NARNIA #2

It was then that he began very quietly to edge himself under the curtain which hung over the door.

Word / Edge
Definition / the point at which something , especially something bad, may begin to happen
Example / They had brought the country to the edge of disaster.

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Just as Mr Beaver had been repeating the rhyme about Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Edmund
had been very quietly turning the door- handle.

Word / rhyme
Definition / a word that has the same sound or ends with the same sound as another word
Example / Can you think of a rhyme for " beauty" ?

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She was jolly nice to me, anyway, much nicer than they are.

Word / jolly
Definition / happy and cheerful
Example / a jolly crowd/ face/ mood
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The next thing he realized was that the daylight was almost gone, for it had been nearly three o'clock when they sat down to dinner and the winter days were short. He hadn't reckoned on this;

Word / daylight
Definition / the light that comes from the sun during the day
Example / They emerged from the church into the bright daylight.

Word / reckon
Definition / ( not used in the progressive tenses) to be generally considered to be something
Example / Children are reckoned to be more sophisticated nowadays.
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Luckily it wasn't so slippery since the snow had fallen

Word / slippery
Definition / difficult to hold or to stand or move on, because it is smooth, wet or polished
Example / slippery like a fish
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It was growing darker every minute and what with that and the snowflakes swirling all round him he could hardly see three feet ahead.

Word / snowflake
Definition / a small soft piece of frozen water that falls from the sky as snow

Word / swirling
Definition / to move around quickly in a circle; to make something do this
Example / The water swirled down the drain.

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I had read about 2516 words in this time.
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