The Magic Fish: List 2

by Trung Le Nguyen
This graphic novel weaves fairy tales into the story of a Vietnamese-American boy struggling to communicate with his parents.

This list covers pages 101–229.

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  1. lapse
    end, at least for a long time
    When a little perch told me the Old Man of the Sea was hastily making his way to this shore, I knew the protective magic of the ring had lapsed.
  2. incessantly
    without interruption
    You know about her. I speak of her incessantly.
  3. meticulous
    marked by extreme care in treatment of details
    She took meticulous care of the household.
  4. diligently
    in a hard-working manner
    You've been working so diligently.
  5. fete
    an elaborate party, often outdoors
    All eligible young ladies of the household are encouraged to attend a fete at his estate in three days' time.
  6. incense
    a substance that produces a fragrant odor when burned
    She mocks me lighting incense for herself.
  7. slough
    cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
    Her old skin sloughs right off, and she is left with fresh, new skin.
  8. vibrant
    vigorous and animated
    Once upon a time...where the ocean is bluest and where the waters are deepeest, there was a rich and vibrant kingdom far beneath the waves.
  9. saturate
    infuse or fill completely
    Every living moment is saturated with meaning.
  10. savor
    derive or receive pleasure from
    And so they live desperately...trying to savor every morsel of time availed to them before their bodies fail and decay into the earth, as we will dissolve into the sea.
  11. avail
    be of use to, be useful to
    And so they live desperately...trying to savor every morsel of time availed to them before their bodies fail and decay into the earth, as we will dissolve into the sea.
  12. yearn
    desire strongly or persistently
    The little mermaid yearned to see everything she heard from her sister's stories.
  13. stoke
    (of a fire) stir up or tend
    ...she saw something that stoked an urgency in her heart.
  14. salvage
    save from ruin, destruction, or harm
    She felt a desperate mortal need to salvage a precious little fragment of time in spite of the thousands of years she had ahead of her.
  15. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
    She sang with a bitter yearning...that roiled every current in the ocean.
  16. oracle
    an authoritative person who divines the future
    When the longing was too heavy for her to bear, she sought the help of the oracle of the ocean, an ancient mermaid who knew many secret things.
  17. transgress
    act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
    My sweet child, this is transgressive.
  18. principal
    an actor who plays a lead role
    Michael Somes was the principal at the time, in the role of Patiemon, flaky prince of being bad at commitment.
  19. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
    Though every step felt like daggers to her feet...she never faltered.
  20. coagulate
    change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state
    Let his blood coagulate around your feet, and your beautiful tail will become whole once again.
Created on Tue Jan 05 10:35:50 EST 2021 (updated Tue Jan 05 10:50:33 EST 2021)

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