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"I also might be jailed for harboring an endangered species."
harboring - to give home or shelter to an other
"The man was harboring the runaway slaves on their way to Canada"

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"and deftly put it over Oksi's head.
deftly - in a skillful and quick manner
"The house was built in a deftly manner"

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"as loud as a cannonade..."
cannonade - a noise that can be compared to heavy gunfire
"The noise sounded loud like a cannonade."

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"...official insignia on the door..."
Insignia - a badge or distinguishing mark of a military rank, an organization or office.

The insignia the general wore on his area of his heart reminded him that he was a three star general.

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"Poacher--a special kind..."
Poacher - illegal hunting or capturing of animals
"The man was a poacher, who shot the elephant illegally."

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"..was at his lean-to..."
lean-to - small temporary structure with rafter roofs
The man went camping, but forgot the tent. Thankfully, the man built a  lean-to.

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"Against regulations."
regulations - an abstract concept of rules and laws
The woman was doing things against regulations and consequently was fired.

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"...called from the bridge barricades..."
Barricades - a temporary barrier erected to prevent movement
The barricades prevented the Red Army from advancing into Warsaw.

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"Dr. Werner nodded a strong affirmative."
affirmative - agreeing with a statement
"The man gave the affirmative signal to start construction."

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'...looked admiringly..."
admiringly - a way that shows respect and/or approval.
"The man looked admiringly at the Mona Lisa, being careful to see all the strokes."

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",,,insulating blankets..."
insulating - protecting
The man was insulating his pet rock from the elements.

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"The rain poured down in torrents."
torrents - an violent and unceasing stream of anything.
A torrent of lava fell out of the lavafall nearby.

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"426 answered her distress..."
distress - severe pain or anxiety
"The man was hurt and called out in distress."

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"...is an eyesore."
def: A thing that is very ugly
"The new building was declared an eyesore by critics and the populace."

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"One of the pilings is crumbling..."
def: long poles on bridges
The crane moved a pilling into its spot.

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"...who had been hatched in a incubator..."
def: an apparatus used to hatch eggs
The man used an incubator to hatch a baby chicken.

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"...one side of the mews to the other."
def: A falcon cage or building
The man trapped a falcon in a mew.

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"..You know he's an apprentice falconer."
definition: A person who learning a trade from a skilled employer
The man was an apprentice to a baker.

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"...the same love that emanated from Sam..."
def: issued or spread out from a source
The man was emanating love to the woman.

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"Unperturbed, he then stared at Jon Wood..."
def: not concerned
The same man from before was unperturbed after sensitivity training.

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"He took her to his mountain with some apprehension."
def: anxious or fearful
"The man was terrified with apprehension"

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"Frightful was moving. Astonished..."
def:
"greatly surprised or impressed"
The man was astonished at the magic act.

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"...Those two parallel hot lines and complete..."
def: (of lines, planes, surfaces, or objects) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.
The lines were parallel, and so did never meet.

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pg 71: "Using an ancient technique called hacking..."
hacking - training birds how to hunt on their own in captivity
"The bird was hacked in captivity by being trained to hunt."

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pg 70: "He had bred the first peregrines in captivity."
def: ¨the condition of being imprisoned or confined¨
¨The last of the species was in captivity.¨

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pg 70: "He brushed her, but could not dislodge her."
meaning: knock or force out of position
"The triangle was dislodged from the hole."

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pg 69: "...beat she alighted above a fransformer..."
def: an apparatus for reducing or increasing the voltage of an alternating current.
"The transformer, alternating a current was ran into, removing power from the neighborhood."

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pg 67: "It rippled, then went taut.."
def: pulled or stretched tight
"The rubber band was taut, as to fling the object inside."

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pg 65: "He was portly and wore a dirty ski jacket."
definition: (especially of a man) having a stout body; somewhat fat.
"The man who was portly sat down for a TV marathon."

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pg 65: "Near it stood a pigeon cote and a duck house."
def: a shelter for mammals or birds, especially pigeons.

"The pigeons were inside their cote shelter."

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Pg 65: "Beyond the birds was a small hunting cabin set back in a grove of young hemlocks."
def: a coniferous North American tree with dark green foliage that is said to smell like hemlock when crushed, grown chiefly for timber and pulp production, and also grown in Europe as an ornamental.
Frightful zoomed past the hemlock trees.

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Pg 54: "Her large, round eyes searched for the indicators..."
def: "A thing, especially a trend or fact, that indicates the state or level of something."

"The indicators of the new trend coming on were that the toy world was in harmony."

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Pg 63: "...but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds."
Def: "to enfold or envelop, as wrappings do."

"The mystical skies were enveloped in clouds"

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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 or unpleasant."
Ben attempted to venture across the Atlantic Ocean.