Sarah Plain and Tall Chapters 4-6

  Hebrew Term English Term/Definition Hebrew Definition Hint Picture Audio
1 paddock a small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals a small, usually enclosed field near a stable or barn for pasturing or exercising animals  
2 rustle make a dry crackling sound make a dry crackling sound    
3 charcoal A dry drawing medium made from charred twigs, usually vine or willow. A dry drawing medium made from charred twigs, usually vine or willow.  
4 mica silicate mineral that readily splits into thin, shiny sheet silicate mineral that readily splits into thin, shiny sheet  
5 tumbleweed a dry plant that blows across the ground a dry plant that blows across the ground  
6 treaded to have kept the body straight in the water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs to have kept the body straight in the water with the head above the surface by moving the arms and legs    
7 pitchfork a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay  
8 gullies Deep ditches Deep ditches  
9 collapse to fall down to fall down    
10 killdeer a widespread American plover with a plaintive call that resembles its name a widespread American plover with a plaintive call that resembles its name  
11 stew To cook slowly and for a long time in liquid To cook slowly and for a long time in liquid    
12 coarse rough in texture rough in texture    
13 dune A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind A hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind  
14 canvas a piece of cloth on which an artist paints a piece of cloth on which an artist paints    
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