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Pg 82: "But this equipment is an eyesore."
Def: a thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.
Sent: The awful building structure was an eyesore compared to the beautiful fountains.

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Pg 81: "One of the pilings is falling from water erosion."
Def:a mass of building piles considered collectively.
Sent:The piling held the dock over the water.

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Pg 80: "Mr. Freeze, who had been hatched in an incubator and had never known any mother other than Susan, cuddled in her lap."
Def:an apparatus used to hatch eggs or grow microorganisms under controlled conditions.
Sent: The lady watched as the chick had hatched out of the incubator.

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Pg 78: "The next day Jon Wood carried frightful to a large mews."
Def: a group of stables, typically with rooms above, built around a yard or along an alley.
Sent: The apartment complex held long mews of apartments

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Pg 75: " You know he's an apprentice falconer."
Def: A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer
Sent:He was an apprentice learning from a skilled blacksmith.

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Pg 74: "Frightful sensed in Susan the same love that emanated from Sam, Alice, and this man who held her."
Def: originate from
Sent: Her friendliness was the same that emanated from her mother.

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Pg 73: "Unperturbed, she then stared at Jon Wood."
Def: not concerned.
Sent: she was unperturbed and confident about the test.

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Pg 72: "He took her to his mountain with some apprehension."
Def: understanding
Sent: He felt some apprehension for his low budget family.

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Pg 72:  "Astonished, he lifted her up and rested her on the palm of his hand."
Def: To be surprised and fascinated
Sent: The girl was astonished when she saw the birthday decorations.

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Pg 71:  "All the utility companies have to do is lower one wire so the birds cant touch those two parallel hot lines and complete a circuit."
Def: To be a lined to.
Sent:The railroad tracks were parallel and would never cross over.

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Pg 71: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity and, using an ancient technique called hacking, had been able to free them in the wild."
Def: To teach a bird to fly.
Sent: He taught the young bird to fly with a technique called hacking

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Pg 70: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity and, using an ancient technique called hacking, had been able to free them in the wild."
Def: The condition of being imprisoned or confined.
Sent: the man was held in captivity after committing a crime.

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Pg 70: "He brushed her, but could not dislodge her."
Def: to release
Sent: I tried to dislodge the axe out of the tree after the powerful swing.

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Pg 69: "With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformer on an electric utility pole."
Def: Used for reducing or increasing the voltage.
Sent: Once the electric transformer had gone out, all of the power in the neighborhood went out.

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Pg 67: "It rippled, then went taut and almost disappeared from sight."
Def: Stretched or pulled tight.
Sent: Before the game of tug of war, the rope slacked, but as the whistle was blown, it taut so tight it almost snapped.

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Pg 63: "She caught a mouse running over the snow and a squirrel that had ventured from its leaf nest."
Def: To travel far from.
Sent: The eagle ventured far from its nest to find food.

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Pg 65: "He was portly and wore a dirty ski jacket."
Def: Having a stout body; somewhat fat.
Sent: He was short and portly, his belt barely fitting.

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Pg 65: "Near it stood a pigeon cote and a duck house."
Def: A shelter for birds.
Sent: The falcon flew into the cote to protect itself from predators.

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Pg 63: "Finally the air currents stopped dragging her down, and she flew high enough to locate her mountain, but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds."
Def: To be wrapped in thick layers
Sent: She swathed her baby in the silk blanket.

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Pg 64: "Her large, round eyes searched for the indicators that would guide her on her way."
Def: An animal that can tell the conditions in a certain habitat
Sent: The bird found indicators like falling leaves that snow would be falling soon.

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Pg 65: "Beyond was a small hunting cabin set back in a young grove of hemlocks."
Def: A poisonous plant.
Sent: The mother bird told her chick not to eat the poisonous hemlocks.