After qu, the short vowel sound /o/ is usually spelled with the letter a. The sound /or/ is spelled ar.
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quality |
This garden soil is good quality.
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quantity |
The truck held a large quantity of bricks.
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quarantine |
Animals from abroad must go into quarantine.
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quarry |
Stone for building is cut from a quarry.
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quarter |
We each had a quarter of the pizza.
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quartz |
Quartz is a hard transparent mineral.
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squash |
Squash the box flat before putting it in the bin.
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squad |
There are three new players in the squad.
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squat |
He lowered into a squat.
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squalor |
The house was in squalor.
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squander |
His mother worried he would squander his savings.
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squadron |
The squadron pilots took off together.
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squabble |
The brother and sister were known to squabble.
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