The document contains definitions of words and short phrases from various texts. It defines words like "dab", "cut into line", "let alone", provides synonyms and examples for words like "drought", "struggle", "unbearable", and defines multi-word phrases such as "get by", "make something out", and "briefly". It also contains definitions for "puffy", "fade", "scar", "adjust to", "harsh", "deprive of", and more.

1. Thanks to Essam, Irede, Sky, Priscila,
Anh, Khalid, Yo, Mishari, and Bowen 
We are missing slides from Samar and
Alina 

2. He’d always talked about how she’d dab his
forehead with a cool wet cloth.
Dab (v): to touch sth lightly, usually several times.
e.g. He dabbed at the cut with his handkerchief.

3. Then a little while later he cut into the breakfast line,
just in front of Squid.
Cut into line: to move suddenly into a line, i.e. Zigzag moves
suddenly into the line and stands in front of Squid, behind of
another person.
e.g. People who cut into the ticket buying line are impolite.

4. Stanley didn’t know what day of the week it was, let
alone the date.
Let alone (idiom): it is used after a statement to emphasize
that because the first thing is not true or possible, the next
thing cannot be true or possible either.
e.g. There isn’t enough room for us, let alone any guests!

5. DROUGHT (n)
Long period of abnormally low
rainfall.

6. STRUGGLE (v)
Exert muscular energy against something.
Make a strenuous effort.

7. UNBEARABLE (adj.)
Unpleasant, distasteful or painful as
to be intolerable.

8. get by
Def: To have bare minumum to survive
Ex: I had just enough in my savings to get
by during my unemployment.

9. awkward
Def: Lacking grace or ease in movement
Ex: It was awkward for me to eat with chopsticks
for the first time.

10. Make something out
Def: To figure something out or see with more clarity
Ex: It was hard to make something out of the view
from the back row but watching on the big screen
helped.

11. Briefly
They rested briefly, then continued on up. It was a
.fairly easy climb the rest of the way
Definition: For a short duration

12. Web
.The horizon lit up with a huge web of lightning
Definition:
.something formed by or as if by weaving or interweaving

13. Fist
The peak looked to him exactly like a giant fist, with
.the thumb sticking straight up
:Definition
the hand closed tightly, with the fingers doubled into the
.palm

14. DROUGHT (n)
Long period of abnormally low
rainfall.

15. STRUGGLE
Exert muscular energy against something.
Make a strenuous effort.

16. UNBEARABLE
Unpleasant, distasteful or painful as
to be intolerable.

17. Puffy (adj.):Swollen to a size slightly larger than
usual.
“The swelling on Mr. Sir's face had gone,
but it was still puffy” p.118
e.g.
The wound is still painful, red, and
puffy.
Essam

18. Fade (v.): to become less clear and then disappear.
“… two of the marks had faded” p.118
e.g.
After ten days, the burn on his
arm had faded.
Essam

19. Scar (n.): a mark left on the skin by a cut or burn that
has healed.
“… like a tattoo of scar” p.118
e.g.
He has a permanent scar
because of the fire.
Essam

20. Adjust to (V)
Adjust to: change so that you can fit in, conform, or
keep on going.
Synonyms: correct, set

21. Harsh ( adj)
Harsh: severe or strict; disagreeable to the senses
Synonyms: coarse coarse-grained, large-grained
EX: His body had adjusted somewhat to the heat
and harsh conditions.

22. Deprive of ( v)
Deprive of: to keep from having.
Synonyms: impoverish
Ex: Mr. Sir was no longer depriving him of water

23. GLARE (n)
• a light within the field of vision
that is brighter than the
brightness to which the eyes are
adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
• A short time later the mountain
were no longer visible, hidden
behind the glare of the sun,
reflecting off the dirty air.
(Holes:P132)

24. IN ASTONISHMENT
• the feeling that accompanies
something extremely surprising;
"he looked at me in
astonishment"
• Stanley stared at Mr. Pendanski
in astonishment. (Holes:P135)

25. RIOT
• an act of aggression (as one
against a person who
resists); "he may accomplish
by craft in the long run
what he cannot do by force
and violence in the short
one"
• “There was a riot,” Mr.
Pendanski told her.
(Holes:P136)

26. Vile (adj.)
“Stanley was afraid to drink it. He hated
to think what land of vile substance Mr.
Sir
might have put in it.”
vile is an adjective
meaning despicable,
disgusting.

27. Blurry (adj.)
“She opened her eyes to see the blurry end
of a rifle, two inches from her nose.”
Blurry is an adjective
meaning unclear.

28. spin
Turn or cause to turn or whirl around
quickly

29. Mob
• A large crowd of
people, esp. one
that is disorderly
and intent on
causing trouble or
violence.

30. Rip
• Tear or pull (something)
quickly or forcibly away
from something or
someone.