rhode Island Columbia South Carolina Pierre South Dakota Nashville Tennessee 10 Top Back to Literacy Free Austin Texas Salt Lake City Utah Montpelier Vermont Richmond Virginia Olympia Washington Charleston West Virginia Madison Wisconsin Cheyenne Wyoming 11 Top Back to Literacy Free Canadian Capitals: Canada Ottawa Alberta Edmonton British Columbia Victoria Manitoba Winnipeg New Brunswick Fredericton Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's Northwest Territories Yellowknife Nova Scotia Halifax Nunavut Iqaluit Ontario Toronto Prince Edward Island Charlottetown Quebec Quebec City Saskatchewan Regina Yukon Whitehorse 12 Top Back to Literacy Free European Capitals: Country in Europe Capital city Albania Tirane Andorra Andorra la Vella Austria Vienna Belarus Minsk Belgium Brussels Bosnia-Herzegovina Sarajevo Bulgaria Sofia Croatia Zagreb Czech Republic Prague Denmark Copenhagen England London Estonia Tallinn Finland Helsinki France Paris Georgia Tbilisi Germany Berlin Greece Athens Hungary Budapest Iceland Reykjavik Ireland Dublin Italy Rome Latvia Riga Liechtenstein Vaduz Lithuania Vilnius Luxembourg Luxembourg Macedonia Skopje Malta Valletta Moldova Chisinau Monaco Monaco Netherlands Amsterdam Northern Ireland Belfast Norway Oslo Poland Warsaw Portugal Lisbon Romania Bucharest Russian Federation Moscow San Marino San Marino Scotland Edinburgh Serbia/Montenegro Belgrade Slovakia Bratislava Slovenia Ljubljana 13 Top Back to Literacy Free Spain Madrid Sweden Stockholm Switzerland Bern Ukraine Kiev Wales Cardiff 14 Top Back to Literacy Free Capitals of Asian Countries: Afghanistan Kabul Armenia Yerevan Azerbaijan Baku Bahrain Al Manamah Bangladesh Dhaka Bhutan Thimpu Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Cambodia Phnom Penh China Beijing Georgia Tbilisi India New Dehli Indonesia Jakarta Iran Tehran Iraq Baghdad Israel Jerusalem Japan Tokyo Jordan Amman Kazakhstan Astana South Korea Seoul North Korea Pyongyang Kuwait Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Laos Vientiane Lebanon Beirut Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Maldives Male Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Myanmar Rangoon Nepal Kathmandu Oman Mascat Pakistan Islamabad Philippines Manila Qatar El Doha Russia Moscow Saudi Arabia Riyadh Singapore Singapore Sri Lanka Colombo Syria Damascus Taiwan Taipei Tajikistan Dushanbe Thailand Bangkok Turkey Ankara 15 Top Back to Literacy Free Turkmenistan Ashgabat United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Uzbekistan Tashkent Vietnam Ha Noi Yemen Sanaa 16 Top Back to Literacy Free Capitals of African Countries: Country Capital city Algeria Algiers Angola Luanda Benin Porto-Novo Botswana Gaborone Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Burundi Bujumbura Cameroon Yaounde Cape Verde Praia Central African Republic Bangui Chad N'Djamena Comoros Moroni Congo Brazzaville Djibouti Djibouti Egypt Cairo Equatorial Guinea Malabo Eritrea Asmara Ethiopia Addis Ababa Gabon Libreville Gambia Banjul Ghana Accra Guinea Conakry Guinea-Bissau Bissau Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro Kenya Nairobi Lesotho Maseru Liberia Monrovia Libya Tripoli Madagascar Antananarivo Malawi Lilongwe Mali Bamako Mauritania Nouakchott Mauritius Port Louis Morocco Rabat Mozambique Maputo Namibia Windhoek Niger Niamey Nigeria Abuja Rwanda Kigali Senegal Dakar Seychelles Victoria Sierra Leone Freetown Somalia Mogadishu 17 Top Back to Literacy Free South Africa Pretoria Sudan Khartoum Swaziland Mbabane Tanzania Dodoma Togo Lome Tunisia Tunis Uganda Kampala Zambia Lusaka Zimbabwe Harare 18 Top Back to Literacy Free Capitals of Latin American Countries: Country Capital Antigua and Barbuda St. Johns Argentina Buenos Aires Bahamas Nassau Barbados Bridgetown Belize Belmopan Bolivia La Paz and Sucre Brazil Brasilia Chile Santiago Columbia Bogotá Costa Rica San José Cuba Havana Dominica Roseau Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Ecuador Quito El Salvador San Salvador French Guiana Cayenne Grenada St. George's Guatemala Guatemala Guyana Georgetown Haiti Port-au-Prince Honduras Tegucigalpa Jamaica Kingston Mexico Mexico City Nicaragua Managua Panama Panamá Paraguay Ascuncion Peru Lima Puerto Rico San Juan St. Kitts-Nevis Basseterre St. Lucia Castries St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Suriname Paramaribo Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Uruguay Montevideo Venezuela Caracas 19 Top Back to Literacy Free World Currencies: Afghanistan Afghani Albania Lek Algeria Dinar Andorra Euro Angola New Kwanza Argentina Peso Armenia Dram Australia Australian dollar Austria Euro Azerbaijan Manat Bahamas Bahamian dollar Bahrain Bahrain dinar Bangladesh Taka Barbados Barbados dollar Belarus Belorussian ruble Belgium Euro Belize Belize dollar Benin CFA Franc Bhutan Ngultrum Bolivia Boliviano Bosnia and Herzegovina Marka Botswana Pula Brazil Real Brunei Darussalam Brunei dollar Bulgaria Lev Burkina Faso CFA Franc Burundi Burundi franc Cambodia Riel Cameroon CFA Franc Canada Canadian dollar Chad CFA Franc Chile Chilean Peso China Yuan Colombia Colombian Peso Comoros Franc Congo CFA Franc Republic of the Congo Congolese franc Costa Rica Colón Côte d'Ivoire CFA Franc Croatia Kuna Cuba Cuban Peso Cyprus Cyprus pound 20 Top Back to Literacy Free Czech Republic Koruna Denmark Krone Djibouti Djibouti franc East Timor U.S. dollar Ecuador U.S. dollar Egypt Egyptian pound El Salvador Colón Equatorial Guinea CFA Franc Eritrea Nakfa Estonia Kroon Ethiopia Birr Fiji Fiji dollar Finland Euro France Euro Gabon CFA Franc Gambia, The Dalasi Georgia Lari Germany Euro Ghana Cedi Greece Euro Guatemala Quetzal Guinea Guinean franc Guinea-Bissau CFA Franc Guyana Guyanese dollar Haiti Gourde Honduras Lempira Hungary Forint Iceland Icelandic króna India Rupee Indonesia Rupiah Iran Rial Iraq Iraqi dinar Ireland Euro Israel Shekel Italy Euro Jamaica Jamaican dollar Japan Yen Jordan Jordanian dinar Kazakhstan Tenge Kenya Kenya shilling Kiribati Australian dollar Korea, North Won Korea, South Won Kuwait Kuwaiti dinar 21 Top Back to Literacy Free Kyrgyzstan Som Laos New Kip Latvia Lats Lebanon Lebanese pound Lesotho Maluti Liberia Liberian dollar Libya Libyan dinar Liechtenstein Swiss franc Lithuania Litas Luxembourg Euro Macedonia Denar Madagascar Malagasy franc Malawi Kwacha Malaysia Ringgit Maldives Rufiya Mali CFA Franc Malta Maltese lira Mauritania Ouguiya Mauritius Mauritian rupee Mexico Mexican peso Moldova Leu Monaco Euro Mongolia Tugrik Morocco Dirham Mozambique Metical Myanmar Kyat Namibia Namibian dollar Nauru Australian dollar Nepal Nepalese rupee The Netherlands Euro New Zealand New Zealand dollar Nicaragua Gold cordoba Niger CFA Franc Nigeria Naira Norway Norwegian krone Oman Omani rial Pakistan Pakistan rupee Palau U.S. dollar used Panama Balboa Papua New Guinea Kina Paraguay Guaraní Peru Nuevo sol The Philippines Peso Poland Zloty 22 Top Back to Literacy Free Portugal Euro Qatar Qatari riyal Romania Leu Russia Ruble Rwanda Rwanda franc St. Lucia East Caribbean dollar Samoa Tala San Marino Euro São Tomé and Príncipe Dobra Saudi Arabia Riyal Senegal CFA Franc Serbia Yugoslav new dinar Seychelles Seychelles rupee Sierra Leone Leone Singapore Singapore dollar Slovakia Koruna Slovenia Slovenian tolar Somalia Somali shilling South Africa Rand Spain Euro Sri Lanka Sri Lanka rupee Sudan Dinar Suriname Suriname guilder Swaziland Lilangeni Sweden Krona Switzerland Swiss franc Syria Syrian pound Taiwan Taiwan dollar Tajikistan Tajik ruble Tanzania Tanzanian shilling Thailand baht Togo CFA Franc Tonga Pa'anga Tunisia Tunisian dinar Turkey Turkish lira Turkmenistan Manat Tuvalu Australian dollar Uganda Ugandan new shilling Ukraine Hryvna United Arab Emirates U.A.E. dirham United 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