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Snag

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.106 but suddenly he struck his toes on a snag
  • 05.119 though his chief fear now was of tripping on another snag
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Snail

June 25, 2015July 4, 2016 lfsaldenbirch 10K, food, word

Snail has now been promoted to a food word because of its nutritious value to the thrush.

  • 11.023 or watched the great snails.
  • 11.030 It had caught a snail
  • 12.077 as bare as a snail out of its shell!’
  • 15.003 but I don’t suppose the snails have!’
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Snake

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 04.034 Take them away to dark holes full of snakes,
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Snare

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 08.093 till the air seemed full of waving snares.
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Snatch

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 04.041 snatching it from one of the terrified guards.
  • 09.039 and singing snatches of song.
  • 10.034 Some began to sing snatches of old songs
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Sneak

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 05.011 that have sneaked
  • 05.037 and sneaky
  • 05.128 sneaking
  • 05.144 and to sneak behind a big barrel
  • 08.127 So that’s how he sneaked past me,
  • 09.013 after a week or two of this sneaking sort of life,
  • 09.062 and then sneaked along to some huts
  • 10.031 sneaking through the woods
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Sneer

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.053 sneered the dragon.
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Snuggle

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 07.106 He snuggled into them very gladly,
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Soak

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 10.012 they were so soaked
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Soar

June 25, 2015October 28, 2015 lfsaldenbirch 10K, brief, word
  • 12.022 and up he soared blazing into the air
  • 12.102 quietly soared into the air,
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