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Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. |
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The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon
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| rapped | struck or hit |
| rudely | without manners |
| pale | lacking color |
| hastily | quickly |
| authority | power to command |
| contempt | disfavor |
| decree | an official order |
| bourgeois | middle class |
| abolished | stopped |
| hush | silence |
| shrugged | raised one's shoulders to express doubt |
| authorities | those in command |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |
| crutch | a tool to help someone walk |
| traitors | people who betray their countrh |
| ashen-faced | gray, gloomy |
| declared | said out loud |
| dodging | avoiding |
| relief | ease from discomfort |
| wrinkling | folding or shrinking |
| mournfully | sadly |
| cruelly | in a mean way |
| whisk | take away |
| nervously | uneasily, uncomfortably |
| century | a time period of 100 years |
| gazing | staring |
| steadfastly | steadily |
| communists | members of the Communist party; a social system marked by the common ownership of goods and services |
| scathingly | extremely harshly |
| pirate | one who robs at sea |
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ESL Teacher, Reading Specialist |
Maine East High School |
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