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paramount |
chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: |
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indissoluble |
unable to break |
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opaque |
can't be seen through |
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adage |
wise saying or proverb |
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similitude |
similar; parable |
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denigrate |
to belittle |
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ventilate |
to expose to air, especially a fresh current of air |
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efface |
erase or rub out |
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patines |
thin layers |
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imperative |
of vital importance; crucial:giving an authoritative command; peremptory: |
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admonitions |
an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning: |
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The EDS was on its way to Mimir to deliver green kala midges. |
false A careful reading of the story reveals the EDS to be on its way to Woden. |
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What is one thing Barton did not do in hopes of rescuing the girl? |
contact her brother Contacting her brother was an act of compassion. Both Barton and the girl knew the brother could not save her. |
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What is the way fuel was conserved in order to delay the girl's death? |
Barton decelerated the ship into free fall. By free-falling a little fuel could be saved. |
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According to what she said, what was the reason Mrs. Jones thought the boy snatched her bag? |
She thought he was probably hungry. Mrs. Jones assumed he snatched her purse to get money in order to eat. |
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Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones was able to catch the boy because |
he fell down He fell down under his own weight and the weight of the purse. |
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In his childish thinking, who did the author think confided wisdom to his grandmother? |
the Son of Man Grandmother knew and understood so much, he thought the Son of Man must be confiding knowledge to her. |
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When did Grandmother learn the adages she quoted? |
when she was a child She had learned them years before in her childhood. |
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When he returned (at the beginning of the poem) why did Silas's appearance frighten Mary? |
Silas was worn out and changed. Mary was astounded at how worn out and changed Silas looked |
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Why did Silas sometimes leave when Warren needed his help? |
Other people offered Silas more money. If other people offered him more money, Silas would think nothing of leaving. |
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Why did Mary feel she needed to put Warren "on his guard" about Silas's return? |
She knew Warren was angry with Silas for the handyman's past actions. Warren was angry that Silas had been undependable in the past. |
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At the beginning of the story Ms. Quindlen compares her identity as a mother to |
ivy on the walls of an old stone house Motherhood "clings" to her as ivy does to an old house |
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Why was Quindlen's decision to become a full-time mother unusual? |
She took the idea of motherhood seriously. |
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When someone is handicapped, people often |
can't speak directly to them People will ask someone nearby what the person wants or thinks instead of addressing the handicapped person |
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Because Krents can't see, unfortunately, some people also assume he can't |
hear They assume since he can't see, he can't hear, so they shout at him |
