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July 9, 2012
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embroideredWhich Means:Decorated with beautiful needlework (designs sewn with thread). As In:
Heads Up!The root verb is 'embroider'. |
searchWhich Means:To look for intensely and carefully, without missing anything. As In:
Heads Up!In the SEA you can SEARCH for hidden treasures. |
illustrateWhich Means:To provide drawings, pictures or artwork to show or explain something. As In:
Heads Up!Notice the ILL in 'illustrate'. |
abroadWhich Means:In or to a foreign country. As In:
Heads Up!Imagine yourself traveling far and wide: ABROAD. |
ferryWhich Means:A vessel for carrying people and cars (or trucks) across a body of water. As In:
Heads Up!A ferry carries two Rs (just like 'carry'). |
carnivalWhich Means:A festival with sideshows, games, rides, and food. As In:
Heads Up!This word comes from Old Italian 'carnelevare', removing meat to celebrate Lent. |
crouchWhich Means:To bend down low and close to the ground; to squat. As In:
Heads Up!Maybe you'll crouch on a couch! |
chainWhich Means:A series of things connected together, one after the next, usually metal rings to form a rope. As In:
Heads Up!A chain of these letters together spells 'chain'! |
whiskerWhich Means:A single long hair that grows out from the side of the nose in some animals, or a hair in the beard of a man. As In:
Heads Up!The letters of 'whisker' look whiskery! |
matterWhich Means:The stuff that a physical object is made of; anything that has mass (weight) and takes up space. As In:
Heads Up!The word 'matter' can also be a verb meaning "to be important": Does it matter to you where we go to eat? |
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My grandmother always makes me these lovely embroidered sweaters.
The man dug in the box to search for the special antique dishes he had ordered. Hopefully they are not broken!
The engineer was asked to illustrate what the town would look like.
Richard watched his friend fly abroad for the first time.
The man drove the antique car onto the ferry.
At the carnival, the boy won a prize after playing a game.
Samuel likes to crouch and watch the ants working on the ant hills.
They used the chain to hook to pull the truck out of a ditch.
This raccoon had not one whisker, but six.
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