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消 extinguish

[She ou]tfits everyone with <extinguish>ers. (Laura excels under pressure.) Despite all the WATER, the house still ends up RESEMBLEing a skeleton.
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薄 thin

Seeing an INCH of WATER on the <thin> GRASS after it's JUST BARELY BEGUN raining, Charlie [bow]s over the gum[bo o]n the stove again.
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得 get

Charlie's <PERMIT>ted to STEP off the veran[dah] as the SUN comes up and farm every INCH of the land. He can't believe he <get>s money for this.
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鬧 ruckus

"A BATTLE in the MARKET? [Now] what is causing this <ruckus>?" asks Megan.
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離 leave

We're sad to <PART WITH> Charlie, but we know he <leaveS> us as happi[ly] as a SPARROW <leave>ing the nest.
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器 tool

John invented a <tool> for keeping DOGs' MOUTHs open while you brush their teeth. You can buy it at PetSmart for [chea]p.
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計 calculate

"[Gee], this phone translates TEN WORDS per second and <calculateS>!" exclaims John.
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乍 abruptly

John, Megan's favorite PERSON, drops LINES so <abruptly> and [jo]cularly, she laughs heartily.
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甫 begin

Anne's <BARELY JUST begin>ning to USE the pack of TEN hot dogs that she's had for over a MONTH. They aren't her favorite [foo]d.
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定 decide

Near Megan's STOP, she [ding]s the bell. Climbing down from the ROOF is so difficult, she <decide>s never to sit there again.
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未 not yet

"After an hour walking this EARTH, I've <not yet> found ONE piece of WOOD. There's no WAY I can build a fire tonight," thinks John.
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油 oil

"<oil> and WATER don't mix DUE TO their chemical properties. Chalk it up to that, [yo]," explained Charlie to his friends.
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