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adjective teal
verb red
adverb pink
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Open Court - Level 5Unit 5 Lesson 5
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tangled-up
Generally, it would be a tangled-up mess of
grasshoppers and worms and praying bugs and
little nasty tree lizards.
The playful cat left the ball of yarn in a
tangled-up mess on the floor.
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tangled-up
adjective
(p. 462)
mixed up
and stuck together
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whopper
She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper
than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear
it.
We listened as Travis told a whopper of a tale of
catching a two-foot-long catfish with his bare
hands. We all laughed.
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whopper
noun
(p. 465)
a tall tale an exaggerated story
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yarns
I think Mom had let him tell so many big yarns
about his catching live game that he began to
believe them himself.
My dad likes to tell yarns about his life as a
small boy. We know that most of them arent true.
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yarns
noun
made-up stories
(p. 466)
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frantic
Little Arlisss second scream, when it came, was
louder and shriller and more frantic sounding
than the first.
The woman was frantic when she could not find her
purse. She raced around the store looking every
place she had been.
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frantic
adjective
(p. 467)
very worried and afraid
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spooked
That spooked me. Up till then, Id been ready to
tie into that bear myself. Now, suddenly, I was
scared out of my wits again.
Hearing the coyote howl really spooked me. I was
afraid to go to sleep.
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spooked
verb
(p. 471)
scared