“And now to bed, to bed, and go right to sleep. I’ve heard that if Santa Claus comes and finds children awake he goes away and comes back later. That is, he means to come back later, but he has been known to get so busy he forgot to come back at all. So say your prayers and go to sleep.”
A VOCABULARY
(This vocabulary contains only words of unusual difficulty in spelling, pronunciation, and meaning.)
Transcriber’s Note: To make the most of this pronunciation guide, you’ll need a font that supports the characters used to indicate the different sounds. U+1DF5 COMBINING UP TACK ABOVE (᷵) is probably the least commonly supported character: if you can’t see this, find and install a font that can display it, and you should be covered for everything else as well.
KEY TO PRONUNCIATION
- ā as in āle
- a᷵ as in senʹa᷵te
- ă as in ăm
- ă as in fiʹnăl
- ȧ as in ȧsk
- ä as in ärm
- â as in câre
- ē as in ēve
- e᷵ as in e᷵vent
- ĕ as in ĕnd
- ẽ as in hẽr
- ī as in īce
- ĭ as in ĭll
- ō as in ōld
- o᷵ as in o᷵bey
- ô as in ôrb
- ŏ as in ŏdd
- ŏ as in cŏn-nectʹ
- o͞o as in fo͞od
- o͝o as in fo͝ot
- ū as in ūse
- ŭ as in ŭp
- u᷵ as in u᷵nite
- û as in ûrn
alpaca (ăl păkʹȧ). A kind of cloth made from the hair of the alpaca, an animal of the sheep family.
arbutus (ärʹbū tŭs). A plant having small, sweet-smelling pink and white blossoms; known also as the Mayflower, and ground laurel.
ascension (ă sĕnʹshŭn). Rising in the air, as a balloon.