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The Hole in the Dike. pages 118-131 Vocabulary. gur gling. gurgling. The gurgling of the water in the stream was very calming. gurgling. Suddenly he heard a soft, gurgling noise. Gurgling means making a sound like a bubbling liquid. trick ling. trickling.
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The Hole in the Dike pages 118-131 Vocabulary
gurgling The gurgling of the water in the stream was very calming.
gurgling Suddenly he heard a soft, gurgling noise.
trickling The trickling water came from a meltingicicle.
trickling He saw a small stream of water trickling through a hole in the dike below.
Trickling means a liquid falling or flowing drop by drop as water does from a leaky faucet.
gushing The water came gushing out of the open dam.
gushing Peter knew that if he let the water leak through the hole in the dike, the hole would get bigger and bigger. Then the sea would come gushing through.
numb My fingers are numb. They have no feeling in them.
numb All night long Peter kept his finger in the dike. His fingers grew cold and numb.
rumbling You can hear the thunder rumbling during a thunderstorm.
rumbling It was the milk cart rumbling down the road.
hero Everyone has a hero, a person who is looked up to for being brave.
hero They carried him on their shoulders, shouting, “Make way for the hero of Holland! The brave boy who saved our land!”
A hero is a person who is looked up to because of brave or courageous acts.