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a group of desks

that are in one line

 closet

a small room with a door

used for keeping
extra things,

such as clothes

nation

a country

or the people
of a country

capital

the most important city

in a country

urged

gently tried

to make someone
do something,

encouraged

shrugged

moved the shoulders

up and down again

to show that

you don’t know something

the White House,

the building
that the

American president
lives in

exclaimed

said something

in an excited way

frown

a look
on a person’s face

that shows that
he or she

is angry
or unhappy

awkwardly

feeling uncomfortable

while doing something,

doing something clumsily

or not easily

scribbled

wrote quickly
or in a messy way

gobs of junk

many old broken things

that are all stuck together

wads

pieces of wet paper

and other things

that are stuck together

unrecognizable

when you look at something

but you don’t know
what it is,

it’s not familiar

 
recognize

recognizable

unrecognizable

distorted

when something
is changed into
a strange shape,

not looking like
it should

recess

a time
between classes
at school

when students
can take a break

startled

very surprised

alongside

next to,
beside

 admitted

told someone the truth
even though

you didn’t really
want to

to spit on someone

to make saliva
or mouth-water
shoot out of your mouth
and go onto someone

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