| A | B |
|---|
| bloomers | old fashioned women's underwear |
| clotheslines | ropes for air-drying laundry |
| conceive | to form an idea of something in the mind |
| contributed | donated |
| devoted | loving; loyal |
| endure | to put up with; to tolerate |
| impression | idea or opinion of someone or something |
| uttered | spoke or made a sound |
| accumulated | collected or gathered over time |
| brittle | easily broken |
| collapsed | fell down; weakened suddenly |
| gaunt | very thin, pale, and sickly |
| gnarled | twisted and misshapen |
| institution | established practice or custom |
| shard | broken piece |
| straggled | hung in an untidy way |
