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Pg 82: " Well, I guess its a good idea... But this equipment is an eyesore."
Def: Something that is very ugly

In the city many of the buildings were eyesores.

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Pg 81: " One of the pilings is crumbling from water erosion."
Def: Heavy stakes or posts that support the foundation of stuctures

Bridges have many pilings on the bottom of them.

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Pg 80: " ... who had been hatched in an incubator and had never known any mother other than Susan."
Def: An apparatus used to hatch eggs.

Baby birds are sometimes born in incubators so the eggs can still hatch.

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Pg 78: "The next day Jon Wood carried Frightful to a large mews on the hilltop..."
Def: A street of houses that have been made to look like stables.

When falconers aren't around the falcons are kept in mews.

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Pg 75: " You know he's an apprentice falconer."
Def: A person that is learning a skill from a skilled employer.

I am an apprentice electrician.

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Pg 74: "Frightful sensed in Susan the same love that emanated from Sam, Alice, and the man who held her."
Def: Originated from or produced by.

The clouds emanated rain, lightning and thunder.

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Pg 73: " Unperturbed, she then stared at Jon Wood."
Def: Not perturbed or concerned

I was unperturbed when I was in the big game.

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Pg 72: "He took her to his mountain with so apprehension."
Def: A fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

I went to the championship game with so apprehension.

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Pg 72: "Astonished, he lifted her up and rested her on the palm of his hand."
Def: Greatly surprised or impressed
The grade of my report card was astonishing.

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Pg 71: "... so the birds cant touch those two parallel hot lines and complete a circuit. "
Def: side by side and have the same distance between the objects so they don't intersect.

They were running parallel of each other.

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pg 71: " ... using an ancient technique called hacking..."
Def: It is a training method  to reach birds hunting potential by giving them exercise and experience.

The falconer helped the young falcon by using a method called hacking.

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

I was grounded and I was held captive in my room.

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

There was a big rock blocking the path so I tried to dislodge it.

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

There are transformers on utility poles everywhere.

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Pg 67 : " It rippled, then went a taut and almost disappeared from sight."
Def: Being stretched or pulled.

The knot was taut and became very tight.

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Pg 65: : " He was portly and wore a dirty ski jacket."
Def: Having a stout body

My father is a portly man.

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Pg 63 : " ...but the entire western horizon was swathed in clouds. "
Def : Wrapped in several layers of something.

I cut my hand and my mom swathed it in bandages.

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Pg 65: " Near it stood a pigeon cote and a duck house."
Def: A shelter for mammals and birds.

The pigeon went to the cote for protection.

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Pg 65: " Beyond the birds was a small hunting  cabin set back in  grove of young hemlocks. "
Def: A highly poisonous plant

There were many groves of hemlocks in my area.

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Pg 64 : " Her large round eyes searched for the indicators that would guide her on her way. "
Def :  An animal or plant species that can be used to infer conditions in a particular habitat.

When the smoke alarm beeps, that's a indicator that there is smoke or a fire.

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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 : Go somewhere that can possibly be dangerous.

I ventured out into the crazy snow storm.