John Henry

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John Henry

• Vocabulary

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grit

• The grit on the sidewalk made it difficult to
  walk in bare feet.

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grit-

• small pieces of stone or sand

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dynamite

• Builders sometimes use dynamite to blast through
  rock.

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dynamite-

• strong explosive

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pulverized

• Paul Bunyan pulverized huge boulders into piles
  of tiny stones.

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pulverized-

• crushed into a fine powder

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rebuild

• The people of New Orleans have been working for
  months to rebuild the city.

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rebuild-

• build or make again

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acre

• An acre is large enough to hold several houses.

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acre-

• a measure of land

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commotion

• There was quite a commotion in the lunchroom when
  the fire bell rang.

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commotion-

• noisy confusion