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Toppled Pg. 5
Will attacked him, and they scuffles together, grinning, while the empty pail topples rattling on the hard ground.
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| To fall forward, tumble down |
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Consternation Pg. 42
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Will spun round, staring in consternation at the hearth; there was no hint of smoke, or water, or of any way in which the fire could possibly have died. |
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| Anxiety, dismay or confusion |
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Contemplation Pg. 25
[image] He shouted in fury, then recovered himself, and sat looking down in a cold contemplation that was more terrible than rage. |
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| Thoughtful obeservation or study |
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Jutted Pg. 28
There seemed to be a lot of scrub in this part of the forest; the branching tops of small trees and bushes jutted snow-laden from the
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| To extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude |
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Strident Pg. 45
While the old lady sat motionless in her chair, as he and Merriman stood again beside the hearth, the great hall was filled suddenly with a hideous mixture of moaning and mumbling and strident wailing.
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| Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill;discordant |
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Vanquishing Pg. 43
[image] "If you accomplish that, you will have brought life to one of the three great forces that the Old Ones must turn soon towards vanquishing the powers of the Dark,which are reaching out now steadily and stealthlily over all this world." |
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Cajoled Pg. 47
[image]Will stumbled to his feet and listened, while outside the door his mother's voice wept, then grew angry, and threatened; then softened again and coaxed and cajoled; then finally ceased, dying away in a sob that tore athim even though his mind and senses told him it was not real.
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Inscrutable Pg. 52
[image] With the white hair hidden he was a dark figure suddenly, tall and inscrutable
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| Mysterious or enigmatic,incomprehensible |
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Dell Pg. 53
[image] "You will be creeping into this dell to look at the snow drops that grow everywhere between the trees."
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Copse Pg. 32
[image] He stood on a snow mounded-hill, with a copse of tall trees capping it far beyond, and two black birdsdrifting tiny to and fro above the trees. |
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