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PG.16 CH.5 MATINEES |
AN ENTERTAINMENT ESPECIALLY A DRAMATIC OR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, HELD IN THE DAYTIME, USUALLY IN THE AFTERNOON
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PG.16 CH.5 SUFFICE |
TO MEET OR SATISFI A NEED an entertainment, especially a dramatic or musical performance, held in the daytime, usually in the afternoon |
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PG.16 CH.5 BLUNDERING |
MAKING A FOOLISH OR STUPID MISTAKE |
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PG.17 CH.5 GOGGLE |
A BULGING OR WIDE-OPEN LOOK OF THE EYES;STARE |
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PG.18 CH.5 MIRAGE |
AN OPTICAL PHENOMENON, ESPECIALLY IN THE DESERT OR AT SEA, BY WHICH THE IMAGE OF SOME OBJECT APPEARS ABOVE BELOW OR TO ONE SIDE OF IT'S TRUE POSITION AS A RESULT OF SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF THE INDEX OF REFRACTION OF AIR |
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PG.19 CH.6 TWANGED |
TO CAUSE OR MAKE A SHARP, VIBRATING SOUND |
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PG.21 CH.7 WHIZZING |
TO MAKE A HUMMING, BUZZING, OR HISSING SOUND, AS AN OBJECT PASSING SWIFTLY THROUGH THE AIR |
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PG.22 CH.7 LUST |
A PASSIONATE OR OVERMASTERING DESIRE OR CRAVING . |
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PG.22 CH.7 GANGPLANK |
A FLAT PLANK OR A SMALL MOVABLE BRIDGE LIKE STRUCTURE FOR USE BY PERSONS BOARDING OR LEAVING A SHIP AT A PIER
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PG.23 CH.7 LOBBED |
TO THROW SOMETHING SLOWLY IN AN ARC.
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PG.26 CH.8 PUNTED |
FOOTBALL.A KICK IN WHICH THE BALL IS DROPPED AND THEN KICKED BEFORE IT TOUCHES THE GROUND
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PG.28 CH.9 BLEMISH |
A DEFECT OR FLAW;STAIN;BLIGHT
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PG.31 CH.10 PLUNKED |
TO THROW, PUSH, PUT, DROP,ETC., HEAVILY OR SUDDENLY, PLUMP (OFTEN FOLLOWED BY down)
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PG.33 CH.10 JUTTED |
TO EXTEND BEYOND THE BODY OR LINE;PROJECT;PROTRUDE (OFTEN FOLLOWED BY out)
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PG.39 CH.12 IDLING |
TO PASS TIME DOING NOTHING |
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PG.41 CH.13 YELPY |
TO GIVE A QUICK, SHARP, SCRILL CRY |
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PG.43 CH.13 YOUNGSTER |
A YOUNG PERSON |
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PG.38 CH.12 MISTAKE |
A MISUNDERSTANDING OR MISCONCEPTION |
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PG.45 CH.14 SNATCHED |
TO SEIZE BY A SUDDEN OR HASTY GRASP |
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PG.53 CH.17 PRANCED |
TO SPRING FROM THE HIND LEGS; TO MOVE BY SPRINGING; BY A HORSE |
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PG.55 CH.17 RANTING |
VIOLENT DECLAMATION |
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PG,65 CH.20 SAGGY |
HANGING DOWN LOOSELY; DROOPING |
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PG.58 CH.18 WISEACRE |
WISE GUY |
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PG.58 CH.18 BONKERS |
MENTALLY UNBALANCED; MAD; CRAZY |
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PG.67 CH.27 LOOSELEAF |
CONSISTING OF INDIVIDED LEAVES HELD IN NA BINDER |
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PG.73 CH.22 KRIMPETS |
A TYPE OF JUNK FOOD WITH A SPONGEY OUTSIDE AND A BUTTERSCOCH INSIDE |
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PG.78 CH.23 NOTION |
CONCEPTION OR IDEA |
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PG.79 CH.24 DUMBFOUNDED |
TO MAKE SPEECHLESS WITH AMAZEMENT; ASTONISH |
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PG.81 CH.24 DOZING |
TO SLEEP LIGHTLY OR FITFULLY |
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PG.87 CH.26 LINERS |
BASEBALL |
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PG.87 CH.26 REPERTOIRE |
A COLLECTION OF WORK |
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PG.88 CH.26 CONTRARY |
OPPOSITE IN NATURE ON CHARACTER |
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PG.91 CH.27 LEAGUER |
A MEMBER OF A LEAGUE |
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PG.96 CH.29 THRONGED |
A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE CROWDED OR ASSEMBLED TOGETHER; CROWD |
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PG.101 CH.31 RELUCTANT |
NOT WILLING |
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PG.101 CH.31 BIDED |
TO WAIT PATIENTLY |
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PG.101 CH.31 FILIGREED |
LACE LIKE ORNAMENTAL WORK OF TWISTED GOLD OR SILVER WIRE. |
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PG.103 CH.31 TIMIDLY |
LACKING IN SELF-ASSURANCE, COURAGE, OR BRAVERY;... |
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PG.105 CH.32 STOIC |
PAIN |
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PG.122 CH.36 AGONY |
A VIOLENT STRUGGLE |
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PG.154 CH.44 CRUISER |
A MOTORBOAT WITH ARRANGEMENTS NECESSARY FOR LIVING ABOARD |
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PG.154 CH.44 MERGINGS |
TO CAUSE TO COMBINE OR COALESCE; UNITE |
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PG.154 CH.44 INTERSECTION |
A PLACE WHERE TWO ROADS MEET... |
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PG.154 CH.44 OCCASION |
A SPECIAL OR IMPORTANT TIME, EVENT, CEREMONY, CELEBRATION, ECT. |
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PG.155 CH.44 VEERED |
TO CHANGE A DIRECTION CLOCKWISE |
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PG.160 CH.45 LOOMED |
TO RISE BEFORE THE VISION WITH AN APPEARANCE OF GREAT OR PORTENTOUS SIZE |