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<h1>Minimal Pairs</h1>
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<tr><td class="left">bud</td><td class="right">bird</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">bun</td><td class="right">burn</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">fussed</td><td class="right">first</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">shut</td><td class="right">shirt</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">cub</td><td class="right">kerb</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">ton</td><td class="right">turn</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">thud</td><td class="right">third</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">such</td><td class="right">search</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">tough</td><td class="right">turf</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">Hull</td><td class="right">hurl</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">gull</td><td class="right">girl</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">stun</td><td class="right">stern</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">tum</td><td class="right">term</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">tuck</td><td class="right">Turk</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">hut</td><td class="right">hurt</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">suffer</td><td class="right">surfer</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">puck</td><td class="right">perk</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">blood</td><td class="right">blurred</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">cull</td><td class="right">curl</td></tr>
<tr><td class="left">bust</td><td class="right">burst</td></tr>

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