Comprehension
Developing Listening Comprehension
Listening 1
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What advice did the doctor give his patient?
Don't listen to your own voice.
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Synonyms
1. To ask the advice of consult
2.
physician doctor
3. agitated nervous
4. each time every time
5.
answered replied
Listening 2
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Why is the boy such a good dancer?
'cause his father taught him all he knew.
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Synonyms
1. well known famous
2. introduced presented
3.
the show recital
4. certain sure
5. replied answered
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antonyms
1. unknown famous
2. learned unlearned
3.
morning evening
4. enemy (opponent) friend
5. worse better
Listening 3
A.
How long did it take the couple to buy the car?
An hour
B.
Antonyms (opposites)
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sold bought
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closed opened
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after before
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big little, small
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old new
Listening 4
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What was the stranger wearing?
A heavy overcoat.
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Find antonyms
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nobody everybody
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got on got off
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short tall
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dark blonde, light
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light heavy
Listening 5
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How did Jane spend the Christmas vacation?
She entertained visitors from out of town.
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Synonyms
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kinds sorts
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came to see visited
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two times twice
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relatives cousins, family member, relations
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one time once
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victory conquest, win
Listening 6
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what's going to happen to John?
He is going to be punished.
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Synonyms
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to enjoy himself to have fun
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tests examination
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receive get
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grades marks signs
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to get ready prepare make ready, set yourself
Listening 7
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Why did Robert want money?
He wanted to buy candy sweet
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Antonyms
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big little, small
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tomorrow yesterday
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rich poor
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young old
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bad good
Listening 8
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Why did the speaker want to borrow a coat and hat?
'cause he's proud.
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Find synonyms
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go by pass
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almost nearly
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a hundred years century
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people we don't know strangers
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very poor poverty
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find antonyms
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down below up there
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died lived
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friends strangers
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well dressed ragged
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wealthy poor, poverty
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proud ashamed
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take off pot on, wear
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with in view out of sight
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smart foolish
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kind cruelæÍÔí Ãæ ÞÇÓí
Listening 9
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Where is the passenger as he is writing a litter to his fiancée?
In a train
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Find synonyms
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the person he is going to marry fiancée, bride-to-be
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difficult hard
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understand realize, comprehend
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a couple of days a few days
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beautiful lovely, good-looking, gorgeous
Listening 10
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What did the men see?
a happy group.
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Find antonyms
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slowly swiftly
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woman man
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walked away from advanced toward
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sad happy, cheerful
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dyingÎãÏ íÎãÏ glowing ÊæåÌ gleaming
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find synonyms
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quickly swiftly
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walked advanced
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happy cheerful
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bright shining, glowing
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grandchildren children's children
Listening 11
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Why didn't the ant give the grasshopper some grain?
'cause the grasshopper had not worked during the summer
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Find antonyms
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warm cold, frosty
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carelessly carefully
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a lot a little
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next
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came closer moved away
Grain ÍÈ ÍÈæÈ cereal, seed
Grasshopper plant-eating bug which leaps ÌäÏÈ ÌÑÇÏ äØÇØ
Listening 12
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Why did Robert ring all the bells?
'cause he saw smoke
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Find synonyms
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going back returning
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saw noticed
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left got out
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swift fast, quick, without wasting any time
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persons lives
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prompt motivateíÍË íÍÑÖ
Listening 13
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What was the person doing?
Waiting
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Find antonyms
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short long
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day night
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evening morning
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without fear afraid
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keep change
Listening 14
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Why was the Mormon settlement at Salt Lake City a success?
'cause the leader ruled with skill and understanding.
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Find antonyms
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failure success
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end begin
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many few
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follower leader
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ignorance understanding
Developing Reading Comprehension
Reading 1
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Copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
Reading offers people many pleasures.
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Copy the expression which can be used in place of living in this age:
Although he is alive today.
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Give synonyms for the following words from the passage:
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alone without friends
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entire all
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thousands of the most of, many
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wise clever, intelligent
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enjoy have fun, get pleasure from
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More words from the passage:
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Obtain acquire
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Although despite the fact that, in spite of the fact that. ãÚ Ãä¡ ÑÛã Ãä
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While time, period of time.
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Entire whole, including every part, complete.
Reading 2
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Copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
The language of television can be used well or badly.
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Give antonyms for the following words from the passage:
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most less, few, little
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a lot of a little of
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reveal show conceal hide
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truth verity falsity
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aware of unaware of
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More words from the passage:
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Visual means something that is seen
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Sway moving back and forth
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Emotion strong feeling, sentiment
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Appeal request, plea
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Motion movement
Reading 3
A. copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
Eagles
are always young.
B. Give synonyms for the following words from the passage:
1. legend story
2. immediately at the
same time
3. turned into changed into
4.
for to
5. reached get into
6. hood cover
7. took off
stripped (one's cloths off)
8. Lo! Behold (lo and behold Old English) see, look
9. remarkable excellent
10. thus
therefore, so
11. eagle type of large predatory bird
12.
sacred holy
13. festivity celebration
Reading 4
A. copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
The pilgrims established one of the first permanent
English colonies settlements.
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B. Give antonyms for the following words from the passage:
1. first last
2.
permanent impermanent
3. separate joint, combine
4. finally firstly
5. got permission forbidden
6. left right, arrived
7. famous
unknown, not famous
8. arrived at left to
9.
the same different
10. died lived
Reading 5
A. copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
Paul Revere was almost captured arrested
B. Give synonyms for the following words from the passage:
1.
almost nearly
2. captured arrested
3. managed to succeed
4. escape running away
5. succeeded came through, reach a goal
6. Shortcut
cutoff, bath of travel which shortens the journey.
7. route path
8. regular fixed, constant
Reading 6
A.
copy the sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
He wrote an account story in 1493.
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The expression which can be used in place of (one chance in a million.)
The slightest possibility
B. Give synonyms and antonyms
from the passage
Synonym antonyms
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carefully cautiously carelessly
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complete finish incomplete
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marvelous wonderful awful
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account story
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voyage trip, journey
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wrapped envelop unwrapped, uncovered
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placed put unplaced
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cloth rag, duster
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raging be angry
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in the neighborhood of somewhere near, approximately around
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waterproof water- resistant fabric
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barrel round container
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cruise sailing
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parchment goatskin scroll
Reading 7
The sentence which gives the main idea of the passage
Magazines are very popular.
Synonyms from the passage
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find get
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everywhere in every place
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Terminal bus station, train station...
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pleasant genial, nice, comfortable
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leisure spare time, rest
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perhaps maybe, possibly
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demand claim, requirement, request
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a wealth of a lot of
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exciting thrilling, interesting
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variety diversity, kind, sort
Stationery = writing instruments
Drugstore = store that sells medicines
Beauty shop = beauty salon
Barbershop = hair cutter's shop
Reading 8
The sentence which gives then main idea of the passage:
Electricity has many uses on a farm.
The word which does not belong in the group:
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milk, cream, egg, butter egg
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water pump, iron, toaster, sink toaster
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corn, peas, potatoes, fish fish
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beef, sausage, veal, pork sausage
Give synonyms and antonyms from the passage:
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many several, much
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different not the same
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works factory
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prevents cause not to happen, delay
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fresh invigorated newly arrived
Matching the words
Milk íÍáÈ cow
Pump íÖÎ water
Saw íäÔÑ
wood
Shell ÞÔÑ corn
Operate íÏíÑ tools
Reading 9
The sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
Seamen have special words for everything.
Give synonyms and antonyms from the passage:
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imagine to think of
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foreign stranger
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dialect form of a language ( spoken in a certain area or by certain people)
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strange odd, foreign
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familiar ordinary, well-known
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ashore to the shore
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ignoramus coarse ignorant perso
Reading 10
The sentence which gives the main idea of the passage:
It is better not to talk too much.
Choose the synonym for the first word:
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close: open, shut, carry
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furious: hungry, curious, angry
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wonderful: fine, surprising, amazing
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snatched: grabbed, snared, snitched
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escaped: picked up, flew away, scraped
Out of sight
At sight
Amazement
Realization
Majesty
Solitude
Beauty
Cured
Sentimental = emotional, tender
Serious * frivolous
Illness
Rude
Took out