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January 6, 2011. Idiom – “Long row to hoe “ – lots of work to do; a hard task - “When I said I was going to organize all the pictures into an album, my sister said that was a long row to hoe.” Analogies – grove : forest :: pond : _____ ditch : ravine :: crevice : _____ - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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January 6, 2011
• Idiom – “Long row to hoe “ – lots of work to do; a hard task - “When I said I was going to organize all the pictures into an album, my sister said that was a long row to hoe.”
• Analogies – grove : forest :: pond : _____ ditch : ravine :: crevice : _____Vocab for “House of Dies Drear” –Begin reading book together
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House of Dies Drear Vocab• Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush
forth• Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers • Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects
beyond the walls• Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two
slopes of a roof• Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building • Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly from side to side or forward.• Abolitionist – one who wants to get• rid of slavery• Desolate – having few or no inhabitants, deserted
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Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush forth
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Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly forward or to one side; to stagger
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Desolate – having few or no inhabitants - deserted
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• Abolitionist – one in favor of putting an end to slavery
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• Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building
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• Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two slopes of a roof
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Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects beyond the walls
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calamity
• disaster
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pathetic
• Sorrowful; inviting pity
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percolating
• Seeping; filtering; brewing
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plunder
• To rob and destroy
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specter
• A ghost or spirit
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lapse
• To slip; to fall or expire
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y
Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers
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agitated
• Uneasy, upset
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calamity
• disaster