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24 FORMATION OF THE PLURAL OF NOUNS
Obbligo, obligation. Pudico, chaste.
Opaco, opaque. Rammarico, regret.
Parroco, curate. Bipiego, expedient.
Pedagogo, pedagogue. Sacrilego, sacrilegious.
Pelago, abyss, ocean. Sambuco, elder-tree.
Pizzico, pinch. Statico, hostage.
Presago, diviner. Stomaco, stomach.
Prodigo, prodigal. Strascico, train.
Prologo, prologue. Ubbriaco, drunkard.
The following words may be written in the plural with or
without an h :
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Astrologo, astrologer. Pratico, practical.
Equivoco, equivocal. Reciproco, reciprocal.
Filologo, philologist. Rustico, rustic.
Mendico, beggar. Salvatico, wild.
Monaco, monk. Traffico, traffic.
EXERCISE X.
The Turks, instead of ringing bells to call
(51) Turcom. invece [suonare il campanello) per chiamare
their servants, clap their hands.—Have you seen the lakes
servo m. battono * art. mano f. veduto (51)
of Scotland ?—They are rich, and contribute to many
Scozia
public charities.
ricco va. contribuiscono molta (50)
The sunny hills of Tuscany.—The
pubblica {4^S) carità L (54) colle m. [27) Toscana t.
Germans are phlegmatic and persevering.— (Save me)
(52) Tedesco m. {53) flemmatico perseverante. Salvami
from my friends, said a philosopher, (as I can defend myself)
(53) disse filosofo m. siccome posso difendermi
against my enemies.—The subjects of despotic monarchs
contro nemico m. suddito m. ^dispotico {50)'^7nonarcam.
suffer much and complain little, those of free governments
soffrono molto si lamentano poco, quelli -libero Sgoverno va.
suffer little and complain always. In Italy pigs feed on
sempre. (51) si pascono di
peaches and acorns.—Italian classics, German musicians,
(50) pesca t ghianda f^ [5'ò) '^classico m.. ^ hnusicova.
French cooks, and English mechanics,—The intrigues of the
^Francese ^cuoco ^ Inglese^meccanico va. (20) (54) m.
demagogues.
(54) m.
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