In these words with the letters st the letter t is silent. A few other words also have a silent t.
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fasten |
Fasten your shoe lace before you trip over.
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hasten |
Jim turned up the oven heat to hasten the cooking.
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glisten |
Frost can glisten in the sunlight.
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listen |
Make sure you listen out for my call.
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moisten |
Moisten the cloth then clean the keyboard.
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apostle |
Mark was an apostle of Christ.
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thistle |
Thistle plants were growing among the corn.
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whistle |
The referee blew his whistle at the end of the game.
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wrestle |
We saw the policeman wrestle the burglar to the ground.
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mortgage |
We'll need a bigger mortgage to buy a bigger house.
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Christmas |
Christmas is celebrated on the 25th of December.
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