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toppled pg. 5
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"... the empty pail toppled rattling onto the hard ground."
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TO FALL FORWARD;
TO TUMBLE DOWN. |
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spinney pg. 16
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"... he saw again the lowering sky over the spinney..." |
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| THICKET, SMALL WOOD WITH UNDERGROWTH |
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din pg. 7
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"... the rooks are making an awful din today." |
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| A LOUD NOISE, NOISY CLAMOUR |
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copse pg. 32
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"... with a copse of tall trees capping it far beyond..." |
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wizened pg. 29
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"...the wizened, crafty face..." |
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auspicious pg. 24
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"...'A Minwinter birthday,' said the strange man in the cloak. 'Auspicious, indeed..." |
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PROMISING SUCESS;
PROPITITIOUS;
OPPORTUNE;
FAVOURABLE. |
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sullen pg.23
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"... the sun had risen at last out of its sullen bank of grey cloud..." |
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SHOWING IRRITATION OR
ILL HUMOR BY A GLOOMY SILENCE
OR RESERVE.
DESPAIRING IN APPEARANCE. |
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cleft pg. 49
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"... and in the gap cleft in the darkness there before them..." |
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consternation pg. 42
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"Will spun round, staring in consternation at the hearth..." |
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GREAT DISMAY,
PARALYZING TERROR |
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glimmering pg. 43
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"... that you have only a glimmering idea of the gift that is in you..." |
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A FAINT, UNSTEADY LIGHT; A FAINT IDEA
OR CONCEPTION. |
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