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"...then went taut."
stretched or pulled
People were playing with the slime and would make it taut.

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"He was portly and was wearing a dirty ski jacket."
over weight
The dog was portly.

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..Near it stood a pigeon cote.."
a shelter
We put the bird feeder by a cote.

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"...back in a grove of Your young hemlocks."
a tree
We all saw the huge hemlock tree.

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"...eyes searched for the indicators  that will lead her on her way."
A device providing information.
Your phone is an indicator.

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"...horizon was swathed in the clouds."
wrapped in several layers of something
I was so cold I was swathed in blankets.

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"...And a squirrel that had ventured from its leaf nest."
to dare to do something or leave somewhere.
My family and I ventured to Florida.