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January 6, 2011

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 : _____

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January 6, 2011

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Spewed – to vomit or cast out through the mouth; to gush forth

  4. Lurch – to roll or sway suddenly forward or to one side; to stagger

  5. Desolate – having few or no inhabitants - deserted

  6. Abolitionist – one in favor of putting an end to slavery

  7. Veranda – a roofed porch along the outside of a building

  8. Gables – the triangular section of a wall between the two slopes of a roof

  9. Eaves – part of the roof that forms the lower edge and projects beyond the walls

  10. calamity • disaster

  11. pathetic • Sorrowful; inviting pity

  12. percolating • Seeping; filtering; brewing

  13. plunder • To rob and destroy

  14. specter • A ghost or spirit

  15. lapse • To slip; to fall or expire

  16. y Chicory – a plant related to lettuce, usually having blue flowers

  17. agitated • Uneasy, upset

  18. calamity • disaster

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