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Gamble (v): skipping or leaping about in play. |
sentence from the story:
And brain grease works inside the lobes like cat grease works inside an engine. P. 1 |
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Seizures (n): the state of being seized. It is a attack (as of disease) P. 3 |
Statement from the story: First of all, I had seizures. At least two a week. Words that use with the word: Type of seizures Absence seizures |
My won statement: My younger brother had seizures several times when he was very young. |
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Vacuum (n): An electronic machine that cleans the dust from the floor. |
Sentence from the novel: ...when the doctors cut open my little and sucked out all that extra water with some tiny vacuum. P. 2 |
Ex: Mom, I need to clean my bedroom, so where is the vacuum. |
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Stutter (n): to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds). |
Statement from the story: I also had a stutter and a lisp. Words that are used with the word: Bad stutter |
My own sentence: When I was studying in the elementary school, one of my classmates had a stutter. |
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Stutter (n): to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds). |
Statement from the story: I also had a stutter and a lisp. Words that are used with the word: Bad stutter |
My own sentence: When I was studying in the elementary school, one of my classmates had a stutter. |
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Stutter (n): to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds). P. 4 |
Statement from the story: I also had a stutter and a lisp. Words that are used with the word: Bad stutter |
My own sentence: When I was studying in the elementary school, one of my classmates had a stutter. |
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Lisp (v): to speak falteringly, childishly. P. 4 |
Statement from the story: And if you are fourteen years old, like me and you are still stuttering and lisping, then you become the biggest retard in the world. |
My own sentence: I feel sorry for those who lisp when they speak. |
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Lisp (v): to speak falteringly, childishly. P. 4 |
Statement from the story: And if you are fourteen years old, like me and you are still stuttering and lisping, then you become the biggest retard in the world. |
Word that is used with the word: Slip Nicely , badly... My own sentence: I feel sorry for those who lisp when they speak. |
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Dam (n): a barrier preventing the flow of water or of loose solid materials (such as soil or snow) P. 6 |
Statement from the story: I think the world is a serious of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats. |
Word that is used with the word: Massive dam my own sentence: We need to build a dam to prevent the water from coming to the city. |
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Magician (n): one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of hand. P. 7 |
Statement from the story: Nobody can do that, not even the hungriest magician in the world. |
Word that is used with the word: Man magician My own sentence: I don’t believe magicians because they lie to people. |
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Whimpered (v): to make a low whining plaintive or broken sound (to complain). P. 9 |
Statement from the story: He was lying on his bed with red, watery, snotty eyes. He whimpered in pain. P. 9 |
Word that is used with the word: Pain (whimpered in pain) My own sentence: She didn’t like to watch her mother who was whimpering, so left home at that moment. |
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Outsource (v): to get services you need from outside sources especially from foreign suppliers. |
Statement from the story: And none of their owners outsourced the mowing jobs. P.10 |
Word that is used with the word: Foreign: you should outsource from a foreign lawyer. My own sentence: The country is in a bad situation, so we need to outsource from our allies. |
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Gamble (v): skipping or leaping about in play. |
It is not like they gambled away their family fortunes. P. 11 |
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Gamble (v): skipping or leaping about in play. |
It is not like they gambled away their family fortunes. P. 11 |
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Gamble (v): skipping or leaping about in play. |
It is not like they gambled away their family fortunes. P. 11 |
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Gamble (v): skipping or leaping about in play. |
It is not like they gambled away their family fortunes. P. 11 |
Word that is used with the word: away Don’t gamble away your money 💰 My own sentence: Because of gambling, some have lost all their funds. |
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Destined (adj): headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' |
Statement from the story: And because you are Indian you start believe you are destined to be poor. P. 13 |
Word that is used with the word: Smart: you are destined to be smart. My own sentence: I thought that I am not destined to be a professor, but I swear I will be in about 5 years.😎 |
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Lick (v): to take into the mouth with the tongue. 👅 |
Statement from the story: He licked my face because he loved and trusted me. P. 13 |
Word that is used with it: Nicely: She licked her ice cream nicely. My own sentence: Don’t lick the spoon like a baby. Come on, grow up. |
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Depressed (adj): affected by psychological depression. |
Statement from the story: After Oscar died, I was so depressed that I thought about crawling into a hole and disappearing for ever. |
Word that is used with it: depressed boy My own sentence: I do not like to be depressed, so I attempt to do every crazy thing that will get me away from depression. |
