The Singing Man

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The Singing Man

• Vocabulary

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abide

• Banzar tried to be a good member of the village
  and abide by the elders rules.

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abide

• (v.) support or follow along with

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acceptable

• He never broke any rules and tried to act in a
  way that was acceptable to them.

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acceptable

• (adj.) what is approved

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boyhood

• During his boyhood, he did what he was told, but
  when he grew to be a man, he had to go against
  the elders.

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boyhood

• (n.) for a male, the period of time between
  infancy and adulthood

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wares

• He did not want to make wares to sell in the
  market.

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wares

• (n.) goods or objects for sale

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trill

• He wanted to play the flute and trill like a bird.

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trill

• (v.) to make a rapidly quivering musical sound

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famine

• Then one year, there was a famine in the village
  and people became weak from hunger.

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famine

• (n.) extreme shortage of food