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We've already established that there are a lot of words with double letters in this unit. Here they are again, in case you've forgot about them:
shallow shell skillet shuttle shatter setting trapper topping slipper
Whether you double a letter or not can often make the difference between one word and another. Here are some examples:
supper - a meal often eaten at the end of the day super - over and above, higher than, or greater than dessert - a sweet treat eaten after a meal desert - an arid area droop - to hang downward drop - to lower or cause to descend beet - a vegetable bet - something paid depending on the outcome of a contest loose - the opposite of tight lose - to fail to win a contest comma - a punctuation mark coma - to lose consciousness for a long time furry - anger fury - hairy choose - present tense synonym for select chose - past tense synonym for select latter - the second of two things referred to later - more late than something else lorry - a type of truck sometimes running on rails lory - a type of parrot