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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: Dare to do something or go somewhere that may be dangerous.
Sentence: I ventured out into the dangerous sand storm.

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Page 63: "But the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds."
Def: To wrap in several layers of fabric.
Sentence: I swathed the young 9 month year old baby in a cloth.

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Page 64: "Her large , round eyes searched for the indicators that would guide her on her way."
Def: A thing, that indicates the state or level of something.
Sentence: When I was lost in the woods, I used moss as an indicator for which way I was going.

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Page 65: "Beyond the birds was a small hunting cabin set back in a groove of young hemlocks."
Def: A coniferous North American tree with dark green foliage that is said to smell like hemlock when crushed.
Sentence: The hemlocks blocked my path out of the forest.

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Page 65: "Near it stood a pigeon cote and a duck house."
Def: A shelter for birds and mammals, mostly pigeons though.
Sentence: The two pigeons flew into the cote getting shelter.

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Page 65: "He was portly and wore a dirty ski jacket."
Def: Having a stout body and somewhat fat.
Sentence: The portly bird tried to get up, but instead, rolled down the hill!

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Page 67: "It rippled, then went taut and almost disappeared from sight."
Def: Stretched or pulled tight.
Sentence: In tug of war, the rope gets taut.

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Page 69: "With a swift wing beat she alighted above a transformer on an electric utility pole."
Def: An apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.

Sentence: The transformer was struck by lightning and exploded from an overdose of electricity.

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Page 70: "He brushed her, but could not dislodge her."
Def: Knock or force out of position.
Sentence: I could not dislodge her out of her position.

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Page 70: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity and, using an ancient technique called hacking, had been able to free them to the wild."
Def: The condition of being imprisoned.
Sentence: In the zoo, all the animals are kept in captivity.

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Page 70: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity and, using an ancient technique called hacking, had been able to free them to the wild."
Def: Teaching a bird how to hunt.
Sentence: I raised a peregrine falcon and taught it hacking.

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Page 71: "...so the birds can't touch those two parallel hot lines and complete a circuit.
Def:  Side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
Sentence: Two parallel lines never meet.

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Page 72: "Astonished, he lifted her up and rested her on the palm of his hand."
Def: Greatly surprised or impressed, amazed.
Sentence: The surprise party astonished me.

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Page 72: "He took her to his mountain with some apprehension."
Def: Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Sentence: With apprehension, I let the bird go, even though it still couldn't fly.

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Page 73: "Unperturbed, she then stared at Jon Wood."
Def: Not perturbed or concerned.
Sentence: I was relaxed and unperturbed."

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Page 74: "Frightful sensed in Susan the same love that emanated from Sam, Alice, and this man who held her."
Def: Issue or spread out from.
Sentence: The fireplace emanated a sweet warmth in the winter.

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Page 75: "You know he is an apprentice falconer."
Def: A person who is learning a trade from a skilled employer, having agreed to work for a fixed period at low wages.

Sentence: I signed up to be the blacksmith's apprentice.

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Page 78: "...Jon Wood carried Frightful to a large mews on the hilltop and unsnapped her leash..."
Def: A cage or building for trained hawks, especially while they are molting.
Sentence:  I put bait in the mews, waiting for a falcon to go in.

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Page 80: "Mr. Freeze, who had been hatched in an incubator and had never known any mother other than Susan..."
Def: An apparatus used to hatch eggs or grow microorganisms under controlled conditions.

Sentence: I watched a video where an egg from Wegmans hatched in an incubator.

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Page 81: "One of the pilings is crumbling from water erosion."
Def: Heavy stakes or posts installed to support the foundations of a superstructure.
Sentence: The pilings supporting the bridge were probably 200 feet tall.

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Page 82: "But this equipment is an eyesore."
Def: A thing that is very ugly.
Sentence: A turkey vulture passed me and it was a complete eyesore.