Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. November 7, 2012 4:30 PMPage - 1

Words beginning with “br”

eyebrows

bridge bra/brassiere

breasts

brain

brothers

The sound “br” imparts the sense of “branching”—where one turns into several: but the first division makes two. Even the brain has a right and left side.

Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. November 7, 2012 4:30 PMPage - 2

Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. November 7, 2012 4:30 PMPage - 3

Words beginning with “br”

braids

brocolli

branch

broom

brie

brick wall brick

bracelet

braces

bread

bridle

toothbrushhairbrush

bride

breeds (of cats)

Language operates on metaphor: the actual branch/bush turns into practi-cal broom/brush, which then turns into the concep-tual braiding and breeding. A “bride” is defined by her breeding role (which bridges two families).

Words beginning with “br”

Branching im-plies one com-posed of many, and that’s the relationship between a brick and a brick wall, a slice of bread and a loaf, and wedge of brie and a wheel. There’s also the con-straining aspect of branches, which serve as a restriction, for example: brace, bracelet, bridle.

bronchial tubes in the

lungs

Made for the Lao Family Center by Jennifer Ball, © November 7, 2012; rev. November 7, 2012 4:30 PMPage - 4

What other words start with “br”?

“Please _ _ing me some water like you _ _ought me yesterday.”

_ _ eakfast is the first meal of the day.“Fast” means “not eat,” so “_ _ eak-fast” means “break not eating,” or eat!

_ _ownies are sweet, and are named for their _ _own color.

Lawyers keep _ _iefs, or legal papers, in their _ _iefcases so they can be pre-pared before the judge.

The sun is _ _ ight in the same way that a diamond is _ _ illiant: both are metaphors for “smart.” “Shiny” = “clever.”

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