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When ea makes a short e sound

	head	A wasp buzzed around my head.
	dead	We saw a dead badger on the road. *
	bread	Bread is made from wheat.
	dreadful	Bad eggs have a dreadful odour.
	feather	As light as a feather.
	leather	She has some new leather gloves.
	weather	Let's hope for some good weather.
	pleasure	It gives me great pleasure to be here today.
	measure	A thermometer is used to measure temperature. *
	meadow	Dawn broke over the beautiful meadow.
	instead	Let's walk instead of driving.
	thread	It can be hard to thread a small needle.
	ready	I thought you'd be ready by now.
	weapon	A tomahawk is a weapon like a small axe.

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dead

bread

dreadful

feather

leather

weather

pleasure

measure

meadow

instead

thread

ready

weapon

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