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dawn earn
D D D drop v. to fall or let fall. I will try not to
drop a dish as I dry it.
fall to drop from a higher place. The leaves
fall from the trees.
dawn n. the first appearance of light in the lower to put down. Use the rope to lower
morning. Dawn came at six o’clock this the flag.
morning.
daybreak time when light appears in the dull adj. uninteresting; boring. It was such
morning. The rooster crowed at daybreak. a dull book that I fell asleep reading it.
sunrise time when the sun appears in the boring dull; tiresome. The boring play had
sky. The campers got up at sunrise. no exciting action in it.
tiresome tiring; boring. Without any good
digging v. making a hole in the ground; jokes, the clown’s act was very tiresome.
breaking up the soil. The dog was digging uninteresting not interesting. With no points
in the backyard. scored, it was a very uninteresting game.
burrowing making a hole in the ground. We
caught a rabbit burrowing under the fence.
tunneling making a way under the ground. E E E
Moles are tunneling under the whole
backyard!
early adv. sooner than usual; before the
draw v. to make a design, picture, etc. The
artist will draw an outline before he paints usual time. I will have to get up early to go
the picture. fishing tomorrow.
design to make a sketch or a plan. She will shortly before long. The parade will start
design a new skirt. shortly.
outline to give a sketch; plan. We must soon in a short time; before the usual time;
outline our ideas for the report. early. The bus arrived much too soon.
sketch to make a rough drawing. The antonym: late
builder will sketch the plans. earn v. to deserve as a result of performing
a service, doing work, etc. After we study
dream n. the thoughts, feelings, and
pictures that occur in a person’s mind as for two hours, we will earn a break.
he or she sleeps. Her dream was about merit to earn; deserve. The careful workers
flying in an airplane. merit the award for their excellent safety
nightmare a very troubled dream. The record.
terrible nightmare made him scream. rate to consider, regard; put a value on. We
vision something seen in one’s imagination, rate the movie the best science show of the
dreams, or thoughts. He had a vision that year.
he was the new captain.
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