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Source	Word	How it was used in the book.	What the dictionary says.
Loser	Babied	She feels that America's children are babied a bit too much and way too long.
Loser	Tintinnabulation	And even how to spell the word . . . " She pauses dramatically, she opens her eyes wide as if seeing the wonderful future . . . " tintinnabulation"
Loser	Thrusts	And Zinkoff, jumping to his feet so fast that he knocks his desk over with a nerve-slapping racket, thrusts up his hands and bellowed to the ceiling: "YAHOO!"
Time For Kids	Erosion	That's called Erosion.
Loser	Rekindle	Things keep happing that rekindle the excitement of the first day.
Time For Kids	Sulfuric	Some of the clouds are made of sulfuric acid.
Time For Kids	Astronomers	Astronomers also found two more rings around the planet.
Time For Kids	Delta	As the river ends, it spreads out, forming a wide delta.
Time For Kids	Galapagos	The Galapagos lie 965 kilometers (600 miles) west of the Ecuador.
Time For Kids	Funnels	These baskets look like long funnels.
Time For Kids	Lechwe	Red leachwe dance across shallow water.
Time For Kids	Sitatunga	We surprise a sitatunga.
Time For Kids	Impals	Impals are everywhere.
Phoebe The Spy	Particular	He was very particular.
National Geographic Explorer	Carrion	They even eat carrion, or dead animals.

National Geographic Explorer

Cub

Only after learning these lessons would the cub become a fierce leopard hunter.

National Geographic Explorer	Nip	The lemons nip the surface of the water as they swim by.
National Geographic Explorer	Clamp	She taught her how to clamp her strong jaws on its throat.

National Geographic Explorer	Baboons	Leopards are usually afraid of baboons.
National Geographic Explorer	Deadly	Legadema's mother grabbed her just it time to prevent a deadly fall.

National Geographic Explorer	Nurse Sharks	You can spot Lemon Sharks, Hammerhead Sharks, Nurse Sharks, and Whale Sharks.
National Geographic Explorer	Setswana	That's Setswana for "Light from the Sky."

Sarah Bishop	Whanging	You would hear whanging a sound, then the bullets going overhead close.
Sarah Bishop	Harnessed	I harnessed the bay mare to the carryall and started off for Purdy's mill to buy cornmeal and tell Mr. Purdy that we couldn't pay for it until harvest time.
Sarah Bishop	Dispossessed	Then we fell behind in our rent and got dispossessed and had to move off the farm and into Midhurst village.

Sarah Bishop

Pendulum

Father ate his food and went back to work on Mrs. Ryder's grandfather clock, witch had something wrong with it's pendulum.

Sarah Bishop

Carryall

We usually went to church on foot, but it had rained hard in the night and the road was muddy, so we hitched our two horses to the carryall and set off.

Sarah Bishop

Drover

While he was there he heard that a drover had been seen hurrying east the day before, driving twelve horses.

Sarah Bishop

Strapping

She came toward the last with her two strapping sons, after Birdsall had gone, and they lifted father into their wagon.

Sarah Bishop

Tavern

The tavern was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Pennywell.

Sarah Bishop

Eaves

My room was high up under the eaves.

Sarah Bishop

Ferry

The Golden Arrow was about fifteen miles north of the ferry.

Sarah Bishop

Lapping

I heard the lapping of the waves against the boat.

Sarah Bishop

Musket

I could still hear the sound of the musket shot as I stumbled along the shore in the dark night.

Sarah Bishop

Oddments

Then I slid back the trap door and gathered up my oddments.

Sarah Bishop

Ferryman

The ferryman was a knobby little man with a broad smile and very few teeth, dressed in a cast-off British jacket.

Sarah Bishop	Shillings	It costs six shillings, but mine, a pallet on the floor, only costs sixpence.
Sarah Bishop	Negress	Coming soon!!!
Sarah Bishop	Granted	Coming soon!!!
Sarah Bishop	Irregular	Coming soon!!!
Sarah Bishop	Bushels	Coming soon!!!