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Bridge to Terabithia Ch. 10-13

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  1. suppress
    control and refrain from showing
    When he thought about it, he couldn't suppress a secret pleasure at being alone in this small cozy car with Miss Edmunds. (Ch. 9, p, 125-126)
  2. accusation
    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offense
    The coldness began to come back. "I forgot Miss Bessie." "Your daddy's milking her." "I forgot last night, too." She kept nodding her head. "Your daddy did it for you." But it wasn't an accusation. (Ch. 11, p. 137)
  3. douse
    wet thoroughly
    He couldn't remember the last time she had made pancakes. He doused them with syrup and began to eat. They tasted marvelous. (Ch. 11, p. 137)
    doused
  4. stranded
    cut off or left behind
    She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there - like an astronaut wandering about the moon. (Ch. 12, p. 145-146)
  5. constrict
    become tight or as if tight
    The coldness inside of him had moved upward into his throat constricting it. (Ch. 13, p. 151)
    constricting
  6. leisurely
    in an unhurried way or at one's convenience
    The bird hopped about a moment more, then flew leisurely away. (Ch. 13, p. 152)
  7. procession
    the action of a group moving ahead in regular formation
    He walked slowly, as part of a great procession, though only the puppy could be seen, slowly forward carrying the queen's wreath to the sacred grove. (Ch. 13, p. 152)
  8. swift
    moving very fast
    They watched P. T. swimming across, the current carrying him too swiftly, but he not seeming to mind. (Ch. 13, p. 156)
    swiftly
  9. gully
    a deep ditch cut by running water
    And when he finished, he put flowers in her hair and led her across the bridge - the great bridge into Terabithia - which might look to someone with no magic in him like a few planks across a nearly dry gully. (Ch. 13, p. 163)
Created on Tue Oct 29 18:10:15 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Oct 29 18:14:45 EDT 2013)

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