See am in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
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"English dialectal terms",
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],
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"Contraction of I + am."
],
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"(informal or dialectal) Contraction of I + am."
],
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/əm/",
"note": "weak form"
},
{
"ipa": "/æm/",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[am]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[æm]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[æ̝m]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɛm]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[e̞m]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[ẽə̯̃m]",
"note": "strong form"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɛ̃ə̯̃m]",
"note": "strong form"
},
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{
"rhymes": "-æm"
}
],
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}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English irregular first-person singular forms",
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"English uncomparable adverbs",
"Pages with 50 entries",
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39
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"ref": "2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:",
"text": "On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"Alternative spelling of a.m.."
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}
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