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SHELLING (vb) pg 56:
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| bombing, dropping bombs and explosions |
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| RECRUIT (vb) pg 54: The US Government may try to recruit you into the army. |
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| to bring a person onto a team, or into a group |
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| an ORPHANAGE (noun), pg 59: "She'll get picked up by some soldiers and locked up in an orphanage." |
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| a shelter for children who have no parents |
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| a GLIMPSE (noun), pg 59: Ahead of us I caught a glimpse of my own mother, and felt reassured. |
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| TEMPORARY (a time word), pg 60: Everywhere, too, there were signs of the temporary homes that people had tried to build for themselves at Nong Chan -- |
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| a REFUGEE (noun) pg 60: So that was what it meant to be a refugee. |
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| a person who is looking for a home and looking for shelter, for refuge (safety); a person who has no land, no property, no government protection, no political rights |
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| a TORRENT (noun) pg 63: The stream of refugees had turned into a churning, swirling torrent. |
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| a quick moving stream of water |
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| a WAIL (noun) pg 63: And with the sound of their wails ringing in my ears, I rushed off. |
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| MINIATURE (adjective) pg 56: I turned to our miniature village. |
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