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16 Cards in this Set
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groveling
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to be unnaturally humble or polite to someone because you are afraid or feel they are important
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Dog goes down on his belly, groveling about in the grass
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whimpering
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To make weak crying noises
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The dog dont even whimper.
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whopping
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a beating
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If I got home after dark, I'd get a good whopping.
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ford
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a shallow part of a stream or river where you cross
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I go as far as the ford, where the river spills beyond the path.
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gristmill
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a mill for grinding grain.
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Once he follows me across the bridge, past the gristmill, I start to worry
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pneumonia
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a serious disease that causes the lungs to become inflamed and fill with a thick fluid which makes breathing difficult
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My ma's mama died of pneumonia.
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loping
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to move with a long swinging stride
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Shiloh comes loping toward me
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ticks
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a small insect that resembles a spider and sucks blood from under the skin of people and animals
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"Dog has ticks," I tell dad
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veterinarian
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a doctor who treats animals
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I could be a veterinarians helper
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abandoned
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deserted or no longer used
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Dad's crossing the bridge by the old abandoned gristmill
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plumb
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entirely
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"Marty," dad says, now his voice is just plumb tired
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yelps
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a sharp, high, crying sound, showing that something is in pain
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He yelps and runs off behind the trailor, tail between his legs.
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cases
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to put in a container
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Dad cases mail for around two hundred families
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froggy
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temporary hoarseness
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"Can you think of a way I can make some money," I ask him in this froggy kind of voice
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snarls
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a tangle
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I brushed the snarls from Becky's hair.
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haul
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to move by pulling
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I hauled all those catalogs out to the jeep
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