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21 Cards in this Set
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faint
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difficult to hear (or see, or smell)
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chuck
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a piece of something with an irregular shape
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avalanche
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a large mass of snow, rocks, ice, or magma that fall down the side of a mountain
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tremor
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a weak earthquake; a slight shaking of the ground
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a plume
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a column of smoke or fire
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bulge
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a sound like loud thunder
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imminent
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ready to happen; ready to happen immediately (talking about something dangerous)
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evacuate
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to get everybody out of a place
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draw near, drew near
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to move closer
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creature
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any human or animal
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sketch
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to draw a picture with a pencil
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field glasses
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binoculars; a pair of glasses that look like short telescopes
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fury
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violence in nature (weather, earthquakes, volcano)
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gush forth
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to flow out fast in large quantites (liquids only)
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beast
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a larger four- footed animal (deer, elk, wolf)
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sizzle
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to cook noisily; to fry noisily; to sound like water dropping on hot metal
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airborne
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staying in the air
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crops
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plants that are raised for food or for sale
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clog
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(1) to get stuck in the moving parts of a machine and stop the machine (2) to block the flow of water (in pipe or in a river)
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stunned
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so surprised and upset that you cannot react; so surprised and upset that you do not know what to do; shocked
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to haul
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(1) to drag along the ground (2) to carry something very heavy to another place
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